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Morning Roar: GMO Mosquitos Could Be Released in Florida Keys

Felony Friday: Police In North Dakota Are Concerned Pot May Become Legal

Morning Roar: Ohio Could Be The Next State To Legalize Marijuana

Obama’s 2015 State of the Union: The Good, The Bad And The “Fair” From A Liberty Viewpoint

Lions of Liberty Podcast Ep. 73: Raeford Davis – Ex Police Officer, Libertarian, Drug War Opponent

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Morning Roar: GMO Mosquitos Could Be Released in Florida Keys

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Marc Clair Posted in Markets & Regulation, Philosophy of Liberty Leave a comment

Welcome to the Morning Roar! What better way to start your week than with a tale of scary GMO mosquitos! That’s right, the State of Florida is taking what some see as a frightening sci-fi measure to battle several mosquito-born viruses in the area. A British company, Oxitec, is planning to release the mosquitoes in a residential area in the Florida Keys in an attempt to battle the dengue and chikungunya viruses, both carried by mosquitos. The theory is that the genetically-modified mosquitos

Felony Friday: Police In North Dakota Are Concerned Pot May Become Legal

Posted on January 23, 2015 by John Odermatt Posted in Current Events, War on Drugs 6 Comments

It’s marijuana Friday here at Lions of Liberty! In today’s edition of The Morning Roar, I talked about the recent proposal in Ohio that could lead to legalization of weed this year. And in Felony Friday we’ll examine a recent story out of North Dakota, which reported that the police are terrified at the prospect of marijuana becoming legal in the state. It’s not difficult to understand why the police would be against marijuana decriminalization or legalization. Ending prohibition would

Morning Roar: Ohio Could Be The Next State To Legalize Marijuana

Posted on January 23, 2015 by John Odermatt Posted in Current Events, War on Drugs 2 Comments

Move over Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska; Ohio could be the next state to vote to legalize marijuana production, sale, and use this year. The pro-legalization group Responsible Ohio recently revealed some of the details of their campaign for a constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana in the state. It is encouraging to see the people of yet another state pursue an end to the destructive policy of marijuana prohibition. However, the proposal is not without flaws. If the amendment

Obama’s 2015 State of the Union: The Good, The Bad And The “Fair” From A Liberty Viewpoint

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Brian McWilliams Posted in Politics Leave a comment

As with any vaunted political platform speech, President Obama’s State of the Union address must be examined from a liberty perspective. Today I will attempt to fact check and provide some insight into the President’s stated “achievements” – real, planned and imagined. Thus, I step into the breach, dear friends, to undertake this duty. Due to the extreme length of these addresses, I’ve chosen some pertinent excerpts to annotate – any I’ve missed, please feel free to bring up in

Lions of Liberty Podcast Ep. 73: Raeford Davis – Ex Police Officer, Libertarian, Drug War Opponent

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Marc Clair Posted in Philosophy of Liberty, Podcast, War on Drugs Leave a comment

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, host Marc Clair welcomes in Raeford Davis, a former police officer who is a libertarian and a vocal opponent of the War on Drugs. Mr. Davis explains what drove him to first pursue a career in law enforcement, and how his experiences serving on the police force in North Charleston, South Carolina – one of the most violent cities in the country – began to make him rethink the role of law enforcement. Raeford and

Morning Roar: Pop Who Gave 2 Year Old Daughter Pot Oil To Ease Cancer Pain Out of Jail

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Brian McWilliams Posted in War on Drugs 2 Comments

It seems that having ones liberties removed over cancer related circumstances are becoming a theme these days. First we have the tragic case of a girl being forced to undergo chemo by the state of CT, and then a father who gave his 2 year old daughter cannabis oil to ease the pain she was experiencing from lung cancer was jailed. While there is no positive update on Cassandra’s chemo prison, there is at least the reunification of a father

Political Badger Interview: Walter Block on “Defending the Undependable 2″

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Marc Clair Posted in Philosophy of Liberty, Podcast Leave a comment

Our pal the Political Badger is back with a brand new interview with Walter Block, past Lions of Liberty Podcast guest and author of Defending the Undefendable II: Freedom in All Realms. Via Political Badger: I was very fortunate recently to have Dr. Walter Block on the show for the second time. He is the Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics at Loyola University, senior fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and regular columnist for LewRockwell.com. On this episode we discuss his defense

Second Amendment Watch: Democrat Representative Unveils Laws Targeting Gunsmiths and Body Armor

Posted on January 20, 2015 by John Odermatt Posted in Philosophy of Liberty, Police State, Second Amendment Leave a comment

Welcome to the first installment of Second Amendment Watch, a new recurring feature here at Lions of Liberty. The right to bear arms is an essential right in a free society. Each week this article will focus on a variety of subjects related to the Second Amendment. The theme will focus on incidents or issues that either assault or defend the Second Amendment. Now that Republicans control both the House of Representative and the Senate, Democrats are left in a

Lions of Liberty Podcast Ep. 72: James Carli of the Drug Policy Alliance

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Marc Clair Posted in Podcast, War on Drugs 1 Comment

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, I welcome in James Carli, the Development Coordinator for the Drug Policy Alliance, a great organization that has been diligently working behind the scenes to roll back the War on Drugs both in the United States and abroad. James describes how he first became passionate about drug policy, and how he channeled that passion into a position with the Drug Policy Alliance. James and I then discuss how the origin of