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Miscellaneous See other Miscellaneous Articles Title: Whiskey & Gunpowder no more In today’s issue of The Daily Reckoning, we bring you a “two-parter” that pains our heart just a bit...both for the content of each of the two parts and for the source of the first one. Beginning at the end, the source of the first part is “Whiskey and Gunpowder” — your California editor’s favorite extinct e-letter, published by his favorite under-employed editor, Gary Gibson. That’s right, folks, after publishing Whiskey and Gunpowder for several years as the outspoken voice of libertarian and anarchist sensibilities, the publishers shut the “Whiskey Bar’s” doors for good two days ago. Despite Whiskey’s groundbreaking editorial content, financial success proved elusive. Ironically, therefore, the free market silenced a voice that several government agencies might have liked to silence a few years earlier. Double ironically, the free market silenced insights that have become more timely than ever, if not downright urgent. So you libertarians and anarchists have lost an ally. But lucky for you, Joel Bowman is still here...and Jeffrey Tucker is still speaking his mind over at LFB. Nevertheless, the team here at The Daily Reckoning is genuinely sad to see Whiskey close its doors...and even sadder to see Gary Gibson move along to whatever he does next. (Rumor has it that he will remain within spitting distance, but we’ll see.) So in tribute to Gary’s outstanding work, we’d like to re-publish the bulk of the Whiskey and Gunpowder edition of August 1, 2012...followed by a couple emails from the Whiskey faithful that capture the sentiments of the team here at The Daily Reckoning. A Final “Parting Shot” Gary Gibson We really believe those are your choices. Stay in the US where you will have to submit...or die. Or go now. Your ancestors all fled their own oppressive police states in Europe, Asia or Africa and now it is your turn to get out before they shut the door. There are plenty of much freer places to run to, mostly in Latin America and Asia. We’re finally taking the full plunge ourselves, good patron. Your itinerant Whiskey editor’s itinerary will only include the US for the occasional conference from now on. It was just getting too disturbing for us to consider the US a long-term home anymore. Lucky for us, we already have a non-US citizenship and passport! And our options are open!! If you aren’t quite so lucky...if you’re burdened with a US passport or citizenship...you’ll want to remedy that...and soon. Regards, Gary Gibson Managing editor, Whiskey & Gunpowder Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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