The guys from Friction.tv came down to the Manhattan Libertarian Party nominating convention on Monday night and interviewed our congressional candidates Isaiah Matos (CD-14), Susan Overeem (CD-13) and Ron Ramo (who announced he was suspending his campaign just minutes after the completion of his interview).
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Under the broad cloak of fighting kiddie porn, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is effectively censoring large swaths of the Internet. Cuomo just strong-armed three of the largest ISPs — Verizon, Sprint and Time-Warner — into blocking access nationwide to sites that are allegedly used to distribute child pornography. This includes blocking access to
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As we previously reported, there is an insidious new mandatory vaccine bill that is being fast-tracked through the state legislature. I just received the following action alert from my lovely and talented wife Dawn: There is also another option – they are taking a poll by phone. All it takes is two 3 second phone
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The Manhattan Libertarian Party held its nominating convention last night to select its 2008 candidates. There’s one race in particular that everyone wants to know about: As the New York Times reported this morning, we selected a surprising candidate for the 13th Congressional District on Staten Island: The Libertarian Party selected Susan Overeem on Monday night
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As in the war to terrorize the people of New York. http://wcbstv.com/… A new report on the NYPD’s firearms training done in the wake of the Sean Bell shooting was drawing fire Monday night. The report recommends arming the entire department with a controversial weapon. Police firearms training came under heavy criticism in the aftermath
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I’m sure that many of the readers of this site commute to and within Manhattan on a daily basis. Those who do are probably at least aware, if not avid readers, of AM New York and Metro, two free daily newspapers distributed primarily to commuters within New York City. Beginning June 3rd, the New York
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Prospective Libertarian congressional candidate Fran Powers isn’t going to let his Republican opponent talk smack about him, even when — especially when — that opponent is his dad. Today’s Staten Island Advance has a followup on yesterday’s story: [H]is father, an MTA board member and retired Wall Street executive, said that over the years he’d
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There are two bills — one good and one bad –concerning childhood vaccines that are working their way through the state legislature. The good bill, A5468, is the Philosophical Exemption Bill, which would allow parents to exercise a philosophical exemption on behalf of their children from mandatory vaccines. New York State currently provides a religious
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Okay, it wasn’t really Barr and McCain debating; it was a debate about Barr vs. McCain. But Bob Barr did show up. It was the monthly debate at Lolita bar, hosted by Todd Seavey. The question was “Should conservatives and libertarians vote for Barr over McCain?” The final verdict by those in attendance (not counting
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Francis H. Powers is the GOP’s endorsed candidate for disgraced Republican Vito Fossella’s soon-to-be-open seat in the 13th Congressional District. Powers may get some unexpected and uncomfortable competition from his son, prospective Libertarian candidate Francis M. Powers, says the Staten Island Advance: When asked about the head scratching that might cause voters, Powers said, “If people
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