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Recapping interesting and significant news stories and media from the past weeks…
Chuck Baldwin asks some very pointed questions to evangelicals everywhere about war and their faith.
To those evangelicals disheartened by this past week’s elections results, Tim Suttle has a few words for you as well.
They could use a lesson from Bob Murphy as well regarding the futility of politics, and from Brian Cole on why libertarianism is the only political ideology that should make sense to Christians.
Four more years of Obama? Time for some nullification. (Note: Any president requires us to practice nullification, I don’t care who.) Make sure to get the documentary (I was involved in the production!) and watch for the efforts of good folks like David Simpson standing up to the Feds. Even now, we know we are having an effect.
Obama only waited 24 hours after election night to bomb another country with drone strikes, but the Federal government’s drone terrorism has been going on for a loooooong time.
Republicans miss the point of tax cuts, says LCC writer Laurence Vance at the Future of Freedom Foundation.
Iran seems to be on the short list for the next victim of American interventionism, and economic sanctions are already having a major effect on their population. It is incredibly important for libertarians to oppose all such interventionist policy.
Gary North emphasizes how important homeschooling is to the future of liberty.
You think the current voting machines are bad? Check out what they are considering in Florida! (Alert: Satirical)
Have you been to LCC recently? If not, here are a few posts you may have missed:
- Are there any notable Christian libertarian scholars?
- Obama wins, celebrates by bombing another country
- My View of Politics
- Live Blog of 2012 Election Results
- News of the Week, November 5th, 2012 Edition: Remember, Remember?
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Tags: Chrisitanity, David Simpson, drone strikes, elections, Evangelicalism, interventionism, News of the Week, Obama, politicians, politics, TSA, war
Obama wins, celebrates by bombing another country
Posted by: |You think I’m kidding.
Just hours after his re-election acceptance speech, it looks as though Obama ordered another drone strike over Yemen. Quoting the Huffington Post:
On Wednesday morning, as many Americans sifted through the voter data and exit poll numbers of President Barack Obama’s reelection the night before, the Twitter feeds of close watchers of Yemen lit up with reports of another sort of presidential event: an apparent U.S. drone strike had killed several individuals in that country.
There was no way of being certain if the strike was indeed American, or for that matter if it was a drone strike at all, although it had all the markings of one.
"All signs (after dark, suspicions of locals, target) point to Sanhan strike being a US drone," Yemen-based freelance journalist Adam Baron wrote on Twitter.
Several other analysts concurred.
A White House spokesman did not respond to a request for comment. If it were a American strike, of course, it would have to have been authorized by Obama.
The “Drone Wars” are illegal under domestic and international law, yet we hear very little about these atrocities and especially not from Christian leaders. Instead, we are told we need more militarism, more war, more bombs, more aggression.
Though I am not suggesting that this drone strike is “extra significant” due to its proximity to election day, I would like to suggest that despite any words of “peace” that Obama has thrown out there over the past years are completely irrelevant at this point. The Left is just as bad as the right on warmongering – not to mention everything else as well – and Christians who think that another four years of “hope and change” are leading us to a “greater tomorrow” are absolutely kidding themselves.
(HT Antiwar.com)
Tags: drone strikes, militarism, Obama, politicians, politics, war, war on terror
Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week.
Our Catholic brethren have a new resource: Free is Beautiful: Why Catholics should be libertarian by Randy England. See a recent book review here.
Is teleportation possible? Not Star Trek style, at least not yet… but there is such a thing as “quantum teleportation” via “entanglement” of atomic states. It is weird stuff, let me tell you. Recently there was a significant advance in this area when entanglement was demonstrated over 140+ kilometers. The results are quite impressive.
Do you routinely conceal-and-carry your firearm? Learn how to do so in style.
From the IP-is-despicable department, a guy recently created a special font style to help out dyslexic readers, then promptly gets a copyright cease and desist threat. How low can you go?
Well, if you’re a bureaucrat, you can definitely go further. Such as one of the United States highest ranked copyright bureaucrats who thinks that any new communications technology ought to be vetted by congress first before entering the market.
Mortgage weirdness still ensues years after the crisis. Are renewed problems just beginning? “Dual-tracking” is an odd practice that was supposed to be reduced by these insane bailouts, but is it still being practiced by many banks? Is it a market response, or abuse? Real estate markets overall are still in an odd state; mortgage rates today are still relatively low but banks are still hesitant to lend. Is this a signal that we aren’t out of the woods yet?
And now, for your moment of zen, care of XKCD:

The mouse-over text: “But then the Ghost-of-Subjunctive-Past showed up and told me to stay strong on ‘if it were’.” I strongly identify with this.
Tags: Catholic Church, Christianity, copyright, economics, intellectual property, libertarianism, News of the Week
Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week.
American Christians should be concerned about drugs not because the drugs themselves harm (some do, and some not so much), but because the United States government uses drugs as an excuse to wage total war on the American people. Anthony Gregory recently published reasons why the Right should oppose the drug war at AmCon Mag.
I’m also excited to announce that our very own Laurence Vance is releasing a new book about the drug war on September 30th. He is sending me a copy with haste and I look forward to telling all of you about it soon.
Rand Paul, to me, is somewhat of a mixed bag, but sometimes he really surprises me. For instance, at the recent Values Voter Conference he clearly argued for a non-interventionist foreign policy, even saying, “I don’t believe Jesus would have killed anyone.” Kudos to Rand for sticking to the peace message here.
I would be remiss to point out, though, that one can also be a Christian nonvoter like Jim Fedako. Whatever you choose, do so knowing why you do it.
Did you know that the Federal Reserve now has police powers? And that they’re buying massive amounts of ammunition? So much for being a “private” institution (as if it ever was one)!
How about another infographic? Here is one on online piracy that is… very informative!
And now for you’re moment of Zen…
The chemist in me found this very, very funny.
Have you been to LCC recently? If not, here are a few posts you may have missed:
- Painting Government Into a Corner
- Dealing with Colossians 3
- Lies, Damn Lies, and the Republican Party Platform
- Do you still have a 9-11 Mentality?
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Tags: ethics, foreign policy, infographic, Jesus, News, News of the Week, Rand Paul, voting, war, war on drugs
Recapping the interesting and significant news and articles of the past week.
Bob Murphy reconciles anarcho-capitalism with Christianity.
Doug Newman asks if Christians should ever vote for the lesser of two evils.
Carl Gobelman explores the idea of “Church and state.”
“Give unto Caesar”? David Hathaway sheds some light on the topic.
Patheos.com posted an absolutely absurd article claiming that good Christians always send their kids to public schools. The response from readers… not so good.
The Feds seized millions of dollars of gold coins from a family’s inheritance on the basis that the government originally confiscated said coins under Roosevelt in the 1930s. The incident raises a lot of questions about the status of tangible property while living in these United States.
Dan McCarthy of The American Conservative Magazine reviews Bill Clinton’s DNC address.
Have you been to LCC recently? If not, here are a few posts you may have missed:
- Locking Eyes With Culture
- The Apostle Paul and Caesar
- Why Government Fails – Public Choice for Everyone
- Being Public Christians
- Constitutional Conservative or Libertarian?
Have something you want to share? Please let us know in the comments. I read every comment and respond to most of them. Thanks for your support!
Tags: anarchism, Christianity, democrats, ethics, public school, statism






