Saturday, April 30, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
Ron Paul Explores the 2012 Presidential Race.
It has been a good week for Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas.) His announcement of an official presidential campaign exploratory committee has gotten a great deal of attention, and despite how outlandish most media find Paul’s close hewing to libertarian constitutionalist views, it has not all been dismissive. His new book Liberty Defined will be debuting at #3 on The New York Times bestseller list this weekend as well. Reason Senior Editor Brian Doherty interviewed Paul by phone yesterday.Link
What's Behind the Birther Nonsense?
The release of President Barack Obama's birth certificate should put the issue of his natural-born citizenship to rest for good. But of course it won't. To true believers in a conspiracy theory, evidence disproving the conspiracy only proves how vast the conspiracy really is.Link
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Ron Paul: A Lesser Evil?
Ron Paul is far from perfect, but I’ll say this much for the Texas congressman: He has never authorized a drone strike in Pakistan. He has never authorized the killing of dozens of women and children in Yemen. He hasn’t protected torturers from prosecution and he hasn’t overseen the torturous treatment of a 23-year-old young man for the “crime” of revealing the government’s criminal behavior.Link
Silver hits record near $50................
(Reuters) - Silver soared to an all-time high on Thursday and gold rose to another record, as the dollar fell and as signs that the Federal Reserve would maintain a loose monetary policy stoked inflation worries.Link
Consumers feeling greater pressure.
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Consumers’ spending power has been affected In the face of rising fuel prices and other inflationary pressures, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.’s Chief Executive Mike Duke said on Wednesday.Link
BP expects to resume drilling in Gulf.....
BP has predicted it will be back drilling in the Gulf of Mexico within a matter of months despite continuing legal threats and rows over pollution from last year's Deepwater Horizon disaster. "We expect to be back and actively drilling during the second half of the year," Byron Grote, the company's chief financial officer, told financial analysts from the City of London on Wednesday.Link
'I want to see...Trump's Republican registration'.
CONCORD, N.H. -- The contrast could not have been clearer. Where Donald Trump flew into this first-in-the-nation primary state yesterday on his personal helicopter, Senator Rand Paul flew in on Southwest – and had coffee spilled on him, to boot.Link
Libya death toll could be as high as 30,000.
WASHINGTON – The death toll in Libya after more than two months of violence could reach as high as 30,000, an Obama administration official said Wednesday.Link
Monsanto Will Be Allowed To Police Itself...
Monsanto, enemy of organic farmers and anti-GMO advocates alike, will likely be allowed to conduct its own environmental studies as part of a two-year USDA experiment. But there is no good that can possibly come of an experiment where the company behind nearly every genetically modified crop in our daily diets is allowed to decide whether its products are causing any environmental harm. And Monsanto isn't the only biotech company that will be permitted to police itself.Link
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Why Isn't Obama Celebrating High Oil Prices?
It's about time the administration began taking on the ogres of the left's imagination seriously. Attorney General Eric Holder has formed the "Oil and Gas Price Fraud Working Group to Focus on Energy Markets" to expose the speculators, the gougers, and those fat cat millionaires. And if we can't confront make-believe distractions with "working groups," well, we are surely a nation in decline.Link
A Rocket or a Bomb.
As NATO bombs rain down on Moammar Gadhafi's compound, the daughter of the Libyan dictator says she's been telling her three young children bedtime stories about the afterlife "to make them ready.".Link
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Will the 'Age of America' end in 2016?
(CNN) -- Is the "Age of America" drawing to a close? According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), its demise as the leading economic power is five years away and the next president of the United States will preside over an economy that plays second fiddle to China's.Link
Monday, April 25, 2011
RON PAUL.........................HE'S IN!
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, whose outspoken libertarian views and folksy style made him a cult hero during two previous presidential campaigns, will announce on Tuesday that he's going to try a third time.Link
Reduce Spending...............naah.
When I listen to current discussions of the federal budget, the message I hear sounds like this: We’re in crisis! We must take drastic action immediately! And we must keep taxes low, if not actually cut them further!.Link
The libertarian Kennedys.
Ron Paul, the Texas congressman, is thinking about another presidential run. His son, Rand, the newly elected Kentucky senator, has a book out and is himself travelling to early states and keeping open the possibility of a White House bid. And another Paul progeny, Texas doctor Robert Paul, has recently flirted with the idea of attempting to join his brother in the Senate.Link
News conference a dream come true
A fairy tale comes true this week. After years of speculation, finally we will witness a long-awaited ceremony that leaves little room for mistakes: Not the Royal Wedding, but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke holding a news conference Wednesday.Link
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Obama re-election prospects.
