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Jad Davis is the guest editor today.

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Panarchy, Subsidiarity and Me

Column by Paul Bonneau.

Exclusive to STR 

When I first started writing on this subject (see here, here, and here), I was mostly shooting in the dark. Subsequent reading has yet again proven the old saying...
Rule by Children

Column by Bob Wallace.
 
Exclusive to STR
 
Of the current crop of Republican presidential candidates, all of them, except for Ron Paul, are whores and puppets for international bankers and international corporations (I call them Cosmodemonic Transnational Megacorporations). And Paul doesn’t stand a chance, because he is an adult.

It doesn't matter if Obama is re-elected, or if Romney gets in, or Gingrich, or any of the...
The State of US Surveillance
Original article

 "Lovers of liberty have seemingly had a good bit to celebrate recently . . . however, it's wise to note that this victory dish is probably best enjoyed with a serving of caution."
See No Evil: A Strange Absolution of Obama’s Warmongering
Original article

"No, they are not 'targeting civilians' -- just power plant and electric company employees, bus drivers, train drivers, factory workers, highway crews, oil riggers, people who work for mobile phone companies, television and radio stations and all other media which might be used by the regime for 'communications.' And all the civilians working in government offices and military facilities, and all the civilians who might live near factories, train stations, power plants, oil fields,...
Adam Hanieh: 'The Arab Revolutions Are Not Over'
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 "Q: What should now be the left[?] attitude towards Arab Spring?
A: . . . offering solidarity to labour strikes and popular mobilisations; publicising the ongoing abuses of the military; agitating against foreign military and political intervention in the region; . . .  finding ways to support campaigns to cancel the multilateral and bilateral debt of these countries to Western financial institutions; and preventing new financial actors (such as the European...
World Black Markets Boom (video)
Original article

Interview with Robert Neuwirth, author of "Stealth of Nations": 2/3rds of world economy destined for the black market.
The New Student Libertarian Movement
Original article

 The kids are alright.
European Commission Slip Reveals Censorship in ACTA
Original article

 "In an inadvertent slip, the European Commission reveals that ACTA will indeed bring censorship to the Internet. As usual, they say this in the calmest soothing tone of voice."
CIA Claims Release of its History of the Bay of Pigs Debacle Would “Confuse the Public.”
Original article

 I hate it when the public is confused about the virtue of the CIA.
Iran Begins War Games in Strait of Hormuz
Original article

 More powder waiting for a spark.
The Horrors of Getting Approval for an Ice Cream Parlour in San Francisco
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"A pervasive multiple licensing system can create an impenetrable conjunctive permission line that even the most energetic cannot overcome. To start a business, to build, to hire, to sell, you need first to convince bureaucrat A and B and C and D and so on."
Anonymous to Leak Cache of Iraq War Emails
Original article

Also in the article: the interception of a conference call between the FBI and Scottland Yard.  
Young People Followed SOPA News More Than Election News
Original article

 The cynic in me thinks that it was mostly the blackout of homework aid Wikipedia that drove their interest.
Nobel Peace Prize Jury Under Investigation
Original article

 "The investigation comes after persistent complaints by a Norwegian peace researcher that the original purpose of the prize was to diminish the role of military power in international relations."  Yeah, that's kindof what the title of the prize would lead one to believe . . .
Community Garden is a "Restricted Area" with an Automated Guard
Original article

 The surveillance state in Britain would be kind of hilarious if the surveillance state in the US weren't following in its footsteps. 
Monsanto Closing Operations in Britain Due to Opposition to GMO Food
Original article

 On the other hand, the Brits seem more aware of the potential downsides of GMO.
Woman's Infected Jaw Removed, 3D Printed Replacement Implanted
Original article

"The 3D printer prints titanium powder layer by layer, while a computer controlled laser ensures that the correct particles are fused together."

Videos: Battlefield Detectives (recommended), Flying Wild Alaska (recommended), Nightmare in Jamestown (recommended), Gold Rush: Alaska (recommended), Erasing David (recommended), Brad Meltzer's Decoded (recommended), Flash Forward (pretty good), Pawn Stars (recommended), Nova: The Spy Factory (recommended), Sherman's March (recommended), Client 9 (recommended), Surfwise (recommended), Moving Midway (recommended), Fat Head (highly recommended), The Trials of Henry Kissinger (recommended), Under Our Skin (recommended), Beer Wars (recommended), The Street Stops Here (recommended), The Cartel (MUST SEE), Freakonomics (recommended), A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (recommended), The Tillman Story (highly recommended), Inside Job (a leftish perspective of the financial crisis), Robin Hood (strongly recommended), Gasland (recommended), Friday Night Lights, Seasons 1-5 (highly recommended), The Power of Nightmares (3 parts, MUST SEE), Frontline: The Wounded Platoon (MUST SEE), Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (highly recommended), Sons of Anarchy, Seasons 1-3 (MUST SEE), Hacking Democracy (MUST SEE), For the Bible Tells Me So (recommended), Frontline: The Merchants of Cool (recommended), Green Zone (recommended), Generation Kill (MUST SEE), Shut Up and Sing (recommended), Collapse (recommended), The Singing Revolution (recommended), Jericho, Seasons 1 & 2 (MUST SEE), Frontline: Black Money (recommended), Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa (strongly recommended), Frontline: The Madoff Affair (MUST SEE), Taxi to the Dark Side (MUST-MUST SEE), Frontline: Hand of God (MUST SEE), Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (MUST SEE), Defiance (strongly recommended), Frontline: Ghosts of Rwanda (MUST SEE), The Heart of the Game (highly recommended), Downfall (highly recommended), Frontline: Inside the Meltdown (recommended), White Light, Black Rain (strongly recommended), Rendition (highly recommended), The Ground Truth (highly recommended); see recommended movies 

