StopTheLie.com News update 03-03-2014
Conspiracy Denial
Source: StopThelie.com
My response to the "Alan Moore" anti-conspiracy image going around Facebook (also posted.)
I should start limiting all my writing to just 150 words. This seems to be what's "in" these days. (And it sure would be a lot easier.)
Read full article at:http://stopthelie.com/conspiracy-denial.html
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Why 'Ghostbusters is the most libertarian blockbuster of all time (w/ Video)
Source:WashingtonExaminer.com
After learning the sad news that comedy actor and filmmaker Harold Ramis had died, I remarked on Twitter that the 1984 classic "Ghostbusters" (which he co-wrote and co-starred in) was the most libertarian Hollywood blockbuster ever made. I assumed that this was perfectly clear to everybody and that I was making a non-controversial claim -- even asserting the banal conventional wisdom -- but a number of people evidently didn't see where I was coming from.
To me, it's quite obvious. In "Ghostbusters," paranormal activity is becoming a growing problem in New York City. Government doesn't do anything to stop the problem, so private entrepreneurs set up a small business that successfully captures and stores ghosts — for a fee.
Watch video at:http://washingtonexaminer.com/why-ghostbusters-is-the-most-libertarian-hollywood-blockbuster-of-all-time/article/2544522
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Man escapes 5 year sentence after dash cam footage clears him, indicts cops (with Video)
Source: RawStory.com
Evidence from a dashboard camera on a police cruiser ended a nightmare for a New Jersey man facing false charges of eluding police, resisting arrest and assault.
Prosecutors dismissed all the criminal charges against Marcus Jeter, 30, of Bloomfield, N.J. and instead indicted two Bloomfield police officers for falsifying reports and one of them for assault after the recording surfaced showing police officers beating Jeter during a traffic stop, according to WABC of New York. A third has pleaded guilty to tampering.
Read full article at:http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/22/new-jersey-man-escapes-5-year-sentence-after-dash-cam-footage-clears-him-indicts-cops/
COMMENT: "STOP TRYING TO TAKE MY GUN!...STOP TRYING TO TAKE MY GUN!!!"
This man is very lucky to be alive...unbelievable.
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Previous Week's News 02-24-2014
NSA AND DHS PARODY T-SHIRTS CONSTITUTE FREE SPEECH
Source: BennSwann.com
"When we finally filed, I was like, 'Wow, this is real now', you know?" says McCall. "I'm actually suing the DHS and the NSA and they only have an army of lawyers and everything else."
McCall's lawsuit appears to have been well worth it. McCall's lawyer recently contacted him saying that both agencies wanted to settle. This is a huge victory for those who believe in Liberty and are taking a stand against federal agencies that are bullying the public. McCall says to be able to force the NSA and DHS to contact online marketplaces and admit that they were wrong to try to force his products off the marketplaces and that McCall does in fact have every right to create his parody shirts.
Read full article at:http://benswann.com/exclusive-business-owner-sues-the-nsa-dhs-and-wins/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=nl
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Missouri Senate Votes to Nullify Federal Gun Control, 23-10
Source:TenthAmendmentCenter.com
A Missouri bill which seeks to nullify virtually every federal gun control measure on the books, "whether past, present or future," passed the Senate Thursday. SB613 would ban the state from enforcing virtually all federal gun control measures, and includes criminal charges for federal agents attempting to violate the right to keep and bear arms in Missouri.
The measure passed 23-10 [and reads, in part]
"All federal acts, laws, executive orders, administrative orders, court orders, rules, and regulations, whether past, present, or future, which infringe on the people's right to keep and bear arms as guaranteed by the Second Amendment to the United States I and Section 23 of the Missouri Constitution shall be invalid in this state, shall not be recognized by this state, shall be specifically rejected by this state, and shall be considered null and void and of no effect in this state."
Read full article at:http://tenthamendmentcenter.com/2014/02/20/missouri-senate-votes-to-nullify-federal-gun-control-23-10/#.UwZdp_ldUuc
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What if government and media looked at paper money the way they do at Bitcoin?
Source: Reason.com
--The launch of cash has provoked an immediate reaction from law-enforcement agencies worldwide that universally condemned the development.
"Cash is a 100% anonymous and untraceable payments technology. It is like a weapon of mass destruction launched against law enforcement," said Mike Smith, the recently confirmed FBI Director. "It is the perfect payment mechanism for criminals, drug cartels, terrorists, prostitution rings and money launderers....
Banking Superintendent of New York State, Mike Smith had the following to say: "I can't think of any reason that a law-abiding individual would want to use cash. At a bare minimum, we believe there should be a licensing procedure for individuals or businesses that plan to use cash, a 'Cash-License' as it were...."
Read full article at:http://reason.com/blog/2014/02/18/bizarre-financial-innovation-paper-cash
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Good news and bad news on recording the police
Source: WashingtonPost.com
The video above, in which a Broward County, Fla., sheriff's deputy assaults and arrests a woman for recording him, is disturbing for a number of reasons.
First, in every state in America, you are well within your rights to record an on-duty police officer. There are a few limited exceptions, such as if while recording you physically interfere with an officer trying to perform his duties. But as long as you aren't in the way, you're protected by the First Amendment.
Second, this means that Broward County Sheriff's Dep. William O'Brien violated Brandy Burning's rights several times during the recorded traffic stop. The first instance was when he told her she was committing a felony by recording him, and he demanded she turn over her phone. That was a violation of her First Amendment rights. The second instance is when he physically assaulted her when she had committed no crime. The third was the illegal arrest. The fourth was the illegal detention in a jail cell. A fifth may have been the false charge of resisting arrest. (Although in some states, it is unlawful to resist even an illegal arrest.)
Third, note the arrogant tone with which Dep. O'Brien asserts that he knows the law better than his victim. Of course, he doesn't. He's flat wrong about the law.
Read full article at:http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/02/18/good-news-and-bad-news-on-recording-the-police/
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Bill of Rights - College Students Don't Know Their Basic Rights (Video)
Source: Mark Dice
Bill of Rights Quiz - College Students Don't Know Their Basic Rights in San Diego, California.
Watch video at:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7ElP4Q2LJw#t=84
COMMENT: No wonder that so few care about the federal government ignoring the legal limitations on its power...they don't know what ANY of those limitations are supposed to be. (I find this significantly more disturbing than "1 in 4 Americans don't know that the earth orbits the sun.")
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Cops Addicted To War On Drugs: Will Lose Millions If Marijuana Is Legalized
Source: LibertyCrier.com
--Drug enforcement stands to lose a lot of funding should marijuana become legal. Federal funding through the Department of Justice gives police task forces money specifically aimed to target drug crimes from a fund called the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant. The grant doles out $300 million to $500 million annually to police stations around the country.
"In 2012, 23 such task forces in Minnesota received a total of approximately $4.2 million from Byrne grants. The money is spent on everything from military-grade hardware to officer overtime,"PoliticsinMinnesota.comreports.
Read full article at:http://libertycrier.com/the-police-are-addicted-to-the-war-on-drugs-mn-cops-stand-to-lose-millions-if-marijuana-is-legalized/?ut
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