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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Two Collections of Essays, and Another Book, Now Available on TheBookPatch

Ninety of the 400+ articles appearing on the Aquarian Agrarian blog
have been compiled into two books.

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Libertarian Conspiracy Theories: 45 Essays on the Libertarian Right
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Soft Communism for 90's Kids: 45 Essays on the Libertarian Left














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Edited and expanded on December 19th and 20th, 2018, and February 27th, 2019

Updated on August 3rd, 2021
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Friday, May 5, 2017

Revised Position on Discrimination and Interstate Commerce

      Private businesses should be free to do whatever they want on their own property, free to refuse service and job offers to anyone they please, and free to charge any price they want for the goods and services they provide.
      ...As long as they aren't involved in interstate commerce, and their state says it's okay; and as long as they don't receive any taxpayer funding (to support subsidies, small business loans, intellectual property protections, trade promotions, corporate liability limitations, bailouts, police and military protections, professional licensing considerations favorable to already existing businesses, and other privileges granted by the public).
      We can only have full private property rights, and a real free market (with easy entry into competition and trade) when businesses give up all of these artificial privileges and protections (which are funded, in part, through the extortion of taxpayers' earnings)
      Until companies are willing to give up all of these privileges and protections, we should regard at least 99% of these businesses as our property; that is, public property. Until they give up their mercantilist protections – constitutional though they may be – they should do whatever we tell them to do.
      Since we, the public, fund the Secretary of States' offices that grant these companies their charters, and their corporate status (with the limited liability protections which come with that) in the first place, these businesses should hire and serve whomever we tell them to hire and serve. If they want exemptions, the public has every right to condition the terms of those contracts.
      If the public tells its property – the businesses – to give away the goods they sell, they should comply. At the very least, they should refrain from getting in the way of people who are attempting to obtain, access, or use these goods themselves.
      Consider this patria potestas (“I brought you into this world, I can take you out”) applied to the relationship between government and enterprise. We the People created the government, so it is our right to alter or abolish it if and when it ceases to serve the purpose for which we created it. Moreover, it is our duty to abolish government that becomes destructive of these ends.
      Likewise, We the People created the government, which in turn created the businesses (through charters). Therefore, it is the right of the people – through their property, the government – to revoke companies' privileges (if and when they abuse those privileges). When companies form business alliances - which impersonate government Departments of Commerce - to steal from taxpayers to subsidize them and bail them out, it is the people's duty to revoke their charters, or even to abolish the Secretary of States' offices, so that no new corporations (and no new corporate privileges) can be created.
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Thursday, May 4, 2017

One Hundred Six Articles About Arrest and Abusive Treatment of Students

   At least 90% of these articles (of the original list of 100) were published about incidents in the U.S. that occurred between 2009 and 2017. Most victims were under 18 years old. Only a few articles refer to high school seniors aged 18, or incidents in Canada and the United Kingdom.



1. 'I Don't Like to Be Touched': Video shows 10-year-old autistic boy getting arrested at school
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/education/wp/2017/04/19/i-dont-like-to-be-touched-video-shows-10-year-old-autistic-boy-getting-arrested-at-school/

2. 'I'm Pregnant!': Teen mother screams in agony as NYPD officers shock her with Taser in the Bronx
http://www.scoopnest.com/user/PIX11News/831722161580732419

3. 'It's Kidnapping': Hospital Takes Custody of Teen Because Her Parents Were 'Too Active in Pursuing'Her Care
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2013/11/20/its-kidnapping-hospital-takes-custody-of-teen-because-her-parents-were-too-active-in-pursuing-her-care/

4. 'Over 12,000 school kids were arrested in Florida. It makes Florida the nation's leader in that area,' says Dream Defenders
http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2013/jul/30/dream-defenders/over-12000-school-kids-were-arrested-florida-it-ma/

5. 10-year-old suspended over finger gun
http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/04/us/ohio-boy-suspended-finger-gun/

6. 10th Circuit Oks School Arrest & Strip Search
http://www.courthousenews.com/10th-circuit-oks-school-arrest-strip-search/

7. 16-year-old hit with taser outside Long Island high school
http://abc7ny.com/news/16-year-old-hit-with-taser-outside-long-island-high-school/1781687/

9. 19 Crazy Things That School Children Are Being Arrested for in America
http://www.copblock.org/22616/19-crazy-things-that-school-children-are-being-arrested-for-in-america/

10. 2-year-old taken away from parents because they used marijuana, killed by foster mother
http://fox43.com/2014/11/06/2-year-old-taken-away-from-parents-because-they-used-marijuana-killed-by-foster-mother/

12. 34 New Jersey high school students arrested during post-prom party
http://6abc.com/news/34-nj-high-school-students-arrested-during-post-prom-party/1941425/

