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I’ll be headed on the road – may not be able post here for a while but I have some other people signed up to post here now, please keep it going even if I can’t and add more people as necessary.
Please make sure to keep blogosphere of libertarian left re-post on front page, [...]

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Richard Knox, NPR “All Things Considered” 02 January 08:
Every year, overdoses of heroin and opiates, such as Oxycontin, kill more drug users than AIDS, hepatitis or homicide.
And the number of overdoses has gone up dramatically over the past decade.
But now, public health workers from New York to Los Angeles, North Carolina to New Mexico, are [...]

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Conservative television personality Glenn Beck is absolutely outraged because he went to a hospital emergency room in an upscale area (where the President of GE is treated, no less), and was made to wait in the ER for 40 minutes. Even after he got into a bed, for two horrifying hours he was given no [...]

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From The New York Times

January 23, 2008,  12:21 pm
A $200-a-Gram Tax on Cocaine
By Sewell Chan

Among the hundreds of proposals contained in Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s second executive budget, which he unveiled on Tuesday in Albany, is a provision that would impose a $3.50-a-gram tax on marijuana and a $200-a-gram tax on other illegal drugs, [...]

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From CNN:WASHINGTON (CNN) — Workers who are legally prescribed marijuana to treat illness can still be fired from their jobs, following a ruling Thursday from the California Supreme Court.

Medical marijuana user Angel Raich, 41, had her pot confiscated while her case was appealed.

The 5-2 decision upheld the job termination of Gary Ross, who flunked [...]

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
01/25/08
POC Thomas L. Knapp
314-705-3042
kubby.communications@gmail.com
LIBERTARIAN BEATS BUSH TO “STATE OF THE UNION” PUNCH
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 25, 2008 — “Next week, President George W. Bush will deliver his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress,” says Libertarian presidential candidate Steve Kubby in a speech released [...]

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H/T Charles W. Johnson
Related:

Ghouliani or Nosferatu? We report, you decide…

The NSGOP Primary Field in Buffy Villains

McCain: The Manchurian Candidate

DIGG
redd.it

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Crime investigators always have their ears open for information only a perpetrator could know—where a gun used in a murder was stashed, perhaps, or what wounds a stabbing inflicted. So imagine a detective asking a suspect about a killing, describing the crime scene to get the suspect to visualize the attack. The detective is careful [...]

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In St. Charles, Missouri, officials are considering a bill which would ban profanity, table dancing, drinking contests, and any other type of indecent, profane or obscene music, literature, and entertainment in bars. They claim the law is needed to keep rowdy bar crowds in the historic downtown district under control.
They don’t seem to care that [...]

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I am trying to make Cannoli WordPress more of a group blog. ElfNinosMom, please post some more articles. Other folks…please let me know in the comments if you would be interested in writing here.
I already have Michelle signed up to write here, and I’ve been writing at her blog too (lately, it seems more [...]

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In the next six years, Americans born after December 1, 1964 will be required to get more secure driver’s licenses under the Real ID Act. Real ID was passed in 2005, and is supposed to make it harder for terrorists, illegal immigrants, and con artists to get government issued identification. Originally the new IDs were [...]

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I have been watching the news reports about the young, extremely pregnant female Marine, Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, who disappeared almost a month ago.
What has been most prominent in this case is the systematic marginalization of a young woman who dared to accuse a man, a superior officer, of sexual assault. I expected that out [...]

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There are currently three main proposals circulating for the Libertarian Party Platform.
I am trying to put together a series of debates on blogs like this one, and/or internet radio such as the Steve Kubby Show, between the proponents of these platform proposals. So far, Brian Holtz has expressed an interest in a text debate, David [...]

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I realize this is a bit of a “dog bites man” headline for those who have followed Susan’s criticism of LPHQ and the current LNC over the last few years, but Susan is running for LNC At Large this year, and has specifically referenced this as a reason for running. If other LNC candidates would [...]

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Leno invited Ron Paul on his show for a second time due to the FAUX/fixed news exclusion of Ron Paul from a debate forum on Sunday.

In a move that had many people to protest

and
Boycott FAUX, fakes news Fuehrer Murdoch

may have [...]

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H/T Jason Gatties.
Leonard Schwartz has announced he is seeking the Vice Presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party.
He is the political director of the Michigan LP, ran for Senate in 2006, and a couple of other offices previously.
He has been an LP member since 1980, and is a retired professor of business law and [...]

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UPDATE Just found another good one

UPDATE 2 More on why JulieAnnie is the Nero, not the hero, of 9/11:

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I did not make this site, and I don’t know who did.
Ericdondero.com
Yes, I think it is funny. No, I don’t know how to photoshop or otherwise make images like this one.

No, I have not posted as Eric on any website, ever.
Yes, I am honored that out of all the countless people [...]

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I am in the process of interviewing Juliet Annerino, who put together the Hotties 4 Ron Paul calendar. Juliet is also Ms. July.
DIGG

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Several_pages_from_the_Hotties_for_Ron_Paul_Calendar
REDDIT
http://reddit.com/info/64hxb/comments/

I previously wrote about the calendar
here and here.
If anyone has any questions you think should be asked please ask in the comments, and I will be
updating the entry. Some questions have [...]

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post by Paulie
I came across this because someone in the comments linked my post
Gouliani or Nosferatu: we report, you decide.
I don’t watch Buffy, so I can speak about the accuracy of their comparisons. But they seem like they should be funny.
I copied their source code but the side by sides for their candidates [...]

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Conservative President ‘08 has reported that Republican Congressman and 2008 presidential candidate Dr. Ron Paul will not be included in Sunday’s Republican Presidential Debate on FOX. This debate is being held only days before the important New Hampshire primary.
I’m frankly stunned by this. While I’m not a rabid Ron Paul supporter (I haven’t decided who [...]

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