National Blog - page 305
Liberty NewsWire Thursday, March 8th, 2012
The head of the Newark FBI said Wednesday the NYPD’s monitoring of Muslims in New Jersey has had a chilling effect on the feds’ ability to gather counter terrorism intelligence."In the annals of policing this is unheard of. [...]
"Victory" in Libya: Deja Vu All Over Again
Remember NATO's great "victory" in Libya? It took the world's greatest military alliance in history about five months to overthrow a decrepit and nutty dictator. Along the way tens of thousands of Libyans died.Since [...]
Virginia's Continuing to Fight the NDAA
Despite a huge setback today for HB 1160 when the Virginia House of Delegates refused to adopt the Senate Amendment's language today, supporters of the measure are continuing the fight.The bill now heads back to the Senate where we are urging [...]
UPDATE: Is the Virginia House Trying to Stifle HB 1160?
Folks, if you live in Virginia, I need you to contact your delegate immediately and urge them to stand up for the liberty of Virginians by calling for a vote on HB 1160!If you don't live in Virginia, please forward this blog on to any [...]
Liberty NewsWire: March 5, 2012
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will begin a visit today to Mexico and Honduras amid growing calls by regional leaders to debate legalizing the consumption of drugs as frustration with an American-led crackdown grows.Five Central American [...]
Call to Action
For those of you who have been following Virginia's efforts to thwart the NDAA's detention provisions, the bill needs our help one more time.Tomorrow, the Virginia Senate could have the final vote on HB 1160, either sending it to the [...]
Liberty NewsWire: March 7, 2012
The Food and Drug Administration has warned a company that markets caffeine and vitamin B as "breathable energy" it could face regulatory action over "false and misleading" labeling."You should take prompt action to [...]
Liberty NewsWire Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
When U.S. authorities shuttered sports-wagering site Bodog.com last week, it raised eyebrows across the net because the domain name was registered with a Canadian company, ostensibly putting it beyond the reach of the U.S. government. Working [...]
How about No Foreign Aid?
In Egypt the U.S. government long supported dictator Hosni Mubarak. Then Washington backed the military regime which followed him. Now U.S. officials want to promote democracy. Sigh ... .It's not working out very well. [...]
Virginians, Take Action!
Earlier this week, Virginians took action to help HB 1160, a bill to prevent Virginia from assisting the US government in detaining American citizens under the NDAA, sail through the Virginia Senate. Now, Delegate Bob Marshall is requesting [...]