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Did you know there was a freestyle rap competition at Porcfest this year? Liberty activist and professional agitator Mike Tiner hosted the first ever competition. It seems The liberty message is sinking into all forms of entertainment. The competition had all kinds of rappers about liberty issues but John Bush was the last man standing and winner of the competition. Here is his final rap. Was it Anti-Ron Paul or Pro-Personal Sovereignty, you be the judge!

Russia wants the ruble to be one of the world’s reserve currencies as President Dmitry Medvedev renews his push to reduce the dollar’s dominance and make Moscow a global financial hub. “Only three, five years ago it seemed like a fantasy” to create a new reserve currency, Medvedev said yesterday in a speech in St. Petersburg, Russia. “Now we are seriously discussing it.”

There are some other digital currencies out there that deserve some attention.

Washington (CNN) - Folklore says that George Washington was known for never telling a lie. But as the United States marks its first president's birthday, a new poll indicates that 74 percent of the public thinks the father of our country did lie to the public while he served as president - an indication that Americans think that the government has been broken for a very, very long time.

A medical marijuana tax could generate about $400,000 for Washington, D.C., over the next five years, according to an estimate from the city's top financial officer released on Tuesday.

Washington's Office of the Chief Financial Officer provided the estimate to the D.C. Council, which has proposed taxing marijuana as part of budget negotiations, reports Jessica Gresko

When Ron Paul brandished a Silver Circle “Rebel Round” in Ben Bernanke’s face during a House Financial Services Committee hearing it was an unprecedented marketing win for us.

We produce the Rebel Rounds both as a replica of the coins minted by the Rebels in the Silver Circle movie and as an investment or barter currency for those real world Rebels who understand the economics of fiat paper. But we could never have predicted the boom in sales that immediately followed Ron Paul’s indirect endorsement.

Boehner is one of 34 members of Congress who took steps to recast their financial portfolios during the financial crisis after phone calls or meetings with Paulson; his successor, Timothy F. Geithner; or Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, according to a Washington Post examination of appointment calendars and congressional disclosure forms. The lawmakers, many of whom held leadership positions and committee chairmanships in the House and Senate, changed portions of their portfolios a total of 166 times within two business days of speaking or meeting with the administration officials.

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Here in the Socialist Republik of Washington (aka: STATE OF WASHINGTON) I am able to hear your show on 870AM from midnight till 0300. Your show was the first place I've heard of "BitCoins". Interestingly enough, this story came to me today via one of the websites I subscribe to.

Over the years, Bitcoin has experienced ups and downs; the currency has been targeted by hackers and thieves and botnets and been victim to more than one embarrassing software glitch. But it has persevered, and this week, one can fairly say that Bitcoin came of age. On Monday, the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network released its first “guidance” as to how “de-centralized virtual currencies” should fit into the larger regulatory regime under which currencies of all kinds are required to operate.