(CNSNews.com) - Charlie Sheen brought his “Violent Torpedo Of Truth: Defeat Is Not An Option” show to Washington, D.C. yesterday, and decided to make some political comments.
A video of the D.C. show where Sheen talked about a possible presidential run has leaked onto the internet, showing Sheen giving perhaps a glimpse of what his platform might be saying, “I would disband the fed, like now. Shut that mother****** down now, and send the I.R.S. to prison,"... ... (more)
Senator Ron Wyden, who has been one of the few elected officials regularly standing up for consumers and citizens rather than just rolling over for what big companies want, has again made it clear that he's immensely troubled both by Homeland Security's domain seizures and the plans for a new COICA bill, which he states, flat out: "I will do everything in m... (more)
Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses Rep. Michael McCaul’s (R-Texas) attempt to include Mexican drug cartels in an expanded war on terrorism; the winners on both sides of prohibition, including the c... (more)
It’s not often we get a real market test of the popularity of public employee unions, so this recent experience from Wisconsin provides an interesting peek at the real public’s perception. If a harbinger of broader public opinion, members of public employee unions may want to rethink their tactics.
Owners of businesses from large banks to Mom-and-Pop stores in Wisconsin have be... (more)
Peter Schiff has quite a way of inadvertently bring out the worst in people. First Dick Morris hangs up on him, now Robert Kiyosaki curses at him for merely asking questions. You know someone is a con-man if they can't give any concrete specific advice and only talk in vague generalities. Peter merely asks the guy for proof of concept an... (more)
Fresh explosions and gunfire have been heard in Tripoli, as international coalition forces continue to bombard Libya. The country's government says further civilian casualties occured following a third day of allied air strikes. Meanwhile, troops loyal to the Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi are reportedly attacking rebel strongholds in the west. As the allied bombing of Libya enters day three, America is getting involved in another long-term war, which will ruin its economy. That's the opinion of ... (more)
Lew Rockwell of the Ludwig von Mises Institute shares his views on the causes for the war in Libya. A lot of oil goes to China, the main potential petrol-consuming rival of the US, he notes. Rockwell argues America is a military empire and does not care if it kills people. He cited the situation in the Iraq campaign, where he said "half a million children were killed" since 2003 when the war was launched.
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Yesterday's White House wish list of new intellectual property laws focused on things like counterfeit medicines, but it also included proposals to extend wiretaps into copyright cases and to ensure that illegal streaming video is a felony. A DC trade group representing companies like AMD, Facebook, Oracle, Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft today objected loudly to the plan, ... (more)
Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the “Red State Fascist” camaraderie protest against Muslims in Yorba Linda, CA; why Sharia law and the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition are equally likely to supplant the US Constitution; and the irony of protesting Sharia in the US, while helping to install it in Iraq.
Will Grigg writes the blog Pro Libertate and i... (more)
The bill (HB628-FN) "makes the touching or viewing with a technological device of a person’s breasts or genitals by a government security agent without probable cause a sexual assault," according to the introductory text of the bill.
"Let's put their name on the sex offender registry, and maybe that will tell them New Hampshire means business," said bill co-sponsor Rep. Andrew Manuse, R-Derry.
"That is a crime in this state, and we should charge them every sin... (more)
A Seattle cafe has sensationally banned TSA workers from entering its business premises, refusing service as a consequence of the odious reputation the agency has required in the aftermath of a nationwide revolt against invasive pat down procedures and naked body scanners.
As a symbolic protest against “enhanced pat down procedures” that involve TSA agents literally touching the genitalia of passengers, including young children, the boss of a cafe near Seattle-Tac... (more)
Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the connection between Federal Reserve monetary policy and increased food prices around the world; the unprecedented scope of US empire (and the correspondingly large payroll); the Jeffersonian, rather than jihadist, nature of protests in Egypt and beyond; the future of militar... (more)
