The Other Death Sentence
Mother Jones By James Ridgeway A Kentucky inmate is admitted to the hospital. Click here to see more of Tim Gruber’s great photos from inside a prison nursing unit.
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Public Opinion: Prostitution Should Be Legal
Sodahead.Com The Global Commission on HIV and the Law issued a report suggesting that nations eliminate laws banning “consensual sex work” — i.e., prostitution. It’s an interesting claim coming from an organization aimed at preventing sexually transmitted disease, but their hope is that legalization would lead to regulation […]
U.N. report recommends legalized prostitution
The Washington Times U.S. government investigators in May interviewed the Colombia prostitute Dania Londono Suarez, at the center of the Secret Service affair that cost eight officers and supervisors their jobs and became an election-year embarrassment for the Obama administration. Suarez is pictured here speaking of the issue […]
Poll: Only 10 Percent of Americans Think the Drug War Is a Success, 66 Percent Think It’s a Failure
By Mike Riggs Today brings more evidence of a large shift in public opinion regarding drug policy, this time from AngusReid Public Opinion. The polling firm reports that “two-thirds of adults in the United States believe the ‘War on Drugs’ has been futile, and a majority continue to call for the […]
There’s Been a Tectonic Shift on Marijuana Across the US, Except in Washington — Why Can’t We Pop the Beltway Bubble?
Perhaps stoners should consider pan-secessionism. By Paul Armentano More Americans and local politicians than ever before are demanding an end to marijuana prohibition — but for change to happen, we need federal officials to start listening. July 10, 2012 |
Charles Manson follower, Bruce Davis, gets recommendation for parole after 40 years
CBS News Bruce Davis, a former member of the Manson Family, waits moments before the start of his parole hearing / AP Photo/The Tribune, Joe Johnston (CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES – A former Charles Manson follower who was imprisoned for a double murder engineered by Manson won a recommendation […]
The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom
By Laurence Vance Introduction to Laurence M. Vance, The War on Drugs Is a War on Freedom (Vance Publications, 2012), xvi + 103 pgs., paperback, $9.95. This is not a book about the benefits of drugs; this is a book about the benefits of freedom. I neither use […]
Police rape woman in Tunisia, then charge her with indecency
CNN Tunisian women protest Tuesday, October 2, in front of a courthouse in Tunis where a young woman faces charges of indecency by two police officers accused of raping her.
Felony charges after school food fight
Affiliate KTVK reports on a student fighting felony assault charges resulting from a high school food fight. Watch the video.
Obama Administration Says It’s Legal To Track Citizens’ Every Movement Without A Warrant
Business Insider The Obama Administration will argue today that warrantless tracking of the location of Americans’ mobile devices is perfectly legal, Declan McCullagh of CNET reports. In 2010 a court ruled against government requests for mobile location data, declaring that “[c]ompelled warrantless disclosure of cell site data violates the […]
Veteran files suit over frostbitten penis
CNN A 61-year-old Army veteran is suing the U.S. government for $10 million, claiming negligent care resulted in severe frostbite on his penis, leading to its partial amputation. Michael D. Nash of Louisville, Kentucky, filed suit in federal court Monday. He is asking for damages for what his […]
Walmart Workers Ask For Basic Rights, Walmart Calls Riot Police
By Jessica Testa Photo by @daneyvilla. Via: instagram.com About 650 people protested a major Walmart distribution center Monday in Elwood, Illinois, the Chicago Tribute reports. At Walmart contractor Roadlink, workers have been on strike since mid-September, claiming unsafe working conditions and unfair wages. From the movement’s website: No […]
How Free Are Today’s “Free”Markets? with Dr. Sean Gabb
Listen to the interview. On Thursday, the 9th August 2012, Sean Gabb spoke in Bratislava to the Institute of Economic and Social Studies (INESS) on the subject of “Libertarianism: Left or Right?” He made the following points: 1. That libertarianism is a child of the Enlightenment, and is […]
The Struggle for the World: Liberation Movements for the 21st Century
The future constituents for pan-secessionism on a global scale. This looks to be an excellent book. Amazon.Com What do Mexico’s Zapatistas, the French National Front, Slow Food, rave subculture, and al-Qaeda all have in common? From right-wing to left-wing to no-wing, they all proudly proclaim their mission to […]
Cultural Marxism – The Corruption of America
Excellent documentary from a paleoconservative/paleolibertarian perspective. This is a good video to show social conservatives as a alternative to neocon talk radio and FOX News crap.
Oh, Bill…
Video of Alleged Officer Assault in Minnesota from man in wheel chair
LiveLeak.Com Duluth Police released surveillance video on Friday of an alleged assault that took place between Officer Richard Jouppi and a 50-year-old wheelchair bound man. The incident happened Friday, September 21st at detox.
Cop uses Taser on handcuffed woman
CNN Video from Pittsburgh Co. Sheriff’s office shows a woman in handcuffs being Tasered by a police officer.
