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      As part of our effort to share Austrian Economics with the world, we announced the first version of the Mises.org torrents in 2009, 2.0 in 2010, and 3.0 in 2011.  These torrents allow you to download the content on Mises.org for offline reading and sharing. Version 4.0 is now available in a new user-friendly format. We have completely re-organized the files […]
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      The Mises Blog went live on May 5, 2003. Since then, it has hosted 16,647 posts and 234,839 comments and become one of the highest-ranked economics blogs on the internet, thanks to a fantastic slate of authors and an eager, informed, and intelligent community of readers, commentators, and friends. Thanks so much to all of you for making this possible. As use […]

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    • RLC of Virginia Announces Three Congressional Endorsements
      May 29, 2012 (Arlington, VA) – The Republican Liberty Caucus of Virginia announced its endorsement of three Republican candidates for U.S. House of Representatives this past weekend at its annual state convention. They are Floyd Bayne, running in the 7th Congressional District, Ken Vaughn, running in the 11th Congressional District, and Karen Kwiatkowski, ru […]
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      “A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.” –Mark Twain In Texas, and across the country, we’ve been seeing a barrage of unwarranted attacks from the establishment, against pro-liberty candidates. Tommy Merritt’s deceptive attacks against David Simpson. Attacks from David Dewhurst, against Ted Cruz. They seem to be flooding the mailboxes o […]
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      UPDATE A deal was worked out on Wednesday which selected 17 Amendments to the FDA bill to be voted on on Thursday. Sen. Paul’s amendment was included among the 17 so we now have until some time Thursday get people to email their Senators to to encourage them to support the Paul amendment. On Thursday [...]
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      Jack Hunter has written an excellent article about the same-sex marriage debate where he correctly calls the issue a distraction and highlights the absurdity of focusing on such a thing while the federal government continues to spend trillions of dollars on numerous unconstitutional activities. The bottom line is that marriage is a state issue, not [...]
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      You may remember all the work we did last December to try to stop the passage of the National Defense Authorization Act because of provisions it contained which allowed for the indefinite detention of US citizens by the military in violation of due process and posse comitatus. Supporters of that act tried to hide the [...]

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    • The Playlist for May 24, 2012
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The Military Loves Ron Paul, The Proof is in the Pudding

Posted on July 21, 2011 by bandito707

The candidates’ second quarter donation reports are in, and once again Ron Paul is dominating the rest of the field in donations from active military members, just like he did in 2008.  In fact, Ron Paul got more money in donations from the military than ALL other candidates combined, including Obama! [Source: Ron Paul 2012] [...]

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Portugal, 10 Years after Decriminalization

Posted on July 16, 2011 by bandito707

According to a recent Forbes article, 10 years ago after all drugs in Portugal were decriminalized, drug abuse in the nation has been cut in half.  Portugal has had one of the most progressive drug policies out of modern countries, and they are a shining example of why we should follow their example and end [...]

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New Santa Barbara County Redistricting Map: Status Quo and Corrupt

Posted on July 16, 2011 by bandito707

Every 10 years we are given the chance to rewrite district lines to adjust for population growth and to fix the mistakes of the past.  Sadly, the newly accepted district map for Santa Barbara county only meets one of these criteria, as it reeks with political corruption.  Once again, it appears that Santa Barbara county [...]

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Tabling for Ron Paul downtown Santa Barbara

Posted on July 9, 2011 by bandito707

I can’t talk for other Ron Paul Meetup groups, but our Santa Barbara one has been quite active lately and we’ve already begun taking the message of liberty to the streets!  This time around more people know who Ron Paul is and he has a much better chance at winning the GOP nomination.  With the [...]

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Wisconsin School District Improves Immediately after Union Reforms

Posted on July 6, 2011 by bandito707

The unions and Democrats have called Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker the anti-Christ. They have claimed that his recent collective bargaining reforms would destroy public education. Lo and behold, these threats are turning out to be a lot of hot air blown out by groups of thugs vying for relevancy and not wanting to release their [...]

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