On this episode: The power of Fortune 500 corporations. Guns in gloveboxes. TSA pre-check in stadiums. And Hollywood’s power to ostracize.

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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

• Corporations aren’t as powerful as you think (Mike)
  • “Socialism above all meant a horror of the new age: the age of machines and high finance. It was more than conservative. It was reactionary and nostalgic, and in the long march from status to contract it demanded a return to the familiar and time honored world of status.” – George Watson, The Lost Literature of Socialism
  • https://reason.com/archives/2017/10/31/corporations-are-not-as-powerful-as-you
• This one is crazy (Matt)
  • http://whdh.com/news/police-new-hampshire-mother-had-loaded-gun-in-car-with-4-kids/
  • Same story from a liberty perspective: http://nhpoliticalbuzz.org/was-manchester-mom-wrongfully-arrested-for-daring-to-protect-her-family/
• TSA precheck now fast tracks entrance to NFL stadiums
  • https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/31/tsa-precheck-now-fast-tracks-your-entrance-to-nfl-stadiums/
• Bill of Rights sought for Foster parents (Mike)
  • http://www.unionleader.com/state-government/Bill-of-rights-sought-for-foster-parents-07102017
• Ferrier school forced to have students have high school diploma or GED (Matt)
  • http://ij.org/press-release/lawsuit-challenges-california-law-criminalizing-teaching-trade-skills/
• The unintended consequences of Portsmouth’s parking problems (Nick)
  • http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20171025/parking-law-upsets-business-owner-with-handicap-placard
• Hollywood shows power of ostracism – but is it practicing collective punishment? (Matt)
  • https://www.engadget.com/2017/10/31/netflix-suspends-house-of-cards-production-amid-spacey-allegat/

Events

• Venture Capitalists: BigFish Learning Community https://www.bigfishnh.org (Mike)

The Big Question

• Are Rights Really Inalienable? Do Natural Rights Even Exist?

Praxeum 2.0

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

Social media

• Last week we asked: “Why does liberty matter to you?”
  • @BitcoinNotBombs
  • It is the way to leave the world better than we found it, a reason for being at all. #liberty
• Question for listeners: Would you agree never to collect social security (despite paying in), if it would exempt your children from contributing? (h/t Link)
• Send us an Answer on Twitter @freecastpodcast and we’ll read the best ones next week!