Charlie Koch’s Angels, three young women, one a cybersecurity expert, one a martial arts instructor, one a former homicide detective, go to work for an agency that hacks the intelligence community, disappears statist lobbyists and campaign staffers, and exposes shady dealings of establishment politicians.
To see these and other photos by Judd Weiss of the libertarian movement, go to his photo album.
New libertarian TV shows scheduled
14 MarJames Weeks now spokesperson for Jenny Craig
14 MarAnnual LGBT libertarian dance party at International Students for Liberty Conference 2017. The world’s only international gay and lesbian libertarian dance.
To see other photos by Judd Weiss of ISFLC2017 and other movement events go to his photo album.
Presidential straw poll fail – Students for Liberty 2016
28 FebTaking a page from libertarian clicktivists themselves, Trump supporters, among others, started voting before the 9th annual international Students for Liberty conference began, with a result that Trump was in the lead.
ISFLC2016 organizers then deleted all the votes and reset the poll to begin when the conference began this Friday evening (in Washington, D.C.) and end today at noon as the conference ended.
Outsiders continued to vote and the results were: Governor Gary Johnson 3rd, former FOX Business assistant producer Austin Petersen 2nd, and Senator Ted Cruz winning first place.
At other points in the convention at happy hours and informal events, the minority of older (40+) libertarians in attendance had post mortems of the Rand Paul campaign, concluding that Rand’s campaign was done in primarily by a lack of funding, in part because the Koch brothers, insulated by a bubble of long term senescent toadies, refused to donate significantly to the pro-Paul PACs or urge their donor network to do so, and in part, as one non-student libertarian opined, because Rand Paul can sometimes be a “thin skinned little bitch.”
Libertarian calendar for February 2016
7 FebWashington, D.C..
NEW YEAR, NEW CAREER
CHARLES KOCH FOUNDATION
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February 9
Arlington, VA
Ladies of Liberty Social
6:30 pm
This is a woman only event
Leadership Institute
1101 Highland Street
The Greensboro, NC sit-in started on Feb 1st, 1960 with four college freshman and, by Feb 5th, 1960, 300 students had joined. Feb 3rd, 1990 was also the start of the federal Rodney King trial. February is also observed as Black History month!
Join the DC LOLA’s for an evening of networking and discussion! We will be meeting on the 4th floor at the Leadership Instutite for the following:
6:00 pm: Bites and Wine Social hour
6:30-7:30 pm: Break into smaller discussion groups focusing on:
-Minority rights
-Civil Disobedience
-Peaceful Protesting
-Police Brutality
-Or Lead your own!
You pick which group you’d like to join.
Afterwards, more Social!
Please bring a BOTTLE OF WINE (except for interns, just bring yourself!!).
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February 9
New York, NY
Libertarian Happy Hour
Ukranian Village
7:00 p.m.
UKE is located at 140 Second Avenue at 9th Street in Manhattan. Our meeting spot is in the rear ballroom.
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February 16
London, UK
The moral theory of Adam Smith by David McDonagh
7:30 pm
Institute of Education
Russell Square
Thornhaugh Street
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February 18-21
Manchester, NH
Liberty Forum
Radisson Hotel
700 Elm Street
Join the Free State Project for our 2016 Liberty Forum!
Featuring Edward Snowden, Scott Sumner, William Ruger, Nadine Strossen, Lyn Ulbricht, NH liberty activists & many more. Across the three days of the conference, we will feature speeches, workshops, and networking opportunities highlighting new ideas, innovative entrepreneurship, and effective activism. We will also pack the weekend with opportunities to learn more about the Granite State and the work Free State Project participants are doing to advance liberty in New Hampshire and beyond.
Find out more about the conference and get your tickets today at NHLibertyForum.com. Check out our schedule at http://nhlibertyforum2016.sched.org/
Don’t forget to register as a VIP for liberty-themed swag, access to the VIP & sponsors lounge, a Liberty Forum shirt and other special perks.
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February 26-28
Things are really starting to come together for February! We’ve just confirmed that North Korean dissident and human rights activist Yeonmi Park will be joining us to tell her story.
Since escaping North Korea in 2007, Yeonmi has spoken around the world about her experience and vision for a freer world. If you’re not familiar with it yet, her story is now immortalized in her recently-released autobiography In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom. We’re more than ecstatic that she’ll be joining us for ISFLC16.
