Author: Thomas L. Knapp

Palantir’s weird tax trick — paying the staff

Source: Adam Smith Institute
by Tim Worstall

“Apparently: ‘Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contracts.’ That someone tries to measure how useful the producer of something is by their tax payments – rather than the value of their output – is deeply weird in itself. … Palantir pays its staff well, partly in shares. That’s it, that’s the one weird trick. They pay the staff well. British political discourse is so perverted that this is seen as a problem.” (08/06/26)

https://www.adamsmith.org/blog/palantirs-weird-tax-trick-paying-the-staff

Thomas L. Knapp

Constitution Enforcement: The Solution from the Revolution

Source: Tenth Amendment Center
by Michael Boldin

“Enforcing the Constitution can be broken down into six almost completely-ignored steps from the Revolution. Backed, of course, by the ultimate check on power: the duty of self-preservation. Before getting to those steps, we need to ground this information in some difficult truth. Most people want a magic button that reads, ‘press Here to enforce the Constitution.’ Or some magic words on paper that will get the government to stop doing what the government was never authorized to do in the first place. But that is pure fantasy. Thomas Jefferson gave us the reality check. Going from the largest government in history to a real land of the free is not going to be quick or easy.” (08/06/26)

https://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2026/08/06/constitution-enforcement-the-solution-from-the-revolution/

Thomas L. Knapp

Sweden: Top Court Clears Way for Transfer of Stolen Ship to Ukraine

Source: US News & World Report

“Sweden’s top ⁠court ⁠said on Thursday ⁠it has upheld a ruling that ​a cargo vessel seized in the Baltic Sea this ‌year can be handed ‌over to Ukraine, where it is ⁠suspected ⁠of illegally transporting grain from Russian-occupied territory. The supreme court ​dismissed an appeal from the owners of the Caffa vessel, which was seized in March off ​southern Sweden on suspicion of sailing under a false ⁠flag ⁠and of violating maritime ⁠and ​ship safety laws due to a lack of seaworthiness. Ukraine ​has sought ⁠the ship as part of a probe into suspected war crimes involving the appropriation and removal of property from Russian-occupied territory.” (08/06/26)

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2026-08-06/swedens-top-court-clears-way-for-transfer-of-seized-ship-to-ukraine

Thomas L. Knapp

The Memory Hole

Source: Consent Factory, Inc.
by CJ Hopkins

“I’m beginning to think something is wrong with my memory. It’s strange, the feeling. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s not like I have amnesia or anything. I remember who I am, I think. And I remember things that happened in the past, but I don’t think I remember them the way they happened. The history of the Covid years, for example. My memory of that period is all messed up. I hadn’t realized how messed up until I saw the news about the Fauci hearing, where Fauci refused to answer questions about his role as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.” (08/06/26)

https://consentfactory.org/2026/08/06/the-memory-hole/

Thomas L. Knapp

Trump’s New Section 301 Tariffs Are a Tax on American Consumers

Source: Karl Dickey’s Freedom Vanguard
by Karl Dickey

“The administration says the 10 percent to 12.5 percent import taxes will fight forced labor. The reality is they raise prices, punish working families, weaken manufacturers, and restrict free trade.” (08/06/26)

https://palmbeachexaminer.substack.com/p/trumps-new-section-301-tariffs-are

Thomas L. Knapp