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Well I knew it was bound to happen sooner or later, dozens of goodhearted frustrated Americans descending on my Island seeking refugee from the insanity of political activism in America and in my home state of North Carolina.

Just a few days ago while visiting Libertarian Island, my friend Eddy Blackman suggested that we need a second bench. Eddy loves the island but doesnt really love the notion of having to share a bench, which is understandable. But space is limited, and with the American people rapidly drowning in the sea of big government, overcrowding is going to become an issue and I was here first.

Just last week my progressive friend Lenny informed me he was coming for a visit and challenged me to debate the now famous HB2. Lenny assumes because I have left this issue alone for months that I am ill prepared and this will be an easy victory. Well, Lenny, we all know how that will turn out for you if thats how you want to spend your afternoon, but I will gladly humor you while you smoke your cigar and enjoy the scenery of my newly overcrowded Island of freedom.

Since we are on the subject and I have been challenged, lets kick back, open a bag of popcorn and bruise Lennys ego a bit. When it comes to HB2, when a city council within the state oversteps its legal authority to pass legislation reserved only for the state legislator, then the governor and the state legislator not only have the right but the constitutional obligation to slap them down. Can the governor and state legislator overreact and overcorrect the situation? Well certainly they can.

What many refuse to realize is that the governor of any state is responsible for enforcing all laws and all regulations written in the state.

A governor, much like a judge, must interpret and enforce state law as written. A governor simply doesnt have the option of ignoring a law or mandate he doesnt like or agree with. Former Gov. Pat Mc-Crory and the state legislature did not ask to be put into the situation they were put in, but they had the courage and conviction to take a stand and honor the oath of office. You see, when the heavy hand of political activism meets the heavy hand of government we all suffer. And we have all been affected by the economic impact of this pathetic attempt at political activism whose only true agenda was to destroy the political career of a governor who actually had an ounce of courage and conviction.

For as sad and pathetic as this whole experience has been for the good people of North Carolina, sadder still is the fact that we have people in this country who actually believe that inviting the state or federal government into our public restrooms and locker rooms will actually improve the quality of life for any of us.

Heres a dose of harsh reality for you: Once you invite the government into your restroom and locker rooms you will never get them out. As my dad always said, we get the government we deserve, so be very careful what you wish for.

So debate me if you must, Lenny, I always have and always will respect individual liberty and freedom of expression. I understand and respect your right to privacy, same as you respect mine. However, there is one big difference between you and me. When it comes to political activism or the infamous HB2, I have never needed the Charlotte City Council or the state legislature to define morality for me. But sadly, you do. Thats why I live on an Island with a nice bench, a great view and a growing population while you still swim in a sea of sheep.

Nice try, Lenny, but you lose again my friend. Mr. Parker lives in Erwin. Contact him at jimmyprmg@gmail.com.

JIMMY PARKER

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The Danger of Starving State to Feed Defense Being Libertarian Many libertarians have shown exultation in the early moves to slash federal bureaucracy taken by the Trump administration. His first proposed budget takes a knife to numerous agencies (like the EPA) that have long been thorns in the side of free marketers.

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by David Webb

David Webb is a veteran journalist who has written for the mainstream and alternative media for three decades. He is now a freelancer who lives in the Cedar Creek Lake area. He is the editor of cedarcreeklake.com. E-mail story ideas to davidwaynewebb@yahoo.com.

The Henderson County Libertarian Party will host a discussion about proposed Texas legislation to legalize the medical use of marijuana at Cedar Creek Brewery, Sunday, April 9, 2017, at 3 p.m.

The event will include guest speaker Brook Bailey of DFW NORML, which is a marijuana advocacy group (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws). Bailey also serves on the Texas Libertarian Partys Executive Committee, and she formerly served as chair of the Tarrant County Libertarian Party chapter.

Henderson County Libertarian Party Coordinator Desarae Lindsey said all are welcome at the event regardless of their political affiliations and views.

Even if people dont feel compelled to join our party, I hope they start to pay attention to what is happening in Austin, she said.

For information call 469-418-2757 or email henderson@lptexas.org

For information on NORML visit: https://www.texasnorml.org/

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Faced with new allegations of domestic abuse including sexual battery, Libertarian Party lightning rod and avowed ultra-nationalist Augustus Sol Invictus has been both lashing out at his enemies for what he calls slander and pursuing a dealhe sayswill heal his reputation and his relationship with the party.

Invictus, who ran as a candidate for the Libertarian Party of Floridas U.S. Senate nomination but lost in the primary, was accused in a March 21 reportfiled with the Edgewood Police Department by an unidentified woman, who said that during their 15-month relationship that ended early this year he repeatedly verbally, physically and sexually assaultedher, and even held a gun to her and threatened to kill her.

The allegations come at a time when Invictus is almost simultaneously trying to repair both his reputation and his relationship with the party, and launching a self-described war against his enemies, including against some in the party he says are out to destroy him, withan anger-filled video he posted on Facebook.

The police report allegations include her description of a March, 2016, incident in which she alleged, Mr. Invictus got angry, beat her until her eyes were shut, dragged her into the closet and put a gun to her head, asking her why he shouldnt just kill her. A simlar incident happened again in January/February 2017 where he dragged her into the closet and put a gun to her head, beat her and attempted to suffocate her. This went on for several hours. [The victim, name redacted] explained that he then proceeded to sexually assault her.

