Category Archives: Police State

Under Asset Forfeiture Law, Wisconsin Cops Confiscate Families’ Bail Money

Posted on Mon, 21 May, 2012 by pmjones

When the Brown County, Wis., Drug Task Force arrested her son Joel last February, Beverly Greer started piecing together his bail. She used part of her disability payment and her tax return. Joel Greer’s wife also chipped in, as did … Continue reading →

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This Is Not How A Free Society Treats People

Posted on Thu, 17 May, 2012 by pmjones

This is where Eduardo Saverin comes in. The Facebook co-founder, who finds himself a few billion dollars richer this week, recently renounced his US citizenship. And, to the intelligentsia, it’s not ‘fair’. ‘Saverin needs to pay his fair share! He … Continue reading →

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Policeman Takes $22K From Innocent Driver

Posted on Tue, 15 May, 2012 by pmjones

Reby was driving down Interstate 40, heading west through Putnam County, when he was stopped for speeding. A Monterey police officer wanted to know if he was carrying any large amounts of cash. "I said, ‘Around $20,000,’" he recalled. "Then, … Continue reading →

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TSA Gropes Henry Kissinger

Posted on Mon, 14 May, 2012 by pmjones

Kissinger, who was in a wheelchair, was told by a TSA agent that he needed to be searched. “He stood with his suit jacket off, and he was wearing suspenders,” freelance reporter Matthew Cole told the Post. “They gave him … Continue reading →

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Victims of Communism Day: 80 to 100 Million Dead

Posted on Tue, 01 May, 2012 by pmjones

May Day began as a holiday for socialists and labor union activists, not just communists. But over time, the date was taken over by the Soviet Union and other communist regimes and used as a propaganda tool to prop up … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Dumbest Critics

Posted on Wed, 18 Jan, 2012 by pmjones

How would you have reacted in 2008 if any Republican ran promising to do the following? (1) Codify indefinite detention into law; (2) draw up a secret kill list of people, including American citizens, to assassinate without due process; (3) … Continue reading →

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Statism Incomparably Worse Than Free Markets

Posted on Fri, 23 Dec, 2011 by pmjones

… [C]apitalism vigorously pursued has never produced the atrocities – starvation, tyranny, and genocide – that are produced by statism vigorously pursued.  Nothing remotely close. Capitalism vigorously pursued might produce trade cycles and long periods of high unemployment; it might … Continue reading →

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Argentina Gov’t To Control Newsprint

Posted on Thu, 22 Dec, 2011 by pmjones

That’s right, the government now controls the supply of the very paper on which the news is to be printed. Tyranny on the march. The paper used to produce newspapers came under government control in Argentina on Thursday, in a … Continue reading →

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Kim Jong Il, Murderous Communist Tyrant, Is Dead At Last

Posted on Mon, 19 Dec, 2011 by pmjones

Kim Jong Il, North Korea’s mercurial and enigmatic longtime leader, has died of heart failure. He was 69. via News from The Associated Press.

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You Can’t Read This Opinion

Posted on Sat, 15 Oct, 2011 by pmjones

This morning the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued its opinion in Abdual Latif v. Obama. I can’t tell you what the court decided, or why, because the opinion is classified. Secret law. Police state. Via The … Continue reading →

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