by Highline | Jun 22, 2010 |
1. An awesome John Stossel op-ed published in the New Hampshire Union Leader today is titled “War on drugs worse than drugs(.)”
2. Speaking of the war on drugs being worse than drugs themselves…. more news on the violence of the drug war here in New Hampshire. Here we have a violent home invasion in Durham spurred by players in the black market.
“Police have said that the home invasion was drug related as the five men were under the belief that a significant drug transaction was going to take place at the residence — involving 10 pounds marijuana valued at $30,000 — and they developed a robbery plot to get the drugs and money.”
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by Highline | Jun 21, 2010 |
In Plaistow, NH seven (I repeat seven) law enforcement agencies set up an “undercover bachelor party” to catch alleged prostitutes:
“In addition to stripping, sources also revealed that some of the strippers would perform sex acts for money at some of their shows, police said.”
Consenting adults + voluntarily exchanging money + in exchange for sexual services = victimless crime. How dare someone declare they own their own body and agree to have sex for money.
Wait a second… it is happening right now in every city in America (and it’s legal). Tell me the difference between a man wining and dining a female prospect with the hopes of having sexual relations with her at the end of the night and a man who outright pays a woman for sex. Both instances involve consenting adults. Both instances have no victim.
Wait, that’s not right. There is a victim in the latter instance. The victim is a victim of the state. (more…)
by JJ Epic | Jun 21, 2010 |
Click Here for the online .pdf edition of the Free Keene Press.
We expanded to 4 pages with this issue. It is looking like the Free Keene Press will be putting out an independent quarterly publication for the Keene area starting with a release slated for the autumnal equinox. Keep an eye on freekeene.com for more information!
by Highline | Jun 21, 2010 |
“Superior Courts across the state are being forced to cut jury trials by one third over the next fiscal year as part of a broad cost-cutting measure that could have dire implications for some cases” reports the Foster’s Daily Democrat. This is excellent news for those of us who want people who haven’t harmed anyone to remain unmolested by the state and court system.
The best news: “Prosecutors may be forced to plead out cases that don’t go to trial quickly enough and others may be dismissed altogether, Rockingham County Attorney Jim Reams said.”
What cases do you think are going to be dismissed? Surely not the ones with victims when there are so many without.
As our friend Mark Edge says in his guest blog below: “You just have to make them spend they exurbanite price of a trial to prove that you parked the car.”
The court system is the weak link in a system that disproportionatly hurts people who haven’t hurt anyone else.
Plead not-guilty… to everything.
by Ian | Jun 21, 2010 |
It takes a lot of courage to operate a pirate/community radio station. There’s the ever-present threat of the FCC sending men with guns to steal their equipment, among other things. Just this week a new radio station popped up on 107.5 in Keene carrying mostly Liberty Radio Network programming, day and night. (107.5 does appear to break away in the afternoons for another program not carried by LRN.) Last night there was a particularly graphic internet-only Sunday edition of Free Talk Live, hosted by Dale, Luthor, and Puke. I was out and about during the program, taking care of some errands and listening to the show on 107.5 when I heard the discussion drop to dead air. I quickly checked the internet feed – it was still on-air, so I concluded the operators of 107.5 had decided to cut the broadcast.
Now to be clear, I am the program director of the Liberty Radio Network. That does not mean I am in charge of 107.5 or any other station airing the Liberty Radio Network. Each station decides how much LRN content to carry – I am merely a program provider. I don’t know who all’s involved with 107.5 locally, so please don’t ask. After they pulled FTL off-the-air, they did reach out to me to let me know what they were thinking. They were concerned that the graphic content could be offensive to parents. That’s right, even pirate/community radio operators are concerned about their image in regards to “the children”! The operators encouraged me to relegate sexually graphic programming to the overnight hours. After some reflection, I agreed.
You may be saying, “But Ian, you’re supposed to be in favor of free speech!”. (more…)
