Though he is adored as a minor deity in the degenerate world of pop culture, when confronted by a member of the State’s punitive priesthood Justin Bieber is just another Mundane. This explains how the alleged singer has found himself charged with the supposed crime of “resisting arrest without violence.” Bieber, who was reportedly drunk and uncooperative when stopped by a police officer, attempted to pull his arm away when the cop tried to take him into custody. Because of this reflex action...
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Winning the New York Times Prize!
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Jan 27, 2014 | Featured Articles
The New York Times, whistling past the financial graveyard, paused over the weekend to smear the Mises Institute, Ron Paul, our other scholars, hardcore libertarianism, and me. Why? Because our ideas and our youth movement are gaining real traction. It is in effect a compliment. They have never faced opposition like ours before, and Ron Paul’s tremendous resonance with young people has only made things worse from the Times’s point of view. The Times wants opponents who play the game, who...
Hardcore Warmongers Beat Up On Samantha Power
by Chris Rossini | Jan 25, 2014 | Neocon Watch
There are neocon warmongers, and “humanitarian” warmongers. They’re virtually the same, with the “humanitarians” presenting a slightly different facade. Hardcore neocon warmongers believe that the U.S. should be attacking at all times. No need to sugarcoat. America is “exceptional”, and that is justification enough for any and all war. “Humanitarian” warmongers provide a sugarcoat. America is “exceptional” in their eyes as well, but the “humanitarians” seek to apply a veneer of “morality” in...
The US Wager on Moderate Islam in Syria an Utter Failure
by Dmitry Minin | Jan 22, 2014 | Featured Articles
On the eve of the international Middle East peace conference scheduled to take place January 22 in Geneva, the situation in Syria has again abruptly taken a turn for the worse. Various groups of Islamists have entered into a fierce armed conflict. Casualties on both sides have already greatly exceeded 1000 people. The troublemaker was the Islamic Front (IF), formed around two months ago from several groups and numbering approximately 50,000-60,000 fighters. On January 3 its troops attacked...
The Ugly American (and Friends) in Geneva
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 22, 2014 | Featured Articles
US Secretary of State John Kerry's delusions continued as he arrived in Montreux, Switzerland to open the "Geneva II" talks on the ongoing conflict in Syria. Having successfully bullied UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon into rescinding the invitation previously extended to Iran to attend, Kerry proceeded to bully and blunder his way through the pre-opening of the conference."We need to deal with reality here," Kerry said on the eve of the conference. "Bashar Assad will not be part of that...
Warfare, Welfare, and Wonder Woman — How Congress Spends Your Money
by Ron Paul | Jan 21, 2014 | Featured Articles
Supporters of warfare, welfare, and Wonder Woman cheered last week as Congress passed a one trillion dollar “omnibus” appropriation bill. This legislation funds the operations of government for the remainder of the fiscal year. Wonder Woman fans can cheer that buried in the bill was a $10,000 grant for a theater program to explore the comic book heroine.That is just one of the many outrageous projects buried in this 1,582 page bill. The legislation gives the Department of Education more money...
Foreign Aid is a Real Joke
by Joseph Salerno | Jan 20, 2014 | Featured Articles
Jane Bussman is a British comedienne who moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s. She wrote for a number of TV shows, including South Park, for a while. She then drifted into celebrity journalism interviewing the likes of Anna Nicole Smith, Britney Spears, and Aston Kutcher. She eventually chucked it all and sought to cleanse her soul by traveling to Africa to “find a country that had a really bad problem with genocide and just help out.” And this is where her story stops short of dreary cliche...
American Fascism
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Jan 20, 2014 | Featured Articles
This talk was delivered at the 2014 Mises Circle in Houston, Texas.We know about the transformation of the American police, with their paramilitary equipment, their SWAT team raids, and incentive to terrorize people over drug offenses rather than pursue crimes against person and property. We know about the National Security Agency, which can access every American’s e-mails, phone calls, or text messages. And yet too many average Americans have greeted all this with indifference.This...
Krauthammer Agrees with Paul on Obama’s NSA Reform Speech — Sort Of
by Adam Dick | Jan 19, 2014 | Neocon Watch
Columnist Charles Krauthammer says he agrees with RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul — "the ACLU and Ron Paul are right" — that President Barack Obama’s mass spying reform speech Friday is “90-percent smoke and mirrors and very little substantive change.” The catch is that Krauthammer, speaking in a Fox News panel, proceeds to explain that he approves the bamboozling, saying it is “what we need.”Krauthammer frankly elaborates on Obama’s reform proposal: It doesn't matter who keeps the records....
