Freedom-Lover News and Articles June 2012
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Vaccine to Help Quit Smoking? |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-30 |
| by Ezra Van Auken Scientists at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York are closer than ever to having a cure for a nicotine addiction. Currently, those scientists at the college are still undergoing further studies, but as for right n | |
“What’s Wrong with Mr. Roberts?” |
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| Undoctrination.org | 2012-06-30 |
| A movie from 1955 adapted from a best selling novel and Broadway play called “Mr. Roberts” tells the story of an American Naval cargo ship in the Pacific in WWII. Henry Fonda plays the role of Mr. Roberts, the executive and cargo officer who | |
The Mandate Was Never the Issue |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-29 |
| It really doesn't matter which way the Supreme Court ruled on President Obama's healthcare mandate. As long as the government is involved in healthcare, there is going to be an endless series of interventions, leading ultimately to a total government ta | |
House Votes Yay on Holder in Contempt |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-29 |
| by Ali Papademetriou On Thursday, the House of Representatives found Attorney General, Eric Holder, in contempt of Congress for failing to provide documents regarding the ‘Fast and Furious’ gunrunning operation. The House took on two vot | |
United States Grants Iranian Sanctions; Act of War? |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-29 |
| by Ezra Van Auken The U.S. made moves Thursday looking to dismantle Iran’s nuclear program. After implementing sanctions on Iran, twenty countries are now blocked from purchasing oil with the country. Putting a strain on the economy; although the | |
Spain, Italy Win Major Concessions From Germany At Debt Summit |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-29 |
| “That path already began to emerge Friday, with leaders agreeing to accelerate the creation of what amounts to a significant new step in European integration — a regional banking supervisor with power to overrule national authorities. Such a developme | |
Democrats’ New Motto: Never Let a Wildfire Go to Waste - by Michelle Malkin |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-29 |
| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Did you know that President Obama has been incommunicado with Colorado’s governor for more than two weeks as the nation’s worst wildfires rage across the state? Maybe he thought we were all “doing fine.” | |
What Corporation Owns Your Fire Station? |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-29 |
| by Ezra Van Auken Baltimore, Maryland’s fire departments haven’t had the best jobs economically. In fact, three companies will be shutting their doors this summer due to lack of revenue. However, Baltimore’s City Council held a recent vote fo | |
A Political Glossary: Part IV - by Thomas Sowell |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-29 |
| Nowhere is political rhetoric more shameless — or more dangerous — than in the pious names that politicians give to the legislation they pass. Perhaps the most egregious example is the so-called “Indian Child Welfare Act,” which callously | |
Obama's Victory Speech Translated |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-29 |
| After the Supremes approved Obamacare yesterday, the President gave a speech. I think it needs de-coding. Obama: Today's decision was a victory for people all over this country... De-coded: It's a victory for central planners, not "people". | |
Amtrak Created to Lower Costs But Passenger Trains Losing Money |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-29 |
 Should we privatize Amtrak? |
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Should We Privatize the Post Office? |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-29 |
 Postal Service board of governors on losses |
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Parts of the Government You'll Never Miss |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-29 |
 Government doing things the private sector should do |
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Justices Allow the Term ‘Tax’ to Embrace ‘Penalty’ |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-29 |
| “When the establishment of Social Security was challenged after it was enacted in 1935, Mr. Glass said that ‘the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 that the new Social Security program, based on the government’s broad power to tax, was fully constitutional.’ | |
World’s First Genetically Modified Babies Born |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-29 |
| The world’s first geneticallymodified humans have been created, it was revealed last night. The disclosure that 30 healthy babies were born after a series of experiments in the United States provoked another furious debate about ethics. So far, two | |
Boom! Bomb Rocks Damascus, Pres. Assad Calls “Terrorists” |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-29 |
| by Ezra Van Auken A bomb went off in central Damascus, at the Palace of Justice’s parking garage, sending the area including a local market into chaos. The air was filled with black smoke as Syrian civilians found three dead; according to Presid | |
A Different Take on ObamaCare |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-29 |
| by Scott Strzelczyk | |
What next? Nullify! |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-29 |
The Schiff Report: ObamaCare is Unconstitutional |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-29 |
| Two wrongs do not make a right. The fine for not buying health insurance is not a tax, its a penalty. And even if it is a tax, its unconstitutional anyway, as its a direct tax that must be apportioned. The Supreme Court is wrong twice.Peter Schiff`s comme | |
17 Reasons To Be EXTREMELY Concerned About The Second Half Of 2012 |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-29 |
| What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are right now? Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day. I will admit that I am extremely concerned about the second half of 2012. Hi | |
17 Reasons To Be EXTREMELY Concerned About The Second Half Of 2012 |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-29 |
| What is the second half of 2012 going to bring? Are things going to get even worse than they are right now? Unfortunately, that appears more likely with each passing day. I will admit that I am extremely concerned about the second half of 2012. Hi | |
The Power to Tax is THE Power |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-29 |
| The Supreme Court has long held that the government may use the tax system to regulate conduct—even if regulation, and not revenue, is the primary motive. | |
A Political Glossary: Part III - by Thomas Sowell |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-28 |
| If there were a Hall of Fame for political rhetoric, the phrase “social justice” would deserve a prominent place there. It has the prime virtue of political catchwords: It means many different things to many different people. In other words, i | |
Obama vs. the Rule of Law |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-28 |
| Some people believe that the term 'the rule of law' means that people are expected to obey the law. You hear this often from public officials, who say such things as, 'People might not agree with the drug laws or immigration laws, but the rule of law d | |
The Judge Breaks Down Obamacare Ruling |
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| Fox Business: Napolitano | 2012-06-28 |
 FBN’s Judge Napolitano on health-care ruling |
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Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-28 |
| ????? --Samuel Spencer-- (No Image Available) "This is one of the grounds which have induced me to make objections to the new form of government. It appears to me that the state governments are not sufficiently secured, and that they | |
Restraining Arizona, Unleashing the President - by Judge Andrew Napolitano |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-28 |
| When the Obama administration decided that it had no interest in preventing the movement of undocumented aliens from Mexico into the southwest United States, the State of Arizona decided to take matters into its own hands. Based on a novel theory of const | |
Government Inc. (airs Saturday at 3PM and 10PM on FNC) |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-28 |
| Leviathan has invaded almost every part of our lives. Politicians think they can manage our lives better than we. On our show tonight, Governor Mitch Daniels says it's easier to cut government than you think. One thing government should handle is defen | |
For Mexican Voters Gripped By Fear, Few Good Choices |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-28 |
| “But Tampico is one of the places where the dark, scary Mexico is devouring the other one. In the nearly six years since Calderon declared war on the country’s drug mafias, the surrounding northern border state of Tamaulipas has become a cartel battle | |
JPMorgan Trading Loss May Reach $9 Billion |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-28 |
| “The growing fallout from the bank’s bad bet threatens to undercut the credibility of Mr. Dimon, who has been fighting major regulatory changes that could curtail the kind of risk-taking that led to the trading losses. . . . ‘Essentially, JPMorgan h | |
Doing More With Less |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-28 |
| This destruction of jobs and reallocation of labor and capital are the true sources of prosperity. | |
FDA Approves First Risky Weight Loss Drug in 13 Years |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-28 |
| by Ali Papademetriou The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new weight loss drug for the first time in thirteen years. The drug is named Belviq and the generic form is called Lorcaserin. It is a pill that is supposed to be taken twi | |
Rome, Revisited |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-28 |
Radio Show: Food Stamps Advertising |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-28 |
Barack Obama and Justified versus Unjustified Treason - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-27 |
| Now that everyone other than Jay Carney and Alan Colmes realizes that Barack Obama has no intention of upholding the Constitution or enforcing laws with which he does not agree, while at the same time ignoring Congress and the Supreme Court and inventing | |
Obama, Romney Dance Around S.B. 1070 |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-27 |
| A common joke is that, in the future, Republicans will have to find as many minorities to be on stage with them as possible while Democrats will have to do the same with whites. As the country becomes more diverse throughout the decade, the GOP will not b | |
In Praise of Discrimination |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-27 |
| Tomorrow the Supreme Court rules on the constitutionality of Obamacare. Will they kill the mandate but keep the popular parts? This week my syndicated column discusses the benefits of discrimination in health insurance: ... Discrimination is what makes | |
Tea Party Claims Another GOP Incumbent |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-27 |
| The "death" of the tea party has been greatly exaggerated. Five-term Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK) was defeated last night by Jim Bridenstine, a conservative with strong support from local tea party activists. It was the first time in 18 years an incumbent | |
WSJ/NBC Poll: Bain Capital Polls Better Than Solyndra |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-27 |
| A few of the numbers from yesterday's Wall Street Journal/NBC poll have gotten plenty of media attention, especially those numbers that look good for Obama. Buried deep in the poll, though, is bad news for both Obama and his media allies when it come to | |
California City Could Go Bankrupt from High Public Sector Costs |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-27 |
| Officials in Stockton, California will vote on Tuesday night to restructure their debt to avoid bankruptcy, hours before the midnight deadline for such a restructuring deal under a new California mediation law, according to The Fresno Bee. | |
America On Fire: Why Is The Number Of Wildfires In The United States Increasing? |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-27 |
| As America watches large sections of Colorado literally burn to the ground, many are wondering why all of this is happening. There have always been wildfires, but what we are experiencing now seems very unusual. So is the number of wildfires in the Un | |
America On Fire: Why Is The Number Of Wildfires In The United States Increasing? |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-27 |
| As America watches large sections of Colorado literally burn to the ground, many are wondering why all of this is happening. There have always been wildfires, but what we are experiencing now seems very unusual. So is the number of wildfires in the Un | |
Stockton Bankruptcy Will Make History; Residents Reeling |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-27 |
| “How Stockton found itself so mired in debt can be seen everywhere in the city’s core. There is a sparkling marina, high-rise hotel and promenade financed by credit in the mid-2000s, mere blocks from where mothers won’t let their children pl | |
Fox Business Video: Market Sell-Off |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-27 |
| Latest video interview, Fox Business.Related ETFs: United States Oil Fund (USO), SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY);Peter Schiff`s comments on the economy, stock markets, politics and gold. Schiff is the renowned writer of the bestseller Crash Proof: How to Profi | |
A Political Glossary: Part II - by Thomas Sowell |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-27 |
| Politicians seem to have a special fondness for words that have two very different meanings, so we are likely to hear a lot of these kinds of words this election year. “Access” is one of those words. Politicians seem to be forever coming to th | |
The Economy Needs No Conductor |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-27 |
| We spend too much time waiting for orders—and money—from Washington. The collapse of the housing bubble gave politicians a license to do what they wanted to do all along: spend. The usual checks on extravagance, weak as they are, were washed away. Bud | |
Just Wait Until It’s Free |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-27 |
| The quip “If you think it’s expensive now, just wait until it is free” is funny because of the unfortunate truth it contains. The truth is unfortunate less because it’s impossible to provide benefits without costs than because politicians constant | |
Continuing to Support Egypt's Dictatorship |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-27 |
| Month after month, the U.S. government continues to disburse $1.3 billion in annual U.S. taxpayer money to Egypt's military dictatorship. The justification for this is twofold: "national security" and to help Egypt's "transition to democracy."... | |
Palin: If SCOTUS Upholds Obamacare, Congress Must Repeal |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-27 |
| With one Facebook post, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin changed the healthcare debate, putting Obamacare supporters on the defensive while galvanizing Tea Party opponents of it by crystallizing what the fight was about in two words: “death panels.&rd | |
Romney: If Obamacare Overturned, Obama's First Term A Waste |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-27 |
| On Tuesday, President Barack Obama said if the Supreme Court struck down Obamcare on Thursday, such a decision would, according to a Financial Times account, send the country “backwards” and Americans did not want to “re-fight” hea | |
Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-27 |
| In this excellent book Andrew Bacevich provides an easy-to-read history of the evolution of post-World War II American intervention overseas. Bacevich, a retired Army officer and professor of international relations at Boston University, argues that “pr | |
Team Obama’s Brother Sharpton Moment - by Michelle Malkin |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-27 |
| Attorney General Eric Holder’s people have no shame. After months of stonewalling, misinformation and petulant disregard for the victims of the Fast and Furious gunwalking scandal, President Obama’s Justice Department is hiding behind the most | |
On Health Care, The Public Doesn’t Like Its Options |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-27 |
| “And perhaps most interestingly, Americans who are not happy with their current health care also give Obama’s health care law negative ratings, by a 2-to-1 margin. This is a group that health reform was theoretically supposed to help. Back in August 2 | |
Rangel Survives Primary Challenge After Redistricting |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-27 |
