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Libertarian Movement Is Dying
Post Date: 2018-07-06 07:28:01 by Gatlin
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It may not feel this way but the libertarian fad is on its way out. Sure it dominates the English speaking Internet at the moment. Sure the absolute number of adherents is rapidly increasing by the day. However, as this oligarch funded movement is about to reach its moment of triumph, the engines will stall and it'll nosedive very rapidly (at least in its current form). This is primarily due to realization of early members that they are fighting for a hideous neo-feudal future that they will most likely not benefit from. To visualize the state of the movement, picture a fire that begins in the middle of the forest. As it spreads and rages in all directions, the original center is no ...
125 years ago you did’t have to ask permission from the government to…
Post Date: 2018-07-06 07:27:55 by Deckard
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The Debt Clock Keeps Spinning
Post Date: 2018-07-06 07:20:39 by Deckard
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Federal debt now equals 78 percent of gross domestic product.In 1989, a New York businessman who was worried about chronic federal budget deficits erected the National Debt Clock in midtown Manhattan to keep a running tally of how much the U.S. government owes. The total had reached $2.7 trillion, and Seymour Durst wanted "to call attention to the soaring debt and each family's share of it." For a long time, it kept rising. In 1998, though, the clock abruptly stopped working. "The computer couldn't take it anymore," said Douglas Durst, who had succeeded his late father as head of the Durst Organization. "The numbers were too high." But eventually, ...
Judge: N.D. deputy's unreasonable search negates huge pot bust that snared St. Paul man
Post Date: 2018-07-06 07:12:40 by Deckard
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FARGO, N.D. — A North Dakota judge refused to consider as evidence nearly 500 pounds of marijuana seized during a vehicle stop because he said a county deputy did not have a good reason to be suspicious.Bee Thor of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and Nhia Lee of St. Paul, Minnesota, were both charged with possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia after the Jan. 21 bust on Interstate 94 near Jamestown. Authorities seized 476 pounds of pot as well as other items.The state argued that Stutsman County Deputy Matt Thom suspected the defendants of transporting illegal drugs because the vehicle was going 2 mph under the speed limit, the suspects were from St. Paul, the driver, Lee, was sitting too ...
The Libertarian Political Movement Is Dead
Post Date: 2018-07-06 01:29:55 by Gatlin
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When a poor person steals from the rich, Mick Mulvaney calls it a crime. When the rich steal from the poor, he calls it capitalism. On Wednesday, the White House budget director appeared before the House Financial Services Committee to deliver the semiannual report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, of which he is also the acting head, and to dispel rumors that he might run to replace Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as speaker of the House. Mick Mulvaney is a busy man. Or maybe not. A day before the hearing, The Associated Press reported that the CFPB has not taken a single enforcement action against any financial institution during the six months Mulvaney has been at the helm. Under ...
Want to Defend Civil Liberties? Don’t Look to the ACLU.
Post Date: 2018-07-06 00:02:10 by Gatlin
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Wendy Kaminer is actively engaged in an unusual mission for a former board member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU): warning the public that the ACLU has abandoned its commitment to defending free speech. Writing in the Wall Street Journal on June 20, Kaminer notes that a recent internal ACLU memo on “case-selection guidelines” explicitly says that the cases the organization takes up may be influenced by “the extent to which the speech may assist in advancing the goals of white supremacists or others whose views are contrary to our values.” As Kaminer notes, “factors like the potential effect of the speech on ‘marginalized communities’ and even ...
The Passing of the Libertarian Moment [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2018-07-05 21:45:54 by Gatlin
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The end of the Cold War and the rise of Donald Trump have left classical liberals without a political home. Senator Rand Paul is a man out of time. It was only a few years ago that the editors of Reason magazine held him up as the personification of what they imagined to be a “libertarian moment,” a term that enjoyed some momentary cachet in the pages of The New York Times, The Atlantic, Politico (where I offered a skeptical assessment), and elsewhere. But rather than embodying the future of the Republican Party, Paul embodies its past, the postwar conservative era when Ronald Reagan could proclaim that “the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism,” ...
The ACLU's Membership Has Surged and It's Putting Its New Resources to Use
Post Date: 2018-07-05 19:02:34 by Gatlin
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has seen a spike in membership in the Trump era. ACLU membership grew from 400,000 to 1.84 million in the 15 months following President Donald Trump’s election, according to the New York Times. The group’s online donations used to run between $3 to $5 million annually, but in the year after Trump took office, it raised $120 million online. “Until Trump, most of our support came from people who have been with us since we challenged Nixon,” Anthony Romero, the ACLU’s executive director, told the Times. “Now we’re kind of cool. Cool’s not a word generally associated with us.” Since 1920, the ACLU has been a ...
"Trump Baby" balloon gets green light to fly over London during Trump's visit
Post Date: 2018-07-05 17:48:15 by Willie Green
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A giant balloon dubbed the "Trump Baby" will be allowed to fly near London's Parliament during President Trump's visit on July 13, the activist group behind it says. The balloon's flight was approved by Mayor Sadiq Khan after more than 10,000 people signed a petition and more than 1,000 people raised over $20,000 through a crowdfunding campaign.That's a reversal from last week, when city officials denied the group permission to fly the "Trump Baby" blimp over Parliament Square."We didn't get off to the best start with the Mayor's office over this, who originally told us that they didn't recognize Trump Baby as legitimate ...
