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

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

On Definitions and Straw Men

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

Mondays with Murray: Rothbard on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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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 different 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

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 Leave a 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

Felony Friday: Strippers Sue San Diego Police Over Privacy Violations

Posted on July 18, 2014 by John Odermatt Posted in Current Events, Liberty & Law Leave a comment

In March of this year we reported that police officers in San Diego had descended upon Cheetahs strip club and forced the dancers to pose for nearly-nude photos. The officers claimed that the shakedown was a necessary licensing inspection that ensured all of the club’s dancers had the required paperwork and were in compliance with local codes. It turns out that Cheetah’s was not the only strip club subjected to invasive searches and privacy violations by the San Diego Police

The Morning Roar: UN Defends Snowden, Lerner Emails Lead to NSA, and NSA Employees Pass Around Nude Photos

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Marc Clair Posted in Current Events, Police State Leave a comment

Welcome to your Friday edition of The Morning Roar! Todays’ Roar is dedicated to everyone’s favorite tyrannical spy agency, the NSA! UN Human Rights Official Defends Edward Snowden It’s not often we find reason to praise the United Nations, but gosh darn it when someone is right, they’re right, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, was spot-on in her defense of Edward Snowden yesterday. Pillay slammed the United States for attempting to prosecute Snowden, and insisted that he should

Property Rights, The Root of the Israeli – Palestinian Conflict

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Marc Clair Posted in Foreign Policy, Philosophy of Liberty, War & Peace 1 Comment

A common trope heard in regards to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that the battle has been going on “for thousands of years”, implying that there are no rational solutions nor logical roots to the issue. It is simply “what always was and what always will be.” This is a dangerous attitude to have towards just about any problem in the world, as it leads to despair and discourages any attempts at real solutions. Imagine if abolitionists had simply conceded the

Lions of Liberty Podcast Ep. 43: Shayne Wissler – “Against Anarchism”

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Marc Clair Posted in Philosophy of Liberty, Podcast 5 Comments

In this episode of the Lions of Liberty Podcast, I welcome Shayne Wissler back to the show, to discuss the concepts laid out in his essay, “Against Anarchism.” Shayne explains why he believes it’s vital for advocates of individual liberty to work out differences in their philosophy, and describes the contradictions he sees with the anarchist viewpoint. Shayne and I delve into various concepts including secession, non-intervention, and how the formation of city-states and federations can remain consistent with the principles of individual rights.