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An Introduction to Austrian Economics: Understand Economics, Understand Everything
The Century of the Self: The Untold History of Controlling the Masses Through the Manipulation of Unconscious Desires
The Disappearing Male: From Virility to Sterility

The Obama Deception: The Mask Comes Off
Operation Gladio: The Hidden History of U.S. Sponsored False Flag Terrorism in EuropeThe New American Century: The Untold History of The Project for the New American Century
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Cop Caught Lying Gets Acquitted Of Assault posted 05/20/2013, 1:05 AM (InformationLiberation)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]

Remember the story of Prince George's County, Maryland police officer Corporal Donald Taylor, a 13-year-veteran, who claimed that after catching up to an aggressive youth who swung at him and began to flee, the youth reached for his gun, at which point he fired his gun at the youth in self defense? The story went mega-viral because the cop's tale was contradicted after surveillance footage surfaced which showed the officer run up behind the youth, then smash him in the head with his gun in a surprise attack, which triggered his gun to fire in the process.

Well, the case finally went to court, but not before a jury, just before a judge. During an "emotional" trial which apparently moved the officer to tears, his lawyer said the video didn't show the "totality" of the circumstances, and he said police "are forced to make split-second decisions."

Of course, one of the officer's decisions was to lie about being assaulted despite being the assaulter... then file false charges claiming the opposite... But hey, maybe he made the decision in a "split-second," so I guess we should just forgive him.

Nonetheless, he found a sympathetic ear from one of his fellow costumed criminals, Circuit Court Judge Dwight Jackson, who found him not guilty of all charges against him despite video evidence contradicting everything he said.

Shockingly, 19-year-old Ryan Dorm, the victim in this case, was somehow convicted of assault, supposedly because he "assaulted" the another officer who was also on the scene, that was not caught on video, and obviously I find such a claim highly suspect.
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NC Cops Arrest Man Citing Nonexistent Warrant, Hold Him At Gunpoint, Rob His Home posted 05/20/2013, 1:04 AM (InformationLiberation)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Two North Carolina police officers allegedly cited a nonexistent warrant to falsely arrest a man, then proceeded to hold him at gunpoint while the girlfriend of one of the officers robbed his home. Last week I highlighted a report on a Kentucky cop who used a fake warrant to rob a man's home, despite this story being strikingly similar, these are two different incidents.
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Hofstra Student Andrea Rebello Shot in Head by Cop While Being Used as Human Shield During Home Invasion posted 05/20/2013, 1:04 AM (New York Post)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
The Hofstra University student killed during a home invasion robbery was the victim of friendly fire from a veteran cop who unleashed a barrage of bullets when the armed intruder pointed a gun at him, Nassau County police announced tonight.

Andrea Rebello was accidentally shot in the head while career criminal Dalton Smith had her in a headlock and used her as a human shield while trying to escape out the back door, Det. Lt. John Azzata said.

The unidentified cop fi
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The cop shot eight times, the robber never shot once, he ALLEGEDLY aimed his gun at the officer which lead to the hail of bullets. - Chris


Former Hero Officer Charged With Raping Women posted 05/20/2013, 1:04 AM (NBC Philadelphia)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A former Philadelphia police officer once hailed as a hero and given a seat next to the first lady at a speech by President Obama has been arrested and charged with raping two women and other crimes.

A source tells NBC10 former officer Richard DeCoatsworth, 27, met one of the women two weeks ago and forced her into prostitution at a local hotel. Between Thursday and Friday, DeCoatsworth went to the woman's home in the Fishtown-Kensington area where there was a part
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These are your heroes, America. - Chris


Government Is the Problem posted 05/20/2013, 1:04 AM (Sheldon Richman)
[Category: Commentary]
Barack Obama recently told the graduating class of the Ohio State University,
"Unfortunately, you've grown up hearing voices that incessantly warn of government as nothing more than some separate, sinister entity that's at the root of all our problems... They'll warn that tyranny is always lurking just around the corner. You should reject these voices. Becau... (more)




The Terror Cartel Strikes in Idaho posted 05/20/2013, 1:04 AM (William Norman Grigg)
[Category: Commentary]
During a May 15 visit to Stockholm, Secretary of State John Kerry warned Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad that if he doesn’t begin preparations to abdicate his office, “the opposition will be receiving additional support … and unfortunately the violence will not end.”

