Just heard an interesting story from the LP convention about an altercation that took place earlier tonight. Apparently, it all went down at an event put on by the Libertarians for Justice. Long-shot presidential candidate John Finan spoke for a bit and was then asked to sign the L4J pledge demanding a full [...]

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In the current issue of The Black Commentator released today, Cynthia McKinney receives energetic plaudits from Larry Pinkney, a veteran of the Black Panther Party:
Cynthia is running for President of the United States of America, not as a Democratic or Republican Party [i.e. Republicrat] hustler, but as the real people’s candidate. She is not embraced, [...]

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This June 3rd, Californians voting in the statewide primary will face two initiative constitutional amendments concerning eminent domain – continued fallout from 2005’s US Supreme Court decision on Kelo v. City of New London.
Proposition 98, besides prohibiting the use of eminent domain to transfer property from one private party to another, also phases out rent [...]

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I know this is kind of off-topic, but a hobby of mine is collecting political memorabilia. I’ve got an assortment of signs and bumperstickers from every campaign I’ve ever worked on… plus a good amount of third party stuff and major party presidential primary material.
So… I was wondering if anyone at this weekend’s LP [...]

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Apparently some filmmakers were following Gary Nolan around in 2004, with the aims of making a documentary about his campaign for President. It’s been shown at atleast one film festival, but I’ve actually never heard about this project.
The filmmakers have been kind enough to offer some clips from the film on YouTube.
Here [...]

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I just got off the phone with a very nice woman from C-SPAN’s main office in Washington. She informed me that the Libertarian National Convention will be covered on Saturday and Sunday only, and that the times will be as follows:
Saturday – Coverage begins at 9:00 p.m. and continues until midnight or later
Sunday [...]

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The Libertarian Party of North Carolina is now a legally recognized political party according to State Elections Director Gary Bartlett…
The Libertarians have been a party in North Carolina before, but lost their status due to stringent ballot access laws that require party candidates to attract a certain number of votes.
Party officials said they delivered petitions [...]

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The Communist Party USA has recently completed an energy efficient renovation of their national headquarters in Chelsea, Manhattan. The Orlando Sentinel reports:
The Reds went “green” for their $1 million overhaul, including various environmentally conscious features in the design. Huge windows and transparent walls were installed to take advantage of the sunlight and create greater [...]

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There has been wild speculation, especially in the last couple of days, that either Dean Barkley or Jesse Ventura will run for Senate in Minnesota against Norm Coleman-(R) and Al Franken-(D).
“More or less, I’m a wrestling fan, but I also understand how important he is in the history of Minnesota,” said Tim Pulkrabek, 31, a [...]

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As we’re fast approaching the kick-off the Libertarian convention in Denver, I decided to take a final look around at the candidates and their websites. Many are now linking to their respective Facebook and MySpace profiles, so I decided to click through to each of those and count up who has the most friends.
The [...]

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