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Liberty NewsWire: Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Chances are, if you have been at an U.S. airport lately, you've been inside a tubular body scanning machine called a "backscatter," named for the way it scatters electrons. On Tuesday, a bipartisan group of senators introduced [...]
Tell Governor Quinn to Veto Speed Camera Bill
Automated speed cameras are one step closer to becoming reality, and your action is needed to stop this boondoggle from becoming law.The Speed Camera bill blew through the legislature in Illinois' Fall Veto Session, and the Governor has until [...]
Throw Farmers in Jail?
Despite objections inside and outside the courtroom, a farmer was fingerprinted, photographed and booked in the basement of the Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo. What was his crime? Selling raw milk to those who wanted it. Because [...]
"Stand Your Ground" bill moves to Public Safety committee
An Iowa House Public Safety Sub-Committee met last week to vote on a version of the "Stand-Your-Ground" legislation, known as HF573. The bill was advanced out of sub-committee, and is being considered today, Tuesday January 31, 2012, by [...]
Liberty NewsWire: Monday, January 30th, 2012
Two British tourists were barred from entering America after joking on Twitter that they were going to 'destroy America' and 'dig up Marilyn Monroe'.Leigh Van Bryan, 26, was handcuffed and kept under armed guard in a cell with [...]
Senator Lee Slams Obama's Unconstitutional Appointments
During a Judiciary Committee business meeting this morning, Senator Mike Lee slammed the Obama administration for their unconstitutional "recess" appointments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the National Labor [...]
Double Wammy at FDA
Ellen Nakashima and Lisa Rein wrote a recent article in WAPO entitled "FDA staffers sue agency over surveillance of personal e-mail" According to the article the FDA was secretly monitoring its own [...]
Liberty NewsWire: January 31, 2012
President Barack Obama in an online "conversation" with American voters on Monday, failed to answer a barrage of questions about marijuana legalization or the drug war. Although 18 out of 20 of the most popular questions submitted by [...]
"This is America, not Canada or North Korea." says Dr. Jane Orient
Dr. Orient has an op-ed in the Washington Times entitled "Orient: Uncle Sam exacts penalty for quiting Medicare..." In its she asks about the role of special interests in protecting the Medicare System including the AMA. She [...]
Throw Farmers in Jail?
This came from Wisconsin Campaign For Liberty:Dear Tony, Despite objections inside and outside the courtroom, a farmer was fingerprinted, photographed and booked in the basement of the Sauk County Courthouse in Baraboo. What was his [...]