Under the rhetorical conventions governing the cynical profession called
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Jailed for Remaining Silent? posted 05/20/2013, 12:54 AM (PoliceMisconduct.net)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
From the New York Times:
“I anticipate that the government will seek an order from the court holding Jerry in civil contempt,” said the lawyer, Susan V. Tipograph, adding that her client had refused to testify as “a matter of principle” and because “he has no knowledge whatsoever” about the bombing or who caused it….

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LAPD Says Its Rehabilitation is Complete posted 05/20/2013, 12:54 AM (PoliceMisconduct.net)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
From the Los Angeles Times:
The federal judge who oversaw a dramatic, forced transformation of the Los Angeles Police Department has freed the department from the final vestiges of federal oversight...

The dismissal of the so-called consent decree, wh
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"You're Out Of Order! We're Asking You To Leave!" posted 05/20/2013, 12:54 AM (Becky Akers)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]

Here's how New Jersey's tyrants -- you know, the worthless sleaze whose bills we pay -- handle testimony they dislike from an eloquent, effective serf at a hearing on yet another bill to disarm us.

Thanks to Jordan Bell for sending -- and to James Kaleda for his awesome courage. Thanks as well as to the folks who stood with him, applauding, giving Mr. Kaleda a well-deserved standing O,
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Cop Stole Jewelry From Home He Was Dispatched To Check On posted 05/20/2013, 12:54 AM (Chicago Tribune)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A former Northbrook police officer has been sentenced to two year probation after he agreed to plead guilty to charges that he stole jewelry from a home he’d been dispatched to check on.

Enrique Guzman, 34, resigned from his position as a Northbrook officer shortly after he was charged in late January with felony theft and official misconduct. On Tuesday, Guzman agreed to plead guilty to one count of official misconduct, and in exchange for his guilty plea prosecutors dropped the
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Eric Holder Claims Terrorists Are Involved In 'IP Theft' posted 05/20/2013, 12:54 AM (Techdirt)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
You may have heard about a fair bit about Attorney General Eric Holder testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning. He was -- quite reasonably -- raked over the coals by members of both parties for the incredible decision to obtain phone records from AP reporters, under very questionable circumstances.

There was one ot
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Aaron Swartz's Last Project: Open Source System To Securely & Anonymously Submit Documents To The Press posted 05/20/2013, 12:54 AM (Techdirt)
[Category: Resistance]
The New Yorker has announced a new anonymous document sharing system called Strongbox, that will allow people to anonymously and securely submit documents to reporters from the New Yorker. Other publications have tried to set up something like this -- often inspired by Wikileaks -- but f... (more)


Kiwis Want To Spy On All Communications, VPNs, And Be Able To Use Secret Evidence Against You posted 05/20/2013, 12:54 AM (Techdirt)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
Although New Zealand's decision not to allow patents for programs "as such" was welcome, other moves there have been more problematic. For example, after it became clear that the New Zealand intelligence service, the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB), illegally wiretapped and spied on Kim Dotcom, the New Zealand government an... (more)


CA Police Chase of Pot Car Ends in Fatal Crash posted 05/20/2013, 12:53 AM (StoptheDrugWar.org)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A Nevada man died Monday afternoon after his marijuana-laden car crashed during a high speed police pursuit on Interstate 80 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The as yet unnamed man becomes the 13th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year.

According to KCRA TV, the California Highway Patrol began pursuing a BMW near Big Bend, and the chase lasted 20 minutes at speeds
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Reporter files federal lawsuit against city, police posted 05/20/2013, 12:53 AM (The State Journal-Register)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A local newspaper reporter has filed a federal lawsuit alleging mistreatment by more than a dozen Springfield police officers over the last three years.

