Net neutrality gone for good, Banana debauchery in Egypt, France says “Non” to WhatsApp, Elon Musk saves lives. And we analyze the bitcoin boom.

Featuring Hosts: Matt Carano, Mike Vine, and Nick Boyle

Engineered by: Matt Carano

Produced by: Tom Hudson, Matt Carano, Mike Vine, and Nick Boyle

News

• FCC repeals net neutrality, what will states do? (Mike)
  • http://reason.com/blog/2017/12/19/can-states-reimpose-net-neutrality
• Banana sucking pop singer jailed for sexually suggestive video (Matt)
  • https://www.rt.com/news/412966-egypt-banana-shyma-singer/
• France gives Whats App a month to stop sharing metadata with Facebook (Nick)
  • https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/19/france-whatsapp-facebook-data-privacy/
• UPS is Tesla’s latest electric semi-truck customer (Mike)
  • https://www.engadget.com/2017/12/19/ups-tesla-electric-semi-truck-customer/
• Dog owner uses lethal force to break up dog fight (Matt)
  • http://kellyhalldorson.com/blog/2017/12/one-shitty-morning-nonwalk-a-gunshot-and-a-dead-dog/
  • http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20171216/rye-man-charged-in-connection-with-dog-shooting
• GOP Tax Plan (Mike)
  • https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/12/upshot/tax-hacks.html
  • http://www.seacoastonline.com/zz/news/20171219/house-passes-massive-tax-package-senate-to-vote-next

Events

• Dash Meetup Dec 20th at Liar’s Bench in Portsmouth
• Board Games at the Praxeum – Saturday, Dec 30th at 5pm
• Bitcoin Meetup | Martingale Wharf – Tuesday, Jan 2nd 2018 at 6pm
• MVP Meetup – Saturday Jan 6th 2018 at 11:30am at Murphy’s Taproom

Special Segment

• Monte Crypto Segment

Quote of the Week

• “According to an analysis from the Tax Foundation, a few states with the lowest local taxes include portions of Alaska, New Hampshire and Texas. May we suggest New Hampshire? It has lovely mountains.” -NYT

Praxeum 2.0

• Fundraiser drive
• https://humanaction.foundation/praxeum2/

The Big Question

• Last week’s question: What is the best way to keep bad actors out of your liberty community?
• This week’s question: From anonymous. “I was wondering what you guys thought of environmental changes that affect the future generation. In the podcast you’re suggesting filing a lawsuit against who wronged you is the method of control, but how can you find peace when they are no longer available? For example, if no guidelines are in place for fishing or hunting and the population of bass or deer is wiped out how can the next generation who is now influenced find peace. Or if a transfer station is not utilized and a new homeowner finds tons of trash buried, oil leached, or pesticides on their land, how can the future stewards of the land deal with the mess. Although guidelines of how to dispose of waste or not over harvest are useful if you look at the guidelines that adults should have 1800-2000 kcals/day how many Walmart shoppers are listening to that?
• Send us an Answer @freecastpodcast and we’ll read the best ones next week!