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A Great Idea for Liberty Activism: Robin Hood Parking Vigilantes

Check out this news story: KEENE – The city has filed a lawsuit against six citizens, part of a group dubbed Robin Hood of Keene that patrols downtown armed with video cameras and pockets full of change to fill expired parking meters. Also known as Robin Hooders, the six are associated with the Free Keene […]

Don’t Ever Talk to the Police

This is a classic. If you’ve never seen it, you need to watch this. You can start watching at 5:55 if you’re short on time.

Jon Stewart Rips Obama’s “I Just Heard About This Too” Defense

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“If the Fed Ever Started Monetizing the Debt, We’d Be in Trouble…”

The CBO recently revised its estimate of the FY2013 deficit down to “only” $642 billion. The Fed is still buying $45 billion per month in Treasury securities, on average. So that means the Fed will monetize 84% of the Treasury’s deficit this fiscal year. And it’s not chump change, the deficit is still over half […]