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Number 668, April 29, 2012
"The cops are now the standing army the Founding Fathers feared."


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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.
The place: CD Baby.

I understand that it will soon be available in iTunes, as well.

—L. Neil Smith

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EDITORIAL MATTERS:

More thoughts on religion:

Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief, Study Shows

ScienceDaily (Apr. 26, 2012)—A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers.

The study, which is published in the April 27 issue of Science, finds that thinking analytically increases disbelief among believers and skeptics alike, shedding important new light on the psychology of religious belief.
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Now, don't think I'm down on your religion. You can and should have any fookin' stupid religion you want—that's freedon ain't it? Yes, it is. Gopher it!

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Letters to the Editor
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Internet Freedom: A Clarion Call
by L. Neil Smith
After many previous attempts on the part of different groups for a variety of reasons, the United States House of Representatives has passed a bill that could result in the destruction of freedom on the Internet. And the erasure of the First Amendment.
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The Wholesale Slaughter of America's Family Farms
by Jonathan David Morris
It's easy to forget sometimes, what with the roughly 8 billion wars and conflicts our country is involved in all around the world, that when the federal government means to do war, they do war best right here at home.
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Thoughts on Power
by Ann Morgan
Some thoughts on the difference between the absence and equality of power, and on the nature of political power.
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Please Help Ginny
by Jim Davidson
This past Saturday night 21 April, a friend of mine, Ginny Cambron, was at a night club with a friend of hers. As they were leaving, another woman bumped into Ginny and began to get an attitude with her. Ginny's friend stepped in between the two women to prevent anything from starting. As he did so, the other woman threw her drink in his face. Ginny and her friend immediately turned and left the bar to avoid any conflict. Her friend pushed the door open forcefully, which broke a plate of glass.
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A Policeman's Lot
by L. Neil Smith
An individual I know on the Internet—someone I have come to consider a good friend, although I've never met him face-to-face—recently expressed shock and horror upon learning that I was once a cop. Actually, for a time, I was a member of the local auxiliary police.
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Number 174 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.

I understand that it will soon be available in iTunes, as well.

—L. Neil Smith


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Down With Power
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Roswell, Texas
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