WASHINGTON – With gas prices climbing and little relief in sight, President Barack Obama is scrambling to get ahead of the latest potential obstacle to his re-election bid, even as Republicans are making plans to exploit the issue.Link
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Scott Horton Interviews Rep. Ron Paul.
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses his new book Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom; abandoning the stodgy inside-the-beltway style of campaign management in favor of youtube-style ads put together by his youthful and tech savvy supporters; why increased American pessimism reflects a popular awakening to our deep economic troubles; and why we should be wary of authoritarianism in the guise of “problem solving” politicians.Link
The Libyan stalemate.
When President Barack Obama announced last month that he was sending the U.S. military into action over Libya, the intervention held out the promise of being both quick and decisive.Link
Friday, April 22, 2011
Obama on Manning: “He broke the law”.
Following a fundraising speech on Thursday, President Obama was asked about the case of whistleblower Bradley Manning. He responded, “I can’t conduct diplomacy on an open source. That’s not how…the world works. If you’re in the military, and — I have to abide by certain classified information. If I was to release stuff that I’m not authorized to release, I’m breaking the law…We’re a nation of laws. We don’t individually make our own decisions about how the laws operate… He broke the law.”.Link
Send in the Drones.
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US military will use armed drones over Libya, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said, calling them a "modest contribution" to international coalition efforts there.Link
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Skynet is about to attack. Maybe.
Thursday, 21 April 2011 is the day when Skynet, villainous super-computer from the Terminator films, is due to launch its assault on mankind. Terminator director James Cameron alerted the world to the significance of the date with a tweet saying: "Instead of machines taking over, we have the very real threat of global warming.".Link
Gary Johnson is running for president.............
Former Gov. Gary Johnson (R-NM) announced Thursday morning that he's running for president in 2012, adding a fresh libertarian perspective to a field of candidates touting their social conservative credentials.Link
Ron Paul Is Starting to Make Sense.
Ron Paul is the most important politician in America today because he's the rare politician — maybe the only politician — who always says exactly what he really believes. Unlike Paul Ryan, Hayley Barbour, Mitt Romney, Mitch Daniels, and Mike Huckabee, who all raised taxes while calling for lower taxes, Ron Paul gives us a chance to examine the ideas currently driving the conservative movement in their pure form.Link
$25 million in aid.
TRIPOLI, Libya — The Obama administration plans to give the Libyan opposition $25 million in non-lethal assistance in the first direct U.S. aid to the rebels after weeks of assessing their capabilities and intentions, officials said Wednesday.Link
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Krugman's "23 Percent Solution".
If you identify as libertarian (and I do like to use it as an adjective more than as a noun), you get used to people saying you're crazy or that your ideas are simply unworkable in the real world.Link
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Disgruntled Obama supporters...........
Their policy stances couldn't be any more different but there's something Ron Paul shares in common with President Obama-- at least in terms of campaigning-- and that's enthusiastic support from young people.Link
Monday, April 18, 2011
SARAH GO HOME................
Not everyone at Saturday’s tea party gathering in Madison, Wisconsin were fans of Andrew Breitbart and Sarah Palin.Link
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Rep. Ron Paul wins.................
Texas Rep. Ron Paul has won another Republican presidential straw poll. The Texas Republican won the Lexington county Republican Party presidential straw poll Saturday, taking 16 percent of the 139 ballots cast. Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney finished in a tie for second place with real estate mogul Donald Trump, taking 12 percent of the vote.Link
Cuts must include Pentagon...............
Freshman Sen. Rand Paul, one of the leading voices of the tea party in Washington, said on Sunday that military spending will have to be cut if the country is going to get its debt problems under control.Link
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Obama admin. threatens...............
A letter from the Department of Justice, sent yesterday to Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire (D), warned of the potential for criminal prosecutions of state employees who engage in the production of medical marijuana, which is now legally sanctioned in the state.Link
Friday, April 15, 2011
Bipartisan funding resolution.
WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives approved the fiscal 2011 bipartisan deal Thursday by a vote of 260-167. The Senate is poised to pass the measure Thursday and fund the government through September.Link
WTF..............
