Obama to Veto House Spending Bill Keith Farrell The Office of Management and Budget released a statement today making official what many already suspected: President Obama will veto the House’s plan to tie a bill providing temporary funding to avoid possible default with one which would defund the president’s Affordable Care Act. The statement…
I’m sorry about socialism, but I’m not sorry about monarchism… by Raheem Kassam, Editor of TrendingCentral.com While it is true that socialism was the reactionary response to capitalism – the old aristocrats fighting a new wave of wealth and land-owners – the philosophy of socialism has today metastasized from a just being a protectionist ideology to one…
“The Fed Doesn’t Give us Nirvana!” Ron Paul says that the Federal Reserve is deceiving the American people about the economy. In an interview with David Asman on Fox Business, Paul explained why the Fed’s decision not to taper off its $85 billion in bond purchases reveals their true feelings about our economic state. WATCH:…
CEO Announces Policy Disallowing Guns Keith Farrell Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz announced Tuesday that the coffee giant will no longer allow firearms to be carried in its stores. In an open letter to Americans Shultz asked costumers to leave their guns home. Not wanting their employees to confront people carrying guns, the CEO said…
New Chinese Exchange-Traded Products Poised to Further Boost Gold Demand By Hard Assets Alliance Team By Justin Spittler, Hard Assets Alliance Analyst After speculation that the US Federal Reserve would rein in its asset-purchasing program earlier than anticipated, Western investors began exiting gold-back exchanged-traded funds (ETFs) in record numbers, highlighted by $8.7 billion in…
Increasingly embattled Speaker may face primary challenge Keith Farrell From debt ceiling limits, to gun control, to Syria and now Affordable Care Act funding, Speaker of the House John Boehner has continually found himself at odds with a large base of his party’s constituents. Trying to work with leadership in DC, Boehner has repeatedly come…
Hello to the readers of The Libertarian Republic, My good friend Austin Petersen, the editor of The Libertarian Republic asked me to write to you and introduce myself. Austin wanted me to let everyone know why I decided to advertise on his new web page and what I am all about. Simply stated I believe in…
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…
California’s dreamin’ if they think a $10 minimum wage is a good idea The state of California has increased their minimum wage to $10 per hour, raising it from $8. Washington state had previously been the highest with $9.19 an hour. The bill was passed on a straight party-line vote. Governor Jerry Brown has stated that he…
Someone need a change of pants? Gilbert Nunez had already burglarized Paul Cavazo’s condo twice before, and was getting ready to make the third time a charm when this time his luck ran out. Follow TLR on Google+ Cavazo pulled his trusty sidekick, a 12 gauge shotgun out and pointed the business end at Nunez…