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Free speech is under fire. Online thugs are targeting bloggers (mostly conservative, but not all) who have dared to expose a convicted bomber and perjuring vexatious litigant who is now enjoying a comfy life as a liberally subsidized social justice operative. 2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T11:10:07ZMichelle Malkin

As Ronald Reagan noted, Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T11:10:07ZJohn Hawkins

There are two powerful market currents converging. And where they meet, there is a well-positioned company that is poised to make a ton of money simply by riding along and doing nothing. 2012-06-08T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T11:10:07ZNathan Slaughter

Defendant was stopped via a traffic offense that was completely ignored to focus on a drug investigation. Within two minutes they had consent, and it was found not voluntary. United States v. King, 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76988 (N.D. Miss. June 4, 2012):

The government argues that the defendant's consent to search is valid because it was given within two minutes of the traffic stop. In looking at the surrounding circumstances, however, it appears that consent was not voluntarily given. As Agent Force requested, Hutchins attempted to make the stop appear normal. Yet, the record shows that the officers were not interested in any alleged traffic violation when they stopped King. They knew the defendant was a suspect in an ongoing drug investigation and the officers acted in furtherance of that investigation when they stopped the defendant. While Hutchins claims King could have left prior to the search, at no time did he or any of the other officers tell the defendant he was free to leave or that he had a right to refuse consent. Hutchins, two police officers, and a K-9 dog were present when King consented to the search. The defendant complied with the officer's requests and told them where money was located inside his truck. Though the defendant was allegedly stopped for violating traffic laws, none of the officers issued a citation prior to asking to search the vehicle. Instead, they held the defendant at the traffic stop without advising him that he was suspected of criminal activity. Looking at these factors, it appears King's consent was not the product of an essentially free and unconstrained choice. An objectively reasonable person in the defendant's position would not have felt free to leave the scene or refuse consent.

Paul Joseph Watson | "TSA Directives" superseed Freedom of Information Act.

Infowars.com | This is an overview in the Financial Terrorism conference held in the UK this past weekend.

Nat Hentoff: FISA: Coming: Even more FBI warrantless searches?

On May 9, FBI Director Robert Mueller strongly recommended that Congress reauthorize the 2008 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act by the end of the year. This law allows federal authorities, including the FBI, to conduct warrantless searches. These are beyond the Attorney General's Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations that let the FBI avoid going to a court to get a warrant to track Americans suspected of terrorist ties.

Infowars.com | Alex covers the latest news including TIME magazine's quest to make sure you know how to die.

Infowars.com | Aaron Dykes recaps Bilderberg 2012 with RT's Abby Martin.

Anthony Gucciardi | These reports come after a Department of Homeland Security hazmat fleet was sent out to the location after ‘years’ of inactivity.

Anthony Gucciardi | Alarming amounts of radiation were reported near the border of Indiana and Michigan and later censored by the EPA online geiger tool.

The Economic Collapse | Why is the economy going to collapse? Have you ever been asked that question? If so, what did you say?

ANALYSIS/OPINION:

The boys of a distant summer are fading now, unsteady on their feet, many with canes and some on walkers. But when they talk of their longest day, their steps quicken, their eyes grow bright with proud remembrance of duty done.

This was the week when some of us ...

After testifying about Fast and Furious for the eighth time, Attorney General Eric Holder still evades questions, but admits DOJ and White working together on messaging to the the "facts" out about the case. 2012-06-07T13:05:00-04:002012-06-08T03:10:03ZKatie Pavlich

In this life, a number of relationships are of great significance, such as the relationship between a customer and his banker, a patient and his doctor, or even a congregant and his pastor. These are important relationships—some of which produce near-familial emotions, binding people together at a deep, deep level. And while all of these relationships are important, they are but proximate compared with the ultimate earthly relationship—and that is marriage.2012-06-07T11:25:00-04:002012-06-08T03:10:03ZAlan Sears

This week, the full 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to hear any more arguments on gay marriage.2012-06-07T10:04:00-04:002012-06-08T03:10:03ZMaggie Gallagher

Four years ago, Israeli “dove” Avi Primor cooed over the prospects for a comprehensive peace settlement in the Mideast. The “key” to peace, wrote Israel’s former Ambassador to Germany, lies in Damascus. Amb. Primor wrote if Israel would only agree to give up the Golan Heights she had captured in the 1967 Six-Day War, Syria might yet come around to accepting the existence of the Jewish state and break its dependence on the mullahs in Iran.2012-06-07T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T03:10:03ZKen Blackwell

WASHINGTON -- Frankly, I wish the Pew Research Center would occasionally keep its thoughts to itself. Sometimes those thoughts are merely insipid and beneath the attention of serious minds. Sometimes they are alarming and capable of stirring up an already excitable populace. There is talk of cannibalism being practiced by the criminal element. There is Lady Gaga. These are worrisome times. Yet the Pew Research Center has gone and done it again.2012-06-07T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T03:10:03ZEmmett Tyrrell

President Barack Obama's re-election turns on his ability to convince voters that 1) Obama inherited a "Great Recession," 2) every "independent" economist supported the "stimulus," 3) "bipartisan" economists agree that Obama's stimulus worked, and 4) as actor Morgan Freeman puts it, racist Republicans say, "Screw the country ... we're going to do whatever we can to get this black man outta here" -- nothing to do with deeply held policy differences.2012-06-07T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T03:10:03ZLarry Elder

Last summer, the debt crisis in Europe was in the front of most investors' minds, prompting some wild sell-offs in global stock markets regardless of corporate fundamentals. And, in recent weeks, traders have become increasingly concerned about some softening in U.S. economic data, a bright spot for the world economy since late last year. 2012-06-07T00:01:00-04:002012-06-08T03:10:03ZPaul Tracy