Daily Archives: 23 November, 2011

Pigs on the Run

by Kevin Carson
http://c4ss.org/?p=9012

For years, the standard drill after a police beating or shooting, when it was a citizen’s word against a cop’s and the cop’s testimony was backed up by his Brothers in Blue, was “administrative leave” with pay for the cop — until a review board found “no evidence of official wrongdoing” and that “all official procedures and policies were followed.” The exceptions — such as the Rodney King beating and the Abner Louima case — were rare cases in which the offending thugs were stupid or careless enough to get caught. Continue reading

Fiction is Mightier than Fact

by L. Neil Smith

I’m primarily a novelist.

I’ve spent my whole professional life, so far, attempting to create stories that will entertain my readers and at the same time advance the cause of individual liberty. And yet if I had a dime for every person who ever told me — usually in a snooty, supercilious tone –”I don’t read fiction”, I wouldn’t worry over my semiannual royalty statements. Continue reading

The Climate Change Scam: Another “hide the decline” Admission

Via Richard North
http://eureferendum.blogspot.com/2011/11/oh-dear.html

From John Davies to Phil Jones, Wed 4 July 2007. Continue reading

RSA-USA—Beloved, Benighted Countries

by Derek Turner
http://www.alternativeright.com/main/blogs/hbd-human-biodiversity/rsa-usaâbeloved-benighted-countries/

Into the Cannibal’s Pot – Lessons for America from Post-Apartheid South Africa
Ilana Mercer, Seattle: Stairway Press, 2011, hb, 319pp

Ilana Mercer is a well-known controversialist on the American right, who writes a deservedly popular WorldNetDaily column and somehow finds time to maintain both a website and blog. Continue reading

Passive Smoking: A Review of the Evidence

All Party Parliamentary Group
on Smoking and Health
Call for Evidence

Smoking in private vehicles:
Comments on the Peer-reviewed literature

Imperial Tobacco Group

25 October 2011

http://www.imperial-tobacco.com

Republished with permission by the Libertarian Alliance Continue reading