- Holocaust Survivors' Kids Speak Out Against TSA
Calling the TSA's dehumanizing and unconstitutional searches and seizures "Nazi-like," the children of Holocaust survivors are having their say. Just as Hitler labelled all Jews as "enemies of the State," so the American government now treats all Americans as de facto "enemies of the State," assuming guilt until proven innocence. It is terribly sad that many of thoze who fled Nazi Germany to escape this very sort of treatment must now witness the same totalitarianism that once consumed Europe begin to take root in America as well. - Senators: Prosecute Wikileaks for Mega-Leak
Senators McCaskill and Graham want the heroic Wikileakers to be prosecuted for exercising the freedom of the press. Though no Wikileaks dump has ever been shown to have brought harm upon any single informant, the government that starves women and children with economic sanctions, blows up civilians with sloppy predator drone strikes, and routinely betrays its friends and allies, accuses Wikileaks of having "blood on its hands." That's rich. - Newsweek: The Triumphant Return of Hayek
The economic wisdom of Friedrich Hayek and his likeminded colleagues seems to emerge triumphant from the aftermath of every government-caused economic disaster (whether it was the Great Depression that Hayek and the Austrians predicted, or the Great Stagflation that almost destroyed Keynesianism entirely, or the Great Recession of today), yet the politicians and economists insist upon returning to the vulgar Keynesianism of Bernanke and Krugman every time the good times start to roll again. Hopefully we've all learned our lesson now: the booms caused by central banking are the problem and the busts are the solution. - Houston Judge Overrides Vote to Take Down Spy Cams
I'm all for the judiciary protecting the liberties of citizens when threatened by the tyranny of the majority, but if the public votes to protect the liberties that should belong to them in the first place, the judiciary ought to respect that. Houston went to the polls in the last election and said they'd had it with the government spy cameras on their streets, but a judge ordered them to stay up. I'm beginning to see more and more truth in Emma Goldman's saying: "If voting could make a difference, it would be illegal." - Man Charged for Covering Head During Police Beating
Police in Miami responded to an unruly crowd, where they picked out a man named Gilberto Matamaros and proceeded to beat the unresisting man to unconsciousness (he had to be hospitalized for his injuries). Since he kept putting his hands over his head to soften the blows, he has been charged with "nonviolently resisting arrest". There was no reason for this to happen. If cops can't subdue one "nonviolent" guy without bludgeoning him half to death, then they don't deserve to be cops. - US Africa Command Still Without a Home
Comments David Shellenberger: "The best place for the U.S. Africa Command is oblivion. Rather than imposing soldiers on the continent, the U.S. should enhance trade with it by removing its own trade barriers and agricultural subsidies."
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