Militant Libertarian - Community News http://militantlibertarian.org Give me liberty or eat lead! en hourly 1 Fv Community News MSM: U.S. “cap and trade” rebranded “pollution reduction” http://dprogram.net/2010/03/11/msm-u-s-cap-and-trade-rebranded-pollution-reduction/ Militant Libertarian Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:15:31 +0000 (Reuters) – Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name “cap and trade” and rebrand their product as “pollution reduction targets.”

]]> (Reuters) – Like a savvy Madison Avenue advertising team, senators pushing climate-control legislation have decided to scrap the name “cap and trade” and rebrand their product as “pollution reduction targets.”

]]> Taxpayers Footing the Bill for Breast Augmentations http://allgov.com/Where_is_the_Money_Going/ViewNews/Taxpayers_Footing_the_Bill_for_Breast_Augmentations_100311 Militant Libertarian Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:47:44 +0000 The U.S. military keeps plastic surgeons on the payroll to help restore those soldiers badly wounded during their service. But in some cases the doctors are performing cosmetic surgeries and letting the government pay for it.

]]> The U.S. military keeps plastic surgeons on the payroll to help restore those soldiers badly wounded during their service. But in some cases the doctors are performing cosmetic surgeries and letting the government pay for it.

]]> U.S. Taxpayers on Hook for $5 Trillion of Fannie, Freddie Debt … No Matter What Barney Frank Says http://finance.yahoo.com/tech-ticker/u.s.-taxpayers-on-hook-for-5-trillion-of-fannie-freddie-debt-...-no-matter-what-barney-frank-says-438124.html?tickers=FNM,FRE,XLF,AIG,C,FAZ,JPM Militant Libertarian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:58:40 +0000 House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank caused a bit of an uproar Friday when he suggested the U.S. government does not guarantee the debts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

]]> House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank caused a bit of an uproar Friday when he suggested the U.S. government does not guarantee the debts of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

]]> Police act swiftly after gun purchases http://www.mailtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100309/NEWS/3090315 Militant Libertarian Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:44:52 +0000 Concerns about an Oregon Department of Transportation employee who purchased several guns after being placed on leave prompted law enforcement across Southern Oregon to step in.

Negotiators and a SWAT team from Medford police safely took a man — whose name wasn’t released — into protective custody Monday morning in the 500 block of Effie Street, Medford police said in a news release.

He was taken to Rogue Valley Medical Center for a mental-health evaluation.

]]> Concerns about an Oregon Department of Transportation employee who purchased several guns after being placed on leave prompted law enforcement across Southern Oregon to step in.

Negotiators and a SWAT team from Medford police safely took a man — whose name wasn’t released — into protective custody Monday morning in the 500 block of Effie Street, Medford police said in a news release.

He was taken to Rogue Valley Medical Center for a mental-health evaluation.

]]> Czars to Serfs: Pay Up and Shut Up http://freedominourtime.blogspot.com/2010/03/czars-to-serfs-pay-up-and-shut-up.html Militant Libertarian Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:15:10 +0000 “If I’m the bad guy to the average citizen … and their taxes have to go up to cover my raise, I’m very sorry about that, but I have to look out for myself and my membership,” grunted Chris Mesley, president of the Albany, New York Police Officer’s Union. ”As the president of the `local,’ I will not accept `zeroes’ [no increase in salaries or benefits]. If that means … ticking off some taxpayers, then so be it.”

]]> “If I’m the bad guy to the average citizen … and their taxes have to go up to cover my raise, I’m very sorry about that, but I have to look out for myself and my membership,” grunted Chris Mesley, president of the Albany, New York Police Officer’s Union. ”As the president of the `local,’ I will not accept `zeroes’ [no increase in salaries or benefits]. If that means … ticking off some taxpayers, then so be it.”

]]> Interpol joins search for Dubai killers http://in.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idINIndia-46748720100308 Militant Libertarian Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:39:10 +0000 PARIS (Reuters) – Interpol has joined the Dubai task force investigating the murder of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh and has issued a further 16 so-called ”Red Notices” to assist in arrests, the global police body said on Monday.

]]> PARIS (Reuters) – Interpol has joined the Dubai task force investigating the murder of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh and has issued a further 16 so-called ”Red Notices” to assist in arrests, the global police body said on Monday.

]]> And Now: U.S. Government Program Pays People to Sell Homes at a Loss http://cryptogon.com/?p=14202 Militant Libertarian Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:11:50 +0000 In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will take a new approach: paying some of them to leave.

]]> In an effort to end the foreclosure crisis, the Obama administration has been trying to keep defaulting owners in their homes. Now it will take a new approach: paying some of them to leave.

]]> Transcript reveals anger of AIG employees toward politicians, public http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/03/AR2010030303764_pf.html?dbk Militant Libertarian Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:08:11 +0000 During the national furor that erupted last year after American International Group paid more than $165 million in bonuses, the voices of those vilified for receiving the payments remained silent, at least in public.

But behind closed doors, employees at AIG’s Financial Products division — the very unit whose trading had hastened the insurance giant’s collapse — were defiant, saying they were merely getting what they were due, recoiling at public accusations that they were behind their capitalizing on the company’s massive taxpayer bailout.

]]> During the national furor that erupted last year after American International Group paid more than $165 million in bonuses, the voices of those vilified for receiving the payments remained silent, at least in public.

But behind closed doors, employees at AIG’s Financial Products division — the very unit whose trading had hastened the insurance giant’s collapse — were defiant, saying they were merely getting what they were due, recoiling at public accusations that they were behind their capitalizing on the company’s massive taxpayer bailout.

]]> Ethics of little use to this Congress http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1236463&srvc=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+bostonherald/news/opinion+(Columnists+%26+Opinion+-+News+%26+Opinion+-+BostonHerald.com)&ut Militant Libertarian Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:53:29 +0000 The late Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana had a way of refining things to their basest element. Asked to define the importance of ethics in politics, he allegedly replied, “Son, we certainly use ethics in politics. We use anything we can get our hands on.”

]]> The late Gov. Earl Long of Louisiana had a way of refining things to their basest element. Asked to define the importance of ethics in politics, he allegedly replied, “Son, we certainly use ethics in politics. We use anything we can get our hands on.”

]]> End Game Nears Climax http://www.infowars.com/end-game-nears-climax/ Militant Libertarian Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:58:12 +0000 From planned financial meltdowns, to engineered economic collapses, to increased taxes and inflation, to social upheavals, laboratory concocted viruses, deadly vaccines, state sponsored terrorist attacks, and more wars, the Controllers of the International Monetary/Banking Cartel are bringing their end-game to a climax, which is their imperious One-World Government.

]]> From planned financial meltdowns, to engineered economic collapses, to increased taxes and inflation, to social upheavals, laboratory concocted viruses, deadly vaccines, state sponsored terrorist attacks, and more wars, the Controllers of the International Monetary/Banking Cartel are bringing their end-game to a climax, which is their imperious One-World Government.

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