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The Libertarian Truth on Income?

acaf610189dbb8f96358afbf4a089358.jpgCheck out our tools and items, and truth on phony stats– and get informed against those who think coerced income equality is a great idea.http://libertariansmile.wordpress.com/?s=income  Below find facts as…

  • Libs promised and led improvement of the US –based on surveys of what people thought were sensible goals that would satisfy them –from 1 millionaire household in 1000 to 100 to now 1 in 25 Read More…

LIO Fellows, Pro-Libertarians Created the Internet–Not Coercive Government, Which Tries To Tax and Suppress It

FBI Releases Words You Use That May Trigger Investigation: Libertarians, Liberals Facepalm

…and in fact coercive government, far from inventing the internet, has done all it can to keep the internet from happening, and still is busy trying to control it with crazed web censorship and surveillance statutes–and in the US, a ‘fair’ internet sales  tax ( getting rid of these silly taxes is never discussed)  that will mandate additional snooping while in fact taxing every business more with a website via more crazed rules and lost time–and likely draconian non-compliance penalties)… Libertarians and friends as with many things were the driving force liberating personal action that created the internet–  LIO Fellows  and Lib friends Read More…

Libertarian Idea of The Month: Open Border with Eco/Ethnic Preserves Ideas Spread

cropped-0-lio-red-world.jpgLIO pro-Libs are now in every country. Shouldn’t they be free to travel and immigrate? Like this ain’t gonna happen.

Kudos to the always interesting Dr. Bryan Caplan, who gives a heads up on:  http://openborders.info/,   and see links at: Read More…

Upside Down Libertarian Gardens: Winter Tomato Heaven

 
 
 

http://greenupgrader.com/14886/garden-hack-repurposed-upside-down-tomato-planter/ First developed by Libertarians in the last century and revived by LIO leaders, it keeps away confused bugs, minimizes space and water needs, and more! Read More…

Mayan Doomsdayers–Quick! 50 Movies to Watch Before December 21, 2012

http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/category/apocalypse-soon …and the whole world ends, films available thanks to web technology, globalization and more unblocked by Libertarian activists and not a moment too soon… Back to the FutureWhich considering the crazy and record-breaking North American climate this year from today’s crop failures and wild floods to worse would have been a genocidal catastrophe to Native Americans living there with the technology of centuries ago, and so might in that sense be true. And what better time to start than after  Thanksgiving, seeing 2 a day?

Thanksgiving EZ Turkey Sancocho

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Sancocho de mondongo.http://www.mwrgermany.com/HD/contentimages/On-going/BW%20ACS%20Sancocho%207%20Carnes%20Recipe%20Ongoing.pdf
 Great recipe for the international ‘official’ and flexible Libertarian Dish beloved by activists for their potluck planning parties, but using as much Turkey and other meats as you wish. Don’t forget to add –or make as  a side –the traditional corn cobs cut in several easy pieces…turkey parts like drumsticks work fine.

Side with warm biscuits, cranberries and a simple salad for an easier and memorable T-Day or just make a vegan version. Works OK in a crockpot, too.

Our Quiz/Recipe of the month.

Meet Libertarians of Tumblr

 …and there are more, but here’s a start courtesy http://whakahekeheke.tumblr.com/page/10 Read More…

Libertarian Preppers, Survivalists! Foxfire Unveiled

 

…here are great links to the influential, fascinating and useful approach & toolkits developed by libertarianist hippies and dedicated people’s historians once distributed by the USLP …with plenty of things you can use today…

  1. http://www.foxfire.org/articles/FoxfireFundInc.pdf (16 amazing pages you might love) Read More…

The Difference A Little Libertarian Libertopia Makes

Before and after photos from East Germany…as people are free to improve their property and get the income to do so…http://masculinestyle.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/before-and-after/  …share this with those wondering if Lib ideas have ever been tried…

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EALO: Elected or Appointed Libertarian In Public Office Of The Month…Costa Rica Congress

http://www.liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=1709 …Otto Guevara Guth has been in the Costa Rica Congress, is getting to 7% numbers in Presidential runs, co-founded the Libertarian Movement Party there, and there’re now many Libertarians or party members in local public office on Libertarian-Liberal themes now approaching or over the LIO first milestone of to 20, then 30 per 1 MM population ( That would be like 6000 Libertarian and Libertarian-aware in public office in the USA and 10% of Congress) … Additional Libertarian-Liberal themed parties are underway per the LIO – recommended Troika approach ( like the NGL  group) and will be profiled later as they put people in public office… He says the first job of aspiring officials is “…learn Libertarian basics ( and other philosophies) and something about it every day so you have the confidence to bring other officials and the public to us…use Libertarian-oriented proposals like tax reduction, but don’t be afraid to propose pure approaches like getting rid of a tax entirely…focus on customer service to the voter…and on building the movement through educational talks, rallies, coalitions etc…” Read More…

MONTHLY YOUTUBE: Sh*t People Say to Libertarians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coJLmkC2-lw In civics Libertarians stand not for small or no government or public services per se (though this may be a great place to start–it’s called re-engineering–and has been a focus of much discussion to help the public to challenge and re-think programs) , but for voluntary and accountable public programs in contrast to many current ones of coerced taxation, legislated oligo-/monopoly or other outrage to basic rights, and legal lack of responsibility. Often the main problem is the voluntary alternative–private roads, postal services, free speech etc–is/has been illegal. Saying an irresponsible, coercive government should not let the mafia  build roads does not mean no roads. Got it?

