Libertarian Adrian Wyllie completes brew pub tour; rants Scott, Crist

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TALLAHASSEE | Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Adrian Wyllie just completed a statewide tour of 30 brew pubs, discussing issues over craft beer. His campaign accepts Bitcoin. In other words, hes running a vastly different campaign than Republican Gov. Rick Scott and former Gov. Charlie Crist, a Democrat.

But a July poll by Quinnipiac University showed Wyllie with 9 percent of the vote in a three-way race, while Crist got 39 percent and Scott had 37 percent. Virtually no one knows much about Wyllie, but there are a lot of Floridians who arent keen on either of the major party candidates, said Peter Brown, the polls assistant director, at the time.

Wyllie lives in Palm Harbor. He and his wife, Dawn, have been married 22 years and have two sons. He attended Dunedin High School and served in the U.S. Army and Florida National Guard. A small-business owner, Wyllie is president of an IT consulting firm and co-founder of the 1787 Radio Network, which calls itself Floridas Voice of Liberty. Hes also been chairman of the Libertarian Party of Florida.

The News Service of Florida has five questions for Adrian Wyllie:

Youve said if elected, youll fight to repeal Common Core. Talk about why.

Well, I firmly believe in the United States Constitution. And the federal government only has the authority to do those things which are specifically enumerated in the Constitution. Education is not one of them. Education is the realm of the state and local government. And one of the problems I see with the Common Core curriculum is that its coming down from upon high. And parents and teachers and students lose input when that happens.

Right now, its very easy for someone to get their school board member on the phone and tell them their concerns or make suggestions about curriculum. But with Common Core, everything is being flowed down from the national level, and it really takes away the local communitys ability to steer the direction of their local schools. So my objective is to repeal Common Core and to give local school boards more authority over the curriculum and the course of their schools. And also work to ensure that the funding is directed locally to the correct places. Right now were spending a ton of money on education, and its not making it to the classrooms. We need to fix that.

Youre also running against cronyism. But youve only raised about $62,000, while Scott and his supporters are on track to raise $100 million and Crist about half that. Is it possible to be elected governor without contributions from cronies wholl expect a return?

(Laughs.) The reason that you see such a large gap in fund raising between our campaign and the campaigns of Scott and Crist is exactly because of the cronyism. We dont have special interests or large corporations trying to buy favors from us because they know that were not going to be granting those special favors. Were not going to be granting those single-source no-bid contracts at three times the market value. Thats the kind of influence that the big-money campaign financing buys. And were not for sale.

Yes, that is one of my highest priorities: to go after the cronyism, to go after the corruption and the waste and, in a lot of cases, fraud. And thats how we can cut the state budget. We are very pro-business, but were not pro-business in the way that Republicans or Democrats think of it. They think of it as giving special favors to the corporations that came to the table. We think of it as leveling the playing field for everyone and making sure that nobody has any special barriers to entry or hurdles in their way but by the same token, making sure no businesses have any special advantages. Thats the difference in the Libertarian free-market concept.

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Few movements in the United States today harbor stranger political ideas than the self-proclaimed libertarians. The Rand Paul school of libertarianism is at least as far outside the mainstream on the right as, say, a rather doctrinaire old-school form of Marxism/Leninism is on the left. The difference is this: The mainstream media isnt telling us that were in the middle of a Marxist/Leninist moment. Leninist politicians arent being touted as serious presidential contenders. And all the media chatter were hearing about a Libertarian moment ignores the very harsh, extreme and sometimes downright ugly ideas that are being disseminated under that banner.

Its great to have allies like Rand Paul working alongside other Americans to defend our right to privacy, restrain the NSA and reduce the military/industrial complexs grip on foreign policy. Its possible to admire their political courage in these areas while at the same time recognize that we may not care for the environment they inhabit.

Theres another reason to challenge libertarians on the extreme nature of their ideology: A number of them seem determined to drive competing ideas out of the free market for ideaswhich isnt very libertarian of them. There has been a concerted effort to marginalize mainstream values and ideas about everything from workers rights to the role of government in national life. So by all means, lets have an open debate. Lets make sure that all ideas, no matter how unusual they may seem, are welcome for debate and consideration. But lets not allow any political movement to become a Trojan horse, one which is allowed to have a moment without ever telling us what it really represents.

Obviously, not every self-proclaimed libertarian believes these ideas, but libertarianism is a space which nurtures them. Can the Republican Party really succeed by embracing this space? Why does the mainstream media treat libertarian ideas as somehow more legitimate than, say, the social welfare principles which guide Great Britain or Sweden?

Here are seven of modern libertarianisms strangest and most extreme notions.

1. Parents should be allowed to let their children starve to death.Were not making this up. From progressive writerMatt Bruenig(viaSean McElweeat Salon) comes this excerpt from libertarian economist Murray Rothbard:

a parent does not have the right to aggress against his children,but also should not have alegal obligationto feed, clothe, or educate his children, since such obligations would entail positive acts coerced upon the parent and depriving the parent of his rights. The parent therefore may not murder or mutilate his child, and the law properly outlaws a parent from doing so.But the parent should have the legal rightnotto feed the child, i.e., to allow it to die.

