Links for January 3, 2010: Deregulation? D.E.A.? Bulliion? Pinkwashing?

One of my favorite speaker/authors.

Tom Woods | “Deregulation Caused the Financial Crisis”

Tom Woods hints at debunking. It’s a tough point to get unless you know all the details. I must admit that I do not, but I’d like to learn. See also the comments on Tom Woods’s facebook page.

NYTimes.com| WikiLeaks Archive – Cables Show D.E.A.’s Global Reach

Like many of the cables made public in recent weeks, those describing the drug war do not offer large disclosures. Rather, it is the details that add up to a clearer picture of the corrupting influence of big traffickers, the tricky game of figuring out which foreign officials are actually controlled by drug lords, and the story of how an entrepreneurial agency operating in the shadows of the F.B.I. has become something more than a drug agency.

Read: “the corrupting influence of drug prohibition.”

Links for December 13, 2010. A little bit of raid, a little bit of Wikileaks, a little bit of fire.

Journalistically irresponsible photo of an unrelated SWAT team.

Riverfront Times | Camp Zoe Seizure: Could Other Music Festivals Face Trouble, Too?

Dan Viets, Tebeau’s attorney, says the November 1 raid on Camp Zoe involved about 80 federal agents and they “didn’t find so much as a roach” on the property.”There were several dozen federal agents from all the alphabet soups — IRS, DEA, ATF — backed up by local cops who came onto the property with federal subpoenas,” Viets says. “They basically asked for business records, which they got.”

The DEA and U.S. Attorney’s Office declined to comment on the specifics of the ongoing investigation.

An official statement published on the Camp Zoe website says “one patron was arrested for previous warrants unrelated to Camp Zoe.” The message also says, “the same day the DEA seized all the money in the Camp Zoe bank account — which included most of the gate receipts for the Spookstock 9 weekend. This money was to be used to pay staff, artists, security, production (lights & sound), trash pickup, etc. for the festival weekend. It was also to be used for the basic bills for Camp Zoe to get the business through the winter.”

Grand theft campground. Absolutely abominable. Those who do not speak out against the War on Drugs tacitly support this. On a lighter note, I used to listen to a podcasted radio program hosted by Dan Viets out of KOPN Columbia, Missourim, called Sex, Drugs, and Civil Liberties. It does not seem to have podcasted since last July, but man it was great. Dan, you are an inspiration.

ABC News | Dutch Cities to Start Crackdown on Marijuana Cafes

Is the violence drug related, or prohibition related? It is tough to tell from the article….

New chaiman of the House monetary policy subcommittee.

Financial Services Committee – Bachus Announces Financial Services Leadership Team, Subcommittee Jurisdictions for 112th Congress

Rep. Ron Paul, Chairman, Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee

Jurisdiction: Domestic monetary policy, currency, precious metals, valuation of the dollar, economic stabilization, defense production, commodity prices, financial aid to commerce and industry

Oh yeah! Bring it!