Monthly Archives: May 2013

League City, Texas Red Light Cameras Bagged

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“Red light cameras in League City, Texas were covered with bags this week, but not by vigilantes. Australian camera vendor Redflex Traffic Systems had no choice but to shut down the devices. Last November, 77 percent of voters approved a measure banning the use of automated ticketing machines — the fifth city in the Lone Star State to do so. City officials last year re-wrote the immediate ban initiative circulated by citizens and replaced it with a measure that would only take effect on October 29, 2014, when the city’s contract with Redflex expired. The change proved politically untenable, so on April 23, the council voted to pay Redflex $350,000 to end the contract on July 1.”

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/40/4098.asp

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Reality Check Special: Tea Party Groups vs. IRS

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“We are following a story that is just breaking on Friday. Ben Swann first told you on March 1, 2012 that Tea Party and Liberty Groups in seven states claimed they were being targeted by the IRS.  On Friday, the IRS apologized.  In a Reality Check special, Ben Swann goes in-depth on the IRS vs. Tea Party and Liberty groups.”

http://libertycrier.com/politics/reality-check-special-tea-party-groups-vs-irs/

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The Persecution of Rita Hutchens

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“Sandpoint, Idaho resident Rita Hutchens is an opinionated 57-year-old quilt artist whose work has earned her international notoriety. Given that Hutchens is also an outspoken proponent of constitutionalist views, it’s possible that some people have taken issue with her political opinions.  Hutchens has never harmed or threatened another human being. Yet local officials, led by Bonner County Deputy Prosecutor Shane Greenbank — an inventively dishonest official — are trying to make a criminal out of her. Failing that, they might simply seek to have her imprisoned indefinitely in a psych ward.”

http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-persecution-of-rita-hutchens.html

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California Medical Marijuana Crackdown Ramps Up As More Dispensaries Targeted For Closure

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“Several dozen protesters gathered in downtown Berkeley Wednesday afternoon to fight federal action against one of California’s oldest medical marijuana dispensaries, targeted for closure by the Justice Department.  U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag on Friday served pot shop Berkeley Patients Group with a lawsuit that attempts to seize the property and ultimately shut the business.  Dispensaries throughout northern California have received similar legal threats from the U.S. attorney over the past few weeks.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/08/california-medical-marijuana-crackdown_n_3241324.html

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Fast-food worker wage protests spread to Detroit and St. Louis

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“On Friday in Detroit organisers were expecting at least 400 workers from at least 60 stores to come out and protest. The action comes a day after two days of similar protest in St Louis, Missouri, which saw 100 workers walk off their jobs at chains like Wendy’s, Domino’s and Jimmy John’s. It also follows similar actions in Chicago and New York earlier this year in what labour experts call the largest such disputes to ever hit the industry. The demonstrations are aimed at highlighting a demand for a $15-an-hour wage and the right to form a union without fear of employer intimidation.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/10/fast-food-worker-wage-protests-spread-to-detroit-and-st-louis/

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Peter Schiff: Symptoms Don’t Lie

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Peter Schiff: Gold Pullback Explained

“According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis data, in 2002 Americans spent about 17.8% of income on food and energy. In the first quarter of 2013 the share had risen by a factor of 20% to 21.3% of income. Increased share of spending on necessities like food and energy is consistent with falling living standards. In the poorest countries almost all of income is devoted to such things.  If consumer inflation data were reported more accurately, it would be revealed that much of the apparent growth is an illusion. The patient is getting sicker, but the doctors are too distracted to notice.”

http://www.thedailybell.com/29089/Peter-Schiff-Symptoms-Dont-Lie

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U.S. Currently Fighting 74 Different Wars … That It Will Publicly Admit

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“By mid-2010, the Obama administration had increased the presence of Special Operations forces from sixty countries to seventy-five countries. [A]mong the countries where [Joint Special Operations Command] teams had been deployed under the Obama administration were: Iran, Georgia, Ukraine, Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, Yemen, Pakistan (including in Baluchistan) and the Philippines. These teams also at times deployed in Turkey, Belgium, France and Spain. JSOC was also supporting US Drug Enforcement Agency operations in Colombia and Mexico.”

http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/05/u-s-currently-fighting-74-different-wars-that-it-publicly-admits.html

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Does Innovation Require the Patent Office?

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“Most patent holders cling to them as a source of life and defend them against all encroachment. Some businesses build up their war chests with patents as purely defensive measures. The more you own, the more you can intimidate your competitors to stay out of your territory. So how important are patents in generating innovation? The answer is not much, according to four economists from the Technical University of Lisbon. Their findings are remarkable: Nine in 10 of the innovations were never patented. They were just created and marketed, and changed the world.”

http://lfb.org/today/does-innovation-require-the-patent-office/

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New Zealand Government Announces That Software Will No Longer Be Patentable

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“In a bill passed earlier today, the Government of New Zealand announced that software in the country will no longer be patentable. New Zealand’s largest IT representative body, the Institute of IT Professionals, expressed relief and said the decision removed a major barrier to software-led innovation. The policy was passed in a Supplementary Order Paper, which sets out proposed amendments to the existing Patents Bill.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/reuvencohen/2013/05/08/new-zealand-government-announces-that-software-will-no-longer-be-patentable/

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Air Force Strips 17 Officers Of Authority To Control And Launch Nuclear Missiles

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“The Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control nuclear missiles after a string of unpublicized failings, including a remarkably dim review of their unit’s launch skills. The group’s deputy commander said it is suffering ‘rot’ within its ranks. ‘We are, in fact, in a crisis right now,’ the commander, Lt. Col. Jay Folds, wrote in an internal email obtained by The Associated Press and confirmed by the Air Force.  The tip-off to trouble was a March inspection of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., which earned the equivalent of a ‘D” grade when tested on its mastery of Minuteman III missile launch operations.”

http://www.businessinsider.com/air-force-strips-17-officers-of-authority-to-control-and-launch-nuclear-missiles-2013-5

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