DOJ: Your Bumper Sticker May Indicate You’re A Terrorist
Freedom Outpost The Department of Justice funded a training manual used in the State and Local Anti-terrorism Training (SLATT) program for law enforcement. Apparently certain political bumper stickers can put you on the “could be a terrorist” list, including opposition to the United Nations and support for the […]
Welfare Rights for Libertarians
By Kevin Vallier Libertarians have often opposed what philosophers sometimes call welfare rights, or rights to various goods and serves that promote or safeguard human well-being. These include rights to healthcare and education. Libertarians don’t like welfare rights because they appear to give some the moral permission to […]
Why Libertarians Should Support a Land Value Tax
The case for Georgism. By D. J. Webb Libertarians support low taxation on principle, in order to free people and the economy from the burden of the state. If the writings of Adam Smith and John Stuart Mill are anything to go by, however, there is an important […]
La-La Land Liberalism
By Thomas Naylor When I moved to Vermont in 1993, it was considered to be the most radical state in the Union. A few years earlier, when Ronald Reagan was still president, 180 Vermont towns passed nuclear-freeze resolutions in their town meetings. Burlington’s socialist mayor Bernie Sanders had […]
How Hawkish Are Americans?
By Lawrence Wittner In the midst of a nationwide election campaign in which many politicians trumpet their support for the buildup and employment of U.S. military power around the world, the American public’s disagreement with such measures is quite remarkable. Indeed, many signs point to the fact that […]
The Real Reasons Obama Sucks: A Leftist and a Neocon Debate
Alternet Chris Hedges Tells Dinesh D’Souza That His Obama Film Is ‘Void of Facts, Reality, Intellectual Depth’ In a debate with D’Souza, Hedges argues the film “shows how impoverished our intellectual life has become in a kind of national level.” September 23, 2012 |
Is the GOP Still a National Party?
I predicted in one of my VOR broadcasts that the Repugs would cease to be a competitive political party at the national level, but could still possibly dominate in some of the redder regions. This data would seem to be consistent with that. By Daniel McCarthy 2004 Presidential […]
Why Ron Paul Republicans Won’t Vote for Romney
By Connor Boyack The Republican Party has become bipolar. This is the only logical conclusion to draw after reviewing its treatment of the swelling ranks of Ron Paul supporters who have long been dismissed as insignificant, yet who are now being courted by commentators hoping to prevent another […]
R.I.P., GOP: Last Hurrah of Nixon’s ‘New Majority’?
By Pat Buchanan Looking back all the way to America’s Civil War, there have been three dominant presidential coalitions. The first was Abraham Lincoln’s. With his war to restore the Union and his martyrdom, Lincoln inaugurated an era of Republican dominance that lasted more than seven decades and […]
Libertarianism Is Real Conservatism
The American Conservative During a question and answer session at this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, one man opined “One thing I’ve learned here at CPAC is that the ‘C’ actually doesn’t stand for ‘Libertarianism,’ it’s not ‘L’PAC.” When Congressman Ron Paul won the annual straw poll at […]
Spanish Military Threatens Treason As Catalonia Seeks Secession Referendum
ZeroHedge “Do not play with the feelings of the Catalans” is the totally unveiled threat after Catalonia’s beggars-can-be-choosers demand for an unconditional bailout fell on deaf ears. The traditionally separatist-minded province has decided, according to ANSAmed, has decided to pull a Greece – and escalate with a move […]
NATO releases details of brazen raid on base in Afghanistan
CNN (CNN) — Afghan insurgents who staged a daring, well-planned raid on Camp Bastion, the military base where Britain’s Prince Harry is deployed, were wearing U.S. Army uniforms, NATO said a day after the attack. It’s extremely rare for Afghan insurgents to use U.S. uniforms in their attacks. […]
Houston police shoot wheelchair-bound amputee threatening people with pen
CNN (CNN) — A Houston police officer shot and killed a schizophrenic, wheelchair-bound double amputee threatening people with a pen at a group home for the mentally ill after authorities said the man advanced on the officer’s partner. The shooting occurred early Saturday morning after police responded to […]
The Montpelier Manifesto: Barack Obama and the Temple of Doom
By Thomas Naylor The defining image of the Obama White House is a culture of so-called smart power and death – F-35 fighter jets, unmanned killer drones, Navy Seals, Delta Force death squads, and more recently, the White House kill list. In an act of unprecedented arrogance, President […]
Pol Pot Revisited
By Israel Shamir Now, in the monsoon season, Cambodia is verdant, cool and relaxed. The rice paddies on the low hill slopes are flooded, forests that hide old temples are almost impassable, rough seas deter swimmers. It’s a pleasant time to re-visit this modest country: Cambodia is not […]
Ignorance on Parade: Islamophobia, Left and Right
By Jeff Sparrow ‘Koran discovered with coffee cup stain on the front cover, US marines deployed to all Starbucks franchises.’ The quip, retweeted by celebrity atheist Richard Dawkins, exemplifies the belligerent incomprehension with which so many, including self-proclaimed liberals, have responded to protests against the film The […]
