A federal judge has entitled the Obama administration to lie about killing Americans. This is the assured result of a recent ruling permitting continued secrecy about Obama’s assassination program. Judge Colleen McMahon bewailed the “veritable Catch-22” of rules that permit the Obama administration to declare legal “actions that seem on their face incompatible with our Constitution […]
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Scott Horton on Public Policy Hooligan
Champion talk show hell-raiser Scott Horton and I had a rowdy time on his radio show a few weeks ago discussing Public Policy Hooligan. Scott emailed me his thoughts on the book yesterday: “James Bovard’s work has been officially condemned by the leaders of virtually every federal government agency and political hack of every stripe. They hate […]
Claire Wolfe’s Hot RATS
Claire Wolfe has rolled out RATS – a short book with great advice on how to protect yourself from informants, sting operations, narcs, and similar damn rascals. RATS is the rare book that is both passionate and thoughtful. Claire, with suggestions from folks who comment on her excellent blog, wove together a step by step self-defense […]
Wall Street Journal: The Dairy Cliff Will Cream Consumers
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323530404578207621700492206.html December 31, 2012 How the ‘Dairy Cliff’ Will Cream Consumers Got milk? Enjoy the price you paid, because federal policy, reaching its sell-by date, will have dire results. By JAMES BOVARD If the price of milk zooms up shortly after Jan. 1, the increase will come courtesy of a venal and feckless U.S. […]
FISA Renewal: Only a Fool…
Only a fool would expect members of Congress to give a damn about his rights and liberties. That’s the lesson from today’s Senate floor debate on extending the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance of Americans under FISA.
Whittling on Cover Sketch for Public Policy Hooligan
I’m doing a little whittling on the cover drawing for Public Policy Hooligan. I was in a beer store a few days ago and was awestruck by the following label: However, the hat is wrong. Plus, that tongue flopping out probably doesn’t convey the right tone for the book. So here’s the latest rough version […]
My Raging Bitch Christmas
Tom Blanton, the mastermind of the Project for the New American Revolution, created the above art work. Luckily, when I worked as a Santa Claus, Raging Bitch had not yet been concocted. I took one look at that photo and damn near swore off drinking for the holidays. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas, […]