Listen here to an enlightening—and frightening—discussion between Rutherford Institute President John W. Whitehead and RPI Advisory Board Member Lew Rockwell. In the 15 minutes discussion, Whitehead backs with evidence his claim that Americans are living in an...
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Hundreds Protest NH Police Chief’s Tank Request
by Adam Dick | Aug 13, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Concord Monitor reports that hundreds of people came to the Concord, New Hampshire city council meeting Monday night to protest Concord Police Chief John Duval's ongoing effort to obtain a Lenco BearCat G3 armored vehicle for the town's police department. BearCat...
Washington Gay Policy Push Counterproductive in Russia
by Adam Dick | Aug 13, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Americans upset over a new Russian law banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations around minors" should think twice before calling on the United States government to help their cause. That is the message of Stephen F. Cohen, a professor emeritus of Russian...
NH Police Chief: I Need Tanks to Fight the Free State Project!
by Adam Dick | Aug 9, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Mother Jones reports that Concord, NH Police Chief John Duval has backed off his outlandish suggestion that his police department needs a Lenco Bearcat G3 to fend off the terrorism threat posed by the Free State Project and Occupy New Hampshire. Duval had made the...
Does Washington Post Purchase Create Spooky Conflict of Interest?
by Adam Dick | Aug 8, 2013 | Featured Articles
Everyone is talking about Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos's recent purchase of the Washington Post. Less noticed is the conflict of interest between his ownership of the Post and Amazon’s potentially significant profits from computing and data storage contracts with...
President José Mujica Versus the United Nations
by Adam Dick | Aug 5, 2013 | Featured Articles
Uruguay's President José Mujica is standing up to United Nations bureaucrats at the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) who are chastising Uruguay for advancing legislation that will allow the legal growth, sale, and purchase of marijuana for medical and...
James Comey Won’t Improve the FBI
by Adam Dick | Jul 31, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
photo: kalavinkaExpect business as usual at the FBI after Monday’s Senate confirmation of James B. Comey, Jr. to be the Bureau's new director. Comey had previously served as George W. Bush’s Deputy Attorney General. Every indication is that Comey will lead the FBI in...
The Rise of SWAT
by Adam Dick | Jul 25, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a KERA Radio interview this week, investigative reporter Radley Balko provides an informative overview of the the history of police SWAT teams in the United States. Balko addresses factors that have contributed to the rise of SWAT including the war on drugs, civil...
DC Politics Commentators Express High Expectations for Ron Paul Channel
by Adam Dick | Jul 24, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Founder and CEO, Ron Paul, with RPI Board Member, Judge Andrew NapolitanoDC politics commentators are expressing high expectations for Ron Paul Institute Chairman and Founder Ron Paul's next project, the Ron Paul Channel. In The Hill, Brent Budowsky predicts the...
NRA vs Medical Associations: Guess Who Wants You in the Government Database?
by Adam Dick | Jul 23, 2013 | Featured Articles
photo: Orange County ArchivesA conflict may be emerging between the National Rifle Association (NRA) and several large national medical and mental health associations regarding the expansion of US and state government mental health databases. Medical Daily reported...
Adam Kokesh and the Drugs and Guns Prosecution Trap
by Adam Dick | Jul 18, 2013 | Featured Articles
photo: DaveybotPodcast host Adam Kokesh appears to have joined the long list of victims of the US government's drugs and guns prosecution trap. After a US Park Police raid on his Virginia residence last week, media reported Monday that Kokesh was charged with...
House Passes Farm Bill With Partial Hemp Legalization
by Adam Dick | Jul 12, 2013 | Congress Alert
The US House of Representatives passed a new farm bill (H.R.2642) Thursday afternoon that would remove the US government prohibition on colleges and universities growing industrial hemp for research purposes in compliance with state laws. The partial removal of the US...
Roll Call Announces New National Security Blogger … Boeing!
by Adam Dick | Jul 4, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Roll Call announced this week the launch of its new blog, Topic A: Defense, for the "national security community." The blog is sponsored by Boeing—one of the highest dollar value US government contractors both overall and in the defense category.As explained in the...
McCain: ‘Vote For Berlin Wall!’
by Adam Dick | Jun 27, 2013 | Congress Alert
Sen. John McCain is promoting the so-called immigration bill (S.744) in the United States Senate by emphasizing it will create "the most militarized border since the fall of the Berlin Wall." Apparently, McCain believes this argument will convince other senators to...
Major Drug War Expansion on Senate Agenda This Week
by Adam Dick | Jun 24, 2013 | Congress Alert
The so-called immigration bill the United States Senate is considering this week (S.744) is about much more than immigration laws. As Ted Hesson explains at ABC News, the bill would significantly expand the US Border Patrol's already large role in the US government's...
Farm Freedom: US House Votes for Pro-Hemp Amendment
by Adam Dick | Jun 21, 2013 | Congress Alert
The United States House of Representatives voted 225-220 on Thursday to remove the US government prohibition on colleges and universities growing industrial hemp for research purposes in compliance with state laws. The vote was taken on an amendment offered by Rep....
Government’s Gun Law Ruse to Access Mental Health Records
by Adam Dick | Jun 19, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
photo: grover_netYour appointment with a psychiatrist or admission to a mental health facility may now be included in United States and state government databases. What happened to the protection of medical privacy? The United States government and some state...
US Mass Spying Loses Obama's 'Shoddy Coat of Legitimacy'
by Adam Dick | Jun 16, 2013 | The Liberty Report
Declan McCullagh at cnet.com reports on Rep. Jerrold Nadler's revelation that the United States executive branch has admitted in a secret briefing to Members of the US House of Representatives that a US government analyst can listen to phone calls at his own...
Bill Kristol’s Cato Crush
by Adam Dick | Jun 14, 2013 | Neocon Watch
William Kristol is promoting at the Weekly Standard an article by "two of America’s leading libertarian legal thinkers, "no friends to intrusive government," to support Kristol's assertion that the National Security Agency mass secret spying program is a "legitimate...
Potential US House Amendment Would Help Edward Snowden
by Adam Dick | Jun 12, 2013 | Congress Alert
Roll Call reports that Reps. Justin Amash and Thomas Massie are considering introducing an amendment in the United States House of Representatives as early as this week that would protect National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden from prosecution. Snowden...
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