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# # # On Monday, May 22, Sandra Suter was standing in the check-out line of the Wal-Mart in Spring Hill, Fla. when she saw several store employees wrestling with a knife-wielding man. The employees had apprehended 50-year-old Willie J. Redding of Brookville -- reported by the St. Petersburg Times to have previous convictions for selling drugs and dealing in stolen property -- attempting to steal a VCR. Dropping his loot, Redding pulled a small blade and lunged, cutting two employees, according to a Hernando County sheriff's report. "Drop the knife! Drop the knife!" one of the bleeding employees ...

FROM MOUNTAIN MEDIA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATED JULY 9, 2000 EDITORS: A SHORTER VERSION OF THIS COLUMN, AT 1,150 WORDS, ALSO MOVES THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz The two most threadbare 'gun control' lies I don't know if they're the two (start ital)biggest(end ital) lies told by the victim disarmament gang, but they're easily the most threadbare, climbing out of their graves over and over to spread their stench like rotting vampires that have been killed but never properly staked. First, Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore and others of his ilk keep insisting the reason we need "mandatory child ...

FROM MOUNTAIN MEDIA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATED JULY 4, 2000 THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz Most Americans should be ashamed to celebrate the Fourth Editor's note: The following essay, which was originally published on July 3, 1997, is excerpted from Vin Suprynowicz's book, "Send in the Waco Killers." # # # What an inconvenient holiday the Fourth of July has become. So long as we stick to grilling hot dogs and hamburgers, hauling the kids to the lake or the mountains, and winding up the day watching the fireworks as the Boston Pops plays the "1812" -- written by a ...

Democracy on a mass scale can be a good way to keep the peace, but it rarely produces much to be proud of. That's why the founders made democracy such a small part of our system. Federal judges don't stand for election (nor did U.S. senators, till 1912). Even the president is supposed to be chosen not by some mob, but by either Congress or an electoral college (whose delegates are not required to mimic the popular vote. In 1972 a Virginia elector cast his vote for Libertarian nominees John Hospers and Theodora "Toni" Nathan -- the first woman ...

The Corporate Media Blockade by Eric Galatas 3:46pm Tue Nov 30 '99 The Independent Media Center, set up to deliver non-corporate news about protests in Seattle, has received information that Police WTO protest numbers contradict ABC reports from Seattle Corporate Media Shenanigans by Eric Galatas, Independent Media CenterKOMO Channel 4, the ABC affiliate in Seattle, reported this morning that the turn out was disappointing for the AFL-CIO gathering at Seattle Center.Reporting live from the field, the KOMO reporter said that from an estimated 25,000 participants, possibly 10,000 had indeed turned out to protest the WTO ministerial.The Independent Media Center, ...

IPS news reports appear daily in English, German, Finnish, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. To subscribe, please contact us at: Africa, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, North America. TRADE-US: Americans Want More Trade and More Protection By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, Nov 16 (IPS) - The US public, while generally supportive of world trade and globalisation, wants future trade agreements to incorporate stronger protections for workers and the environment, according to a survey released here ahead of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting in Seattle. The poll by the University of Maryland's Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) also shows ...

By David M. Bresnahan © 1999 WorldNetDaily.com Gov. George W. Bush, R-Texas, says it is not his job to get involved in the concerns over Army Night Stalkers using live ammunition in a civilian area of his state. The Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has confirmed Operation Last Dance began in Kingsville Feb. 8 and has been continuing in other small towns near Corpus Christi. Little warning was given to civilians in Kingsville prior to the event that has prompted some to seek crisis intervention counseling. Angry citizens are now calling for the dismissal of ...

FROM MOUNTAIN MEDIA EDITORS: 300-WORD OPTIONAL TRIM MARKED, STARTING AT 10TH PARAGRAPH FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATED NOV. 7, 1999 THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz 'Even a child could figure this out' Never reluctant to wade into the blood of the innocent if it offers an opportunity to advance the police-state agenda, Attorney General Janet Reno, Butcher of Waco, seized her latest opportunity after Honolulu Xerox repairman Bryan Uyesugi walked into work Tuesday morning and killed seven male co-workers with a handgun. Such crimes demonstrate why Congress needs to pass stiffer gun-control laws, the attorney general said. Only problem is, ...

FROM MOUNTAIN MEDIA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATED SEPT. 1, 1999 THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz Set the Branch Davidians free Documentary filmmaker Mike McNulty of Colorado, whose "Waco: The Rules of Engagement" was nominated for an Academy Award, is prepared to release a sequel this fall, presenting evidence that at least six spent incendiary mortar rounds and "flash-bang devices" (the kind that can start fires) were found in the main Mount Carmel church (not just two, and not just in some outbuilding) following the final assault by federal troops in Waco, Texas in April of 1993. The new film ...