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July 16, 2012
June 17, 2012
Carol Paul on Ron Paul Radio - Rand did not consult family on Romney endorsement, Ron still true
It’s Father’s Day today so I’m wondering if Rand has called home yet….
(Source: youtube.com)
June 17, 2012
Rodney King dead at 47
updated 12:40 PM EDT, Sun June 17, 2012
Los Angeles (CNN) — Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee said. He was 47.
Police in Rialto, California, received a 911 call from King’s fiancee, Cynthia Kelly, about 5:25 a.m., said Capt. Randy DeAnda. Responding officers found King at the bottom of the pool, removed him and attempted to revive him. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital, DeAnda said.
There were no preliminary signs of foul play, he said, and no obvious injuries on King’s body. Police are conducting a drowning investigation, DeAnda said, and King’s body would be autopsied.
“His fiancee heard him in the rear yard,” he said, and found King in the pool when she went outside.
Kelly was a juror in King’s lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles in 1994.
Read More: http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/17/us/obit-rodney-king/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
(Source: CNN)
May 10, 2012
Fed Foe Ron Paul Breakfasts With Bernanke at Central Bank
May 9, 2012, 10:08 PM
“By Kristina Peterson
Republican presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul certainly wants to end the Federal Reserve. But he also has to eat breakfast.
One day after chairing a hearing on proposals to abolish or overhaul the central bank, the Texan congressman sat down for the first meal of the day Wednesday with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, the lawmaker confirmed in a brief interview at the Capitol. The decision to meet for breakfast at the Fed was “mutual,” said Mr. Paul, who last year introduced a bill to eliminate the central bank.
The Fed chief and lawmaker had “sort of an open discussion,” Mr. Paul said, while declining to provide any details of the conversation. “It was off the record,” he said. The Fed declined to comment on the meeting.
Wednesday’s visit to the Fed’s Washington headquarters was not the first for Mr. Paul, who has said previously he dined at the central bank with former Fed Chairman Paul Volcker.
Nor is it unusual for Mr. Bernanke to play host to lawmakers, including those proposing to refashion the Fed. The Fed chief had breakfast in February with Rep. Kevin Brady(R., Texas) who earlier this year introduced a bill that would narrow the Fed’s mandate to focus solely on price stability. Currently, the central bank has a dual mandate that also requires it to strive for maximum employment.
Still, Wednesday’s breakfast brought together two figures who publicly agree on very little. A longtime critic of paper currency and fan of the gold standard, Mr. Paul’s fiery Fed-bashing has enthused his campaign trail supporters, who often start rallies with loud chants of “end the Fed!”
Mr. Bernanke, meanwhile, dedicated a significant chunk of his first lecture at George Washington University in March to enumerating the flaws associated with a system in which the dollar is valued at a fixed price per unit of gold.
So did Wednesday’s meeting overturn any deep-set beliefs?
“He’s for the gold standard now,” joked Mr. Paul.”
(Source: The Wall Street Journal)
May 9, 2012
Blogger/Libertarian opinions on Marriage:
Here are some of the best responses I’ve seen on why it’s imperative to get GOVERNMENT out of MARRIAGE.
Marriage is not sacred as long as government is involved.
Do you know what ruins the sanctity of marriage? Government issued marriage licences.
Don’t understand what I mean? Read on:
“I see North Carolina passed the Amendment defining marriage as man and woman
I’ve seen a bunch of posts bitching and complaining.
But most of these posts are from the same idiots who promote big government. This is what big government does right here. A government strong enough to “give” you rights is strong enough to “take” your rights.
The problem here is government.
Governments shouldn’t be involved in marriage at all. Marriage is a contractual agreement between consenting people. If we accept the fact that government is a necessary evil, one which I don’t though. But if we do, this is the extent to which government should be involved in marriage.
But I’m sure the same idiots who love big government won’t put the blame here where it belongs, with big government.
The only way there can be true equality is with a free market society.” - www.baseballlibertarian.tumblr.com, @baseballlibertarian
“I don’t support gay marriage.
I support get-the-government-the-hell-out-of-voluntary-associations-between-individuals.”
- www.statehate.tumblr.com, @statehate
“As I’ve said repeatedly: how individuals wish to peaceably associate and live their lives should not be subject to majority opinion nor permission from “superiors.” Why should anyone need permission from politicians or the public at large or any third party to peacefully pursue their happiness?
Get government out of marriage.”—
L.A. Liberty: On North Carolina’s Amendment One
Also: How those who support government dictation of who can and cannot marry don’t see the potential for this to backfire is astounding to me.
Without getting all slippery-slope on you, it’s not hard to imagine how theextremely simplistic text of the anti-gay marriage amendment which passed in North Carolina yesterday could have unforeseen ramifications (see here, here, and here, for instance).
It’s also not hard to imagine that the more authority we give government in defining marriage — whether in anti- or pro-gay marriage measures — the more it may wish to define our other most personal relationships and dealings. If we need a license to get married, mightn’t we also need a license to have a child? To get divorced? To decide where we want to live? To pick a career? All of these are decisions of similar, though of course not identical, importance. (In fact, it honestly surprises me that in a country where you can’t decide to ingest something if the government says “no” or to marry someone if a law objects, we are still allowed to have children at will. No pot, but you can make a whole new person if you want!)
All that to say, as L.A. Liberty put it: Get government out of marriage.”
- www.hipsterlibertarian.tumblr.com, @hipsterlibertarian
Blog sites here: http://statehate.tumblr.com/, http://baseballlibertarian.tumblr.com/, http://hipsterlibertarian.com/
May 8, 2012
Gary Johnson on Running as the Libertarian Nominee
May 7, 2012
Libertarian Presidential Nominee Gary Johnson on his third-party campaign for President.
May 2, 2012
How a Rip in This Picasso is Worth $7.5 Million
Femme Assise dans un Fauteuil (Woman Sitting in a Chair), a jaggedy portrait in the typical Picasso style, will hit the auction block tonight at Sotheby’s. And in the scrutiny of what’s expected to be the second-most-expensive piece of art sold in the next two weeks (asking price: $20 to $30 million, in case you’re in the market), we learn how much a two-inch tear in a Picasso can cost.
Here’s the story: a lawsuit dug up on the painting reveals that in 2009, financer Teddy Forstmann’s insurance company sued an art gallery housing the portrait for a rip below the figure’s neck due to “careless, negligent, reckless, and otherwise improper handling of the work,” according to Vanity Fair’s Alexandra Peers. That supposedly reduced the value of the painting by $7.5 million, the amount the insurance company paid out to Forstmann, according to the claim. Sotheby’s only slyly mentioned the repair, without fully disclosing the damage: “There is a two-inch repair below the figure’s neck where the canvas has been stitched. … Under UV light, one hairline retouching to address repair, otherwise fine.”
April 29, 2012
Wanna know what happens when a senator endorses Romney at the Alaska State Convention? [HD]
April 12, 2012
Gary Clement on the Trayvon Martin case
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