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Posted on 09 March 2009. Tags: AIG , American , Amistad , Anheuser-Busch , Anthony Hopkins , bank bailout , banking , bankruptcy , Barbie , Bass Ale , beer , Beer Marketer's Insights , beermakers , Beijing , Benj Steinman , Black & Tan , brewers , Brian Knowlton , brolly , budshop.com , Bureaucrash , Charlie Rose , China , Citigroup , cnet , Cord Blomquist , credit , Economy , emancipation , Eric Schmidt , facebook , finance , foam crown , food safety , Fox News Sunday , free market , Free State Project , FSP , google , Guinness , honorable , Human Rights Foundation , IHT , InBev , J. David Goodman , Jim Scherr , John McCain , Kansas City Star , LAPD , Larry Probst , libertarian , liberty , Liberty Forum , limited government , Lindsay Graham , london 2012 , Mattel , melamine , Morgan Freeman , Moving Picture Institute , National People's Congress , National Retail Federation , New Hampshire , NPC , olympic news , OMB , parties , Pete Eyre , Peter Orszag , pint glass , poor man's email , pour specialists , PRC , recession , Richard Morrison , Richard Nichols , Richard Shelby , Rodney King , Ryan Young , Scott Gaterman , SCOTUS , slavery , St. Patrick's Day , Stephanie Streeter , Steven Musil , stimulus , stout , tainted milk , TARP , TechCrunch , Technology News , Theresa Howard , This Week With George Stephanopoulos , Thor Halvorssen , tonic food , Treasury , twitter , U.S. Supreme Court , USA Today , USOC , wall street , Wu Bangguo , Xinhua
We get a fresh recap of the Free State Project’s recent Liberty Forum in Nashua, New Hampshire. John McCain and Richard Shelby say that the government should end the bailouts and let poorly-managed banks go bankrupt, and brewers pin their hopes on robust St. Patrick’s Day sales.
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Posted on 23 February 2009. Tags: bank nationalization , banking , Carol Browner , Chris Dodd , climate change , CO2 , Cord Blomquist , eco-migration , EPA , finance , free markets , GHG , global warming , immigration , immigreat , investments , John Murtha , libertarian , liberty , limited government , london 2012 , olympic news , Oscar Pistorius , paralympics , real estate , recession , Ryan Young , Scandal Watch , Senate , senators , small government , taxes , wall street , William Yeatman
Our hosts take a whiff of the bank nationalizations floating through the air, and say they stink. Senator Chris Dodd’s dodgy dealings in real estate come under scrutiny. While favoring immigration in general, our hosts question the wisdom of “eco-migration.”
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Posted on 09 February 2009. Tags: Amazon.com , Apple , bailout , Big Labor , bong , boondoggle , debt , Department of Labor , drug prohibition , e-book , finance , herstory , Hilda Solis , iPhone , Jamaica , Jeff Bezos , Kindle , liberty , marijuana , Michael Phelps , one laptop per child , organized labor , porkulus , sticky icky , Stimulus to Nowhere , taxes , taxpayers , wall street , weed , Yuri Andropov
After a brief celebration of twenty-five years of Yuri Andropov being dead, we focus on the 900 billion lb. gorilla in the room, the economic stimulus bill making its way through Congress. Alternate references to it as porkulus, the Stimulus to Nowhere and the Mother of All Debts are also acceptable.
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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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Posted on 23 December 2008. Tags: abortion , Alan Moore , Anne Graham Lotz , bailout , birth control , Bush , CEI , Christmas , Christmas tree , condoms , Continental Army , depression , Economy , executive power , finance , George Washington , gift card , gift guide , gifts , Hannukah , Hans Bader , happy holidays , Hilton Head , holiday , Island Packet , Jill Bradley , lawn ornaments , libertarian , liberty , Lifehacker , olympic news , OpenMarket.org , Palmetto Hall , Planned Parenthood , pregnancy , pro-choice , pro-life , Razorba , recession , reproductive health , Reuters , slush fund , STDs , STIs , Treasury , wall street , war hammer , War on Christmas , Watchmen , White House
Season’s greetings and happy holidays, LibertyWeek listeners – it’s the Christmas Episode! Your festive hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist deliver up the best stories of the day with an Xmas twist.