Calvin Christian III alleges that “malicious arrests and issuance of tickets were committed in retaliation ... for filing a lawsuit (in 2010) seeking access to internal affair(s) files of Springfield police officers who have been accused of misconduct.”
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Piers Morgan: Now I See U.S. Government Tyranny posted 05/20/2013, 12:53 AM (YouTube)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]

Is British CNN host Piers Morgan finally admitting gun advocates have a point when they say the Second Amendment is to protect citizens from tyrannical government?
Read one day's news on this site and tell me this country isn't a fascist police state. If you don't realize we are under tyranny it's because you don't want to realize it. - Chris


4409 -- Bomber leaves Confession note in Boat LOL posted 05/20/2013, 12:53 AM (YouTube)
[Category: Cover-Up/Deceptions]

While supposedly bleeding to death in a boat the Boston bomber conveniently left a 'confession' note on the boat wall where he hid.


Silver Plunges to Lowest Since 2010 as Gold Drops for Eighth Day posted 05/20/2013, 12:46 AM (Bloomberg)
[Category: Economy]
Silver plunged to the lowest level since September 2010, sending its ratio to gold to the highest in 33 months, while bullion extended the longest slump in four years as investment holdings contracted and stocks rallied.

Silver for immediate delivery tumbled as much as 7 percent to $20.6985 an ounce, and was at $21.345 at 11:32 a.m. in Singapore. The ratio surged to 64.89, the highest since August 2010. Gold lost as much as 1.5 percent to $1,338.85 an ounce, the lowest price since
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Newegg nukes "corporate troll" Alcatel in third patent appeal win this year posted 05/20/2013, 12:46 AM (Ars Technica)
[Category: Economy]
In 2011, Alcatel-Lucent had American e-commerce on the ropes. The French telecom had sued eight big retailers and Intuit saying that their e-commerce operations infringed Alcatel patents; one by one they were folding. Kmart, QVC, Lands' End, and Intuit paid up at various stages of the litigation. Just before trial began Zappos, Sears, and Amazon also settled. That left two companies holding the bag: Overstock.com and Newegg, a company whose top lawyer had vowed not to ever settle with patent tro... (more)


Taxes on some wealthy French top 100 pct of income: paper posted 05/20/2013, 12:45 AM (Reuters)
[Category: Economy]
(Reuters) - More than 8,000 French households' tax bills topped 100 percent of their income last year, the business newspaper Les Echos reported on Saturday, citing Finance Ministry data.... (more)


Sunday May 19th, 2013

Adam Kokesh Arrested At 'Philly Smoke Down,' Charged With 'Resisting' posted 05/19/2013, 4:49 AM (InformationLiberation)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]

From Adam's Facebook page:

"Adam is locked up in a federal jail... he will go infront of a judge monday... he is being charged with resisting arrest... that us all I know" - Lucas

"Adam has been arrested and is in jail in Philly... I can personally testify that he hadn't even smoked yet... everyone please phone bomb the p
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Thursday May 16th, 2013

Ky. Cop Robbed Man's Home Under Guise Of 'Executing Search Warrant' posted 05/16/2013, 1:53 AM (InformationLiberation)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A Kentucky police officer staked out a suspected Oxycodone seller's home, then allegedly robbed him for personal profit under the guise of executing a search warrant.

Via WSAZ:
ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) -- A former Ashland Police officer has pleaded guilty to federal drug and gun charges.

32-year-old Melvin “JR” Scho
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The Re-Education of Lauryn Hill posted 05/16/2013, 1:53 AM (Jeff Berwick)
[Category: Commentary]
Ready or not, Lauryn Hill of Fugees fame has found herself sentenced to three months in a cage for extortion evasion. The extortionists call it "tax evasion", but calling it by another name doesn't change what it really is.

This sort of harassment and kidnapping is fairly par for the course in the USSA, of course. Just ask Wesley Snipes or Willy Nelson. But there is a new twist this time around. The tax-funded judge has ordered that Hill undergo psychiatric care in what amounts
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VP Joe Biden Believes There's 'No Legal Reason' The Government Can't Slap A Sin Tax On 'Violent Media' posted 05/16/2013, 1:53 AM (Techdirt)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
I'm not sure where vice president Joe Biden is getting his information, but he seems rather confident that a tax can be levied against "violent media." He may want to check with the Supreme Court, which has ruled against regulating violent video games and found taxing certain varieties of speech differently to be a violation of the... (more)


