Ominous Parallels by Keith Farrell It was reported this morning that President Barack Obama will waive federal law in order to clear the way for the US government’s arming of Syrian rebels opposed to Bashar Al Assad’s government. The law which is intended to prevent US arms from falling into the hands of terrorist organizations…
It’s the second anniversary since the Occupy Wall Street movement began. CNN Money held a panel featuring Mark Bray, author of the book Translating Anarchy who estimated that around 72% of the people he spoke to at OWS were anarchists. His definition of anarchist was that they rejected compromise with capitalism. While that may…
Cure for amputees? Straight from the horse’s mouth! Paul Halpern of Florida was feeding his horse one day when the animal mistook his finger for a cookie and bit it clean off. Halpern managed to recover his fingertip and put it on a popsicle while he made his way to the emergency room but it…
We can pay taxes, but we can’t vote? LOUISVILLE – Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) stated that he would support a push for felons to have their voting rights restored. Paul believes it would be good to have a waiting period first to make sure that they don’t relapse, but that he would attempt to push…
Rod MacIver received a faulty ticket in December which lead him to suing the small Vermont town of Shelburne. He arrived at court to fight the complaint but the judge in small claims court had to postpone the hearing. The police officers who were defending themselves were advised by their attorney to skip the court…
St. Homeless Guy of Bostonia! A homeless man in Boston returned a backpack he found containing $2,400, $39,500 in travelers checks and a passport. The man found police and notified them in front of a TJ Maxx store. He reported his find and officers took the backpack and reported it to the news. It was…
They didn’t adhere to objective morality! The AP is reporting that a Russian man was shot when a philosophical debate over Kant’s “Critique of Pure Reason” devolved into violence. Police in Rostov-on Don said two young men were discussing Kant’s ethics when they decided to throw both ethics AND reason out the window and go…
Welcome to the Police State! GRAY, LOUISIANA – A 15-year old boy was arrested for posting a Youtube video he made with the “Real Strike” app from his phone. The application take a video from your mobile device and superimposes a picture of a gun over it. The student allegedly recorded his classmates with the…
Penn Jillette took a bite out of his friend Greg Gutfeld for sitting and watching his colleagues on Fox’s The Five suggest that atheists should just leave the country. A controversy has exploded after anchor Dana Perino suggested that atheists should leave because they are upset that the United States government is unconstitutionally promoting…
They refused to be victims! Liveleak.com has a beautiful new video mashup available today that features some of the best clips of citizens fighting back against criminal gangsterism. We at The Libertarian Republic believe that a strong nation is one where individuals have the right to protect themselves from unlawful aggression using lethal force if…