06/26 -- Iran: Mousavi says he won't end his challenge; SCOTUS: Strip search of 13-year-old unconstitutional

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In The News:

0) RRND/FND mid-year subscription drive
1) Iran: Mousavi says he won't end his challenge
2) SCOTUS: Strip search of 13-year-old unconstitutional
3) Iraq: Bombings kill scores ahead of US withdrawal
4) Afghanistan: Native soldier, occupation troop, militants killed
5) Obama hints at amnesty for illegal [sic] immigrants
6) Ahmadinejad demands apology from Obama
7) Senate panel OKs funds for flying white elephants
8) Hilton sues Black Eyed Peas manager, apologizes for slur
9) Report: FEMA misspent $7 million
10) States consider opting out of federal healthcare
11) Feds crack down on Medicare fraud
12) MA: Leaders approve ethics revamp
13) Michael Jackson, 1958-2009
14) Court eases oversight of Arizona English program
15) Farrah Fawcett, 1947-2009
16) Forest owners stand to win big in climate bill
17) US to give Somali government guns, training
18) UN seeks answer to bankruptcy of a country
19) Senators claim $1 trillion health bill in reach
20) SCOTUS will not review "Cuban 5″ spy case
21) Bernanke denies improperly pressuring BofA over Lynch deal
22) UK: Hackers recruited to help fight against cybercrime
23) Spain reins in crusading judges
24) Sweden: City votes to let women go topless
25) IA: Clerk's gun scares off would-be robber

Everybody Has An Opinion:

26) Iran: It's all about US
27) Public medicine looks a lot like public school
28) "As naked an abuse of government power as could be imagined"
29) Suppressing free speech here at home
30) Depoliticize now!
31) Requiem for a tarnished star
32) The truth about the insurance industry
33) How not to help the poor
34) A violent regeneration
35) All-American squatters
36) Gun Control: Sotomayor and citizen authority
37) Nonmovie nonreview: Guv Busters
38) Islamo-fascism, Judaeo-fascism, Bapto-fascism, and why we need
more bars
39) Ignorance is strength
40) Who are the real terrorists in Pakistan?
41) "Cigarettes, whisky, and wild, wild women"
42) Freedom Rankings
43) Every pot is sacred, every pot is great ...
44) The US unemployment rate revisited
45) Journalism and the expenses scandal
46) Lights out
47) A history of violence
48) Hope versus reality
49) Law and order
50) Obama: Honoring the dead and disrupting the living
51) Thuggery 101
52) Ayn Rand: Don't call it a comeback!
53) What's the purpose of a correction?
54) Fueling controversy
55) Steal this ebook
56) Something real
57) Ten reasons to love global warming
58) Privatize the Post Office
59) Can the "mimetic effect" explain speculative bubbles?
60) Trojan hearse
61) Dr. Ron Paul: No longer the Lone Ranger
62) Health care reform: Questions for the president
63) Not their finest hour
64) From Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama: A horror story
65) Gas pump thievery

See No Evil, Hear No Evil:

66) Kathleen Polizzi on Freedom Rings Radio, 06/29/09
67) Morris, Sugarman on the Wayne Root Radio Show, 06/27/09
68) Mary Ruwart on Liberty Cap Talk Live, 06/26/09
69) Free Talk Live, 06/25/09
70) Cato Daily Podcast, 06/25/09

What's Up In The Freedom Movement:

71) Today's events

WaYbAcK:

72) Birth of the UN

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0) RRND/FND mid-year subscription drive

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Have a great weekend. No promises, but based on several possible news
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1) Iran: Mousavi says he won't end his challenge
Thibodaux Daily Comet

"Iranian authorities briefly arrested dozens of university professors
who met with embattled opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, his Web
site said Thursday, but he vowed to persevere with his election
challenge despite the apparent attempt to isolate him from his
supporters. The declared winner of the June 12 balloting, hard-line
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, accused President Barack Obama of
meddling in Iran's affairs." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/n6luk2

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2) SCOTUS: Strip search of 13-year-old unconstitutional
Miami Herald

"The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the strip search of a 13-year-
old schoolgirl violated the constitutional protection against
unreasonable search and seizure. In a closely watched case filled with
poignant facts, the court ruled 8-1 that Arizona school officials
violated student Savana Redding's Fourth Amendment rights when they
searched her down to her bra and underpants. Officials were looking
for pain relievers, which they didn't find. 'The content of the
suspicion failed to match the degree of intrusion,' Justice David
Souter wrote for the majority." (06/25/09)

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/1113612.html

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3) Iraq: Bombings kill scores ahead of US withdrawal
Bozeman Daily Chronicle

"The bombing of a Baghdad bus station Thursday pushed the death toll
from a weeklong series of blasts near Shiite targets to about 200,
calling into question Iraq's ability to provide security as U.S.
combat troops slowly withdraw from cities. The wave of attacks is
undermining Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's declaration of a 'great
victory' in the U.S. pullout from urban areas by next Tuesday's
deadline. He has declared June 30 a national holiday to be marked with
celebrations." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/nfb5wg

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4) Afghanistan: Native soldier, occupation troop, militants killed
Agence France-Presse

"Troops killed at least two dozen militants in the run up to August
elections in Afghanistan as separate insurgent bomb attacks killed an
Afghan and a NATO soldier, authorities said Thursday. The deaths come
with violence at a peak since the Taliban regime was ousted in 2001,
with the United States deploying 21,000 extra troops to the war-torn
nation. The NATO soldier died in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan,
the alliance's International Security Assistance Force said in a
statement. It gave no details, including the nationality of the
soldier." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/l3wszw

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5) Obama hints at amnesty for illegal [sic] immigrants
Phoenix Business Journal

