Monthly Archives: February 2012
Posted on February 7, 2012 by Davi Barker
// When I was in high school 1984 was required reading. These days I doubt they want kids that well informed. I read it twice. The first time I read it as it was intended. Winston Smith is cast as … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 6, 2012 by Wes
// Atlas Shrugged film fans, fear not! Despite all the frigid treatment that the independent film offering of Ayn Rand’s literary masterpiece received from critics (with the New York Times declining to even review it), the films producers will not … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 5, 2012 by Davi Barker
// The 1% rhetorical device that the Occupy Movement uses is pretty intellectually dishonest if you think about it. It gives the mob screaming “We are the 99%” the false impression that they somehow actually represent the opinions and political … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 3, 2012 by Wes
// Thanks to the one-time only, and limited Dodd-Frank audit of the Federal Reserve, we already know that some pretty glaring conflicts of interest exist at the Fed and that it loaned $16 trillion at low no interest to big … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 3, 2012 by Davi Barker
// Anti Fed activists often call inflation a tax, and rightly so. When the Federal Reserve creates new money it dilutes the buying power of the money already in circulation. The value of the new money is “taxed” from the … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 3, 2012 by megan
// Don’t you wake up sometimes in the morning, check SilverUnderground.com’s latest post, and say to yourself: “Man, I wish I could just move away from all this corruption and live in a liberty-minded utopia.” According to Jeff Berwick, that … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 2, 2012 by megan
// This gives a whole other meaning to being beside yourself!
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Posted on February 2, 2012 by Davi Barker
// For those of us who grew up on comic books who your favorite character was as a child may say a lot about you. Do you prefer a loner or a team player? A pillar of virtue or a … Continue reading →
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Posted on February 1, 2012 by Wes
// For ROTW today, we’re going back in time to this week in history. This Monday in 1835 Andrew Jackson, who was 67 years old at the time, defended himself from a failed assassination attempt with a misfiring gun on … Continue reading →
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There’s just no escaping politics
Posted on February 1, 2012 by Davi Barker
// My wife and I are very plugged in. Constantly reading. Constantly writing. Constantly scouring through social media and blogs for the latest details of the developing stories we’re expected to analyze. So, when we took time out for our … Continue reading →
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