The news you're not supposed to know... http://www.informationliberation.com Wed, 01 Sep 2010 4:54:57 -0400 From SaveThePlanetProtest.com: The Discovery Channel MUST broadcast to the world their commitment to save the planet and to do the following IMMEDIATELY: 1. The Discovery Channel and it's affiliate channels MUST have daily television programs a... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31957 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 4:46:37 -0400 Authorities were negotiating Wednesday with an armed man who has taken an unknown number of hostages, who might have an explosive or *metallic device* at the Discovery Channel*s headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside the District of Co... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31956 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:05:55 -0400 During my trip to Haiti, I got into a discussion with my fellow volunteers about the financial crisis. Things were going quite well as we all agreed that the rich investment bankers deserved no taxpayer bailout. However, my hopes were dashed when one... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31955 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:05:32 -0400 1. Taxes help grow the economy. Bloomberg: In a study of 44 large fiscal adjustments in 24 advanced economies since 1975, Broadbent and Daly discovered that reducing expenditures by 1 percentage point a year boosted average annual growth by 0.6 ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31952 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:05:37 -0400 Upon the collapse of the Soviet Union, Soviet foreign spokesman Gennadi Gerasimov warned the United States, "We have done the most terrible thing to you that we could possibly have done. We have deprived you of an enemy." For nearly half a centur... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31953 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:05:28 -0400 It always starts out with the MSM doing a puff piece on some *wonderful* new technology which will make our lives *safer* and more *efficient.* From the broadcasting arm of the number one New World Order industrial corporation, General Electric, come... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31951 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:05:20 -0400 Less than two weeks ago Americans were glued to their TVs for footage of the *last brigade* of US soldiers withdrawing from Iraq. With embedded MSNBC journalists and in-studio officials trumpeting a military victory, an America exultant in having fin... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31950 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:04:30 -0400 Furious that state involvement in major terror attacks is being exposed to a wider audience than ever before via the Internet, a UK think tank closely affiliated with the Downing Street has called for authorities to infiltrate conspiracy websites ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31949 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:04:22 -0400 The Senate is attempting to sneak through the infamous Internet kill switch cybersecurity bill by attaching it to another piece of legislation that is almost guaranteed to pass * the defense authorization bill * in an underhanded ploy to avoid the... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31948 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:05:52 -0400 World renowned economist Marc Faber sheds light on the state of the US dollar and the future of commodities... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31954 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:04:12 -0400 Whether Ben Bernanke has the monetary policy options to help the ailing economy, with William Ford, former Atlanta Fed president; Pete Schiff Euro Pacific Capital and CNBC's Steve Liesman.... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31947 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:04:07 -0400 Watching economists and media analysts react to breaking economic news is a bit like looking at a flock of pigeons flying over the New York skyline. A true wonder of the urban landscape, the flocks can include hundreds of individuals who show an ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31946 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:04:02 -0400 I*ve made a living out of exposing economic fallacies, but there*s one whale that I can*t seem to harpoon. Even top-flight Wall Street analysts seem to believe that the Fed*s doubling of the monetary base after the credit crunch has not had an inflat... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31945 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:03:44 -0400 The WSJ today runs a story on cigarette rolling machines that illustrates how the regulatory state can count on private enterprise to lobby for ratcheting up regulations. It seems that there is a tax loophole that permits role-your-own smokes to b... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31944 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 4:02:11 -0400 ...Mounting evidence revealed how Pelo may have used his police training and access to commit the crimes and cover his tracks. Detectives found that Pelo's police computer had been used to run license plate searches on three of the victims. Pelo c... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31941 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:28:35 -0400 On Friday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a message that -- for those of us who inveigh against widespread, institutionalized violence -- sounded a lot like a threat, that "much of the work of implementing financial reform lies ahead... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31939 Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:53:53 -0400 Even more relevant than when she said it in 1961. ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31937 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:35:17 -0400 In the introduction to Capitalism and Freedom, Milton Friedman complained of the perversion of the word *liberalism,* which early in the 20th century underwent a shift in meaning from a philosophy favoring free markets and individual liberty to a phi... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31936 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:35:12 -0400 One of the primary arguments employed by statists to justify the welfare state is the necessity to equalize incomes. The rich just get richer and richer, and the poor just get poorer and poorer, in a free-market economy, say the statists. To balance ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31935 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:35:02 -0400 Given what are widespread and prevailing misconceptions, one could perhaps be forgiven for identifying anarchy with unmitigated chaos and libertarianism with today's corporate avarice. At the same time, Statists -- whose systems have rendered nothing... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31933 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:27:25 -0400 ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31922 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:35:07 -0400 A functional libertarian political order will rise the strongest from fertile ground. To maximize individual liberty it is necessary to promote the best kind of individualism at all levels. Controversy over the building of various mosques and the ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31934 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:31:42 -0400 Doug Casey discusses 'the Greater Depression.' ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31932 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:31:25 -0400 In a CNBC debate last week, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich presented a set of contradictory beliefs that unfortunately reflect the conventional wisdom of modern economists. In a discussion with Wall Street Journal columnist Stephen Moore, R... