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The Origins of Individualist Anarchism in the US - Murray N. Rothbard - Mises Daily

Seeded on Mon Apr 23, 2012 12:06 PM EDT (Mises Institute)

The truth is somewhere in between: America was never the golden "land of the free" of the conservative-libertarian legend, and yet it managed for a very long time to be freer, in institutions and in intellectual climate, than any other land.

history, anarchist, libertarian, anarchism, us-history, spooner, anne-hutchinson, baptist-anarchists

Video: Look at These Awesome Young Conservatives (Seriously!) Culture - GOOD

Seeded on Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:01 PM EST (good.is)

Say what you will about their ideas on the Bush tax cuts, these young conservatives were admirably dismissive of white supremacist Jamie Kelso's rhetoric at last week's Conservative Political Action Conference.

politics, rights, civil-rights, culture, racism, conservative, racist, young-people, purity, white-power

10 Reasons The U.S. Is No Longer The Land Of The Free « JONATHAN TURLEY

Seeded on Tue Jan 17, 2012 10:40 AM EST (Jonathon Turly Blog-Op Ed piece for Washington Pos)

While each new national security power Washington has embraced was controversial when enacted, they are often discussed in isolation. But they don’t operate in isolation.

bush, politics, obama, civil-liberties, liberty, police-state, tyrrany, authoritarian

Myths of Individualism | Tom G. Palmer | Libertarianism.org

Seeded on Thu Nov 3, 2011 4:57 PM EDT (Libertarianism.org)

More politely, Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) and David Brooks of the Weekly Standard have excoriated libertarians for allegedly ignoring the value of community.

politics, economics, liberty, libertarian, philosophy, ron-paul, gary-johnson

BBC News - Former FBI agent says truth of 9/11 remains hidden

Seeded on Sun Oct 23, 2011 9:49 PM EDT (BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake)

A former FBI agent has told the BBC that he is being prevented from telling the truth about the events of 9/11 and what has happened since. Ali Soufan alleges that crucial intelligence was not passed on from the CIA before the attacks in 2001. He has written a book detailing so …

fbi, cia, homeland-security, us-news, war-on-terror, 9-11

Remy's Occupy Wall Street Protest Song - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Seeded on Sun Oct 9, 2011 2:13 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

Come gather round peoplecome and join your handswe're taking Wall Streetand we're making demandsand we're heeding the calland we're crying for helponly 1% of us have wealth but first we need posterswe need to make signsbut to do so it seemsthat we need some supplies

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Occupy Wall Street: Beyond the Caricatures - Reason Magazine

Seeded on Sat Oct 8, 2011 2:42 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

There is near-consensus that government's bailout-happy genuflection to Wall Street before, during, and after the financial crisis has caused tremendous damage, allowing well-connected and financially insulated bankers to reap record profits while social services budgets are pu …

politics, protest, liberty, corporations, big-government, ron-paul, occupywallstreet, federal-reseverve

Independent reporting of OccupyWallStreet

Seeded on Fri Oct 7, 2011 12:38 PM EDT (Errata Security)

I was unhappy with the poor journalistic coverage of the #OccupyWallStreet protests, so I went to Wall Street myself to see what’s going on, and report on it.It’s the quality of the coverage, not the amount that's the problem.

congress, stocks, politics, bankers, protest, banking, reporters, liberty, msm, tea-party

Operation Fast and Furious Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg - Reason Magazine

Seeded on Fri Sep 30, 2011 4:53 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

Zambada is not the only person to claim that the DOJ sanctions illegal activities in order to get closer to the cartels.

us-news

The Greedy Battle For Iraq's 'Hearts And Minds' : NPR

Seeded on Thu Sep 29, 2011 1:34 PM EDT (NPR)

Van Buren's book isn't kind to American policymakers, and he has strong feelings about the futility of his efforts.

politics, corruption, cabinet, government, state-department, obama, war-on-terror, 9-11, greed, malfeasance

Obama is George W. Bush on Steroids.

Seeded on Tue Sep 20, 2011 1:28 PM EDT (YouTube)

If we elect anybody but Ron Paul we are looking at a fourth Bush term.

bush, democrats, politics, president, republicans, obama, libertarian, ron-paul, potus

Don't Cherish the 2nd Amendment! by Marc J. Victor

Seeded on Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:03 PM EDT (LewRockwell.com)

Always ignored within the "guns cause violence" crowd, is the reality that anti-freedom government policies, not guns, are the root cause of the violence in question.

politics

Obesity is less common in pot smokers

Seeded on Thu Sep 8, 2011 7:51 PM EDT (io9)

Who knew? Legalize it.

odd-news

Exclusive Report: Documents indicate ATF, FBI allowed Indiana 'crime gun' sales - National gun rights | Examiner.com

Seeded on Mon Sep 5, 2011 11:36 AM EDT (Examiner)

"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has acknowledged an Indiana dealer's cooperation in conducting straw purchases at the direction of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

corruption, us-news, gun-control, fast-and-furious, illegal-weapons, gun-running, eric-holder, gun-walker, atorny-general

I Don't Know, So I'm an Atheist Libertarian - Penn Jillette

Seeded on Wed Aug 17, 2011 12:45 PM EDT (CNN)

