The Mouse That Ate New Mexico
• Farm WarsAgenda 21 here we come, riding on a whole slew of endangered species that evidently, need their own space void of cattle, people, and common sense.
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Property Rights
Federal judge: ‘Clipping’ news articles violates copyright law
• AFPA US federal judge ruled the online news “clipping” service Meltwater violates copyright law by using excerpts from Associated Press articles. AP sued Meltwater, claiming the service infringed on AP’s copyright by delivering its articles
Agenda 21: A Sustained Attack On Property Rights
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Kurt NimmoIn a video produced by Infowars Nightly News journalists Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton, University of Texas professor Dean Almy attempts to downplay one of the central tenets of the United Nations’ Agenda 21 – property confiscation.
Pirate Bay co-founder deported
• APCambodia has deported a Swedish founder of the popular file-sharing site The Pirate Bay who is wanted in his homeland for copyright violations. Swedish police officers were waiting at the plane's door. Svartholm Warg was sentenced to a year in prison
The Rulers And The Ruled
• zerohedge.comThe truth that without property rights, no other rights are possible has been known for millennia.
North Dakota Considers Eliminating Property Tax
• New York TimesSince Californians shrank their property taxes more than three decades ago by passing Proposition 13, people around the nation have echoed their dismay over such levies, putting forth plans to even them, simplify them, cap them, slash them. In an ele
A Real Life Story from the Front Line - Doug Casey
Doug CaseyDoug Casey gives a real life anecdote of his travels to the latest Casey Research Conference, "Recovery Reality Check" in Weston, Florida.
EPA drops jackboot on necks of couple for daring to build on their own land
• www.naturalnews.comStories about overreach from Washington, D.C. abound, but just when you think you've heard them all comes yet another that makes you shake your head in disbelief and wonder just whom is supposed to be working for whom in this grand old Republic of ou
SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) debate: Why are Google and Facebook against it?
• Washington PostBig names from Silicon Valley went head-to-head with media giants at a House hearing Wednesday on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would punish companies for posting pirated content online.
Water boarding
Becky FengerIf you want to win a bar bet, just ask if anyone knows what the CAWCD is and does. As important as water is here in the desert, very few folks are familiar with the Central Arizona Water Conservation District or its Board of Directors.
Classifying Patent and Copyright Law as “Property”: So What?
• blog.mises.orgIn recent papers, two pro-intellectual property libertarians, Richard Epstein and Objectivist Adam Mossoff, try to defend IP by arguing that it “can” be treated like property by a legal system.
Do Not Consent: The Path to American Freedom
• Sharlene Holt, Musicians for FreedomIn his recent monologue, Judge Andrew Napolitano asks the provocative question, "Does the government work for us or do we work for the government?" Both are true.
Is Your Governor For Sale to the EPA?
• Farm WarsThe EPA asserts that the CWA “protects” (controls) navigable waters, interstate waters, adjacent wetlands, tributaries, and ‘other waters’ which account for just about all water except swimming pools.
Ron Paul suggests basic freedoms depend on property rights
• Rawstory (video)Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) made waves by saying he would not have voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act if he had been in Congress at the time. Paul dismissed claims he is a racist as “outlandish” and would have voted to desegregate public facilities.
MERS takes a hit in N.Y.
• The Hallmark Abstract SentinelWhile this decision does not help Ms. Agard (due to Res judicata) it does seriously call into question the validity of MERS assigning mortgages on behalf of its members/lenders. These are some excerpts from the decision which can be read in its en
Sony PS3 Hacker To Argue That He 'Re-Enabled' Feature
• PC MagazineIn a statement, the lawyers indicated that they will try to argue that a user has the right to use the PlayStation 3 has he or she sees fit, rather than be subject to the ongoing control of the manufacturer.
Swiss village: pay your dog tax or Fido gets it
• APA law from 1904 allows the village to kill dogs if its owner does not pay the canine charge. "This isn't about a mass execution of dogs," [local terrorcrat] said. "It's meant to put pressure on people who don't cooperate."
Aftershocks: Welcome to Haiti's Reconstruction Hell
• Mother Jones / Mac McClellandDispatches from the tent cities, where rape gangs and disaster profiteers roam.
Minnesota Tenants Challenge Nosy Housing Inspectors
• Reason / Jacob Sullum"Under Red Wing's rental inspection ordinance," I.J. notes, "it is easier for the government to force its way into the homes of law-abiding citizens than it is to search the home of a suspected criminal."
The First Rule of the War on Drugs is DON’T TALK ABOUT THE WAR ON DRUGS
• PopehatThis is not a happy story. This is a story where the bad guys win. This is a story where censorship and thuggery — where those who think the government should be able to control criticism — triumph.
Don't Touch My - Acreage - Massive Land Grab By Senate Dems Underway In Lame Duck
• www.drscoundrels.comInformation about a bill being snuck through by Dirty Harry Reid as well as information on another major land grab in the Chesapeake Bay Initiative - including background info from two sources on how this works and what it entails. Remember that the
‘Copyright troll’ Righthaven looks to dismiss suit against Democratic Underground
• RawstoryCiting "the spirit of judicial economy," Righthaven, LLC., a company that makes its money by forcing settlements through copyright lawsuits, said it wanted to drop its claim against a liberal forum community which it sued over a four-paragraph excerp
1.5-million-dollar verdict in US music piracy case
• AFPA US jury has ordered a woman to pay $1.5 million dollars for illegally downloading 24 songs in a high-profile digital piracy case. A single mother of 4, was found liable by a jury of copyright infringement for downloading 24 songs over the Internet.
YouTube wins piracy case against Spanish TV
• AFP"YouTube is not a supplier of content and therefore has no obligation to control ex-ante the illegality of those" who log on to its site. "Its only obligation is to cooperate with the holders of the rights in order to immediately withdraw the content
Obama: Muslims Have The Right To Build A Mosque Wherever They Want – My Pork Solution To The Problem
Written By: • LetterI want to revisit this issue one last time … with a solution that I recommend – pork blood and the head of a pig! Obama was using the Constitution to defend the religion of his Muslim brethren to construct a mosque wherever they want. More than 70%
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Collecting rainwater now illegal in many states as Big Government claims ownership over our water
• SMCCCan I be prosecuted for opening my mouth when it rains and catching the water? Maybe not, if I swallow the evidence quickly.
Tamworth Millionaire Program
• LiveFreeandComply.orgAfter a local blogger was punished by the Tamworth, NH Town Council with a $4 million property assessment, the Citizen's Realty Advisory Program (CRAP) began advertising the Tamworth Millionaire Program so you can cash in, too!
Naked Cowboy threatens to sue Naked Cowgirl, says copyright being violated.
• APSo if I get naked without a license agreement with the Cowboy, I'm in deep doo doo?!
I knew this was coming, boxed into a corner Oyate comes out fighting: private property no existe.
Found ZeroBP is polluting the air above their oil spill. Our law suggests that it's their air and the EPA backs them up. Along with military force. Their air, their air space, they bought it, there's contracts to prove it.
Immigration: Anarchy Worked
• C4SS / Thomas L. KnappTo hear the Know-Nothings complain, you’d think that the US has a history of strict border control and that the federal government has only recently begun to lie down on the job. Nothing could be further from the truth.
