Reuters Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 Taxes must rise while fiscal stimulus needs to be wound down in order to reduce the U.S. budget deficit and allow private investment to expand, said former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan on Wednesday. “I am in favor for the first time in my memory of raising taxes,” […]
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Yahoo News The Associated Press – Tue Sep 14, Tea party-backed candidate Christine O’Donnell upended nine-term Rep. Mike Castle in Delaware’s Republican Senate primary on Tuesday. Castle was the latest establishment-backed candidate to stumble as the grass-roots movement displayed its political strength. Tea partiers can claim success in some eight Republican Senate contests, a handful of GOP […]
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Yahoo News Robert Dougherty – Wed Sep 15, 11:26 am ET What is the Tea Party? That isn’t an easy question, as the answer of what is the Tea Party depends on one’s views. What the Tea Party is to some might be a revolutionary new movement that will return America to its roots. To others, it might be […]
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Washington’s Blog September 13, 2010 Feryal Ali Gauhar served as a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund and is the only UN Goodwill Ambassador who quit over the invasion of Iraq. Gauhar is a Pakistani actress, filmmaker, writer and human rights activist. Her most recent book is set in Afghanistan. It’s called No Space […]
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Bluegrass Politics September 13, 2010 – Jack Brammer FRANKFORT – Former Alaska Governor and national conservative leader Sarah Palin will campaign for Republican Rand Paul’s bid for the U.S. Senate Thursday in Louisville. A news release from the Paul campaign said Palin will appear as a special guest at the Rand Paul Victory Kentucky lunchtime fund-raiser at […]
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Truthdig.com By Chris Hedges There are no longer any major institutions in American society, including the press, the educational system, the financial sector, labor unions, the arts, religious institutions and our dysfunctional political parties, which can be considered democratic. The intent, design and function of these institutions, controlled by corporate money, are to bolster the […]
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By Tim Hoover The Denver Post State Sen. Greg Brophy sees himself as being as fiscally conservative as Republicans come. But Brophy, R-Wray, says he can’t get behind Amendments 60 and 61 and Proposition 101 — three initiatives on the November ballot that would slash billions in state and local taxes. “I consider myself an […]
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Sept. 12, 2010 | Patricia Nazario | KPCC The number of kindergartners entering school without vaccines peaked in California last year. It remains high this fall as children head back to school. The trend is concerning state public health officials. Dr. Lauren Feder measures Mercy Ryness’ head. The little blond girl turned one last week. Feder […]
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Of course, what Israel means is, AMERICA must attack Iran, so Israel may have full run of the Middle East. ……………….. Antiwar.com Urges World to ‘Come to Its Senses,’ Start Major War Speaking today at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism conference, former Mossad chief Danny Yatom urged the international community to come together and form […]
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Antiwar.com by Justin Raimondo, September 13, 2010 Three people are dead because US “pastor” Terry Jones, in collaboration with the American media, staged (or threatened to stage) an anti-Muslim Koran-burning exhibition, which predictably stoked anti-American protests in Afghanistan: also predictably, US troops fired on demonstrators. The result: yet more “collateral damage.” In more 9/11 anniversary news: […]
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Economic Policy Journal The Bizarre Connection Between the Son of an Original Gold Coin Dealer and the Ground Zero Mosque Nicholas Deak was a New York based foreign exchange/gold coin dealer. He was one of the original gold coin dealers. I used to buy gold coins from his firm at his office near Wall Street. He […]
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Campaign for Liberty By Ron Paul Last week, in the wake of another uptick in the official unemployment rate, the administration continued to claim that their economic policies were working, just not fast enough. This administration inherited an unemployment rate of 7.7% and promised a peak of no higher than 8% if their policies were […]
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National Review By Kevin D. Williamson Just a reminder: We are in trouble. I have argued that the real national debt is about $130 trillion. Let’s say I’m being pessimistic. Forbes, in a 2008 article, came up with a lower number: $70 trillion. Let’s say the sunny optimists at Forbes got it right and I […]
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WeRefuse.com Sept 10, 2010 Governor Mark Sanford is honored by Cayce Mafia Friday morning breakfast meeting with autographed book by Tom Woods. Special guest, also honored included Curtis Loftis, Jr. South Carolina State Treasurer Elect and South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom. Get your tickets to the Nullify Now tour today and sign the petition […]
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FFF The Future of Freedom Foundation by Jacob G. Hornberger The Ninth Circuit’s ruling yesterday in the case of Binyam Mohamed vs. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. confirms two things: the U.S. government wields the omnipotent, unreviewable power to torture people and, two, that Barack Obama, despite his much ballyhooed pre-election campaign hype about “change,” is actually […]
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Rachel Maddow rips into the media for promoting a ‘lone nut’ Koran burner, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin for their ‘911 beer bust up in Alaska, and Newt Gingrich for driving ‘his particular brand of wing nuttery’. Very worthwhile watching. She does a great job of dissecting why there is growing anti-Islam sentiment in some […]
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by Peter Schiff Gold first broke $1,200 on December 2, 2009; nine months later, instead of witnessing the birth of the full-on gold boom I have long anticipated, the yellow metal has gained a modest 4%. Fortunately, it has spent the summer solidly above $1,150, which should put to rest the claim that we are […]
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LewRockwell.com by Paul Gottfried GOP regulars and their movement conservative drones have been sending signals for some time now that they wish to have the Tea Party be nice. While David Frum and David Brooks have generally followed the Left in condemning these “extremists,” Bill Kristol, George Will, Jonah Goldberg, and Rich Lowry have taken […]
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by Michael Boldin … 1. Rights are not “granted” to us by the government – they are ours by our very nature, by our birthright. 2. ALL just political authority is derived from the people – and government exists solely with our consent! 3. We the people of the several states created the federal government […]
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by Jacob H. Huebert, September 10, 2010 This article is excerpted from Libertarianism Today, by Jacob H. Huebert. Libertarianism and war are not compatible. One reason why should be obvious: In war, governments commit legalized mass-murder. In modern warfare especially, war is not just waged among voluntary combatants, but kills, maims, and otherwise harms innocent […]
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Press Release For Immediate Release Friday, September 10, 2010 Libertarians issue warning to Tea Partiers WASHINGTON – Looking toward the 9/12 Tea Party events in Washington, DC, Libertarian Party executive director Wes Benedict issued the following warning to Tea Partiers: “Republicans are trying to fool you again.” “There are two kinds of Tea Partiers,” said […]
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