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You have a far better chance of dying from the next mega asteroid striking the Earth than of dying from a terrorist strike, yet our government figures it is better to spend multiple billions to fight the war on terror than 1 billion on locating and tracking the potentially killer asteroids. Of course killer asteroid [...]

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The Daily Paul is scanning Ron Paul’s 1988 book, Freedom Under Siege. The 10 page introduction itself is worth the read.
Also out now is A Foreign Policy of Freedom, his new book on his views on foreign policy.
Not related to the books, but related to Ron Paul, I enjoyed reading Ten Reasons Why Ron [...]

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The title is a quote from the end of the article that I quote in part below:
Allow me to tell you about a worthwhile man for the Presidency of the United States. He’s an experienced Congressman from Texas, an important member of a major Congressional committee, and a gynecologist by trade. He has voted consistently [...]

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It’s official now, Ron Paul is moving past the exploratory stage to official candidate stage. America’s best hope is now an official candidate, so get the word out and let everybody know. If you can, contribute as much as you can at his official site. (There is a CafePress site promoting him, but it isn’t [...]

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There is a good article on Libertarians… not the party so much , but those of us who believe in personal freedom and capitalism. The article points out how progressives (Democrats and others on the left) resist capitalism, despite the fact it is responsible for laying the ground work that made minority rights and [...]

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I can’t find the link at Yahoo News, but I read earlier today how some schools are forcing kids to watch Al Gore’s lie filed dredge of a film called An Inconvenient Truth. In the film, Gore claims that unless we do something about greenhouse gas emissions now, the ocean levels will rise 20 feet [...]

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Sen. Ted Stevens, the idiot Republican who called the Internet a “series of tubes” when he was in charge of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, which is supposed to be the ones who regulate the Internet in the US. Yes, the idiots in control of the Internet at Congress have no clue [...]

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It seems Democratic New York State Senator Carl Kruger feels that police shouldn’t busy themselves fighting real crimes like rape and murder and should instead fine people for listening to an iPod, playing a game, talking on the phone or any other activity along those lines while crossing the street. Alright, I am sure he [...]

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There is an effort to make Congress actually read the bills they pass. As it stands now, they seldom actually read anything, if even the summery. The Read the Bills Act would require:
* Each bill, and every amendment, must be read in its entirety before a quorum in both [...]

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I reported a bit ago about Main passing legislation to not comply with Real ID. Well Update AP News reports more states challenge the National ID card, with 6 more states expected to pass resolutions or laws to oppose Real ID, with 6 more states having active legislation. In all, there are at least 34 [...]

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A big cheer to Maine for rejecting the Real ID Act. Let’s hope far more states oppose this vast invasion of privacy and government waste. Maine guesses it would have cost them over $185 million over 5 years to implement the plan. The Bush administration says the Real ID act is needed to fight terrorism. [...]

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Check out this video series about Medical Marijuana. I marked it in politics though it shouldn’t be a political issue, but do to the US treatment of medical marijuana…
Part 1:
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The rest of the series if below the break as to save space on the front page.

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You may recall in 2000 or so, California had a bunch of blackouts. Those on the left blamed California’s so called deregulated power industry, although it wasn’t a truly deregulated (to be fair, some on the right blamed it on that too). If it was truly deregulated there wouldn’t have been a price cap for [...]

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I decided to say something about Bush’s plan to send 20,000 more soldiers to Iraq.
First off, I supported us going to war. I think it was needed. Saddam had been threated every year by the UN with military action, sometimes several times a year, ever since Desert Storm. They were a toothless threat. We finally [...]

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I reported a short time ago that the Journalist Loophole was close to closing, well, it’s official now, it is closed, or at least will be in 90 days. Taft actually signed the HB9 into law. Perhaps it was fear of another veto override.
Finally, in 90 days, newspapers won’t be able to demand the [...]

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The journalist loophole in Ohio’s CCW law is about to close, depending on if Taft passes it or vetoes it. Since he just got overridden on another CCW law, he may pass this one, time will tell.
Right now newspapers can get a full list of all CCW holders and print that list. The new bill [...]

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The outgoing horror known as the Governor of Ohio, Bob Taft, vetoed HB347. The House overturned it by a huge margin and just today the Senate passed it 21 - 12 (it only needed 20 to override). It will become law in 90 days. Odds are there will be some legal challenges that may hold [...]

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A senior economist on Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, Dan Miller, says that it is just a question of when, not if, that people will be taxed for virtual assets, even if they are not converted to actual cash.
Let’s say you play World of Warcraft. Your character wins a sword with x number of virtual dollars. [...]

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The crazed socialist over in the United Kingdom are pushing to force parents to take classes to learn to sing nursery rhymes. They are also pushing on exactly how they are to brush their teeth in a government mandate. More details here. I guess this is a good example of the way a nanny [...]

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I marked this one Political as well as humor since it is a political joke. It’s apparently an older image. Hard to tell if it was what the sign actually said or if it was Photoshoped.

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