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Liberty Never Sleeps: Scandals to the Left of Me, Scandals To the Right of Me – Video

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Conservative talk show with Republican rascal and raconteur, syndicated columnist Thomas Purcell. Uncensored, unfiltered opinions and phone calls from listen...

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Big Tent: The Story of the Conservative Revolution As Told by the Thinkers and Doers Who Made It Happen

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Drawing from his comprehensive, star-studded course at The Citadel, Mallory Factor, the New York Times bestselling author of Shadowbosses, brings together a fascinating and diverse range of essays from leading figures and activists which explore and illuminate the conservative intellectual tradition in American politics. The Big Tent offers a panoramic portrait of the intellectual history of the conservative movement. Some of the leading lights of the Right offer an unparalleled introduction to conservative figures and ideas, from the Revolution to William F. Buckley; Barry Goldwater to the Reagan Revolution; Libertarianism to the War on Terror.

Mallory Factor is the John C. West Professor of International Politics and American Government at The Citadel and is a FOX News contributor. He is the co-founder and co-chair of The New York Meeting, a nationally-recognized gathering of elected officials, journalists, business leaders and conservative authors in New York City. He is also the co-founder and chair of a similar meeting in Charleston, South Carolina. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he served as Vice-Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations Task Force on Terrorism Financing. He previously served as chairman of the Free Enterprise Fund, a free market "do" tank advocating economic growth, lower taxes and limited government, and brought the Constitutional challenge to the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, Free Enterprise Fund v. Public Company Accounting Oversight Board to the Supreme Court.

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Glenn "Kane" Jacobs Speech Pt1 You might be a Libertarian, Marketing Liberty – Video

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Glenn "Kane" Jacobs Speech Pt1 You might be a Libertarian, Marketing Liberty
A speech in Orlando for the Orange County Campaign for Liberty chapter on 2/1/14 by Glenn "Kane" Jacobs. In this part of the speech He talks about Libertaria...

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Libertarian Shotgun Willies boss considering gubernatorial bid

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Posted on: 10:38 am, February 4, 2014, by Eli Stokols, updated on: 02:26pm, February 4, 2014

Glendale Mayor Mike Dunafon, a wealthy strip club owner, may throw a new wrinkle into the Colorado governor's race with a social media-driven, self-funded campaign.

DENVER As Republicans struggle to find a viable candidate to challenge Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, an independent, highly unconventional and wealthy gubernatorial hopeful is hiding in plain sight.

Well, in Glendale anyway.

Mike Dunafon, 59, the Libertarian mayor of Glendale whose fiancee owns Shotgun Willies, is promising on his website to petition onto the gubernatorial ballot this fall if he can get more than 60,000 likes on his Facebook page by April 6, his 60th birthday.

Should he do so, hes promising to run as an unaffiliated, independent, standalone candidate.

Hes just over 18,000 likes at the moment.

I will rely on our communication on Facebook, Twitter and all the social media to change the face of politics on the planet, not just Colorado and the United States, Dunafon says in the video outlining his 60 for 60 challenge.

Dunafon, a former NFL player whos turned Glendale into a destination for rugby with the city-owned Infinity Park, is pro-Second Amendment, pro-gay marriage (he officiates a same-sex union in a video on his site) and pro-choice.

In an interview on The Glenn Beck Program last year, fill-in host Dana Loesch introduced him like this: He owns a castle, he owns a strip club, and he owns a church oh and hes also the mayor.

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Ohio primaries taking shape

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Gov. John Kasich would face two challengers this fall neither of them a surprise based on filings so far to qualify for primaries on May 6.

Kasich, Democrat Ed FitzGerald and Libertarian Charlie Earl have each filed a required number of signatures with the secretary of states office ahead of todays 4 p.m. deadline. The Republican governor and FitzGerald were required to collect 1,000 valid signatures of registered Ohio voters; Earl had to get 500 as a minor party candidate. No other candidate had filed as of 11 a.m.

Kasich put out a news release this morning boasting of nearly 3,000 signatures collected from all 88 counties. FitzGerald handed in his petitions yesterday quietly; Earl told The Dispatch he collected 1,483 and said no other Libertarian would file to challenge him in the primary.

Its all me, no one else is this stupid, Earl said.

Neither Kasich nor FitzGerald ever faced a serious primary threat. Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune publicly mulled a bid against FitzGerald, but the odds were long for numerous reasons and he formally bowed out Friday. Some tea party candidates briefly toyed with possible runs against Kasich.

Kasichs running mate is Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor, former state auditor; attorney and abortion-rights activist Sharen Neuhardt is running with FitzGerald; and Sherry L. Clark of Delaware County is Earls running mate.

All major party candidates for down-ticket races have already filed their petitions. Libertarian Steven R. Linnabary would face Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine and challenger Democrat David Pepper. Libertarians are expected to file in three other statewide races, but here are the candidates who have filed thus far:

Secretary of State: incumbent Republican Jon Husted vs. state Sen. Nina Turner, D-Cleveland.