14. 6-Year-Old Suspended For Pointing Fingers In The Shape Of A Gun
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/06/6-year-old-fingers-shape-of-gun-suspended_n_6813864.html

17. Boy, 3, died after police handcuff and taser his stepfather to STOP him from running into burning home to save his child

20. Charlton Library Sends Police to Collect Overdue Books from-5 Year-Old
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/01/02/charlton-library-sends-police-to-collect-overdue-books-from-5-year-old/

22. Common Core math experts say teachers need to stop using shortcuts and math 'tricks'
http://hechingerreport.org/common-core-math-experts-say-teachers-need-stop-using-shortcuts-math-tricks/

23. Dad arrested trying to pick up kids at school

25. Family Crushed After Autistic Teen is Tasered by Burbank Police
http://abc7.com/news/family-crushed-after-autistic-teen-is-tasered-by-burbank-police/1429360/

27. Family of teenage girl tasered in groin by Pennsylvania cop in 2011 settles for $100,000
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3448759/Family-teenage-girl-tasered-groin-Pennsylvania-cop-2011-settles-100-000-court.html

28. Florida is officially nuts: 13-year-old arrested for farting
https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4532760

34. Girl's arrest for doodling raises concerns about zero tolerance
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/02/18/new.york.doodle.arrest/

35. Girl, 10, Arrested for Using Knife to Cut Food at School
http://www.foxnews.com/story/2007/12/18/girl-10-arrested-for-using-knife-to-cut-food-at-school.html

36. Here's Why a Zero-Tolerance Policy in Our Schools is a Terrible Idea
http://www.alternet.org/books/heres-why-zero-tolerance-policy-our-schools-terrible-idea

37. How Kentucky's child-protective agency abandoned an 8-year-old girl in hell
http://www.kentucky.com/news/politics-government/article130534864.html

38. How kicking a trash can became criminal for a 6th grader
https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-04-10/how-kicking-trash-can-became-criminal-6th-grader

40. How Zero Tolerance Policies Hurt Kids
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/05/how-zero-tolerance-policies-hurt-kids

41. In Texas schools, response to misbehavior is questioned

44. Judge upholds suspension of the Pop-Tart Gun Kid
http://reason.com/blog/2016/06/16/judge-upholds-suspension-of-the-pop-tart

45. Kids Create Salt Black Markets in Cafeterias Due to Michelle Obama's Lunch Rules
http://freebeacon.com/issues/kids-create-salt-black-markets-in-cafeterias-due-to-michelle-obamas-lunch-rules/

46. Kids Suffer Panic Attacks After New York School Locks Them In Padded Cell To 'Calm Down'
https://www.sott.net/article/269990-Kids-suffer-panic-attacks-after-New-York-school-locks-them-in-padded-cell-to-calm-down

48. Landry Thompson, 13, Taken Into Custody After Dozing Off In Dance Instructor's Car
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/02/landry-thompson_n_4372573.html

49. Lawsuit: 12-Year-Old American School for the Deaf Student Tasered by West Hartford Police
https://patch.com/connecticut/westhartford/lawsuit-12yearold-american-school-for-the-deaf-student-tasered-by-west-hartford-police

50. Let's put a stop to school lunch shaming in Texas
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2017/04/27/put-stop-school-lunch-shaming-texas

51. Louisiana elementary teachers arrested for allegedly bullying, pushing student
http://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/article_2c1c1b6a-2b82-11e7-997a-abdd39a3dad2.html

53. Michelle Malkin has the facts about Common Core every parent in America needs to know

55. Mom of boy Tasered in high school cafeteria files lawsuit (documents)
http://www.middletownpress.com/article/MI/20110614/NEWS/306149975

57. Mother and Daughter Arrested for 'Dangerous Drug' Ibuprofen
http://healthland.time.com/2010/12/16/mother-and-daughter-arrested-for-dangerous-drug-ibuprofen/

59. No charges for officer who body slammed female student

65. Police Handcuff, Charge 6-Year-Old Girl for Misbehaving
https://www.infowars.com/police-handcuff-charge-6-year-old-girl-for-misbehaving/

66. Police tase, shoot and kill 90-pound schizophrenic teen
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/police-tase-shoot-and-kill-90-poundpolice

67. Police Taser boy with broken back 19 times
http://www.wnd.com/2008/08/71096/

68. Report: Florida Schools Scanned Children's Eyes Without Permission
http://tampa.cbslocal.com/2013/06/03/report-florida-schools-scanned-childrens-eyes-without-permission-eyeswipe-nano-iris-scan-biometric-data-collection-big-brother/

69. San Antonio schools' test of student ID 'locator' chips faces religious suit
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2012/11/27/san-antonio-schools-test-of-student-id-locator-chips-faces-religious-suit

