PNN #191 Show Notes http://bit.ly/15aPfLc
Rich Paul Files for Keene Mayoral Race
http://freekeene.com/2013/08/29/rich-paul-files-for-keene-mayoral-race/
Keene Committee Hears Cannabis Decrim Proposal
http://freekeene.com/2013/08/29/city-committee-hears-cannabis-decrim-proposal/
Russia Evacuating Its Citizens from Syria
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-08-28/russia-evacuating-its-citizens-syria
Syrian Rebel Cuts Out Soldiers Heart and Eats It
http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/video-syrian-rebel-cuts-out-soldiers-heart-and-eats-it-nsfw/
Syrian Father Reunites with Son He Thought Was Dead
http://www.businessinsider.com/syria-father-son-reunited-2013-8
Congress Already Against Intervention in Syria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBA3CMZzMkg
Police Needlessly Forced Women to Strip Nude
Obama Takes More Guns
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ap-exclusive-obama-offers-new-gun-control-steps
DMX Arrested for Weed
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/21/entertainment-us-usa-rapper-arrest-idUSBRE97K17Q20130821
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Rich Paul is running for mayor – from inside the Cheshire jail. Ian Freeman reports at http://FreeKeene.com that he took Rich’s declaration of candidacy down to the city clerk’s office today and filed the $5 fee to get him on the ballot. Thus far the Keene mayoral race only has incumbent Kendall Lane (an attorney) and now Rich Paul, a former flower salesman. Only two weeks remain until the filing deadline – will anyone else enter the race?
Also, when was the last time you wrote or visited Rich? Rich Paul went to jail for your liberties. If you don’t live near Keene, did you know you can visit him from your webcam? http://securustech.net/videovisitation Have you sent him mail? Did you know you can do that free via Mail-to-Jail? (^ Links to instructions in our show notes.)
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Liberty activist David Crawford recently submitted to the city council in Keene a proposal to have the council send a resolution to the legislators encouraging them to decriminalize cannabis. The city council assigned the issue to the Planning, Licensing, and Development committee and it was given a public hearing this week. Several at the hearing spoke in favor of the measure, and none against, including Keene Police Chief Ken Meola, who did speak, but only to answer a question about legality. Of course, he wasn’t completely telling the truth when he said this is a “legislative issue”. He knows he has discretion and can choose not to enforce laws at will, as Ian pointed out later in my comments.
We also learned that it appears the city people may have dropped the ball on sending a letter to the legislature in 2009, when a similar request was brought forth by, of all people, Fred Parsells! No one could seem to remember all the details so city boss John Maclean promised to research the issue and come back with a more accurate version of past events at the next PLD meeting in two weeks. The issue was given, quote, “more time” and will be raised again on Wed, September 11th at 7pm at city hall.
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The drums of war are beating in Syria, and Russia is evacuating its citizens. According to The Telegraph, a total of 180 people, mostly women and children, returned to Moscow on-board a plane which landed late on Tuesday. After filling the up first plane, Russia had to send another to retrieve the fleeing people. The plane also bore humanitarian aid for about 30,000 other Russians that are still living across the country.
It’s probably smart to leave that place. A video surfaced online yesterday on Austin Peterson’s site, http://TheLibertarianRepublic.com, which featured a Syrian Rebel Cutting out the heart of a Syrian Army soldier and eating it. On the other end of that spectrum, ubiquitous video technology gave viewers the opportunity to watch the touching reuniting of a Syrian Father with his son, that he thought was dead.
Also in the news this week: Eleven women are suing a Washington state police department over claims that they were needlessly and inappropriately video recorded as police forced them to strip nude and use a jail cell toilet. The Obama Administration proposed two new restrictions on the trade of firearms, and rapper DMX was arrested for weed in South Carolina.
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