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Number 695, November 4, 2012
"The coming week may well change the course of
history, for better or worse. In my lifetime,
it has always been worse. 2012 my prove to be
America's last good year, the beginning of a
slide into a new Dark Age."


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Down With Power
by L. Neil Smith
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The unabridged audio version of my 1983 novel The Nagasaki Vector, brilliantly read by the great libertarian radio host Brian Wilson, is finally available for purchase.

Many feel that this is the funniest book I've written so far—at least intentionally—and features our old friend Win Bear, G. Howell Nahuatl, a sapient coyote, time traveler Bernie Gruenblum, and Georgie, the time machine who loves him.

The price: $12.99.
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—L. Neil Smith

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Sweeter Than Wine
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EDITORIAL MATTERS:

Vote Early! Vote Often!

Huh! Yet another way to make oil:

Biofuel Breakthrough: Quick Cook Method Turns Algae Into Oil
October 31, 2012—It looks like Mother Nature was wasting her time with a multimillion-year process to produce crude oil. Engineering researchers can "pressure-cook" algae for as little as a minute and transform an ...
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And look, the courts have yet again annuled the 4th Ammendment. Do you think they'll remove it from books and stuff soon?:

Court OKs warrantless use of hidden surveillance cameras

In latest case to test how technological developments alter Americans' privacy, federal court sides with Justice Department on police use of concealed surveillance cameras on private property.
by Declan McCullagh
October 30, 2012 10:45 AM PDT

Police are allowed in some circumstances to install hidden surveillance cameras on private property without obtaining a search warrant, a federal judge said yesterday.

CNET has learned that U.S. District Judge William Griesbach ruled that it was reasonable for Drug Enforcement Administration agents to enter rural property without permission—and without a warrant—to install multiple "covert digital surveillance cameras" in hopes of uncovering evidence that 30 to 40 marijuana plants were being grown.

This is the latest case to highlight how advances in technology are causing the legal system to rethink how Americans' privacy rights are protected by law. In January, the Supreme Court rejected warrantless GPS tracking after previously rejecting warrantless thermal imaging, but it has not yet ruled on warrantless cell phone tracking or warrantless use of surveillance cameras placed on private property without permission.

Yesterday Griesbach adopted a recommendation by U.S. Magistrate Judge William Callahan dated October 9. That recommendation said that the DEA's warrantless surveillance did not violate the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreable searches and requires that warrants describe the place that's being searched.
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I'll say one thing: the people who own American are one bunch of nosy sons of bitches.

(Okay, I know they just think they own America [or even the world], but I betcha they could produce a bill-of-sale and deed if ya pushed them about it—probably written in hieroglyphics on papyrus or cuneiform on a mud-brick, too. I betcha.)

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Three ads this week. We always have three ads.
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Letters to the Editor
from A.X. Perez, L. Neil Smith, and Richard Colwell
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The Last Good Year
by L. Neil Smith
For the past decade, I've had a story in my head but have never gotten around to writing it, for reasons that will be apparent later on. The story, which would be called "All The Trimmings", arises from the sad fact that, since I first became politically aware, at the age of 15, back in 1962—50 years ago—there has never been any good news.
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Court Decides Against Free Speech
by Alan Korwin
"Guns Save Lives" Bus-Stop Ads To Remain Censored,TrainMeAZ campaign will appeal, Goldwater Institute attorneys "disappointed" but "confident". The lowest court to hear the free-speech case against Phoenix, for censoring the "Guns Save Lives" Educate-Your-Kids firearm-safety campaign, has decided against the plaintiff in the case, Alan Korwin and TrainMeAZ, LLC. The TrainMeAZ campaign will proceed with an appeal and Phase II, and is promising news on that soon.
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Grand Old Plunderer:
Dishonest Abe's Legacy and the 2012 Election

by Conor MacCormack
Election Day is right around the corner here in the once fruit plain. And once again, the two allegedly "ideologically opposed" candidates are taking to the stump to show just how different they are from one another. Mitt Romney, the "conservative" standard bearer, is regaling the American public with pledges to "repeal and replace" the recently upheld Soviet style monstrosity known as Obamacare, all the while neglecting to mention the fact that the healthcare reform plan model implemented in Massachusetts during his term as governor served as the template for the national plan.
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What's My Line?
by Chris Claypoole
This is a story about the good and the bad in people. It's entirely trivial compared to what folks in the path of hurricane Sandy are going through, and my heart goes out to them. But my experience illustrates a point, that good people can take care of problems without having to dial 911. Besides, there are plenty of stories being played out right now about how market interactions are helping more people that government actions.
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Known By Your Enemies
by Kent McManigal
How do you feel about people who rape women and then murder them? If you are like me you probably don't care much for them, and celebrate when one is killed by his intended victim or a rescuer. Right?
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An Open letter to the Winner of the 2012 Presidential Election
by A.X. Perez
I do not expect that you read The Libertarian Enterprise. However, I am sure your security busies do for professional reasons, and I am trusting them to pass this on to you out of courtesy. Congratulations, you won. I almost certainly voted against you.
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Atlantea The Beautiful No. 201
by L. Neil Smith and Rex May
Number 201 of a weekly cartoon series.
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The unabridged audio version of my 1983 novel The Nagasaki Vector, brilliantly read by the great libertarian radio host Brian Wilson, is finally available for purchase.

Many feel that this is the funniest book I've written so far—at least intentionally—and features our old friend Win Bear, G. Howell Nahuatl, a sapient coyote, time traveler Bernie Gruenblum, and Georgie, the time machine who loves him.

The price: $12.99.

The place: CD Baby.

Now available in iTunes, as well
The price: $9.99
The Place: iTunes

—L. Neil Smith


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Down With Power
by L. Neil Smith
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Lever Action
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Sweeter Than Wine
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The American Zone
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Roswell, Texas
by L. Neil Smith and Rex F. May
Illustrated by Scott Bieser
Colored by Jen Zach

Published by Bighead Press, 2008
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