For just four more days, you can register to take part in what’s shaping up to be the best ISFLC yet for only $25. Prices will increase after October 31st to $35 for non-students (and will increase by $10 for each month after), so make sure to register before then to take advantage of the early-bird rates!
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Libertarian calendar for February
24 FebFebruary 22-28
Alexandria, VA
Andy Bakker for Delegate petition drive
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February 22-28
Powhatan, VA
Carl Loser for Delegate ballot drive
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February 24
New York City
7:00 PM
147 W 24th Street (between 6/7)
New York, NY
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Washington DC
Overcoming Obamacare: Three Approaches to Reversing the Government Takeover of Health Care
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February 25
Richmond VA
Nominate Virginia Libertarian of the Year
Event: Call for Nominees – LPVA Volunteer Recognition
Description: At its January meeting in 2004, the State Central Committee,
the governing body of the LPVA, unanimously adopted a resolution declaring
the third Monday of February to be “Libertarian Leadership Day”. The
state committee chooses one outstanding Libertarian activist, declared to
be our “Libertarian Leader”, as part of its celebration of Libertarian
Leadership Day.
In 2014, we decided to establish two recognitions:
1) Libertarian Leader Lifetime Service Award – For those rare activists
who have steadily volunteered for LPVA over a period of many years.
2) Libertarian Leader of the Year – Recognizing those who have made
extensive contributions to the LPVA in any given year.
The State Central Committee typically selects the nominee at the first
meeting of each year.
All members of the Libertarian Party who reside in Virginia are invited to
suggest nominees for each recognition. The nominee must be a Virginia
resident, and must be an LP member. If you would like to nominate an
outstanding activist for either title, please email the Secretary via or
send a letter (to M Montoni, PO Box 864, Dayton VA 22821-0864), and ask
to have the person’s name added to the Agenda.
Please include a brief, one or two-paragraph “activist resume” for your
nominee, and perhaps a statement telling us why you think the person
deserves to be officially recognized.
Your nominations will be provided to all state committee members and will
be included on the March meeting agenda.
The inaugural “Libertarian Leader” was Ron Crickenberger, who at the time
in 2004 was suffering from terminal cancer.
The following individuals have been formally recognized as “Libertarian
Leaders” by the state committee in past years:
2004: Ron Crickenberger
2005: Bill Redpath
2006: Marc Montoni
2007: Jim Lark
2008: (no selection made)
2009: (no selection made)
2010: Dave Overstreet
2011: Matt Cholko
2012: R. Douglas Wright
2013: Anne Panella & Justin Malkin
The State Committee recognized the following in 2014:
2014 Libertarian Leader Lifetime Service Award – Stew Engel
2014 Libertarian Leader of the Year – Robert and Astrid Sarvis
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February 24
Hauppage, NY
Monthly Meeting Suffolk County Libertarian Party
Hauppauge Palace Diner
7 pm
525 Smithtown Bypass
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February 24
Washington DC
The DC-area Libertarian Foreign Policy / National Security Group
Trio’s Restaurant
1537 17th Street NW
7-9 pm
Join us for a friendly, agree-to-disagree discussion of events across the nation and around the globe, and of how to apply libertarian ideas in a dangerous world
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February 25
Washington DC
Cato Institure
Noon
Renewing the Search for a Monetary Constitution: Reforming Government’s Role in the Monetary System
Join Russ Roberts as he interviews George Mason University economics professor Lawrence H. White aboutRenewing the Search for a Monetary Constitution — a new Cato book White has coedited with Victor J. Vanberg and Ekkehard Köhler.
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Oxon Hill, MD
February 26-28
Conservative Political Action Conference
Rand Paul speaks Friday at 10 am; Gary Johnson Thursday at 4 pm
Discount tickets through Young Americans for Liberty
The under 30 crowd tends to be dominated by Rand/Ron Paul supporters.
Volunteers needed for YAL and Our America Initiative (Gary Johnson) booths.
Largest LGTB Libertarian event to date planned for Valentine’s Eve
25 JanOrganizers believe this will be the largest libertarian gay and lesbian event ever held.
HERE’S THE PLAN:
9:30 PM — We’ll congregate at the lobby of the Marriott Wardman Parkafter the opening social for the ISFLC officially ends.
