Doug Casey: "Government is a monopoly of force"
• Casey ResearchAn excerpt of Doug’s musings on why “the problems we’re facing are 100% caused by the US government” – from the recent Casey/Sprott Summit When Money Dies.
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Veterans Groups Object to Cuts in Health Care as Super Committee Targets Benefits
• Associated PressRepublicans and Democrats alike are signaling a willingness -- unheard of at the height of two post-Sept. 11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan -- to make military retirees pay more for coverage.
REMINDER...Emergency Alert System Nationwide Test Wed Nov 9, 2011. 2 p.m. EST
• FCC.GovOn Wednesday - 09 November 2011, the Obama regime will shut down all radio, television and communications satellite systems so FEMA, Homeland Security and the FCC can "check" the readiness of the "Emergency Alert System"
Want to drive a cab in New York? That will be $1,000,000 please!
• The Political CommentatorTwo New York City taxi medallions sold this week for $1,000,000! Of all the investments one could have made the past 30 years, buying a NYC taxi medallion would have been one of the best. While the stock market has risen in that period 1,100% t
Washington region has nation’s lowest poverty rate
• Washington PostThe Washington region had the lowest poverty rate of any major metropolitan area in the country during the past two years, even though poverty is up significantly and continues to rise.
Pennsylvania Senate OKs state takeover of Harrisburg
• ReutersThe Pennsylvania state Senate on Tuesday voted for a state takeover of the finances of its capital, Harrisburg, setting up a showdown with the city. The plan was already approved by the state's lower house and is expected to be signed into law by Gov
New Law, $12,000 fine for insulting politicians
• .Parliament is set to make it a criminal offense to "insult" Gaming Minister Michael O'Brien. Fines of up to $11,945 will be given to anyone found guilty of upsetting the minister and his staff under the extraordinary new offense.
The Austerity Myth: Federal Spending Up 5% This Year
• .When Republicans took control of the House in January, they pledged to make deep cuts in federal spending, and in April they succeeded in passing a bill advertised as cutting $38 billion from fiscal 2011's budget. Then in August, they pushed for a de
The Business of Government - by Ron Paul
Powell GammillAmid the din of economic nonsense being bandied about since the collapse of the housing bubble and the steep ramping up of our national debt, there has been the persistent refrain that Washington should be run more like a business.
Prohibition Did Work . . . Sort Of
• Strike the RootAlcohol consumption dropped by 50%, cirrhosis of the liver by 63%, admissions for alcohol psychosis by 60%, and arrests for drunk and disorderly, by 50%. That’s the good news. The bad news is that we got organized crime.
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Who are we? What do we want?
• Magazine Article James BabbThese are the questions we are asked over and over again and the answer is both complex and simple.
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Fight the Narrative: Breaking the Matrix of Government Supremacism
• Magazine Article Bill Buppert“All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.” - George Orwell
Feds off the hook in wrecking of Ferrari by FBI agent
• APA judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the wreck of a $750,000 Ferrari driven by an FBI agent, saying federal law grants immunity if property is being held by law enforcement. The wreck of the rare 1995 F50 sports car was
Oh, What a Tangled Web the State Weaves!
• Lew RockwellNew York City’s rulers have long ascribed to the medieval idea that the king — or, in New York’s case, the government — owns all the land. Depending on the King's whims and mercy, he may graciously allow his serfs to build things on it.
Freedom Lost
Chuck BaldwinMany times I hear the ostriches among us exclaim, "What freedoms have we lost? America is the freest country on earth." We have all heard that, right?
Americans Want Smaller Government
• www.prisonplanet.comJust 5% have trust in legislative branch
Fraud in Corps of Engineers contracting charged
• Washington PostStrip away the shell companies and complex wire transfers, and what federal prosecutors on Tuesday called “one of the most brazen corruption schemes in the history of federal contracting” was really quite simple. First, officials at the Army Corps
Feds to Gibson: Hand over more wood
• www.bizjournals.comFederal authorities are pressuring Nashville-based Gibson Guitar to hand over an additional 25 bundles of Indian wood that the company allegedly planned to use in its famous guitars.
Don Lapre a TV infomercial pitchman was found dead in his BORG Federal lockup
Thomas CostanzoPHOENIX (Titanians.org) – Don Lapre a TV infomercial pitchman was found dead in his Federal lockup. Lapre was accused by the BORG of defrauding more than 226,000 people out of nearly $52 million. The cause of death was bleeding to death as a large
Peekskill Residents Livid About No Clapping Rule At City Council Meetings
• CBS NewsWant to get yourself thrown out of a Peekskill City Council meeting? Start clapping. After a series of boisterous meetings, Mayor Mary Foster is trying to bring decorum back to the chamber by banning clapping.
"Governments don't rule the world, Goldman Sachs rules the world," says trader during
• Yahoo NewsThat's what a purported London-based independent trader named Alessio Rastani told the BBC on Monday in a jaw-dropping interview that quickly went viral.
Jonathan E versus Ben Bernanke double feature (movie trailers)
• The Political CommentatorImagine that nations are bankrupt and corporations control the world! A world that exists with no borders as countries have lost their viability and have become obsolete through the process of a mass, self induced epidemic of economic failure.
Redux: They’ll even go back in time to steal your money…
• www.sovereignman.comIt’s no secret that the government– any government– has nearly unlimited authority to do whatever they want, whenever they want.
Watchdog: Ex-SEC's Becker should face criminal probe
• ReutersThe former top lawyer at the Securities and Exchange Commission had a conflict of interest when he handled Bernard Madoff legal matters for the SEC and should be criminally investigated, the agency's watchdog said. In a scathing report, SEC Inspector
Congressman/Chairman Introduce Bill to Fund Communications Equipment for First Responders
• rothman.house.govThe horrific attacks of September 11, 2001 brought to light a massive communications crisis concerning America’s emergency response system and wireless communications. The Help Emergency Responders Operate Emergency Systems (HEROES) Act helps address
US Pressuring Security Council to Vote Down Palestinian State
• news.antiwar.comPalestinian Authority says the expected US veto would 'destroy' a two state solution
FBI Teaches Agents: ‘Mainstream’ Muslims Are ‘Violent, Radical’
• www.wired.comThe FBI is teaching its counterterrorism agents that “main stream” [sic] American Muslims are likely to be terrorist sympathizers
Appeals Court Reinstates $675,000 File Sharing Verdict
• www.wired.comA federal appeals court on Friday reinstated a whopping $675,000 file sharing verdict that a jury levied against a Boston college student for making 30 tracks of music available on a peer-to-peer network.
Abolish the Police, Arm the Citizens: The "Sagra Model" of Privatized Security
• by William Grigg (Pro Liberate)Exasperated citizens complained to the police only to be treated with a mixture of amusement and impatient annoyance. Mounting hostility against Lebedev and his underlings prompted the gangster to withdraw – but only to gather reinforcements.
National Guard's use on border worrisome, feds report
• azstarnet.comThe lack of a comprehensive security strategy for the U.S.-Mexico border hampers the ability of the Department of Defense to make the best use of guardsmen assigned to help the Border Patrol, a federal report says.
