4

The New Zapatistas?

http://www.vice.com

The New Zapatistas. Vice News goes to Cherán, an indigenous rebel town located in the southwestern state of Michoacán, Mexico, to celebrate the first anniversary of their fight against organized crime and the local municipal government. The townspeople have banned all political propaganda within the town and refused to participate in the presidential elections that were held this past July.

Read more »
Sawyer42's picture
Created by Sawyer42 39 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 38 weeks 6 days ago
Category:   Tags:
4

Any "Up-Side" to the GOP Establishment Defrauding Ron Paul Campaign?

http://www.opednews.com

Condensed Blow-by-Blow Account of how Ron Paul and his supporters were defrauded. Has links to news stories on the various incidents. No wonder so many thinking people are giving up on voting, at least on a national level. I tried to look at the "bright side" of this - how it exposes this blatant corruption to "the masses." The problem is that equally corrupt network media has suppressed the story, so they will likely never know.

Read more »
kelvin's picture
Created by kelvin 40 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 39 weeks 6 days ago
Category: Disinformation, Lies & Propaganda   Tags:
4

Our Imbecilic Constitution

http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com

Advocating the adoption of the new Constitution drafted in Philadelphia, the authors of “The Federalist Papers” mocked the “imbecility” of the weak central government created by the Articles of Confederation. Nearly 225 years later, critics across the spectrum call the American political system dysfunctional, even pathological. What they don’t mention, though, is the role of the Constitution itself in generating the pathology.

Read more »
Rob just Rob's picture
Created by Rob just Rob 41 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 40 weeks 5 days ago
Category: Disinformation, Lies & Propaganda   Tags:
4

The Philosophy of Plunder

http://www.youtube.com

In this follow up video to The Philosophy of Liberty: Property, we explore Frederic Bastiat's concept of Legal Plunder. Is it ever OK for government to steal your stuff and give it to someone else? Or is government just a glorified organized crime syndicate ala Tony Soprano? Does it really make sense for citizens to plunder each other like competing bands of vikings?

Read more »
snowdog2012's picture
Created by snowdog2012 41 weeks 7 hours ago – Made popular 40 weeks 6 days ago
Category: Taxes, Fees & Fines   Tags:
4

Texas Will Execute Inmate With IQ of 61 on Tuesday

http://www.care2.com

54-year-old Marvin Wilson is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Tuesday in Texas, even though extensive testing by a neuropsychologist has found that he reads and writes at the level of a 7-year-old and has an IQ of 61. He failed the seventh grade, was socially promoted through the eighth and ninth grades and dropped out of school in the tenth; he reportedly sucked his thumb into adulthood and was unable to operate toys such as tops and marbles...

Read more »
snowdog2012's picture
Created by snowdog2012 40 weeks 6 days ago – Made popular 40 weeks 6 days ago
Category: Ignorance   Tags:
4

Cops with Machine Guns, Armored Vehicles, etc. How it all started.

http://www.youtube.com

How did "our" civil servant civilian police we go from handguns and the occasional shotgun to Machine guns, Armored vehicles, and a mentality of "inflict maximum damage on the enemy" versus doing their level best to enforce laws while respecting constitutional rights?

Read more »
kelvin's picture
Created by kelvin 41 weeks 2 days ago – Made popular 41 weeks 19 hours ago
Category: War   Tags:
4

NYPD 'consistently violated basic rights' during Occupy protests

http://www.guardian.co.uk

The first systematic look at the New York police department's response to Occupy Wall Street protests paints a damning picture of an out-of-control and aggressive organization that routinely acted beyond its powers.

Read more »
stuntmantdave's picture
Created by stuntmantdave 42 weeks 11 hours ago – Made popular 41 weeks 4 days ago
Category: Nanny State   Tags:
4

Documents about Camp Lejeune’s toxic water - Military cover-up?

http://www.washingtonpost.com

Thousands of newly released documents about water contamination at Camp Lejeune add to the evidence that the military long knew about tainted tap water blamed for deaths and illnesses among Marines and their families, and that officials covered up the information for years, a North Carolina congressman said Friday. On Thursday, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., released more than 8,500 Department of Defense documents relating to the water contamination that continued at the base for decades.

Read more »
ecigarettes's picture
Created by ecigarettes 43 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 42 weeks 2 days ago
Category: Incompetence   Tags:
4

Kim Dotcom judge quits after calling US 'the enemy'

http://www.rt.com

Kim Dotcom judge quits after calling US 'the enemy'

New Zealand Judge David Harvey has stepped down from the Kim Dotcom trial after making remarks that could cast doubt on his impartiality. Harvey was to oversee the extradition case against the internet entrepreneur, who is wanted by the US.

Read more »
Mattfree88's picture
Created by Mattfree88 43 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 43 weeks 9 hours ago
Category: Unintended Consequences   Tags:
4

Pentagon: American taxpayer dollars at risk of fraud, waste, and abuse

http://www.theamericanconservative.com

The Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) released its final major audit over the weekend, delivering quite a bottom line: it cannot say how much U.S taxpayers lost while trying to rebuild Iraq, but it was a lot. The U.S. government Iraq relief and reconstruction program had serious internal control weaknesses that put billions of American taxpayer dollars at risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. The precise amount lost to fraud and waste may never be known, but SIGIR’s audits and investigations have demonstrated that the amount could be substantial.

