Nobel Laureate Economist Robert Mundell: "The debate should be focused on what the best gold system is, not on whether we need to go back on one."

Very good news!  (emphasis mine)

"Professor Robert Mundell urges gold convertibility for the euro, the currency which he fathered, as well as for the dollar. This is a major step forward. Thought leaders are abandoning “old monetarism,” which was vainly fixated on quantity. Even its chief proponent, Milton Friedman, acknowledged old monetarism as unsuccessful in a 2003 interview with the Financial Times.  An emerging “new monetarism” is quickly taking its place — one that focuses on the quality, not quantity, of money.
Empirical data suggest that the gold dollar represents the epitome of quality.  As Forbes’ own Steve Forbes advised the presidential candidates last week, the “debate should be focused on what the best gold system is, not on whether we need to go back on one.”

This is a very encouraging article, and well worth the read.  Full article here!

h/t Eric DeGroot

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Tucson Mayoral Candidate Siezes Dozens of Foreclosed Homes, Kicks Out Real Estate Agents!

This is hilarious!

A Tucson mayoral candidate from a fringe political party has seized dozens of foreclosed homes in metro Phoenix, changing the locks, kicking out real-estate agents and posting "Do Not Trespass" signs.
Marshall Home, who claims many foreclosures are illegal, has filed documents in the past two weeks with the Maricopa County Recorder's Office showing he has supposedly taken ownership of at least 21 homes belonging to government-owned mortgage giant Fannie Mae. But none of the documents shows any money has changed hands, and Fannie Mae says it has not sold the houses.
Real-estate agents and experts say Home's documents, a type of real-estate form called a special-warranty deed, aren't valid.
"Fannie Mae has not authorized the transfer of the properties in question to the organization," spokesman Andrew Wilson said. "We will pursue appropriate legal action and involve law enforcement as necessary."
But for now, Home's Independent Rights Political Party Trust is claiming to own the houses. Several of the homes have people living in them.
"Lenders are gangsters, and they can't prove they own these homes. So they have no right to foreclose," said the 80-year-old self-professed billionaire from his real-estate and political office in Tucson on Tuesday. "I plan to continue to take homes from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would buy them, but those groups can't produce the notes showing they are the rightful owners to sell or foreclose on them."

Full article here!

h/t Zerohedge

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Monetary Policy is now Blue-Collar Break Room Discussion!

You read that title right:  The much maligned J6P (Joe Six Pack) are now discussing monetary policy among themselves...  And they are NOT HAPPY!

 

"While on my lunch break, I couldn't help but overhear a number of ladies who were discussing our national debt, budgetary woes, and the general economic malaise of our day. To my delighted surprise one of the ladies frustratedly remarked, "I don't see why they keep printing money, when it just makes the money we already have worth less."

There it was--monetary policy being discussed in a blue-collar breakroom! This was no political wonk or economic junkie lamenting poor economic policy; this was an average lady showing concern over the inflationary policies of our government."

Read the whole thing over at the excellent Humble Libertarian!

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Registers of Deeds in Massachusetts and North Carolina are rejecting robo-signed documents!

This is a HUGE win for Liberty!  

First, the Register of Deeds in Massachusets is rejecting "robo-signed" documents,

and shortly thereafter, the the North Carolina Register of deeds is doing the same!

Some quotes from the Massachusetts office press release:

“Knowing what I now know, it would be a dereliction of my duties as the keeper of the records to record these documents and any other documents that contain questionable signatures. To do so, would make me a willing participant in a continuing scheme which has corrupted the chain of title of thousands of Essex County property owners. I have decided to put a stop to this reckless behavior and hold these lenders and their agents accountable for the authenticity of what they are attempting to record in my Registry. I do not believe this to be unreasonable.”

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“Now that Register Thigpen has joined with me, I am hopeful that my other colleagues around the country will also take the same action. I strongly believe that this will send a message, loud and clear, that we as Registers and Recorders of Deeds, whose responsibility it is to protect the integrity of the land recordation system, will not be a party to any fraudulent scheme that may damage individual’s property rights”

Hats off to Misters O’Brien and Thigpen!

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Tables Turn: Deputies and movers show up at bank to seize property for homeowner!

 

A clear WIN!

Read more: http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2011-06-03/Tables-Turn-Deputies-and-movers-show-up-at-bank-to-seize-property-for-homeowner-#ixzz1Oau8vZrr

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Netizens stick up for free expression and Liberty!

I was preparing for bed the way I usually do, looking over a few of my favorite humor blogs to put me in a good mood before I drift off to dreamland.

And, I saw this photo: 

 With the snarky caption, You left out “Ignorant Redneck”

Mmm...  No, I don't think so.

Naturally, I was a little perturbed, as while I'm not a Christian, a Conservative, or a property owner (land, anyway...  And while I technically own a gun, my brother keeps it for me in upstate NY), the other things on that truck pretty much fit me - So I ambled over to the comments to exercise my first amendment rights.

...And to my surprise, I saw 46 comments, and 95% of them were supportive of the truck owner!

Call me crazy, but just a few short years ago, I don't think we would have seen so many people sticking up for someone unabashedly expressing themselves for Liberty!

Warms the cockles of my heart, it does (and makes me want to buy some vinyl letters to put on my wagon!).

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House GOP denies TSA funds for more body scanners!

This is very encouraging news - The House GOP has denied funding for more body scanners, and the Texas House of Representatives have passed legislation that would make the controversial pat-downs illegal.  Full story here!

This t-shirt displays the 4th amendment - and it shows up on a body scanner!

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The heat is getting turned up on the Fed!

Would you even have imagined we would be seeing this sort of discussion a few years ago?

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Triple win! Audit the Fed cosponsor list grows, and TWO audit the Fed op-eds!

Both via Campaign for Liberty!

Cosponsor list grows http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=42047

Two op eds - Audit the Fed!  http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=42090

Image courtesy of the excellent Mark Rain 

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Ron Paul Has Best Chance vs Obama According to CNN Shock Poll!

Reports CNN just hours ahead of the Republican debate:

'What about the showdown in November 2012?

According to the poll, taken before the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death, President Barack Obama has an edge over all the top GOP candidates in hypothetical match-ups.

Who does best against Obama? Paul. The congressman from Texas, who also ran as a libertarian candidate for president in 1988 and who is well liked by many in the tea party movement, trails the president by only seven points (52 to 45 percent) in a hypothetical general election showdown. Huckabee trails by eight points, with Romney down 11 points to Obama.'

Read the whole thing here.

(Via the highly recommended Humble Libertarian!)

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