The Freedom Report

Cuddling Crackdown! City Attorney Doesn't Know Any Men Who Just Want To Snuggle.

Reason Magazine has a great new video out about the crackdown on cuddling in Madison Wisconsin. A house dedicated to clients who want to pay for snuggling was shut down before it could even open because the city suspected them of prostitution. Assistant City Attorney Jennifer Zilavy said: "No offense to men, but I don't know any man who just wants to snuggle."

Also, President Obama is pulling back on the government collection of metadata and demanding now that private companies store the data, imposing a burden on telecoms to do the government's dirty work. 

Rand Paul Raises A Million For 2016 and then Moons The NSA on Snapchat

Senator Rand Paul reportedly raised over a million dollars recently for a fund that's called "Rand Paul 2016." The Kentucky senator now has over $1.7 million raised for either his reelection to the senate, or for a run at the White House. 

Also, Senator Paul recently joined the photo messaging app "Snapchat," and he took his second shot at the NSA with an obligatory full moon. All that and more on the Freedom Report Podcast! 

Kanye West Vs. the Anarchists, Beyonce & Gender Roles & Life In A Libertarian Republic

Today's Freedom Report discusses Kanye West's lawsuit against the anarcho-capitalists behind the new digital currency "Coinye West". Major media outlets are reporting that Coinye has shut down, but don't you ever believe you can tell an anarchist what to do. Now splinter cells from the group are trying to rebrand, while others are trying to keep the name of the currency alive. Is this what happens when anarchists try and centrally plan? 

Also imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the dumbest statements of all time. In a recent inteview, singer Beyonce propagated the myth about the gender pay gap. This episode of the Freedom Report debunks some of the points associated with that fallacy and we discuss gender roles in general. 

Also, what would life be like if we lived in a Libertarian Republic? Listen in on this episode of The Freedom Report to find out. 

FBI Won't Target IRS, Cops Acquitted After Killing Homeless Man & Do Ladies Love Sexists?

Top stories today from the Libertarian Republic are that the FBI has refused to push criminal allegations against anyone at the IRS after members of the organization targeted Tea Party groups. 

Also, Police officers were acquitted in the horrific beating and killing of Kelly Thomas, a homeless man who cried out for his father in his final moments as he was clubbed and tasered to death. 

And, do ladies love sexist guys? A study from the University of Auckland, New Zealand concluded that women may be happier in relationships with men who score higher on a benevolent sexism scale. 

Colorado Residents Can Now Buy Marijuana in 2014

They can smoke two joints at morning! They can smoke two joints at nights. Citizens of Colorado can smoke two joints in the afternoon, if it makes them feel alright. You see one day, they met a man, who came to them and said: Hard work good, and hard work fine, but first take care of head. 

Citizens of Colorado are a little more free in 2014, recreational marijuana has been legalized for residents and non-residents alike. But the usual anti-drug crowd has appeared to shake the boogedy-boogedy stick at people who might be having too much fun and taking full ownership over their own lives and decisions. This edition of the Freedom Report podcast takes on the issue of legalization in Colorado. 

Was Duck Dynasty Star Phil Robertson A Victim of Free Speech?

Phil Robertson, star of the popular A&E show Duck Dynasty  was suspended after his comments to GQ magazine about homosexuality. Conservatives and liberals are up in arms. Robertson's controversial comments have offended the gay community, and conservatives are claiming that it's an issue of free speech. But is it really?

For sure A&E is likely to get a ton of free publicity, and in the TV business no publicity is bad publicity. The Duck Dynasty star's fan base will undoubtedly spend millions of dollars on the show's products in a gesture of support. So both A&E and the Duck Dynasty family will probably benefit. 

But do you know who is guaranteed to benefit from this mess? The politicians.

Who will probably lose? The American people overall. 

Read more:  http://bit.ly/1bTmJU6

Edward Snowden: Hero or Traitor?

The National Security establishment is terrified that Snowden holds a "doomsday archive" that he could release if he were to be captured. The question over whether the whistleblower is a hero or a traitor is being heavily debated in light of a recent court decision that put some of the provisions of the domestic spying program into question. 

Director of the ACLU’s Privacy and Technology department Ben Wizener appeared on CNN to say “this is a good day for Edward Snowden.”

Wizener believes that yesterdays court ruling from a federal judge appointed by George W. Bush which challenged the NSA’s blanket data collection program is “what happens when important legal issues are decided in open courts, where both sides get to make legal arguments. Rather than in secret courts where the government alone gets to present arguments to a court. This is, I think, a good day for Edward Snowden. This is what he had in mind. He saw programs. He doubted their legality. He saw that the oversight mechanisms had failed. That secret courts had become a rubber stamp. That congressional committees had been enabling rather than, than actually exercising oversight. And so he brought the information to the public through journalists and he brought it to the lawyers who brought this case.”

Read more at TLR: This is a good day for Edward Snowden | The Libertarian Republic http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/good-day-edward-snowden/#ixzz2nqXaJXxJ 

This Christmas, Thank a Rich Person. Why? They paid all your taxes.

CNBC reported that the Congressional Budget Office revealed that the top 40 percent of wage earners in America pay 106% of the taxes. What about the bottom 40%? What do they pay?

They pay -9%. Yes, that’s a negative in front of that nine.

The CBO’s formula accounted for taxes that are paid with “refundable tax credits,” basically government transfers of money back in the form of social security or food stamps.

CNBC wrote that the recent stock market gains have increased the wealth of the highest 1%, but questioned whether it was fair to have these kinds of transfers that create a negative tax burden. Basically rich people aren’t paying for most of the pie, they’re paying for all of it, plus tip

Ending the War On Drugs: Interview with Former CIA Agent Richard Kennedy

Editor of the Libertarian Republic Austin Petersen met former CIA agent Richard Kennedy, who served as a senior intelligence analyst, to discuss his views on the War on Drugs. In this interview, Kennedy discusses what the culture of the agency is like, and how his experience shaped his viewpoints on drug policy. 

Amazon.com Sending Drones To Your Door

In an interview with 60 minutes, Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com invited Charlie Rose to check out his new fleet of electronic, GPS enabled delivery drones. The goal is to get package delivery to your door in just thirty minutes but regulators and anti-capitalist bloggers are flipping out about all this unfettered freedom. Will drones be highly regulated before Bezos can get them out the door?