Since some of you have been writing us to wonder whether your comments are being taken down, I thought I would explain what is going on. IPR is currently using an automated spam filtering system known as akismet. This system works most of the time, but every once in a while it tags a legitimate [...]

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Fran Tarkenton in the Wall Street Journal reposted by Mark Hinkle at LP.org blog: Imagine a league where players who make it through three seasons could never be cut from the roster. Imagine the National Football League in an alternate reality. Each player’s salary is based on how long he’s been in the league. It’s [...]

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By Chuck Baldwin ChuckBaldwinLive.com A couple of weeks ago, I was honored to attend a private gathering of influential conservative leaders just outside Washington, D.C. While many differences of opinion were expressed on a variety of subjects, there was one subject on which every single attendee was unequivocally united: the US economy is soon going [...]

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Forwarded by several people to myself and/or IPR, by Wagner vice chair Joe Tabor. IPR would welcome opposing perspectives if they are sent to us. Previous IPR story and links to earlier stories here. -paulie Fellow Libertarians, A very important message is attached, regarding some of the problems with a recent Executive Committee decision to [...]

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Dave Schwab at Green Party Watch: Mark Miller’s campaign for Massachusetts State Representative in the 3rd Berkshire District has been busy in the final weeks leading up to the October 18th special election. This is Miller’s second run for the office, after earning 45% of the vote in 2010. In a recent email to supporters, [...]

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Cynthia Davis is a former Republican Missouri State Representative. She is now running for Lt. Gov. as a Constitution Party member. This is her announcement speech. (Via Gary Odom) Today we launch an effort to take the second highest office in the State of Missouri.  I am running for Lieutenant Governor because it is time [...]

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Emailed to IPR: CLEARWATER, FLORIDA – The State of Florida is facing a legal challenge to the new driver’s license requirements as mandated by the Department of Homeland Security under the REAL ID Act. Libertarian Party of Florida Chairman and syndicated radio talk host Adrian Wyllie was cited for driving without a license, and will [...]

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Emailed to IPR by a member of the Judicial Committee (not Bill Hall). For background and links to even earlier stories, see here. From Mark Hinkle: Dear JC Chairman Bill Hall, I’ve read the clarification of the LP JC decision regarding Wagner vs. the LNC. I have a question for the entire JC regarding this [...]

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From Kent Mesplay, a candidate for the Green Party presidential nomination: Dr. Mesplay supports the following local Green Party candidates. We encourage you to give them your support as well, and tell all of your friends! Election Date: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Mark C. Miller for Massachusetts State Representative, 3rd Berkshire District. Special election. Election [...]

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Email from James Libertarian Burns: Dear Paul, 216 words, 1 minute approximate reading time The Libertarian Party is the most effective, efficient and economical when we have our Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates active and in the field. Where are our Presidential and Vice-Presidential candidates? Well, we will not have them until May of next year. [...]

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Ballot Access News reports that William H. Webster supports American Elect [...] Between 1978 and 1987, he was director of the FBI. From 1987 to 1991, he was director of the CIA. He is the only person who held both of those latter two jobs. Current CIA director David Patraeus, formerly in charge of the [...]

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Libertarian Idea for Creating Jobs Developed during Day of Joint Executive Meetings of LPWI and LPMN in St. Croix Falls MN on 10/1/11 (by Carl Person, Candidate for Libertarian Party Nomination for President) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE New York, NY, October 2, 2011. Carl Person, Candidate for the Libertarian Party’s nomination for President, made the following [...]

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Emailed to IPR: Last week’s San Francisco Bay Guardian forum revealed that despite a diversity of opinion among San Franciscans, every single candidate at the forum agreed that not only do they support “sanctuary city” policies – every candidate agreed that they will reverse Gavin Newsom’s decision to report undocumented immigrant felons to federal authorities. [...]

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Via Randy Eshelman at LP blog: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Gene Siadek, State Chair E-mail: chair@lpne.org NEBRASKA’S TRUANCY LAW RIGID, EXPENSIVE AND OPPRESSIVE Truancy Law May Make Parents Criminals OMAHA, NE – October 3, 2011- Nebraska Libertarian Party Chairman Gene Siadek issued the following statement: “Every right-thinking adult understands the importance of educating our youth. [...]

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Ballot Access News: Cynthia Davis, a former Republican state legislator in Missouri, will enter the 2012 Constitution Party as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor. In Missouri, Lieutenant Governor is elected separately from Governor. See this story.

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Ballot Access News: On October 4, the seven candidates for President of Ireland held a televised debate. This story about that debate was written just as the debate was beginning. If the United States held inclusive general election presidential debates, and invited every candidate who was on the ballot in enough states to theoretically be [...]

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Mark Hinkle at LP.org blog: The Kauffman Foundation shows how startup businesses are responsible for nearly all new jobs in the United States. Among the points it makes creatively: Of the 3 million new jobs that are created in a typical year, nearly every one is at a firm that’s been in existence five years [...]

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Source:  ThirdPartyPolitics.us   Today West Virginia is holding a special gubernatorial election. Besides the Republican and Democratic candidates, there are two third party candidates, one independent candidate, and three write-ins. The third party candidates are the Mountain Party’s (West Virginia affiliate of the Green Party) Bob Henry Baber, former Mayor of Richwood, and Harry Bertram [...]

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On The Wilder Side: On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at 7pm, the Brookhaven Green Party gathering will feature a speaker on the Brookhaven Recyclebank program. The event will be held at Rio Douro, 800 Horseblock Rd, Farmingville, NY 11738 (631 880-7890). Come hungry! For directions to the Brookhaven Green Party Gathering, contact Marisa Pizza at [...]

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LP Monday Message: Dear Friend of Liberty, The U.S. government’s fiscal year ended last Friday. (That was FY 2011.) Republicans took over the U.S. House last November, and as a result, government spending finally dropped. Whoops! I have that wrong. Government spending actually increased! They haven’t reported the final numbers yet, but FY 2010 spending [...]

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