This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories posted 05/16/2013, 1:53 AM (StoptheDrugWar.org)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
If it weren't for crooked cops in the Land of Lincoln, this space would be blank this week. Instead, we have an Illinois corrupt cops twofer. Let's get to it:

In Caseyville, Illinois, the Caseyville police chief was arrested last Wednesday on charges he kept a seized drug vehicle for his own use. Chief JD Roth faces two felony counts of official misconduct
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Think Progress? Ha! posted 05/16/2013, 1:53 AM (Mises Canada)
[Category: Commentary]
Think Progress, the hilariously named "progressive" front group for the Democratic Party, recently penned one of the most hysterical pieces I've seen. That's really saying something in our age.

The basic theory of the piece is that the Federal Reserve's out of control printing is massive, nearly unprecedented, (both correct) and working to help the economy (wildly, childishly incorrec
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Larry Page wants to 'set aside a part of the world' for unregulated experimentation posted 05/16/2013, 1:53 AM (The Verge)
[Category: Economy]
"There are many exciting things you could do that are illegal or not allowed by regulation," Page said. "And that's good, we don't want to change the world. But maybe we can set aside a part of the world." He likened this potential free-experimentation zone to Burning Man and said that we need "some safe places where we can try things and not have to deploy to the entire world." ... (more)
All Google has to do is buy an island or help finance the Seasteading institute. Mark my words, anarchy will come about due to the inherent inefficiencies of the state, it's much cheaper to simply build a road rather than create a state, loot people en masse through taxation, use the loot to employ thousands, hundreds of thousands, or as we have now millions of bureaucrats, then have those bureaucrats pay a private company to build the road after looting some 95% in overheads. - Chris


Feds reveal the search warrant used to seize Mt. Gox account posted 05/16/2013, 1:47 AM (Ars Technica)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
The Department of Homeland Security is investigating Mt. Gox, the largest Bitcoin exchange, for violating laws on US money exchange and money transfers--and it's grabbing the exchange's money in the process.... (more)


Do 'environmentally friendly' LED lights cause BLINDNESS? posted 05/16/2013, 1:47 AM (The Daily Mail)
[Category: Health]
Eco-friendly LED lights may damage your eyes, according to new research.

A study has discovered that exposure to LED lights can cause irreparable harm to the retina of the human eye.
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One free software I'd highly recommend is called "Flux", it turns down blues when the sun goes down to help prevent eye strain, it helps a ton if you're on the computer a lot. - Chris


Tuesday May 14th, 2013

Cotati, California Cops Enter Disabled Vet's Home, Taze Him in Front Of His Family posted 05/14/2013, 9:24 PM (InformationLiberation)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]

Via TheRetrosoldier on YouTube:
These officers do not believe in the Constitution or the rights it protects...

The Backstory:

Police are called out to an apartment for a noise compliant by the neighbors. The three occupants inside non-aggressively exercise their fourth amendment right, refusing the police entry as they demand at gun point to let them ins
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Video Shows Dunn, NC Police Officer Grab Citizen's Phone for Filming posted 05/14/2013, 9:24 PM (InformationLiberation)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]

Apparently, the altercation sent the videographer to the emergency room, now he says he's being stonewalled in his attempt to press charges against the officer. Of course, he has every right to film the officer and the cop has no right to stop him from filming.

From dansol72 on YouTube:
Police brutality Dunn,NC cop assaulting citizen. officer chris a. autry assaults c... (more)


Leniency for a Uniformed Sexual Predator posted 05/14/2013, 9:18 PM (Will Grigg)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
In November 2010, 17-year-old Utah resident Tamsen Reid was stopped by former Box Elder County, Utah, Sheriff’s Deputy Scott Womack. She and her two friends were told to get out of the car, stand barefoot in the snow, and submit to an invasive search. Womack told them to lift their shirts and expose their breasts so he could search for tattoos and body piercings.