| From Fox News: NEW YORK – Rep. Charlie Rangel, D-N.Y., emerged victorious Tuesday in what may have been the toughest race of his political career. Rangel won the Democratic primary for the seat he has held since 1971 against state Sen. Adria | |
Socialism’s Prescient Critics |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-27 |
| There is a good case to be made that the birth and spread of totalitarian socialism defines the twentieth century more than anything else. That is not what most schoolchildren are taught or what most people in the West believe, but it is a justifiable con | |
A Political Glossary: Part II |
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| Tom's Opinions and Information | 2012-06-27 |
The Southern States Treacherous Betrayal by Northern States Manufacturers and Andrew Jackson’s Federal Aggression |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-27 |
Inflation Makes Big Incomes Smaller |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-27 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: Yahoo! Finance Link: | |
Stockton, Calif. to Take Up Bankruptcy Budget Plan |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-27 |
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U.K. Posts Larger-Than-Forecast Deficit |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-27 |
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Arizona Ruling Only a Narrow Opening for Other States |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-26 |
| “Gov. Jan Brewer and Arizona lawmakers who wrote the law can claim victory because the court’s decision allows the authorities to go ahead with its most intensely disputed provision, which requires the police to determine the immigration status of any | |
Where Does Money Come From? The Giant Federal Reserve Scam That Most Americans Do Not Understand |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-26 |
| How is money created? If you ask average people on the street this question, most of them have absolutely no idea. This is rather odd, because we all use money constantly. You would think that it would only be natural for all of us to know where it | |
Where Does Money Come From? The Giant Federal Reserve Scam That Most Americans Do Not Understand |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-26 |
| How is money created? If you ask average people on the street this question, most of them have absolutely no idea. This is rather odd, because we all use money constantly. You would think that it would only be natural for all of us to know where it | |
Property Rights Aren’t Always the Libertarian Solution |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-26 |
| Does the theory of externalities mean the air must be privatized? | |
Kraft Launches Gay Pride Oreo Cookie Ad |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-26 |
| The iconic Oreo cookie is getting a Gay Pride rainbow makeover, at least in a new Facebook ad campaign. Oreo, which is owned by Kraft Foods, posted on its Facebook page a controversy-stirring ad featuring an Oreo cookie stuffed with a rainbow filling. & | |
Health-Care Decision Will Impact Millions of Americans |
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| Fox Business: Napolitano | 2012-06-26 |
 FBN’s Judge Andrew Napolitano on health-care ruling |
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Gallup: Second-Generation Hispanics More Conservative than Immigrants |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-26 |
| Based on a recent Gallup poll that found President Barack Obama with a 66 percent to 25 percent lead over Mitt Romney among Hispanics, liberals prematurely celebrated not only winning the Hispanic vote this election year by wide margins but winning the Hi | |
Why We Don’t Want To Allow A Real Recovery |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-26 |
| We don’t want to allow a real recovery, because that means real bitter-tasting medicine needs to be swallowed. - in ETF Daily NewsPeter Schiff`s comments on the economy, stock markets, politics and gold. Schiff is the renowned writer of the bestseller C | |
Assassination, Conformity, and Conscience |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-26 |
| As most every American knows, we now live in a country in which the ruler possesses the unfettered power to assassinate his citizens. What an extraordinary situation. Who would have ever thought that America would end up with a governmental system in whic | |
Ed Feulner: Heritage Took New Media Age Seriously, Adapted To It |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-26 |
| Heritage Foundation President Ed Feulner, who has just written The American Spirit: Celebrating the Virtues and Values that Make Us Great, recalled how the late Jack Kemp, whose infectious optimism was one of his inspirations, was one of the GOP | |
June 26, 2012 |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-26 |
| Tuesday, June 26, 2012 By: Mark Hanna U.S. stocks rebounded to gain back some of the | |
Experience is the Teacher of Fools |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-26 |
| The commentary below is for the benefit of our readers from opinion makers and writers not associated with Euro Pacific. We do not guarantee the accuracy and completeness of third-party authored content. Opinions | |
There Is No Short-Term Fix Anymore |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-26 |
Who’s the Boss? There Isn’t One |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-26 |
| “Companies have been flattening out their management hierarchies in recent years, eliminating layers of middle management that can create bottlenecks and slow productivity. The handful that have taken the idea a step further, dispensing with most bosses | |
A Political Glossary |
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| Tom's Opinions and Information | 2012-06-26 |
A Political Glossary - by Thomas Sowell |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-26 |
| Since this is an election year, we can expect to hear a lot of words — and the meaning of those words is not always clear. So it may be helpful to have a glossary of political terms. One of the most versatile terms in the political vocabulary is “ | |
Public Pensions Face Wider Deficits Under New Rules |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-26 |
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Forget Europe, It’s US That Poses Bigger Threat: O’Neill |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-26 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: CNBC Link: http:/ | |
Don't Miss Peter Schiff on Fox Business! • 9:20am |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-26 |
| Content Type: Event Event Date: June 27, 2012 - 9:20am - 10:00am Guest: Peter Schiff Network: | |
With No Vote, Taxpayers Stuck With Tab on Bonds |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-26 |
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Moody’s Downgrades 28 Spanish Banks On Sovereign Risk |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-26 |
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Protected: NNComm #250: GynObama Favors Female Grads |
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| Marc Rudov | 2012-06-25 |
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Too Much Debt: Our Biggest Economic Problem |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-25 |
| What is the biggest economic problem that the United States is facing? Very simply, our biggest problem is that we have way too much debt. Over the past 30 years, household debt, corporate debt and government debt have all grown much faster than our G | |
Too Much Debt: Our Biggest Economic Problem |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-25 |
| What is the biggest economic problem that the United States is facing? Very simply, our biggest problem is that we have way too much debt. Over the past 30 years, household debt, corporate debt and government debt have all grown much faster than our G | |
Message to Barack Obama: Unlike you, the Entrepreneur is a bona fide hero. - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-25 |
| Watching the U.S., the EU, Japan, and other once prosperous countries going broke is a sad sight to behold. And what they all have in common is that they’ve tried state capitalism — a shotgun marriage between capitalism and socialism — and found t | |
Republicans Missing Chance on Education Reform |
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| Star Parker | 2012-06-25 |
| One area that awareness of the need for freedom from government control has penetrated black attitudes is in education. The chronic failure of public schools to notably improve dismal test scores and high dropout... | |
Principles vs Personalities |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-25 |
| by Mike Maharrey &n | |
Oil Prices Fall Further |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-25 |
| “The price of oil fell below $79 a barrel Monday due to concerns over Europe’s economic and financial woes. The drop was limited somewhat by a supply disruption from a storm that shut down about a quarter of crude output in the Gulf of Mexico. | |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-25 |
| --Patrick Henry-- "...there is one thing in it which I never would acquiesce in. I mean, the changing it into a consolidated government, which is so abhorrent to my mind. An opinion has gone forth, we find, that we are contemptible people: the tim | |
U.S. Support of Dictatorship Leads to Anti-American Anger in Bahrain |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-25 |
| The people of Bahrain are figuring out what American libertarians have long been saying about U.S. foreign policy -- that the U.S. government is, in large part, responsible for the tyranny under which people are suffering and have suffered for a very long | |
The Real War |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-25 |
Impending Obamacare Ruling Has Washington on Edge of Seat |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-25 |
| “The impending heath care ruling by the Supreme Court has become [Washington, D.C.’s] O. J. Simpson verdict crossed with a papal conclave—polarizing, maddeningly unpredictable and shrouded in mysterious signaling. The ruling is expected to come | |
Recovering Our Rights: A Place to Start |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-25 |
The Real Meaning of the Greece NY Bus Monitor Incident |
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| Political Class Dismissed | 2012-06-24 |
| In America, government schools are like the trees in the local park. They were there before your grandparents were born and it seems absurd to question their existence or consider getting rid of them. Thus, when incidents occur which should clearly illust | |
Economics 101 |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-24 |
President Obama's Perfect Plan For The Economic Decline Of America |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-24 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: Forbes Link: http | |
Democrat Voter Fraud Hangs over WI State Senate Race Recount |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-23 |
| After a massive blowout in the recall election of Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, State Senator Van Wanggaard still finds himself trailing his challenger John Lehman by 834 votes. This has prompted a recount of the results, which began on Wednesday. W | |
Progressive Republicans in Albany Are Hard at Work Making Government Bigger and Your Liberty Smaller |
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| Political Class Dismissed | 2012-06-23 |
| Two new bills introduced and supported by vast throngs of Republican state legislators illustrate precisely why there is little difference between Democratic and Republican politicians. One bill supported by George Maziarz will create an online database f | |
Sandusky Convicted of Abuse |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-23 |
| By MARK SCOLFORO and GENARO C. ARMAS Associated Press BELLEFONTE, Pa. Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been convicted of 45 counts at his child sex abuse trial. Jurors announced the verdict Friday night after weighing 48 | |
Ryan in the Running |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-23 |
| To absolutely no one's surprise, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is now officially being vetting by the Romney campaign as a potential running mate and Vice President. Ryan, the chair of the House Budget Committee, has not only led the national debate on entitleme | |
We Need To Let Interest Rates Rise To Market Levels |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-23 |
A Bloodbath Debate: Mitt Romney versus Michelle Malkin - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-22 |
| I don’t know how much credence to give it, but a Bloomberg National Poll released Wednesday showed Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney 53 percent to 40 percent among likely voters. Sounds a bit questionable to me, but, regardless, it’s a reminder that th | |
The Coming DNC Disaster - by Michelle Malkin |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-22 |
| There aren’t Greek columns tall or wide enough to camouflage Barack Obama’s impending North Carolina catastrophe. In September, the campaigner-in-chief will travel to Charlotte for his party’s presidential nominating convention. For once | |
Trade with Russia Pushed by Obama |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-22 |
| “The way the Obama administration tells it, improving trade relations with Russia as it prepares to enter the World Trade Organization would be in America’s best interest.” (Washington Times) The best trade policy is for government to get ou | |
Turkish Plane Shot Down |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-22 |
| by Ezra Van Auken Earlier today a Turkish fighter was shot out of the air by a Syrian missile, causing it to crash into the Mediterranean Sea. Turkish military officials lost communication with the plane around the southern province of Hatay, and e | |
Moody's Downgrades Five US Financial Firms |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-22 |
| Moody’s released their assessment of the credit ratings for five of the biggest U.S. financial firms, and the news isn’t good. Every one of the firms was downgraded. From top to bottom, they read like this: Goldman Sachs was downgr | |
Needed: A National Debate on U.S. Support of Dictatorships |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-22 |
| While the U.S. government continues to squawk about the Assad dictatorship's oppression of the Syrian people, Americans need to constantly keep in mind that the squawking has nothing to do with any principled objection to dictatorship or tyranny. Instead | |
USDA: Food Stamps Will Help You Look Your Best |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-22 |
| Although former House Speaker and presidential candidate Newt Gingrich was smeared as “racist” by many Democrats and members of the main stream media for declaring Barack Obama “the food stamp president,” it turns out that, accordi | |
Bellavia Over Corporatist Collins for Congress |
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| Political Class Dismissed | 2012-06-22 |
| On Tuesday, Republicans in the NY 27th district will choose a nominee to go against progressive corporatist Kathy Hochul in November. The choice should be clear for any tea person or Paulian–David Bellavia. David is a populist who supports spending | |
If it Moves, Regulate It |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-22 |
| Let's say you wanted to get from New York to DC this evening. You could take the government-supported train system - which would cost you $153 or more - or you could take a bus, which gets no government subsidies, for... $19. The cheap busses started | |
Is the Data on the Rising Cost of Health Care Misleading? |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-22 |
 Are the costs of health care really rising? |
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Is Government Involvement in Health Care Hurting Patients? |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-22 |
 Impact of health-care law on doctors, patients |
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Ninth Circuit Defiant in Response to Senate Questions |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-22 |
| Ninth Circuit Chief Judge Alex Kozinski offered up a largely empty defense of the 9th Circuit's plans for a plush million dollar "Maui Wowie" conference, in response to questions from Senators Sessions and Grassley. Much of the Circuits conference will | |
Russia Meeting with Israel, Plans for Nuclear Iran |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-22 |
| by Ali Papademetriou Avigdor Leiberman, Israel’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, told reporters in Moscow on Thursday, “We do not rule out any options” regarding resolving the Iranian nuclear program. Next week, on June 25th, Isra | |
Big Banks Hit with Credit Downgrades |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-22 |
| “Already grappling with weak profits and global economic turmoil, 15 major banks were hit with credit downgrades on Thursday that could do more damage to their bottom lines and further unsettle equity markets.” (New York Times) Another shoe dr | |