‘Hard Tools, Fluid Action’–Activists Discover Libertarian ‘Un’-Organization

…Pareto blamed. And this is why the bad hats keep trying to mess up platforms and bias the group towards parliamentary paralysis, or claim Libertarianism is exclusively about electoral politics, or create false choices between purity vs. practice, individuals vs. community, etc. MG has seen that all you need is at http://www.libertarianbookclub.org and here, of course. See: Read More…

Gilson Plan II:5 Steps To Slashing Your Taxes

“Coercive Taxes are the price we pay not for civilization, but for its infancy or lack…”–Michael Gilson-De Lemos, (MG) LIO curator, founder of modern world civic Libertarian movement, to Ronald Reagan

MG was not only a management but tax data consultant as part of his duties.Here are his suggestions that–while US-oriented, helpful in many countries– you consider in minimizing or abolishing your bloated taxes (and which will also help increase your assets). So read up, see a tax advisor for small business people to discuss how this may apply to you …and please add this as a link to your e-mails, site or e-group… Read More…

How Libertarians Have Helped Change The World

SPECIAL: Like this article? How to Spread Libertopia Today and about S.M.I.L.E.!

…explained through  sounds your teen co-editor mostly never heard…but the result of Lib-driven de-regulation, de-monopolization, and more…http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/106713 Read More…

Stay Vertical! Thanks For Reading–and Format News

We appreciate the response as we’ve loaded many context-creating items (and will continue to load more on movement history, LIO notes from movement founders and paradigm-busting stories) and now move for a while to a one-a-day format. Each month on the

  • 1st our Lib Idea of the Month (starting April)
  • 2nd we’ll have a highlight of a Lib in public office
  • 3rd info of interest to New Intellectuals (April)
  • 4th a review of our last month top items (April)
  • 7th our Uncle Bennie Award on coerced monopolies masquerading as privatization
  • 16th-our Libertarian-Liberal Facepalm award (March)
  • 18th- Anti-Lib Award Goes Monthly (May)
  • 20th: Quizzes for a while then alternating with recipes you’re sending us (March)
  • 27th-Youtube/video of the month (May)
  • 28th our Lib-interest TED highlight

…and we’ll be adding more regular features, plus look for more things on the sidebars: Our Facebook, Twitter, activist corner for a suggested action nearly every day, and look down our wall today for many SMILE Lib Living items…and spread Libertopia by spreading the good word!

The proto-Libertarian Kibbutz: Classical Minarchy, Anarchist Tools, Modern Context.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwsHDSkhdFw  Stabilizing anarchist community with socialist and private mixture…film has several LIO participants…These communes created modern Israel and were paid for the contributions they made by the non-commune government…which recently has sadly reversed reality and stopped the payments claiming it is welfare for the Kibbutz.

Meanwhile, whoever heard of poverty on a Kibbutz? A great poverty-reduction and other model.

From the 1st Survivalist Conference: Know The 3 Surivalist Conditions

 Photo: Harry Browne and MG worked tirelessly to promote long-range Lib preparedness and autonomy

The LIO sponsored a series of conferences along with its first general conference on spreading voluntary tools in the 70′s. The main focus along with an expo where pioneers in the prep/survival/autonomous home-natural eco-movement shared products and ideas was a dialogue on the 3 Survivalist Alert Conditions defined by the then  young Michael Gilson. Here they are: Read More…

What’s Modern Libertarianism?

acaf610189dbb8f96358afbf4a089358.jpgFor temporary purposes of presentation we use these derived from the LIO standards, developed with Lib groups and slated for re-publication and general circulation later this decade (Groups use their different wording as long as general idea is followed) . They are: Read More…

Lib Community 3-Area Idea …And Some Clarifying Remarks by Modern Libertarian Movement MVP’s

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Libertarian society? Why, just have an alliance of sensible tolerant middle class free citizen Aristotelian constitutional mixed republics surrounded by self-sustaining farms owned by citizens and untouched land…with some free-wheeling experimentation sectors …plus Libertarian campus neighborhoods or communities filled with canny scientists, innovators and philosophers who need traditional government like a polar bear needs golf clubs to encourage everybody and keep an eye on the real nutcases, and there you go. Plus the restaurants are better.–Aristotle

http://www.freenation.org/a/f72h3.html  Similar but not identical to LIO eco-community concept, has 3 areas for improved local, minarchist and low-government anarchism respectively…

The LIO civic program is to better rights and legalize voluntary solutions in … Read More…

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