On July 15, about a dozen people walked into a cozy San Francisco restaurant with a window sign reading “private event” to savor foie gras, California’s newest forbidden fruit.
They paid $100 apiece for “a 10-course tasting of quasi- legal goodness,” according to the online notice for the “Duckeasy” event. Each received an e-mail with the address only hours before the first sandwich of Wonder bread, grape jelly and foie gras mousse was ser... (more)
New Zealand’s District Court Judge David Harvey made some interesting comments recently with regard to U.S. attempts to change copyright law worldwide.
Judge Harvey, who’s handling Kim Dotcom’s extradition case, is not a fan of these practices as became clear at the launch of the “Fair Deal” campaign.
Commenting on the U.S. backed Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, which will push for harsher copyright legislation, he said ... (more)
Stefan Molyneux, host of Freedomain Radio, and Jeffrey Tucker of Laissez Faire Books discuss the modern hell of mainstream media, the hidden message of the movie 'Momento' and great libertarian literature at FreedomFest 2012
New Hampshire Adopts Jury Nullification Law! July 2, 2012By michaelsuedeFor those of you who don't know much about jury nullification, basically it's when the jury finds a defendant innocent because of their dislike of the law. For example, a jury might refuse to convict a non-violent drug offender be... (more)
"I was detained by Portland PD officer on 26MAY2012. He detains me without suspicion of any criminal activity in violation of Delaware v Prouse. He admits his sole reason for stopping me is my legally carried firearm in violation of US v DeBerry. He seizes my weapon with no reasonable suspicion that I've committed a crime in violation of Terry v Ohio. He demands my ID ... (more)
It was a street battle pitting the champions of civility against those decrying censorship. It was not a fight for those with delicate ears.
The foul mouthed confrontation took place Monday the town hall of Middleborough, Mass., which recently banned cursing and threatened to punish it with $20 tickets.
Former Marine Adam Kokesh, 30, of Santa Fe, organized a protest against the ban, calling Middleborough's effort to control its citizens' speech "more offensive, vulg... (more)
Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales gets confronted by Luke Rudkowdski of http://wearechange.org and Abby Martin of http://mediaroots.org about torture.
SOURCE: Jan 22, 2002 - Department of Justice memo to White... (more)
Israel Rangel was charged with possession of less than a gram of cocaine. Cops said he had half as much coke as there is Sweet’N Low in a single packet.
When citizens showed up in court to pick a jury, it started the way all cases do.
“The prosecutor asked a question to the first 65 people,” Dupont said.
Peter Schiff testifies before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. Hearing entitled "Oversight of Federal Housing Administration's Multifamily Insurance Programs." Thursday, June 7, 2012 10:00 AM in 2128 Rayburn HOB.
Peter Schiff is the CEO and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, Inc. Sch... (more)
An Angus-Reid Public Opinion poll released Wednesday is just the latest to show majority support for marijuana legalization. The poll had support for legalization at 52%, with 44% opposed.
That's in line with a Rasmussen poll released a couple of weeks ago that had support for legalizing and regulating marijuana at 56%, and also in lline with other rec... (more)
Penn Jullette let it rip on what a hypocrite Barack "I've Done a Little Blow" Obama is for his anti-drug policies. Penn points out if Obama's drug laws were applied to himself, he would have landed in prison rather than the White House.
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Peter Thiel, the billionaire founder of PayPal, says college is a bubble which will soon pop and he says many college administrators are the e... (more)
CHICAGO -- Dozens of anti-war veterans tossed their medals onto a Chicago street Sunday near where NATO began its two-day summit, calling them “representations of hate,” “lies” and “cheap tokens,” and with some making emotional pleas for forgiveness from the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.
With many dressed in military fatigues, they had filed through the streets in formation, chanting "N-A-T-O, NATO has got to go," and “No NATO, no war, w... (more)
Opponents of a U.S. law they claim may subject them to indefinite military detention for activities including news reporting and political activism persuaded a federal judge to temporarily block the measure.
U.S. District Judge Katherine Forrest in Manhattan yesterday ruled in favor of a group of writers and activists who sued President Barack Obama, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the Defense Department, claiming a provision of the National Defense Authorization Act, signed in... (more)