While Elizabeth Warren Exploited Indians, Indigenous Students Failed |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-22 |
| While Elizabeth Warren exploited Cherokee for special consideration at Harvard, real indigenous students suffered. At no time, evidently, did this "first woman of color at Harvard" do anything to help the appalling academic disparity between indigenous | |
Data Mining: Big Corporations Are Gathering Every Shred Of Information About You That They Can And Selling It For Profit |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-22 |
| When most people think of "Big Brother", they think of the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the Department of Homeland Security and other shadowy government agencies. Yes, they are definitely watching you, but so are many big corporations. In fact, there are | |
Data Mining: Big Corporations Are Gathering Every Shred Of Information About You That They Can And Selling It For Profit |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-22 |
| When most people think of "Big Brother", they think of the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the Department of Homeland Security and other shadowy government agencies. Yes, they are definitely watching you, but so are many big corporations. In fact, there are | |
Morning Joe Wrong on Ron Paul and Social Security |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-22 |
| TAMPA, June 21 2012 — Ron Paul appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe yesterday, giving one of his most succinct criticisms of the Republican Party to date. Host Joe Scarborough had recently endorsed Paul andexplained why he had voted for him in his Repu | |
Illinois Democrat Governor Targets Union Retirees |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-22 |
| Gov. Pat Quinn (D-IL) has approved a law that will penalize retirees by requiring them to pay additional taxes in order to receive health insurance, starting July 1. There are 78,000 retirees who will be affected. Each year, the state’s ad | |
Obama, For or Against CISPA? Sponsor Says For |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-22 |
| by Ezra Van Auken In April, the Obama administration vowed that if a bill named, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act known as CISPA were to pass in the House and Senate, the President would veto. The official statement from Obama’s admi | |
Nevada Democrat Senate Candidate Puts Sea Lions Before Jobs |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-22 |
| In the race for the Senate seat in Nevada, Republican incumbent Dean Heller is facing off against seven-term congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-Las Vegas). Berkley may be from Nevada, but she doesn’t act like it; she’s putting the int | |
June 22, 2012 |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-22 |
| Friday, June 22, 2012 By: Mark Hanna U.S. stocks rose Friday led by banks, which iro | |
Trickle Up Economics |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-22 |
| By: Peter Schiff Friday, June 22, 2012 The political left wing has long tried to | |
Consuming Versus Producing |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-22 |
| We have too many shopping malls selling stuff, but not enough factories making stuff. - in MP Peter Schiff`s comments on the economy, stock markets, politics and gold. Schiff is the renowned writer of the bestseller Crash Proof: How to Profit from th | |
Cleaning Up After the Elephants (and Donkeys) |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-22 |
| The politicians and bureaucrats have made a royal mess of things--and genuine liberals are faulted for not being able to clean it up tidily with the wave of a hand. | |
A Famous Case of 'Ecocide' Gets Debunked |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-22 |
| A historical thesis popularized by Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel, postulates that the tiny and remote Easter Island suffered a devastating ecological collapse as the result of poor stewardship of natural resources by its inhabitants. D | |
Crisis 'on Doorstep' as German Business Morale Hit |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-22 |
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Euro Chiefs Spar On Greek, Spanish Aid |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-22 |
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Don't Miss Peter Schiff on CNBC! • 3pm |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-22 |
| Content Type: Event Event Date: June 22, 2012 - 3:00pm - 4:00pm Guest:Peter Schiff Network: CNBC&n | |
Starving Greeks Queue for Food in Their Thousands |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-22 |
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ECB Loosens Lending Rules to Ease Funding Stress |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-22 |
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Spain’s Banks Need Up To $78 Billion, Report Shows |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-22 |
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Rajoy’s Blown Credibility Puts Spain At Risk Of Bailout |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-22 |
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Does the Size of the Boom Explain the Size of the Bust? |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-21 |
| Modestly keeping our claims about Austrian cycle theory consistent with what it can and was meant to do is both good economics and good defense against unjustified criticism. | |
Scott Walker Seeks Efficient Higher Ed with 'Flexible Degree' Program |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-21 |
| Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker triumphed in his recall election primarily because the public sector reforms which he initiated worked. Now, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, Walker is seeking to make higher education in Wisconsin more effic | |
Can the President Rewrite Federal Law? - by Judge Andrew Napolitano |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-21 |
| Here we go again. Is the Constitution merely a guideline to be consulted by those it purports to regulate, or is it really the supreme law of the land? If it is just a guideline, then it is meaningless, as it only will be followed by those in government w | |
Business Loses Confidence in Recovery |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-21 |
| “America’s business leaders are losing faith in the economy’s ability to produce a strong recovery by the end of the year. The Business Roundtable’s second-quarter Economic Outlook Survey, released Wednesday, saw a decline in optimism from the | |
GOP Hopes Artur Davis Party Switch A Leading Indicator |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-21 |
| At the Heritage Foundation’s Bloggers Briefing on Tuesday, newly-minted Republican Artur Davis, who had been a Democrat from Alabama and one of President Barack Obama’s earliest supporters, mocked Obama for not delivering on his promises. Davi | |
Understanding Nullification: An Historical Perspective |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-21 |
| by Milo Townsend &n | |
Fed to Continue Pushing Down Long-Term Interest Rates |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-21 |
| “In a pattern that has become familiar, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday that the economy was growing more slowly than it had forecast, in part because its efforts to hasten recovery had proved insufficient. With the economy stumbling into the | |
Free Market Conservation |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-21 |
| Dr. Grey Stafford, Director of Conservation at the World Wildlife Zoo in Phoenix, Arizona, emailed me that he is upset because "lawyers and extremists" use government to change the way he runs his zoo. He says that bad training and conservation methods | |
Statist Economic Thinking, False and Fallacious |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-21 |
| To understand why the United States and much of the rest of the world are in a world of hurt economically, all you have to do is take a look at the economic reasoning in this New York Times article by Shaila Dewan and Motoko Rich: 'Public Workers Face Ne | |
UNICOR Using Federal Inmates to Further Green Agenda |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-21 |
| by Ali Papademetriou The Obama administration is now using hundreds of federal prison inmates, embellishing foreign industries, elevating his green energy program, and infiltrating big bucks from some of their most substantial donors. These | |
Obamacare on Trial (airs tonight at 9PM on FBN) |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-21 |
| The Supreme Court will probably rule on Obamacare Monday. On our show tonight, Fox News Legal Analyst Lis Wiehl tells us what to expect. The most reliable predictor of the future, Intrade.com, says the mandate is likely to be overturned. But what happen | |
John Kerry: Global Warming Skeptics 'Disgraceful' |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-21 |
| In 2010, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) tried to pass sweeping cap and trade legislation that dealt with climate change and failed. Now, Kerry’s throwing a fit. On Tuesday, Kerry, according to The Hill, said there is a “calculated campaign of d | |
In modern politics, the “extremists” are usually those labeling others with that word |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-21 |
Will Bernanke and QE3 Save Obama? - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-21 |
| With Bernanke National Bank and Trust cranking up the printing presses yet again (“QE3”) in a desperate attempt to save Commie Obamie from defeat in November, the question is whether or not it will work. The truth is that no one can know for certain | |
Economists And Politicians Never Look At The Long Term |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-21 |
Eric Holder Contempt Vote Approved; Obama Flip On Executive Privilege |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-21 |
| by Ezra Van Auken On Wednesday, a U.S. House Committee held a vote on whether to hold Eric Holder, Attorney General in contempt of Congress. This follows a meeting with California Representative, Darrell Issa and Eric Holder on Tuesday. Rep. Issa e | |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-21 |
Ron Paul insurgents seize control of state Republican parties |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-20 |
| Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy | |
Your Government is a Relentless Menace |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-20 |
| Since 2002 government and industry have been working toward a system to identify and track every farm animal from birth to market. This met vigorous opposition. Read Here And Here At one time it seemed as if vigilant energetic Citizens had won a victor | |
Drones at home raise fear of surveillance society |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-20 |
| WASHINGTON — Thousands of drones patrolling U.S. skies? Predictions that multitudes of unmanned aircraft could be flying here within a decade are raising the specter of a “surveillance society” in which no home or backyard would be off lim | |
Asian-Americans' Vote Up for Grabs |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-20 |
| Based on findings from an exhaustive and significant survey of Asian-Americans that Pew Research released yesterday, the mainstream media concluded that Asians are the fastest growing immigrant group, lean toward Democrats, and will help the left in | |
The Mancession: 16 Signs That This Economic Decline Is Sucking The Life Out Of The American Male |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-20 |
| This economic decline has been really hard on everyone, but it has been particularly hard on American men. During the last recession male employment dropped like a rock and it has not recovered much at all since then. That is why many referred to the | |
The Mancession: 16 Signs That This Economic Decline Is Sucking The Life Out Of The American Male |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-20 |
| This economic decline has been really hard on everyone, but it has been particularly hard on American men. During the last recession male employment dropped like a rock and it has not recovered much at all since then. That is why many referred to the | |
The Imperial President Strikes Again |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-20 |
| President Obama’s improper exercise of executive privilege today to protect Attorney General Eric Holder on Fast and Furious is the latest frightening entry in a week-long pattern of presidential centralization of power. Remember when the left label | |
The Immigration Ploy - by Thomas Sowell |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-20 |
| President Obama’s latest political ploy — granting new “rights” out of thin air, by Executive Order, to illegal immigrants who claim that they were brought into the country when they were children — is all too typical of his short-ru | |
“Don’t Kill a Dream, Save a Life” Chicago to hold Annual Gun Turn-In Program |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-20 |
| by Ali Papademetriou The Chicago Police Department is gearing up for the city’s annual gun turn-in program, entitled “Don’t kill a dream, save a life” this Saturday. The CPD is encouraging gun owners to get the guns out of their homes and turn the | |
BOOM: House Committee Holds Holder in Contempt |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-20 |
| (AP) House committee holds AG Holder in contempt By PETE YOST Associated Press WASHINGTON A Republican-controlled House committee voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for failing to turn over Justice Department | |
Stossel - s2012 | e120 - Thu, May 31, 2012 |
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| John Stossel at Hulu.com | 2012-06-20 |
| Stossel's 'Gas Myths'Add this to your queueAdded: Wed Jun 20 00:26:09 UTC 2012Air date: Thu May 31 00:00:00 UTC 2012Duration: 41:14 | |
Worries Arise over Domestic Drones |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-20 |
| “The prospect that thousands of drones could be patrolling U.S. skies by the end of this decade is raising the specter of a Big Brother government that peers into backyards and bedrooms. The worries began mostly on the political margins, but there a | |
How Obama Bureaucrats Fueled Western Wildfires - by Michelle Malkin |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-20 |
| COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The smell of singed air here is inescapable. Less than 50 miles west of my neighborhood, the latest wildfire has spread across 1,100 acres. It’s the fifth active blaze to erupt in our state over the past month. But ashes | |
Ron Paul endorses Randy Weber in race to replace him in Congress |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-20 |
| Retiring Rep. Ron Paul of Lake Jackson has finally waded into the race to replace him in Congress. Paul is backing state Rep. Randy Weber, a Pearland Republican who faces Pearland City CouncilwomanFelicia Harris in a July 31 runoff. Randy Weber (Offi | |
Obama Looks to Europe to Boost U.S. Economy |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-20 |
| “President Obama said tonight that European leaders must quickly fix their ailing economies and banking systems in order to help boost world financial markets–and create jobs in the United States.” (USA Today) Poor excuse for his failure | |
Foreign-Aid Abomination in Egypt |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-20 |
| The crisis in Egypt is providing another real-world example of how differently statists think as compared to how we libertarians think, especially when it comes to moral principles and foreign policy..... | |
Prosecutorial Overreach In ATM Gambling Case? |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-20 |
| Due to a glitch in data hand-off when Bank of America acquired LaSalle Bank, a Detroit man was able to take overdrafts totalling $1.5 million before Bank of America caught the problem just 17 days later. Worse, the man, Ronald Page, gambled it all aw | |
Dem Candidate Questions Veteran's Responsibility to Citizens |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-20 |
| Thanks to redistricting and a retiring incumbent, an Illinois senate district that’s usually a comfortable home for the democrat machine in Chicago’s north suburbs is now in play for Republican candidate Dr. Arie Friedman. This seat wil | |
G20 Meeting; Obama Pushes Involvement, Putin Declines to Help |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-20 |
| by Ezra Van Auken On Monday, the President met with leaders from different countries at the G20 meeting in Los Cabos, Mexico. Obama spoke with Russian President, Vladimir Putin as well as Chinese President, Hu Jintao. During the two-hour discussion | |
Section of Chicago’s Gun-Control Law Struck by U.S. Judge |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-20 |
