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Did the Military and Police Go Too Far in Locking Down Boston and Door-to-Door Searches?
• Washington's BlogReal pictures of military and police locking down Boston and searching door-to-door for the Boston bomber in Watertown, Massachusetts.
Harry Reid: ‘Government is Inherently Good’
• .Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he can’t understand why the tea party remains popular, given its similarity to the anarchist movement and its steadfast opposition to the “inherently good” government.
Eric Dishman: Health care should be a team sport
• TEDWhen Eric Dishman was in college, doctors told him he had 2 to 3 years to live. That was a long time ago.
Courts and Congress give Obama adult supervision
• George F. Will via The Washington PostRep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Tex.), chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision.
Joe Manchin: Gun control fight not over
• Rachel Weiner via The Washington PostExpanding background checks for gun purchases can still happen, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) told “Fox News Sunday.”
Law Requiring Warrants for E-Mail Wins Senate Committee Approval
• David Kravets via WIRED.comA Senate committee today backed sweeping privacy protections requiring the government, for the first time, to get a probable-cause warrant to obtain e-mail and other content stored in the cloud.
All Evidence Points To Bombings Being Staged
• PrisonPlanet.comIt took a while but the Feds finally came clean to having prior knowledge of deceased bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev. They also had his mother on a terrorist watch list.
Bill Takes Aim At Big Sis’ Ammo Stockpiling
• Steve Watson via PrisonPlanetDHS officials claim it is “simply not true” that agency is hoarding bullets
Does Government Lie About Everything?
• Peter Schiff via LewRockwell.comDon Draper, Mad Men's master advertiser likes to say "when you don't like what they are saying, change the conversation."
The White House's Latest Drug Policy Plan Is Actually Based On Science
• Shaunacy Ferro via PopSci.comIn the U.S., how the government approaches drugs has very little to do with science. The War on Drugs has put the focus on incarceration and enforcement, not on the public health aspects of addiction.
U.S. Plans To Remove Gray Wolf From Endangered Species List
• Francie Diep via PopSci.comThe controversial predator will lose federal protection in the lower 48 states.
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News
SEMI-NEWS: A Satire of Recent News, April 28, 2013 Edition
John SemmensAdministration Brochure Touts Food Stamp Benefits for Foreigners It was recently discovered that the Obama Administration has been working jointly with the Mexican government to inform that country's illegal migrants to the United States of their
Fake FBI Terror Plots
• http://lewrockwell.com, by Andrew P. NapolitanoAndrew Napolitano on some earlier examples
Police State Show Of Force Not Working
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Steve WatsonFor first time in 17 years most Americans reject government crack down
Boston and Freedom
• www.lewrockwell.com/Andrew P. NapolitanoThe government's fidelity to the Constitution is never more tested than in a time of crisis. The urge to do something – or to appear to be doing something – is nearly irresistible to those whom we have employed to protect our freedom and to keep us s
“The battlefield is the United States of America”
• http://www.sovereignman.com, by Simon BlackWhen you’ve got a guy like Senator John McCain who says “The battlefield is the United States of America,” it tells you that almost nothing is safe in the Land of the Free.
Reid bill would require background checks to purchase black powder
• http://www.prisonplanet.com, Pete KasperowiczSenate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday introduced a bill that would require background checks to be run on anyone buying explosive powder, a reaction to last week’s Boston Marathon bombing.
White House Endorses Internet Sales Tax
• DANIEL HALPER via PrisonPlanet.comThe White House today endorsed the Marketplace Fairness Act, which would be a tax hike for purchases made over the Internet. The White House claims the tax would “level playing field for local retailers.”
Moniz Nominated as Energy Secretary
• David L. Chandler via TechnologyReview.comDirector of MIT Energy Initiative would replace Steven Chu in cabinet post
Senate planning vote on Internet sales tax bill
• Jia Lynn Yang via Washington PostThe days of tax-free online shopping could finally be numbered.
Everything you need to know about the Senate’s online sales-tax bill
• Brad Plumer via The Washington PostThis week, the Senate is considering a bill that would give states the ability to require large Internet retailers like Amazon to collect sales taxes on all purchases and send the revenue to the appropriate locality.
In battle against online sales tax bill, eBay reaches out to users
• Hayley Tsukayama via The Washington PostE-commerce giant eBay is pulling its customers into its fight against legislation that would allow states to collect sales tax on online transactions, warning that the measure will lead to higher prices.
New Immigration Bill Has One Terrible Flaw
• Ramesh Ponnuru via Bloomberg.com“Amnesty” is the swear word many conservatives apply to the new bipartisan immigration bill.
Missouri House of Reps Passes Powerful Nullification of Federal Gun Grab
• Joe WolvertonThe Missouri House of Representatives passed a nullification bill April 28 prohibiting the enforcement of federal gun grabs within the sovereign borders of the Show Me State.
Back to Back C-span callers: Boston Marathon Bombing a false flag to take away more rights
• CSpanPeople call into CSPAN concerned that a possible false flag attack was perpetrated at the Boston Marathon.
Liberal Society Hidden in the Dark Ages
• Jonathan Goodwin via LewRockwell.comIn this post, I will look at various aspects of social life in the Middle Ages. These include arts and letters, serfdom, women in society, religious tolerance, and finally, some additional aspects of the role of the king.
Mourn For America: Whenever A Tragedy Happens They Take Even More Freedom From Us
• http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com, By MichaelWhat in the world is happening to America? Over the past couple of decades, the federal government has used just about every major national tragedy as an excuse to take even more liberty and freedom away from us.
Ireland: Stateless for 2000 Years
• http://www.tomwoods.comA brief chat with Professor Gerard Casey of University College, Dublin, about the history of stateless Ireland.
The way forward on guns
• E.J. Dionne Jr. via Washington PostVictories often contain the seeds of future defeats. So it is — or at least should be — with the Senate’s morally reprehensible rejection of expanded background checks for gun buyers.
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