"President Barack Obama stayed away from hot-button words in remarks
Thursday on immigration reform, but hinted that his immigration push
will include some kind of 'amnesty' or 'legal path' for illegal
immigrants already in the U.S. He also praised U.S. Sen. John McCain,
R-Ariz., who was at a White House meeting on the issue and has
supported a legal path for undocumented immigrants and a guest worker
program. ... Obama also said Thursday he is making U.S. Homeland
Security Secretary Janet Napolitano a key point person on the
immigration reform push." (06/25/09)

http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/06/22/daily52.html

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6) Ahmadinejad demands apology from Obama
Washington Post

"Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at President Obama
on Thursday, warning him against 'interfering' in Iranian affairs and
demanding an apology for criticism of a government crackdown on
demonstrators protesting alleged electoral fraud. Despite an
increasingly harsh response to the protests, opposition leader Mir
Hossein Mousavi pledged to continue challenging official results that
showed a landslide victory for Ahmadinejad in Iran's June 12
presidential election. He vowed to resist growing pressure to end his
campaign and said he remains determined to prove that those who rigged
the election are also responsible for the violence unleashed on
opposition protesters." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mckc8s

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7) Senate panel OKs funds for flying white elephants
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

"The Senate Armed Services Committee added $1.75 billion Thursday to a
Pentagon budget proposal for seven more Lockheed Martin F-22 fighter
jets, heightening a promised showdown with the Obama administration,
which opposes the additional planes. ... Defense Secretary Robert
Gates wants to end production of the F-22, which about 1,800 people
work on at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics' west Fort Worth plant, after
187 aircraft have been built. That's dozens fewer than Lockheed and
its supporters in Congress had hoped for. Last week, Gates called
inclusion of any funding for the fighter jet a 'big
problem.'" (06/25/09)

http://www.star-telegram.com/topstories/story/1455133.html

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8) Hilton sues Black Eyed Peas manager, apologizes for slur
MTV

"Perez Hilton followed through on statements his lawyer made on
Tuesday and sued Black Eyed Peas manager Liborio 'Polo' Molina for
assault after Monday's alleged altercation. The lawsuit filed in Los
Angeles Superior Court alleges battery and intentional infliction of
emotional distress, reports Reuters. ... Hilton issued a statement
apologizing for uttering an anti-gay slur against Will.I.Am during the
incident." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/nolmft

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9) Report: FEMA misspent $7 million
Associated Press

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency ignored the law and misused
millions of dollars to build two warehouses after Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita, according to government investigators. Some of the money
FEMA misused should have gone toward Katrina victims in Louisiana,
according to a Homeland Security Inspector General report obtained by
the Associated Press. The report is expected to be released today.
'FEMA had no authority to use appropriated funds to construct the two
buildings,' the investigators said, adding that the agency violated a
prohibition against agreeing to spend money without congressional
authority." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mtuqfc

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10) States consider opting out of federal healthcare
Fox News

"Congress has yet to come up with a clear prescription for the
nation's healthcare system. But some state legislators are already
urging voters not to take the medicine. Under Arizona's Health Care
Freedom Act, which was passed by the state legislature this week, a
voting initiative will be placed on the 2010 ballot that, if passed,
will allow the state to opt out of any federal healthcare plan. Five
other states -- Indiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota and
Wyoming -- are considering similar initiatives for their 2010 ballots.
'Our healthcare freedoms are very much at risk by healthcare reforms
proposed in Washington, D.C.,' said Arizona state Rep. Nancy Barto,
the Republican legislator who sponsored the measure. 'We needed to act
as a state to protect our citizens and ensure that they will always be
able to buy their own healthcare and not be forced into a plan they
don't want.'" (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mz7h6x

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11) Feds crack down on Medicare fraud
Arizona Republic

"Federal authorities indicted 53 people on Wednesday on suspicion of
scheming to cheat Medicare out of $50 million. Suspects were arrested
in Detroit, Miami and Denver as part of a wide-ranging effort by the
government to crack down on those allegedly defrauding the government-
funded health-care program for the elderly and disabled. Attorney
General Eric Holder, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen
Sebelius, and FBI Director Robert Mueller announced the charges at a
news conference in Washington. Sebelius said the Obama administration
is determined to crack down on Medicare fraud through new teams of
investigators detecting patterns of false billing. Forty of the
suspects have already been arrested and the rest are being sought,
authorities said." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/kkzbwy

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12) MA: Leaders approve ethics revamp
Boston Globe

"Legislative leaders unveiled the most sweeping ethics overhaul in
decades yesterday, as they attempted to move past a series of high-
profile scandals on Beacon Hill and reach an accord with Governor
Deval Patrick on a sales tax increase. The ethics bill -- which
strengthens enforcement, levies higher penalties for violations and
bans nearly all gifts to public officials -- is the final piece of
legislation requested by the governor before he said he would consider
asking Massachusetts residents to pay more at the
register." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mfhng9

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13) Michael Jackson, 1958-2009
MSNBC

"Michael Jackson has died at age 50 after being rushed to UCLA Medical
Center, NBC News has confirmed. Los Angeles Fire Department Capt.
Steve Ruda told the L.A. Times that Jackson was not breathing when
paramedics arrived at his home and CPR was performed. TMZ.com reported
that he may have suffered cardiac arrest." (06/25/09)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31552029/ns/entertainment-music/

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14) Court eases oversight of Arizona English program
USA Today

"The Supreme Court on Thursday handed a partial victory to Arizona
officials who are challenging federal court supervision of a program
to educate students who aren't proficient in English. By a 5-4 vote,
the court reversed an appeals court ruling in a 17-year-old lawsuit
intended to close the gap between students in Nogales, Ariz., who are
learning to speak English and native English speakers." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/m4rjdh

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15) Farrah Fawcett, 1947-2009
Fox News

