News Roundup For 5/28/2010

Police State:

Punk Johnny Cash put a post up exclusive at Break The Matrix The Militarized Police State Is Here, so go check that one out.

Washington drug agents have illegally seized signed petitions for marijuana legalization.

Canada decided that U.S. tyranny with their own Patriot Act Style bill, C-29: The Anti-Privacy Privacy Bill.

Deputy sheriff pleads guilty to sexually assaulting child

New Jersey Police rape woman in Liberty State Park

Immigration:

Deportations have risen under President Obamas watch: Immigration detention reforms a distant promise as deportations rise drastically.

The President sent 1,200 troops to the border. President Obamas’ plan is starting to look a good deal like President Bushs’ plan.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Abel Moreno could face deportation after he called 911 to report a crime. He was snagged by a provision that deputizes local authorities to enforce federal immigration law.

Libertarian Party & Libertarianism:

Rand Paul really stepped in it. But despite the common claim that the self declared “conservative constitutionalist” is a libertarian, the Libertarian Party is talking about running a candidate against him so they can see an actual libertarian choice in the state of Kentucky.

In regards to Rand Paul & those libertarians who accept the state there is a wonderful article at C4SS you may want to read: Libertarianism and its discontents It’s hard to have that principle while you cling to a state.

Economics:

What is the underground economy? Mises has The Underground Economy in One Page

There is a wonderful article re-surfacing online from Anti-State.com Libertarian Property and Privatization: An Alternative Paradigm
. It caught my attention on Twitter this week when Jesse L. Stewart posted it.

Break the Matrix posted a wonderful Introduction to Austrian Economics By Murray Rothbard.

War:

The President is ready to start another war in Korea now. I think Obama will top Bush in how many wars he can get into: Obama tells military: prepare for North Korea aggression

The U.S. Expanding Secret Military Activities in Midle East The top American commander in the Middle East has ordered a broad expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region, according to defense officials and military documents.

There is a wonderful article at Anti-War.com: Being Muslim Is No Crime
How convenient that there are Muslims in America. How much harder it would be for the government to increase its power, while abridging more general liberties, if they didn’t exist. A radical Islamic preacher, who also happens to be an American citizen, is now hiding out somewhere in Yemen inciting violence against this country. What’s the solution? Simple: add him to the CIA’s “kill list,” send in the drones (though we are not at war with Yemen), and execute him. Better yet, call that act a “targeted killing” and you don’t have to worry about the legal niceties associated with the word “assassination.”

We are going to give the New Roundups another go here at Gonzo Times. We haven’t done one in months, so hopefully we will keep up with it.