Prisoners, Guards Clash Over Guantanamo Bay Raid
posted 04/14/2013, 4:11 AM (Associated Press)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
MIAMI (AP) -- Months of increased tension at the Guantanamo Bay prison boiled over into a clash between guards and detainees Saturday as the military closed a communal section of the facility and moved its inmates into single cells.
The violence erupted during an early morning raid that military officials said was necessary because prisoners had covered up security cameras and windows as part of a weekslong protest and hunger strike over their indefinite confinement and conditions... (more) The prisoners in America's Concentration Camp™ are getting uppity. |
West Valley narcotics officers stole evidence, audit finds
posted 04/14/2013, 4:10 AM (KSL)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
WEST VALLEY CITY — Narcotics officers from the West Valley Police Department stole money and other items from vehicles they seized and may have taken drugs and money confiscated during arrests, an internal audit found.
"We may have missing drugs and money that are associated with this investigation," West Valley City Manager Wayne Pyle said Friday.... (more) |
Why Chemotherapy That Costs $70,000 in the U.S. Costs $2,500 in India
posted 04/14/2013, 4:10 AM (The Atlantic)
[Category: Economy]
Why does Gleevec, a leukemia drug that costs $70,000 per year in the United States, cost just $2,500 in India?
It's seemingly simple. Gleevec is under patent in the U.S., but not in India. Accordingly, Novartis, its Swiss-based manufacturer, may prevent competitors from making and selling lower-cost versions of the drug in the U.S., but not in India.... (more) |
Tax Freedom Day 2013 is April 18, Five Days Later Than Last Year
posted 04/14/2013, 4:10 AM (Tax Foundation)
[Category: Economy]
What is Tax Freedom Day?
Tax Freedom Day is the day when the nation as a whole has earned enough money to pay its total tax bill for the year. A vivid, calendar based illustration of the cost of government, Tax Freedom Day divides all federal, state, and local taxes by the nation’s income. In 2013, Americans will pay $2.76 trillion in federal taxes and $1.45 trillion in state taxes, for a total tax bill of $4.22 trillion, or 29.4 percent of income. April 18 is 29.4 percent, or 108... (more) |
LAPD Will No Longer Provide Info To Media On Celeb 'Swatting' Pranks
posted 04/14/2013, 4:10 AM (CBS Los Angeles)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Los Angeles Police Department said Thursday that they will no longer offer immediate information to the media on bogus 911 calls that target celebrity homes.
“We think that whoever is doing this is motivated by watching the police on TV and watching the helicopters come in, and we don’t want to allow that opportunity,” said Cmdr. Andrew Smith.
Smith said the department will also stop broadcasting the “swatting” calls so news organizatio... (more) |
Paulson Loses More Than $300 Million as Gold Declines
posted 04/14/2013, 4:10 AM (Bloomberg)
[Category: Economy]
Billionaire John Paulson lost more than $300 million of his personal wealth on his gold bet, as the precious metal fell to its lowest price in almost two years.
Paulson has roughly $9.5 billion invested across his hedge funds, of which about 85 percent is invested in gold share classes. Gold dropped 4.1 percent today, shaving about $328 million from his net worth on this bet alone.
Gold tumbled and entered a bear market after falling more than 20 percent since Augus... (more) |
Pirate Party Crowd-Sources File-Sharing Fine Settlements
posted 04/14/2013, 4:04 AM (TorrentFreak)
[Category: Economy]
Anyone obtaining and sharing files on the Internet should be aware of the risk that someone, somewhere, might consider their behavior to constitute a breach of their rights. If people are eventually held to account, painful monetary fines can be the outcome. However, a new initiative by the youth division of the Swedish Pirate Party aims to soften the blow for those unlucky enough to get caught by paying their copyright infringement fines.... (more) |
Taxed for Life
posted 04/12/2013, 6:48 PM (Jeffrey Tucker)
[Category: Commentary]
 The least of the problems with the income tax is that it takes your money. The really big problem is that the income tax takes your life. It gives the government direct access to the things you own and sets up the political/bureaucratic sector to be the final arbiter of what you can and cannot consider to be yours.
Illustrating the point is the bitter news that the IRS has considered it completely legal to demand access to your email archive whenever it wants. This news came about... (more) |
Libertarian Wishful Thinking
posted 04/12/2013, 7:17 AM (Robert Higgs)
[Category: Commentary]
As a rule, libertarians incline toward wishful thinking. They constantly pluck little events, statements, and movies from the flow of life and cry out, "Eureka! Libertarianism is on the march!" With some of my friends, this tendency is so marked that I have become amused by its recurrent expression—well, there he goes again!