HARTFORD, Conn., April 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 6, 2011 a young man was incarcerated and sent to Level 4 Maximum Security Prison for one year due to an adolescent misstep. In the case of State v. David Fernandes Jr, a then 15-year old boy was initially charged in juvenile court with Conspiracy to Commit Assault in the Second Degree. He had no prior criminal record and, in fact, no previous contact with the court system at all.Link
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Nancy Pelosi fades as power player.
During the past election season, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could have starred in a remake of the Hollywood cult classic “Attack of the 50-Foot Woman.” In an endless string of campaign ads, Republicans caricatured her — even put her image on billboards — as a political monster. But now, the former House speaker more closely resembles “The Incredible Shrinking Woman.”.Link
Obama bets that the government can save itself.
“From our first days as a nation, we have put our faith in free markets and free enterprise as the engine of America’s wealth and prosperity,” President Barack Obama declared in a speech at George Washington University yesterday. “More than citizens of any other country, we are rugged individualists, a self-reliant people with a healthy skepticism of too much government.” Judging by yesterday’s speech, that’s a skepticism Obama doesn’t share. The president’s solution to the growing cost of government turns out to be more government.Link
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Can't cut the military..........
The American Principles Project (APP) Wednesday criticized the Obama administration for allowing the elimination of $600 million for Community Health Centers while protecting funding for Planned Parenthood as part of last week’s budget deal agreed to by Congress and the White House.Link
‘above $1,600 this year’................
LONDON – Record-breaking gold will likely surge past $1,600 per ounce for the first time later this year, driven by fears over high inflation and low global interest rates, consultancy GFMS forecast Wednesday.Link
Ontario judge strikes down marijuana laws.
A Canadian court ruled the government has three months to revise its unconstitutional medical marijuana program before the drug will become effectively legal to possess and produce in the country.Link
‘Frankly, we need to challenge the president’.
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) is known for being outspoken, but in a Wednesday interview with website The Real News he went a bit further in his criticism of President Barack Obama, arguing that he’s more aligned with Republicans than Democrats on matters of deficit and spending.Link
Bush = Obama
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama is preparing to face down the GOP in what may be one of the defining issues of his presidency: addressing the long-term deficit. House Republicans have united behind a plan to slash trillions in federal spending in part by privatizing Medicare and slashing Medicaid.Link
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Ron Paul Bashes Paul Ryan's Budget.
WASHINGTON -- Potential 2012 GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul (Texas) on Monday panned Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wis.) budget proposal, telling a crowd in Iowa that the Ryan plan will not end big government, which he said is becoming like a monarchy.Link
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Saturday, April 9, 2011
A ‘profoundly troubling’ position.......
Disclosure of government secrets often has little to do with the public's right to know and has everything to do an official's need to tell, according to ACLU deputy director Jameel Jaffer.Link
Gold, Silver And Oil Are All Skyrocketing.
The following is one statement that you should get used to seeing: "The price of gold set another record today." Today, spot gold reached a new all-time record of $1461.91 an ounce before settling back a little bit. Silver is also skyrocketing. At one point today silver hit $39.75 an ounce.Link
Paint vehicles to avoid friendly fire.
(Reuters) - Libyan rebels painted the roofs of their vehicles bright pink on Friday to avoid more friendly fire casualties after a NATO air strike killed five fighters.Link
Is America the next Portugal?
LONDON (MarketWatch) — It’s easy to watch this economic Duck Soup unfolding and think the debt crisis is entirely limited to penny-ante Freedonias in Europe. Greece. Ireland. Now Portugal.Link
Friday, April 8, 2011
Ron Paul to join presidential debate.
Former Republican presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul is expected participate in a primary debate in South Carolina on July 10, the state party announced Friday.Link
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Gun Owners Have a Right to Privacy.
If you own a gun in Illinois, take precautions. The state attorney general, Lisa Madigan, wants to release the names of guns owners in response to an Associated Press request. Publication of that list would tell the criminal class where the guns are, which could be useful to two different sorts of lawbreakers: gun thieves who want to know where the guns are and burglars who want to know where they are not.Link
Archeologists unearth first-ever ‘gay caveman'.
Archeologists say they've made a unique discovery in the Czech Republic: remains of a human male from the Copper Age, who was buried in a way traditionally only reserved for females who were part of the Corded Ware culture.Link
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Obama Promises.
