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Ron Paul home school curriculum just launched!

awagele — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 22:23:01 +0000

Now you can homeschool your kids using Ron Paul's new curriculum. This is the best chance at teaching future generations about liberty and voluntaryism.

Prostitution for those physically disabled in France

DrewJaye — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 12:21:31 +0000

Debate opens on sex life of France's disabled. Belgian law often leaves the sale of sex in a legal gray area, allowing for some sexual services for people with severe disabilities. In neighboring France, however, a tense debate on the topic is just beginning.

NY Assemblyman and drug warrior caught with pot

geogavino — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 21:58:12 +0000

NYC Assemblyman voted against medical marijuana. Now hypocrite caught in traffic stop with pot. Fashions self a drug warrior.

Police arrest mother who hired strippers for son's 16th birthday

libertyevolution — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 05:53:44 +0000

Police arrested the mother who hired two strippers for her son's 16th birthday party. Judy H. Viger was charged with five counts of endangering the welfare of a child.
Endangering the welfare of a child is a misdemeanor that can carry a prison sentence up to one year. According to the law, endangerment occurs when a person "knowingly acts in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral welfare of a child less than 17 years old.

Colorado Dems pass draconian gun measures by anonymous vote

BLibertarian — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:50:14 +0000

A ban on high capacity magazines, arbitrarily defined as being capable of holding more than 15 rounds, was passed by the Colorado legislature today on a voice vote. House Bill 13-1224 was sponsored by Rhonda Fields (D-Aurora) whose description of her reasons for introducing the Bill made it clear that it is an emotional response to a tragic event. But leveraging the basic rights of peaceful Coloradans as her therapy.

Michigan prosecutor targets activist who films police

dissident — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 07:20:07 +0000

Activist faces three months in prison for filming police who was not wearing his seat belt

The World's First Cybernetic Hate Crime

TooNs — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:02:49 +0000

Steve Mann, the "father of wearable computing," was physically assaulted while visiting a McDonalds in Paris, France. The Canadian university professor was at the restaurant with his family when three different McDonalds employees took exception to his "Digital Eye Glass" device and attempted to forcibly remove it from his head. Mann was then physically removed from the store by the employees, along with having his support documentation destroyed. It was the first ever recorded assault of a person instigated by the prominent display of a Google Glass-like wearable computer.

Want To Know Why People Need Guns?

jglass2181 — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:36:12 +0000

The following video from many years ago titled "A Daughter's Regret" shows the testimony of Suzanna Gratia Hupp whose parents were killed when a madman opened fire in a Texas cafeteria. It is a powerful reminder of how essential it is to protect the Second Amendment, not for duck hunting, as she points out, but to protect our loved ones from maniacs ... and a government that would put us in such a vulnerable position.

Pure ecstasy can be ‘safe’ for adults, health official says

stuntmantdave — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:18:09 +0000

B.C.’s top health official says taking pure ecstasy can be “safe” when consumed responsibly by adults, but he says he is not advocating legalized recreational use of the drug.

6 Isolated Groups Who Had No Idea That Civilization Existed

seejase — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:59:31 +0000

Examples of a select few who have seemingly avoided government aggression. Is there anything that can be learned from them?

Icelandic Teenager Sues for Right to Her Own Name

rastahomie — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:11:26 +0000

Icelandic teenager, whose name means "Light Breeze" in Icelandic, sues for the right to her own name. Her name is not on Iceland's official list of acceptable names, and for 15 years she's been officially known as "Girl."

Obama Finally Responds to Legal Pot in Colorado and Washington

dumthumbs — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:22:23 +0000

Feds Won't Go After Users; No Word on Suppliers "We've got bigger fish to fry." said Osama

Online sales tax to be added to NDAA

MrMiran — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:31:22 +0000

Newest version of NDAA seeks to usurp the Supreme Court and impose an Internet sales tax! The Court previously ruled a retailer must have a physical presence in the state to be taxed. Bottom line... Think about it... What is the difference between mail order sales and Internet sales? Just the form the catalog takes. Just because the government doesn't like the decision, they are going to choose to ignore the Court's ruling altogether. We should ignore them in return!

Belarus Goes Back to Serfdom: New Law Forbids Factory Workers to Quit

kodgis — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:20:26 +0000

The president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko once again confirmed his reputation of the last dictator of Europe.

During his visit to the wood processing factory “Borisodrev” he came up with a new decree, according to which the employees of the factories undergoing modernization are not allowed to quit their jobs.

Motorist puts police in their place at suspicionless internal chec

dissident — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:26:57 +0000

No probable cause, no answers required at suspicionless internal checkpoints

San Francisco bans public nudity

phonon — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 19:16:44 +0000

Undressing in public will likely no longer go unpunished in San Francisco, as the Board of Supervisors voted by the barest of margins Tuesday to ban public nudity. Derided by nudity defenders as an attack on personal expression and supported by others who've had enough of seeing those who let it all hang out, the legislation bans genital exposure on all city sidewalks, plazas, parklets, streets and public transit.

PA Continues to Outlaw Teen 'Sexting'

Erin Jane — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:07:15 +0000

Pennsylvania is continuing to find teenage "sexting" illegal. “Our goal has always been to send the message to teens that this behavior is illegal, while also saving them from a lifetime of the negative effects of a felony prosecution as a sexual offender. I believe this legislation is a suitable balance to achieve this objective.”

California bans gay-to-striaght conversion therapy for minors

phonon — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:22:28 +0000

Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation prohibiting a form of therapy aimed at changing a minor’s sexual orientation from gay to straight, the first law of its kind in the nation, officials said Sunday. Sen. Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) introduced the measure based on his belief that so-called conversion therapy isn't based on science and is dangerous. “This bill bans non-scientific ‘therapies’ that have driven young people to depression and suicide,'' Brown said in a statement. ``These practices have no basis in science or medicine and they will now be relegated to the dustbin of quackery."