HAS THIS MAN UNLOCKED THE SIMPLE SECRETS TO LONGEVITY??
Post Date: 2018-07-05 16:16:15 by Liberator
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These days are rife with worry and mayhem. What can you do about it? Nothing much, so stop plans to change your gender or watching CNN. Fortunately, one person is claimed to have crack the code to human longevity. He has agreed to share his secret. Perhaps his example can be emulated. As far as many experts can see these days, what really now matters is the total elimination of stress from worrying about trivial matters such as a world gone mad, a modern toxic world, and self-abused human organs, including depending on just one fatty trainwreck of a liver and two corroded, nicotine rotted lungs. The Human Fund, the Science Community and World Health Organization are all combining to ask ...
Fox News: Kavanaugh and Kethledge new SCOTUS frontrunners? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2018-07-05 14:08:39 by Tooconservative
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Three days ago the alleged finalists were Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, but that was before Trump began interviewing shortlisters. And the interview with Raymond Kethledge reportedly went very, very well. .@FoxNews is told that @realDonaldTrump has completed the interview process for his @USSupremeCourt pick. Raymond Kethledge and Brett Kavanaugh are said to be the front-runners to replace Justice Kennedy. Announcement Monday night. — John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) July 5, 2018 Judge Raymond Kethledge If anyone’s well positioned to know that the winds have changed in the West Wing, it’s a Fox News reporter. And if anything’s likely to boost a shortlister ...
Should We Invade Mexico?
Post Date: 2018-07-05 13:15:00 by tpaine
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http://Townhall.com Should We Invade Mexico? Kurt Schlichter 7/5/2018 12:01:00 AM - One fact a lot of Americans forget is that our country is located right up against a socialist failed state that is promising to descend even further into chaos – not California, the other one. And the Mexicans, having reached the bottom of the hole they have dug for themselves, just chose to keep digging by electing a new leftist presidente who wants to surrender to the cartels and who thinks that Mexicans have some sort of hitherto unknown “human right” to sneak into the United States and demographically reconquer it. There’s a Spanish phrase that describes his ideology, and one of ...
Blue-Collar Wages Rising in Red-Hot Economy
Post Date: 2018-07-05 13:05:00 by Tooconservative
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Labor shortages are raising wages in a variety of blue-collar jobs, says Glassdoor, a recruitment and wage-tracking company. “With the economy running hot, we’re finally starting to see pay raises for many of America’s lowest-paying jobs,” said a July 2 statement from the firm: According to data from Glassdoor, jobs with the fastest pay growth in June included e-commerce roles such as warehouse associate (up 6.8 percent to $43,961 per year), material handler (5.1 percent to $36,179 per year) and truck driver (up 7.3 percent to $54,659 per year), as well as several lower-paying jobs including retail key holder (4.9 ...
Another Police Accountability Miracle: Five Officers, Zero Body Cam Footage, One Dead Body
Post Date: 2018-07-05 11:21:16 by Deckard
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from the back-the-blue...-into-a-corner dept We know body cameras haven't been the police accountability godsend some imagined they would be. (I admit I saw a far rosier future when they first started being put into service.) So far, the research jury's still out on the effectiveness of cameras in deterring misconduct and excessive force deployment. And, so far, they've been far more useful to prosecutors than plaintiffs in civil rights lawsuits. You can put a camera on a cop but you can't change the system that leads to abusive behavior and practices. Nothing's changing much for officers other than the attachment of a lightweight ride-along. Policies may require ...
Fifth Circuit Says No, You Fucking May Not Strip Search A Classful Of Female Students To Find $50
Post Date: 2018-07-05 11:13:54 by Deckard
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from the because-of-course-you-can't-the-hell-were-you-thinking dept The Fifth Circuit Appeals Court convened to write an opinion [PDF] the judges shouldn't have had to write. But then, of course, they had to because the lower court screwed everything up. The first paragraph sums up the issue -- and the appeals court's decision -- succinctly and devastatingly. (h/t Raffi Melkonian) During a sixth-grade choir class, an assistant principal allegedly ordered a mass, suspicionless strip search of the underwear of twenty-two preteen girls. All agree the search violated the girls’ constitutional rights under Texas and federal law. Even so, the district court dismissed the ...
Even before tomorrow’s jobs report, Americans feel good about getting a good one
Post Date: 2018-07-05 10:36:15 by Tooconservative
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The new jobs report for June comes out Friday. If it’s anything like the May report — 223,000 new jobs and a reduced unemployment rate of 3.8 percent — it will be good news for the economy, workers and the stock market, showing signs of a strongly growing economy. Economists predict the June numbers should come in just under 200,000 new jobs. The May numbers were particularly remarkable for blacks. They showed unemployment among African Americans was 5.9 percent, a full percentage point drop in just two months. But even before the new numbers are released, Americans — especially Republicans — remain strongly positive about the economy under President Trump. A new ...
