LPIN Podcast: Which Way to the Libertarian Caucus?

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LPIN Executive Director Chris Spangle picks up where the last podcast left off- with Indiana City-County Councilor Ed Coleman’s navigation of uncharted, caucus-free waters. So, what happens when Libertarians are elected to the Indiana statehouse? Or to Congress? Will they caucus with Republicans or Democrats? Will they stand alone as kingmakers? Spangle considers the various [...]

Why I am a Libertarian: Joe Hauptmann, Candidate for IN House District 87 and Former LPIN Chair

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It’s amazing how a person who can be a reliable source of argument could become a long-time teammate. Many years ago, Joe Hauptmann used to argue with Steve Dasbach, Hauptmann coming from the right, Dasbach from the left, until they discovered they agreed on libertarian principles. From there Hauptmann became Indiana’s state chair, while Dasbach [...]

LP of Johnson County Endorses Phil Murphy for Johnson County Sheriff

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The Libertarian Party of Johnson County Board (LPJC) endorsed independent candidate for Johnson County Sheriff Phil Murphy. This is the first time that the LPJC has endorsed an independent candidate. “Phil Murphy’s exceptional qualifications for this office and commitment to service has made us look beyond party lines,” said said JCLP Chair Erwin Salazar. “Besides [...]

LP of Marion County: Republican Budget Does Not Go Far Enough

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INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Tonight the City-County Council will vote on a variety of budget measures for 2011 including the operating budget for the city of Indianapolis and Marion County. While the introduced budget makes strides towards fiscal responsibility, the Libertarian Party of Marion County believes that the budget stops short of truly effective budget reductions. [...]

6th District Choice: True Representation Or More Campaigning?

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On November 2nd, Hoosiers in Indiana’s 6th District have an important choice to make: True representation, or 2 more years of campaigning. Mike Pence appears to be blatantly laying groundwork for higher office.. He has logged thousands of miles in his travels around the nation stumping for congressional candidates, most likely expecting their votes for [...]

LPIN Podcast: Ed Coleman Transparency Proposal Passes Unanimously

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If the thought is that one Libertarian on a legislative body has no value, think again. Besides being a coveted vote on any fairly evenly split council, being outside the usual “bi-partisan” bickering can mean easy passage of an ordinance or bill on “tri-partisan” lines. This is exactly what happened when Indianapolis City-County Councilor introduced [...]

The Rutherford Report: Mike Wherry for Secretary of State Radio Commercials

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Here is the list of stations in which Libertarian Mike Wherry for Indiana Secretary of State radio commercials are running from now until Tuesday: WHON – Richmond/Wayne County WQLK – Richmond/Wayne County WLEG – Elkhart/Michiana WRAY – Princeton/Evansville WCOE – La Porte/NW Indiana WIOU – Kokomo/Central WIFE – Rushville/East Central WXNT – Indianapolis/Central WOWO – [...]

Drugs Winning the War on Drugs

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Drugs are absolutely pwning the war on drugs. Recently, Mexico had a 20 year old woman become police chief of a border town because nobody else wanted the job, and now we have this:

The entire police force in a small Mexican town abruptly resigned Tuesday after its new headquarters was viciously attacked by suspected drug cartel gunmen.

All 14 police officers in Los Ramones, a rural town in northern Mexico, fled the force in terror after gunmen fired more than 1,000 bullets and flung six grenades at their headquarters on Monday night.

No one was injured in the attack. Mayor Santos Salinas Garza told local media that the officers resigned because of the incident.

The gunmen’s 20-minute shooting spree destroyed six police vehicles and left the white and orange police station pocked with bullet holes, the Financial Times reported.

The station had been inaugurated just three days earlier.

The attack was the second in less than a week against police forces in Nuevo Leon. Last week, thugs threw two grenades at police in Sabinas Hidalgo, according to newspaper Noroeste.

Los Ramones is in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, which has been a war zone of turf violence between two of the country’s fiercest drug gangs, the Zetas and the Gulf cartel.

Police have blamed members of both cartels for attacks on several police stations throughout the area. Several mayors in the region have been assassinated.

Mexico’s municipal police forces often quit out of fear after being attacked by cartels.

About 90% of forces have less than 100 officers, and 61% of cops earn less than $322 a month, according to the Finanical Times.

Mexico’s intelligence chief said this summer that nearly 30,000 people have died in drug related crimes since 2006.

Heavy water around the L1448-mm protostar

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Authors: C. Codella, C. Ceccarelli, B. Nisini, R. Bachiller, J. Cernicharo, F. Gueth, A. Fuente and B. Lefloch.<br />Astronomy and Astrophysics Vol. 522 , page L1<br />Published online: 26/10/2010<br />
Keywords:
ISM: individual objects: L1448 ; ISM: molecules ; stars:
formation .

Two planets orbiting the recently formed post-common envelope binary NN Serpentis*

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Authors: K. Beuermann, F. V. Hessman, S. Dreizler, T. R. Marsh, S. G. Parsons, D. E. Winget, G. F. Miller, M. R. Schreiber, W. Kley, V. S. Dhillon, S. P. Littlefair, C. M. Copperwheat and J. J. Hermes.<br />Astronomy and Astrophysics Vol. 521 , page L60<br />Published online: 21/10/2010<br />
Keywords:
binaries: eclipsing ; planetary systems ; stars: individual: NN Ser ; novae ; cataclysmic variables ; planets and satellites: formation ; stars: evolution.

Chemical evolution of the Galactic bulge as traced by microlensed dwarf and subgiant stars*

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Authors: T. Bensby, M. Asplund, J. A. Johnson, S. Feltzing, J. Meléndez, S. Dong, A. Gould, C. Han, D. Adén, S. Lucatello and A. Gal-Yam.<br />Astronomy and Astrophysics Vol. 521 , page L57<br />Published online: 19/10/2010<br />
Keywords:
gravitational lensing: micro ; Galaxy: bulge ; Galaxy: formation ; Galaxy: evolution ; stars: abundances.