‘Most transparent administration’ violates federal transparency laws

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“Nineteen out of 20 cabinet-level agencies under the Obama administration have failed to follow the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act, thereby disobeying the law that demands disclosure of public information.  White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew said in July that the Obama administration ‘has been the most transparent ever.’ But an analysis of government requests filed by Bloomberg News has found an alarming number of transparency violations, particularly when it comes to the taxpayer-funded cost of travel by top officials.”

http://rt.com/usa/news/administration-transparency-agencies-obama-255/

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Greece Seeks Taxes From Investors in London Property

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“At the request of the Athens government, the British financial authorities recently handed over a detailed list of about 400 Greek individuals who have bought and sold London properties since 2009.  The list, closely guarded, has not been publicly disclosed. But Greek officials are examining it to determine whether the people named — who they say include prominent businessmen, bankers, shipping tycoons and professional athletes — have deceived the tax authorities by understating their wealth. Officials in Greece examining these transactions estimate that about 250 Greeks invested more than £100 million in prime London residences in 2009 and 2010.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/business/global/greece-seeks-taxes-from-investors-in-london-property.html?_r=2&emc=eta1&pagewanted=all

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Another Push for Global Taxation from the United Nations

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“As you can probably guess, what they’re really searching for is more money for global redistribution.  But here’s the most worrisome part of their proposal. They want the U.N. to be in charge of collecting the taxes, sort of a permanent international bureaucracy entitlement.  I’ve written before about the U.N.’s desire for tax authority (on more than one occasion), but this new report is noteworthy for the size and scope of taxes that have been proposed.  The greatest threat is the World Health Organization’s scheme for a global tobacco tax.”

http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2012/09/28/another-push-for-global-taxation-from-the-united-nations/

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New Justice Department Documents Show Huge Increase in Warrantless Electronic Surveillance

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“Federal law enforcement agencies are increasingly monitoring Americans’ electronic communications, and doing so without warrants, sufficient oversight, or meaningful accountability. Pen registers include the phone numbers of incoming and outgoing telephone calls and the time, date, and length of those calls. But the government now also uses this authority to intercept the ‘to’ and ‘from’ addresses of email messages, records about instant message conversations, non-content data associated with social networking identities, and at least some information about the websites that you visit.”

http://www.aclu.org/blog/national-security-technology-and-liberty/new-justice-department-documents-show-huge-increase

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Tom Woods: They Have Rigged The System To Ensure Fraud

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5 Facts You’ll Get Put On The No-Fly List For Reading

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“In 1946, the people of Athens, Tennessee, overthrew their local sheriff’s department.  Wyoming has passed a law stating that any federal agent who enforces any federal law on a Wyoming firearm is subject to a year in prison.  Throwing bricks at the police led to LGBT rights.  Four towns in Maine have declared they are sovereign nations.  And in certain situations, it is legal to kill a police officer.”

http://libertycrier.com/education/5-facts-youll-get-put-on-the-no-fly-list-for-reading/

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David Stockman: How Crony Capitalism Corrupts the Free Market

“Archived from the live Mises.tv broadcast, this lecture by David Stockman was presented at the Mises Circle in Manhattan: ‘Central Banking, Deposit Insurance, and Economic Decline.’ Includes a welcome and introduction by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Music by Kevin MacLeod.”

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Political Shifts in Bavaria Could Have Wide Repercussions

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“Bavaria’s booming economy and the lowest unemployment rate in Germany have meant an influx of job seekers, creating a more mobile and secular society with each passing year.  And long before they began bailing out Greeks, Portuguese and Irish, the Bavarians were bailing out the weaker states of their own country. As Germany is to Europe, Bavaria is to Germany: richer, more competitive and reluctant to keep footing the bill for the laggards.  It is little wonder that some in Bavaria, who proudly trace their history back more than 1,000 years, ask if they might be better off on their own.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/27/world/europe/bavaria-political-shifts-could-have-wide-effects.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

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Swiss Banking: Still Under Attack By Bankrupt Governments

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“The abundance of money that was being hidden in Swiss accounts to avoid paying taxes was not publicly discussed in Switzerland until recently. Everyone knew that it existed, but it only became an issue when other countries started running out of money during the debt crisis. Banking secrecy has been under pressure since the end of the Cold War, but it wasn’t until the crisis that the European Union, the OECD and the United States did everything in their power to destroy it.  Banking secrecy was once as unshakeable as the mountains, and together with independence, neutrality and direct democracy, it constituted one of the fundamental elements of the Swiss national myth.”

http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/switzerland-looks-to-a-future-without-banking-secrecy-a-857662-druck.html

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The Army’s secret Cold War experiments on St. Louisans

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“The I-Team independently verified that the spraying of zinc cadmium sulfide did take place in St. Louis on thousands of unsuspecting citizens. What is unclear is whether the Army added a radioactive material to the compound as Martino-Taylor’s research implies.  ‘The study was secretive for reason. They didn’t have volunteers stepping up and saying yeah, I’ll breathe zinc cadmium sulfide with radioactive particles,’ said Martino-Taylor.   In St. Louis, the Army placed chemical sprayers on buildings and station wagons. Documents confirmed that city officials were kept in the dark about the tests.”

http://www.ksdk.com/news/article/339573/3/I-Team-The-Armys-secret-Cold-War-experiments-on-St-Louisans-

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