Watch Penn Jillette go off on Obama and his contradictory views. He believes Gay Marriage should be left to the states to decide, but when it comes to the Drug War, he has no problem slamming down his oppressive federal gov't boot. Not only that, but he himself was a pot user and "may have tried the blow", even.

A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater. Gary Harrington of Eagle Point, Ore., says he plans to appeal his conviction in Jackson County (Ore.) Circuit Court on nine misdemeanor charges under a 1925 law for having what state water managers called “three illegal reservoirs” on his property – and for filling the reservoirs with rainwater and snow runoff.

Bradley Jardis, candidate for Coos County High Sheriff sabotaged last minute by disgruntled former campaign manager. Jardis' wife writes letter to entire liberty community, calling for ostracization and warning others of this individual.

A few weeks ago, the nation learned about a 13-year-old boy, Nathan Duszynski, who was attempting to help his parents through a rough financial time. Nathan saved up his money and bought a hot dog cart. The city of Holland closed Nathan's hot dog cart ten minutes after it opened. Friday, reports confirmed Nathan and his family are now homeless.

The Department of Homeland Security appears to have shut down the ability to use Dwolla, a mobile payment service, to withdraw and deposit money into Mt. Gox, a Bitcoin trading platform. A Dwolla representative confirmed the move to Betabeat. Chris Coyne, cofounder of OKCupid, posted a screenshot of an email he received from Dwolla, stating that due to recent orders from the Department of Homeland Security, Dwolla cannot complete the bank transfer to Mt. Gox.

An Oklahoma high school valedictorian who used the word "hell" in her graduation speech in May has yet to receive her diploma.

DURHAM, NH – A New Hampshire town is asking the Obama campaign to foot the up to $30,000 bill for the president's upcoming campaign stop in their city. "Community leaders do not believe that costs associated with the campaign should be borne by local taxpayers," the release says according to MyFoxBoston.

City officials say they usually would foot the bill for a presidential visit, but since this is a campaign stop they believe the
Obama campaign should have to pay for the extra security.

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine Gov. Paul LePage...made the remark in his weekend radio address...

The American Civil Liberties Union failed in late-2010 to push a lawsuit challenging the Obama Administration’s claimed power to assassinate American citizens without charging them with any crimes, but is hoping for a consolation prize today, filing another suit challenging the killings after the fact. “It’s an effort to get accountability,” noted ACLU deputy director Jameel Jaffer, saying that even though the Justice Department successfully argued that the killings couldn’t be challenged beforehand, they could now press the administration to “explain to a court why it did what it did.”

Taser deaths by police in Vermont and elsewhere clearly show that it is time for a moratorium on what the UN calls a “torture weapon.”

On the evening of June 20th in Thetford VT, Macadam Mason was just another all-but-anonymous 39-year-old artist, an alcoholic sober three years, a father of three who had epilepsy and mental health issues in the bargain. He’d had a grand mal seizure the day before and was suffering what, for him, were the typical disorienting after effects that usually lasted for days.