Archives for: January 2008

Time Vindicates the "Kooks" January 31, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 31, 2008 British commentator Peter Hitchens, an unabashed patriot and unflinching enemy of the European Union, has had it with self-described ?Euro-skeptics.? Such people, Hitchens notes, ?fritter away… more »

The Unsustainable Warfare State* January 30, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 30, 2008 The biggest threat to our national independence may be our overgrown military establishment. The huge sums required to pay for it have to be borrowed from foreign powers ? including potential enemies… more »

Where Informants Rule January 29, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 29, 2008 The defining trait of a prison is the fact that those within it cannot leave without the permission of their keepers. Bear that in mind as we examine new federal policies regarding international travel… more »

The Walls Go Up January 28, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 28, 2008 Geneva France, a 22-year-old single mother, met Jerrell Bray in October 2005. When Bray asked Geneva out, she firmly declined the invitation. A few weeks later she was in jail. Bray, a drug dealer w… more »

These "Invaders" Don't Come from Mexico January 25, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 25, 2008 The border town of Eagle, Texas has long absorbed the costs of illegal immigration. Now it is learning that the federal solution to that problem might be even worse. A US District Judge, acting on a r… more »

Zimbabwe's Hyperinflation: A Glimpse of Our Future January 24, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 24, 2008 Economist Bill Bonner notes that ?The long-term value of all paper currencies is zero.? This is because paper money not backed by gold or silver has no innate value. As such currencies inflate, they… more »

The ADL Agrees With Hitler About Gun Control January 23, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 23, 2008 The Anti-Defamation League has filed a friend of the court brief in the Supreme Court case District of Columbia v. Heller. That case deals with a Washington, DC police officer who is permitted to carry… more »

The Fatal Foolishness of the Iraq War January 22, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 22, 2008 History professor Andrew Bacevich of Boston University is a Vietnam veteran and West Point Graduate whose only son was killed serving in Iraq. He describes how the much-vaunted ?surge? in Iraq has had… more »

Neo-Nazi Provocateur on the FBI Payroll January 21, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 21, 2008 Until recently, New Jersey resident Hal Turner was host of an Internet radio program notorious for its unstinting promotion of white supremacy and incitements to murder and other criminal violence. In… more »

The Private Sector Takes the Rap January 18, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 18, 2008 Mel Kay of California's Golden State Fence Company was threatened with a prison term for employing illegal immigrants. That term may have been spent inside a prison fence his company erected. That's jus… more »

President as Peripatetic Potentate January 17, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 17, 2008 If the United States of America is a republic, rather than an empire, why does the president travel in a fashion suitable to an Oriental potentate? For his recent trip to Israel, President Bush broug… more »

Sibel Edmonds and Nuclear Treason January 16, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 16, 2008 Former FBI translator Sibel Edmonds warns that the threat of nuclear terrorism against a US city is genuine ? and if it happens, our own government will be largely to blame. Edmonds was recruited… more »

Dragged Down by the Decrepit Dollar January 15, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 15, 2008 The relentless decline in the dollar's value is dragging down the American standard of living. According to a study by the Oxford Economics group, Great Britain has caught and surpassed the United St… more »

The Nanny State Turns Nazi December 14, 2007

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute December 14, 2007 Ten-year-old John Shiflett of New Castle, Colorado, fell and hit his head while trying to grab the door of a moving car. His father Tom Shiflett, a former Army medic, knew how to care for his son's pa… more »

USA: World Leaders in Government Surveillance January 4, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 4, 2008 While our government has been busy promoting democracy abroad, it has created a framework for an all-encompassing surveillance society at home. That is the key finding in a recent study produced by Priv… more »

When Robbers Wear Badges January 3, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 3, 2008 When his home was invaded two armed robbers last June, Ohio resident Luther Ricks was able to retrieve his gun and kill one of the assailants before they could make off with his family's life savings.… more »

Berzerkers in Blue? January 2, 2008

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Will Grigg's Liberty Minute January 2, 2008 When the most recent class of the Idaho Police Officer Standards and Training Academy graduated last December 14, the official program contained the class's self-selected slogan: ?Don't suffer from PTS… more »