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2011 Index of Economic Freedom

As determined by the collection of neocons, theocons, vulgar libertarians, and stooges for the military-industrial complex that comprise the Heritage Foundation. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– world rankcountryfreedom scorechange from previous world rankcountryfreedom scorechange from previous   1Hong Kong89.70.0 93Morocco59.6+0.4 2Singapore87.2+1.1 94Mongolia59.5-0.5 3Australia82.5-0.1 95Ghana59.4-0.8 4New Zealand82.3+0.2 96Egypt59.1+0.1 5Switzerland81.9+0.8 97Swaziland59.1+1.7 6Canada80.8+0.4 98Nicaragua58.8+0.5 7Ireland78.7-2.6 […]

Qaddafi Is Dead, Libyan Officials Say

From the New York Times. ————————————————————————————————- Esam Omran Al-Fetori/Reuters Libyan government fighters celebrated after routing the last remaining forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi from the coastal town of Surt on Thursday. More Photos » TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan strongman who fled into […]

AWA: Americans With Attitude

From DumpDC.Com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— by Bob Moriarty (Editor’s note: The penultimate paragraph is one of the most sobering I’ve read in many months. And it’s nearly impossible to argue with the author’s conclusions. Blood will likely be spilled, and that may just be the beginning of the end.) It […]

War and the Return of Populism

Article by Justin Raimondo. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– What’s behind the recent upsurge in anti-Iranian war propaganda coming out of the Obama administration? This is the question Stephen Walt posed on his blog atForeignPolicy.com: “What’s the endgame here? What is the positive purpose to be gained from this new campaign? If there really is hard […]

Don’t Change the Law — Ignore It

Article by Kevin Carson. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– It’s no secret the Obama administration has a close relationship with the big media companies when it comes to making “intellectual property” policy. In 2010 Joe Biden — formerly Senator from MBNA, now Vice President from Disney — hosted a “Piracy Summit” consisting […]

A.D. 2041 – End of White America?

Some realistic pessimism from Pat Buchanan. I’m not so pessimistic. Fragmented diversity will likely the maintenance of the empire impossible and a decentralist revolution more likely. ———————————————————————————————— John Hope Franklin, the famed black historian at Duke University, once told the incoming freshmen, “The new America in the 21st […]

The Left As It Once Was…

…before the Left became the New Moral Majority. This sounds a lot like the more left-wing aspect of ARV/ATS. Anyone want to take a guess who said the following? “We’ve supported countless civil liberties organizations, political reform, sex research and education, abortion reform before it became popular, prison […]

The New “Mercantile System”

Article by David D’Amato. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- The U.S. Congress quietly passed three “free trade” bills last week, the kind of laws that — though thoroughly characteristic of the structural problems of today’s economy — often seem unremarkable and uncontroversial. Allowing exchange of goods and services across national boundaries appears […]

Alternative Currency: Coming to Stores Near You?

Article by Darian Worden. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— The New York Times recently reported on the rise of alternative economic networks in Greece (“Battered by Economic Crisis, Greeks Turn to Barter Networks,” October 1). As the shortcomings of the mainstream economy become more apparent globally, we can expect to see more participation in alternative […]

What in the Hell is a Paleo?

Article by Paul Gottfried. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Reading an online response by someone described as “National Review’s chief domestic policy analyst,” with the mellifluous, politically correct name of “Reihan Salam,” addressed to Ron Unz of the American Conservative, I was struck by a stray reference to a group that Salam’s employers have not accorded the right […]

State repression from Bush to Obama

Article by Matthew Lyons. With the happy exception of individuals like Glenn Greenwald and Alex Cockburn, the civil liberties Left has completely fallen apart under Obama just as the antiwar Left has done the same. I’d argue this has transpired for two reasons: first, the social phenomenon of […]

US Begins Huge Military Maneuvers Aimed at Iran

Article by Paul Joseph Watson. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— The United States will this week commence huge military maneuvers aimed at Iran, with a massive air fleet patrolling middle eastern skies ready to land at any time, in response to Irans involvement in an alleged assassination plot that experts have labeled […]

Anarchism vs. Anarchy

From DumpDC.Com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— by Matt D. Harris Gonzo Times (Editor’s Note: My comments will follow this short piece.) I think it’s important to take a moment to make this distinction. Anarchism is a well-thought-out revolution leading to a well-thought-out lifestyle, free of oppressive/coercive hierarchies. It is an implementation […]

'Cannibal' fear over German tourist

WTF? ——————————————————————————————————————————————————   Stefan Ramin and Helke Dorsch in Dominica 7:00AM BST 17 Oct 2011 100 Comments Stefan Ramin, 40, from Hamburg, disappeared last month after reaching the remote tropical island of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia. After a week of searches, charred human remains and clothes have […]

Is Occupy Wall Street movement anti-Jewish?

