{"id":14207,"date":"2019-11-29T12:19:39","date_gmt":"2019-11-29T17:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=14207"},"modified":"2019-11-29T12:19:39","modified_gmt":"2019-11-29T17:19:39","slug":"podcast-on-ruby-ridge-bundy-ranch-etc-with-peter-quinones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/29\/podcast-on-ruby-ridge-bundy-ranch-etc-with-peter-quinones\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast on Ruby Ridge, Bundy Ranch, etc. with Peter Quinones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/11\/27\/deval-patrick-president-scandals-civil-rights-attorney-general-weaver-column\/4242158002\/\"> USA Today oped<\/a> earlier this week on presidential candidate <strong>Deval Patrick<\/strong>&#8216;s role in the Ruby Ridge coverup is spurring some controversy.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/libertarianinstitute.org\/mance\/342\/\">Here&#8217;s a podcast<\/a> I did last year with <strong>Pete Quinones<\/strong> (now with the <a href=\"http:\/\/libertarianinstitute.org\">Libertarian Institute<\/a>) talking about Ruby Ridge, Bundy Ranch, and the dangers of federal agencies off the leash.<\/p>\n<p>You can listen to the podcast (part of the &#8220;<strong>Free Man Beyond the Wall<\/strong>&#8221; series)\u00a0 by clicking <a href=\"https:\/\/libertarianinstitute.org\/mance\/342\/\">on this link.<\/a>\u00a0 (Pete rated the podcast PG-13.)<\/p>\n<p>You can read my other articles on <a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/James_Bovard_Waco_Ruby_Ridge_Articles.htm\">Ruby Ridge (going back 25 years) at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the art work that <strong>Playboy<\/strong> used in 1995 to illustrate an article <a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/Bovard_Playboy_1995_Overkill_Ruby_Ridge.htm\">I wrote for them on Ruby Ridge (t<\/a>hanks to artist Amy Crehore).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11226\" style=\"width: 533px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Playboy-Ruby-Ridge-1995-1024x40-shit-try-again1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11226\" class=\"wp-image-11226 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Playboy-Ruby-Ridge-1995-1024x40-shit-try-again1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Playboy-Ruby-Ridge-1995-1024x40-shit-try-again1.jpg 523w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Playboy-Ruby-Ridge-1995-1024x40-shit-try-again1-150x59.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Playboy Ruby Ridge July 1995 by Amy Crehore<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My USA Today oped earlier this week on presidential candidate Deval Patrick&#8216;s role in the Ruby Ridge coverup is spurring some controversy.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a podcast I did last year with Pete Quinones (now with the Libertarian Institute) talking about Ruby Ridge, Bundy Ranch, and the dangers of federal agencies off the leash. 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