"Farrah Fawcett, the multiple Golden Globe and Emmy-nominated American
actress best known for her role as the vivacious Jill Munroe in the
1970s television series 'Charlie's Angels,' died in a Santa Monica
hospital. She was 62. Her spokesman, Paul Bloch, confirmed that the
iconic actress died Thursday morning at 9:28 a.m. PDT. ... Fawcett was
diagnosed with anal cancer in September 2006 and, despite going into
remission and enduring extensive chemotherapy and surgery both in the
U.S. and Germany, it was revealed earlier this year that the cancer
had spread to her liver. She stopped receiving treatment in
May." (06/25/09)

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529080,00.html

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16) Forest owners stand to win big in climate bill
MSNBC

"For years, landowners have gotten paid for not farming. Now they may
get paid for not cutting down trees. While U.S. families could see
their annual energy bills rise hundreds of dollars under a massive
climate bill that President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats
are trying to push through the House, owners of large swaths of
forestland -- timber companies, large farms, even foreign countries --
could reap billions of dollars." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/nt94w5

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17) US to give Somali government guns, training
MSNBC

"The Obama administration has decided to bolster efforts to support
Somalia's embattled government, U.S. officials say, by providing money
for weapons and helping the military in neighboring Djibouti train
Somali forces. The goal is to stem insurgent advances in the Horn of
Africa. But the plan would commit the U.S. to a greater embrace of a
shaky government atop one of the world's most chaotic
states." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mtogxb

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18) UN seeks answer to bankruptcy of a country
Macon Telegraph

"The U.N. trade chief said Thursday there is a 'missing link' in the
international financial system that is becoming more critical as the
global economic crisis drags on: What happens when a country is
bankrupt and can't pay its debts? Supachai Panitchpakdi told a U.N.
financial summit he is trying to help 90 poor countries with
vulnerable economies, many with debts beyond 100 percent of the value
of their overall economy, as measured by the gross domestic
product." (06/25/09)

http://www.macon.com/nation/story/759892.html

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19) Senators claim $1 trillion health bill in reach
La Crosse Tribune

"Senators working to give President Barack Obama a comprehensive
health care overhaul said Thursday they had figured out how to pare
back the complex legislation to keep costs from crashing through a $1
trillion, 10-year ceiling. The announcement from Finance Committee
Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and other lawmakers amounted to a small,
parting gift to Obama on his top domestic priority as Congress
prepares to leave town for its weeklong July 4 recess. It moved
Congress a bit closer to a deal on legislation to lower costs and
provide coverage to nearly 50 million Americans who lack
it." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/lch9sf

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20) SCOTUS will not review "Cuban 5″ spy case
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

"The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review the convictions of five
Cuban intelligence agents who say they did not receive a fair trial
because of strong anti-Castro sentiment in Miami. The justices, acting
Monday, are leaving in place the convictions of the so-called 'Cuban
Five,' despite calls from Nobel Prize winners and international legal
groups to review the case." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/lghvvz

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21) Bernanke denies improperly pressuring BofA over Lynch deal
ABC News

"Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke today acknowledged that while
he did have concerns about Bank of America's management, the Fed never
threatened the jobs of the company's CEO Ken Lewis or the board
members if they decided to back out of their merger with Merrill Lynch
last winter. 'I never made any threat to Mr. Lewis regarding removing
the board and the management,' Bernanke said this morning before the
House Oversight & Government Reform Committee." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mgbcva

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22) UK: Hackers recruited to help fight against cybercrime
Independent [UK]

"Reformed computer hackers are being recruited by the Government to
defend Britain from international crime gangs and terrorists plotting
cyber attacks on the country. With internet fraud costing billions of
pounds a year and Whitehall computer systems facing repeated assaults
from abroad, ministers are hiring hackers to protect state secrets. A
new 'cyber security operations centre' at GCHQ in Cheltenham will
monitor attempts, many orchestrated from abroad, to infiltrate the
national computer network." (06/26/09)

http://tinyurl.com/kvgj4c

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23) Spain reins in crusading judges
BBC News [UK]

"For more than a decade, a drab, beige building in central Madrid has
been the global destination of choice for anyone wanting to file
allegations of genocide, torture and crimes against humanity. The
Audiencia Nacional -- National Criminal Court -- has heard complaints
of human-rights abuses as far afield as Guatemala, Rwanda, Chile,
Tibet, Gaza and Guantanamo Bay. Currently, 10 cases from five
continents are being investigated by Spanish judges, under the
principle of 'universal jurisdiction,' which holds that some crimes
are so grave that they can be tried anywhere, regardless of where the
offences were committed. In a recent statement, almost 100
organisations collectively praised Spain's 'pioneering approach,'
gushing that the country 'should feel proud of itself' for becoming a
reference point for other nations. Except, Spain's left-leaning
government sees things rather differently." (06/25/09)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8119920.stm

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24) Sweden: City votes to let women go topless
United Press International

"The sports and recreation committee in Malmo, Sweden, has voted to
allow women to go topless in the city's swimming pools. The board
struck down a motion that stated: 'Women with two-piece swimsuits
ought to wear a top piece,' after controversy was sparked by members
of the feminist Just Breasts/Bare Breasts network made visits to the
city's pools sans bikini tops." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mforht

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25) IA: Clerk's gun scares off would-be robber
Des Moines Register

"Dominic Mathew had always felt it was better to give an armed robber
what they asked for. His philosophy changed after his Food Pantry
store on Lower Beaver Road was held up several times, one time with a
thief behind the counter and holding a gun to his neck. He got a
handgun. On Tuesday, the third time the store was held up, he and a
robber were in a face-off with their weapons. 'The guy came in from
the side (of the store)' and walked in the front door, Mathew said.
'That's where they usually come from. The guy came in with a hoodie
on. It was awfully warm on Tuesday, too warm for a hoodie.' Mathew,
30, already had his gun drawn when the robber walked in, he said. The
suspect lowered his gun immediately upon seeing the handgun. The would-
be robber ran out the door." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/nbrw9w