That familiar odor wafting from San Francisco street corners, storefronts, and the neighborhood growhouse? It's the smell of legality. Medical cannabis is the law of the land in California, 14 other states, and the District of Columbia. Yet, as many marijuana users will tell you, protection under state law hasn't guaranteed protection under federal law at all.Link
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Gold price hits record high.................
LONDON – The price of gold hit a record high above $1,450 an ounce in trading here Tuesday as the 'safe haven' metal won support from geopolitical unrest and surging global inflation, traders said.Link
Ron Paul's 2012..................
His 2008 campaign left the alarmist congressman with a fanatical following, a national organization, and clout. But he's still not sure he wants to run against a Mitt Romney or Tim Pawlenty in 2012—as his son waits in the wings. Patricia Murphy reports.Link
Nanoparticles improve solar collection.
Photovoltaic (PV) solar panels are popping up more and more on rooftops, but they're not necessarily the best solar power solution. "The big limitation of PV panels is that they can use only a fraction of the sunlight that hits them, and the rest just turns into heat, which actually hurts the performance of the panels," explains Robert Taylor, a graduate student in mechanical engineering at Arizona State University.Link
5 million times over the legal limit.
TOKYO (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant said on Tuesday it had found water with 5 million times the legal limit of radioactivity as it struggles for a fourth week to contain the world's biggest nuclear disaster in quarter of a century.Link
Monday, April 4, 2011
Breakthrough Destroys Drug-Resistant Bacteria.
A team of engineers and researchers headed by Dr. James Hedrick at IBM Inc. has developed a new technology that could revolutionize how resistant bacterial infections are currently treated.Link
Hearing on Fed foreign lending.
(Reuters) - Persistent Federal Reserve critic Representative Ron Paul plans to hold a hearing on the U.S. central bank's emergency loans to the branches of non-U.S. banks, his spokeswoman said on Saturday.Link
Taking Shortcuts To Greatness.
“There is only one difference between a bad economist and a good one: the bad economist confines himself to the visible effect; the good economist takes into account both the effect that can be seen and those effects that must be foreseen. The bad economist pursues a small present good that will be followed by a great evil to come, while the good economist pursues a great good to come, at the risk of a small present evil.” –Frederic Bastiat.Link
Libya steps on President Obama's message.
President Barack Obama’s decision to intervene in Libya has presented him with a whole new set of political problems with members of both parties. But its most worrisome effect for the White House is the way it’s undermining his efforts to address what has been his administration’s longest-running issue — the economy.Link
Obama issues warning.
President Barack Obama warned lawmakers on Friday that it would be the "height of irresponsibility" to shut down the government over a spending battle, pressuring Republicans not to pursue deeper cuts. Obama's comments set the stage for an attempt to blame Republicans should congressional negotiations collapse and the U.S. government runs out of cash when a short-term funding measure expires on April 8.Link
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Ivory Coast: Full Blown Civil War.
All day Saturday, fighting raged in Abidjan between forces loyal to Allassane Ouattara and the forces of Laurent Gbagbo. According to the Red Cross, the death toll of the civil war has reached new highs with 800 people killed in the town of Duekoue last week. Today, the armed forces of Ouattara, who is the internationally recognized winner of last November’s elections, went on the offensive in Abidjan against the troops loyal to Laurent Gbagbo. The fighting took place near the presidential palace, the state controlled radio station and several military bases.Link
Saturday, April 2, 2011
U.S. Cancer Rates Continue to Fall.
THURSDAY, March 31 (HealthDay News) -- The rate of new cancers in the United States has dropped by almost 1 percent a year and the rate of death from cancer has fallen 1.6 percent a year, a new report shows.Link
Ron Paul returns over $140,000.
Last year, we took notice when Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) returned $100,000 of his Congressional office budget to the United States Treasury.Link
The Douche is tied to casino mogul.
As former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich explores the possibility of a presidential bid, he "is counting on the backing of an unusually powerful behind-the-scenes donor," Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.Link
Friday, April 1, 2011
Paul Rankles Reid on Libya.
Washington — Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), a Tea Party favorite, has boxed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) into a corner. After a quiet day of quorum calls and speeches, Reid abruptly adjourned the upper chamber Thursday and postponed votes until Monday. According to numerous Hill staffers, Paul deserves some credit for the impasse.Link
Reform, More Illusory Than Real.
Wendell Potter, former PR executive for CIGNA turned whistleblower and author of Deadly Spin, writes, “Medical debt was a key reason for 62 percent of personal bankruptcy filings in 2007.Link
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