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Posts published in January 2011

Green PA township supervisor dies at 70

By Ross Levin on January 15, 2011 11:11 AM

From the Times-Tribune:

Spring Brook Twp. Supervisor Harry Blumer, 70, died Thursday while visiting the Pennsylvania Farm Show in Harrisburg, longtime friend and fellow township Supervisor Jack Flyte confirmed Friday afternoon.

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“Willie Nelson in tune with Galbraith for governor”

By Gene Berkman on January 14, 2011 7:29 PM

That’s the headline from the Lexington Herald-Leader which reports: 

FRANKFORT – Willie Nelson and his newly formed Teapot Party are backing independent candidate Gatewood Galbraith for governor of Kentucky.…

Liberty For America Releases New Issue

By IPR Contributor on January 14, 2011 5:04 AM

The January issue of Liberty for America, edited by George Phillies, has been released. The magazine recently switched to an all-online format. You can read the full issue here.…

Nader Advocates For Progressive Libertarian Alliance

By IPR Contributor on January 14, 2011 2:45 AM

From Stephen Webster:

Longtime American politics gadfly Ralph Nader, a man of many ideas almost diametrically opposed by most libertarian conservatives, said Wednesday that he sees a coming convergence of liberals, progressives and libertarian conservatives in the wake of a worsening financial crisis and dogged partisanship that’s put the government into gridlock.

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Wayne Root – Lessons from the Giffords Tragedy

By Bruce Cohen on January 13, 2011 4:32 PM
The Lesson: Get More Guns in the Hands of Law Abiding Citizens!
Wayne

“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms…disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” 

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