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* HEALTH-OF-THE-STATE-O-METER, 06/26/09
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* Reported Civilian Deaths in Iraq: Min - 92,393 ... Max - 100,868
* (source: www.iraqbodycount.org)
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* American Military Deaths in Iraq: 4,316
* (source: www.antiwar.com/casualties/)
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* Everybody Has An Opinion
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26) Iran: It's all about US
AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

"The domestic debate over the administration's response to the Iranian
events underscores the defining characteristic of neoconservatives
everywhere: their extreme narcissism. According to President Obama's
critics, the slaughter that's said to be taking place in the streets
of Iran's cities, the mass arrests, the unrestrained violence is all
about us. The President, say the neocons -- and, yes, they're back --
is showing weakness in the face of authoritarian brutality and
repression: he needs to speak out and flat out refuse to recognize the
legitimacy of the Iranian regime. Never mind that this is completely
irrelevant, a non-issue that won't even come up in the real world --
since we don't have any diplomatic relations with the Iranians to
begin with, not since the taking of the hostages at our embassy in
1979." (06/26/09)

http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2009/06/25/iran-its-all-about-us/

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27) Public medicine looks a lot like public school
Disloyal Opposition
by JD Tuccille

"With our son approaching school age, my wife and I are considering a
variety of options: charter, private, homeschooling. Just about the
only option not on the list, even though we're forced to pay for it
anyway, are public schools. We're not only unimpressed with the
results achieved by local public schools, but we also don't like their
one-size-fits-all structure. As things stand, we're concerned that, a
few years from now, we'll face a similar situation with health care,
forcing us to pay for coverage that we don't want in addition to care
that we actually choose. That's the big problem with government-
sponsored versions of anything. No matter the quality of the ultimate
product, everybody has to pay for it, even if it doesn't suit their
personal needs and preferences." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/n3hlmg

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28) "As naked an abuse of government power as could be imagined"
Reason
by Damon W. Root

"Property rights were probably the last thing on President Barack
Obama's mind when he selected Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace
retiring Supreme Court Justice David Souter. But that hasn't stopped
Sotomayor's nomination from reigniting the long-simmering national
debate over the use and abuse of eminent domain. The controversy
centers on Sotomayor's vote in a 2006 eminent domain case, Didden v.
Village of Port Chester. New York entrepreneur Bart Didden says Port
Chester condemned his land after he refused to pay $800,000 (or grant
a 50 percent stake in his business) to a developer hired by the
village. One day after Didden refused to pay those bribes, Port
Chester began eminent domain proceedings against him. As University of
Chicago law professor Richard Epstein put it, 'The case involved about
as naked an abuse of government power as could be imagined.' But that
didn't stop Judge Sotomayor and two of her colleagues on the 2nd
Circuit Court of Appeals from upholding the district court decision
that ruled in favor of the village." (06/25/09)

http://www.reason.com/news/show/134366.html

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29) Suppressing free speech here at home
Future of Freedom Foundation
by Jacob G. Hornberger

"While the Ayattolahs in Iran are intimidating people into ceasing
their criticism of the government, U.S. Justice Department prosecutors
are doing the same here in the United States, specifically in the
trial of U.S. vs. Robert Kahre, which is currently taking place in Las
Vegas. Upset with critical comments posted by American citizens
regarding the prosecution of a man who used gold and silver coins
issued by the U.S. mint as legal tender, the prosecutors have been
abusing their power to issue grand-jury subpoenas." (06/25/09)

http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2009-06-25.asp

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30) Depoliticize now!
LewRockwell.Com
by Brian Keeter

"Peter Schiff would obviously make a fine senator. He would
undoubtedly be a member of financially oriented committees with more
experience in those areas than most if not all of his newfound senate
colleagues. He would use that experience and his respect for the
constitution to cast his vote in favor of liberty. 'Peter Schiff is
considering running for senate!' linked a Facebook acquaintance. 'What
a waste of a perfectly good entrepreneur,' I replied. Why on earth do
people insist that Peter Schiff's immense talent, creativity and
intelligence be wasted in the maw that is America's political machine?
Why do people still cling to this notion that if we can just 'vote in
our people' that everything will be okay?" (06/26/09)

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/keeter2.html

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31) Requiem for a tarnished star
The Nation
by John Nichols

"This is a big world, with many remote corners where America is known
only as a distant and different land. But Michael Jackson touched
almost all of them. The music star's death Thursday, at age 50 after
suffering an apparent cardiac arrest is an international event. And we
ought to recognize why that is so. For all the eccentric -- and
ultimately unsettling -- behavior that would see the 'king of pop'
ridiculed as the 'king of weird' -- or worse -- Jackson was for a
significant part of the 1980s and 1990s as much or more the face of
America as Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush or Bill
Clinton." (06/25/09)

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/446171

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32) The truth about the insurance industry
Washington Post
by Ezra Klein

"Insurers often complain that their critics don't understand their
business practices. It would be hard to say that about Wendell Potter.
Potter, whose name sounds like that of a character in a Frank Capra
movie, worked in the health insurance industry for more than 20 years.
He rose to be a senior executive at Cigna. ... And today, at a hearing
before Sen. Jay Rockefeller's Commerce Committee, he testified against
them. What drove Potter from the health insurance business was, well,
the health insurance business. The industry, Potter says, is driven by
'two key figures: earnings per share and the medical-loss ratio, or
medical-benefit ratio, as the industry now terms it. That is the ratio
between what the company actually pays out in claims and what it has
left over to cover sales, marketing, underwriting and other
administrative expenses and, of course, profits.' Think about that
term for a moment: The industry literally has a term for how much
money it 'loses' paying for healthcare." [editor's note: Once again,
Mr. Klein attacks one of the sacred cows of healthcare reform ... the
healthcare insurance game itself - SAT] (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/kqvo6r

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33) How not to help the poor
Boston Globe
by staff