Note the repetitive use of the word it to describe the child. This linguistic dehumanization of helpless individuals is surprisingly common in libertarian literature. (See Ayn Rand and the young Alan Greenspan for further examples.)

Rothbard is a member of the so-called Austrian School of economics, cofounded the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and is widely admired among libertarians. He continues:

The law, therefore, may not properly compel the parent to feed a child or to keep it alive.(Again, whether or not a parent has amoralrather than a legally enforceable obligation to keep his child alive is a completely separate question.) This rule allows us to solve such vexing questions as: should a parent have the right to allow a deformed baby to die (e.g., by not feeding it)?The answer is of course yes, followinga fortiorifrom the larger right to allowanybaby, whether deformed or not, to die. (Though, as we shall see below, in a libertarian society the existence of a free baby market will bring such neglect down to a minimum.)

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Gulf Islands National Seashore looks to improve traffic safety

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OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (WLOX) -

A popular park with increasing traffic and a narrow road. Mix those three things together, and you get the problem now facing the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Ocean Springs.

Park leaders want the public's help in addressing traffic safety concerns. Traffic at the Gulf Islands National Seashore is ever increasing. Continued growth in East Ocean Springs and the addition of a traffic light at Park Road and Highway 90 are among the reasons.

The park's narrow roads were designed primarily for park visitors, not commuters.

"People are always looking for the quickest way to get to and from work and have discovered the connection through the park," said park Superintendent Dan Brown. "That has increased traffic, and now, instead of serving as an entrance to Davis Bayou, the vast majority of the traffic on at least the first mile of park road is local commuter traffic."

More traffic has created safety concerns, especially since drivers share these roads with bicyclists and pedestrians.

"One of the first things people have suggested, actually, is widening the road surface to include a bicycle and pedestrian lane," said Brown.

Steve Hebblen frequently rides his bike on park roads.

"Well, I always use a rear view mirror and look, and hopefully everyone will get over. They're supposed to give everyone three feet, but that doesn't always happen," Hebblen admitted. "We can ride on the highway as it is, but it would be safer for everybody if there were a dedicated lane."

One of the ideas being considered, although it's not very popular, is shutting down VFW Road. That would reduce traffic in the park by cutting down on the number of commuters who use VFW Road as a shortcut.

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OCEAN SPRINGS, MS (WLOX) -

A popular park with increasing traffic and a narrow road. Mix those three things together, and you get the problem now facing the Gulf Islands National Seashore in Ocean Springs.

Park leaders want the public's help in addressing traffic safety concerns. Traffic at the Gulf Islands National Seashore is ever increasing. Continued growth in East Ocean Springs and the addition of a traffic light at Park Road and Highway 90 are among the reasons.

The park's narrow roads were designed primarily for park visitors, not commuters.

"People are always looking for the quickest way to get to and from work and have discovered the connection through the park," said park Superintendent Dan Brown. "That has increased traffic, and now, instead of serving as an entrance to Davis Bayou, the vast majority of the traffic on at least the first mile of park road is local commuter traffic."

More traffic has created safety concerns, especially since drivers share these roads with bicyclists and pedestrians.

"One of the first things people have suggested, actually, is widening the road surface to include a bicycle and pedestrian lane," said Brown.

Steve Hebblen frequently rides his bike on park roads.

"Well, I always use a rear view mirror and look, and hopefully everyone will get over. They're supposed to give everyone three feet, but that doesn't always happen," Hebblen admitted. "We can ride on the highway as it is, but it would be safer for everybody if there were a dedicated lane."

One of the ideas being considered, although it's not very popular, is shutting down VFW Road. That would reduce traffic in the park by cutting down on the number of commuters who use VFW Road as a shortcut.

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Human vaccine trials to start

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(CNN) -- A highly anticipated test of an experimental Ebola vaccine will begin this week at the National Institutes of Health, amid mounting anxiety about the spread of the deadly virus in West Africa.

After an expedited review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, researchers were given the green light to begin what's called a human safety trial, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

It will be the first test of this type of Ebola vaccine in humans.

The experimental vaccine, developed by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline and the NIAID, will first be given to three healthy human volunteers to see if they suffer any adverse effects. If deemed safe, it will then be given to another small group of volunteers, aged 18 to 50, to see if it produces a strong immune response to the virus. All will be monitored closely for side effects.

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STORY HIGHLIGHTS

(CNN) -- A highly anticipated test of an experimental Ebola vaccine will begin this week at the National Institutes of Health, amid mounting anxiety about the spread of the deadly virus in West Africa.

After an expedited review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, researchers were given the green light to begin what's called a human safety trial, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

It will be the first test of this type of Ebola vaccine in humans.

The experimental vaccine, developed by the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline and the NIAID, will first be given to three healthy human volunteers to see if they suffer any adverse effects. If deemed safe, it will then be given to another small group of volunteers, aged 18 to 50, to see if it produces a strong immune response to the virus. All will be monitored closely for side effects.

