The Idea Of Resistance Against The StateThroughout the course of history people have fought against tyranny and authority of various forms only to be thrown back into subjugation when someone else came along to claim what we call “power”. There have been countless battles to overthrow these established powers, but none of them resulting in freedom for humanity in the long term, because all of these struggles were playing out on the wrong battlefield.
All this time the oppressed thought that they were fightin... (more)
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'Life over war': US veterans return medals at NATO summitCHICAGO -- 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)
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Marc Faber: Looming Global Catastrophe?The biggest bear of all, Dr. Doom (Marc Faber), discusses the future of the euro and whether a global catastrophe is on the way, with CNBC's Brian Sullivan and the Money In Motion traders. - FRI 18 MAY 12 | 05:43 PM ET
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Marc Faber Says Stocks in 'Significant Correction'
May 21 (Bloomberg) -- Marc Faber, the publisher of the Gloom, Boom & Doom report, talks about global stock markets and his investment strategy. Faber also discusses China's economy and Greece's potential exit from the euro area. He speaks with Susan Li on Bloomberg Television's "Asia Edge." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Who Would Jesus Sue? Tim Tebow Threatens Bogus Lawsuit Against Maker of 'MY Jesus' T-ShirtIntellectual property laws frequently make people do stupid things. Case in point, Tim Tebow apparently threatened a lawsuit against the seller of a "MY Jesus" T-shirt because they claim the site is using his likeness. That the site specifically says they've got nothing to do with Tim Tebow nor the NY Jetts is apparently of no consequence to his idiot lawyers, they're just hoping their threats and intimidation get the T-Shirt maker to submit to their will -- as Jesus would have.
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D.A.R.E To Charge Taxpayers For Your Political PropagandaA Missouri Sheriff printed out a bunch of D.A.R.E. t-shirts with an added political message reading “Re-elect Archie Dunn, Jasper County Sheriff.”
He then sent the county a bill for his political propaganda.
Fortunately, the local government is refusing to pay for them, and they're saying the shirts probably broke the law.
Via The Joplin Globe:
CARTHAGE, Mo. — Norman Rouse, counsel for the Jasper Coun ... (more)
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Even Worse Than Democracy“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” -- H. L. Mencken
Mass democracy and individual liberty do not mix, despite the propaganda. Surely, if a majority can vote against the rights of the minority, the libertarian case against democracy becomes clear enough. This is why so many who favor democracy embed within its definition the concept of certain basic civil liberties of the minority protecte... (more)
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Citizen Video Evidence Helps Two Arrested Photographers Have Their Cases DroppedJust as we've seen the DOJ come out and scold police for taking away people's rights by arresting people photographing or videotaping police, we have two separate stories (found via PetaPixel) of photographers who were arrested by police for taking photos of public protests, both of whom had their cases dropped due to videotaped evidence from othe... (more)
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All-White Jury Acquits Houston Ex-Police Officer in Videotaped Beating of Black Teen Chad Holley
Hundreds of people rallied in Houston on Thursday to protest the acquittal of a former police officer in the videotaped beating of an African-American teenager. On Wednesday, the officer, Andrew Bloomberg, was found not guilty by an all-white jury in the beating and stomping of 15-year-old burglary suspect Chad Holley. Video taken of the Mar... (more) Absolutely amazing. |
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US "Six Strikes" Anti-Piracy Scheme DelayedSoon the file-sharing habits of millions of BitTorrent users in the United States will be monitored as part of an agreement between the MPAA, RIAA, and all the major ISPs. Those caught sharing copyright works will receive several warning messages and will be punished if they continue to infringe. However, it now appears that the much-discussed July start date will have to wait until later in the year as the parties involved may fail to meet the provisional deadline.
In the coming ... (more)
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A Century of Cosmetics: Is the End Near?The organization Campaign for Safe Cosmetics doesn't just want you to be able to have new choices about the makeup or other products you buy. It wants the FDA to be able to ban and recall products. It will decide for you what is and isn't safe.
And it is prevailing against the industry itself, which has no interest whatsoever in selling unsafe products, but precisely the opposite. The industry is already ridiculously overregulated, and new regulations could come into effect this s... (more)
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How Corrupt Prosecutors Get Away With Sending Innocent People to JailProsecutors are arguably the most powerful figures in the American criminal justice system. They decide which charges to bring, what plea bargains to offer, and what sentences to request. Given their role in the system and the broad powers they exercise, it is critical that they discharge those duties responsibly and ethically.
But according to attorneys and criminal justice reform advocates, prosecutors across the country are misbehaving -- and getting away with it. While the mos... (more)
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Donna Summer believed her cancer was linked to 9/11 dust As the world continues to remember Donna Summer, who died on Thursday, it's being widely reported that the Disco Queen believed the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center triggered the lung cancer that took her life, especially as members of Summer's family have confirmed the singer did not smoke. Summer, then 52, was in her New York apartment when the towers fell and r... (more)
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The Good Buffett Writes to Murray Rothbard [Pic]
(From the Rothbard Archives at the Mises Institute)
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DEA Terrorists Gun Down Two Pregnant Women & Other Innocents From Safety Of HelicopterTerrorists working for the Drug Enforcement Agency murdered two pregnant women and two other innocent men 14-yr-old boys out fishing on their boat in Honduras.
The terrorists reportedly gunned the innocents down from the safety of a U.S. taxpayer funded helicopter, they wrongly assumed the innocent foreigners were somehow involved in the selling of a plant substances th... (more)
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The War on Drugs: Cui Bono?Cui bono, a maxim of Cassius quoted by Cicero meaning “who benefits?” or “to whose advantage?” is a useful principle when investigating political assassinations, conspiracy theories, mysterious deaths — and the war on drugs.
The war on drugs, which actually began in the United States before World War I with the passage of a series of federal anti-narcotics laws, was officially declared by Richard Nixon in 1971. It was expanded by Ronald Reagan ... (more)
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74-Yr-Old Calls Police After Being Beaten In His Home, Police Show Up, Arrest Him & Throw Him In JailHere's another good example of why you should never call police.
Via the Toronto Star:
Ottawa police are reviewing how 911 dispatchers handle calls after a 74-year-old man who was beaten in a home invasion called for help — only to be arrested and thrown in jail for more than two months.
Marian Andrzejewski, a retired artist, says ... (more)
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Wall Street Editorial Page: If the Government Claims You Are a Terrorist, Then You ARE a TerroristThe "War on Terror" has become a sickness. Abroad, the U.S. Armed Forces either commit acts of war in small, defenseless countries or they are engaged in dirty wars of occupation, as we have seen in Iraq and Afghanistan. Drone strikes kill innocents and now the government has decided that Americans are so evil that they, too, need to feel the full force of the drone.
Cheering on every lie and abuse has been the neocon (emphasis on "con") Wall Street Journal editorial page and toda... (more)
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Precious Metals Market Manipulation?For many years now, a meme has been floating around that the prices of gold and silver are being manipulated, which is to say suppressed, by various powers of darkness. This is not an unreasonable assertion. After all, the last thing the monetary powers-that-be want is to see is the price of gold skyrocketing. That would serve as an alarm bell, possibly panicking people all over the world, telling them to get out of the dollar. It's assumed, by those who believe in the theory, that the U... (more)
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