Archives for: June 2013
How Thieves and Terrorists "Apologize" to their Victims
by Will
Liberty Minute June 27 2013
Friedrich Nietzsche famously said, ?Everything the State says is a lie, and everything it has is stolen.? The truth of Nietzsche?s axiom is embodied by the band of thieves and terrorists called the Internal Revenue… more »
The State Doesn't Define What is True or Right
by Will
Liberty Minute
June 26 2013
Two days ago, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a provision of the Voting Rights Act requiring federal supervision of local elections in some southern states. Because it was seen as outdated and unnecessary, that provision… more »
How the Empire Works
by Will
Liberty Minute June 25 2013
In his memoir Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, former US intelligence asset John Perkins describedhow he and fellow ?Economic Hit Men? were used by Washington in a global loan-sharking scheme.
His job was to indu… more »
The Trick is to Suspend the Constitution Without Admitting It
by Will
Liberty Minute June 24 2013
Since late 2001, the federal government has behaved as if the U.S. Constitution doesn?t exist with respect to matters of national security.
Rather than acting under the limited and revocable grants of authority provid… more »
What if Police had a Universal Cellphone "Kill Switch"?
by Will
Liberty Minute June 21 2013
A group calling itself ?Secure our Smartphones? is demanding that cellphone manufacturers display what they call ?good corporate citizenship? by installing a ?kill switch? that would enable police to disable stolen cellphone… more »
The Stench of Tyranny Clings to Barack Obama
by Will
Liberty Minute June 20 2013
Like a skunk that has grown inured to its own smell, Barack Obama is oblivious to the dense musk of tyrannical arrogance that he customarily emits. As someone who is statist to down to his chromosomes, Mr. Obama doesn?t reco… more »
Jared Marcum, Political Prisoner
by Will
Liberty Minute June 19 2013
Last April, Jared Marcum, a 14-year-old junior high school student from Logan City, West Virginia, was suspended for refusing to take off a t-shirt expressing support for the National Rifle Association. The shirt featured a… more »
Tyranny is Infinitely More Obscene than Naughty Words
by Will
Liberty Minute June 18 2013
In May 2012, William Barboza, a Connecticut resident, was stopped for speeding while driving through the village of Liberty, New York. As an out-of-state resident, Barboza wasn?t aware that the portion of State Route 17 that… more »
How the Feds Enforce their Monopoly on Fraud
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
June 17, 2013
Utah businessman Jeremy Johnson faces an 86-count federal indictment accusing him of defrauding customers through his once-lucrative internet marketing firm, iWorks. Johnson?s company allegedly lured unwit… more »
Obama's Amerika: The Land of Mao and Lenin, not Madison and Jefferson
by Will
Liberty Minute June 14 2013
When NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong, many observers were puzzled that he would seek sanctuary in a city that is a special administrative region of Communist China.
According to Chinese dissident artist A… more »
Perjury as a State Privilege
by Will
Liberty Minute June 13 2013
Every year, hundreds of U.S. citizens are threatened with prosecution for lying to federal agents. Constitutional attorney Harvey Silverglate points out that this often happens because of minor and materially insignificant d… more »
The Torture State's Latest Victory
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
June 12, 2013
The Supreme Court has quietly dismissed a lawsuit filed by a U.S. Navy veteran named Donald Vance who was illegally imprisoned and tortured by the government he served.
In 2004, during the U.S. occupation o… more »
Does the Fourth Amendment Exist Any More?
by Will
Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute
June 11, 2013
When Boulder, Colorado resident Chrissy Smiley returned to her condo after walking her dog, she was stunned to find a card from a police officer on her dining room table. When she called the department she w… more »
Will the NSA Whistleblower be "Disappeared"?
by Will
Liberty Minute June 10 2013
While waiting for a flight at Washington?s Dulles Airport, Foreign Policy Analyst Steve Clemons of The Atlantic magazine overheard four men he identified as intelligence officers talking about killing the NSA whistleblower… more »
"Justice" in Amerika: Two Years for Rape, Ten Years for Hacking
by Will
LibertyMinute
June 7, 2013
Last March, following a national outcry, two high school football stars fromSteubenville,Ohiowere convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl. A few weeks later, an FBI SWAT team raided theSteubenvillehome of 26-year-old corporat… more »
"Gun": The Word that Must Not Be Spoken
by Will
Liberty Minute June 6 2013
According to the Obama administration and civilian disarmament advocates, Americans need to have a ?conversation? about gun violence ? but one 11-year-old student in Maryland was suspended for ten days for following tha… more »
Washington's Vampire Economy Thrives on Bloodshed
by Will
Liberty Minute June 5 2013
Most of the U.S. economy remains mired in a recession, but Washington, D.C. and its surrounding counties continue to thrive. Mass bloodshed provided the fertilizer in which Washington has bloomed, as the expanding war economy… more »
Bernanke: From Official Counterfeiter to Stand-up Comic?
by Will
Liberty Minute June 4 2013
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, who announced months ago that he will not seek another term, is the world?s most powerful counterfeiter ? but he apparently wants to be a standup comedian.
Bernanke?s recent com… more »
Perverted Judge Perverts Judgment
by Will
Liberty Minute June 3 2013
Michael Henderson, a former captain in the Murray County, Georgia Sheriff?s Office, has pleaded guilty to obstruction and witness tampering by retaliating against a woman who filed a complaint against a local judge.
Last y… more »