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Felony Friday: The DOJ Is Pushing Congress To Make Unauthorized Streaming A Felony

The Morning Roar: Government Rulebook For Labeling You A Terrorist, MI D.O.A. Forces Farmer to Dump 248g of Milk & Break 1200 Eggs, and a Senator’s Plan to Make Social Security Socialist

Lions of Liberty Podcast Ep. 44: Chris Rossini – “Set Money Free!”

The Morning Roar: John Kerry Forced Through Metal Detector In Egypt, Seniors Share Homes To Save Money, Defining Inflation

Rand Paul’s Techie Trek & The “Technology Revolution Manifesto”

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Felony Friday: The DOJ Is Pushing Congress To Make Unauthorized Streaming A Felony

Posted on July 25, 2014 by John Odermatt Posted in Liberty & Law Leave a comment

The Department of Justice is pushing for Congress to pass legislation that would make streaming unauthorized content on the Internet a felony and no longer a misdemeanor. The DOJ claims that the current penalties for illegal streaming do not act as sufficient deterrence to the growing community that streams unlawful Internet content. The White House has previously launched offensives aimed at making unauthorized streaming a felony. David Bitkower, acting deputy assistant attorney general in the criminal division at the DOJ,

The Morning Roar: Government Rulebook For Labeling You A Terrorist, MI D.O.A. Forces Farmer to Dump 248g of Milk & Break 1200 Eggs, and a Senator’s Plan to Make Social Security Socialist

Posted on July 25, 2014 by Brian McWilliams Posted in Economy, Markets & Regulation, Police State, Taxation Leave a comment

It’s Friday, so get ready to skip to your lou, my darlings. Your Friday Morning Roar! Intercept to Publish U.S. Government Rulebook For Labeling You As A Terrorist Allowing governments to set the definitions for anything is always a bad idea, whether it be for what is or is not considered “legal” marriage, or defining mental health parity (another article here), or setting down what does or doesn’t qualify someone as a potential terrorist. Yet, the government issued a 166 page internal document

Lions of Liberty Podcast Ep. 44: Chris Rossini – “Set Money Free!”

Posted on July 24, 2014 by Marc Clair Posted in Austrian Economics, Gold & Silver, Markets & Regulation, Podcast 1 Comment

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, I welcome Lions of Liberty’s own Chris Rossini back to the show to discuss his new book “Set Money Free!”. Chris explains why he decided to take his writing to the next level, and write a book about the Federal Reserve. Marc and Chris discuss why the Federal Reserve is so harmful to economic growth and individual liberty, and Chris describes his vision of how a free market monetary system could emerge and thrive

The Morning Roar: John Kerry Forced Through Metal Detector In Egypt, Seniors Share Homes To Save Money, Defining Inflation

Posted on July 24, 2014 by John Odermatt Posted in Austrian Economics, Current Events, Foreign Policy, Monetary Policy Leave a comment

Welcome to your Thursday edition of The Morning Roar! John Kerry Forced Through Metal Detector In Egypt Remember when Secretary of State John Kerry used to be respected in the U.S. and abroad as a voice of reason in a world gone war crazy? No? Neither do I. And apparently neither does Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. CBS Washington reports on the surprising treatment Kerry and his aids received from the Egyptian President’s security team on their trip to negotiate a

Rand Paul’s Techie Trek & The “Technology Revolution Manifesto”

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Brian McWilliams Posted in Politics Leave a comment

As Rand Paul continues his unofficial run for the GOP Presidential nomination upcoming, he’s been stomping around different parts of the country and engaging audiences that could be difference-makers for him in an election. The most recent stop on his tour was in Silicon Valley, where he found a favorable response from the region’s techies, which some would consider surprising considering the ridiculously liberal area that the Valley resides in. However, it makes sense on both sides of the equation.

The Morning Roar: U.S. Appeals Courts Disagree on Obamacare, Pentagon Official Afraid of Rand Paul, and Why Is Your Broadband So Slow?

Posted on July 23, 2014 by Marc Clair Posted in Current Events, Foreign Policy, Markets & Regulation Leave a comment

Welcome to your Wednesday edition of The Morning Roar! U.S. Appeals Court Dissents on Obamacare In what may prove to be a major blow to the implementation of The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, yesterday a U.S. Appeals Court ruled that the federal subsidies used to help people purchase insurance through state exchanges are illegal. This being the U.S. legal system and all, of course another appeals court mere hours later ruled the opposite. CNBC has the breakdown: A panel of

On Definitions and Straw Men

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Marc Clair Posted in Philosophy of Liberty Leave a comment

Last week’s episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast featuring my interview with Shayne Wissler regarding his essay “Against Anarchism” has generated a lot of discussion, particularly over at The Daily Paul forums. Wissler certainly advocates against conventional libertarian wisdom regarding the concept of anarchism, and as many libertarians have adopted the “anarchist” label, it comes as no great surprise that controversy would ensue. Though I’ve never self-identified specifically as an “anarchist”, I have devoted significant time on this very website to exploring

The Morning Roar: Ron Paul’s Take On MH17, Increased TSA Tax Raises Flying Costs, and Cops Kill 400lb Man Over Untaxed Cigs

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Brian McWilliams Posted in Current Events, Politics, Ron Paul, Taxation, Uncategorized, War & Peace Leave a comment

Your Tuesday Morning Roar! Ron Paul’s Take On Russia, The White House, The Media & The MH17 Disaster Ron Paul is ever outspoken, whether it be PC or not, and bless him for it. While the rest of the western world tries to find ways to tie the attack on Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 to Putin and Russia, Ron tries to look at all the evidence before jumping to conclusions, as Obama’s White House did when they blamed Putin before

Mondays with Murray: Rothbard on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Marc Clair Posted in Philosophy of Liberty, War & Peace 1 Comment

Last week, I discussed how the lack of a proper conception of property rights has been a major contributing factor to the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict. LewRockwell.com recently re-pubslished an article from Murray Rothbard entitled “War Guilt in the Middle East”, in which he describes the genesis of the hostilities. Rothbard gives a more thorough re-hashing of the modern history of the conflict: The chronic Middle East crisis goes back – as do many crises – to World War I. The

The Morning Roar: NY Announces New Bitcoin Regulations, Amazon Fire TV Could Monitor And Record Conversations, FedEx Indicted For Shipping Drugs For Online Pharmacies

Posted on July 21, 2014 by John Odermatt Posted in Markets & Regulation, Monetary Policy, Police State Leave a comment

Do you have a case of the Mondays? If banging your head off the desk doesn’t fix your mood, perhaps The Morning Roar will do the trick! NY Announces New Bitcoin Regulations The Bitcoin community was dealt a blow this past week when the chief crony superintendent of financial rigging services in New York announced proposed regulations for virtual currency companies operating in the state. Of course the regulations are being advertised as a means to protect the people by