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31931 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:31:15 -0400 Former Cuban president Fidel Castro meets Lithuanian author and conspiracy theorist Daniel Estulin in Havana today Photograph: Alex Castro/EPA Fidel Castro has more reason than most to believe conspiracy theories involving dark forces in Washingto... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31930 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:31:05 -0400 I got a (simultaneously horrifying and amusing) news item in the latest U.S. Pirate Party newsletter, about a new program in Cleveland to monitor recyclable bins with RFID chips (*Privacy Trashed,* August 24). *This whole *chipping* of garbage can... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31929 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:31:02 -0400 PHILADELPHIA * Philadelphia has become a target online now that people are learning that bloggers have to pay a fee just like businesses do. Should the city really be going after the little guys for making money online? The mayor says yes. ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31928 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:29:57 -0400 ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31927 Sat, 28 Aug 2010 2:29:30 -0400 ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York Gov. David Paterson on Thursday promised to finally start collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American stores, despite state police warnings that such enforcement could result in "violence and death." The state p... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31923 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:08:52 -0400 With modern information and publishing technologies, it is easier than ever for average folks to actively participate in the spread of information. We can look beneath the official story and create our own narratives that are not based in helplessnes... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31916 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:08:59 -0400 Among the premises with which the Feds justify their War on Terror are the hordes of bad guys overrunning the planet. The government wants us to believe that millions of terrorists lurk worldwide, scheming to blow us sky-high. They penetrate our airp... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31918 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:08:57 -0400 Fantastic video on the progression of information technology, researched by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod, and Jeff Brenman, remixed... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31917 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:08:35 -0400 According to a recent article in Philadelphia*s City Paper, Philly bloggers report receiving government duns for a $300 *business privilege* tax. The city*s government, operating on the unsafe assumption that these blogs have made raked in some form... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31914 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:08:40 -0400 In the latest issue of Trends Journal Gerald Celente, the founder and director of Trends Research Institute and also bestselling author of Trends 2000 and Trends Tracking, writes that the United States is walking down the same road of demise as the f... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31915 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:08:30 -0400 A small set of ideas does most of the heavy lifting in economics. "Ten Principles of Economics" or "Ten Big Ideas" or "Ten Key Elements of Economics" are pretty standard in most introductory economics books. Here's my version, based on Chapter 1 of... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31913 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:08:26 -0400 Peter Schiff and Marc Faber both warn about US Treasuries.... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31912 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:06:21 -0400 Finland*s National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) has suspended the use of the H1N1 vaccine over fears that the shot is linked with a 300 per cent increase in cases of the neurological disorder narcolepsy among children and young people over ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31909 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:06:15 -0400 As we warned at the beginning of the year, X-ray body scanners currently being used and abused in airports across the world are set to hit the streets as American Science & Engineering reveals that *more than 500 backscatter x-ray scanners mounted... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31908 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:05:59 -0400 How come there*s an egg recall due to salmonella poisoning? Don*t we have government regulations and regulators for this sort of thing? Don*t we have government inspectors? Don*t we have a regulated economy so that the government will keep us safe fr... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31906 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:05:30 -0400 Download mp3 Mr. Gatto quit as a public school teacher in order to stop harming kids. He had discovered that institutional schooling is designed to prevent the natural genius of children from emerging. Public schools impose a state of permanent in... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31904 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:59:01 -0400 President Obama*s announcement that all combat troops have exited Iraq, while 50,000 combat troops remain in Iraq, is fitting. Since the war began with a lie, the *end* of the war might as well be based on a lie as well. Interventionists continue... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31899 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:58:56 -0400 *Too many *free* offers come with strings attached,* warned David Vladeck recently. Who is David Vladeck? Why, he*s the person in charge of protecting you from unscrupulous businesses. Vladeck is director of the Federal Trade Commission*s Bureau of C... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31898 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:58:37 -0400 I don't know about you, but I am not about to run out and experiment with the latest fad, known as "i-dosing," a gimmick that supposedly uses binaural tones to create euphoria. "Simply put, i-dosing is the attempt to achieve a perceived drug 'high... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31897 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:58:22 -0400 At the beginning of his show this morning, Glenn Beck started ripping into the imam that all the talk-radio hosts love to hate, because the imam has (correctly) pointed out that the U.S. has killed many more innocent non-Muslims than al-Qaeda has. ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31896 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:58:14 -0400 Libertarianism Today * By Jacob H. Huebert * Praeger, 2010 * Vii + 254 pages Jacob Huebert's outstanding survey of libertarianism ranks as the best work of its kind since Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty. Huebert navigates... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31895 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:58:07 -0400 Michigan State University student Ahlam Mohsen is in jail with bail set at $250,000. She faces up to five years in prison. She was arrested for throwing an apple pie at US Senator Carl Levin's face. The "Support Ahlam Mohsen" Facebook group says t... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31894 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:57:57 -0400 Al Franken has just released another video regarding his take on net neutrality, which he has dramatically called "the First Amendment issue of our time." This may or may not be true, but the trust proponents of net neutrality are placing in governm... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31893 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:59:43 -0400 ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31890 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:59:39 -0400 I was arrested with felony charges for expressing protest against acts of injustice against a neighbor. After cops felt her up during the traffic stop and illegally began to search her vehicle against her will, I expressed myself and got arreste... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31889 Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:59:32 -0400 Greg Taylor served 16 years in prison after he was falsely convicted of murdering a prostitute in Raleigh, North Carolina. He was released in February by a special three-judge panel after it was discovered the blood police claimed to have found in h... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31888 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:51:14 -0400 Is the controversy over building a mosque near ground zero a grand distraction or a grand opportunity? Or is it, once again, grandiose demagoguery? It has been said, *Nero fiddled while Rome burned.* Are we not overly preoccupied with this controv... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31887 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:51:07 -0400 As violence raged through Gaza, Esther Najjar feared that her family -- which included two young girls -- would be the next target of the mob that had just firebombed the local Catholic church. Riled up through the expert ministrations of profess... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31885 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:51:10 -0400 Opponents of the Park51 Islamic community center held a rally yesterday in Lower Manhattan, and a 4-minute video, posted below, reveals the true sentiments behind this campaign. It has little to do with The Hallowed Ground of the World Trade Center ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31886 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:50:53 -0400 That bastion of economic efficiency, the government of California, has passed a bill that could allow the state to jail parents whose kids miss more than 10% of jail time, er, I mean public school attendance. The *reasoning* behind the bill is that t... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31884 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:50:50 -0400 Two fire-breathing bartenders face up to 45 years in prison each for performing flaming bar tricks. Jimmy's Old Town Tavern owner Jimmy Cirrito said his bartenders have been entertaining his customers -- by juggling bottles of alcohol and spitting... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31883 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:50:41 -0400 Writes Fastcodesign.com: *It took George Washington 72 years to get on the front of the dollar bill. SF-UK design firm Dowling Duncan wants to put Barack Obama on it now. In blue. The Obama bill anchors their sweeping concept for redesigning U.S. ban... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31882 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:49:59 -0400 Nordea*s CEO Christian Clausen says the idea that politicians automatically buoy up irresponsible and rash banks is not a good one. *The bad banks should go bankrupt and customers suffer. That is just not something that has been politicaly accepta... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31881 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:49:52 -0400 Apparently, going too fast was not the problem: the officer wrote her a ticket for driving 6 mph under the speed limit. "He said, 'You were going 34 in a 40,'" said Sedillo. The citation said she violated the statute for minimum speed. Now, she... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31880 Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:49:33 -0400 LOS ANGELES * Next month's opening of the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools will be auspicious for a reason other than its both storied and infamous history as the former Ambassador Hotel, where the Democratic presidential contender was assassinate... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31879 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:12:12 -0400 Two years ago, the economy was seriously dragged down amidst an amazing banking crisis that spread throughout the world. The illusion created by loose credit * that housing could go up in price forever and we could enjoy permanent prosperity due ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31871 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:12:10 -0400 A Complete History Of The Soviet Union Through The Eyes Of A Humble Worker, Arranged To The Melody Of Tetris. Music by "Pig With The Face Of A Boy" Written and performed by DONALD NEWHOLM and DAN WOODS, with MALCOLM GAYNER & ROBIN HARRIS P... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31870 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:12:07 -0400 For the past three years, Marilyn Bess has operated MS Philly Organic, a small, low-traffic blog that features occasional posts about green living, out of her Manayunk home. Between her blog and infrequent contributions to ehow.com, over the last few... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31869 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:12:02 -0400 Now that few people read anymore (due to more pressing activities such as watching American Idol and having to work longer hours to earn enough money to keep up with the *Federal* Reserve-created inflation), it*s getting harder and harder to convin... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31868 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:11:03 -0400 Antiwar Radio*s Scott Horton is one of the best at addressing every warmongers* lie. Here he is on Russia TV exposing the latest attempts to demonize Persians, whip up fear and anger, and lead Americans into another bloodbath to slaughter innocent ... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31867 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:10:57 -0400 Dr. Ron Paul speaks with Goldseek Radio about government tracking of gold purchases, shortages at the US Mint, investing in gold coins vs gold stocks, and the Free Competition in Currency Act. Read More... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31866 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:10:52 -0400 Vaccinations are common requirements for children all over the country in order to attend public school and college. However, half of American adults (52%) say they are concerned about the safety of vaccinations for children, including 27% who are Ve... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31865 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:10:47 -0400 Lucknow: Minutes after they were given the measles vaccine, four infants - Kumari, Sanya, Rekha and Sahil fell acutely ill. They became breathless, began to sweat and their pulse fell rapidly - all symptoms of anaphylactic shock or a serious allergi... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31864 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:10:10 -0400 There needs to be a serious discussion nationwide about how police are hired and trained. Over and over the Police exhibit a "Them Verses Us" mentality. The people in their minds have no right to question their authority. If you you do, you may jus... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31860 Sun, 22 Aug 2010 12:10:06 -0400 YUMA, Ariz. - Pastor Steven Anderson was beaten and Tased at a Border Patrol checkpoint last year, and has since been cleared of all charges by a jury. But now he's filing suit against the officers who Tased him. The lawsuit was filed a few day... http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=31859