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Posts published in February 2015

IL Libertarians Make 2015 Election Endorsements

From Mark Wachtler at the Illinois Herald:

The Libertarian Party of Illinois has announced its endorsements for various 2015 local municipal elections. Two Libertarian incumbent elected officials are also up for re-election.…

Maggie Trowe: Pipeline Debate Ignores Energy Needs of World’s Toilers

From Maggie Trowe at The Militant, newspaper of the Socialist Workers Party:

In the name of protecting the environment, opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline — which would increase the capacity to deliver tar sand oil from Alberta, Canada, and fracked oil from North Dakota to refineries and ports in Texas — turn their back on the interests of workers worldwide, especially the burning need for electrification in Asia, Africa and elsewhere.…

Independent American Party to Form Militia

From Chairman Kelly Gneiting at the IAP website:

It was voted affirmatively in last night’s meeting to start an IAP Sponsored Militia. It would likely not be named the “IAP Militia” but something like “Independent American Militia.”…

Should Vaccines Be Mandatory? Views from Alternate Party Members

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There was quite a response to my request for opinions regarding whether vaccines should be mandatory. I was a little surprised that the opinion from almost everyone I heard from was that vaccines were tremendously important, that every child should get them, but that getting the government involved to make them mandatory wasn’t a good idea.…