From NPR. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Steve Dunwell/Getty ImagesLone Star Nation: Today, the Texas capitol flies both the American and Texas flags, but after independence the Lone Star flag would fly on its own. March 30, 2012 It’s a popular idea in Texas that the Lone Star State — once an independent […]
From the Los Angeles Times. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Patrick Burke with his wife, Elise, and their son, Jackson. In a drunk driving and auto theft case last year, the Air Force pilot was found not guilty “by reason of lack of mental responsibility” — a result of the prescription drugs […]
Article by Walter Williams. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— When NBC’s “Today” show played the audio of George Zimmerman’s call to a Sanford, Fla., police dispatcher about Trayvon Martin, the editors made him appear to be a racist who says: “This guy looks like he’s up to no good. He looks black.” […]
From Liberale et libertaire. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Fareed Zakaria recently published a piece, Incarceration Nation, that points out there are now more people under ‘correctional supervision’ in America – more than 6 million – than were in the Soviet Gulag Archipelago at its height. The imprisonment rate in the US is […]
By Doug Casey. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– An International Man lives and does business wherever he finds conditions most advantageous, regardless of arbitrary borders. He’s diversified globally, with passports from multiple countries, assets in several jurisdictions and his residence in yet another. He doesn’t depend absolutely on any country and regards […]
From the Economic Collapse. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Most Americans have no idea how much economic trouble is heading our way. Most of them just assume that everything will eventually “return to normal” just like it always has before and that those running our economy “know what they are doing” and […]
If Ron Paul runs as an independent candidate, she should be his running mate. Here’s her webpage and here’s her interview with Robert Stark. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————-
Derb and the neocons part ways. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————- The National Review has fired columnist John Derbyshire over a web posting in which he wrote that black people are hostile to whites and that white people should stay out of black neighborhoods and away from black crowds. The magazine on Saturday night disavowed Derbyshire’s “nasty and […]
From CBS Los Angeles. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— A bill authored by a Southland lawmaker that could potentially allow the federal government to prevent any Americans who owe back taxes from traveling outside the U.S. is one step closer to becoming law. Senate Bill 1813 was introduced back in November by Senator […]
From Blacklisted News. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Source: The Intel Hub The Department of Homeland Security has made news in the past few weeks with the revelations that they have purchased up to 650 million rounds of .40 caliber hollow point ammunition. Now, despite ignoring requests as to why they need that […]
From CNN. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Editor’s note: Paul Gilding, author of “The Great Disruption,” is an advocate and adviser to nongovernmental organizations and businesses and the former chief executive of Greenpeace. He spoke at the TED2012 conference in February. TED is a nonprofit dedicated to “Ideas worth spreading” which it makes […]
Listen to the podcast. ———————————————————————————————— March 29, 2012 Keith Preston discusses how the development of modern European intellectual life shaped the political concepts of Left and Right. Topics include: The Enlightenment as the third major phase in European intellectual history following the classical Greco-Roman period and the medieval […]
Article by Thomas Knapp. Any take on the shooting of Trayvon Martin should start with an obvious — but often missing — disclaimer: I don’t know exactly what happened in Sanford, Florida on the night of February 26, 2012. It’s likely to the point of near certainty that […]
Article by Pat Buchanan. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– The night of his victories in Maryland, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, Mitt Romney laid out the ground upon which he will stand to fight his fall battle with Barack Obama. Obama, said Mitt, seeks “a government-centered society.” But Mitt would restore […]
By Justin Raimondo. ————— Dear Ron, A lot of my readers are big fans of yours: on those rare but pungent occasions when I have criticized you, I’ve gotten lots of “blowback” in the comments section and in emails sent directly to my inbox. Whenever I praised you, […]
ACLU: Most police track phones’ locations without warrants. Minnesota Waitress Sues After Police Seize $12,000 ‘Tip’ Shock Docs: Total Federalization of Police Under New Homeland Security Mission Balochistan in The Economist Ex-New Orleans cops get prison time in Danziger Bridge shootings. “Get Read to Strip for Unpaid Traffic […]
Watch the video. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Top billionaire Mexican drug lord (ranks #701 on Forbes list of the world’s richest people) “bitch slaps five American presidents” by saying “I couldn’t have gotten so stinking rich without George Bush, George Bush, Jr., Ronald Regan and even El Presidente Obama, none of […]
A left-libertarian and a left-anarcho-social democrat clash. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————-
Listen to the audio. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Noam Chomsky interviewed 2 Dec 2009 by Allison Kilkenny & Jamie Kilstein of Citizen Radio, http://wearecitizenradio.com Listen to the full interview: http://www.breakthruradio.com/index.php?show=8652 Here is the BusinessWeek article that Chomsky mentions: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/09_48/b4157034230199.htm For some reason, the online version of the article has a different title (“Wall […]
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight Ethel MacDonald (24 February 1909—1 December 1960) was a Glasgow-based Scottish anarchist and activist and, in 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, a propagandist on Barcelona Anarchist radio. For more information about […]
Watch the video. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Books Referenced: Solution of the Social Problem. General Idea of the Revolution in the Nineteenth Century. Principle of Federation. The Fatal Conceit.
From The Economic Collapse. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— What would you do if you came across someone on the street who had not had anything to eat for several days? Would you give that person some food? Well, the next time you get that impulse you might want to check if […]
By Paul Craig Roberts. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————– Great empires, such as the Roman and British, were extractive. The empires succeeded, because the value of the resources and wealth extracted from conquered lands exceeded the value of conquest and governance. The reason Rome did not extend its empire east into Germany […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Documentary from German television. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– English version of German television documentary “Neunzig Verweht – der Schriftsteller Ernst Jünger”. Part 1 of 3. Subtitles by Stefan Jarl.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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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, […]
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% […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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