Radical Agenda
As previously reported, due to the government shutdown, national parks and monuments have been coned off, not so much as a money saving maneuver, but rather as a temper tantrum by government agents. Well, I got put onto this by my facebook friend Adam Brisebois, a national “Move the Cones” protest. The idea is simple…...
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On its face, a government shutdown sounds like good policy, if not a utopia. Government, after all, is not in the habit of doing good things. So doing less of it, tends to appeal to those who see this monster for what it is. In practice, a government shutdown as the ruling class puts it into…...
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“It’s really cruel to tell workers they’ll receive back pay once the government opens and then refuse to open the government,” said Senator Harry Reid on the Senate floor today. The Washington Post is reporting, that the US House has voted unanimously to give back pay to furloughed federal workers, it comes after Republican efforts…...
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While passing out jury nullification pamphlets for Adam Kokesh, outside DC Superior Court, in Washington DC, Government thug Richard Paris assaults and robs a peaceful, female, jury rights activist by the name of Josie Wales. The interaction was captured live on Josie’s UStream channel. Make sure to subscribe, she’s a great activist with a lot…...
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This is what happens when you have a compulsory market, instead of trying to satisfy your customers more when you want more revenue, you punish them. Photo and story Courtesy of Kristie McNealy via Facebook, Courtesy of the government shutdown, this was our view today when we did a drive by of Mt. Rushmore with out…...
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More than 85,000 IRS employees have been laid off during the ongoing partial shutdown of the United States Federal Government, leaving only about 9% of the workforce to do all the work. Don’t start celebrating yet, apparently the IRS can still extort hundreds of millions of people with less than 10% of it’s usual staffing…...
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In all the hysteria yesterday, I completely forgot to sign up for my compulsory health insurance. Good thing I’m an anarchist, or being a lawbreaker might weigh on my conscience. I also may have protected my identity. The Daily Caller is reporting that 2,400 people had their Social Security numbers, names, addresses and other personal data…...
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Most of the Twitter accounts operated by arms of the United States Federal Government are closed today, but apparently some of them didn’t get the memo about the shutdown…. This content is for Monthly Premium Membership and Yearly Premium Membership members only.Login Join Now...
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Josie Wales, an activist from Philadelphia is live streaming her interactions with the US Park Police right now. Live streaming video by Ustream … This content is for Monthly Premium Membership and Yearly Premium Membership members only.Login Join Now...
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Fiscal crisis? Or the greatest federal holiday in the history of the republic? Unless the House of Representatives comes up with a spending bill the Senate and President can agree on, the United States Federal Government will run out of money, on Monday night at midnight, or, so we are told. As politicians and main…...
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