Larry gets together with the national LP Chair to go over challenges the party is going through, going into the 2024 cycle:

Join Queens Libertarians (in its speaker event for LPQC) on January 13 at noon, in a meeting on the topic “Covid: The Greatest Challenge to Liberty and Reason.” Discussion will be held at our Woodside location at Donovan’s Pub on 57-24 Roosevelt Ave, in the family room area, and the presentation will be by Phillip Ernest Schoenberg, PhD. This discussion will follow the monthly business session, covering Queens LP housekeeping and subcommittee updates. NOTE: LPQC Chair John Clifton will be back for this meeting!

It’s been four years since Covid, the lockdowns and the mandates. What have we learned or realized? Is our response now any more reasoned or freedom-minded than it was then, have our eyes been opened, or will we fall again into mass conformity? Schoenberg will provide historical and logical background on the controversy. As he has stated in the past: “We should not scapegoat and demonize dissenters, or enjoy schadenfreude at the sad consequences of their actions or failures to take action…” Details and Directions

Long time LPNY activist, attorney and candidate Jim Ostrowski on the legal/Lawfare battle to disqualify Donald Trump from the presidential ballot, based on a 14th Amendment argument, as discussed on the Scott Horton show:

Happy Holidays!

Mark Dice lays out the current state of censorship in the book and media business:

Despite two full months of pro-war media coverage and Israeli-government-only talking points, most people want this thing to stop, writes Dave DeCamp at Antiwar.com, and as Daniel McAdams and Ron Paul comment:

Polling continues to show that the majority of Americans favor a lasting ceasefire in Gaza, a position the Biden administration has rejected.

The latest poll from Data for Progress found that 61% of American voters support the idea of the US calling for a “permanent” ceasefire in Gaza and a general de-escalation of violence, including 76% of Democrats, 49% of Republicans, and 57% of independent or third-party voters.

When presented with arguments for and against the idea of a ceasefire, 52% of respondents still supported a permanent truce, while 34% opposed the idea, and 14% said they didn’t know what position to take.  Read the rest.

Join Queens Libertarians (in its speaker event for LPQC) on December 9 at noon, in a meeting on the topic “Health Care in the U.S.: Providing and Paying – Is There a Better Way?“ Discussion will be held at our Woodside location at Donovan’s Pub on 57-24 Roosevelt Ave, in the family room area, and will be led by LPQC Treasurer Mark Weinblatt. This discussion will follow the monthly business session, covering Queens LP housekeeping and subcommittee updates.

Weinblatt will cover the history of the issue, including: why is health insurance part of employment? Why aren’t there enough doctors? Why does the cost keep going up? Are government healthcare plans, subsidies and bureaucracies necessary? Is Health Care a Right? Do Other Countries Have a Better System? Can the Free Market Work for Health Care? And other questions. Details and Directions

LP National Chair McArdle and Michael Malice join Dave Smith* going over recent election and geo-political issues (*note: original video was deleted by YouTube, so is replaced by this McArdle video from Rumble):

Some days are special, as when the word “libertarian” actually makes the news cycle in the mass media, in a big way.  Along comes a somewhat wild, populist conservative libertarian and anarcho-capitalist named Javier Milei winning office in Argentina, and suddenly everybody is going “stand back, Buenos Aires!” According to Lifesite, and Liberal Hivemind:

BUENOS AIRES  — Libertarian candidate Javier Milei, who has condemned abortion as murder, has won the presidential election in Argentina. 

Milei, who gained tremendous support among Argentinians fed up with the political establishment, economic decline, and surging inflation, achieved around 56 percent of the vote and convincingly defeated his opponent, Sergio Massa in the run-off election on November 19. 

“Today begins the reconstruction of Argentina. Today begins the end of Argentina’s decline.” Milei told his supporters in a victory speech in Buenos Aires. “The model of decadence has come to an end. There is no way back.” 

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, to whom Milei has been frequently compared for his brash rhetoric, congratulated the designated Argentinian president on his platform Truth Social: 

“The whole world was watching! I am very proud of you. You will turn your Country around and truly Make Argentina Great Again!”… 

Read the rest.

“Protestant Libertarian” podcaster goes over this unique combination of worldviews, and its approach to current hot issues:

Adapted from a message sent by National LP:

In the chill of November 1969, a collective heartbeat resonated through the United States. The ‘March Against Death,’ a historic moment in the anti-war movement, drew over half a million Americans to the heart of Washington, DC, demanding an end to the Vietnam War. As we reflect on the echoes of that pivotal weekend 54 years later, it becomes painfully clear that the cry for peace still rings in our conscience. Today, in the face of continued conflict, the Libertarian Party emerges as the modern-day torchbearer, standing alone in its unwavering call for a moratorium on war.

The March Against Death remains etched in history as a poignant expression of national unity against the backdrop of a divisive war. It was a time when people from all walks of life, fueled by grief and determination, came together to demand change. Today, as we navigate a world still embroiled in conflict, the spirit of those marchers lives on in the Libertarian Party.

Journalist Alison Morrow interviews Queens’ own Larry Sharpe on the persecution/prosecution of Mackey for making a meme:

The anti-war veterans organization speaks on the latest mess in the Mideast. Their full statement on the war, calling for a ceasefire, can be found here. Happy Armistice Day.

Join Queens Libertarians (in its speaker event for LPQC) to hear our group talk on November 11 in a special meeting on the question “Will LPNY Be on the Ballot in 2024?” at our Woodside location at Donovan’s Pub on 57-24 Roosevelt Ave at noon, in the family room area. This discussion will follow the monthly business session, covering Queens LP housekeeping and subcommittee updates.

We will review the conclusion of the Supreme Court appeals (denied), the possibility of new legislative efforts, and Larry Sharpe’s or other fundraising efforts. The issue of obtaining ballot status for LPNY in spring 2024 through celebrity Libertarian efforts will also be discussed.  Details and Directions

Libertarians are not pro-Hamas or anti-Israel, but we are anti-war—and in that context, decry the rapid escalation of the latest Mideast conflict. Many are questioning the dogmatic premises and talking points on this mess being repeatedly pushed by the establishment media. At this point, over 9,400 Palestinian civilians have been killed (Xinhua News), which makes pointless the launching of this war, or emotional posturing over the 1,400 Israeli civilians killed by Hamas terrorists. What’s the point of saying “we don’t target civilians” if you are going to define everybody and everything you bomb as a combatant, and end up stacking up five times as many dead civilians as those produced by the original militants? Tom Woods and Daniel McAdams over the narratives, and real politics behind the whole matter:

Ron Paul Institute Director on Best and Worst Middle East Scenarios – YouTube

Mike Adams of Natual News also comments (more intemperantly):

WAR is a RACKET, and the NEWS is a PSYOP (bitchute.com)