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A great article hit my inbox from the Mises Daily today. It is about individual sovereignty by Helio Beltrao.

The article at one point uses The Matrix as analogy... that some individuals resist the herd and take the red pill -- waking to the reality that government is myth and that most people are obliviously perpetuating their serfdom by feeding the government beast.

Anyhow, it is a great article. Enjoy!

Two Polish neo-Nazis who were childhood sweethearts and later became skinheads have discovered what for them is a shocking family secret: They're actually Jewish.

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A coalition of international Jewish organizations sympathetic to the Palestinians will send a flotilla to Gaza to try to break Israel's blockade of the Hamas-run strip.

The "Jewish Boat to Gaza" will sail next month from an undisclosed location carrying passengers from the United States, Germany and Britain. At least one passenger is reported to be a Holocaust survivor.

I wanted to get a feel for life during the time in history when now-dead people made the anti-substance laws that society is oppressed with today. I searched for stories in the NY Times--y'know, that most authoritative newspaper in the world. What I found shows as much about anti-drug mania and racism as it does about the credibility of the NY Times. The link is to a collection of some of the more amazing articles. Each article is included for a reason, though the part that got my attention may be at the end of the article.

Don't look at this after eating.

Two police officers repeatedly pummeled a shirtless man in a Jewish youth center in Brooklyn after they roused him from sleeping and moved to arrest him, surveillance video released Sunday night shows. Cops showed up at the Aliya Institute on E. New York Ave. in Crown Heights on the evening of Oct. 8 after receiving a call about a fight between two men, a community source told the Daily News.

The point of this article isn't to judge whether cops are justified in doing what they do. This article has nothing to do with police training. And this isn't just about American cops. This is about the perception that we, the public, have of you when you perform the following actions. It doesn't matter if you disagree with these perceptions, because right or wrong, they exist. The point of this article is to simply let you know that we're watching, and this is how we see things.

From the "when all else fails, lower your standards" department: Average reading and writing SAT scores for high school students declined to their lowest levels (dropping 1 point to 496, while math remained the same at 514). The article does note that more lower-income students with less access to high-quality education are taking the test, possibly providing an explanation for the lower test scores.

The now infamous Wikileaks recently released a cable from Afghanistan revealing U.S. government contractor DynCorp threw a party for Afghan security recruits featuring trafficked boys as the entertainment.

This article has multiple references listed and discusses the continued oppression of the american people by the abuse of government power. Property rights have been continually eroded since the drafting of the bill of rights. Many of those rights we no longer have, because of this It is important to educate the voter base on how their rights are being eroded. It also brings the question what can we do to protect our rights?