70. School Force Feeds Garbage to Kid With Healthy Lunch, Parents Fined
http://www.activistpost.com/2013/11/school-force-feeds-garbage-to-kid-with.html

71. School Guards Break Child's Arm And Arrest Her for Dropping Cake
http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=23886

72. South Carolina high school student faces jail time over paper airplane incident
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/01/23/south-carolina-high-school-student-faces-jail-time-over-paper-airplane-incident.html

76. Student suspended for “revealing” prom dress; mom says it's because she's plus sized”
http://fox4kc.com/2015/05/03/student-suspended-for-revealing-prom-dress-mom-says-its-because-shes-plus-sized/

77. Student Suspended For Butter Knife She Brought to Middle School in Packed Lunch
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/29/student-suspended-butter-knife-lunch_n_2979808.html

78. Tampa teacher spit on student's face, slammed boy's head onto desk
http://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/crime/tampa-teacher-charged-with-spitting-on-student-and-slamming-head-on-desk/2318601

79. Taser used on 8th grade student who was disruptive, assaulted officer

80. Taunton second-grader sent home over drawing of Jesus
http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20091215/NEWS/312159872

81. Teen Girls Sent Home From High School For 'Distracting' Boys With Their Visible Bra Straps
https://thinkprogress.org/teen-girls-sent-home-from-high-school-for-distracting-boys-with-their-visible-bra-straps-3c318393a5b1

82. Texas boy crying after being locked in 'focus room' for 90 MINUTES

84. Texas Police Officers Shut Down Girls' Lemonade Stand Because They Didn't Have a Permit
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/11/texas-cops-shut-down_n_7562278.html

85. Texas school clashes with parents over bizarre anti-pedestrian pickup policy
https://www.treehugger.com/culture/texas-school-clashes-parents-over-bizarre-anti-pedestrian-pickup-policy.html

86. Tennessee judge who vetoed Messiah as baby's name is fired
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/tennessee-judge-who-vetoed-messiah-as-babys-name-is-fired/

88. Texas Student Gets $637 Fine for Swearing
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-student-gets-637-fine-for-swearing/

89. The Common Core is today's New Math – which is actually a good thing

91. There's Only One Country That Hasn't Ratified the Convention on Children's Rights: US
https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/theres-only-one-country-hasnt-ratified-convention-childrens-rights-us

93. Three black students arrested while waiting for school bus in Rochester

94. TSA agent seizes gun from sock monkey in St. Louis before flight
http://fox6now.com/2013/12/09/tsa-agent-seizes-gun-from-sock-monkey-in-st-louis-before-flight/

95. Two Sisters Seized by Phoenix Hospital, Mother Ordered Not to Talk – Another Medical
Kidnapping?
http://www.inquisitr.com/1524122/two-sisters-seized-by-phoenix-hospital-mother-ordered-not-to-talk-another-medical-kidnapping/

96. Video Shows Texas Police Talking a 14-Year-Old Student With a Chokehold
https://mic.com/articles/126600/video-shows-texas-police-tackling-a-14-year-old-student-with-a-chokehold#.CH13LEJ6R

97. VIDEO: Students react to Ed Schultz sandbag “slave labor” comment
http://www.inforum.com/content/video-students-react-ed-schultz-sandbag-slave-labor-comment

98. Was a Canadian Student Punished by His School After Stopping a Knife-Wielding Classmate?
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2013/06/06/was-a-canadian-student-punished-by-his-school-after-stopping-a-knife-wielding-classmate/

100. Why Colorado may require teens who were caught sexting to register as sex offenders
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-colorado-sexting-child-pornography-20160416-story.html







101. "Police: Preschoolers Forced To Stand Naked In A Closet As Punishment"






102. "13-Year-Old Has Leg Amputated After Teacher Allegedly Slams Him to the Ground"






103. "On the first day of school, man put an electrified fence near bus stop to keep kids away"

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article217841030.html







104. "Mom Ignores Doctor When Her Sick 2-Year-Old Starts Feeling Better, Child Services Send a SWAT Team"

http://reason.com/blog/2019/03/27/sick-2-year-old-swat-team-dcs-parents?fbclid=IwAR2xZOFkKWHo_KEjA4I5i3GzTIR-JiVH_buBuKOUzK0LYn-ioTTD-xHtgQk





105. "5th grader sent to principal after telling peers to stop giving Nazi salute in school"

http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/15/1857804/-5th-grader-sent-to-principal-after-telling-peers-to-stop-making-the-Nazi-salute-in-school?detail=emaildkre







106. "Court to hear case of teen strip-searched for ibuprofen"







Compiled in Early 2017

Originally Published on May 4th, 2017,
under the title "100 Articles About Arrest and Abusive Treatment of Students"

Expanded (articles 101-106 added) between March 26th, 2019 and March 7th, 2020
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