9:45 PM — We’ll depart via Uber to Town Danceboutique on U Street (approximately a 10-minute ride).
10:00 PM — We’ll enter the club ($10 cover for 21+, $12 for 18-21).
10:30 PM — The drag show begins! Grab a drank and enjoy the entertainment.
11:00 PM — We’ll dance the night away! A quieter side room is also available for those late-night libertarian debates.
TAKE NOTE:
—Town is 18+ on Friday night, so those of you who aren’t quite of drinking age can still enjoy the fun!
—Although this is branded as an LGBT event, Town is totally inclusive to anyone and everyone who is gay friendly. You don’t need to be queer to enjoy the cheer!
College Democrats defend NSA surveillance
11 MarMaybe they are job hunting?
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Ann Coulter, Welfare Queen?
20 FebI even enjoyed sitting a few rows away and watching Ann be interviewed before 1400 mainly very unsympathetic libertarians this past weekend at the 6th Annual International Students for Liberty Conference in Washington, D.C. (Living within walking distance of the several locations where all 6 have been held, I’ve been lucky to attend 4 of them.). The interview was a taping for John Stossel’s show, and she was interviewed in a two hour sequence of interviews that included Congressman Justin Amash and former Ambassador John Bolton (who was also interviewed last year). I believe these will be aired as the next two Stossel shows, one tomorrow night, and one the following Thursday, on Fox Business, with various insomniac broadcasts on both Fox Business and the Fox News channels.
Like Bolton, my girlfriend Ann always pitches herself as a libertarian, “but….” She wants a world of nations where people have maximum individual freedom except where allowing it would diminish it. She’s Hegelian even though not Marxist. Bolton of course worries about civil liberties and non-intervention allowing tyrants abroad to gain power, a worthy debate but one where he would have more cred if he had spent more time in the past calling for defunding tyrants.
Ann’s hang ups include worrying that people using pot will become slackers, and end up on welfare adding to the oppression of all of us tax serfs. It’s similar to the somewhat more credible fears that illegal immigrants will be used to oppress taxpayers, especially since we now know illegal immigrants are using $2 billion in tax funded health care, set to explode under fully government controlled medicine.
Here’s the problem though – we don’t have any accurate statistics on the budgetary and opportunity costs of the drug war or of illegal immigration. I just ran for office in DC and I tried to find numbers on arrests, incarcerations, and budgets, either for the drug war as a whole or for pot specifically. I’m not sure anyone knows. Nor do I think anyone knows how many people have criminal records for non-violent drug crimes, nor how many have been prevented from obtaining employment because of them, such that they did either end up on welfare, or have much reduced life term earnings and careers.
Clearly Ms. Coulter knows everyone who smokes pot isn’t a slacker; at one point in the Q&A she replied to someone who asked why she so often smeared libertarians as stoners that “you’re not stoners, you’re nerds.” So apparently some people can smoke pot and still become successful IT entrepreneurs.
Likewise we don’t know how many red blooded, native born, Americans, or even legally immigrated ones, can only make a living running farms, restaurants, and construction companies because they have access to illegal immigrant workers. Maybe in both cases we need to make the economy more vibrant, and the tax funded benefits more meager, so that stoners and illegals will simply find it more attractive to get a job, start a business, or have a career. In the free market community Ann, which you are welcome to join, we call those incentives.
Both Bolton and Coulter have a blind spot (which doesn’t mean they can’t argue that their opponents have their own blind spots, and ask whose is bigger). They see the problems of welfare parasitism or Islamic violence, but don’t ask if our policies are funding and fomenting it. Is the only evil that lazy slackers go on welfare, or is it also an evil that government schools, government regulations that keep poor people from starting small businesses, and the drug war that gives them criminal records, keeps them from ever getting out of welfare. Thereby incidentally leaving whatever opportunities do remain available for nice girls from suburban Connecticut schools who have the grades to get into law schools (and access student loan programs and other forms of upper middle class welfare). Most of these Connecticut girls end up being the Elizabeth Warrens who perpetuate the system, living in DC on their 6 and 7 figure salaries as regulators and lobbyists, blocks from the people they have condemned to lives of poverty and illiteracy. Ann’s path is better, but not good enough.