Blasphemy and Empire
By Justin Raimondo The rage over Innocence: why our secular elites just don’t get it Americans are baffled: why oh why are Muslims up in arms over a YouTube video, one which no one in America even knew about prior to the attack on our Libyan consulate and […]
The SPLC’s Multicultural Hate List
By Andrew Hamilton Thirty politicals (“haters”) the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and government authorities are watching, that is. The anti-civil libertarian organization has published “30 New Activists Heading Up the Radical Right” (The Intelligence Report, Summer 2012). Many names on the list are actually not new. The […]
SPLC Attacks Anarchists
The SPLC is a vanguard organization for totalitarian humanism and something of a weather vane as to where left-liberal opinion is heading. It appears that the SPLC is expanding its agenda away from its focus on traditional hate groups like the KKK and neo-Nazis towards attacking any form […]
Protesters torch KFC in Tripoli, Lebanon
Russia Today Protestors torch KFC in Tripoli, Lebanon (Image from Twitter/@Racha93halabi) Demonstrators in Tripoli, Lebanon, burned down a restaurant belonging to US-based chain KFC in protest against an anti-Islamic film mocking the Prophet Muhammad. At least one person was killed and 24 were wounded in the clashes with […]
The Right & the Drug War
By Anthony Gregory Pat Robertson began publicly criticizing the drug war in December 2010, and he has become more vocal since. Unlike the vague critiques often heard from prominent figures—even Barack Obama has called the drug war a failure—Robertson’s insights have been precise, and consistent, and deeply-rooted. “We […]
When The Music Stops – How America’s Cities May Explode In Violence
Western Rifle Shooters Association In response to recent articles in mainstream military journals discussing the use of the U.S. Army to quell insurrections on American soil, I offer an alternate vision of the future. Instead of a small town in the South as the flash point, picture instead […]
Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwhiches are Racist
The Blaze Are peanut butter and jelly sandwiches racist? A bizarre question, to say the least, but one that at least one school administrator is asking out in Portland, Oregon. Verenice Gutierrez, principal at Harvey Scott K-8 School, seems to believe that there are racial connotations associated with […]
The Declining West: Tragedy or Comedy?
By Paul Craig Roberts During the Vietnam War, Sweden was an independent country with a moral conscience, and Sweden gave sanctuary to US war protestors who refused the draft. Washington realized the cost to itself and purchased the Swedish government in order to prevent a reoccurrence of moral […]
Thomas Szasz, Relentless Freedom Fighter, Dead at 92
By Jacob Sullum I am sorry to report that Thomas Szasz, the great libertarian critic of coercive psychiatry, the “therapeutic state,” and the war on drugs, died over the weekend at his home in Manlius, New York. He was 92. Szasz, a Reason contributing editor and professor emeritus at […]
Debt Collectors Cash In as Students Struggle to Repay Loans
CNBC At a protest last year at New York University, students called attention to their mounting debt by wearing T-shirts with the amount they owed scribbled across the front — $90,000, $75,000, $20,000. Jupiterimages | Getty Images On the sidelines was a business consultant for the debt […]
Lap Dances a Tax-Exempt Art? NY Court to Decide
CNBC They may never be confused with “Swan Lake,” but an upstate New York strip club says its nude lap dances are every bit as much an art form and should be exempt from state taxes. Andy Whale | Stone | Getty Images So far, the state […]
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So Much for Anarcho-Syndicalism: Union Membership at an All-Time Low
USA Today In 2011, 11.8% of employed workers were union members, according to the U.S. Labor Department’s most recent figures. A look at union membership by state: Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics CHARLOTTE – What a difference four years make. By Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images President Obama delivers […]
Racial and Ethnic Diversity Spreads to Rural Areas, Small Towns in U.S.
Science Blog Increasing racial and ethnic diversity has long been apparent at the national level and in our nation’s largest metropolitan gateways. Since 1980 over nine-tenths of all cities, suburbs and small towns have become more diverse. And rural communities are following the lead of their urban counterparts, […]
Widow turns tragedy into a cause for gun rights
USA Today NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Clutching a .38-caliber revolver stashed in her sparkly blue purse makes 36-year-old Nikki Goeser feel more secure when walking to her car at night. By Jae S. Lee, Gannett Nikki Goeser shows a card that she hands to restaurant and bar owners asking […]
The Flight of the Young Chicken Hawk: How Mitt Dodged the Draft
By H. Bruce Franklin May 1966. Mitt Romney is just finishing his first—and only—year at Stanford. I’m a 32-year-old ex-Strategic Air Command navigator and intelligence officer, now an associate professor in Stanford’s English Department and something of an anti-Vietnam War activist.
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