The Battle Lines Have Been Drawn » The
fiscal cliff draweth nigh. A lame-duck Congress and a triumphant
President have six weeks to effect a deal that will keep the country
from plunging over it. And right now, while both sides pay lip service
to the idea of compromise, it looks like they'll play chicken right up
to the edge. More »
Freedom Watch
What's Behind Obama's Military Purge? » Is
something deep and dark afoot in the upper regions of military command?
Since the Sept. 11 Benghazi, Libya, massacre, President Barack Obama
has sacked his CIA director and two of his top military commanders,
demoted one and found another caught up in the scandal involving the CIA
director. More »
Personal Liberty News
Senate Votes Down Cybersecurity Measure » Last
summer, vocal opposition from American Internet users encouraged the
Senate to back off on Senator Joseph Lieberman's (I-Conn.) Cybersecurity
Act. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called for another vote
on the bill in a lame-duck session this week. It failed. More »
A Picture Worth $13 Billion? » How
do you know when government is broken and rife with incompetence? A
good indicator could be when Federally managed workers with the Federal
Emergency Management Agency are lining up for food handed out by an
offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement, Occupy Sandy. More »
Montana Lawmaker Wants To Be Paid In Gold » A
Montana State lawmaker sent a letter expressing a lack of faith in the
U.S. dollar and asking the Legislature to pay his annual $7,000 salary
in gold. The State says it isn't going to happen. More »
Man Fighting Fire Shocked By Police With Taser » A
Florida man who was attempting to keep a fire that had engulfed his
neighbor's house from reaching his own was shot with a Taser by police
officers who told him to "let it go, that's what insurance is for." More »
Obama wins, stock market falls. The
day after Barack Obama's re-election victory, the Dow Jones industrial
average, a popular gauge of the U.S. stock market, suffered its biggest
loss in nearly a year, dropping 312.95 points. Even so, the fall wasn't
as bad as the day after Obama first won the White House. On Nov. 5,
2008, the Dow plummeted 486 points. Maybe we should be glad the drop
wasn't worse this time. More »
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