Penn Jillette is a smart man.

politics, faith, penn-jillette, libertarian, atheist, big-government, hayek, penn-and-teller, centralized-planning, certainy

These Are the Charges That Require the Department of Education to Send a Dozen Armed Agents to Kick Through Your Front Door - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Seeded on Thu Jun 9, 2011 10:26 PM EDT (Reason Magazine)

US Department of Education SWAT team raids home. Children present.

schools, patriot-act, politics, homeland-security, guns, police-state, swat, doe, department-of-education

Greenland cold snap linked to Viking disappearance

Seeded on Tue May 31, 2011 10:25 AM EDT (Reuters)

Another downside to Global Warming- The Viking invaders will be back.

vikings, warming, science, climate, climate-change

Libertarians: 4 Unions for Everyone, Worldwide - Libertarian International Organization | Voluntary Governance, Rights, Progress

Seeded on Thu May 26, 2011 8:47 PM EDT (Libertarian International)

UNIONS ARE POWERFUL TOOLS Unfortunate problems with unions have, according to many scholars, arisen from coercive attempts of official interference, not any problem with unions per se.

Libertarians: 4 Unions for Everyone, Worldwide

Seeded on Thu May 26, 2011 8:37 PM EDT (Newsvine)

UNIONS ARE POWERFUL TOOLS Unfortunate problems with unions have, according to many scholars, arisen from coercive attempts of official interference, not any problem with unions per se.

politics, unions, organized-labor, far-left, ron-paul

Libertarians at Work Tackling Emerging Issues - Libertarian International Organization | Voluntary Governance, Rights, Progress

Seeded on Thu May 26, 2011 7:47 PM EDT ()

A common and foolish argument against voluntary action is people are too greedy, irrational or stupid to be trusted, which may perhaps say more about the subconscious world of the critic than humanity.

politics, volunteers, foreign-aid, libertarian, paul, greed, free-market-solutions

Somali Activists, Libertarians in OpenWorld Project - Libertarian International Organization | Voluntary Governance, Rights, Progress

Seeded on Thu May 26, 2011 7:36 PM EDT (Libertarian International)

Those greedy libertarians are at it again.

politics, libertarian, paul, international-aid, free-market

Gingrich will run for President

Seeded on Wed May 11, 2011 11:03 AM EDT (Christian Science Monitor)

I believe conservatives fear the libertarians of their party, especially Dr. Paul. I see quite the battle coming.

gingrich, libertarian, republican-revolution, ron-paul, gary-johnson, ron-paul-revolution

Government Aims to Oust Forest Labs CEO - WSJ.com

Seeded on Thu Apr 28, 2011 1:00 PM EDT (Wall Street Journal)

In October 2010, HHS outlined how it could use the exclusion tool on individuals without proof of personal misconduct.

constitution, liberal, obama, liberty, regulation, nanny-state, fourth-amendment, fascism, hhs, pharmaceutical-companies

The Cult of the Presidency

Seeded on Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:59 AM EDT (Reason Magazine)

Law professors Jack Balkin of Yale and Sanford Levinson of the University of Texas at Austin are both Democrats and civil libertarians, so they take no pleasure in their prediction that "the next Democratic President will likely retain significant aspects of what the Bush admin …

katrina, bush, libya, politics, homeland-security, obama, war-on-terror, imperial-presidency, war-powers

Ted Danson: My Favorite Mistake

Seeded on Sun Mar 20, 2011 1:59 PM EDT (Newsweek)

"One summer, when I was 11 years old, my friends and I decided that all the billboards that were out on the highway north of the museum were an ugly blight on the most beautiful countryside in the world, and we were going to do something about it.

bs, plagiarism, ted-danson, environmentalism, edward-abbey, over-reaching

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About the euro, and global warming, it turns out the 'thought criminals' were right - Telegraph
Source: Telegraph
About the euro, and global warming, it turns out the 'thought criminals' were right The othodox dogma about the EU and about climate change is rapidly collapsing.
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When government is the looter - George Will
Source: The Washington Post
Since 1994, about 30 motel customers have been arrested on drug-dealing charges. Even if those police figures are accurate — the police have a substantial monetary incentive to exaggerate — these 30 episodes involved less than 5/100ths of 1 percent of the 125,000 ro …
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Stop the Killing and Raping of Our Young Men
I believe that had Trayvon Martin been teenage girl then this situation would be looked upon very differently. Had he been a woman then this situation would be looked upon very differently. If he had been an elderly man it would have been looked upon differently.& …
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Zimmerman documents: Trayvon Martin had THC in his body the night he died
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Within the documents was the autopsy report, which shows where Trayvon Martin was shot and what happened as a result. It also says that Martin had THC in his body that night. THC is a substance commonly found in marijuana.
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Krauthammer On Drones Flying In US: "Stop It Here, Stop It Now". by Charles Krauthammer. Posted on May 14, 2012
Source: RealClearPolitics
"I'm going to go hard left on you here, I'm going ACLU," syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said in opposition to the use of drones on the U.S. homeland. "I don't want regulations, I don't want restrictions, I want a ban on this. Drones are instruments of war. The Founder …
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