Posted on 23 March 2009. Tags: $1 trillion, AIG, Alistair Darling, Andrew Ross Sorkin, AP, Ars Technica, Associated Press, attorney general, beer tax, bottled water, Brian Knowlton, British Beer and Pub Association, CEI, Christopher Dodd, classical liberal, classified, Countrywide, economics, Economy, Eli Lehrer, enjoybottledwater.org, Eric Dash, Eric Holder, FDIC, Fed, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, federal reserve, federalism, FOIA, fr33, free markets, Free Talk Live, freedom, Human Achievement Hour, individualism, iTunes, Julian Sanchez, legacy assets, libertarian, liberty, limited government, london 2012, marijuana, Michael Phelps, Michelle Minton, Mortgage, Myron Ebell, New York Times, olympic news, Olympic Training Center, Oxford Economics, personal responsibility, Public-Private Investment Program, pubs, Rachel L. Swarns, Radio Liberty Network, Rebecca Smithers, Rob Hayward, Rob Simmons, secret, self government, small government, SUSAN HAIGH, swimming, TARP, toxic assets, Troubled Assets Relief Program, UK, Wikipedia
We begin with a celebration of human achievement and a peek into the realm of secret government documents. The White House is going to waste another $1 trillion of your money. The British beer tax has managed to kill off 20,000 jobs. And finally, the history of scandal-addled Sen. Dodd of Connecticut.
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Posted on 30 December 2008. Tags: $50 billion, 1853, 2009, Australia, BBC, Bernard Madoff, candy canes, cars, CBN News, CEI, child pornography, Christmas, counterfeiting, Economy, Fark.com, finance, fraud, free market, freedom, Gadsen Purchase, Great Depression, gTLD, Harry Markopolos, IBS, ICANN, inappropriate content, Innocence Project, Internet censorship, investors, JEHT Foundation, john berlau, libertarian, liberty, limited government, london 2012, nanny state, NASDAQ, Network World, New Year, olympic news, peppermint oil, Ponzi scheme, presents, regulation, regulators, safety, Sarbanes Oxley, SEC, Secret Service, speed limit, speed-limiting, truck drivers, UK, Vancouver 2010, wall street, weather, Willy Wonka, zombie mode
This week, the biggest story Scandal Watch has seen yet – Bernard Madoff’s $50 billion Ponzi scheme. Also, satellite-enforced speed limits in the UK, printing your own money to survive the Greatest Depression, the Australian porn ban, ICANN’s new domains, and Olympic News.
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