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Thursday March 1st, 2012
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Peter Schiff on American Citizenship
posted 03/01/2012, 1:17 PM (Jeffrey Tucker)
[Category: Commentary]
 You have probably seen Peter Schiff on television, not once, but many times. Among the legions of indistinguishable talking heads out there, he stands out. He makes sense. He draws attention to reality. He is disregarding of the opinions and conventions that prevail on the financial news networks and just comes right out and says what few others are willing to say.
He gets away with it because he makes sense, is super articulate and is aggressive in getting his message out. Even if you don't watch television (I don't, not much), he has his own radio show, YouTube network, blog, social media accounts and much more. You could probably spend a good part of your day living alongside the mind of Schiff and still not hear it all.
He is also the author of How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes. I assure you that there is nothing else like this on the market today. In many ways, it is a work of genius. Imagine learning the complexities of macroeconomics and the business cycle through a series of cleverly drawn cartoons that illustrate a kind of economic parable.
It's great for kids, but also for adults. It was originally written by his father, Irwin Schiff, and became somewhat famous in the 1980s, but this new edition improves the original because the accompanying text reduces 100 years of scholarship into a plain-English explanation of economic development and the business cycle. The themes throughout are consistent: Production comes before consumption; debt is not substitute for saving; credit is no fix for debt; economic reality cannot be held at bay forever.
I had occasion to listen to a dinner lecture by Peter at the New Hampshire Liberty Forum. The conventional wisdom is that a dinner speech should be super short — think 20 minutes — because... (more)
I've been looking at getting Irish citizenship the last few days, if your grandfather was an Irish citizen, it seems like it's rather easy, supposedly it is similar for Italians. I'm still looking into the implications, IE do you have to do jury service, is there any taxes involved if you live out of state, etc. Also, they say you need your grandfather's birth certificate, hopefully they have it on record because I do not. Supposedly Irish/Italian citizenship through descent is the holy grail of citizenship, in that it only costs a few hundred bucks vs thousands and costly 'proof of residency' requirements elsewhere. - Chris, InfoLib
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Denarius
posted 03/01/2012, 1:17 PM (The Dollar Vigilante)
[Category: Economy]
History repeats itself, so the scholars say. But according to Mark Twain it just rhymes. Literary quips and hair-splitting aside, I've found that one of the most valuable things anyone can do to advance their knowledge and understanding of the world is the study of history. Now I'm not talking about the kind of history you get in grade school and university, where all you're told to do is rote-memorization of people, dates and events. To get any value whatsoever out of studying h... (more) |
Turns Out, They Had Nothing To Hide
posted 03/01/2012, 1:17 PM (The Agitator)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Good reporting by Lucy Steigerwald on an outrageous 13-man SWAT raid, with flashbangs, on a home suspected of illegally growing medical marijuana. It’s of course legal to grow the stuff in Colorado if you have a patient card and stay under the state limit. The residents appear to have received the full brunt force of the SWAT team because they dared to exercise their constitutional rights.
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Kim Dotcom: US Govt Is Protecting An Outdated Monopolistic Business Model
posted 03/01/2012, 1:11 PM (TorrentFreak)
[Category: Science/Technology]
The dramatic shutdown of Megaupload and the US government’s case against the operators of the service has the potential to alter the entire service provider landscape, not just in the United States but all around the world. Indeed, some observers believe that has already happened. After defeating attempts to put him back behind bars yesterday, Mega founder Kim Dotcom is back with more insights into the reasons behind the site’s closure.This is the real issue. The closure of Megaupload is the equivalent of the government shutting down Henry Ford for producing cars because it's forcing the horse and buggy industry to adapt. - Chris |
Cop Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Five Women he Detained While on Duty
posted 03/01/2012, 1:08 PM (Star Telegram)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
 FORT WORTH -- With his uniform and police badge, Daniel Lopez had the tools to find his victims.
Investigators say the Fort Worth officer "cased" several women he had detained, checking their records and asking questions for hints of vulnerabilities that he could exploit to get them into his patrol car and, ultimately, to perform sex acts.