"People often talk about 'a culture of poverty' as if being mired in
dependency and despair is a personal choice. But what if government
contributes to that culture with counterproductive rules that keep
struggling families down? Today, a special state commission will
release a report that identifies bureaucratic barriers to climbing out
of poverty -- some familiar, some new -- and recommends ways to
correct them. The Massachusetts Asset Development Commission spent the
past 18 months looking for ways that low-income people can build up
financial cushions, becoming less dependent on state assistance and
providing a better foundation for their children. 'Assets' can be
something as simple as a used car for getting to work, a savings
account, or a less tangible benefit such as an education or vocational
skills. They are the keys to financial stability." (6/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/l4p8cw

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34) A violent regeneration
The American Prospect
by David Nasaw

"History is lived forward but written backward. In October of 1929, no
one knew that the Great Depression had begun and would last for over a
decade. The soldiers who marched off to fight in the Civil War -- and
the families and loved ones who saluted their departure -- had no idea
of the carnage that would follow. Historians know better but can't let
their knowledge of what came next overdetermine the story they tell.
Neither can they make believe that the future of that past was an open
book. It wasn't. There were options, openings, possibilities, but only
one path was taken. The historian's task is to explain why it was that
path and not another." (06/25/09)

http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=a_violent_regeneration

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35) All-American squatters
In These Times
by Jake Thomas

"Max Rameau stood at a lectern in one of Portland State University's
student centers on an April afternoon. 'Being against oppression and
exploitation in your mind is not enough,' he told a group of 70
activists. Rameau had been invited to Portland, Ore., to talk about
Take Back the Land, his audacious -- and illegal -- campaign to fight
homelessness caused by the economic crisis. Take Back the Land, based
in Miami, finds empty foreclosed homes and illegally moves homeless
families into them. So far his organization has moved nine families
into 'liberated' houses and has at least four more occupations
planned." (06/23/09)

http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/4506/all-american_squatters

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36) Gun Control: Sotomayor and citizen authority
LA Gun Rights Examiner
by John Longenecker

"Let me emphasize again as I have over the last several years, that
what it is about guns isn't even about guns. It is about carrying our
own burdens in independence from our own public servants. ... Senators
who intend to grill Sotomayor when the nominee hearings begin in July
should be contacted with specific issues to be brought up. This is
because gun owners understand that the Second Amendment is a
reflection of the overall health of our nation; it is a reflection of
whether officials (such as Justices) respect liberty and our little
need for the State and how we prefer it that way." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/l487s2

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37) Nonmovie nonreview: Guv Busters
Dallas Libertarian Examiner
by Garry Reed

"Anyone can write a real review of a real movie. But as a libertarian,
or anyone else even remotely interested in real, actual, genuine, not-
lip-service freedom, wouldn't you really rather read a nonreview of a
nonmovie you would love to see but can't because it hasn't been
made?" (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/npbd8m

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38) Islamo-fascism, Judaeo-fascism, Bapto-fascism, and why we need
more bars
Fred On Everything
by Fred Reed

"Although I am a Southerner, and like being one, I detested the
apartheid practiced in the South. I was there. Don't tell me 'bout dem
happy niggahs plunking dat ol banjo undah dee big oak tree. It was
ugly. Jews, I note, didn't like it either, and in fact led the
movement for civil rights. If I didn't like brutal repression (which
it was) engaged in by my own people, why am I supposed to like it when
engaged in by Israelis? And why do Jews, who didn't approve of it in
the South, support it in Israel? Why don't they tell Israel to stop
it? They could." (06/23/09)

http://fredoneverything.net/Fascisms.shtml

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39) Ignorance is strength
Information Clearinghouse
by Paul Craig Roberts

"Big Brother Obama, following in the tradition of Big Brothers Bush
and Cheney, declared that Oceania and the 'entire world' are 'appalled
and outraged' by Iran's violent efforts to crush protests organized by
Oceania's interference in Iran's election. Meanwhile, Oceania
continued its wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, crushing people
right and left while gearing up to bring peace to Iran." (06/24/09)

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22905.htm

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40) Who are the real terrorists in Pakistan?
CounterPunch
by Kathy Kelly

"If we want to counter Al-Qaeda, if we want to be safe from further
terrorist attacks, we'd do well to remember that even when we don't
recognize the humanity of people bearing the brunt of our wars, these
very people have eyes to see and ears to hear. They must be asking
themselves, who are the terrorists?" (06/25/09)

http://counterpunch.org/kelly06252009.html

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41) "Cigarettes, whisky, and wild, wild women"
Independent [UK]
by Jerome Taylor

"Tomoji Tanabe, a Japanese retired civil engineer, had died peacefully
in his sleep overnight. He was 113 years' and 274 days' old and had
more than 50 great-grandchildren. Having foregone alcohol and
cigarettes all his life, Tanabe had became the world's oldest man in
January 2007. That mantle has now passed to Mr Allingham -- the first
time a British person has ever held such a title. ... Mr Allingham is
quieter these days, but no codger at heart. In contrast to Mr Tanabe's
asceticism, he attributes his longevity to 'cigarettes, whisky and
wild, wild women.' The Air Mechanic First Class is best known publicly
for his war record, because of the many public engagements he has
attended -- up to 70 some years -- including regular meetings with the
Queen, politicians and soldiers returning from theatres of war in Iraq
and Afghanistan. Yet he dislikes talking about conflict, saying only:
'War's stupid. Nobody wins.'" (06/20/09)

http://tinyurl.com/n4dwc6

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42) Freedom Rankings
Freedom Rankings

This is an interactive, visual application of the data provided by
statepolicyindex.com on the relative freedom enjoyed by residents in
the various States. Use the sliders to adjust the weighting of various
categories of policies.

http://freedom.robocourt.com/

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43) Every pot is sacred, every pot is great ...
VinSuprynowicz.Com
by Vin Suprynowicz