| “A federal judge has ruled it’s unconstitutional for Chicago to deny gun permits to people convicted of weapons crimes, the Chicago Tribune reports. The city’s ordinance forbids gun permits to people who have been convicted ‘in any jur | |
Family of Slain Border Agent to Holder: We Deserve the Truth |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-20 |
| Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry’s mother and father released a statement today on President Obama’s executive privilege. “Attorney General Eric Holder’s refusal to fully disclose the documents associated with Operation Fas | |
Random Thoughts |
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| Tom's Opinions and Information | 2012-06-20 |
June 20, 2012 |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-20 |
| Wednesday, June 20, 2012 By: Mark Hanna U.S. stocks finished near flat Wednesday aft | |
New Poll Has Romney Ahead in Michigan |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-20 |
| Riddle me this, America. How in the world can Obama be absolutely crushing Romney nationally by a full 13 points ( according to the ever-reliable Bloomberg) but still be losing the swing state of Michigan by 2 points, 45 - 43%. Who are we to believe? A | |
Government Programs Don't Solve Problems |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-20 |
Opposing Unconstitutional Wars |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-20 |
| By Sen. Rand Paul Much has been speculated and written since my endorsement of Mitt Romney for president. Many in the liberty movement and my longtime supporters wondered if, as a result of endorsing someone for office, I would stand up to them when they | |
Will Toledo, Ohio Be The First Major American City To Be Owned By China? |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-20 |
| It has been said that there are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One way is by using the sword, and the other is by using debt. Fortunately, America is not in danger of being conquered by the sword right now, but America is being conquered by | |
Will Toledo, Ohio Be The First Major American City To Be Owned By China? |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-20 |
| It has been said that there are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One way is by using the sword, and the other is by using debt. Fortunately, America is not in danger of being conquered by the sword right now, but America is being conquered by | |
Regulating Speech |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-20 |
| Once again, as the Presidential election approaches, pundits are indignant about the influence money has on politics. In my syndicated column this week, I discuss the Supreme Court's decision to give free speech to corporations: In 2008, a court ruled t | |
Banks' Borrowing at ECB Rises as Spain Stress Grows |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-20 |
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Former Fed Governor: No More Easing |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-20 |
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French Businesses Fear "Systematic Strangling" |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-20 |
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Greece May Still Become an Emerging Market - Again |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-20 |
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Bank of England on Verge of Stimulus |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-20 |
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Spain Pleads for ECB Rescue as Bond Markets Slam Shut |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-20 |
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Fed Expected to Do More Stimulus |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-20 |
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Italy Wants Euro Rescue Funds to Buy its Debt |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-20 |
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Video: Fox Business Interview |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-19 |
| Latest video interview on Fox Business News.Related: SPDR Gold Trust ETF (GLD), US Dollar, US Treasuries, European Crisis;Peter Schiff`s comments on the economy, stock markets, politics and gold. Schiff is the renowned writer of the bestseller Crash Proof | |
Oh Crud! 19 Reasons Why It Is Time To Start Freaking Out About The Global Economy |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-19 |
| Yes, it is officially time to start freaking out about the global economy. The European financial system is falling apart and it is going to go down hard. If Europe was going to be saved it would have happened by now. The big money insiders have alr | |
Oh Crud! 19 Reasons Why It Is Time To Start Freaking Out About The Global Economy |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-19 |
| Yes, it is officially time to start freaking out about the global economy. The European financial system is falling apart and it is going to go down hard. If Europe was going to be saved it would have happened by now. The big money insiders have alr | |
Random Thoughts - by Thomas Sowell |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-19 |
| Random thoughts on the passing scene: Many people may have voted for Barack Obama in 2008 because of his charisma. But anyone familiar with the disastrous track record of charismatic political leaders around the world in the 20th century should have run f | |
The Moral Abomination of Sanctions |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-19 |
| A recent New York Times op-ed entitled Pinched and Griping in Iran by Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof shows how differently statists think in comparison to us libertarians, especially when it comes to foreign policy and moral principles.... | |
Obama Fighting to Keep Name On Ballot In Florida |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-19 |
| by Ali Papademetriou Florida felt a little hotter today, at least in the courtroom. Lawyers for the Obama Administration inquired with circuit Judge Terry Lewis on Monday about abandoning the fight for Obama not being on the Florida ballot. Michael | |
Secret Service Dump of Information |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-19 |
| by Travis Melton Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act we are now aware of over 200 pages of accusations being made against Secret Service agents; dating back as far as 2004. Just in case you forgot, the Secret Service is primarily responsible for the | |
Revealed: 64 Drone Bases on American Soil |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-19 |
| We like to think of the drone war as something far away, fought in the deserts of Yemen or the mountains of Afghanistan. But we now know it’s closer than we thought. There are 64 drone bases on American soil. That includes 12 locations housing Predator | |
June 19, 2012 |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-19 |
| Tuesday, June 19, 2012 By: Mark Hanna U.S. markets rallied again Tuesday as investor | |
Exclusive Interview: Rand Paul weathers endorsement storm |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-19 |
| TAMPA, June 18 2012 – 218 years ago, George Washington signed the Jay Treaty, reestablishing economic relations with Great Britain. Claiming that John Jay and the Federalist Party had sold America out to the British and betrayed France, Jefferson’s R | |
Maryland Police Hold Kids Camp, Teaches “Healthy” Life |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-19 |
| by Ezra Van Auken If you live in Cumberland, Maryland and want your middle school child involved with a summer camp, you have some choices. The Cumberland County police department and Salvation Army are teaming up to invite kids for a week long cam | |
Critics Of The Free Market Argue That Investors Will Ignore The Needs Of The Poor |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-19 |
The Government’s Game of Phony Issues - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-19 |
| News flash: The government and the media are engaged in a giant game of recycling and hyping the same old, worn-out, phony issues for those who are inclined to take them seriously. Some examples: Something must be done to stop Iran from developing a n | |
Howard Dean: “We owe something to the government.” - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-18 |
| Last week, the Dean of Dumb, Howard himself, was at his outrageous best on The Kudlow Report, debating Bernie Marcus, cofounder of Home Depot. Marcus is an unabashed champion of capitalism and an advocate of shrinking the size of government. In response | |
Anti-Immigration Law Takes Toll on Alabama Poultry Business |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-18 |
| “For years, most poultry workers here [Albertville, Ala.] were Mexican immigrants, including some who were in the country illegally. But last fall, after a tough state law against illegal immigrants took effect, many vanished overnight, rattling the | |
Anti- Federalist No. 46: Where Then is the Restraint? |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-18 |
| This essay by “AN OLD WHIG” appeared in the Maryland Gazette and Baltimore Advertiser on Nov. 2, 1788. An anonymous author, The Old Whig was one of the primary proponents of the addition of a Bill of Rights to the Constitution. His arguments a | |
Greece’s Entrance Into The Eurozone Back In 2001 Was Not A Good Idea |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-18 |
| Given what most economists now know, few would actively argue that Greece’s entrance into the Eurozone back in 2001 was a good idea. In fact most concede it was a terrible idea based on bad forecasting and outright fraud.There is little disagreement ove | |
Paul’s backers will try to shape the party platform and dare Republicans to take them for granted |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-18 |
| Seema Mehta | McClatchy-Tribune News Service DES MOINES, Iowa — Rick Santorum narrowly won January’s Iowa caucuses, and future Republican nominee Mitt Romney finished a close second. But when the state’s delegates head to the Republica | |
Are Drone Strikes and Kill Lists The New Normal? |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-18 |
| Disturbed by extra-constitutional U.S. drone strikes in countries such as Yemen and Pakistan? Presidential “kill lists” of suspected terrorists and security threats raise endless ethical and constitutional concerns? Read Reason Hit &# | |
Egypt's Military Dictatorship Rears Its Ugly Head |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-18 |
| The Egyptian people are learning firsthand why America's Founding Fathers were so opposed to standing armies. Our ancestors understood that standing armies are a grave threat to the freedom and well-being of the citizenry. Thus, it's no surprise that th | |
Forget The Election Results – Greece Is Still Doomed And So Is The Rest Of Europe |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-18 |
| The election results from Greece are in and the pro-bailout forces have won, but just barely. It is being projected that the pro-bailout New Democracy party will have about 130 seats in the 300 seat parliament, and Pasok (another pro-bailout party) will | |
Forget The Election Results – Greece Is Still Doomed And So Is The Rest Of Europe |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-18 |
| The election results from Greece are in and the pro-bailout forces have won, but just barely. It is being projected that the pro-bailout New Democracy party will have about 130 seats in the 300 seat parliament, and Pasok (another pro-bailout party) will | |
What If the States Refuse to Comply? |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-18 |
| by William Kennedy & | |
Google Bombarded with Requests to Suppress Information |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-18 |
| “Google has received more than 1,000 requests from authorities to take down content from its search results or YouTube video in the last six months of 2011, the company said on Monday, denouncing what it said was an alarming trend. In its twice-year | |
A Skype call in Ethiopia will now get you 15 years in prison |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-18 |
| A 30-second call using Skype in Ethiopia can land you a 15-year prison sentence, thanks to new legislation passed by the country’s government. The new legislation will criminalize the use of all Voice Over IP (VoIP) services, such as Skype or Google V | |
Impacting Poverty |
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| Star Parker | 2012-06-18 |
| The late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan famously observed that "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts." It's an admonition not taken particularly seriously by today's political left. They... | |
All This Quantitative Easing Is Toxic |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-18 |
| The reason we are so screwed up is all this quantitative easing is toxic. I don’t doubt that we are going to pressure Germany into printing. We are like the kid who is trying to get a friend to ditch school with us to go to the beach. We are a bad influ | |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-18 |
The Problem Is That Interest Rates Are Too Low |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-18 |
The 51st State of the Union. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-18 |
Saturday, Obama Administration Meets With Free Syrian Army In D.C. |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-17 |
| by Ezra Van Auken On Saturday in Washington D.C. the National Security Council met with the CIA, MI6, and Mossad supported rebels to discuss what exactly the anti-Assad forces would need to defeat the Syrian army, and Russia. According to reports, | |
Lew Rockwell Talks Rand’s Romney Endorsement |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-16 |
| by Ali Papademetriou Founder, former president, and current chairman of the Ludwig Von Mises School of Austrian or laissez faire economics, Lew Rockwell, had an interview with Alex Jones yesterday stating that Ron Paul will not be voting for Republ | |
Credit Is A Limited Commodity |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-16 |
U.S. Military Officials Confirm Syria Plans |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-16 |
| by Ezra Van Auken United States military officials have created plans for Syrian intervention if President Obama were to call for analysis and options. According to reports, the Pentagon completed its overall assessment of what types of units, how many so | |
Ron, Rand and Romney |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-15 |
| I have been at war with the Republican Party my entire adult life. Not as a liberal, but as a conservative. The obvious conservative things I always wanted the GOP to do — cut spending, shrink government, follow the Constitution — it never did. The th | |
Most Americans Should Be Renters And Not Owners |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-15 |
| I have absolutely no objection to the idea that a healthy rental housing market is needed. However, I believe that market forces are sufficient by themselves to create it.The average American family now only has $7,000 worth of savings, which would not be | |
Ron Paul festival set for fairgrounds in Tampa August 24-26 |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-15 |
| TAMPA, June 12 2012 – The rollercoaster ride for Ron Paul’s supporters continues amidst more delegate wins and Senator Rand Paul’s controversial endorsement of Romney. Liberty Unleashed, the nonprofit group incorporated in Florida by Paul supporter | |
Yahoo And Microsoft: Selling User Info To Political Campaigns |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-15 |
| by Ezra Van Auken Political campaigns are purchasing data about private users from Internet giants Microsoft and Yahoo to identify exactly what individuals the campaign should be advertising towards. Yahoo’s director of sales, Andy Cotton explained to P | |
Seized Land Turned into a Wildlife Preserve |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-15 |
| “In a unique example of cooperation among local, state and federal government officials, nearly 1,000 wooded acres that once hosted a massive marijuana operation were dedicated Wednesday as protected wildlife areas on Short Mountain in Cannon County | |
Florida Goes After Federal Government; Voter Fraud |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-15 |
| by Ezra Van Auken The Governor of Florida, Rick Scott, announced Tuesday that the state of Florida would soon begin the legal process of suing the Department of Homeland Security in order to acquire access to a database that holds the truth behind Florida | |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-15 |
| --John Dickinson-- "...the government of each state is, and is to be, sovereign and supreme in all matters that relate to each state only. It is to be subordinate barely in those matters that relate to the whole; and it will be their own faults if | |
America: Land of the Tenthers? |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-15 |
| by Michael Boldin &n | |
Do You Have a Jurosomatic Illness? |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-15 |
