Month: March 2012

Can Liberalism Tolerate Islam?

Article by Abdal-Hakim Murad. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Must one be liberal to belong to the West? For all the polite multiculturalist denials, this question is being put to us more and more insistently. The European Union, as it struggles to articulate a common cultural as well as economic vision, regularly […]

Weekend News Digest

Anti-Government “Sovereign Movement” on the Rise in the U.S. A Welsh Dad is Facing Trial After Transforming Himself Into an Apache Indian TSA Manager Arrested for Running a Prostitution Ring U.S. Trial Program Would Spy on Internet Users to Prevent Animal Abuse Pentagon Backs Expanding Israel’s Iron Dome […]

Attack the System: Alternative Economics

Listen to the podcast. —————————————————————————————————- Keith Preston discusses the present economic decline and the need for a new economic paradigm. Topics include: Widening class divisions in the United States and the ongoing shift towards towards a two-tiered Third World model economy; Aristotle’s observation that a healthy society needs […]

Corporate Welfare Sees Its Reflection and Grimaces

Article by David D’Amato. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— In a preliminary finding issued last week, the U.S. Department of Commerce, acting through its International Trade Administration, announced new duties “applicable to all entries of Chinese solar cells.” The long-anticipated finding represents a first step toward a “final determination [of whether] imports of solar […]

Landmark ruling legalizes Ontario brothels

From The Globe and Mail. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Ontario’s highest court has legalized brothels in a sweeping decision that condemned current prostitution laws for adding to the hazards of a highly dangerous profession. The Ontario Court of Appeal allowed the Crown just one victory, ruling that communicating for the purposes […]

Man Mistakes Woman’s Mohawk For Bird, Shoots Her In The Head

Oops! —————————————————————————————————————————————————– A 49-year-old  man who told police he shot a woman in the head after mistaking her large red mohawk for a large red bird that had been antagonizing his cats has been sentenced to five years probation. Derrill Rockwell told police he spotted what he thought […]

American insanity: Minnesota man arrested, jailed without bond for incomplete siding on his house

From The Activist Post. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Recently I reported on the nearly unbelievable case of the man in Texas who was fined for not cutting the grass on his foreclosed home, but the shocking case of this individual in Minnesota makes that seem reasonable, which is saying quite a lot. […]

A vegan’s case for Ron Paul

From Vegangirl.Com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Here in Asheville, NC, there’s an eclectic mix of people and political views. Yes, it is a liberal, new-ager oasis, but it is also up in the Appalachian mountains of North Carolina. In other words, there are all kinds of people here. Equally varied is […]

MUNICIPAL DEMOCRATIZATION: A Corporate Versus a People's City Budget

Article by Shamus Cook.  ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– How are government budgets created, and in whose interests? In Portland, Oregon the city recently held the second and last of its public budget forums, where the community could offer feedback to help craft the city’s budget. Over 200 people attended the meeting […]

Ninety Flown By – the author Ernst Jünger

Documentary from German television. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– English version of German television documentary “Neunzig Verweht – der Schriftsteller Ernst Jünger”. Part 1 of 3. Subtitles by Stefan Jarl.

There Are Now More Americans In Jail Than There Were In Stalin's Gulag Archipelago

From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- “Mass incarceration on a scale almost unexampled in human history is a fundamental fact of our country today,” writes the New Yorker’s Adam Gopnik. “Over all, there are now more people under ‘correctional supervision’ in America – more than 6 million – than were in the Gulag Archipelago […]

Why Barack Obama is the More Effective Evil

By Paul Craig Roberts. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Dear Readers: This is the best speech I have come across in many years. PCR Original Content at http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-Barack-Obama-is-the-Mo-by-Glen-Ford-120324-930.html No matter how much evil Barack Obama actually accomplishes during his presidency, people that call themselves leftists insist on dubbing him the Lesser Evil. Not […]

Gay Donors, Key Group for Obama, to Plot Strategy in Washington

From The New York Times. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Hundreds of leading gay donors will travel to Washington in late April to plan strategies and marshal financial commitments for state and federal elections around the country, according to people with knowledge of the meeting. The conference, one of the largest ever […]