The woman who filed the report was not identified by police, who redacted her name and other information from released copies.

The police report is 100 percent false, Invictus replied to FloridaPolitics.com.

He insistedthat the woman and another woman he would not name were part of a conspiracy that included at least a couple of people within the Libertarian Party of Florida, the man who defeated him in the August U.S. Senate primary, Paul Stanton, and the partys former state chairman, Adrian Wyllie,who he said are trying to destroy his reputation.

In the video he posted on Facebook, he threatened to sue for slander.

No charges were pursuedagainst Invictus as a result of the police report because the incidents allegedly occurred in another jurisdiction Altamonte Springs. Edgewood police urgedthe complainantto seek an injunction against Invictusand to re-report the allegations to the Altamonte Springs police. A recent check of Orange County Clerk of Court records and the Altamonte Springs Police Department indicate she had not done either yet.

Libertarian Party leaders declined to talk to FloridaPolitics.com about Invictus, the police report, or discussions with him, except to note that they are in mutually-agreed-upon mediation regarding complaints and demands he has made to the party.

Stanton and Wyllie eachdenied there is any conspiracy, and said they do not know the woman who filed the report. Both dismissed his claims, though both acknowledged they are unhappy that he is still in the party, or that anyone pays attention to him.

Its typical of the kind of lunacy he comes up with, said Wyllie, who resigned as LPF chairman last year over Invictus standing and candidacy.

Its ridiculous, Stanton said. Hes just making fantastical, bizarre claims, just like he did in the primary, just like he always does. I think a lot of us are getting tired of it.

Invictus is the Orlando-area lawyer who made his fameby defending neo-Nazis in criminal court cases, and then, as he ran for the U.S. Senate, publicized his ownpenchant for behaviors like drinking goats blood or writing journals while onLSD.

Since then hes charged that opponents he blames anti-fascist groups called antifa have been threatening him, disrupting or preventing his rallies and appearances, and resorting to violence on someoccasions. He also claims his family is being targeted. He has young children. And he claimed police areharassing him too, saying he was pulled over and harassed by deputy sheriffs in South Carolina this week for no reason.

He blames a press release the party issued under Wyllie in 2015 disavowing some of his political and philosophical positions. Thatrelease, he charges, falsely accused him of believing in eugenics and state-sponsored murder, and helped spread a false allegationthat he is a white supremacist.

He has been demanding the party publicly retract those statements, and last week filed notice that he intended to sue the party for defamation. That led to the offer of mediation.

He told FloridaPolitics.com the mediation is over, and that the party has agreed to his demands, with just legal details to be worked out. He said hes expectingthe party to issue a press release soon, retractingthings it said about him in the 2015 press release. And he believes that will solve some of his problems.

Were all very motivated moving forward to having this resolved so we can move on with our lives, he said. I expect it is going to clear my name in a big way. Of course, it wont solve all my problems, but a correction of the original false allegations are going to clear my name in a big way.

He said he is expecting total vindication, and that it would be an embarrassment to Stanton, who he said was the only key LPF official still opposing him.

Stanton, who is on the LPF executive committee, said whatever the party does, it does not mean that most of its members dont dislike Invictus.

Unfortunately, there is a small segment in the party that does support him. It is very troubling. However, the vast majority of the Libertarian Party both in Florida and outside Florida finds him to be appalling, to say the least, he said.

Stanton said the police report reinforces his worst concern.

Augustus Invictus advocates violence toward and subjugation of vulnerable people, Stanton said, noting thats what the police report says he did to the woman. That is entirely antithetic to the Libertarian message of peace and non-aggression.

In the Facebook videoposted last week,Invictus vowed vengeance and made references to violence. However, in talking to FloridaPolitics.com he downplayed those references as largely metaphorical about hardball politics.

He also said the vengeance he promised against the Libertarian Party of Florida would be waived when the press release he wants is issued.

In the video he announcedhis William Tecumseh Sherman scorched-earth campaign against his enemies.

The antifa, the crooked cops, the Libertarian Party, the slanderers, the traitors, they all are finding out as we speak that my patience has run dry. I am setting fire to every goddamn thing in my path, he declared in the video. Nothing will satisfy my anger now.

Charging that they have involved his family, he warned, I will involve your families. I will attack your reputations. I will authorize my people to attack your events. I will let my people know where you live.

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Sen. David Leyonhjelm, the only libertarian in the Australian parliament, is on a tour of the United States to speak to and learn from fellow lovers of liberty and The Heartland Institute is honored that hes put a meeting with us on his schedule.

He will speak about the state of politics in Australia, which now has an unprecedented number of independents in office. Is this indicative of a disruption of major party dominance across the West? Is the election of President Donald Trump Americas version of a growing discontent with the failures of traditional politicians and parties? And is this phenomenon a passing fancy, or a permanent shake-up of the ensconced political order?

Sen. Leyonhjelm, the first Liberal Democrat (libertarian) to be elected to high office in Australia, has a better perspective on those questions than anyone. And he is using his platform to spread the libertarian message of smaller government and more individual liberty around the world. His discussion in the Andrew Breitbart Freedom Center at The Heartland Institute is part of his effort to launch a global project to advance libertarianism and bring those who hold such views firmly into the political mainstream.

CAN'T ATTEND IN PERSON? THE LIVE-STREAM BEGINS AT 6 P.M. CT ON APRIL 12:

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