 Plaintiffs in pain until lawsuit settled |
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Fighting Insurance Fraud |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-15 |
 Tricks to beat insurance scammers |
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World’s Dumbest Warning Labels |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-15 |
 Are warning labels necessary? |
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Another U.S. Credit Rating Downgrade Looms |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-15 |
| “Wall Street rating agencies are starting to sound warnings again about the possibility of further downgrades of the once-perfect U.S. credit rating as a critical year-end deadline for addressing the nation’s mounting debt nears.” (Washingto | |
Judge Napolitano: Squealing vs. killing |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-15 |
| If you are still listening to those in the political class who are falling over each other to condemn leaks from the government to the media, you’d think the leaks had revealed private information in which the public has no legitimate interest, or perha | |
America's Partnership with Egypt's Dictatorship |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-15 |
| This week, the Egyptian people got a taste of the reality of military dictatorship, while the American people got a taste of the reality of U.S. foreign policy.... | |
Mike Church Interview with Kurt Wallace on the Ron Paul Campaign ‘We have to consider all variables’ |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-15 |
| Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Audio - Today on the Post Show Show, Mike had a special interview with Kurt Wallace discussing the Ron Paul campaign, the legacy that Dr. Paul will leave behind, and the fact that this is more than just trying to get some | |
Pentagon Goes Russian; Tied With Syrian Force |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-15 |
| by Ezra Van Auken On Tuesday the Pentagon was in defensive mode when questioned about a controversial situation. After the Pentagon’s purchase with Afghans to buy helicopters from a Russian company. However the controversial part wasn’t about the fa | |
Hayek on Individualism |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-15 |
| For Hayek the crucial difference is over whether societies (institutions) are largely spontaneous, emergent, and organic--or designed. | |
Corruptocrat Eric Holder’s GOP Enablers - by Michelle Malkin |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-15 |
| While calls for U.S. Attorney General Eric “Stonewall” Holder’s resignation grow and the House GOP gears up for a contempt vote next week, it’s worth remembering how we got into this mess. In two words: feckless bipartisanship. | |
A Global Recession? - by Larry Kudlow |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-15 |
| Is it possible that we are already in a global recession but just don’t know it yet? And is the U.S. itself — still the epicenter of the world economy — standing on the front edge of another recession? I sincerely hope I’m wrong. But warni | |
Attack Of The Drones? |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-15 |
Gold:silver ratio path not necessarily bullish for silver investors |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-15 |
| LONDON (MINEWEB) - Much is made by commentators of the historical gold:silver ratio (GSR) being around 16:1, while the current ratio is more like 55:1, with the implication being that silver will return to its historical ratio to gold. If this were to | |
Federalist No. 45: The Alleged Danger From the Powers of the Union to the State Governments Considered |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-15 |
Foreign Policy: Iran vs. USA |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-15 |
Senator Feinstein Gives McCain Feedback; Security Leaks |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-15 |
| by Ezra Van Auken On Wednesday, Senator Dianne Feinstein made comments toward Sen. McCain on the issue of security leaks that recently happened, supposedly on the White House level. Feinstein exclaimed to reporters, “Senator McCain has his way of saying | |
Obama's radicalization of the American Presidency, part 1 |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-15 |
Hatch, King Join Chorus Requesting Holder Resign |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-14 |
| Senator Orrin Hatch and Congressman Steve King have demanded Eric Holder resign from his position as Attorney General of the United States. Senator Hatch made the announcement on former Governor Mike Huckabee’s radio show. “Well, if he | |
Protected: NNComm #249: Dads Are Worth One-Third of Moms |
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| Marc Rudov | 2012-06-14 |
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Monetary Calculation: Looking Forward and Backward |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-14 |
| Monetary calculation allows entrepreneurs both to peer into an uncertain future and determine their past successes and failures. | |
Rand Paul Presents New Legislation Regulating Drone Laws |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-14 |
| by Ezra Van Auken Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is hoping to stop the infringement of civil liberties on law-abiding citizens before the Federal Aviation Administration can fly unmanned surveillance drones. Senator Paul presented his ‘The Preserving Fre | |
EPA Works To Grab More Power |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-14 |
| by Ezra Van Auken With a huge move by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to use the Clean Water Act for controlling gullies, and ditches by claiming the areas are navigable waterways. Lawmakers in D.C. are continuing to fight the measure, Rep. John | |
Innocent Men Imprisoned, USA Today Finds |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-14 |
| “A USA TODAY investigation, based on court records and interviews with government officials and attorneys, found more than 60 men who went to prison for violating federal gun possession laws, even though courts have since determined that it was not | |
Sherrod Brown: "Everybody knows that government creates jobs" |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-14 |
| Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), who last year tied Socialist Bernie Sanders for the title of the Senate's most liberal, has always voted in a manner that suggests that more government is the answer to every problem. He recently spoke with Greg Sargent | |
Squealing Versus Killing - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-14 |
| If you are still listening to those in the political class who are falling over each other to condemn leaks from the government to the media, you’d think the leaks had revealed private information in which the public has no legitimate interest, or p | |
Spending Off the Hook: Free Phones Costing Taxpayers $2.1 Billion Per Year |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-14 |
| You're probably familiar with the food stamp program which grew from $35 billion in 2008 to $75 billion last year. But did you know that getting food stamps also makes you eligible for a free government cell phone? A program called Lifeline pro | |
Senator Puts Business Subsidy in Spotlight |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-14 |
| “Every year, the federal government spends hundreds of millions of dollars to market agricultural products abroad—sending taxpayers’ money to subsidize the advertising campaigns of some of the country’s largest brand names, according to a repo | |
Panetta Warns of Digital Pearl Harbor |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-14 |
| At a Department of Defense budget hearing in the Senate on Wednesday, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned of a cyber version of Pearl Harbor that could paralyze the government and the private sector, according to CNS News. Sen. Lindsay Graham | |
Obama Literally Dines and Dashes Day After Accusing Bush of Fiscal Dine and Dash |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-14 |
| Today, President Obama celebrated Father’s Day the same way he celebrates every day: by eating his fill, then sticking someone else with the tab. Hanging out with two service members and two barbers at Kenny’s BBQ in Washington, D.C., Obama en | |
Mimicking Obama: General Motors' CEO Blaming Everyone Else for His Failed Policies |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-14 |
| General Motors (GM)’s stock price has now dropped by 33% since the company emerged from its $50 billion-taxpayer-funded bailout bankruptcy. And on Tuesday, President Barack Obama-appointee CEO Dan Akerson had to face GM shareholders at their | |
Don't Surrender the Youth Vote to Obama |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-14 |
| If you were to visit Barackobama.com throughout the election cycle you are guaranteed to see a plethora of pictures, videos and social media posts that depict President Obama as a 'hip' and 'cool' President. In 2008, the youth vote was | |
Double Hypocrisy |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-14 |
| Russian foreign minister Sergey V. Lavrov hoisted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton up on her petard after she accused Russia of shipping attack helicopters to the Assad regime in Syria. In response, Lavrov reminded Clinton of something she might have fo | |
Schiff Radio: Interviewing Rand Paul |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-14 |
Out-of-Touch Obama in a Wintour Wonderland |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-14 |
| Where would President Obama get an outrageous idea like “the private sector is doing fine?” Perhaps from one of his many star-studded fundraisers. Celebrities are regulars at Obama events. Tonight, it’s Vogue magazine editor Anna Wi | |
June 14, 2012 |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
| Thursday, June 14, 2012 By: Mark Hanna Despite weak employment data and a continued | |
Approval From FEC For Texting Donations |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-14 |
| by Ezra Van Auken Monday night, the Federal Elections Commission voted yay on allowing individuals to text message donations to political campaigns. According to reports the FEC gave each cell phone number a $50 maximum per month. The proposal was done by | |
Without Capitalism, True Sustainability Is Impossible. |
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| Tom's Opinions and Information | 2012-06-14 |
Greeks Withdraw $1 Billion a Day Ahead of Vote |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
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Booming Sweden’s Free-Market Solution |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
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Illinois Foreclosures Rise 29 Percent in May |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
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US Jobless Claims on the Rise |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
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Don't Miss Peter Schiff on Fox News! • 12pm |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
| Content Type: Event Event Date: June 14, 2012 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm Guest: Peter Schiff Network: | |
U.S. Foreclosures Up for 1st Time in 27 Months |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
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Fears Rise Over EU Handling of Debt Crisis |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
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Moody's Slashes Spain Debt Ratings Three Notches |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
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The Education Bubble vs. The Housing Bubble |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-14 |
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Health Care Cost Expected to Rise Significantly |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-13 |
| “Health care spending in the United States from 2011 to 2013 is expected to grow 4 percent, which is slightly more than the historic low of 3.8 percent in 2009, government officials said Tuesday…. But in 2014, when all the facets of the Affordable | |
Focus on the Family, Other Evangelical Groups On Board For Granting Amnesty To Illegal Immigrants |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-13 |
| The conservative evangelical group Focus on the Family, which was founded by James Dobson, announced yesterday that it, along with other evangelical leaders, is open to granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. Jim Daly, who heads the group, signed | |
Romans 13 and Obeying the Government. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-13 |
| by Laurence M. Vance | |
FEE’s Take on Mayor Bloomberg’s Supersized Soda Policy |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-13 |
| New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg explaining his intention to outlaw sodas larger than 16 ounces in restaurants, sports venues, and street carts: Everybody’s wringing their hands saying we’ve got to do something about [obesity]. Well, here is a | |
Lungs Found on LA Sidewalk Not Human |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-13 |
| Lungs found on a Compton sidewalk this weekend have been determined to not be those of a human, according to coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter. The are thought to be of animal origin, though nothing in the article rules out zombie lungs. | |
Forgotten Men: w/Sherriff Richard Mack |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-13 |
| by The Forgotten Men Last week The Forgotten Men welcomed guests Sheriff(s) Richard Mack, Jeff Christopher, and Chuck Jenkins in the second hour to discuss the role of sheriffs as the peoples last line of defense against an over-reachi | |
Despite Higher Revenues, Budget Deficit Heads Toward $1 Trillion |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-13 |
| “The federal budget deficit is approaching $1 trillion for a fourth straight year even though the government is collecting more tax revenue than last year.” (USA Today) Party on. FEE Timely Classic “Debt Can’t Burden Future Generations | |
Jeb Bush Comes Out of the Closet - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-13 |
| Jeb Bush, son of the man who began the downhill slide of the Republican Party by going back on his no-new-taxes pledge — and brother of the man who continued where his father left off by using “compassionate conservatism” to push the U.S. to the edg | |
What's the U.S. Empire Good For? |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-13 |
| Among the big choices facing Americans is the role of the U.S. government in foreign affairs.... | |
Republican Surrenderists for Obamacare - by Michelle Malkin |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-13 |
| During the summer of 2009, conservative activists turned up the heat on Democratic politicians to protest the innovation-destroying, liberty-usurping Obamacare mandate. In the summer of 2012, it’s squishy Republican politicians who deserve the grass | |
Get Government Out of Health Care |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-13 |
| The Supreme Court's ruling on Obamacare could come Thursday, or Monday. In my syndicated column this week I say this about the constitutionality of the mandate that requires us to buy insurance: Seems like a no-brainer to me. How can forcing me to e | |
Teachers, Cops & Firefighters |
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| Undoctrination.org | 2012-06-13 |
| One of the biggest weaknesses has been state and local governments, which have laid off 450,000 Americans. These are teachers, and cops, and firefighters. Congress should pass a bill putting them back to work right now.–Barack Obama Teachers, police | |
Lawsuit Abuse (Airs Thursday at 9pm et on FBN) |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-13 |
| I was beat up by a WWF wrestler, Dave Schultz. I had ear pain after he hit me, so I sued. But a doctor told me that I had a "jurosomatic" illness - I held onto pain because I was involved in a lawsuit. Is that possible? I'll ask Senator John Barrasso, | |
Lawsuit Abuse (Airs Saturday at 3pm and 10pm on FBN) |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-13 |
| I was beat up by a WWF wrestler, Dave Schultz. I had ear pain after he hit me, so I sued. But a doctor told me that I had a "jurosomatic" illness - I held onto pain because I was involved in a lawsuit. Is that possible? I'll ask Senator John Barrasso, | |
Video: Peter Schiff with Al Korelin |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-13 |
| Latest video interview, with Al Korelin.Topics: Schiff`s new book - The Real Crash, 2012 US Elections, US EconomyPeter Schiff`s comments on the economy, stock markets, politics and gold. Schiff is the renowned writer of the bestseller Crash Proof: How to | |
Rand Paul Answers; The Daily Paul Interview |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-13 |
| Senator Rand Paul joins Daily Paul Radio with Kurt Wallace for ‘Rand Paul Answers; The Daily Paul Interview’ to discuss his endorsement of Mitt Romney and to answers the questions submitted by The Daily Paul community. Click here to listen | |
