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Only in NH: How to Ferment a Nano-Brewvolution

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“A nano brewery is limited to producing 2000 barrels of beer a year. Why 2000? Nobody knows. It’s a nice round number, though. Pint Glass Half Full In the year after the bill passed, more breweries opened in New Hampshire than have opened in any other time in the state’s history, including right after Prohibition ended.  Along the way, we also helped legalize home winemaking. House Bill 253 created a second generation of nano breweries. This license costs an extra $240, but we can finally sell full pints! Governor Hassan signed the bill on July 24, 2013, effective that September. Since then, New Hampshire has seen an explosion of nano breweries, with more on the way.”

https://freestateproject.org/blogs/mover-stories/only-nh-how-ferment-nano-brewvolution

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The Ex-Im Bank Is Dead (For Now)

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“After 81 years of funneling taxpayer dollars to favored companies, projects, and geopolitical outcomes under the guise of advancing some vague conception of the ‘U.S. economic interest,’ the Export-Import Bank of the United States will end its financing operations at midnight tonight. Proponents of the Bank have been regrouping and strategizing to move legislation to reauthorize the Bank at the soonest possible chance. In fact the White House is hosting a conference call for the purpose of advancing that outcome. The battle may be over but the war continues.”

http://fee.org/anythingpeaceful/detail/the-ex-im-bank-is-dead-but-watch-out-for-subsidy-zombie

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Peugeot targets Iran to tap post-sanctions industrial recovery

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“PSA Peugeot Citroën is targeting 400,000 car sales in Iran and has already signed a distribution agreement to sell its luxury DS brand, as the French carmaker eyes an end to years of crippling western sanctions.  The company, which sold nearly half a million cars a year in Iran before sanctions forced it to pull out in 2012, is planning an aggressive re-entry and is in advanced talks with local groups such as Iran Khodro to conceive, produce and sell cars in Iran.  Peugeot is even looking to turn Iran into a production base, exporting cars to the rest of the Middle East and Africa. The group now wants 50:50 joint ventures and is willing to spend money to build new factories and new platforms.”

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ceaf62c2-2627-11e5-9c4e-a775d2b173ca.html

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It Was the First Time the CIA Overthrew a Government…

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“In 1979, 26 years after Operation Ajax, a popular uprising overthrew the Shah. A power struggle ensued, and Ayatollah Khomeini’s Islamist forces prevailed. The Islamic Republic of Iran was born. This time, it was an anti-American government that came to power. Decades of animosity followed, and it continues to this day.  It’s unthinkable to most that the Islamic Republic of Iran could offer any sort of investment opportunity. Many find the mere mention of the country distasteful.  There’s another country that most would have considered unthinkable to invest in at one time. Many got hot under the collar just at the mention of its name too: the People’s Republic of China.”

http://www.internationalman.com/articles/it-was-the-first-time-the-cia-overthrew-a-government

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A Motel-Sized Victory for Privacy at the Supreme Court

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“It’s worth stepping back to think through the logic embraced by Los Angeles, the LAPD, a district court, a Ninth Circuit dissent, and now, four dissenting Supreme Court justices. All seem comfortable with something that wasn’t addressed directly: the notion that hotel and motel guests have no right to privacy in information that they voluntarily turn over to third parties, per Smith v. Maryland.  The third-party information precedent is problematic on its own.  But it is devastating to privacy  when paired with laws that compel businesses to collect detailed information on customers and to turn it over to police without warrants, destroying the ability to enter voluntary transactions that include discretion.”

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/an-motel-sized-victory-for-privacy-at-the-supreme-court/396542/

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Swiss court rules handing over bank employee info to US illegal

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“A Swiss court has ruled that Credit Suisse’s decision to provide US tax authorities with information on an employee was illegal, according to the ruling made public Monday.  In April 2012, the Swiss government gave 11 Swiss banks the go-ahead to accommodate a US tax evasion probe and hand over the names of thousands of their employees and consultants working with American clients.  Fearful of harsh US penalties and prosecution, the banks then met Washington’s demands, handing over personal information about numerous staff members, and reportedly also making personal documents, emails and details of telephone calls available.”

http://news.yahoo.com/swiss-court-rules-handing-over-bank-employee-us-192213815.html

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Ron Paul: For Normal Relations With Cuba, End US Interventionism

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“President Obama announced on Wednesday that the US and Cuba would restore full diplomatic relations and that embassies could be re-opened in each country by the end of the month.  For this achievement, which was resisted by vested interests in the US, Obama should be praised. However we shouldn’t be too optimistic about truly establishing normal relations until we understand how relations became so abnormal in the first place. The destruction of relations between the two countries was preceded by US intervention on behalf of a hated Cuban dictator, Fulgencio Batista, which had turned the Cuban people against the United States and set the stage for the emergence of Fidel Castro.”

http://www.ronpaulinstitute.org/archives/featured-articles/2015/july/06/for-normal-relations-with-cuba-end-us-interventionism/

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Apple, GE, and others could soon sell their products in Iran

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“The nuclear accord reached today doesn’t mean companies can immediately market and sell their products in Iran — the country must meet certain requirements before sanctions will be lifted, and it’s not clear when that would happen — but it does mean businesses are suddenly very close to operating in the country, something they’ve been interested in for some time. Iran is a country of more than 77 million people, and as the Journal points out, today’s nuclear deal would eventually unfreeze more than $100 billion in Iranian cash held in foreign banks, which would give more buying power to the country and certainly could entice companies hoping to bring their products to Iran.”

http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/14/8960381/apple-ge-iran-nuclear-deal

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For U.S. firms, the Iran deal means pistachios, airline parts and carpets

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“For Iran, the nuclear deal — once it is fully implemented — would have sweeping benefits, giving it access to foreign investment, trade with oil-thirsty markets in Europe and Asia, and escrow accounts currently holding more than $100 billion from oil sales out of Tehran’s reach.  The Obama administration said Tuesday that the restrictions on U.S. trade and investment would remain in effect with the exception of imports of food and carpets and the export of airplane parts for Iran’s airline, which administration officials said had one of the world’s worst safety records.  The restrictions will leave U.S. oil and gas companies on the sidelines while European and Asian firms invest in exploring in Iran.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/for-us-firms-the-iran-deal-means-pistachios-airline-parts-and-carpets/2015/07/14/cea43524-2a2c-11e5-a5ea-cf74396e59ec_story.html

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Court Nixes California’s License Revocations For Tax-Debtors

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“A California federal judge ordered the state to reinstate a couple’s professional and driver’s licenses Thursday, saying their due process rights were violated when the licenses were revoked over an approximately $450,000 tax debt.  Judge Dean D. Pregerson granted summary judgment to Enna and Vicken Berjikian, agreeing that neither of them was afforded due process because at the time of the suspension they were not provided the opportunity to challenge the delinquent tax liability or resulting license suspensions.”

http://www.law360.com/articles/631401/calif-debtors-still-eligible-for-licenses-court-says

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