“American officials are understood to be worried that if they decide Greece has not done enough to meet its deficit targets and withhold the money, it would automatically trigger Greece’s exit from the eurozone weeks before the Presidential election on 6 November. They are urging eurozone Governments to hold off from taking any drastic action before then – fearing that the resulting market destabilisation could damage President Obama’s re-election prospects. European leaders are thought to be sympathetic to the lobbying fearing that, under pressure from his party lin Congress, Mitt Romney would be a more isolationist president than Mr Obama.”
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Ron Paul Supporters Travel From Germany And Switzerland To Attend Paul Fest
Lew Rockwell’s Speech At PAUL Fest
Rothbard is Conquering! — Lew Rockwell on The Robert Wenzel Show
“Listen to Robert interview the greatest libertarian entrepreneur of all time – Lew Rockwell. Lew is Founder of The Ludwig Von Mises Institute and Editor of LewRockwell.com. Topics include: The Republican National Convention; Romney / Ryan; Where the Ron Paul movement goes from here; The nature of politics; Brandon Raub; A fantastic tribute to Murray Rothbard”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMCp5C_-hDc
Apple to seek injunction against Samsung smartphones and tablets after $1 billion patent win

“Apple will seek injunctions against the sale in the US of dozens of Samsung smartphones and tablets and could triple the $1bn damages it was awarded in a high-profile patent trial. Analysts think that Google, which writes the Android mobile software used by Samsung and dozens of others, may have to indemnify handset makers against such lawsuits. They also fear it could mean fewer smartphone options for consumers. But Samsung won a home court ruling earlier on Friday in the global patent battle against Apple. Judges in Seoul said Samsung didn’t copy the look and feel of the iPhone and ruled that Apple infringed on Samsung’s wireless technology.”
Phoenix Woman Ordered to Not Give Out Water in 112 Degree Heat Because She Lacked a Permit
“ABC-TV 15 from Phoenix reports that local Christian proselytizer Dana Crow-Smith was ordered by a ‘Neighborhood Preservation Inspector’ to stop giving out free bottled water last month because she lacked a vending permit, though she was not vending. She is threatening to sue the city with help from the Rutherford Institute, a civil liberties group with a focus on religious liberties, if the city doesn’t apologize and swear to train its enforcement officers to not make the same mistake again.”
http://reason.com/blog/2012/08/20/phoenix-woman-ordered-to-not-give-out-wa
Mocking Obama, Romney, and the Rest of the Political Clowns
“It’s been more than one month since I posted the last collection of jokes and one-liners from the late-night talk show hosts. So without further adieu, courtesy of the folks at Newsmax.com, are my favorites since that time. I’m surprised there’s not more material about Todd Akin, but that may change in coming days. My favorite is the ’50 states’ comment from Leno.”
Drones, Tanks, Helicopters & Jails
“We’re taught early on that one of democracy’s selling points is the ‘peaceful’ transfer of power. That ‘we the people’ shall each have a voice and are able to use it to elect our governing authorities. In fact, this superior system of government is so special, and the U.S. is such a shining example of its success, that America’s elites decided to take it on a road show. Well, at home, in the land of ‘free speech,’ several tools of war are being unleashed: drones & helicopters patrolling the skies, and at least one tank on the ground. Jail cells have been emptied and are waiting for new occupants. What event could possibly spark such a show of brute force?”
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2012/08/drones-tanks-helicopters-jails.html
Psycho-State Targeted Brandon Raub

“Brandon Raub, 26, had his home visited one week earlier by FBI, Secret Service and local law enforcement agents who expressed concern over a series of Facebook posts he had made on his public social networking profile. They detained him without charge and admitted him to a local hospital for evaluation. Raub’s attorney, John Whitehead, talks to Lew Rockwell about Soviet America.”
http://www.lewrockwell.com/lewrockwell-show/2012/08/24/303-psycho-state-targeted-brandon-raub/
Just say no when the TSA asks you to ‘chat’

“I asked her why the federal government needed to know where I was going and what I would be doing. She explained that the questions were part of a new security ‘pilot program.’ I then told her I am an American citizen, traveling within my own country. That’s all the federal government needed to know, and I wasn’t going to share any more. Not because I had anything to hide. It was because we live in a free country where innocent people are supposedly protected from unwarranted government intrusion and harassment. At that point the agent yelled out, ‘We have another refusal.'”
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/muskegon/index.ssf/2012/08/steve_gunn_37.html