We Need To Let Interest Rates Rise To Market Levels |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-13 |
Federalism Is Fundamental |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-13 |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-13 |
The Drug War Is Finished |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-12 |
| If you want to see a look of stunned silence on the face of a drug-war proponent, ask him the following question: To win the war on drugs, what do you propose be done that hasn't already been done during the last forty years of drug warfare?... | |
On the Canons of Taxation and the Taxation of Cannon |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-12 |
| The rule of law by itself is not sufficient to protect individual liberty, so it must be combined with other principles, such as private property and free association. | |
Elinor Ostrom, 1933-2012 |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-12 |
| With sadness that I note the passing of Elinor Ostrom, who won the Nobel Prize in economics in 2009. She died today at age 78. To appreciate the importance of her work, read Peter Boettke’s Freeman article “Why Those Who Value Liberty Should R | |
Socialist or Fascist? - by Thomas Sowell |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-12 |
| It bothers me a little when conservatives call Barack Obama a “socialist.” He certainly is an enemy of the free market, and wants politicians and bureaucrats to make the fundamental decisions about the economy. But that does not mean that he w | |
Stossel - s2012 | e119 - Thu, May 24, 2012 |
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| John Stossel at Hulu.com | 2012-06-12 |
| Stossel's "Rich Man, Poor Man"Add this to your queueAdded: Tue Jun 12 05:06:21 UTC 2012Air date: Thu May 24 00:00:00 UTC 2012Duration: 41:14 | |
Napolitano: Taxation Has Become Theft In America |
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| Fox Business: Napolitano | 2012-06-12 |
 Can North Dakota eliminate property taxes? |
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Economic Debacle Slashed Families’ Net Worth |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-12 |
| “The recent economic crisis left the median American family in 2010 with no more wealth than in the early 1990s, erasing almost two decades of accumulated prosperity, the Federal Reserve said Monday.” (New York Times) Thank you very much, big | |
OPEC Signals Oil Cutback |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-12 |
| “OPEC’s president signalled on Monday it could act to reduce a glut of oil that has knocked the price down towards double digits, but said it was unlikely to set individual country production quotas at a meeting this week.” (Christian Sc | |
We Have Too Many Shopping Malls Selling Stuff, But Not Enough Factories Making Stuff |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-12 |
| We have too many shopping malls selling stuff, but not enough factories making stuff. We have too many kids in college studying liberal arts, and not enough in the workforce acquiring skills that will actually increase their productivity.Banks are loaning | |
The Clintons Begin Laying the Groundwork for 2016 - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-12 |
| From the first day of Hillary’s downfall, I never had a doubt that the HillBillies would seek revenge on “the amateur” who outslicked them in the 2008 Democratic primary. Axelthugs Incorporated, knowing they would have a problem on their hands, to | |
Environmental Indoctrination in Public Schools |
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| Tom's Opinions and Information | 2012-06-11 |
| Indoctrination is one of the favorite strategies of the left for the simple reason that it works. Give liberals the public schools, which America has done, and they will take our children, which they are doing. Liberals understand that the bes | |
Google and Apple use spy planes that can film you sunbathing in your back garden |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-11 |
| Spy planes able to photograph sunbathers in their back gardens are being deployed by Google and Apple. The U.S. technology giants are racing to produce aerial maps so detailed they can show up objects just four inches wide. But campaigners say the technol | |
Antifederalist No.17: Federalist Power Will Ultimately Subvert State Authority |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-11 |
| The "necessary and proper" clause has, from the beginning, been a thorn in the side of those seeking to reduce federal power, but its attack by Brutus served to call attention to it, leaving a paper trail of intent verifying its purpose was not to | |
Protected: NNComm #248: You’re Not Special |
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| Marc Rudov | 2012-06-11 |
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Tom Coburn Warns of the Debt Bomb - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-11 |
| Having had the pleasure of interviewing Senator Tom Coburn this week about his book The Debt Bomb, I’m convinced he’s one of a handful of people in Congress who not only understands what is happening to the American Empire, but is willing to stick his | |
Contempt Vote Against Holder Scheduled For Next Week |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-11 |
| Sharyl Attkisson at CBS News reports the House Oversight Committee will vote on contempt charges against Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday, June 20. Mr. Holder and the Department of Justice have not turned over the remaining documents from an Octo | |
The Economic Collapse Is Not A Single Event |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-11 |
| Many people hype "the coming economic collapse" as if it is some kind of big summer Hollywood blockbuster. Many people out there write about it as if it is something that will happen in a single day or over a few weeks and that it will suddenly change | |
The Economic Collapse Is Not A Single Event |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-11 |
| Many people hype "the coming economic collapse" as if it is some kind of big summer Hollywood blockbuster. Many people out there write about it as if it is something that will happen in a single day or over a few weeks and that it will suddenly change | |
One Of The Greatest Inventions Ever |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-11 |
| The point is that money arises naturally in society, as a way of aiding in voluntary economic transactions. It was one of the greatest inventions ever. Money not only made it easier for people to buy what they wanted, it also made saving much more possibl | |
Mexico Should Just Legalize Drugs |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-11 |
| According to a front-page article in today's New York Times, Mexico's top presidential contenders are signaling a shift in how Mexico intends to fight the drug war. While the movement is in a positive direction, unfortunately it still doesn't go far en | |
Voter Rights Are Not Free |
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| Star Parker | 2012-06-11 |
| Engraved large on one of the walls of the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, DC are the words "Freedom is not free." It is sad that so many are unable or unwilling to appreciate the... | |
Senator Rand Paul – We have questions |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-11 |
| Update Listen to the Rand Paul interview here On Thursday evening during the Hannity show on Fox News Rand Paul endorsed Mitt Romney. After, the Liberty movement has been engulfed in a heated debate over what this endorsement means and to the future of th | |
Live Stream: The Victory Sessions |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-11 |
| The Victory Sessions with Host Stephen K. Bannon. It’s a gathering of thought provoking conversations on Politics, Economics, and Culture, where understanding unites us and ignorance divides us. The Victory Sessions can be hear | |
Sen. Rand Paul joins Oregon Sen. Wyden’s push for legal hemp |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-11 |
| U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Bowling Green, is joining a Democratic senator from Oregon in supporting a proposal to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp. Vote Hemp, a non-profit organization pushing the issue, said Friday that Paul has signed on as a co-sponso | |
A Fork in the Revolution |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-11 |
| Rand Paul’s endorsement of Mitt Romney tests his father’s movement. It’s Friday and the King Dude is on the air. Normally, Mike Church uses his early morning Sirius program as a platform to bash the faux conservatives he calls “Dec | |
Obama Flips on Economy’s Condition |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-11 |
| “As soon as the words ‘the private sector is doing fine’ slipped from President Obama’s lips Friday morning, congressional Republicans went berserk. . . . Later, the president walked back his remarks during a brief appearance with the pres | |
Are Immigration Laws Like Jim Crow? |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-11 |
| Today, a vast portion of America’s immigration code targets businesses, not foreigners. | |
Video: Fraser Institute Policy Briefing |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-11 |
Secretary of Commerce Bryson Charged With Felony Hit and Run |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-11 |
| U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson was charged with felony hit-and-run by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department after a bizarre series of apparently deliberate crashes this past weekend, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Times describes the inc | |
85 Members of Congress Demand Holder Investigate SWATting Cases |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-11 |
| The following letter is being submitted to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder today. June 11, 2012 The Honorable Eric Holder U.S. Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 5111 Washington, D.C. 20530-0009 | |
Apple Could Ask Court to Block Samsung Phone |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-11 |
| “An Apple Inc lawyer said the iPhone and iPad maker may seek a legal order stopping the launch of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s Galaxy S III phone in the United States later this month. . . . Apple sued Samsung for patent infringement last year | |
Does Legality Establish Morality? |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-11 |
| by Scott Strzelczyk | |
Welfare for the Rich |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-11 |
| Republicans say they believe in free-markets and limited government. So I thank Congressman Tom McClintock and the Cato Institute's Ted DeHaven for pointing out that what Republicans say- is often different from what they do. Recently more than 100 Repu | |
Will Ron Paul delegates make Romney flip flop again? |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-11 |
| TAMPA, June 10, 2012 – With all but one of the Republican primaries concluded, there are two things that are clear. The first is that unless something very improbable occurs, Mitt Romney will be the Republican nominee for president in 2012. The second | |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-11 |
Ron Paul Republicans, A Party Anew. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-11 |
Spanish Bonds Drop On Concern Bailout Not Enough |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-11 |
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Don't Miss Peter Schiff on Fox News! • 12am |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-11 |
| Content Type: Event Event Date: June 11, 2012 - 12:00am - 1:00pm Guest: Peter Schiff Network: | |
Gold-Investment Demand In China To Advance 10% |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-11 |
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In Europe, Banks Borrowing to Stay Ahead of the Tide |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-11 |
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Rand Paul Endorsement of Mitt Romney Was a Tactical Masterstroke for Libertarianism |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-10 |
| I’m starting to think I must be the only voice in an avalanche of Paulites who wasn’t outraged by Senator Rand Paul’s endorsement of Mitt Romney. As a libertarian with a perspective of the Scottish independence movement and the nascent l | |
The Voluntary Buffett Rule and Designated Tax Payments |
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| Tax Lawyer's Blog | 2012-06-10 |
| Professor Todd Henderson supports the Buffett Rule but says it should be voluntary: We can now add actor Will Smith to the growing list of celebrities, business leaders, and politicians who have recently come forward to complain that they don’t pay | |
Good News Bad News for Obama in Latest Poll of Jewish Voters |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-10 |
| President Barack Obama may claim (somehow) to know more about Judaism than any president in American history, but the latest Gallup poll of Jewish voters suggest he has less support from the Jewish community than his recent Democratic predecessors. 64% of | |
Private Equity (and Jobs) For Dummies |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-10 |
| There’s been a lot of talk about Bain Capital and private equity and jobs lately, and since many Americans may not be familiar with how they are related, here’s a brief primer. Private equity funds consist of money that has been collected fro | |
Chomsky 1997: The New Party Is a "Social Democratic Version of State Capitalism" |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-10 |
| An interview with Noam Chomsky from 1997 has the far-left professor describing his involvement with the New Party at about the time that Barack Obama Obama joined and sought an endorsement from the group. Contrary to claims made by founder Joel Rogers ( | |
Sundays with Sherrod: Progressive or Socialist? |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-10 |
| Does a socialist by another name still think bigger central government solves every problem? If Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) is your test case, the answer is a resounding "Yes." Sherrod was a member of the fringe-left Congressional Progressive Caucus durin | |
Washington Times’ Tom Mullen On Why Rand Paul Endorses Romney |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-10 |
| Tom Mullen of Washington Times column ‘Reawakening Liberty’ Robert Scott Bell Interviewed Tom Mullen which begins about 7:30 mins into the video: | |
Principal Won't Let Kids Sing Patriotic Tune, Yet Steamy Bieber Hit A-OK |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-10 |
| Welcome to PS 90, Coney Island, New York, where grade school Principal Greta Hawkins says the patriotic song "God Bless the U.S.A." by Lee Greenwood is verboten, but the steamy Justin Bieber hit "Baby" is perfectly all right for kindergarten children | |
Blogger Busts EPA's Fake Fuel Figures |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-10 |
| Blogger Lindsay Leveen at Green Explored explains, in layman's terms, how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has created data "that disobey the laws of thermodynamics so that the worthless government policy of favoring plug in vehicles over g | |
War Pig in a Poke |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-09 |
| With a win in the Texas Republican primary election Tuesday, Mitt Romney has clinched a spot in the November championship round. Or, so his corner tells us. Although there are some valid questions about the real delegate count, with Ron Paul having effect | |
Can We Also Investigate the U.S.-Syria Torture Partnership? |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-08 |
| I don't get U.S. officials. They're so outraged over the brutality of the Syrian regime. They calling for an investigation into atrocities committed by Syrian forces against the Syrian people as part of the regime's effort to suppress a rebellion again | |
Who Will Protect the Freedom To Blog? - by Michelle Malkin |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-08 |
| Free speech is under fire. Online thugs are targeting bloggers (mostly conservative, but not all) who have dared to expose a convicted bomber and perjuring vexatious litigant who is now enjoying a comfy life as a liberally subsidized social justice operat | |
The rEVOLution Continues on Without Rand Paul as He Endorses Romney |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-08 |
| by Ezra Van Auken and Andrea Dantzer During airtime on the Hannity show just moments ago, Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s son, Rand, officially endorsed Mitt Romney. The endorsement was an odd call after the liberty movement who backed his fa | |
Beck’s Forecast for the Economy: It’s in Decline |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-08 |
 Glenn Beck on excess government regulation |
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Buchanan: America is in Decline |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-08 |
