We interrupt our coverage of New York and national politics to bring you this scene from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, where Governor Deval Patrick wants to prosecute online poker players: The video is from the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society, whose founder Dr. Charles Nesson will be the guest speaker at the Manhattan Libertarian Party’s […]
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I just noticed the April e-newsletter of my council member Rosie Mendez in my inbox. It reports that Mendez introduced an excellent piece of legislation that would override the parade permit rules adopted by the NYPD a year ago requiring any group of 50 or more to obtain a permit. Currently, anyone in such a
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Before he was “exploring” a Libertarian presidential candidacy, before he was on the Libertarian National Committee, before he was a lobbyist for the Marijuana Policy Project, Bob Barr was the biggest drug warrior in Congress. He was so bad on the drug war that the late, great Ron Crickenberger, political director of the national Libertarian
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Eric Sundwall from the capital region Libertarians has a fascinating interview with former Democratic Senator and current Libertarian presidential candidate Mike Gravel. I don’t think he’s a real libertarian, and I sure don’t agree with him on everything, but Gravel sure is a deep thinker and an interesting guy.
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http://thirdpartywatch.com/… According to bloggage at the New York Times (confirmed by other sources), Bob Barr announced today that he’s (drum roll, please) … forming an exploratory committee. Barr’s newly launched web site also bears the “exploratory committee” label. Don’t know about y’all, but I’ve never heard of a prospective presidential candidate forming an “exploratory committee”
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The new state budget isn’t official yet, but one certain outcome is that it will boost the state cigarette tax by $1.25 per pack, making it the highest in the nation. The state’s $2.75/pack tax, combined with New York City’s own $1.50 tax, will push the cost of major brands to over $9 per pack in the
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It looks like Bob Barr is finally heeding the call of my typo-titled petition and will seek the Liberarian nomination for President. I think this is very good news. Barr is simply outstanding on a lot of libertarian issues, and he’s certainly libertarian on all the top issues of the day, like the the war
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… from jury duty, that it. I’m going to have a lot to say about the experience and lessons learned in an article for the next print edition of Serf City. For now, it suffices to say that it sucked big time, and I’m glad it’s over.
As Vin Suprynowicz wrote, voire dire is French for jury-stacking. I’m experiencing that process first-hand right now. We’ll see what happens.
Two interesting op-eds from today’s NY Times. (I think only the first one is in the print edition.) The first is from Readon Magazine editor-in-chief Matt Welch on John McCain’s “decade-long attack on the individual.” Key excerpt: “We are fast becoming a nation of alienating individualists, unwilling to put the unifying values of patriotism ahead
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