Reid was singled out fo
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CISPA Sponsor Mike Rogers May Go On To Lead The FBI posted 05/14/2013, 9:18 PM (Techdirt)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]
We've often heard stories of politicians passing legislation soon before they left office, only to have that very same legislation help them in their next job (coincidentally, we're sure). So it does seem interesting that Rep. Mike Rogers, the main champion behind CISPA, the privacy-destroy cybersecurity bill, is apparently a top candidate to head the FBI -- so much so that the FBI Agents Association, representing 12,000 FBI agents, has officially stated that it would like him to take the j... (more)


It's Time for Private Defense posted 05/14/2013, 9:18 PM (Douglas French)
[Category: Commentary]
The Cleveland Police Department took plenty of criticism when three girls that had been missing for a decade escaped captivity mere miles from their homes. Ariel Castro secretly held the girls hostage for years doing unspeakable things to them. In November 2001, a neighbor called the police when he heard screaming at the Castro home, but officers left when no one opened the front door.

Other neighbors say they called upon seeing women in the property’s attic window, but police say
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Round the Clock Surveillance: Is This the Price of Living in a 'Free, Safe' Society? posted 05/14/2013, 9:18 PM (The Rutherford Institute)
[Category: Commentary]
“If you’re not a terrorist, if you’re not a threat, prove it. This is the price you pay to live in free society right now. It’s just the way it is.”—Sergeant Ed Mullins of the New York Police Department

Immediately following the devastating 9/11 attacks, which destroyed the illusion of invulnerability which had defined American society since the end of the Cold War, many Americans willingly ceded their rights and liberties to government officials who promised them that the feelin
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East Bay Cops Shoot, Kill Fleeing Drug Suspect posted 05/14/2013, 9:18 PM (StoptheDrugWar.org)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
An Antioch, California man under surveillance for a drug warrant was shot and killed by police as he fled after the vehicle in which he was a passenger struck a police vehicle. Charles Burns, 21, becomes the 12th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations so far this year.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, citing police sources, Co
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NTSB recommends lowering blood alcohol level that constitutes drunken driving to .05 posted 05/14/2013, 9:18 PM (NBC News)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
WASHINGTON – The National Transportation Safety Board voted to recommend to states that they lower the blood-alcohol content that constitutes drunken driving.

Currently, all 50 states have set a BAC level of .08, reflecting the percentage of alcohol, by volume, in the blood. If a driver is found to have a BAC level of .08 or above, he or she is subject to arrest and prosecution.

The NTSB recommends dropping that to a BAC level of .05.
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"Our officers are having too much trouble with the math involved with .08" /sarcasm

This is going to criminalize another MASSIVE swath of the population. Truth is the limit should be abolished, simple reckless driving charges cover reckless driving, some people can handle alcohol and drive just fine, others can't. The crime is putting other people's lives in danger, not drinking evil wicked Jesus juice. - Chris


Florida Quietly Shortened Yellow Light Standards & Lengths, Resulting in More Red Light Camera Tickets for You posted 05/14/2013, 9:17 PM (WTSP)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
TAMPA BAY, Florida -- A subtle, but significant tweak to Florida's rules regarding traffic signals has allowed local cities and counties to shorten yellow light intervals, resulting in millions of dollars in additional red light camera fines.

The 10 News Investigators discovered the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) quietly changed the state's policy on yellow intervals in 2011, reducing the minimum below federal recommendations. The rule change was followed by engineers
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Not only does it cost more tickets, it can cost people's lives due to the panic it creates.


Japanese politician calls wartime sex slaves 'necessary' posted 05/14/2013, 9:17 PM (CNN)
[Category: Geopolitics]
Japanese officials have distanced themselves from comments made by a prominent nationalist politician that suggested women forced to become prostitutes to entertain Japanese troops during World War II were "necessary."

Toru Hashimoto, who serves as the Mayor of Osaka, told reporters at his weekly press conference Monday that "anyone would understand" the role of "comfort women" when soldiers were risking their lives and you wanted to give them "a rest."
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When you're serving the state, all crimes are excusable.


German Homeschooling Family's Request for Asylum Denied by the U.S. Government posted 05/14/2013, 9:17 PM (TheBlaze.com)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]
The Romeike family has for years been battling for the right to educate their children as they see fit. Today, the United States government has denied their request.... (more)
"Sorry, we're a police state now."