From Rehmat’s World. ————————————————————————————————————————————————— Toronto-born American Jewish columnist David Brooks believes it is. In his Op-Ed published in The New York Times (October 10, 2011), entitled ‘The Milquetoast Radicals’, he wrote: “Take the Occupy Wall Street movement. This uprising was sparked by the (Canadian) magazine Adbusters, previously best known for 2004 […]

House Bill Would Criminalize Satire of TSA

Article by Kurt Nimmo. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— This parody may soon be illegal. On September 22, 2011, H.R. 3011 was introduced in the House. It is entitled the “Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act of 2011” and it contains some curious language. Two thirds of the way through the ponderous bill, in Sec. […]

'Father' and 'Mother' will be replaced with official terms Parent 1 and Parent 2 in Britain

It wasn’t for nothing that Orwell’s dystopian novels were set in England. Our British readers have my condolences. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Traditional words ‘father’ and ‘mother’ will be replaced with official terms Parent 1 and Parent 2 in Britain. The terms will be used in official documents. The authorities decided […]

As Many As 600,000 Illegal Aliens May Be Registered To Vote In Texas

From the Citizen’s Report. Hell, if dead people can vote, why not illegals? Anything that makes the electoral system look like the joke that it is is fine by me. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- A recent check by the Texas Secretary of State’s office indicates that 600,000 registered voters do not […]

Should race play a role in how the media reports crime?

Article by Kyle Rogers. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Ever notice that the media is pushing a political agenda? Certain minor events are reported endless while some major events are ignored. It all depends on the political agenda of the news outlet. It is no secret that the agenda is usually a […]

Conclusive link now admitted: swine flu vaccine causes chronic nervous system disorders

From Infowars.Com. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Mike Adams Natural News Sunday, October 9, 2011 (NaturalNews) The nation of Finland has now openly admitted that the swine flu vaccine “conclusively” causes narcolepsy, a chronic nervous system disorder that makes people uncontrollably fall asleep. The Finnish government, in acknowledging this link, says it will […]

Only Prostitutes Are More Disliked by Non-Christians Than Evangelicals

Interesting research. Years ago, I started to notice that racists, fundamentalists, and survivalist militias tended to rank alongside drug users, prostitutes, and street gangs in terms of their social and political ranking within the mainstream society and established political order of totalitarian humanism. Hence, the lack of contradiction […]

Immigration, the Republicans, and the End of White America

Article by Ron Unz of The American Conservative. Mass immigration from the Third World mean the emergence of a Third World model class system in North America. In a few decades, whitey will be just another ethnic group among many. More evidence of why the general anarchist milieu […]

The Decline Of Christianity In America

From a fundamentalist Christian website with a realistic view of the future of religion in the U.S.   In a few decades, serious Christian believers in America will be comparable to the fringe religious subcultures that have traditionally existed in the U.S., such as the Mennonites, Amish, Mormons, […]

GLOBAL OCCUPATION 1,000 CITIES UNITE in 'Wall St' anger WORLDWIDE!!

From Russia Today.

H. L. Mencken Club Conference Coming Up

I hope to see some ARV/ATS supporters there. _____________________________________________________________________________________________   The Fourth Annual Meeting of the HL Mencken Club 4-5 November 2011 Baltimore, Maryland   Double Tree by Hilton–Baltimore/BWI Conference Center 890 Elkridge Landing Road, Linthicum, MD (410) 859-8400   Register here

Evangelicals Question The Existence Of Adam And Eve

Geez, next we’ll have to tell them the bad news about Santa Claus and Superman. At least they’re now catching up with the eighteenth century. Still a ways to go, unfortunately. Still another argument for elitism and against egalitarianism and mass democracy: “Polls by Gallup and the Pew Research […]

Anarchists Riot in Rome

Hmm. It seems they put 40 cops in the hospitals. Not too bad. I doubt these people are anywhere near where they need to be-ideologically, strategically, organizationally, or tactically-but this is a noble effort. —————————————————————————————————————————————– Vandalism erupts in Rome on Saturday as protesters initially took peacefully to the […]

Community Resolutions Against the Machine

From Common Dreams. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Communities all over the United States are reeling from budget cuts. Military contractors, meanwhile, have remained fat and well-fed on the one part of federal spending that so far hasn’t been touched by budget-cutting fever: the Pentagon. One community recently decided to call attention […]

The ‘Iranian Plot’ – Please don’t laugh!

From Rehmat’s World. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- According to the New York Times (October 11, 2011) – Washington has accused Iranian Al-Quds for hatching a plot, to assassinate Saudi ambassador in the US – and to bomb Israeli embassy in Washington DC and both Saudi and Israeli embassies in Argentina. To […]

We fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies

Pigs will be pigs. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Willie Anderson/News Former Detective Stephen Anderson, seen here in 2009, is testifying under a cooperation agreement with prosecutors. RELATED NEWS City paying out $300G to brothers falsely accused of selling drugs Undercover cops busted in fake cocaine arrest Cops had money motive to […]

War with U.S. is of No Interest to Iran

Article by Alexander Cockburn. —————————————————————————————————————————————————- Even by the forgiving standards of American credulity, the supposed Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the U.S. is spectacularly ludicrous. That doesn’t mean it isn’t a sinister harbinger of a new crisis. Why would Iran want to kill the Saudi […]