Some of this tendency springs, I believe, from their immersion in abstract thought and writing. Many of them have read hundreds of books and articles on liber... (more) |
Sam Zell: "The Stock Market Feels Like The Housing Market Of 2006"
posted 04/12/2013, 7:17 AM (ZeroHedge)
[Category: Economy]
Instead of the endless procession of "different this time", "buy-the-dip", "money-on-the-sidelines" asset-gathering, Muppet-fleecers that CNBC so typically trots out, Sam Zell graced them with his presence and the truth was allowed a voice for a few minutes. Joined by David Rosenberg, who clarifies the insanity that engulfs US equities, explaining in wonderment that it is "not surprising the market rises even in the face of bad ISMs, worse jobs, and worst NFIB data, because Japan and the US are ... (more) |
Cyprus May Sell Majority Of Gold Reserves to Help Fund Bailout
posted 04/12/2013, 7:17 AM (BBC News)
[Category: Economy]
 Cyprus may sell off some of its gold reserves to help finance part of its bailout, according to reports.
An assessment by the European Commission says Cyprus must sell about 400m euros (£341m) worth of gold.
The country has already been forced to wind down one of its largest banks in order to qualify for a 10bn euro lifeline from international lenders.
Even with that bailout, it is predicted that the Cypriot economy will shrink by 8.7% this year.
... (more) |
Ryan Seacrest -- SWATTING VICTIM
posted 04/12/2013, 7:17 AM (TMZ.com)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Ryan Seacrest is being swatted right now ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement sources tell us ... a 911 call came in by someone claiming shots were fired inside the house by "mobster looking guys in suits with rifles."
Our sources say it has all the markings of swatting.... (more) This is attempted murder. - Chris |
Bling patrol: Dubai's $550,000 Lamborghini police car
posted 04/12/2013, 7:16 AM (MyFoxNY)
[Category: General]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — In a city of boundless bling, Dubai police also are in hot pursuit after adding a nearly $550,000 Lamborghini to its fleet.
The sports car, painted in green-and-white colors of the Dubai force, will not likely be roaring after law breakers. Instead, it will be mostly dispatched to tourist areas to show — in the words of deputy police director, Gen. Khamis Matter al-Muzaina — "how classy Dubai is."... (more) |
Google Relaxes DMCA Takedown Restrictions, Eyes Abuse
posted 04/12/2013, 7:14 AM (TorrentFreak)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
Following requests from some copyright holders, search giant Google has relaxed its DMCA restrictions allowing for more takedown notices to be processed. As a result the number of URLs being removed from Google continues to shoot up, surpassing the record-breaking 4.4 million mark this week. Both Google and the RIAA are happy with the progress being made but the former says it will keep a close eye on abusive practices.... (more) |
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Thursday April 11th, 2013
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Witness Contradicts Cop's Story in Fatal Shooting of 15-Year-Old Boy
posted 04/11/2013, 2:38 AM (InformationLiberation)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
After shooting and killing a 15-year-old boy who was pulled over for driving a stolen vehicle, an Arizona DPS officer claimed the teen attempted to run him over, forcing the officer to shoot him in self-defense. Now a witness has come forward contradicting the officer's story, he says the officer shot the teen with an "assault rifle" "within 10 seconds" of pulling him over, before the youth even had a chance to surrender. He says the car the teen was driving only lurched forward at "4-5 miles ... (more) |
A Caveman's Account of "Civilized Society"
posted 04/11/2013, 2:38 AM (Joel Bowman)
[Category: Commentary]
Emblazoned across the lucre-basted exterior of the Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington, D.C., is one of the most intellectually polluted quotes any free mind is ever likely to encounter:
“Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.”
Its effortlessly officious author, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., could scarcely have been more wrong in his (albeit paraphrased) assertion. Unless, that is, the mustachioed... (more) |
How The Market Creates Jobs And The Government Destroys Them
posted 04/11/2013, 2:38 AM (Walter Block)
[Category: Economy]
If the media tell us that "the opening of XYZ mill has created 1,000 new Jobs," we give a cheer. When the ABC company closes and 500 jobs are lost, we're sad. The politician who can provide a subsidy to save ABC is almost assured of wide-spread public-support for his work in preserving jobs.
