“From executive producer Morgan Spurlock and director Matthew Testa comes this comedic and irreverent road trip with host Billy Wayne Davis who’s on a quest to discover what freedom really means to contemporary Americans. See the full show.”
“I drove up early on this late-June Friday, toward the end of the week-long celebration, to find a huge private campground bathed in sunshine. When I got there, groggy campers were shuffling to the toilets, and there only a few signs this was not just a festival but an experiment in a different way of life. One was a custom vending machine someone had stationed on a campsite. Inside were Milk Duds, wet wipes, small plastic bags of ammo in various calibers, pregnancy tests, and Zig-Zag rolling papers. If you wanted to, you could pay with Bitcoin, the anonymous, non-government-issued cybercurrency. PorcFest is an eight-day party for 1,500 people who don’t want the government in their faces.”
http://www.maxim.com/maxim-man/travel/article/welcome-freest-place-earth
“Held in a park beneath the mountains of New Hampshire, it has no big financial backers, no massive marketing apparatus, and no big institutional exhibitors. It has grown over the years through reputation alone. It mixes fun with learning with entrepreneurship. It never set out to do anything but provide a venue for camping and socializing in the spirit of celebration. It is affordable, accessible to everyone, and everyone does come: people from all religions, classes, professions, outlooks. Now it has become a beautiful zone of creative freedom, an experiment in what it means to take liberty out of the idea stage into real action.”
https://tucker.liberty.me/porcfest-the-crowd-sourcing-of-liberty/
“The young men of the revolution had to settle for political offices in the states. The war was over. Wartime centralization ended. The national government of the United States of America had little influence after 1783. It had to have unanimous support of the states to pass any law, and it could only rarely get this. There were tight chains on national political power. The result was another secession movement organized by the young men of the revolution: secession from the Articles of Confederation. In the summer of 1787, a closed conclave was held in Philadelphia. No outsider was allowed to attend. It was held on the second floor, so that no citizen could hear the debates.”
http://www.garynorth.com/public/13994.cfm
“The true declaration of independence is not a political document at all. It’s the inward realization that the flag lapel-pinned strangers who claim the right to govern you have no legitimate claim to your person or property. What do we do once we notice that whatever they take from some and give to others is the product of extortion and meant to grow their power?”
https://bananas.liberty.me/declare-your-independence/
“I don’t blame you if you’re skeptical. I was too, until I spoke with Vit Jedlicka, the founder and president of Liberland. It’s a slice of land on the edge of Serbia, Croatia, and the Danube River. Neither country has ever claimed it due to a border quirk. Under international law, that opened up the opportunity for Liberland. Surprisingly, the reactions of Croatia and Serbia have been cordial instead of resistant. Vit is in the process of securing diplomatic recognition. More than 300,000 have applied for citizenship. Serious investors have indicated they’d immediately put tens of millions of dollars into the new country. Liberland has real momentum. Soon it could reach a tipping point.”
http://www.internationalman.com/articles/in-a-world-of-tax-hells-a-new-haven-emerges
“A three-mile area of land on the Danube river, uninhabited, was not under the control of any nation when Jedlička put up a flag, announced a constitution, and laid out the terms for a truly free society. He and his colleagues have sought international recognition, and the international press has been curious and generous. Within 30 days following this announcement, governments adjacent to the property blocked access, Jedlička has been detained, and the prospects of a new nation coming into being suddenly look grim. Absent outside political intervention, is it possible that Liberland can actually be a viable nation with a thriving economy? Absolutely.”
https://tucker.liberty.me/is-the-liberland-experiment-viable/
“Waze is a real-time, crowd-sourced map that not only tells you about traffic jams and finds the cheapest nearby gas station for you but also warns you of speed traps, police checkpoints, and ticket cams. Open WhisperSystem’s Red Phone and Text Secure provide easy end-to-end encryption for phone calls, text messages, and chats. If you’re on Apple iOS, check out Signal. Meerkat and Periscope allow you to livestream everything from your kids’ soccer games to police stops directly to Twitter. The Peacekeeper Emergency Response System app cultivates ‘benevolence’ and independence in communities by allowing you to create your own personal emergency response network.”
“‘101 Reasons: Liberty Lives in New Hampshire’ is a documentary adaptation of the Free State Project’s list of 101 Reasons to Move to New Hampshire, which was written in 2002 by Michele Dumas. The FSP is an effort to move 20,000 liberty-minded people to a low populated state that has an existing pro-freedom culture. In 2003, participants of the FSP voted for the ‘Live Free or Die’ state, New Hampshire, as its destination. For over 12 years the 101 Reasons list has helped inspire thousands of activists and entrepreneurs to sign up for the FSP and continue New Hampshire’s reputation as a beacon for liberty.”
“Police watched, recorded video and apprehended him in the act. He was, after all, pretty conspicuous. When you’re on the lookout for a 90-year-old World War II veteran wearing a chef’s uniform and hat, Arnold Abbott is hard to miss. Making matters worse for the accused was all the available evidence. Pasta with cubed ham. Lots of it. And, quite brazenly, a white onion celery sauce, too. Abbott now faces two counts of breaking a week-old Fort Lauderdale ordinance, each charge carrying a possible 60-day jail term and $500 fine. His suspected crime? Feeding the homeless.”