Tiny Colorado city busy repealing laws during a ‘Year of Freedom’

“After a busy state legislative session, Glendale, Colo. — a one square-mile enclave of libertarianism surrounded by the city and county of Denver — has decided to focus on repealing laws rather than passing new ones. During what Mayor Mike Dunafon has called the ‘Year of Freedom,’ Glendale is revoking one vague, arcane or redundant law a month for 12 months. The first law stricken from the books on June 4 criminalized the sale, transfer or possession of an ‘assault weapon,’ which was vaguely defined in city code. The latest to land on the chopping block is one making it illtegal for minors to be in the same building as for-profit pool tables.”

http://dailycaller.com/2013/08/12/tiny-colorado-city-busy-repealing-laws-during-a-year-of-freedom/

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Breaking the NSA Spy Ring: “What Rule of Law” Would Look Like

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“Police Officer: Barack Obama?  Barack Obama: Yes?  Police Officer: You are under arrest for violations of United States Code, Title 18, Section 241, Conspiracy Against Rights; and Section 242, Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law. You have the right to remain silent when questioned. Anything you say or do may be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to consult an attorney before speaking to the police and to have an attorney present during questioning now or in the future. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for you before any questioning, if you wish. If you decide to answer any questions now, […]”

http://c4ss.org/content/20785

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Judge Napolitano: How to get fired from Fox Business in under 5 minutes [2012]

Judge Napolitano: How to get fired from Fox Business in under 5 minutes [2012]

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Scotland’s year of decision

“The summer of 2014 will be overshadowed by the imminence of the referendum in September on Scottish independence, ending the Act of Union with England that has lasted since 1707.  Since Scotland has long been a heartland of the Labor Party and of the left, Scottish independence could portend something close to permanent conservative rule in England. It would also be a great boost for regional independence movements elsewhere: in Spain’s Basque country and Catalonia, or for the Flemings of Belgium or the Corsicans of France. It is an irony of this age of globalization is seeing such a resurgence of traditional sentiments of nationhood.”

http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2013/08/12/Walkers-World-Scotlands-year-of-decision/UPI-53621376305187/

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Crypto-currency for NSA leaker: Snowden fund accepts Bitcoin

“US fugitive Edward Snowden’s defense fund, launched recently by WikiLeaks to raise money for the legal protection of the NSA leaker, has announced it now accepts donations in virtual currency Bitcoin. The Journalistic Source Protection Defence Fund (JSPD) was set up on August 9 with the goal to provide legal as well as campaign aid to journalistic sources. Snowden, who is behind the biggest intelligence leak in the history of the US National Security Agency (NSA), has been selected the first such source.”

http://rt.com/news/bitcoin-snowden-fund-wikileaks-384/

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Treating Surveillance as Damage and Routing Around It

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“Even as the U.S. security state becomes more closed, centralized and brittle in the face of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s leaks, civil society and the public are responding to the post-Snowden repression by becoming more dispersed and resilient.  That’s how networks always respond to censorship and surveillance. Each new attempt at a file-sharing service, after Napster was shut down — Kazaa, Kazaa lite, eDonkey, eMule, The Pirate Bay — was less dependent on central servers and other vulnerable nodes than the one before it. Wikileaks responded the same way to U.S. government attempts to shut it down.”

http://c4ss.org/content/20720

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Bitcoin: Tax haven of the future

“Tomorrow’s tax havens could be fueled by new technology like Bitcoin and Litecoin — online currencies that can be used to purchase everything from coffee to illegal drugs. The problem for government coffers: There’s no mechanism to ensure that people who make money through such digital currency report the income to the IRS. In its fight against tax evasion, the U.S. is largely focused on shining a light into bank accounts held by Americans in other countries. But experts say the rise of Bitcoin, which doesn’t require a bank account, could force the U.S. to rethink its approach.”

http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=28235F0D-EFE8-3E6D-CD70B733F96ED8D5

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Northern Michigan Secession

“For those who have never been to northern Michigan, and the Upper Peninsula in particular, there is a culture here all its own, with no special love for the politics of Lansing and Detroit. As with Vermont, the effort to secede in northern Michigan still has passion and traction. And with American secession efforts receiving more visibility and thus being taken more seriously, we will hear much more about it in the coming years.”

http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/northern-michigan-secession/

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NSA ditching 90 percent of its system administrators to avoid leaks

“NSA director Keith Alexander told a conference in New York City that headcount among its system administrators would be severely curtailed in the future.  Roughly 1,000 such employees maintain the agency’s networks and equipment. The NSA is dismissing all those people in the name of secrecy. ‘What we’ve done,’ Alexander added, ‘is we’ve put people in the loop of transferring data, securing networks and doing things that machines are probably better at doing.’ An automated system operated by a minimum of human beings, on the other hand, will make the NSA’s digital assets more defensible.”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/08/10/nsa-ditching-90-percent-of-its-system-administrators-to-avoid-leaks/

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NSA Wiretapping Public Service Announcement

NSA Wiretapping Public Service Announcement

“Trevor Moore (Whitest Kids U’ Know) tells us what we can do about the NSA wiretapping our phones.”

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