"'Pot hunting' is legal on private land; it is considered a crime on
lands controlled by the government. But the Constitution allows the
central government to own and control lands within the several states
only for "'erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dock-yards and
other needful buildings,' and then only when 'purchased by the consent
of the legislature of the state in which the same shall be.' Can the
federal government show valid bills of sale for the vast lands in
question -- bigger than many Eastern states -- pursuant to a sale
approved by the appropriate state Legislature? They
cannot." (06/25/09)

http://www.vinsuprynowicz.com/?p=255

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44) The US unemployment rate revisited
Liberty & Power
by Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

"Up until 1983 the government measured only civilian employment and
unemployment. This made complete sense as long as the U.S. had a
military draft. A large portion of the armed forces was thereby
analogous to the prison population and logically excluded from the
labor force for the same reason. But with the ending of conscription,
it made more sense to treat military personnel like regular employees
responding to wage and benefit offers. This is probably why the
National Commission on Employment and Unemployment Statistics, in its
report of 1979, recommended compiling total employment and
unemployment, including resident military personnel, as well. This new
series was initiated in January 1983 but lasted only a decade. Because
of certain statistical ambiguities, the BLS effectively discontinued
labor force measures that included the armed forces in June
1994." (06/25/09)

http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/94681.html

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45) Journalism and the expenses scandal
Adam Smith Institute
by Tom Clougherty

"Sunday Telegraph editor Ian Macgregor was our guest at a power lunch
in Westminster this week. His topic was 'The importance of journalism
in modern society.' And of course, that's a topic that Telegraph have
earned a right to talk about in the last couple of months, with their
brilliantly handled investigation into MPs expenses. There's no
question the story has been good for the Telegraph's business, winning
them many thousands of new readers. But I also think they have
performed a genuine public service, by making people realize that you
just can't trust politicians to be responsible with taxpayers'
money." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mnn9st

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46) Lights out
The American Spectator
by W. James Antle III

"Tomorrow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to bring the Waxman-Markey
cap-and-trade emissions bill to the floor for a vote. It will be the
biggest political risk of her speakership and the first broad-based
tax increase of the Obama years. Already President Obama and the
Democratic Congress have raised taxes on smokers, boosting the
cigarette tax. But a tax increase that affects just a fifth of the
electorate is unlikely to lead to a second Boston Tea Party. The Obama
budget blueprint anticipates a return to Clinton-era marginal tax
rates on upper-income earners, but that can easily be justified as a
tax hike borne by the wealthy who failed to pay their 'fair share'
while the Republicans were in office. Cap and trade will hit the
wallets of many Americans who are firmly middle-class and fancy
themselves admirers of Hope and Change." (06/25/09)

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/06/25/lights-out

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47) A history of violence
The New Republic
by Steven R. Ward

"Since the late 19th century, the major civil disturbances that have
repeatedly roiled Iran have shared a number of features that can put
the prospects of the current anti-government demonstrations into
perspective. Though there are many factors that have influenced the
outcomes of past Iranian protests -- including the strength of
opposition leaders and complaints about foreign domination -- history
indicates that the most important factor affecting the success of
nationwide dissent is the perceived strength of Iran's security
forces. Unfortunately, this history does not bode well for the
Iranians now demanding a greater voice in how they are
governed." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/nl5glg

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48) Hope versus reality
Tibor's Space
by Tibor R. Machan

"There is an element about public choice theory that economists do not
emphasize often enough, namely, that the objectives of regulators are
often very obscure, unclear, even contradictory. For example,
governments often embark on historical preservation but at the same
time they are supposed to make sure that building and other facilities
are properly managed, kept safe, etc. But historical preservation
mostly require keeping things in their original form, while the
pursuit of safety involves making use of the most up to date
technology and science. One can generalize this kind of conflict
within government policies all over the place -- which is what
accounts for vigilant propaganda against smoking while tobacco farmers
keep receiving government subsidies." (06/25/09)

http://tibikem.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!B2FD693F4B9A5746!961.entry

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49) Law and order
The Partial Observer
by Discordian Pope Iacobus Rex

"The preemptive, forceful imposition of 'order' only creates disorder.
Instead, as individuals and as a people we would do well to change our
mindset about how to treat each other. Instead of focusing on 'order'
and the prosperity it's supposed to create, our focus should be on
justice." (06/25/09)

http://partialobserver.com/article.cfm?id=3272

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50) Obama: Honoring the dead and disrupting the living
Rebirth of Reason
by Alexandra York

"Now then: while our possibly duly-elected President, Barack Obama,
attempts to shackle the rest of us to his locomotive speeding Left
very fast, we might at least shout 'Halt!' on the family outings that
disrupt the world and pick more of our tax-payers' pockets for
personal entertainment. On the other hand, perhaps we should encourage
this Imperial, 'Get-out-of-my-way-I'm-having-fun' behavior, because
the more time Mr. Obama and brood are out 'on the town,' he'll be away
from Washington town, which might -- dream on! -- distract him from
his arrogant, self-centered, it's-all-about-Me-and-what-I-want
absorptions and his all-too-obvious desire to move beyond being a mere
Rock-star President and usurp the power of a King, with the total
ability to dictate his subjective will to the rest of us, then,
obedient 'Subjects.'" (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/kje575

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51) Thuggery 101
National Review
by Victor Davis Hanson

"Lesson Two: Being anti-American and mouthing tired charges about
imperialism, colonialism, or capitalism do not make a thug authentic
or populist. By definition, thugs acquire power illegitimately. They
keep it unlawfully. And they exercise it illegally -- regardless of
their professed concern for the 'people' or their gripes against
America. Thugs are thugs, and they come in all ideologies, colors and
religions -- from Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe to North Korea's Kim Jong-
Il to the late Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/l65b6l

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52) Ayn Rand: Don't call it a comeback!
Salon
by Andrew Leonard