 Buchanan on state of the economy |
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Who Wants to Start a Business in the U.S.? |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-08 |
 Government regulation impacting business creation? |
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The U.S. Economy By The Numbers: 70 Facts That Barack Obama Does Not Want You To See |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-08 |
| Why is the economy going to collapse? Have you ever been asked that question? If so, what did you say? Sometimes it is difficult to communicate dozens of complicated economic and financial concepts in a package that the average person on the street | |
The U.S. Economy By The Numbers: 70 Facts That Barack Obama Does Not Want You To See |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-08 |
| Why is the economy going to collapse? Have you ever been asked that question? If so, what did you say? Sometimes it is difficult to communicate dozens of complicated economic and financial concepts in a package that the average person on the street | |
Trade Deficit Shrinks as Imports and Exports Drop |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-08 |
| “The U.S. trade deficit shrunk in April, but only because a big drop in imports offset the first decline in U.S. exports in five months.” (Washington Post) A falling trade deficit is often a bad sign. FEE Timely Classic “The Balance-of-P | |
Why Is Secession A Naughty Word? |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-08 |
On The Mind of a Drone Strike Operator |
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| Tom's Opinions and Information | 2012-06-08 |
June 8, 2012 |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-08 |
| Friday, June 8, 2012 By: Mark Hanna U.S. stocks rallied Friday as news reports of an | |
Rand Paul Endorsed Mitt Romney – Jack Hunter Explains – The Jerry Doyle Show |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-08 |
Damn The Torpedoes |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-08 |
| By: Peter Schiff Friday, June 8, 2012 Last week in an interview on CBS Network Ne | |
In Countless Ways, Money Improves Society |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-08 |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-08 |
There’s No Such Thing as Economic Freedom |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-08 |
| The case for the indivisibility of freedom is not hard to make when one remembers that there are no economic ends. | |
The Austerity Myth |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-08 |
| As you probably know, Greece is broke because of generous social programs and overpaid government workers. The Greeks accumulated so much debt that they needed to beg for multiple bailouts. Now we're told that Greece has been forced to drastically cut go | |
Fed Not Inclined to Act on Economy, Bernanke Says |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-08 |
| “Lackluster jobs data and storm clouds on the economic horizon have not yet convinced Federal Reserve officials that growth is slowing, nor that they should respond, the Fed’s chairman, Ben S. Bernanke, said on Thursday.” (New York Times) Pl | |
Jack Hunter: Schooling the "Amazing Atheist" on States Rights. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-08 |
FreedomFest 2012, July 13, Las Vegas |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-08 |
| Content Type: Event Event Location: Bally's Las Vegas Event Date: | |
FreedomFest 2012, July 12, Las Vegas |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-08 |
| Content Type: Event Event Location: Bally's Las Vegas Event Date: | |
CEOs Lose Their Optimism on Job Slowdown |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-08 |
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Detroit Will Go Broke in One Week |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-08 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: Detroit Free Press Link: | |
Ohio Democrat Secured a $1 million Earmark to Teach Kids to Meditate with Raisins |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| It’s no secret that plenty of political figures use a book as a way to introduce themselves to voters before a campaign. However, I think we’d be hard pressed to find a politician selling a book that describes how one stares at a raisin to gai | |
Upsides to Rand Paul as VP |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-07 |
| Jim Antle and Daniel Larison have weighed in on the downsides of a Mitt Romney/Rand Paul ticket. But some of the problems that Jim points to cancel one another out: the fact that the VP traditionally does not have much power means he also bears very li | |
Chicago Police Officer Tasers Pregnant Woman |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| A police officer in Chicago is under investigation after he used a stun gun on a woman who tore up her parking ticket in front of him. The big problem: the woman was pregnant. For her part, the 30-year-old pregnant woman, Tiffany Rent, said there was no r | |
US Treasuries Will Turn Out To Be The Facebook Of Safe Havens |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-07 |
| I believe that treasuries will turn out to be the Facebook (FB) of safe havens.Related: Facebook (FB), ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasuries ETF (TBT)Peter Schiff`s comments on the economy, stock markets, politics and gold. Schiff is the renowned write | |
Social Seeds and the War on Weeds: Is Marijuana Prohibition Immoral? |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-07 |
| by Ajai Dittmar The government is completely out of control when it comes to prohibition on marijuana. While our country faces record debt our government officials are fixated on arresting and convicting as many people in possession of marijuana as | |
AEI/Arthur Brooks: Does Capitalism Put Profits Ahead of People? |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| American Enterprise President Arthur Brooks, author of the new book "The Road to Freedom," debunks the myth that “capitalism is only about profits” in a video exclusive to Breitbart News. Brooks, who has urged Republicans to make the | |
The Pentagon, the Troublemaker |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-07 |
| My article this past Tuesday, 'Partnering with the Communists,' detailed how the Pentagon is doing its best to partner with the communist regime in Vietnam in order to provoke crises with China.... | |
The Real ‘War on Women’ - by Thomas Sowell |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-07 |
| Among the people who are disappointed with President Obama, none has more reason to be disappointed than those who thought he was going to be “a uniter, rather than a divider” and that he would “bring us all together.” It was a nob | |
Non-Citizens, Convicted Felons Could Swing the Election for Obama |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| Mitt Romney's lead over President Barack Obama in the states most likely to decide the presidential election could diminish over the next few weeks if left wing pressure groups work successfully to block ballot integrity efforts. Catherine Engelbre | |
Why Stocks Love Scott Walker - by Larry Kudlow |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-07 |
| You didn’t see it in the mainstream financial media Wednesday morning. But stocks loved Gov. Scott Walker’s spanking of public-sector unions and Democrats in Wisconsin. The Dow jumped about 165 points right at the opening on Wednesday and was | |
Do Free Markets Require Rational Actors? |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-07 |
| It’s not the rationality of market participants that matters, but the institutional context within which they act. | |
Congressman Says Higher Minimum Wage Would Boost Economy |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-07 |
| “Representative Jesse L. Jackson Jr. tried to give new vitality to the issue of the federal minimum wage on Wednesday, coming at the debate with a fresh angle: that raising it might encourage Americans to spend more and, thus, help stimulate the nat | |
Estonia and Austerity: Another Exploding Cigar for Paul Krugman |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| I have great fondness for Estonia, in part because it was the first post-communist nation to adopt the flat tax, but also because of the country's remarkable scenery. Most recently, though, I've been bragging about Estonia (along with Latvia | |
Kirzner on the Distinction between Equilibrium and Process |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-07 |
| What is Austrian economics and how does it differ from other strands of neoclassical economics? These are question that anyone who has studied Austrian economics eventually gets asked. If you have ever had any trouble coming up with a satisfactory answer, | |
Shock: Romney Fundraising Blows Past Obama |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| Obama's terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad week just got a little worse. This morning, the Obama campaign announced that it and the DNC had raised a whopping $60 million in May, outpacing their disappointing numbers in April. Hours later, though, the | |
Taxpayers Could Face Steep Crop-Insurance Tab |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-07 |
| “At the same time that high crop prices are prompting farmers to expand into millions of acres of land once considered unsuitable for farming, Congress is considering expanding a federal insurance program that reimburses farmers for most losses or d | |
Poll: Americans Still Dislike Bush, Now Like Carter |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| Apparently, absence makes the heart grow fonder … unless your name is George W. Bush. According to a new CNN/ORC International poll, every living ex-president of the United States has a positive approval rating, except former President Bush. Bush&r | |
Panetta Admits To Fighting Inside Pakistan |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-07 |
| by Ezra Van Auken Despite little coverage by elected officials on the issue dwelling in Pakistan, Defense Secretary, Leon Panetta finally spoke to reporters about the country today. Panetta noted, “We are fighting a war in the FATA, we are fighti | |
Colorado Wastes $128M on Unemployment Benefit Errors |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| The state of Colorado has wasted some $128 million on a massive series of clerical errors in handing out unemployment benefits. People were overpaid or got checks when they weren’t eligible for them. About four percent of those problematic unemploym | |
To Fix Our Problems, We Have to Change Washington |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| Up to two years ago, it never occurred to me to get involved in politics, let alone run for Congress. But like many of you, I was disgusted by what was going on in Washington. They were spending away our children and grandchildren’s futu | |
Drones over America – Judge Napolitano: “Where is the outrage?” |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-07 |
| For the past few weeks, I have been writing in this column about the government’s use of drones and challenging their constitutionality on Fox News Channel where I work. I once asked on air what Thomas Jefferson would have done if — had drones | |
Where Is The Outrage? - by Judge Andrew Napolitano |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-07 |
| For the past few weeks, I have been writing in this column about the government’s use of drones and challenging their constitutionality on Fox News Channel where I work. I once asked on air what Thomas Jefferson would have done if — had drones exi | |
Oakland Occupiers Threaten Violence at City Council Meeting |
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| Big Government | 2012-06-07 |
| A three-term member of the Oakland city council named Patricia Kernighan recently proposed an initiative that would ban certain items from public protests. These include shields, hammers, spray paint, and other items that occupiers have used to set fire | |
Is America in Decline? (airs Thursday at 9PM on FBN) |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-07 |
| For decades, people have been saying that America's best days are behind us. On this week's show, Glenn Beck says our Republic won't make it to 2016. John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., says that our country is vulnerable because Preside | |
Is America in Decline? (airs Saturday at 3PM and 10PM on FNC) |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-07 |
| For decades, people have been saying that America's best days are behind us. On this week's show, Glenn Beck says our Republic won't make it to 2016. John Bolton, former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., says that our country is vulnerable because Preside | |
States Have a Right to Secede from the Union – No Matter What the Polls Say - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-07 |
| According to a recent Rasmussen Reports poll, 24 percent of Americans believe that states have a right to secede from the union. It’s not surprising that this number is ten points higher than it was in 2010, given the Obamaviks’ march toward an all- | |
There Is No Way To Justify Record Low Interest Rates In This Country Given Our Atrocious Fiscal Position |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-07 |
Economic Weakness |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-07 |
NATO Airstrikes Kill Innocents, Including Children |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-07 |
| by Ezra Van Auken A NATO airstrike killed eighteen people in the eastern province of Logar, Afghanistan yesterday. The asserted attack that was aimed at combatants in the area resulted in assailing a wedding ceremony. Witnesses, including an AP pho | |
French Unemployment Rate Climbs |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-07 |
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Americans Cling To Jobs As Workforce Dynamism Fades |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-07 |
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Young Americans Out of High School Are Also Out of Work |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-07 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: New York Times Link: | |
Estonian President Scolds Paul Krugman on Twitter |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-07 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: Yahoo! News Link: | |
Is Global Finance a Ponzi Scheme? Ask a Russian Expert |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-07 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: Bloomberg Link: h | |
White House: No Tax Cut Extension for Rich, Period |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-07 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: CNBC Link: http:/ | |
Super-Rich Getting Poorer—Yet Pay Higher Tax Rates |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-07 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: CNBC Link: http:/ | |
Peter Schiff at FreedomFest 2012, Las Vegas |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-07 |
| Content Type: Event Event Location: Bally's Las Vegas Event Date: | |
A 'Truth Plan' for $1 Trillion College Debt Explosion |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-07 |
| Content Type: Newswire Source: CNBC Link: http:/ | |
NYC, Up in Smoke: Black Market versus Free Market |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-06 |
| by Ezra Van Auken The Governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo, is prepared to ask legislators on Monday about the amount of people being arrested for marijuana; stop-and-frisks have been essential in catching many individuals towards the City area. But | |
Debt to Dwarf Economy by 2037 |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-06 |
| “The U.S. government risks a fiscal crisis unless it makes significant changes in tax and spending policies, the Congressional Budget Office said. . . . By 2037, the debt would be almost twice the size of the economy, the agency said. That would mea | |
Greece Soon to Be Out of Money |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-06 |
| “Government coffers [in Greece] could be empty as soon as July, shortly after this month’s pivotal elections. In the worst case, Athens might have to temporarily stop paying for salaries and pensions, along with imports of fuel, food and pharmaceu | |
Real ID Act Could Make One Feel Like a Prisoner in America |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-06 |
| “Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark. In the hopeless swamps of the not quite, the not yet, and the not at all, do not let the hero in your soul perish and leave only frustration for the life you deserved, but never have been able | |
Fed Is Indeed Considering More Action, Monetary Stimulus: Report |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-06 |
| The Federal Reserve is mulling over whether U.S. financial markets need a pick-me-up. The Wall Street Journal‘s Jon Hilsenrath reportsthat lackluster U.S. job growth and increasing worries about Europe have put “back on the table the possibility of | |