Books: Throw Them All Out, More Money Than God, Dogs and Demons: Tales from the Dark Side of Japan

Music: Sunshine by Schuyler Fisk

 

Panarchy, Subsidiarity and Me
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Paul Bonneau 2012-02-06 00:00
Column by Paul Bonneau. Exclusive to STR  When I first started writing on this subject (see here, here, and here), I was mostly shooting in the dark. Subsequent reading has yet again proven the old saying, from Ecclesiastes, that there is nothing new under the sun; that what I wrote has been thought of before. This article will attempt to collect and connect these themes.   The first...
Rule by Children
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Bob Wallace 2012-02-06 00:00
Column by Bob Wallace.   Exclusive to STR   Of the current crop of Republican presidential candidates, all of them, except for Ron Paul, are whores and puppets for international bankers and international corporations (I call them Cosmodemonic Transnational Megacorporations). And Paul doesn’t stand a chance, because he is an adult. It doesn't matter if Obama is re-elected, or...
I Can Do It; You Can't
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Paul Hein 2012-01-30 00:00
Column by Paul Hein. Exclusive to STR President Obama was served with a subpoena to appear in an Atlanta court on January 26, to offer proof of his eligibility to be on the ballot in Georgia in the upcoming presidential election. Georgia law, as I understand it, requires that all candidates for federal office be qualified to hold the office to which they aspire.   Of course, Obama did not...
1492
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Jim Davies 2012-01-30 00:00
Column by Jim Davies. Exclusive to STR It's a bit difficult to compress a big slice of human history into a few hundred words, so if I omit some of your favorite details, I hope you'll forgive me.   I pick 1492 as being the pivotal year in that immense saga. One could of course choose from other good candidates: 50,000 years ago when mankind migrated out of Africa to populate the rest of the...
Dictates to the Union
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Emmett Harris 2012-01-27 00:00
Column by Emmett Harris. Exclusive to STR  The other night, President Obama continued the modern tradition whereby the current White House denizen annually assaults the airwaves with a stream of teleprompter words that rival Lunesta in their ability to induce drowsiness. I’m referring, of course, to the State of the Union Address.    It was a long, boring, and typically...
They Stole His Money, Her Money & Mine Too
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Douglas Herman 2012-01-24 00:00
Column by Doug Herman. Exclusive to STR  Just before the holidays, I walked into my local Wells Fargo bank to cash a small birthday check one of my sisters gave to me. Imagine my surprise when the teller informed me my small savings account was closed. I told her she was mistaken, and asked her to please check again; I knew I had about $800 in the account and I never use the ATM and don...
Jesus, Anarchy, and the Golden Rule
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Westernerd 2012-01-23 00:00
Column by Robert Taylor. Exclusive to STR "So in everything, do unto others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets." ~ Matthew 7:12 "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy...
The Bureaucratization of Airport Security
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Alex Schroeder 2012-01-18 00:00
Column by Alex Schroeder. Exclusive to STR A recent flight to a sunny Caribbean island unfortunately required interaction with our friends at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). While having my privacy invaded by these inconsiderate bureaucratic underlings, I began to contemplate precisely why airport security is so unpleasant and why it becomes more so subsequent to new security...
Liberty Stability
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Jim Davies 2012-01-17 00:00
Column by Jim Davies. Exclusive to STR If I outline the delights of a free society, quite often the listener will say that it's "Utopian." All very nice but not practical, he means, and after clarification he usually agrees that "Utopian" means a status that is not stable; that if it is put into place, it will inevitably collapse. If I have the chance, I'll then continue by...
The Entanglement of Compassion and Liberty
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Glen Allport 2012-01-12 00:00
Column by Glen Allport. Exclusive to STR  - 1 - Hidden yet Fundamental Connections   I am fascinated by quantum mechanics, and particularly by what is called the quantum enigma (also known as the measurement problem). Among the most startling aspects of this enigma is that consciousness and physical reality are connected in some fashion, such that at the quantum level – the level...

 

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