The Sarah Palin/Neocon Alliance

From Truth-Out. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– “Game Change,” the HBO movie on John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin, faults his Republican campaign for its slipshod vetting of the little-known Alaska governor, but leaves out the back story of big-time neocons from D.C. helping position Palin for her surprise rise and Palin manipulating everyone, […]

Big Brother is Back – ID Cards Were Nothing Compared to This Government’s Snooping Plans

From The Void. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Iain Duncan Smith’s new database, quietly being built in India, is set to be the most expansive data-mining operation every carried out by any Government against it’s citizens. The Universal Credit system will contain an unprecedented amount of information on all aspects of our lives, […]

No Jobs For Americans

Article by Paul Craig Roberts. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Today (March 9, 2012) the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that 227,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs were created by the economy during February. Is the government’s claim true? No. Statistician John Williams (shadowstats.com) reports that 44,000 of these jobs or 19% […]

Both The Market and Government Are Irrational

Article by Paul Craig Roberts. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— One of the great economic myths is that markets are rational. Not a day passes without this myth being disproved scores of times, but the myth persists. For example, today (March 14) Bank of America/Merrill Lynch reported that “yesterday US markets started […]

Race: Real and Surreal

Article by Joseph Allen. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– I tried to go into the 2012 American Renaissance conference without prejudice, but it was difficult. I’ve been taught since childhood that whites can’t be white together without the streets running red with blood. Look at NASCAR, punk rock, or ice hockey. Everyone knows that […]

Getting Your Due in America

Article by David D’Amato. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— As a chiropractic student living on 60 dollars a week (“I’m on food stamps. Don’t hate me for it,” Chicago Sun-Times, March 19), Vicki Jones March hardly fits the stereotype of average or typical “welfare mom.” March did just what our teachers, coaches and other […]

Occupy World Street!

Article by Thomas Naylor. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Ross Jackson is an interesting guy who has just published a very interesting and timely book entitled Occupy World Street: A Global Roadmap for Radical Economic and Political Reform (Chelsea Green, 2012).  Born a Canadian, Jackson has a PhD in Operations Research from Case Western […]

CEOs Contemplate the Occupy Movement

Article by Ralph Nader. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Stetson J. Bradford III met up with his fellow CEO F. Reginald Lawless for a brow-to-brow lunch at the Penthouse Reverie Room high above Wall and Broad Streets in New York. As charter members of the 40-year Corporate Supremes Club, they had serious […]

Bradley Manning for Congress

Article by Don Santina. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– When the Irish patriot, Bobby Sands, began his hunger strike for recognition of political prisoners on March 1, 1981, no one could have predicted that six weeks into his fast he would become an elected member of the British Parliament.  After all, he […]

Man arrested over allegedly racist Twitter remarks about Fabrice Muamba

From The Guardian. Should boorishness be a crime? ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– A man has been arrested after allegedly making racist remarks on Twitter relating to critically ill footballer Fabrice Muamba. The 21-year-old man from Pontypridd, south Wales, was arrested on Sunday. Muamba, 23, is fighting for his life in hospital after suffering […]

Georgia Teen Arrested For Raping Female Pitbulls

News of the weird. From an anarcho-libertarian perspective, what crime has actually been committed? Cruelty to animals? Violation of the property rights of the dog owners? Inquiring minds don’t necessarily want to know. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Young man takes “doggystyle” to unthinkable low 19-year old Bernard Archer landed an odd […]

Outrage over Sweden Persecuting Homeshoolers

The world’s leading totalitarian humanist nation gives us a look into the future. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– As homeschooling families continue to flee Sweden in the face of escalating persecution, the global outcry over the controversial Swedish policies is growing louder. More than a few critics and reporters have even blasted the government’s actions […]

Keep Paying Your Taxes

From Pat Dollard. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Barack Obama’s eldest daughter is spending her springbreak in the historic Mexican city of Oaxaca in the company of 12 friends – and 25 Secret Service agents. The US President’s 13-year-old daughter Malia is staying at a downtown hotel in the city famous for […]

