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Texas man, separated by family from partner of 34 years

Xpansive Thought — Thu, 02 May 2013 03:20:45 +0000

Texas man, separated by family from partner of 34 years. You can help Lon Watts by donating here:
http://www.gofundme.com/2rqx54

‘Tis the Season of Not Giving

Mattfree88 — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:14:11 +0000

‘Tis the Season of Not Giving

How Regulations Are Making Charity Illegal

Pop quiz!

Question: Which of the following actions are illegal?

Donating bagels to homeless shelters in New York City;
Holding raffles in South Carolina to raise money for charity;
Providing free dental care to the poor in California;
Distributing eyeglasses to tornado victims in Missouri; or
Armed robbery.

Answer: All of the above.

Dad Records iTunes Album to Fund Investigation For Missing Daughter

ecigarettes — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:33:11 +0000

Paul Sacco says searching for his missing daughter feels like something akin to bleeding out. All the hope, heartache and anxiety that go into it leave him feeling diminished. But the Colorado lawyer and amateur guitarist has managed to bottle up some of that energy, spending hundreds of hours creating what is both a tribute to Aubrey Sacco and a monument to his sorrow: a 14-song album he has published to Internet vendors.

Story about Free State Project on NPR's homepage.

Suze — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 02:57:03 +0000

Focused on the Thanksgiving charity organized by Amanda Bouldin and company. Aired 11/25/2012.

http://www.npr.org/ or http://www.npr.org/2012/11/25/165873562/n-h-group-says-people-not-taxes-... 11/25/2012

The Occupy Movement is better than government

porcupous — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:51:59 +0000

To everyone out there that said nasty things about the Occupy Movement, I have a story for you. It seems this rag-tag bunch of decentralized activists are outperforming the Red Cross and FEMA!

Bow-tie wearing duck raises £ for charity shut down, no permit

phonon — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 21:10:40 +0000

Together Barrie and Star the Duck collect on average £200 a day by visiting businesses around Devon and have already raised £6,500 for a local children's hospice. However the duo's fundraising days could be numbered after being told they must apply 28 days in advance for a single day's permit- restricting them to collecting just one day a month.

Weed Not Greed Tour in Need of Stoner Support!

rmyofme — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 18:58:08 +0000

The Cannabis Information Network Weed Not Greed marijuana legalization tour will be promoting awareness of marijuana/hemp uses and advocating for the repeal of marijuana prohibition. This cross country tour will start at the Seattle Hempfest and end in Washington, DC. Along the way we will be making stops to rally indifferent cities and to promote awareness to the benefits of hemp and cannabis. Please help us make the dream of marijuana legalization a reality by supporting our cause.

Free Charlie!

freeman — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 02:58:59 +0000

On Monday, 4 June 2012, I was sitting on my porch, alternating between reading about information theory and Ursula K. le Guinn’s “The Dispossessed”, when the police showed up. It turned out that Darryl had called them on me; he would later admit to being a serial informant. In the search of the premises that followed, the police confiscated 3.2 ounces of cannabis and paraphernalia.

Batman Helps Fight An Old Enemy: Child Cancer

ZEUSLGN — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 08:53:51 +0000

The truth is revealed! The Caped Crusader is a businessman from Baltimore County who visits sick children in hospitals, handing out Batman paraphernalia to up-and-coming superheroes who first need to beat cancer and other wretched diseases.

When The Rabbi Asked Me For 100 Million Dollars

joelberg — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:22:03 +0000

This is an amazing article for us anti-government people to get behind. If you're an atheist I think you will still greatly appreciate it, but just ignore the Jewish stuff, this article is targeted to a Jewish audience.

The key point is that these folks used voluntarist means to fight child slavery and provide an education to the unwashed masses without the use of government. I'm sure you'll appreciate it.

Crowd-sourced private funding of scientific research

phonon — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:43:42 +0000

Crowd-funding — raising money for research directly from the public — looks set to become increasingly common. Established platforms such as Kickstarter are wooing scientists. And similar websites dedicated to connecting scientists with potential funders are being built, or have already launched. The public seems to be responding. Last year, for example, a group of scientists wanting to map water quality along the Mississippi River raised $64,000 in a trial project on an online crowd-funding platform called the Open Source Science Project (OSSP).

Charity through Capitalism!

Sussex County Angel — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:20:30 +0000

People always seem to say that Capitalists are greedy. This tale proves the exact opposite to me! That Capitalism, in it's truest form, allows people to compete so they can engage in charitable acts in the future. How many people would be able to donate to charities if there were no Capitalism?

Anonymous donors pay off Kmart layaway accounts

stefminus — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 21:04:34 +0000

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children.

He asked to pay something on his bill because he knew he wouldn't be able to afford it all before Christmas. Then a mysterious woman stepped up to the counter.

A Message Of Freedom from Wikipedia

rmyofme — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 01:39:58 +0000

A moving message from A Wikipedia Programmer about the value of freedom with a hint of voluntaryst views
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"I don’t think there will be anything else that I do in my life as important as what I do now for Wikipedia. We’re not just building an encyclopedia, we’re working to make people free. When we have access to free knowledge, we are better people. We understand the world is bigger than us, and we become infected with tolerance and understanding."