U.S. Government vs. DEFCAD: You Can't Fix Stupid posted 05/14/2013, 9:17 PM (Kevin Carson)
[Category: Commentary]
There’s nothing quite so funny as the sight of the authoritarian functionaries of a dying order trying to suppress a revolution they don’t understand — and failing miserably.

The State Department’s attempt to censor 3-D printable gun files from DEFCAD is the latest — and one of the most gut-bustingly hilarious — attempts by the Lords of Scarcity to wrap their minds around the revolution of Abundance that threatens their power. Less
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US Marine captain faces court-martial over urination video posted 05/14/2013, 9:16 PM (U.S. News)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
More than a year after video footage of U.S. Marine snipers purportedly urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan surfaced on YouTube, setting off a storm of controversy in the Middle East, the officer in charge of that platoon will be court-martialed for his alleged misconduct, military officials announced.... (more)


How to Not Attack Capitalism posted 05/14/2013, 9:16 PM (James E. Miller)
[Category: Economy]
The mark of any flunk economic thinker is the statement "we live in a capitalist system." Without a doubt, the United States, along with the rest of the West, is still gifted with a market-based economic system. But calling it capitalism – the uninhibited buying and selling of goods and services – is a crime against words and their meaning. In the U.S., the state has its filthy presence in practically every marketable transaction. A true, unadulterated market has not been allowed to proliferate ... (more)


Skype with care - Microsoft is reading everything you write posted 05/14/2013, 9:15 PM (The H Security)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
Anyone who uses Skype has consented to the company reading everything they write. The H's associates in Germany at heise Security have now discovered that the Microsoft subsidiary does in fact make use of this privilege in practice. Shortly after sending HTTPS URLs over the instant messaging service, those URLs receive an unannounced visit from Microsoft HQ in Redmond.... (more)


IRS To Conservatives: "Provide Details Regarding All Of Your Facebook Or Twitter Activity" posted 05/14/2013, 9:15 PM (Zero Hedge)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
Listed here one can find such pearls as "provide details regarding all of your activity on Facebook and Twitter", "Provide a list of all issues that are important to your organization", "do you or will you rate candidates", "you have conducted polls of of your membership to determine which candidates and issues they are supporting. Provide details on this process", "Do you conduct media advertisements lobbying for or against legislation?", "Do you directly or indirectly communicate with members ... (more)


Sweden Wants to Jail Pirate Bay User to Strengthen Anti-Piracy Enforcement posted 05/14/2013, 9:15 PM (TorrentFreak)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
A Swedish Pirate Bay user who was accidentally caught sharing 57 movies during a friend’s house search will face prison time if the authorities get their way. The man was previously ordered to pay a fine, but the prosecutor has now submitted the case to the Supreme Court, hoping to get the man jailed. The prosecutor’s office says a prison sentence is needed so the police can legitimately raid the homes of file-sharers.... (more)


Monday May 13th, 2013

Police Follow Up Beating A 'Possibly Intoxicated' Man To Death By Seizing Witnesses' Cell Phones posted 05/13/2013, 7:41 PM (Techdirt)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]

How many law enforcement officers does it take to subdue one intoxicated man? In Bakersfield, CA, it takes nine: seven sheriff's deputies, two CHP officers and a police dog. It also appears that being publicly intoxicated and resisting arrest in Bakersfield is punishable by immediate death in
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Florida Man Flees Seatbelt Stop on Foot, Cop Runs Him Over and Kills Him posted 05/13/2013, 7:40 PM (Reason)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Shortly after 12:30 a.m. this morning a Volusia County Sheriffs deputy saw Marlon Brown driving without a seatbelt, and attempted to pull him over. When Brown kept driving, the deputy gave up pursuit while reporting a fleeing vehicle. Almost immediately, reports the Daytona Beach News-Journal, officers with the DeLand Police Department (the county and city share a dispatch system) said they'd sp... (more)


The Persecution of Rita Hutchens posted 05/13/2013, 7:40 PM (William Norman Grigg)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
[Pictured: Midnight Knock - Bonner County Sheriff's Deputies invade the home of Rita Hutchens.]