Obama’s NSA Speech: What Reform?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 18, 2014 | Featured Articles
Speaking from a set that could have been designed by Leni Riefenstahl, President Obama yesterday informed us that not only does our freedom depend on the work of spies, but the very birth of our republic was dependent on the same kind of surveillance network that so many are criticizing today. Critics, therefore, are not only unpatriotic but deeply anti-American. The message was clear: "surveillance equals freedom."As Constitutional scholar Michael Ratner of The Real News Network points out,...
Breaking: Obama Declares NSA ‘Reforms’ While Dismissing Influence Of Snowden Leaks
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 18, 2014 | Featured Articles
I just listened to the NSA speech by President Obama and as expected there is precious little in terms of real change. For civil libertarians, it is a nothing burger served hot and with a sympathetic smile. It is much of the same. Another review board composed of government officials. Another promise for the Executive Branch to review itself. I am in Salt Lake City today on the Sister Wives case, but I am struck by the absence of civil libertarians on the coverage by the networks. I will have...
Charles Krauthammer Demands Sincerity From A War President
by Chris Rossini | Jan 17, 2014 | Neocon Watch
Neocon warmonger Charles Krauthammer is up in arms, furiously attacking President Obama’s sincerity in conducting the war in Afghanistan. Krauthammer starts by quoting the just released book from former Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates: By early 2011, writes former defense secretary Robert Gates, he had concluded that President Obama 'doesn’t believe in his own [Afghanistan] strategy, and doesn’t consider the war to be his.' Of course, Krauthammer was not surprised by Gates’ revelation and...
You Can’t Opt Out: 10 NSA Myths Debunked
by Peter van Buren | Jan 17, 2014 | Featured Articles
The debate Edward Snowden envisioned when he revealed the extent of National Security Agency (NSA) spying on Americans has taken a bad turn. Instead of a careful examination of what the NSA does, the legality of its actions, what risks it takes for what gains, and how effective the agency has been in its stated mission of protecting Americans, we increasingly have government officials or retired versions of the same demanding -- quite literally -- Snowden’s head and engaging in the usual...
McCain and Graham Go To Work Against Iran Agreement
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 14, 2014 | Congress Alert
Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) continue to pull out all stops in attempt to scuttle the six-month interim agreement between the P5+1 and Iran. The agreement is meant to provide some space for negotiations to continue between the two sides while allowing for some confidence to be built in place of a decades-long hostile relationship.The six month water-testing agreement is not meant as a permanent agreement nor is it a legally-binding Chapter VII UNSC resolution....
A Tipping Point For Liberty Against Leviathan
by Adam Dick | Jan 14, 2014 | Featured Articles
Continuing revelations of the extensive scope of the US government’s mass spying program, piled on top of decades of foreign intervention and liberty suppression at home, can lead Americans to question if they should give up their work for peace and liberty. Nevertheless, there is reason for hope that pursuing this work will yield success. Speaking with host Neil Cavuto on Fox Business, RPI Advisory Board Member Andrew Napolitano warns that the US government has established a mass spying...
Who’s To Blame For More Violence Against Afghan Women?
by Bretigne Shaffer | Jan 14, 2014 | Featured Articles
The plight of Afghan women is in the news again. In December, Reuters warned that "(a)larm rises for Afghan women prisoners after Western troops leave," and Macleans published a plea from Afghan parliamentarian and women’s rights advocate Fawzia Koofi, for Western troops to remain in her country. Earlier this month, Russia Today reported that: Violent crimes against women in Afghanistan reached an unprecedented level of brutality in 2013, an Afghan human rights watchdog has announced as the...
Blinken Pours Cold Water On Positive Reports From Russia/Ukraine Talks
Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia met in Turkey to resume talks on a ceasefire and eventual settlement to the conflict. While early reports suggest progress was made, US...
Blinken Pours Cold Water On Positive Reports From Russia/Ukraine Talks
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Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia met in Turkey to resume talks on a ceasefire and eventual settlement to the conflict. While early reports suggest progress was made, US...
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