It wasn’t ultimately surprising that a Republican candidate facing assault charges for allegedly bodyslamming a reporter the day before the election won his House race in Montana anyway. But Greg Gianforte’s 6 percent win over Democrat Rob Quist was far lower than most assessments of Montana’s relative preference for Republicans would indicate.… Read more ...
Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies are surging in value, at least for the moment. That is also causing a surge in attention.
Governments are wary of cryptocurrencies for the same reasons that libertarians love them. As Wikipedia puts it:
… Read more ...In centralized banking and economic systems such as the Federal Reserve System, corporate boards or governments control the supply of currency by printing units of fiat money or demanding additions to digital banking ledgers.
Email from LPHQ to its list:
Dear Libertarian,
Have you considered running for office?
New Jersey and Virginia have statewide elections this year and have been recruiting heavily for those.
Other states hold their statewide elections in 2018.
Regardless of where you live, there are likely many local races going on in your area in the next year or two years.… Read more ...
Aaron Starr
Aaron Starr, who lost a close race for the Oxnard City Council last November but won a ballot measure to overturn the city’s wastewater rate hike, was interviewed on KEYT-TV, the local ABC affiliate. He explains his reasons for planning to recall elected city council members who recently voted for a rate hike.… Read more ...
Message posted in LNC Business Discuss – a group any LP member can join and view.
“LP Member in a private post:
Despite the fact that transparency is necessity for committees to:
1) Ensure committee member accountability;
2) Educate the membership on committee members and positions held;
3) Provide additional insight into reasoning behind proposals;
4) And, serve as a safeguard for committee members so that their words / positions are not represented without context or accuracy…
The LP Bylaws Committee has none.… Read more ...
Over at Facebook, Michael Weems reposted something I wrote some time back. It does seem applicable to current events in the Libertarian Party. So what the hey, why not re-use it as a blog post?
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| Thomas L. Knapp, 1985 Marine Corp Recruit Depot San Diego |
As a veteran of the US Marine Corps (1984-1995, “honorably discharged”), I’ve always found the obligatory “thank you for your service” remarks somewhat grating.… Read more ...
via LP.org:
The Libertarian Party is seeking a Press Secretary who shares our love of liberty and will help the Libertarian Party succeed as a vehicle for implementing libertarian policies.
Job Description:
The Press Secretary monitors breaking news and prepares responses from a Libertarian perspective. In addition to responding to what’s already happening, a highly successful Press Secretary will help the Libertarian Party and its candidates generate news worthy to Americans that gets picked up my major media outlets.… Read more ...
Gary Welch addresses the Constitution Party of Utah State Convention, 20 May 2017
The Constitution Party of Utah held its annual convention at the Salt Lake City Council Chambers on Saturday, 20 May 2017.
The following officers were elected:
Bryce Hamilton, Chairman (reelected)
Kirk Pearson, First Vice-Chairman (reelected)
Reed Miller, Second Vice-Chairman
Valerie Fauver, Secretary
Sherry Phipps, Treasurer
The Constitution Party of Utah was organized in August 2001 and achieved ballot status in 2004.… Read more ...
IPR was launched exactly 9 years ago, on May 20th, 2008. By sheer coincidence – I was not here when the site started, but I was here not very long after that – I had a birthday today as well; a number also associated with a popular caliber of pistol, the sum of the two digits of which adds up to 9.… Read more ...
Our monthly open thread. Post news tips about alt parties and independent candidates, discuss any story that should be posted here but has not yet been posted, or even delve into completely off-topic stuff…just avoid quarantined thread subject matter and things that could get us and/or you into legal trouble such as threats, libel, and copyright infringement.… Read more ...
There have been a number of complaints recently about comments on IPR.
The biggest issue that bothers me is the claim that people are posting under the names of others, making it look like one person is saying something else.
I’m thinking about requiring people to login in order to comment.… Read more ...