Obama orders U.S. troops to help chase down African 'army' leader

From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— President Barack Obama is sending about 100 U.S. troops to Africa to help hunt down the leaders of the notoriously violent Lord’s Resistance Army in and around Uganda. “I have authorized a small number of combat-equipped U.S. forces to deploy to central Africa to provide […]

Necessity of the Fourth Political Theory

Article by Leonid Savin. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— by Leonid Savin The present world financial crisis marks the conclusion of the damage done by the liberal ideology which, having appeared during the epoch of the Western Enlightenment, has for decades dominated most of the planet. Disturbing voices and criticism started during […]

Libertarians to Occupiers: Crony capitalism is the problem

  View this message at LP.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2011 Contact: Wes Benedict, Executive Director E-mail: wes.benedict@lp.org Phone: 202-333-0008 ext. 222  Libertarians to Occupiers: Crony capitalism is the problem WASHINGTON – Libertarian Party Chair Mark Hinkle released the following statement today: “I have been following the Occupy […]

An Interview with a Transgendered Maoist

Another reason why we need elitism.  

Why We Must Have Elitism

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A Word to the Wise

Which Side Are You On?

Article by Kevin Carson. ———————————————————————————————————————————————— Occupy Wall Street has come under fire from some libertarians, on the grounds that it’s relatively silent about the role of big government, and its proposed remedies lean heavily toward increased government intervention. But it’s quite understandable that many in the Occupy movement […]

BLOOMBERG VS. OCCUPY

By John Robb. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Mayor Bloomberg is moving to shut down Occupy Wall Street at Liberty Square tomorrow at 7 AM. The ruse he is using:  the need to clean the “park.”  He has promised that Liberty Square will be reopened after the cleaning but nobody will be allowed to […]

The Wall Street Protesters Must Love This Guy

From CBS New York. You don’t have to be coherent to be politically incorrect.

I AM NOT MOVING – Short Film – Occupy Wall Street

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My Advice to the Occupy Wall Street Protesters

Article by Matt Taibbi. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– I’ve been down to “Occupy Wall Street” twice now, and I love it. The protests building at Liberty Square and spreading over Lower Manhattan are a great thing, the logical answer to the Tea Party and a long-overdue middle finger to the financial […]

Higher Inflation Coming Within A Month

From Coin Update. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– As economic data deteriorates and markets decline, governments and multinational agencies are facing an immediate dilemma.  They can either do nothing and risk a global depression—or they can intervene with more monetary and fiscal stimulus to postpone dealing with the problem a few months […]

Keith Preston — “Mass Immigration and Totalitarian Humanism”

The video is now available from the National Policy Institute. As Keith Preston quips, some might wonder how a libertarian anarchist like himself ever got involved with people who identify themselves as nationalists. Are not liberty and nationalism polar opposites, never to be reconciled or aligned? Preston does […]

Delusions of peace

Article by John Gray. Hat tip to Chris George. ———————————————————————————————– Storming of the Bastille by Francois Leonard. Many of the French revolutionaries favoured violence as an “engine of social transformation” “Today we take it for granted that war happens in smaller, poorer and more backward countries,” Steven Pinker […]

Anonymous Calls On Occupy Wall Street To Form A New Political Party

Article by Robert Johnson. A third party? No. Too easily co-optable. A federation of local parties committed to the pan-secession, liberty and populism, ten core demographic and left-right-center tri-partite strategies? Yes. ———————————————————————————————– Anonymous central just posted a notice on its website calling for the Occupy Wall Street Movement […]

The Stark Truth: RamZPaul on Class Warfare & Political Correctness

Good discussion. —————————————————————————————————————————————————   Robert Stark and returning guest RamZPaul discuss: Occupation of Wall Street; The protesters’ ideology and theHollywood elitists who are sticking it to the man; Controlled opposition among the Tea Party and anti-capitalist Left; Class warfare, economic issues, and how nationalism is the solution to these […]

Lech Walesa backs Wall Street protesters

Article by Monika Scislowska. ——————————————————————————————————————————————————- Poland’s former President Lech Walesa says he supports the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York that protests corporate greed. The Nobel Peace laureate told The Associated Press that he is planning either a visit or a letter to the protesters. “I am […]

TSA on lookout for big hair and snow globes

From CNN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————– Editor’s note: LZ Granderson, who writes a weekly column for CNN.com, was named Journalist of the Year by the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and is a 2011 Online Journalism Award finalist for commentary. He is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN the Magazine […]

Dead Men Tell No Tales: The CIA, 9/11 and the Awlaki Assassination

Article by Tom Burghardt. —————————————————————————————————————————————————— On September 30, the CIA and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) assets under the Agency’s control, assassinated the alleged “external operations” chief of the Afghan-Arab database of disposable Western intelligence assets, also known as Al-Qaeda, Anwar al-Awlaki, and a second American citizen, Samir […]