Memphis cop suspended after police microphone records him having sex in his squad car

From the New York Daily News. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– A beat cop in Memphis is under investigation after police microphones recorded him having sex in his squad car while he was on duty last week, authorities said. Memphis police sources said more than 30 cops in the Mount Moriah precinct […]

The Rising Price Of the Falling Dollar

From Forbes. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Do you know why oil and prices are moving sharply higher? Some blame the oil companies, charging they are manipulating prices. Others cite U.S. sanctions on Iran and the threat of a military encounter that would disrupt the flow of oil from the Middle East. […]

Real-time monitoring of all vehicles via license plate spy chips advances in Connecticut

From Activist Post. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– A new bill in Connecticut has advanced the idea of embedded RFID chips in license plates. (PDF) The admitted revenue-generating scheme, which would enable real-time tracking from points throughout the state, was first proposed to lawmakers by former astronaut, Paul Scully-Power. Perhaps even more disturbing […]

Greeks Adopt Alternative Currencies as Economy Implodes

Article by Alex Newman. ————————————————————————————————————————————————– As Greece’s economy and the euro continue to struggle, regular Greeks are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, creating informal underground barter markets and even alternative currencies. And the government is actually encouraging it. Over a dozen non-euro trading networks are already […]

Ron Paul’s Last Hurrah

Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- At this point it is clear that Rep. Ron Paul is not going to be the presidential nominee of the Republican Party.  Yet it seems likely that he will outlast all his rivals but for Romney, and that he will have a substantial […]

Ron Paul’s Hour of Decision

Article by Justin Raimondo. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- The results of the GOP primaries, so far, would certainly seem to suggest that. Paul’s support draws heavily from two constituencies one doesn’t normally associate with the Republican party: young voters, who are overwhelmingly independents, and antiwar voters, who tend to be Democrats. He has carried the […]

New York City: Prototype of the American Police State?

Article by John Whitehead. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- “I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom’s annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into […]

Scooter Libby v. Bradley Manning

Article by Saul Landau. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— After 9/11, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, a Yale graduate with a law degree from Columbia, and fellow neo cons plotted to twist and invent “intelligence” data to convince the public that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction, so as to build a […]

No Jobs for Americans: The Land of the Mega-Rich

Article by Paul Craig Roberts. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– On March 9th,  the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that 227,000 new nonfarm payroll jobs were created by the economy during February. Is the government’s claim true? No. Statistician John Williams (shadowstats.com) reports that 44,000 of these jobs or 19% consist […]

Cato vs Koch: A View from the Left

Article by Pam Martens. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Public relations experts understand one thing about a messy legal   battle: the side that triumphs in public perception from the outset can leverage the momentum. Right now, that momentum is clearly with the Cato Institute in its court fight to prevent the oil billionaires, Charles […]

Three Flavors of Modern Anti-Americanism

Article by Paul Gottfried. Gottfried more or less endorses George Kennan’s ideas on secession in this. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– As I perused the program for the Philadelphia Society’s national meeting in April, featuring wall-to-wall denunciations of “America and Her Detractors,” I wondered whether all anti-Americanism is the same. At one time […]

Constitutional Quizzery

Article by Tom Baugh.  ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Despite a continual degradation of liberty in these united States, the patriot blogosphere continues to be energized with sentiments such as “keep your hands off my Constitution”, “let’s restore the Constitution”, “if you don’t like my Constitution then you should get the hell […]

The Military's New Ray Gun: How Long Before Your Local Pig Department Gets One of These

From 60 Minutes.  Notice that this weapon seems specifically designed to attack political protesters. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— It’s a gun that doesn’t look anything like a gun. It’s a flat-dish antenna that shoots out a 100,000-watt beam at the speed of light, hitting anything in its way with an intense, […]

U.S. soldier accused of Afghan killing spree

From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — An American soldier went on a house-to-house shooting spree in two villages in southern Afghanistan early Sunday, Afghan officials said, killing 16 people in what Afghanistan’s president called an “unforgivable” crime. NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said the soldier acted alone and […]