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MSNBC is reporting that the icepick purportedly used to kill Leon Trotsky may be offered for sale by its present owner, Ana Alicia Salas of Mexico City. Salas’ possession of the ice pick came about due to her father’s position as a secret police commander in the 1940s. Trotsky’s grandson, Esteban Volkov, objects to the possibility of a sale on

In the wake of the Kelo vs. City of New London decision, Freestar Media Group has asked the City of Weare, New Hampshire to exercise eminent domain on their behalf. Specifically, Freestar has petitioned the city’s Board of Selectmen to use eminent domain to allow for the razing of Supreme Court Justice David Souter in order to make way for a hotel

People often complain that there are not enough ‘honest’ politicians. One lawmaker in New York has demonstrated the reason why honest politicians do not necessarily enjoy the greatest popularity—politicians have little if any real regard for their constituency! Assemblyman Willis Stephens says he thought he was sending the e-mail to an aide.

US Labor Secretary Elaine Chao apparently skipped Bastiat in her studies, and has declared that “what will happen — and I have seen this in previous catastrophes and hurricanes — there is a bright spot in that new jobs do get created.” Read the article at Yahoo!News here

In an announcement that anti-statists everywhere have been waiting for, a private firm, 4Frontiers , has announced plans to colonize and mine the planet Mars. From the Wired article : The new company, 4Frontiers, plans to mine Mars for building materials and energy sources, and export the planet’s mineral wealth to forthcoming space stations on

Marc Emery, the head of a Canadian marijuana seed distributorship that is reputed to be the largest such enterprise in the world, was arrested earlier today in Halifax, apparently due to a “request” from the US DEA. Emery, also an avid anti-drug-war activist and the editor/publisher of Cannabis Culture magazine, is apparently slated for

The Brady Campaign , a prominent gun control advocacy group that has long been rightfully reviled by supporters of gun-rights is now engaging in a campaign to attempt to educate foreign tourists and others about a new Florida law that gives citizens greater latitude in defending themselves. The new law, which can be reviewed here , does away with

The Russians seem to be close to achieving yet another space first: a trip around the moon that will be wholly funded by “space tourists.” The tab? A cool US$100 million. Of course, with three individuals in the Russian Soyuz capsule for up to 21 days, the accomodations for this voyage may not exactly be luxurious. ...Mr. Kraft added that the

Poor Alan Greenspan — ex Ruler of Rates. Once he stood before masses of moneymen who dare not cough lest they miss a word, an inflection even. Did he begin his presentation with “Ahem”, “Ummm”, “Uhhh”? Depending, men rushed to open windows high above Gotham to either throw themselves out or holler instructions to waiting minions who executed

British drivers may soon pay by the mile for their use of public roads in the U.K. According to this article , the British government is seriously considering the implementation of a system where individual vehicles would be tracked by satellites in order for individual road-use fees to be assessed. While this news is likely to raise the hackles