It’s All Part Of An Ongoing Depression |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-06 |
| I think it’s all part of an ongoing depression, where we have a series of recessions punctuated by artificial growth caused by stimulus. That’s really what is happening now—the stimulus is wearing off and the hangover is setting in.And of course, th | |
Advocating lawlessness to pass laws? No Thanks |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-06 |
| by Mike Maharrey &n | |
Ron Paul on Washington’s War Drums for Syria |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-06 |
| by Dr. Ron Paul via Market Oracle War drums are beating again in Washington. This time Syria is in the crosshairs after a massacre there last week left more than 100 dead. As might be expected from an administration with an announced policy of “regi | |
Teacher’s Unions Earn “F” for Wisconsin Recall Abuse - by Michelle Malkin |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-06 |
| They really outdid themselves. In Wisconsin and across the nation, public school employee unions spared no kiddie human shields in their battle against GOP Gov. Scott Walker’s budget and pension reforms. Students were the first and last casualties o | |
David vs Goliath: Brazil Takes on Monsanto |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-06 |
| by Ezra Van Auken Brazilian farmers became angered when the mega-company from the United States, Monsanto, started claiming royalties as their own on produce; now the farmers are suing Monsanto and have five million other individuals to help take t | |
Equal-Pay Bill Fails in Senate |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-06 |
| “A bill that would pave the way for women to more easily litigate their way to pay equality failed to clear a procedural hurdle in the Senate on Tuesday as Republicans united against the measure for the second time in two years.” (New York Tim | |
Why Is Secession A Naughty Word? |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-06 |
| Mandeville, LA – Exclusive Audio and Transcript - How ironic is this? You want the greatest irony of all ironies? In the Articles of Confederation, it says that the articles, once ratified, were to make a perpetual league of friendship, I belie | |
Hate SOPA And CISPA? Get Ready For A Steady Stream Of Internet Regulation Bills |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-06 |
| Is 2012 a landmark year for Internet security bills, or is it just the tip of the iceberg? So far this year we’ve had SOPA, CISPA, CSA and SECURE IT – the latter three still up for votes in the Senate or House. It’s doubtful that any of t | |
Reality Is Mugging the Greeks |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-06 |
| For statists who were hoping that Greece's financial crisis had receded into the background for the indefinite future, their hopes have been dashed. This title of an article on the front page of today's New York Times sums up the problem quite well: Gre | |
June 6, 2012 |
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| Euro Pacific Capital | 2012-06-06 |
| Wednesday, June 6, 2012 By: Mark Hanna U.S. stocks finished with strong gains Wednes | |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-06 |
Tenther Radio: Rule of Law vs Rule by Lawyers |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-06 |
Obama Threatens Veto of NDAA 2013: Too Many Restrictions on His “Exclusive” Authority |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-05 |
| Last week, several major news outlets reported on aStatement of Administration Policy (SAP) released by the White House regarding the Fiscal Year 2013 version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In the SAP, President Obama lays out 32 reas | |
Social Seeds and the War on Weed: Time to Legalize |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-05 |
| This is a guest post by Ajai Dittmar and does not necessarily reflect the views or standpoint of SLN on legalizing marijuana. SLN’s official stance is that marijuana should be completely decriminalized. However, it opens up discourse on a popular t | |
Decriminalization of Pot Possession Advances in New York |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-05 |
| “The New York Police Department, the mayor and the city’s top prosecutors on Monday endorsed a proposal to decriminalize the open possession of small amounts of marijuana, giving an unexpected lift to an effort by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo to cut down | |
Republican Party blocking massive Ron Paul event in Tampa? |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-05 |
| TAMPA, June 2, 2012 — Ron Paul may have stopped actively campaigning in primary states that have not yet voted, but his Revolution shows no sign of slowing down. Just a few days after the media erroneously reported that Ron Paul had dropped out of the | |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-05 |
| --John Dickinson-- "From my infancy I was taught by my honoured parents to love humanity and liberty. Inquiry and experience have since confirmed my reverence for the lessons then given me, by convincing me more fully of their truth and excelle | |
Partnering with the Communists |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-05 |
| Given the U.S. government's longtime military and financial support for dictatorships around the world, including Egypt, Jordan, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, and its historical support of military dictatorships in Latin America, I suppose it's not too surprisin | |
U.S. Gvt. Pulls Plug on Sesame Street . . . in Pakistan |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-05 |
| “The U.S. has terminated funding for a $20 million project to develop a Pakistani version of Sesame Street, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday. The decision came as a Pakistani newspaper reported allegations of corruption by the local puppet theater work | |
Is God through with John Edwards? - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-05 |
| Speaking of nauseating spectacles, John Edwards’ first campaign speech after being found not guilty of illegal use of campaign funds was right up there with Bush and Obama yukking it up at the White House — on the same day yet! Words like slimy and de | |
Playing With Words - by Thomas Sowell |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-05 |
| Would anyone work to support themselves or their families — and then turn over a chunk of that hard-earned money to somebody else, just because of the words used by that somebody else? A few people may be taken in by the words of con men, here and there | |
“Not Obama” Is Not Enough: Listen to Monica Perez Show slap down the neocon hoax ‘anyone but Obama’ |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-05 |
| Listen to Anarcho-Capitalist/Libertarian/Austrian Economist on The Monica Perez Show every Sunday 1PM-3PM ET on 750AM News/Talk WSB, 95.5FM in Atlanta and online here “Not Obama” Is Not Enough: On & About This Week’s Show Scary Week! Last week | |
Silver Bullish Despite Negative Manufacturing |
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| Liberty Pulse | 2012-06-05 |
| Fear and uncertainty weighed heavily on the markets Friday as investors who viewed almost everything as too risky embarked on a sell-off. Despite the overall negative sentiment and the release of a slew of weak manufacturing data, silver had a bullish day | |
America In Decline: The Soul Crushing Despair Of Lowered Expectations |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-05 |
| All over America tonight there are people that believe that their lives are over. When you do everything that you know how to do to get a job and you still can't get one it can be absolutely soul crushing. If you have ever been unemployed for an exte | |
America In Decline: The Soul Crushing Despair Of Lowered Expectations |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-05 |
| All over America tonight there are people that believe that their lives are over. When you do everything that you know how to do to get a job and you still can't get one it can be absolutely soul crushing. If you have ever been unemployed for an exte | |
A Case of Normalcy Bias |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-05 |
Video: Work-Life Balance |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-05 |
Uncertainty Paralysis |
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| John Stossel 's Take | 2012-06-05 |
| This month's job data show that job growth continues to be unusually sluggish. In my syndicated column this week, I say that should come as no surprise, thanks to the President's policies: President Obama would do us all a big favor if he'd ask hi | |
The “Social Costs” of Buying New |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-05 |
| by Eric Peters | |
Bill to Stop FDA Falls in Senate |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-04 |
| by Ezra Van Auken Did you know there are Food and Drug Administration agents who are equipped with guns to execute raids against citizens? Fortunately, the Senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul objected to the power and created an amendment to stop FDA | |
21 Signs That This Could Be A Long, Hot, Crazy Summer For The Global Financial System |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-04 |
| The summer of 2012 is shaping up to be very similar to the summer of 2008. Things look incredibly bleak for the global economy right now. Economic activity and lending are slowing down all over the planet, and fear is starting to paralyze the entire g | |
21 Signs That This Could Be A Long, Hot, Crazy Summer For The Global Financial System |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-04 |
| The summer of 2012 is shaping up to be very similar to the summer of 2008. Things look incredibly bleak for the global economy right now. Economic activity and lending are slowing down all over the planet, and fear is starting to paralyze the entire g | |
UN No-Fly Zone: Syrian Rebels Demand |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-04 |
| by Ezra Van Auken According to Major Sami al-Kurdi, a rebel spokesperson for the Syrian rebels – the militia will abandon the idea of ceasefire with government forces and work on a “peace enforcement mission” led by the United Nations. The pe | |
Drivers to Face New Road Repair Taxes |
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| The Freeman | 2012-06-04 |
| “States are looking for new ways of taxing motorists as they seek to pay for highway and bridge repair and improvements without relying on the per-gallon gasoline tax widely viewed as all but obsolete.” (USA Today) Why is government even opera | |
Langworthy at it Again |
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| Political Class Dismissed | 2012-06-04 |
| In the battle to save WNY from big government, the local GOP has been on the sidelines or actually on the opposing side most of the time. GOP Chair Nick Langworthy did everything he could to divide and conquer the tea party movement and drive out tea part | |
Drug War Congressman Bites the Dust |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-04 |
| The times they are a-changin'!... | |
You’re not entitled to my stuff! |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-04 |
| by Mark Kreslins | |
A Look Behind The Dismal Economic Data |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-04 |
| Latest video blog with a market and economic update. Peter Schiff`s comments on the economy, stock markets, politics and gold. Schiff is the renowned writer of the bestseller Crash Proof: How to Profit from the Coming Economic Collapse. | |
America Now a "Pro-Life" Nation |
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| Star Parker | 2012-06-04 |
| Do House Republicans risk being branded as extremist and out of touch by bringing abortion back into the national spotlight when supposedly the economy is all Americans care about today? Last Thursday, Republicans... | |
The Socialist Mask of Marxism |
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| Tom's Opinions and Information | 2012-06-04 |
The RINOs are coming! - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-04 |
| I had a dream the other night. It was Inauguration Day, January 20, 2013, and Mitt Romney, standing on the steps of the Capitol Building, solemnly swore, just like Barack Obama did back in January 2009, to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitutio | |
Quote of the Day. |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-04 |
The Latest Leftist Smear of Patriots and Constitutionalists |
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| Founders Revolution | 2012-06-04 |
Race Matters...To Racists |
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| Tom's Opinions and Information | 2012-06-03 |
| In February 2009, Attorney General Eric Holder said America is a “nation of cowards” on race because we don’t talk about. So let’s talk about it.Voter IDProgressives are up in arms over the prospect of voters being required to show something at th | |
10 Things That We Can Learn About Shortages And Preparation From The Economic Collapse In Greece |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-03 |
| When the economy of a nation collapses, almost everything changes. Unfortunately, most people have never been through anything like that, so it can be difficult to know how to prepare. For those that are busy preparing for the coming global financial | |
10 Things That We Can Learn About Shortages And Preparation From The Economic Collapse In Greece |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-03 |
| When the economy of a nation collapses, almost everything changes. Unfortunately, most people have never been through anything like that, so it can be difficult to know how to prepare. For those that are busy preparing for the coming global financial | |
University Trend? Lobbyists |
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| Spread Liberty | 2012-06-03 |
| by Ezra Van Auken With rising college prices, and student loan debt that’s the worst bubble in U.S. history; a report has been released by Center for Responsive, labeling the top 26 college Universities for Federal government lobbyists. Sa | |
A Grim Jobs Report for America - by Larry Kudlow |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-02 |
| You would think $1 trillion in spending stimulus and $2.5 trillion of Fed pump-priming would produce an economy a whole lot stronger than 1.9 percent gross domestic product, which was the revised first-quarter number. And you’d think all that govern | |
Why Are Investors Buying The US Dollar? |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-02 |
Bush and Obama: A Slobbering Love Affair at the White House - by Robert Ringer |
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| RobertRinger.com | 2012-06-02 |
| Wednesday’s White House was the scene of one of the greatest bipartisan love fests in recent memory. The occasion was the unveiling ceremony for the White House portraits of George W. Bush and wife Laura. It was a perfect setting for another in an end | |
Bloomberg's Paternalistic Dictatorship |
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| Jacob Hornberger's Blog | 2012-06-01 |
| Sometimes I find the paternalistic mindset to be so darned fascinating. What is it that drives a person to initiate force against another human being to protect the latter from making bad choices in life? Why can't the paternalist just mind his own busin | |
Protected: NNComm #247: Communication & Fornication |
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| Marc Rudov | 2012-06-01 |
| There is no excerpt because this is a protected post. | |
Palin: Obama Doesn’t Have an Energy Policy |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-01 |
 Palin on XL Pipeline, oil exploration |
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Bill O’Reilly: Limit Speculation |
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| Fox business: Stossel | 2012-06-01 |
 O’Reilly on oil speculation |
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Inflation And Economic Harm |
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| Peter Schiff Blog | 2012-06-01 |
| Things don’t need to be as bad as Zimbabwe for inflation to cause economic harm. - in CBS Market Watch Peter Schiff`s comments on the economy, stock markets, politics and gold. Schiff is the renowned writer of the bestseller Crash Proof: How to Pro | |
The Bad Jobs Report Is Just A Very Small Taste Of The Economic Nightmare That Is Coming |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-01 |
| Another month, another bad jobs report. For the month of May, the U.S. economy only added 69,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 8.2%. Many are calling this a total "disaster" and are worried that the U.S. economy could be headed back into an | |
The Bad Jobs Report Is Just A Very Small Taste Of The Economic Nightmare That Is Coming |
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| The Economic Collapse | 2012-06-01 |
| Another month, another bad jobs report. For the month of May, the U.S. economy only added 69,000 jobs and the unemployment rate rose to 8.2%. Many are calling this a total "disaster" and are worried that the U.S. economy could be headed back into an | |