But jobs in and of themselves do not guarantee well-being. Suppose that the employment is to dig huge holes and filll them up again? What if the workers manufacture goods and services that no ... (more) |
Playing Devil's Advocate - "Why Bitcoin Will Crash To $0" By A Bitcoin Supporter
posted 04/11/2013, 2:38 AM (r/Bitcoin)
[Category: Economy]
 OK, let me start by saying that I think the general idea of a cryptographic currency is a brilliant one. I can definitely see Bitcoin establishing itself as a major world currency, and basically doing to fiat currencies what email did to the postal system.
However, whenever I mention Bitcoin to anyone, I strongly encourage them not to invest more than they are prepared to lose. I myself only own 10 BTC. Why? Because Bitcoin has flaws, and it has potential enemies,... (more) |
Legalize Recreational Drugs
posted 04/11/2013, 2:37 AM (Independent Institute)
[Category: Commentary]
I suspect that most readers of The Beacon tend to favor personal freedoms to a sufficient degree that they will immediately agree with the title of this post. If we want to live in a free country, freedom has to mean that we are free to make choices that others, including others in positions of authority, believe are bad choices. We are not free if we are only allowed to choose options government believes are good for us.
The tremendous harm that the war on drugs has around the wo... (more) |
The Maryland "Rain Tax"
posted 04/11/2013, 2:37 AM (Gazette)
[Category: Economy]
In 2010 the Obama administration's Environmental Protection Agency ordered Maryland to reduce stormwater runoff into the Chesapeake Bay so that nitrogen levels fall 22 percent and phosphorus falls 15 percent from current amounts. The price tag: $14.8 billion.
And where do we get the $14.8 billion? By taxing so-called "impervious surfaces," anything that prevents rain water from seeping into the earth (roofs, driveways, patios, sidewalks, etc.) thereby causing storm water run off. ... (more) |
Oxford officer accused of saying he wanted $500 to help
posted 04/11/2013, 2:15 AM (MyFoxDetriot)
[Category: Economy]
OXFORD, Mich. (WJBK) - A man says when he called the Oxford Police Department for help, an officer told him he charged a $500 fee. The civilian recorded the phone conversation.
A rocky relationship turned into a bad breakup for 29-year-old Nathaniel Bennett, who on Sunday felt he had no choice but to call police for help getting back his property from his very angry ex.
"Did not want to have any communication to avoid [a] volatile situation, and so I attempted to u... (more) |
New Pirate Bay Greenland Domains Seized
posted 04/11/2013, 2:14 AM (TorrentFreak)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
In anticipation of having their Swedish domain name seized, this week the crew of The Pirate Bay took evasive action. In the early hours of Tuesday morning they switched to two Greenland-based domains, but already the plan is starting to unravel. The telecoms company in charge of the .GL TLD says it will now block the domains after deciding they will be used illegally.... (more) |
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Wednesday April 10th, 2013
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Decriminalization, Legalization, or Freedom?
posted 04/10/2013, 3:14 AM (Laurence M. Vance)
[Category: Commentary]
In between drug prohibition and drug freedom are two concepts that are often confused.
Drug prohibition is the criminalization of the production, distribution, and possession of drugs as currently exists in the United States on the federal level and in most of the 50 states. Drug freedom is the complete absence of federal and state laws and regulations concerning drugs because what a man wants to grow, sell, or smoke is his natural right.
Drug decriminalization is t... (more) |
ATF Sting Operation Used Brain-Damaged Man, Then Charged Him
posted 04/10/2013, 3:14 AM (Journal Sentinel)
[Category: Cover-Up/Deceptions]
ATF agents running an undercover storefront in Milwaukee used a brain-damaged man with a low IQ to set up gun and drug deals, paying him in cigarettes, merchandise and money, according to federal documents obtained by the Journal Sentinel.
For more than six months, federal agents relied on Chauncey Wright to promote “Fearless Distributing” by handing out fliers as he rode his bike around town recommending the store to friends, family and strangers, according to federal prosecutors... (more) |
Police Confiscate Man's Guns Over Son's Water Pistol
posted 04/10/2013, 3:13 AM (Infowars)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
In the latest example of anti-gun hysteria, police in New York State confiscated a man’s firearms and revoked his pistol license after his son threatened to use a water pistol against bullies who had taunted his friends at school.
Image: Wikimedia Commons
Commack resident John Mayer is now pursuing legal action after Suffolk County Police visited his home and threatened to embarrass him in front of his neighbors before confiscating Mayer’s handguns and rifles, firea... (more) |
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