Best of April - Liberty Recommendations
• Christine Smith's Blog"I found these 6 articles to be particularly powerful, and important to share with others. They are some of the best of this past month packed with logic, reason, and facts."
Current News Headlines
These pages list the most recent news stories reported by the readers and editors of Freedom's Phoenix:
Silicon Valley billionaire funding creation of artificial libertarian islands
• The LookoutPay Pal founder and early Facebook investor Peter Thiel has given $1.25 million to an initiative to create floating libertarian countries in international waters. Thiel has been a big backer of the Seasteading Institute, which seeks to build sovereig
Rockefeller: Internet is “Number One National Hazard”
• By Kurt Nimmo, Infowars.comAccording to the great-grandson John D. Rockefeller, nephew of banker David Rockefeller, and former Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller the internet represents a serious threat to national security. Rockefeller is not alone in this
Portrait of a Civil Global Warming Heretic
• The New York TimesFour years ago eminent scientist Freeman Dyson began publicly stated his doubts about climate change while speaking at Boston University. Dyson announced that “all the fuss about global warming is grossly exaggerated.”
Prosecutors Behaving Badly
• The AgitatorThe top drug prosecutor, two police officers, and a retired circuit court judge in Wayne County, Michigan will be arraigned today on charges that they suborned (or in the judge’s case, knowingly allowed) perjury in a case against two alleged cocaine
Why cops fear cameras
• Photography is Not a CrimeThe headline in today’s New York Times’ article sums up perfectly why so many cops feel threatened by photographers: "When Evidence From Surveillance Cameras Leads to Charges Against Officers."
Death by Multiple Poisoning, Glyphosate and Roundup
• ISISScientists pinpoint how very low concentrations of the herbicide and other chemicals in Roundup formulations kill human cells, strengthening the case for phasing them out, and banning all further releases of Roundup-tolerant GM crops.
Prisoner of the System The Pat Kobylak Story
• Police Abuse.comAccording to NY state health records obtained by Policeabuse.com, the Shore Winds has nearly double the number of health code violations to that of other nursing homes in New York (compared to the state wide average).
The Criminalization Of Everyday life by Robert Neuwirth
• City Limits.org via Rense.com"With zero tolerance, we have finally done it: We have criminalized everyday life."
"Why Splenda, NutraSweet, and the FDA May Be Hazardous to Your Health"
• http://products.mercola.com/You've been conned for years, maybe even decades -- and it's not your fault. Perhaps you thought you'd been making a healthier choice by substituting those friendly little blue, pink and yellow packets for sugar.
Chicagoans Don't Roll Over Like Phoenicians When They're Gouged - They Fight Back
• cbs2chicago via DrudgeReport.comWhile some are saying enough by avoiding them, others are taking out their frustrations on the parking meters - literally! CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine reports with the anger behind the new meter rate increases.
Why House Committee wanted Rove behind closed doors
• Raw StoryThe House Judiciary Committee chose to interview former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove behind closed doors because they wanted more time to question him, and not as a concession to Bush Administration representatives, sources say.
FBI's Mueller: We're doing a great job and we need more money
• APThousands of financial fraud investigations are putting a strain on the FBI’s ability to fight other kinds of crimes, FBI Director Robert Mueller said. Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about the current status of his bureau, Mueller s
Ron Paul questions Bernanke on Capitalism 03/24/2009
• YoutubeNobody dresses down Bernanke like Paul.
FACT CHECK: Obama having it both ways on economy?
• APThe president's spending plans and deficit projections rest on the assumption that the economy will post solid growth next year after a mild, further decline this year. Many economists think that's too rosy. A look at some of his statements a
OUR TROOPS AND IRAQIS ARE STILL DYING
• IVAWAn Open Letter to the Peace/Anti-War Movement from Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, and Veterans For Peace
Police Raid wikileaks.de Owner's Homes
• NEWS.com.au"The raid is over the censorship lists, but which particular list, we can not be certain, although the Australian lists are the most recent and the most prominent due to their non-voluntary status."
US judge prepares to loot Titanic's treasures, block any visits
• APNearly a century after the Titanic struck ice in the North Atlantic, a federal judge in Virginia is poised to preserve the largest collection of artifacts from the opulent oceanliner and protect the ship's resting place. A maritime jurist who con
Renewable Distributed Energy Generation Markets To Reach 61 Billion Dollars
• arcleinGlobal system revenues for sub-utility scale Renewable Distributed Energy Generation (RDEG) grew at a breakneck pace between 2007 and 2008, rising 76% to an estimated $29.9 billion at the end of 2008, according to a new report from Pike Research
Biobacksheet
• arcleinThe green advantage is promoting the rapid development of plastics based on non hydrocarbon feedstocks. The cost differential is likely minimal and the need for bragging rights is now driving this industry. So while we have been focused on the pro
Deputy Chair of the New York Federal Reserve Bank: Pay MainStream Media
• ZeroHedge.comI almost choked when I read Lee Bollinger's op-ed piece in the WSJ.com advocating public financial support of the mainstream media. This is the Lee Bollinger who was recently named Deputy Chair of the New York Federal Reserve Bank.
Mass Graves Being Prepared at Phoenix, AZ Veterans Cemetery (with photos)
• infowars.comMassive concrete boxes are transported from a nearby storage yard on various privately owned flatbed semi-trucks, then unloaded and put into place a half mile away at the actual mass grave site.
Attn: FP Writers and Readers - Style Change
• Washington Post"this administration prefers to avoid using the term 'Long War' or 'Global War on Terror' [GWOT.] Please use 'Overseas Contingency Operation.' " [If you ever doubt the insanity of government, please refer to this
EU presidency: US economic plans 'a way to hell'
• APA top European Union politician slammed US plans to spend its way out of recession as "a way to hell." The Czech Prime Minister told the European Parliament that President Obama's massive stimulus package and banking bailout "will
Einstein@home Launches Binary Pulsar Search
• arcleinthe Einstein@Home project is beginning to analyze data taken by the PALFA Consortium at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. The Arecibo Observatory is the largest single-aperture radio telescope on the planet and is used for studies of pulsars
Martial-law gun rights bill passes Idaho House
• The Spokesman ReviewHB 229 declares that during a such states including martial law, invasion or insurrection, “No government authority will have the right to come and pick up our arms and ammunition.
The Circle of Financial Life, AIG, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, and Others
• Debbie Morgan, www.TakeBackWashington.comLike a financial tornado sucking money into it, but never throwing any out, it lays waste to the true productive economy. Thus is the disaster that is the current United States Financial crisis.
Cover Story on Hayne/West and the Jimmie Duncan Case
• The AgitatorMy story from our April issue [Reason] is now online. Read it here. Some of the new information not in the online version from last month:
Why can't we decline Medicare benefits?
• Washingon Examiner (h/t Balko)Decline Medicare, and you won't get any Social Security.
Prosecutors Behaving Badly
• The AgitatorWow. Sometimes justice comes close to actually happening, but then you think, nawwwww, they're just doing this for my consumption.
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