Sandpoint, Idaho resident Rita Hutchens is an opinionated 57-year-old quilt artist whose work has earned her international notoriety. Given that Hutchens is also an outspoken proponent of constitutionalist views, it’s possible that some people have taken issue with her political opinions.

Hutchens has never harmed or thre
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The Government's Us? Not Last Time I Checked posted 05/13/2013, 7:40 PM (Kevin Carson)
[Category: Commentary]
In a speech last month about proposed gun control legislation, President Obama decried opponents’ attempts to encourage “suspicion about government." "The government's us," he responded. "These officials are elected by you. They are constrained as I am constrained, by a system that our founders put in place."

But if government were “us,” why would we have ever needed a Bill of Rights or defense attorneys?

In order for the government to be “us,” and for its elected o
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The State Is A Religious Institution posted 05/13/2013, 7:40 PM (Libertarian News)
[Category: Commentary]
Religion: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.

Faith: firm belief in something for which there is no proof.

On the website Debate.org, the question of whether government is necessary or not was put up for debate.  One of the responses that was given in favor government being a
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Minnesota City Settles After Cop Uses Mace On Deaf Motorist posted 05/13/2013, 7:40 PM (TheNewspaper)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
A police officer who lashed out at a deaf driver with whom he had difficulty communicating cost St. Paul, Minnesota $93,450 on Wednesday. The city council approved a settlement with Douglas D. Bahl, who had sued over a traffic stop that took place on Friday, November 17, 2006. Bahl is a high school teacher, but he can only express his thoughts fully in American Sign Language. ... (more)


Brady v. Maryland -- 50 Year Anniversary posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (PoliceMisconduct.net)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most important criminal justice rulings of the Supreme Court. On May 13, 1963 the Supreme Court issued its landmark decision in the case of Brady v. Maryland. The case stands for the proposition that the government has a legal obligation to disclose exculpatory evide... (more)


Farmer Faces Over 2 Years Jail, $10K Fines for Feeding Community posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (Activist Post)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Things are heating up in Baraboo, Wisconsin as a long awaited food rights trial approaches.... (more)


The Draft Is And Always Will Be Slavery posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (Anthony Gregory)
[Category: Commentary]
Obama says some Americans are paranoid, fretting about an imagined tyranny lurking behind the corner. Progressives cheer as he mocks his lowly subjects. Yet some among them embrace one of the most despotic state powers imaginable: the draft.

The draft is military slavery. It cannot be justified on any basis. Ever. It is wrong in and of itself, just like aggressive war. It is true that the Vietnam war did
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IRS targeted groups that criticized the government, IG report says posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (Washington Post)
[Category: Economy]
At various points over the past two years, Internal Revenue Service officials targeted nonprofit groups that criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution, according to documents in an audit conducted by the agency’s inspector general.

The documents, obtained by The Washington Post from a congressional aide with knowledge of the findings, show that on June 29, 2011, IRS staffers held a briefing with senior agency official Lois G. Lerner in
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College Students Petition to Ban Black Backpacks After Boston Bombing posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (YouTube)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]

College Students Want Black Backpacks Banned After Boston Bombing. Other Colors Are OK Though.


Saudi Man Arrested At Detroit Airport For Owning Pressure Cooker posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (Zero Hedge)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Meet the new "WMD" whose merest ownership is sufficient to get you arrested. That, and having an Arabic sounding name of course.... (more)


Actions of 911 Dispatcher 'Under Review' posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (FOX8.com)
[Category: Politics/Corruption]
CLEVELAND — The actions of the 911 dispatcher who received the call from Amanda Berry on Monday are “under review,” according to the Cleveland Department of Public Safety.... (more)
This is ANOTHER 911 dispatcher who failed to follow their own procedures and stay on the line.


Copyright Trolls Threaten to Call Neighbors of Accused Porn Pirates posted 05/13/2013, 7:39 PM (TorrentFreak)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
It is no secret that copyright trolls tend to use rather threatening language as they try to convince defendants to pay settlement fees, but the recent actions of the Prenda law reincarnation “Anti-Piracy Law Group” have reached a new low. In a letter sent to people accused of pirating pornographic material, the lawyers threaten to inform neighbors about the illegal conduct, and inspect defendants’ work computers.... (more)

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