Sunday, March 15

Robert Fredericks is the guest editor today.

 

Pakistan Blocks Highways, Summons Army Help Against Protesters

“The protests sharpened a nearly three-week-old confrontation that began Feb. 25, when the Supreme Court barred Sharif, Zardari’s chief rival and a former prime minister, from public office.”

 

Geithner Calls for Tripling of IMF Firepower

“Incredibly, the IMF is now being trumpeted by the top politicos of G-7 nations as the ideal body to bring stability to the global financial system.”

 

Seeds Sprouting in the Rubble

The good news is that some of the most important building blocks of the successor economy can be financed dirt cheap.”

 

Barack the Short Bus Riding Bully

“He has taken a country that used to be decent, not quite a top notch ice cream parlor, but a 31 Flavors with about 8 choices left, and turned it into filth and uselessness.”

 

California Legislator Wants to Censor Google Earth

“Joel Anderson, a Republican California state assemblyman from San Diego County , wants to make sure that the terrorists can't win.”

 

Mexico Drug Lord on Forbes Rich List With $1 Billion

Joaquin "Shorty" Guzman is a product of The War on Drugs.

 

False and True Connections Between Libertarianism and Conservatism

“…there is no praxeological proof that there is anything at all wrong with illegitimacy, nor with drug use, homosexuality, promiscuity, prostitution, nor any of the other manifestations of ‘multicultural-egalitarian lifestyle experiments’.”

 

Obama Administration Claims Copyright Treaty Involves State Secrets?!?

When the Obama administration took over, there was a public stance that this administration was going to be more transparent -- especially with regards to things like Freedom of Information Act requests.”

 

China's Premier 'Worried' About Treasury Holdings, Urges US to Safeguard Its Assets

China already is Washington 's biggest foreign creditor, with an estimated $1 trillion in U.S. government debt.”

 

Confronting “Government Intelligence”?

“This is a lighthouse, mate.” (Video)

 

Why the Meltdown Should Have Surprised No One

Peter Schiff speaks at the Austrian Scholars Conference at the Mises Institute. (Audio)

 

Credit Card Companies Begin Breaking Legs, Thumbs

Satire.

 

Musical Mash-up

 

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