Letter Re: Hurricane Sandy: An Outsider's Perspective
• http://www.survivalblog.comJWR, I don't live anywhere near the affected area from Sandy, but now that we've had some firsthand accounts, I wanted to throw in my $.02 as an observer from afar:
Contents Pages by Subject
Government
7 Technologies That Will Make It Easier for the Next President to Hunt and Kill You
• By The Staff of Danger RoomRobotic assassination campaigns directed from the Oval Office. Cyber espionage programs launched at the president's behest. Surveillance on an industrial scale.
NY Man Charged in Gas Hoarding Case
• NBC NewsPolice arrested a 47-year-old New York man accused of filling up 30 five-gallon Home Depot buckets with gasoline. He collected money from his neighbors, bought gas at a Valero station almost 80 miles away and planned to bring it back to his neighborh
Homeschoolers Flee Persecution in Germany and Sweden
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Alex NewmanTwo leaders in the European home education movement, a father from Sweden and a German mother, drew tears from the audience as they told a packed conference room about life in exile and the heart-rending decision to flee abroad.
Marijuana industry in Israel grows with government support
• http://www.rawstory.com, By Samantha KimmeyThe medical marijuana industry in Israel is growing rapidly
Ron Paul and Gary Johnson in a New Movie: Of By For
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by sharpsteveRon Paul and Gary Johnson in a New Movie Criticizing Washington Politics: OfByFor is a Must See
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, November 4, 2012 Edition
John SemmensReid Vows to Thwart President Romney Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev) issued a stern warning to voters against electing Governor Mitt Romney as president. “Mr. Romney is touting himself as someone who can work with members of the oppo
Federal Relief Costs Likely to Be Big, and Contested
• New York TimesThe first trickle of federal funds has started to go out after Hurricane Sandy — $29 million to rebuild highways, $30 million to hire temporary workers to help with the cleanup. But lawmakers are just beginning to tally what is certain to be a multib
Anticipating the Devolution of Big Government
• Lewrockwell.comExpect destructive feedback loops
Bloomberg Issues Minimum Passenger Edict For Cars Entering Manhattan
• CBS NewsWith New York City’s mass transit in the early stages of coming back on-line due to the overwhelming amount of damage caused by Superstorm Sandy, Mayor Bloomberg is taking a proactive approach to keeping street traffic in Manhattan at a manageable le
Adios to Buckyballs
• The SideshowBuckyballs, the popular magnetic desktop toy (for grown-ups!), are being discontinued by Maxfield & Oberton, who released a snarky statement explaining why. "Due to baseless and relentless legal badgering by the US Consumer Product Safety Commission
NYT called out city’s flood-protection problems in September
• The LookoutIn a prescient New York Times article in September, scientists warned that New York City could become paralyzed for a month or more if a storm—or rising sea levels caused by climate change—caused significant flooding.
A Big Storm Requires Big Government
• nytimes.comMost Americans have never heard of the National Response Coordination Center, but they’re lucky it exists on days of lethal winds and flood tides.
War, Children: It’s Just a Welfare Check Away
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Thomas KnappWhen pundits name-check “the welfare-warfare state,” we usually mean, and are usually understood to mean, something along the lines of “bread and circuses at home, military adventurism abroad.”
US detention of Imran Khan part of trend to harass anti-drone advocates
• http://www.guardian.co.uk, Glenn GreenwaldThe vindictive humiliation of Pakistan's most popular politician shows the US government's intolerance for dissent
How US drones forge as many foes as they kill
• http://www.independent.co.uk,World View: The enhanced use of unmanned attack planes is at the heart of American foreign policy
America: The Food Stamp Nation
• http://demonocracy.infoAmerica has over 44 million people on Food Stamps. The food stamps program's real name is Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, October 28, 2012 Edition
John SemmensDefense Secretary Justifies Inaction in Benghazi Attack US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta explained that the US military commander for Africa, General Carter Ham, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, and himself
Raw Milk Rights Under Siege
• http://www.prisonplanet.com,The UK government is trying to ban raw milk and sending police out to harass people who sell it.
U.S. Expands Secretive Drone Base for African Shadow War
• http://www.wired.com, By David AxeThe Pentagon’s secretive drone and commando base in the Horn of Africa is getting a lot bigger and a lot busier as the U.S. doubles down on its shadowy campaign of air strikes, robot surveillance and Special Operation Forces raids in the terror haven
Attorney General Tom Horne cited for leaving the scene of 2012 accident
• http://www.abc15.com, staffArizona Attorney General Tom Horne was cited Wednesday for leaving the scene of a hit-and-run accident earlier this year.
US State Dept. Demands Lebanon Form New Govt.
• http://news.antiwar.com, by Jason DitzSays New Govt. Needed to 'Counter Syria'
Plan for hunting terrorists signals U.S. intends to keep adding names to kill lists
• http://www.washingtonpost.com, By Greg MillerOver the past two years, the Obama administration has been secretly developing a new blueprint for pursuing terrorists, a next-generation targeting list called the “disposition matrix.”
Lessons of History - Iranian Coup of 1953
• http://www.dailypaul.com, by GBAmericaLessons of History - Coup of 1953
Artificial Photosynthesis Effort Takes Root
• http://www.technologyreview.com, Kevin Bullis$122 million innovation hub could speed the development of devices for making fuel from water and sunlight.
If You Had Actually Grown Up In A Soviet Country, This Is What You Would Have Experienced
• http://www.businessinsider.com, Rob WileI grew up in a socialist country. And I have seen what that does to people. There is no hope, no freedom. No pride in achievement.
Brian Doherty on the Trouble With Governments and Benefits of Anarchism
• http://www.thedailybell.com, with Anthony WileThe Daily Bell is pleased to present this exclusive interview with Brian Doherty
Video: Truck Driver Stands Up To Unconstitutional Checkpoint
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Paul Joseph WatsonAmericans are re-asserting their 4th Amendment rights
“Homegrown Terrorism” and Terrorism by Association
• http://www.globalresearch.ca, by Michael S. RozeffHow misleading can a “news” article get? Try this headline: “Federal Reserve bombing plot foiled in NYC”.
The Doldrums
• by L. Neil Smith (The Libertarian Enterprise)We have reached that point in the election cycle— hardly for the first time—where we are compelled to choose between voting for the lesser of two or three or four evils and not voting at all.