Read more »
ecigarettes's picture
Created by ecigarettes 43 weeks 3 days ago – Made popular 43 weeks 3 days ago
Category: Incompetence   Tags:
4

Government workers crushed thousands of endangered turtle eggs

http://www.bbc.co.uk

Government work crews in Trinidad have accidentally crushed thousands of endangered turtle eggs and hatchlings at a beach resort, conservationists say.

Read more »
fat_bastard's picture
Created by fat_bastard 44 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 44 weeks 3 days ago
Category: Incompetence   Tags:
4

America: We’re (Not) #1!

http://www.prosebeforehos.com

America: We’re (Not) #1!

And, sources for those of you interested:

Read more »
Mattfree88's picture
Created by Mattfree88 44 weeks 4 days ago – Made popular 44 weeks 3 days ago
Category: Unintended Consequences   Tags:
4

State Troopers Deploy 'Talking Urinal Cakes'

http://www.youtube.com

Michigan State Police have deployed four hundred 'talking urinal communicators' to 200 eateries prior to July Fourth, said Anne Readette, spokeswoman for the Office of Highway Safety Planning, a division of the Michigan State Police.

As the man steps up to use the urinal, the bureacratic device pipes out a nagging message of obtaining a designated driver and washing your hands.

Read more »
snowdog2012's picture
Created by snowdog2012 45 weeks 2 days ago – Made popular 45 weeks 14 hours ago
Category: Nanny State   Tags:
4

China hits back on U.S. human rights

http://edition.cnn.com

China hits back on U.S. human rights

Beijing, China (CNN) -- China criticized a "woeful" human rights record in the United States on Friday, a day after a U.S. report said Beijing's own record is getting worse, with harsh crackdowns on dissidents.

"The United States' tarnished human rights record has left it in no state -- whether on a moral, political or legal basis -- to act as the world's 'human rights justice,' " China said in an annual report on U.S. human rights.

Read more »
Mattfree88's picture
Created by Mattfree88 45 weeks 4 days ago – Made popular 45 weeks 3 days ago
Category: Unintended Consequences   Tags:
4

U.S. Homeland Security allocates $9.7 million to Jewish nonprofits

http://www.haaretz.com

Organizations and facilities considered vulnerable to terrorist attacks to receive funding as part of grant program’s seventh allocation.

Read more »
edmnd's picture
Created by edmnd 45 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 45 weeks 4 days ago
Category: Corruption   Tags:
4

Grim Anniversary: Iran Mourns 1988 US Attack on Flight 655

http://news.antiwar.com

24th anniversary of the 1988 attack on Flight 655, an Iranian passenger airliner that was shot down over the Strait of Hormuz by the US Navy, killing all 290 civilians aboard.

Read more »
edmnd's picture
Created by edmnd 45 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 45 weeks 4 days ago
Category: War   Tags:
4

Violence flares after Egypt election results

http://www.cbsnews.com

CAIRO - A mob set fire late Monday to the campaign headquarters of one of the two Egyptian presidential politicians facing each other in a runoff that will decide a new leader after last year's popular uprising, the first sign of unrest after the voting yielded divisive candidates. The attack on Ahmed Shafiq's office came just hours after the country's election commission announced that he would face the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, Mohammed Morsi, in a June 16-17 runoff.

Read more »
ecigarettes's picture
Created by ecigarettes 50 weeks 6 days ago – Made popular 50 weeks 5 days ago
Category: Corruption   Tags:
3

Revenue Canada says BitCoins aren't tax exempt

http://www.cbc.ca

Revenue Canada says BitCoins aren't tax exempt

Just in time for tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency says the users of Bitcoins will have to pay tax on transactions in the upstart digital currency.

Read more »
Syd Roc's picture
Created by Syd Roc 3 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 2 weeks 4 days ago
Category: Taxes, Fees & Fines   Tags:
3

Mexico unveils memorial honoring 70,000 drug war victims

http://www.examiner.com

A new monument was unveiled in Mexico on Friday to memorialize the tens of thousands of Mexicans and visitors killed since the start of the drug war in 2006.

Read more »
snowdog2012's picture
Created by snowdog2012 6 weeks 2 hours ago – Made popular 5 weeks 3 days ago
Category: Unintended Consequences   Tags:
3

Should The Creepy Times Square Costumed Characters Be Regulated?

http://gothamist.com

The Disneyfication of Times Square really has come full circle—the formerly gritty crossroads of the world has become so family-friendly that it's starting to become seedy again, thanks to a mob of street hustlers dressed as cartoon characters demanding tips from tourists. On Sunday, a man dressed as Cookie Monster allegedly shoved a child and cursed at his mother when she didn't tip fast enough, and several other characters have been arrested in recent months. The situation has attracted so much media attention that now regulation is being considered.

Read more »
Jking8767's picture
Created by Jking8767 5 weeks 3 days ago – Made popular 5 weeks 3 days ago
Category: Regulation   Tags:

Air Times & Contact

LIVE 7 Days a Week!
Mon-Sun: 7pm-10pm Eastern

Call toll-free:
1-855-450-FREE

You can also Skype us.

Free Talk Live 2.0

Welcome Free Talk Live 2.0!
 
You can login with your BBS username and password. Feel free to submit your favorite show prep suggestions, opinion pieces, video, audio, and questions here and vote up the entries you like! Here's a handy bookmarklet to make it easy.
 
Please report bugs here:Bugs.FreeTalkLive.com.

Who's online

There are currently 5 users and 81 guests online.

Online users

  • zhaliberty
  • resthomeguru94
  • resthomestar34
  • sleetkarl30
  • peanut50iran

Recent comments