Mueller Taps More Prosecutors to Help With Growing Trump Probe (Keep Digging! You'll Never Get Out Of That Hole!
Post Date: 2018-07-05 09:30:57 by IbJensen
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(And this once headed the FBI? ) Special Counsel Robert Mueller is tapping additional Justice Department resources for help with new legal battles as his year-old investigation of Russian interference with the 2016 election continues to expand. As Mueller pursues his probe, he’s making more use of career prosecutors from the offices of U.S. attorneys and from Justice Department headquarters, as well as FBI agents -- a sign that he may be laying the groundwork to hand off parts of his investigation eventually, several current and former U.S. officials said. Mueller and his team of 17 federal prosecutors are coping with a higher-then- expected volume of court challenges that has ...
July 4 Is Matrix Reinforcement Day
Post Date: 2018-07-05 09:28:10 by Deckard
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Paul Craig Roberts July 4, 2018, is the 242 anniversary of the date chosen to stand as the date the 13 British colonies declared independence. According to historians, the actual date independence was declared was July 2, 1776, with the vote of the Second Continental Congress. Other historians have concluded that the Declaration of Independence was not actually signed until August 2. For many living in the colonies the event was not the glorious one that is presented in history books. There was much opposition to the separation, and the “loyalists” were killed, confiscated, and forced to flee to Canada. Some historians explain the event not as a great and noble enterprise of ...
Is The GOP Going To Throw Jim Jordan Under The Bus Or Will They Defend Him?
Post Date: 2018-07-05 02:46:25 by Gatlin
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Yesterday, Ohio Representative and co-founder of the House Freedom Caucus, Jim Jordan, was hit with allegations that he knew about and ignored allegations of sexual assaults perpetrated on members the Ohio State University wrestling team. From 1986 until 1994, while he was going to graduate and law school, Jordan was an assistant coach of the Ohio State wrestling team. In April, Ohio State announced it was investigating a now-deceased team doctor, Richard Strauss, for sexual misconduct with athletes: Ohio State University is investigating allegations of sexual misconduct involving a former wrestling team doctor, now deceased, who was with the university for two decades, the school ...
Ten Fireworks Fail GIFs to Get You Laughing This Independence Day
Post Date: 2018-07-04 21:55:09 by Tooconservative
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Here’s something fun to keep you occupied while you wait for your hot dogs to finish grilling. Few things are more fun than watching other people maim themselves with their own dumb ideas. Happy Independence Day! 1.Captain America’s skinnier, stupider cousin Cosplay America. 2.This was never going to turn out well. 3.Nothing is more AMERICA than all of your city fireworks going off at the same time. 4.When your wiener dog suddenly becomes a lethal weapon. 5.Bright…but not a bright idea. 6.Part Two of this story involves a trip to the hospital, extensive rehab and a permanent position with the Vienna Boys Choir. 7.There’s always one. 8.If no one died from ...
I can hear the fireworks display from my house now
Post Date: 2018-07-04 21:26:24 by no gnu taxes
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It sounds great. It will probably last another 20 minutes. Then my wife will spend an hour getting out of the parking lot with our daughter. Meanwhile I am relaxing at home. Am I an asshole? Maybe.
At Their Convention, Libertarians Struggle To Distinguish Themselves From Trump
Post Date: 2018-07-04 21:01:31 by Gatlin
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If you already have an ‘outsider’ president who is cutting taxes, deregulating, considering Pentagon base closings, and more, it is unclear how Libertarians can run against him. Although you can see the SuperDome just next door from the glass elevators in the Hyatt Regency, the convention hotel hosting the Libertarian Party’s national convention this Fourth of July weekend in New Orleans, NBC’s Brian Williams is not here covering any notables who might float by. No other major media are here either, although the delegates’ convention bags all have the C-SPAN logo emblazoned on one side. C-SPAN covered their infamous 2016 convention in Orlando, where the ...
Another Justice Like Gorsuch, Please
Post Date: 2018-07-04 16:35:45 by Gatlin
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Contrary to what his critics say, this "narrow-minded elitist" stands up for the little guy. We have to STOP the next Trump nominee!" says a pop-up solicitation on People for the American Way's website. Before you rush to "donate now," you might want to consider the organization's assessment of Trump's last Supreme Court nominee. "Far from being a fair-minded constitutionalist," PFAW says, Neil Gorsuch "has proven to be a narrow-minded elitist who consistently votes in favor of corporations and the powerful." The gap between that description and Gorsuch's actual performance on the Court speaks volumes about the blind ...
Happy Independence Day!
Post Date: 2018-07-04 15:20:29 by Hondo68
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July 4 - What did the Founders really mean with their Declaration of Independence? Ron Paul offers an important history lesson on the origins of our independence and what may be its future in this special edition of the Liberty Report: Copyright © 2018 by RonPaul Institute. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is gladly granted, provided full credit and a live link are given.
Plato's Republic
Post Date: 2018-07-04 14:20:13 by VxH
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"What about justice then? For the use or acquisition of whatwould you say it is useful in peacetime?""Contracts, Socrates.""Do you mean by contracts, partnerships, or something else?""Partnerships, of course." Click for Full Text!
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