"He would profile them to see if they had something in their background or something he could use to manipulate them to get them... (more) |
Box Elder County Sheriff's deputy charged for illegal strip search
posted 03/01/2012, 1:07 PM (ABC4)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
 BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - A former Box Elder County Sheriff's Office deputy has been charged for performing an inappropriate strip search of an 17-year-old girl he had taken to his patrol car for questioning.
18-year-old Tamsen Reid of Salt Lake County had previously sued former Box Elder County Sheriff's Deputy Scott Womack, claiming he forced her to take off her clothes during a traffic stop in November of 2010.
[...]Even though Reid claimed she'd removed ... (more) |
Deputies Use Reporter's Face For Target Practice
posted 03/01/2012, 1:04 PM (The Daily Mail)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
 Apparently unhappy with one of his recent reports, deputies used an investigative journalist's face for target practice at the Sheriff's office shooting range.
Fox 8 found a photograph of its reporter Lee Zurik had been pinned on the target and shot at by police officers in St Bernard, New Orleans.
The unsettling discovery came after the reporter uncovered a long list of people - dozens of whom work for the Sheriff's office - who may have been involved in voter fra... (more) |
Iowa town could ban tattoos from parks
posted 03/01/2012, 1:03 PM (WQAD)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
BETTENDORF, IOWA - The Bettendorf Park Board is considering a policy that would address the tattoos, piercings and attire that a guest is allowed to display at their city facilities.
Last summer at Splash Landing water park, a patron complained about another patron’s tattoo – stating it was inappropriate. The staff member asked the guest to cover their tattoo but the guest decided to leave instead.
Bettendorf Parks and Recreation Director, Steve Grimes says he unde... (more) |
Federal judge blocks anti-smoking images required on tobacco products
posted 03/01/2012, 1:00 PM (CNN)
[Category: General]
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A federal mandate requiring tobacco companies to place graphic images on their products warning of the dangers of smoking was tossed out Wednesday by a judge in Washington, with the judge saying the requirements were a violation of free speech.I remember someone saying they should put the same type images on ads for the military. |
Quietly, Quietly, The Revolution Arrives
posted 03/01/2012, 12:59 PM (Wendy McElroy)
[Category: Commentary]
The Revolution is rapping on my door. And, in response, I garden.
I live down a gravel road on a 40 acre farm in Canada...and the Revolution still finds me. It is everywhere. Blogs. Forums. Twitter. Conversations overheard in the grocery store. The rebellion against governments is all-present even though the most important front may not be obvious to some. The deepest Revolution in North America is the quiet and largely invisible withdrawal of people from dependency on 'the syste... (more) |
Stockton could become biggest city to go bankrupt
posted 03/01/2012, 12:52 PM (Associated Press)
[Category: Economy]
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — City leaders seeking a way to dig out from under massive debts have taken a step toward making Stockton the nation's largest city to file for bankruptcy.
However, thanks to a new California law, the City Council's move also could be the first step toward avoiding such a dramatic move. |
Spies in New Brunswick
posted 03/01/2012, 12:35 PM (Andrew P. Napolitano)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
On June 2, 2009, a janitor in an office building in New Brunswick, N.J., noticed what he thought was terrorist-related literature and sophisticated surveillance equipment in an office he had been assigned to clean. He told his boss, who called the local police, who notified the FBI. Later in the day, the FBI and the New Brunswick police broke into the office and discovered five men busily operating the equipment. Four of the men were police officers from the New York City Police Department (NYPD... (more) |
Dairy Farmer is Ready to Go to Jail Over Food Rights
posted 03/01/2012, 12:35 PM (Farm Wars)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
February 29, 2012–Baraboo, WI – Wisconsin dairy farmer Vernon Hershberger, who has a court hearing March 2 in Baraboo, expects and is prepared for arrest. The Wisconsin Department of Agricultural Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has charged Hershberger with four criminal misdemeanors that could land him in prison for three years with fines of over $10,000. The chargers are all related to Hershberger supplying a private buying club with fresh milk and other farm products. |
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