"To those of us who proudly consider ourselves non-Objectivist
heathens, the events of the last two years would seem to be a mighty
refutation of some of the core elements of Ayn Randian philosophy --
at least as applied to economics. We let the John Galts of Wall Street
-- the Jimmy Caynes and Sanford Weills and John Thains and Angelo
Mozilos -- do as they pleased, and they broke the economy. ... Which
is why my eyes just about popped out of my head when I received an e-
mail from FSB Associates a few hours ago, telling me that 'now is
finally the time to read [Atlas Shrugged].'" (06/25/09)

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/25/ayn_rand/index.html

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53) What's the purpose of a correction?
The Daily Reckoning
by Bill Bonner

"The whole world economy is underwater and the same economists who
failed the critical test are manning the pumps. What makes anyone
think they know what they are doing? On the surface of it their plan
is absurd. Commerce, industry and households drown in a sea of debt;
these fellows throw them a bucket of water. Asked to explain
themselves, they resort to voodoo economics. 'If we give Wall Street a
lot of taxpayer money they will feel more like lending to households.
That will bring a recovery,' they say. 'And oh yes, we'll give money
to automakers who couldn't make it on their own, too.' The feds are
spending trillions -- buying up trillions worth of Wall Street's
mistakes ... bailing out failed banks, insurance firms and even
automobile companies ... subsidizing borrowers ... and realizing their
own boondoggle projects. If Ben Bernanke were a teenaged girl, his
name would be written on every public bathroom wall in
town." (06/25/09)

http://dailyreckoning.com/whats-the-purpose-of-a-correction/

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54) Fueling controversy
TCS Daily
by Peter Glover and Michael Economides

"Gaza on the Mediterranean, with an offshore natural gas resource
worth an estimated $4 billion and with Palestinian statehood believed
an imminent proposition, should be looking at the brightest possible
future. But still abject poverty and hopelessness rack Gaza and the
standard explanation by many Arabs and Western media is to depict the
Palestinians as in a permanent state of Israeli-inflicted victimhood.
Gaza is the poster case of how radical Islamism, exemplified by Hamas,
has such a difficulty to absorb modernity and Gaza's problems surely
must be related to the 2006 Hamas takeover and the ensuing low-level
civil war between Hamas and Fatah that controls the West Bank. As such
it is hard to avoid the conclusion that the Palestinians are to a
large extent responsible for their own misfortunes." (06/25/09)

http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=062509A

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55) Steal this ebook
The Weekly Standard
by Christopher Caldwell

"During the Kosovo war in 1999, a lot of Americans got a chuckle out
of the story -- probably apocryphal -- about Yugoslav soldiers
storming into a Belgrade news agency and demanding that the
journalists hand over the Internet. What was funny was the way the
soldiers sort of got it. They understood that the Internet had changed
warfare. They just didn't understand how completely. We may be in a
similar position today. While the cutting edge of web development is
still in Silicon Valley, the rules and customs of Internet behavior
are being shaped elsewhere. In Western European countries, which
mostly have higher rates of broadband subscribership than the United
States, a new idea of property is evolving -- the idea that anything
you can manage to download for free, by hook or by crook, is
yours." (for publication 05/29/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mnwqjc

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56) Something real
Slate
by William Saletan

"Has Mark Sanford lost his mind? Doesn't he understand that you never,
ever, ever admit that you loved the other woman? That you still have
strong feelings for her? That part of you wishes you could leave your
job and family and go with her? The cynical interpretation of
Sanford's heresy would be that in his case, the appeasement calculus
goes the other way: He needs to convey love for his mistress rather
than his wife, because his mistress could do him greater harm, perhaps
by spilling more details of the relationship. But I don't buy that.
Sanford has always been an idealist. A weirdo, but an idealist. I
think he loved this other woman. I think he still does. And he won't
belittle or renounce that love because it was, and is, something
real." (06/24/09)

http://www.slate.com/id/2221333/

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57) Ten reasons to love global warming
Liberty For All
by Garry Reed

"All cranked up over global warming? Why? It's happened before and
humans just like you survived it, so why not this time around? It's
nothing new. The last recorded temperature uptick was known as the
Medieval Warm Period, a time of unusually balmy weather, which lasted
(depending on who's doing the figgerin') from around 800 to 1300 AD.
The warm period was presumably preceded by a cold period, else how did
anyone know it was a warm period? It was, in fact, followed by a cold
period, known today as the Little Ice Age, which ran on Broadway and
all over the Northern Hemisphere from (again, approximations) 1250 to
1850 AD." (written 03/07; posted 06/25/09)

http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=2764

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58) Privatize the Post Office
National Center for Policy Analysis
by staff

"The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) may be the next too-big thing if it
continues on its present course. It stands to post $6 billion to $12
billion in losses by the end of the fiscal year. So far, USPS has
depended on loans from the Federal Financing Bank to help make up the
difference, but it's fast approaching its $15 billion credit limit.
Something has to give, says the Washington Post. The USPS has asked
Congress to omit a rider on an annual appropriations bill that
mandates six-day service, opening the possibility of five-day delivery
as a cost-cutting measure. It has also requested a temporary
relaxation of its pension program obligations, enabling it to put
nearly $2 billion toward breaking even. Both these short-term fixes
fail to address the challenges facing USPS." (06/25/09)

http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=18132

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59) Can the "mimetic effect" explain speculative bubbles?
Ludwig von Mises Institute
by Jeremie T.A. Rostan

"For the enemies of freedom in general , and of the economy in
particular, the recent crash has been the occasion to re-assert that
markets in general, and financial ones in particular, are inherently
unstable -- and thus dangerous -- because they are driven by
irrational behaviors such as the 'mimetic effect,' which, according to
many experts and politicians, explains how Wall Street booms and then
busts. The idea, put a little simplistically, is this: when one
investor speculates on the rise of a financial asset, he bids up its
price, thus enticing more investors to speculate on its rise; they, in
their turn, bid up its price, thus inflating a frantic speculative
bubble that totally disconnects the market value of the financial
asset from the real value of the underlying real asset." (06/25/09)

http://mises.org/story/3517

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60) Trojan hearse
Competitive Enterprise Institute
by Myron Ebell

