One of New York’s oldest and stupidest nanny-state edicts — the infamous Cabaret law — may soon be history. Apparently Mayor Bloomberg, usually the biggest party-pooper in the Big Apple, would like to reform or repeal the prohibition on dancing without a license. Let the the sinful gyrations commence.
Closing Time for the Cabaret Law? Read More »
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/… Bowing to President Bush’s demands, the Senate approved and sent the White House a bill Wednesday to overhaul bitterly disputed rules on secret government eavesdropping and shield telecommunications companies from lawsuits complaining they helped the U.S. spy on Americans. The relatively one-sided vote, 69-28, came only after a lengthy and heated debate that pitted
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A senior official within the Department of Homeland Security has recommended that airline passengers wear what amount to electric dog collars containing their personal and flight information. The taser-like shock function of the bracelet, to be worn over the wrist, would be activated remotely, by a flight attendant or offsite agent. The offsite agent would
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Despite the occasional cloudbursts, PrideFest 2008 was a rousing success. The Manhattan Libertarian Party was out in force, giving away 1,000 free condoms as part of our Operation Politically Homeless. Libertarian condoms. Front: Manhattan Libertarian Party logo; back: “Protect your rights. Protect yourself. Vote Libertarian.” More pictures from PrideFest after the jump.
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I just received the following alert from Christina Walsh at the Castle Coalition. Try to get to the rally on Monday if you can to stand up against emiment domain abuse. Friends: New York City officials wants to wipe out over 200 profitable businesses in Willets Point in order to transfer the land to a
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The Supreme Court has recognized an individual right to keep and bear arms! The Second Amendment means what it says. The DC gun ban is struck down! Expect many NYS and NYC gun laws to be struck down soon as well. The money quote, so far, is from John Paul Stevens’ dissent. The majority, he wrote,
The lovely and talented Becky Akers has a hard-hitting op-ed in today’s New York Post about the latest outrages from the Tranportation Security Administration. Not only are the security checkpoint goons dressing up like cops in an effort to impress… somebody, but they’re also playing peeping tom with airport passengers: It recently installed body scanners at
State Senate majority leader Joe Bruno won’t seek re-election. It seems like only yesterday we were complaining that nothing ever changes in Albany. Now in less than two years, we’ve seen Comptroller Hevesi and Governor Spitzer resign in disgrace and Bruno retire under a cloud of suspicion. Interesting times.
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The Republican nominee to replace Vito Fossella, Frank Powers, died in his sleep yesterday. So a father-son race just wasn’t meant to be, even if the Libertarian Party had nominated Frank’s son Fran to run against him. The race went from potentially two Powers, to one, to none at all. Our sincere condolences go to Fran Powers
Just When You Thought the Staten Island Congressional Race Couldn’t Get Any Weirder… Read More »
Bill Buran, the Libertarian* candidate for New York State Assembly in the 72nd District (Washington Heights, Inwood, and Marble Hill in upper Manhattan), has launched his campaign website. It’s a professional, robust site with lots of information about Bill and his positions on the issues: This year change is all about having a choice. Not
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