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Legendary Locations Countdown to Swimsuit, Day 13: Exuma Islands, Bahamas

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Posted February 05, 2014

Nina Agdal & Ariel Meredith in the Bahamas, 2013 :: Walter Iooss Jr./SI

SwimDaily iscelebrating the impending launch of Swimsuits 50th anniversary issue with this video-a-day series, hosted by Emily DiDonatoand featuringour most memorable shoot locations.

Be sure to come back daily because we are sending ONE LUCKY READER to on the trip of a lifetime to the No. 1 Legendary Location. Go herefor more details!

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Nassau and its sky scraping hotels get all the pub in the Bahamas but its an open secret that here, in Georgetown, the capital and largest city of the Exuma Islands district, are some of the most picturesque waterfronts on the planet. Paradise? Paradise aint got nothing on this place.

The Exumas are a collection of islands known for its natural treasures. One of the first stops on our boat tour takes us to an island inhabited by oversized Iguanas. Putter out a little further and go ashore at a thick sandbar planted in the middle of the sea. Sand is just sand to you until you stick your feet in this and watch them sink up to your ankles. A trip to a private marina allows passengers the opportunity to swim with sharks, while at the Thunderball Grottoso named for its use in the 1965 Bond filmsnorkelers can cruise through the caves gazing down at the thousands of fish that call it home.

The highlight of the trip is the finale, a small, seemingly uninhabited island. It looks quiet upon first approach, but the sound of the outboard motor sends a pack of 300-plus pound pigs indigenous to the area charging into the sea. Tourists are encouraged to feed, pet and swim with them, and the pigs are happy to hang out as long as food keeps coming in their direction.

Its a unique experience in a unique place. And its why for any visitor who makes the journey to Georgetown, one trip is never enough.

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Marshall Islands castaway? Man says he survived 13 months adrift in Pacific

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Marshall Islands:Officials were reacting cautiously to the Spanish-speaking man's story while they try to piece together more information. If true, the man's ordeal would rank among the greatest tales ever of survival at sea.

It's a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands some 5,500 miles (8,800 kilometers) away.

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But that's the story a man identifying himself as 37-year-old Jose Salvador Alvarenga told the U.S. ambassador in the Marshall Islands and the nation's officials during a 30-minute meeting Monday before he was taken to a local hospital for monitoring. Alvarenga washed ashore on the tiny atoll of Ebon in thePacific Ocean last week before being taken to the capital, Majuro, on Monday.

"It's hard for me to imagine someone surviving 13 months at sea," said Ambassador Tom Armbruster in Majuro. "But it's also hard to imagine how someone might arrive on Ebon out of the blue. Certainly this guy has had an ordeal, and has been at sea for some time."

Other officials were reacting cautiously to the Spanish-speaking man's story while they try to piece together more information. If true, the man's ordeal would rank among the greatest tales ever of survival at sea.

Armbruster said the soft-spoken man complained of joint pain Monday and had a limp but was able to walk. He had long hair and a beard, the ambassador said, and rather than appearing emaciated he looked puffy in places, including around his ankles. Otherwise, he added, Alvarenga seemed in reasonable health.

Armbruster, who speaks Spanish, said the survivor told the following story:

He's a native of El Salvador but has lived in Mexico for 15 years and fishes for a man he knows as Willie, catching sharks for 25 pesos ($1.90) per pound.

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Marshall Islands castaway? Man says he survived 13 months adrift in Pacific

Castaway arrives in Marshall Islands after 13 months at sea

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MAJURO, Marshall Islands, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A 37-year-old man arrived in a badly damaged boat in the Marshall Islands on January 30, claiming to have been lost at sea since December 2012.

The man, who identified himself as an El Salvadoran national named Jose Ivan Alvarengo, described his ordeal in an interview with The Telegraph. Upon seeing land last week, Alvarengo said, "I cried, Oh God. I got to land and had a mountain of sleep. In the morning I woke up and heard a rooster and saw chickens and saw a small house. I saw two native women screaming and yelling. I didnt have any clothes -- I was only in my underwear and they were ripped and torn."

Alvarengo appeared well fed despite his 13 months at sea, has a gaunt face, swollen ankles, and a bushy beard.

On December 21, 2012, Alvarengo said he and a 15-year-old fisherman named Ezekiel set off for a one-day fishing trip when the motor on their 24-foot boat stopped working. They then drifted into the Pacific Ocean. Ezekiel died four months later. Alvarengo survived off of birds, turtles, fish, and small sharks. He said he frequently drank his urine to quench his thirst.

Despite contemplating suicide during a four-day period, he credited constant prayer, lack of boredom, and little fear with his survival. "I had my mind on God ... If I was going to die, I would be with God. So I wasnt scared ... I imagine this is an incredible story for people."

According to CNN Weather producer Judson Jones, it is possible Alvarengo traveled from Mexico to the Marshall Islands within 13 months given a possible "meandering journey in and out of the currents" in the Pacific.

At the time of his disappearance, Alvarengo worked for a Mexican company and wants to be repatriated to Mexico. The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement indicating embassy personnel from the Philippines would travel to the Marshall Islands "to learn directly about the case."

U.S. Ambassador to the Marshall Islands Thomas Hart Armbruster has been credited with helping authorities obtain information about Alvarengo's family in El Salvador and the U.S.

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