"The House votes this week on the American Clean Energy and Security
Act -- which claims to be about slowing global warming, but in fact is
a massive tax hike that would vastly expand the federal government's
power over the economy. Indeed, the Waxman-Markey bill (as it's
commonly called, after its two chief sponsors) would be the largest
tax increase in world history, as well as transfer vast wealth from
consumers to big-business special interests." (06/25/09)

http://cei.org/articles/2009/06/25/trojan-hearse

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61) Dr. Ron Paul: No longer the Lone Ranger
Campaign For Liberty
by Justin Williams

"In 1983, largely due to the policies of the Fed Chairman Paul Volcker
and President Ronald Reagan, the American people were finally rid of
the burden of astronomical inflation. The policy of the Carter
Administration attempting to offset unemployment with having the
Federal Reserve print money was at last at an end. At the same time, a
fresh-faced congressman named Ron Paul (R-TX) decided that because of
this, it was a good opportunity to investigate the very institution
that had helped wreak havoc on the economy with runaway inflation.
That same year, he proposed H.R. 877 a bill that would allow the
General Accounting Office (GAO) to audit the Federal Reserve Board,
the Federal Advisory Council, the Federal Open Market Committee, and
the Fed banks and branches themselves." (06/25/09)

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=120

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62) Health care reform: Questions for the president
Cato Institute
by Michael F. Cannon

"'Health care reform is on life support,' says Rep. Jim Cooper of
Tennessee. And he's a Democrat. President Obama has spent months
building momentum for health care reform. But when the Congressional
Budget Office put the price tag near $2 trillion, it stopped reform
dead in its tracks. What Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus,
D-Mont., once called 'nearly inevitable' now seems much less so -- and
that's before supporters have confronted the really tough
questions." (06/24/09)

http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10314

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63) Not their finest hour
Independent Institute
by Alvaro Vargas Llosa

"It has been painful to see so many political leaders in the United
States devalue the Iranian uprising -- potentially the most important
event since the fall of the Berlin Wall -- by using it to score cheap
points off each other, disrespecting the people who are risking
everything in the name of freedom. The right had been blustering
against Tehran for years and scolding the left for wanting
negotiations with the Islamic tyranny. And yet, as soon as millions of
Iranians took to the streets in defiance of both Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,
the president, and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, much of
the right acted as if it was more enraged about the possibility that
an overthrow of the theocracy might validate Obama's foreign policy
than about the despicable regime's conduct." (06/24/09)

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=2530

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64) From Jimmy Carter to Barack Obama: A horror story
Intellectual Conservative
by Alan Caruba

"I have heard two versions of what President Obama has done in
response to the Iranian uprising. One says that he was right to keep a
low profile so that the United States would not be blamed for the
rebellion against the tyrannical ayatollahs. This, it's said, provides
'deniability' in the event the regime successfully puts down the
rebellion. The other version says he should be more outspoken in his
support for the Iranian people. History will decide whether President
Obama has chosen the right course of action, but we know he has
already made major efforts to reach out to the 'Supreme Leader' and
his mullah cronies." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/mgcnef

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65) Gas pump thievery
AlterNet
by Jim Hightower

"Like a Fourth of July crescendo of fireworks, our gasoline prices are
rising higher and higher. While this is tough on consumers, we're
assured by a covey of tongue-clucking industry analysts that nothing
can be done about it, for it's simply the law of supply and demand in
action -- so suck it up, and pay up. But hold your
BPExxonMobilShellChevron horses right there. Supply and demand? The
supply of crude oil has risen this year to its highest level in nearly
two decades, even while the demand for gasoline has dropped
dramatically, having fallen this month to a 10-year low. Let's see --
supply up, demand down. That's a classic market formula for cheaper
prices at the pump. ... What's going on here is not the 'magic of the
marketplace,' but some hocus-pocus by brand-name dealers." (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/lduq39

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66) Kathleen Polizzi on Freedom Rings Radio, 06/29/09
Freedom Rings Radio

Kathleen Polizzi joins host Kenneth John to discuss medical marijuana
and government harassment. 9-10am Central on WRMN 1410 AM, Elgin, IL
or live on the web. [live radio or webcast] (06/29/09)

http://freedomrings.net/

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67) Morris, Sugarman on the Wayne Root Radio Show, 06/27/09
The Wayne Root Radio Show

Political strategist Dick Morris and sales/marketing guru Joe Sugarman
join host Wayne Allyn Root. See show site for stations and times.
[live radio, Flash video archive] (06/27/09)

http://rootforamerica.com/home/war.php

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68) Mary Ruwart on Liberty Cap Talk Live, 06/26/09
Liberty Cap Talk Live Special Edition

Libertarian National Committee member and former candidate for the
Libertarian Party's presidential nomination, Dr. Mary Ruwart. joins
host Todd Andrew Barnett and guest panelists. 11pm Eastern on Blog
Talk Radio. [live stream, Flash archive] (06/26/09)

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lctl-specialedition

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69) Free Talk Live, 06/25/09
Free Talk Live

"Live from Porcfest 2009 Day 1 of 3." [MP3] (06/25/09)

http://media.libsyn.com/media/ftl/FTL2009-06-25.mp3

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70) Cato Daily Podcast, 06/25/09
Cato Institute

"It's our turn to eat," featuring Michela Wrong. [MP3] (06/25/09)

http://tinyurl.com/cato062509

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72) Birth of the UN

Details, and the "quote of the day," from Leon's Political Almanac at:

http://perspicuity.net/cgi/hypercal.cgi