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Nexus X HumectressWhy Libertarians Should Oppose Conspiracy Theories
By Dan Bier and David Bier “Bilderberg conspiracies have become a handicap for the Liberty Movement,” says conservative commentator Jack Hunter in a recent article. “Bilderberg conspiracy theorists have become a political handicap. The Birthers probably have a few interesting points to make, but this doesn’t change the fact that […]
Chief Justice Roberts, Economic Fascist
By Gary North On July 2, 1776, Congress voted for the Declaration of Independence. Most of the members signed it on July 4, although more signed over the next month. The problem was this: a declaration of independence from King George III (and from Parliament, which was really […]
Despite fights about its merits, idea of American exceptionalism a powerful force through history
By Dan Gilgoff CNN.com Religion Editor (CNN) – It’s safe to say the first European arrivals to New England wouldn’t recognize today’s debate over whether America is exceptional. Though the United States wouldn’t be born for another century and a half, the Puritans arriving in the early 1600s on […]
Romney losing ground to Obama without support from Paul Nation
This analysis is consistent with my own. The combination of widening class divisions and demographic and cultural change means the Repugs are screwed. By Kevin Kerwick National Republicans may have some serious thinking to do. Their presumptive nominee, Mitt Romney looks to be in serious trouble on multiple fronts today. […]
Don’t fuck with the Swiss mountain people
The First Liberty Library
by Murray Rothbard
The lone individual is seldom given credit as a shaper and mover of great historical events; and this is particularly true when that individual is no famous statesman or military hero, nor leader of a mass movement, but simply a little-known person pursuing his own idea in his own way. Yet such a person, scarcely known in his day and totally forgotten by historians until the last few years, played an important role in one of the most significant events in modern history: the American Revolution. know the great influence of this man and his simple idea in forming an event that has shaped all of our lives.
The Whole of the Law: The Political Dimensions of Crowley’s Thought
by Keith Preston
The fame of Aleister Crowley is principally derived from his reputation as a notorious occultist. It is this reputation that has made his name legendary in numerous counter-cultural and youth culture circles, ranging from contemporary enthusiasts for witchcraft of varying sorts to purveyors of certain shades of heavy metal music. Yet for all his status…
Mayoral candidate’s house shot up by La Familia drug cartel, warned to withdraw from race or family dies
washingtonpost.com Associated Press, Published: June 28 EMILIANO ZAPATA, Mexico — Before the sun climbed above the hills around this central Mexican town, Saul Garcia and his family awoke to the sound of bullets piercing the front gate. A masked motorcyclist had opened fire on their brick home, leaving […]
Swinging sex parties slowly finding a place among Saudi Arabia’s foreign residents and elite
rt.com AFP Photo/Getty Images Swinging sex parties are slowing finding a place among Saudi Arabia`s foreign residents and elite. One foreign couple gave a sneak peak into their private lives that could cost them their freedom or more in the conservative Islamic kingdom. The couple, living in the […]
Circumcision ruling condemned by Germany’s Muslim and Jewish leaders
From The Guardian. Personally, I like this ruling. ______________ by Kate Connolly Jewish and Muslim leaders were united on Wednesday in their condemnation of a German court’s decision to in effect outlaw the circumcision of boys after a judge deemed that the religious practice amounted to bodily harm. […]
‘Miss Holocaust Survivor’ crowned in Israel, stirring smiles and controversy
From Yahoo! News. An undeniable LOLocaust! ____________ By Blake Sobczak HAIFA, Israel – Fourteen women who survived the horrors of World War II paraded Thursday in an unusual pageant, vying for the honour of being crowned Israel’s first “Miss Holocaust Survivor.” Billed by organizers as a celebration of […]
Picking off the empire one star at a time…
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The Downside of Statist Healthcare
Concerning the Violent Peace-Police
By David Graeber An Open Letter to Chris Hedges N+1 Magazine In response to “The Cancer in Occupy,” by Chris Hedges. I am writing this on the premise that you are a well-meaning person who wishes Occupy Wall Street to succeed. I am also writing as someone who […]
The Truth about the Healthcare Bill By Someone Who Actually Read It
By Michael Connelly Well, I have done it! I have read the entire text of proposed House Bill 3200: The Affordable Health Care Choices Act of 2009. I studied it with particular emphasis from my area of expertise, constitutional law. I was frankly concerned that parts of the proposed […]
Cindy Milstein: Hope in a Time of Elections: Movement Building at the Summer Conventions
By Cindy Milstein (Note: This essay is reprinted from the July–August 2008 issue of Left Turn magazine, which features a special section on the elections; it was written before Obama secured the nomination.) “The world as it is, is not the world as it has to be.” Long […]
SCOTUS: Render Unto Caesar … er, Kaiser Permanente
By Thomas Knapp Well, here it is, folks: The Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the “individual mandate” provision in the Affordable Care Act, aka “ObamaCare.” As of 2014, all Americans will pay a portion of their taxes to an insurance company of their choice instead of to Uncle Sam […]