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ASHG and NHGRI award genetics and public policy fellowship

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Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan press@ashg.org 301-634-7346 American Society of Human Genetics

BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have named Katherine D. Blizinsky, PhD, a neuroscientist at Northwestern University in Chicago, the newest ASHG/NHGRI Genetics and Public Policy Fellow. The 16-month appointment begins today.

The Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship is intended to help early-career genetics professionals develop and implement genetics-related health and research policy at a national level. Fellows in the program gain policy experience in diverse settings by completing rotations in the non-profit science advocacy sector at ASHG, in the executive branch at NHGRI, and in the legislative branch as a staff member on Capitol Hill. ASHG and NHGRI have jointly sponsored the fellowship since 2002.

Dr. Blizinsky has served in various genetics research roles since 2008, studying varying topics in the areas of psychiatric neurogenetics and genomics, gene-environment coevolution of psychiatric susceptibility, and imaging genetics of neurological and psychiatric conditions. She received the Sage Bionetworks Young Investigator Award in 2012 and co-founded Science Policy Initiative Northwestern, an organization that fosters science policy dialogue in the university community through panel discussions, lectures, and interactive debates.

"With her diversity of experience inside and outside the genetics laboratory, Dr. Blizinsky will bring her practical knowledge of genetics research to settings where the potential impact of that research can be more fully realized and disseminated," said Joseph McInerney, MA, MS, executive vice president of ASHG.

"Our fellows have gone on to work at a wide variety of influential organizations," said Derek Scholes, PhD, chief of NHGRI's Policy and Program Analysis Branch. "We're confident that this fellowship will provide a good foundation for Dr. Blizinsky's career in health policy."

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Human trial of Ebola vaccine begins this week

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The human trial of an experimental Ebolavaccine will begin this week, according to the National Institutes of Health, United States of America.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said the US Food and Drug Administration had given the researchers at the institute the approval to begin the human safety trial.

The experimental vaccine, developed by the pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline and the NIAID, will first be given to three healthy human volunteers to see if they suffer any adverse effects. If deemed safe, it will then be given to another small group of volunteers, aged between 18 and 50, to see if it produces a strong immune response to the virus. All will be monitored closely for side effects.

The vaccine will be administered to volunteers by an injection in the deltoid muscle of their arm, first in a lower dose; then later, in a higher dose after the safety of the vaccine has been determined.

Some of the preclinical studies that are normally done on these types of vaccines were waived by the FDA during the expedited review, Fauci said. So we want to take extra special care that we go slowly with the dosing.

The vaccine did extremely well in earlier trials with chimpanzees, Fauci told the AFP on Tuesday.

He noted that the method being used to prompt an immune response to Ebola could not cause a healthy individual to become infected with the virus.

Still, he said, I have been fooled enough in my many years of experience you really cant predict what you will see (in humans).

According to the NIH, the vaccine will also be tested on healthy volunteers in the United Kingdom, Gambia and Mali, once details are finalised with health officials in those country.

Meanwhile, officials from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, US, have said that the human trials of Ebola vaccines cannot currently be done in the four countries affected by the recent outbreak Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria due to the conditions of existing health care infrastructure in these countries.

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ASHG and NHGRI award first genetics and education fellowship

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Contact: Nalini Padmanabhan press@ashg.org 301-634-7346 American Society of Human Genetics

BETHESDA, MD The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have named Elizabeth P. Tuck, MA, Upper School Science Teacher at The Wellington School in Columbus, Ohio, the first ASHG/NHGRI Genetics and Education Fellow. The 16-month appointment begins today.

The Genetics and Education Fellowship is intended to help early-career genetics professionals expand their skills, experience, and network to prepare for a career in genetics education. Fellows in the program will complete rotations at both sponsoring organizations in areas that may include curriculum development, education research, faculty professional development, public education and outreach, and science education policy.

Ms. Tuck has served in various roles related to science education since 2008, including teaching high school biology, developing biotechnology and neuroscience curricula for underserved youth, and organizing science caf events for teenagers. She has also conducted laboratory research at the undergraduate and graduate levels, focusing on the genetics and cellular mechanisms underlying neurological diseases.

"With her background in both laboratory genetics research and science education, Ms. Tuck is exceptionally well-qualified to take advantage of the opportunities this fellowship provides," said Michael J. Dougherty, PhD, ASHG's Director of Education. "We are excited to launch this new program with a fellow who has worked in varied settings and who can effectively combine diverse perspectives to identify and address challenges in genetics education."

The ASHG/NHGRI Genetics and Education Fellowship is modeled after the ASHG/NHGRI Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship, which ASHG and NHGRI have jointly sponsored since 2002.

"NHGRI is pleased with the implementation of the new fellowship program. Ms. Tuck will be our first fellow and we could not be more delighted. We anticipate her helping to make the education fellowship program as successful as the long-standing ASHG-NHGRI policy fellowship program," said Vence L. Bonham, Jr., JD, chief of the Education and Community Involvement Branch at NHGRI.

"The Genetics and Public Policy Fellowship has been successful in helping to train genetics professionals who currently occupy significant positions in policy and advocacy organizations and in government. We hope the new program has a similar impact," added Joseph D. McInerney, MA, MS, Executive Vice President of ASHG.

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