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** FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2023
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What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not but that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? What farmer or manufacturer will lay himself out for the encouragement given to any particular cultivation or establishment, when he can have no assurance that his preparatory labors and advances will not render him a victim to an inconstant government?
– James Madison, Federalist no. 62 ([link removed]) [February 27, 1788]
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** HORNBERGER'S BLOG
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October 6, 2023
What Ever Happened to English Only? ([link removed])
I was eating at an outdoor cafe yesterday and overheard a couple speaking a foreign language. I was curious as to what language it was and so I asked them. They responded “Farsi.” I said, “Thank you. That’s a beautiful language.” I can just imagine officials at the Pentagon and the CIA chafing, given that those two people were from Iran. But I don’t hate people simply because...
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** EXPLORE FREEDOM
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FOREIGN POLICY
America's Forever Wars Are Not the Problem ([link removed]) by Jacob G. Hornberger
The Future of Freedom Foundation
Base American Policy in Ukraine on American Interests ([link removed])
by Doug Bandow
American Conservative
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The Rules of Liberal Civilization Are Really Quite Simple ([link removed])
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AIER
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What JFK Tried to Do Before His Assassination ([link removed])
by Jeffrey Sachs with Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges Report
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Closing Guantánamo? ([link removed])
by Karen J. Greenberg
TomDispatch
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Is the FBI Turning Trump Supporters into Terrorist Targets? ([link removed])
by James Bovard
New York Post
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Government Evades the Constitution ([link removed])
by Andrew P. Napolitano
Washington Times
FREE SPEECH
The WikiLeaks Video That Made Julian Assange a Marked Man ([link removed])
by Jon Miltimore
The Take
Past Time to End the Persecution of Julian Assange ([link removed])
by Eve Ottenberg
CounterPunch
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We Have Reached the Terminal Phase of the Greatest Debt Spiral in the History of the Human Race ([link removed])
by Michael Snyder
LewRockwell.com
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