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Posted on 04 November 2008. Tags: 2012 , 419 , ABCNews.com , Adam Kovacevich , ads , AFP , antitrust , AP , bailout , baked potatoes , billions , Bob Barr , Bob Cusack , bonfire , borrow , CEI , Charles Schumer , deal , debt , Department of Justice , depression , DJIA , DOJ , economics , Economy , election , email , Fairness Doctrine , FCC , finance , fireworks , google , gunpowder , Guy Fawkes Day , Hope Ditto , Huffington Post , investment , investors , Karl Rove , Laurie Blake , libertarian , liberty , liquidity , London , markets , McCain , merger , Minnesota , mulled wine , Northfield , Obama , Olympic Lottery , Olympics , Philip Busse , Politico , recession , Reuters , Rice County , Rick Klein , S&P , sabotage , Sara Lepro , scam , search , SFP , sign stealer , sign stealing , St. Olaf College , Star Tribune , swing states , The Hill , Treasury , V for Vendetta , wall street , Yahoo
Join your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist this week as we take on election day madness , the tradition of Guy Fawkes Day , campaign sabotage , the ghost of the Fairness Doctrine , how the coming depression is …
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Posted on 07 October 2008. Tags: advertising , American , american film , annual film festival , Bag , bailout , bill , Blomquist , CEI , city , commenter , Cord , D.C. , deal , director , email , embezzlement , embezzlement scandal , entertainments , Episode , episode 11 , EU , exhibit , feedback , Festival , friend , generous contributions , google , government , guest , History , jail , LibertyWeek , Medicine , MPI , Museum , Natural , New , New England , new england patriots , Nobel , nobel prize for medicine , Olympic , online , parental controls , political interference , program , prospect , punching bag , Rastafari , Renaissance , Richard Morrison , Ryan Young , San Francisco , san francisco 49ers , sen ted stevens , Smithsonian , smithsonian museum of natural history , SPECIAL , spending , teen drivers , time , wall street , Washington , weekend , William Yeatman
Regular hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist welcome special guest commenter and friend of LibertyWeek William Yeatman back to the program.
We start out by re-capping the weekend’s entertainments, including films presented at the American Film Renaissance annual film festival …
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Posted on 23 September 2008. Tags: 2012 london olympics , accounting , AIG , amp , at&t , bailout , Bailouts , ballparks , Blomquist , CEI , Cord , debacle , dsl , dsl prices , Economy , email , energy , energy bill , energy independence , Episode , episode 9 , Fannie Mae , federal reserve , Financial , financial markets , Freddie Mac , freedom , guest , guest host , host william , Housing , john berlau , lehman , lehman bros. , lehman brothers , libertarian , liberty , LibertyWeek , London , london 2012 , mark-to-market , Mortgage , mundain , palin , saga , Sarah Palin , Sarbanes Oxley , Securities , something , SPECIAL , Sub-Prime , subsidy , verzion , wall street , William Yeatman , Yankee , yankee stadium
Cord Blomquist and guest-host William Yeatman tackle the subsidy for Yankee stadium, falling DSL prices, Sarah Palin’s hacked email, the no-drilling energy bill, and continue to track the saga of London 2012.
SPECIAL GUEST: John Berlau joins us to discuss …
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Posted on 16 September 2008. Tags: 2012 olympics , agriculture , bottled water , CEI , cheese , deregulation , EU , Europe , European Union , farming , finance , freedom , gas , intern , international , libertarian , liberty , MEP , multimedia , nanny state , natural gas , OCS , offshore drilling , oil , Olympics , paralympics , PSA , recycling , reform , regulation , video , wall street
This week, your hosts Richard Morrison and Cord Blomquist discuss the meltdown on Wall Street, Nancy Pelosi’s opposition to offshore drilling, the War on Bottled Water™ and a breakthrough for Paralympic athletes.
SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL GUEST: Radu Burnete (our Romanian intern) …
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