The Manufactured Debate Over Obamacare
By Kevin Carson Contrary to outraged cries from Republicans that it’s some sort of radical departure from our “free enterprise” system, Obamacare is in fact a direct continuation of the bipartisan neoliberal consensus of the past thirty years. The guiding principle of this consensus is the use of […]
Roberts Affirms the Total State Model
From The Ruling Class Yesterday, the Roberts court affirmed the Obama defense of the so-called “Affordable Care Act.” To me, it is not a particularly surprising result. Two years ago, I noted thatthe Obama Admin’s principal argument relied on the classification of the mandate as a tax and that […]
Living with Savages
By Gavin McInnes When libertarians, paleocons, neocons, and Republicans are confronted with a shrieking liberal they usually shoo it away. That’s easy if you don’t live in New York City, Berkeley, LA, or Madison, but those of us mired here in the jungles of hysteria have to come […]
Government Medical “Insurance”
mises.org Murray N. Rothbard [Making Economic Sense (1995; 2007)] One of Ludwig von Mises’s keenest insights was on the cumulative tendency of government intervention. The government, in its wisdom, perceives a problem (and Lord knows, there are always problems!). The government then intervenes to “solve” that problem. But […]
Left-Anarchist Accidentally Blows Himself Up With Incendiary Device (Mexico)
from vivalaanarquia, translated by waronsociety: Two explosions in different parts of the south of Mexico City happened in the night hours. The first at 501 Picacho Ajusco, corner of Cartos (Ampliación Miguel Hidalgo neighborhood). An homemade explosive device went off at 11:37 PM Tuesday June 26 in a […]
Ron Paul Audit Fed Legislation Passed by House Oversight Committee
bloomberg.com Joshua Zumbrun A U.S. House committee approved legislation introduced by Representative Ron Paul that would subject the Federal Reserve to an audit of its activities, including monetary policy decisions. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in Washington approved the bill today in a voice vote. The […]
Grandson of civil rights icon sues over racist workplace harassment
rawstory.com Ed Pilkington, The Guardian In November 2008, when Barack Obama made his famous election night victory speech in Chicago’s Grant Park, he invoked the story of a black woman who had lived through a century of struggle that had culminated with the first African American president.
Major Violent Crime Wave Hits Anti-Gun Cities Across America
From Off Grid Survival As crime rates drop around the country, a somewhat predictable but disturbing trend is starting to pop up in big cities across America. In a number of large metropolitan areas throughout the country, where guns are severely restricted, crime is actually increasing. In fact, […]
Austin Man Facing 10 Years in Prison After Photographing Cops Making Arrest
By Carlos Miller Photo by Antonio Buehler It was just after midnight on New Year’s Day when Antonio Buehler spotted a pair of Austin cops manhandling a woman at a gas station during a DUI investigation, so he pulled out his cell phone and began taking photos. That, […]
Has the Day of the Islamist Arrived?
By Pat Buchanan Sixteen months after the United States abandoned its loyal satrap of 30 years, President Hosni Mubarak, to champion democracy in Egypt, the returns are in. Mohammed Morsi, candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood, is president of Egypt, while the military has dissolved the elected parliament that […]
The answer would be “Hell, no!”
Classic Words of Wisdom
“…there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things. For the reformer has enemies in all those who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who […]
Religious circumcision of kids a crime – German court
From Russia Today A German court has ruled that parents can’t have their sons circumcised on religious grounds in a move which has angered Muslim and Jewish groups in the country. The court in Cologne decided that a legal guardian’s authority over a child does not allow them […]
Lady Gaga’s new perfume created using blend of human blood, semen, and poisonous extract
From Natural News If you have ever doubted the truly satanic essence of the infamous Lady Gaga, then you need look no further than her new perfume, which is expected to debut this fall. According to the Boston Globe and various other sources, the new Gaga scent, known […]
The Wonderful World of Plutocracy
Obama Nobel Peace Prize Appeal Sought By Bolivian President And Russian Lawmaker
From the Huffington Post The Bolivian president and a Russian political leader have launched a joint effort to have President Barack Obama stripped of the Nobel Peace Prize. As Forbes is reporting, Russian Liberal Party leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky released a statement Monday saying that the prize, awarded to […]
Quote of the Day
“Teachers taught us that Hitler was terrible, not because he hated the wrong group, but because hating any group is illogical, unscientific and leads ultimately to violence. Groups are grammatical fictions; only individuals exist, and each individual is different. Sometime while I was busy and didn’t notice, Political […]
TSA agent spills grandfather’s ashes in confrontation with passenger
rawstory.com David Ferguson A TSA worker at an airport in Florida violated the agency’s policy when she opened a container containing the ashes of a passenger’s grandfather and spilled them on the terminal floor, according to Indianapolis, Indiana’s ABC affiliate station, WRTV Channel 6.
Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins on the Alex Jones Show
Martin Sewell, Cambridge Don, Urged To Resign Over ‘Racist And Sexist’ Views
huffingtonpost.co.uk Lucy Sherriff A Cambridge academic responsible for mentoring students has come under pressure to resign over his controversial views which have been dubbed by some as racist, sexist and pro-Hitler. On his website, Martin Sewell, a supervisor in the university’s Faculty of Economics, describes black people as […]
EPA drones spying on the livestock activity of Midwest farmers
.D. Heyes Natural News (NaturalNews) As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues to approve scores of drone applications for a range of federal, state and local agencies, concern among Americans and privacy groups is rising about the use of these drones for illegal surveillance. The latest federal agency […]
Nepal on the brink of another ‘people’s war’
dw.de Political turmoil continues in Nepal after the break-up of the main party, the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). Mohan Vaidya ‘Kiran,’ former senior-vice chairman of the party, tells DW about his political plan. Mohan Vaidya “Kiran” is the former senior-vice chairman of the Nepal’s main party, […]
Robot completes world’s first automated liver transplant
rawstory.com AFP A surgeon operates on a patient in 2009. A medical transplant centre on the Italian island of Sicily said Monday it had carried out the world’s first partial liver transplant using only a robot to remove the organ of the donor. (AFP Photo/Axel Schmidt) A medical […]
British police investigate racist ‘tweet attack’ comments on England duo
rawstory.com AFP LONDON — British police launched an investigation on Monday after two England internationals were subject to abuse on social networking site Twitter. Ashley Young and Ashley Cole were targeted after missing penalties in England’s Euro 2012 quarter-final loss to Italy on Sunday. A Metropolitan Police spokesman […]
Muslim woman barred from school parents’ event for wearing veil
rt.com A British Muslim woman was asked to leave a school’s parents’ night in Manchester for wearing the veil. The college cited “safety” and “security” reasons. Maroon Rafique was stopped from entering Manchester College by security staff, who told her that for the security of teachers and pupils, […]
“Wild Justice”
From The Anarchist Library. Bob Black spits on his hands, hoists the black flag, and considers slitting throats. Kudos to Luna920 for bringing this to my attention. _______________ Introduction We’ve all heard the phrase “law and order” — as if they go together. The slogan assumes that law […]
“We had to destroy the village in order to save it.”
Eric the Withholder
Holder gets a Goading @ TakiMag. _____________________ by Jim Goad The House Oversight Committee voted last week to begin Contempt of Congress proceedings against porpoise-faced Attorney General Eric Holder. Although the vote was a reaction to Holder’s stonewalling in the Fast and Furious gun-walking scandal, America’s wormy, mustachioed […]
Nigerian Govt Gives U.S. the Right to Pursue Terrorists in Nigeria
“Screw Uganda, guys: Nigeria’s a better backdoor!” From Atlanta Blackstar. ______________ In an effort to help it deal with the brutal violence of the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram, the Nigerian government has given the U.S. the authority to conduct strikes against the group on Nigerian soil with […]
Diffusion, Decentralization, and Devolution of power to local communities
mosquitocloud.net Charles Hugh Smith, 06, 22, 2012 The Solution to Concentrated Power: the Three Ds The solution to centralized power can be summarized as the three Ds: diffusion, decentralization, and devolution of power to local communities. Yesterday I analyzed the global failure of centralization: The Master Narrative Nobody Dares Admit: […]
Amazonian Indigenous Peoples Occupy Belo Monte Dam Site
amazonwatch.org Amazon Watch, International Rivers, Movimento Xingu Vivo FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | June 23, 2012 For more information, contact: Brent Milliken, +55 61 8153 7009, brent@internationalrivers.org Verena Glass, +55 11 9853 9950, veglass@uol.com.br Altamira, Brazil – Indigenous peoples affected by the controversial Belo Monte dam complex now under […]
Navy arrested wrong man as ‘son’ of top fugitive drug lord ‘El Chapo’
aljazeera.com After working with US intelligence for months, the Mexican navy said it believed it had nabbed a big prize in a known Guadalajara narco-haven: the son of Mexico’s top fugitive drug lord. But it turned out they got the wrong man. The man arrested on Thursday as […]
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