Episodes
Friday Nov 03, 2017
FF 096 - From Hijacker to NYC Mayor? Aaron Commey Defends His Past
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Friday Nov 03, 2017
On today's episode New York City Mayoral candidate Aaron Commey joins host John Odermatt. Aaron is running for Mayor of New York City under the Libertarian Party banner. This is Aaron's second time on Felony Friday. He first appeared on Episode 26, where we discussed his controversial past. You see, Aaron Commey spent more than a decade in federal prison without ever having a criminal conviction.
The incident, which occurred 17 years ago, was detailed in a recent NY Post article, NYC mayoral candidate once tried to hijack an airplane. Aaron admits he was severely mentally ill at the time he attempted to hijack an airplane. Ultimately, Aaron was charged with five crimes, including attempt to commit aircraft piracy.
However, he was never convicted of a crime and he was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2003, but still remained in the federal prison system until January of 2015. That's more than a decade where individuals, doctors employed by the federal prison system, essentially held him captive.
Now Aaron is running for Mayor of NYC to advocate for changes to the system that caused him so much pain. Aaron's campaign is focused on reforming criminal justice and education. He seeks to improve economic conditions for low wage and middle wage families by increasing opportunities to escape poverty through entrepreneurship and small business ownership.
You can find the show notes page >here<
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Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
Electric Libertyland Ep 29: Who's Crazier: PETA or Rabid Feminists?
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
Wednesday Jul 19, 2017
On this week's Electric Libertyland, host Brian McWilliams goes it alone, and holy crabcakes is there a lot of horrible, hot garbage to sift through. A feminist mother, who shames her own sons and calls them future rapists in the Washington Post, PETA destroying a photographer's life over a monkey selfie, an Aussie woman in MN being shot by a cop through the door of his own car, Jeff Sessions doubling up on civil asset forfeiture, CA extending Cap & Trade, Fruit punch pickles and progressive dreamland on Obamacare exchanges stabilizing.
Show notes at Lions of Liberty
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Wednesday May 17, 2017
Electric Libertyland Ep 20: 11th Circuit Court Sets A No Good, Very Bad Precedent
Wednesday May 17, 2017
Wednesday May 17, 2017
On today's Electric Libertyland, host Brian McWilliams welcomes in his brother-in-law, legal mind and conservative Democrat, Steven Betz. Brian and Steven discuss Social Justice Warriors for a bit before diving into a ruling by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals that refused to set precedent for removing immunity from a police officer. In this case, the officer banged on the man's door at 1:30am, neglected to identify himself as an officer and then shot and killed a man in "self defense" after seeing he had a gun, even though it was pointed downwards.
Following the Circuit Court discussion, Jeff Sessions ramping the War on Drugs up again is discussed, as well as a bit of talk about James Comey's firing.
Show notes at Lions of Liberty
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
Electric Libertyland Ep. 7: Trump Makes an Asset Forfeiture of Himself
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
Wednesday Feb 15, 2017
On this week's Electric Libertyland host Brian McWilliams takes umbrage with several top of mind topics, including Meryl Streep's new Trumpian Martyr Complex, the newest anti-smoking Truth.org campaign titled #StopProfiling, the government's handling of the Oroville Dam problem in Northern CA, and a Georgia bill that would limit prescriptions to 5 day increments.
Brian then welcomes friend in liberty J.B. Lubin to discuss a new wrinkle in the "can protesters block traffic?" discussion, and then boogie into some "Trump or Dumps" touching on illegal immigration, North Korea and asset forfeiture, and a Jeff Sessions inspired editions of "Rand Pauluses and Minuses."
Come join us on this rainbow illuminated dance floor!
Full show notes at Lions of Liberty
Friday Feb 03, 2017
Friday Feb 03, 2017
On today's episode Felony Friday host John Odermatt is joined by fellow Lions of Liberty co-founder Marc Clair. Marc and John kick off the show by discussing Donald Trump's controversial immigration executive order. Next they touch on the horrible mosque shooting in Quebec and share a few oddities the media has reported about the circumstances of the shooting.
Links to everything we talked about:
- Mohamed Khadir’s Name Retracted by Police in Quebec City Shooting
- Louisiana Law Makes Resisting Arrest A Felony Hate Crime
- Former Felon With Restored Gun Rights Saved Trooper In Arizona Ambush
- Wyoming Senates Passes Bill That Makes Eluding Police A Felony
- Maine governor: No more welfare for those with drug felonies
You can find the show notes page >here<
Submit any questions, comments, suggestions, or ideas to felonyfriday@lionsofliberty.com. This show is not my soapbox, it is a vehicle to communicate and amplify the injustices rampant in the criminal justice system. We need your help to make it the best it can possibly be! If you like what you hear please share it with a friend and subscribe for free via iTunes (don’t forget to leave us a rating and review ) or the Stitcher Radio App
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Friday Jan 13, 2017
Felony Friday 054 - Judge Gets Caught Trading Sex For Freedom
Friday Jan 13, 2017
Friday Jan 13, 2017
Show Overview:
On today's episode, the host of the new Electric Liberty Land show (check out Ep 002) on the Lions of Liberty Podcast Brian McWilliams joins Felony Friday host John Odermatt. Brian and John discuss important criminal justice issues and play America's fastest growing podcast game show "Is this a crime, and should anyone do time?"
Show Discussion Topics:
- 4 held after Facebook video shows torture of disabled man by group railing against Trump, whites
- Gunshot wounds are contagious; bullets spread like the flu, study finds
- Vermont governor issues 192 pardons for minor pot crimes
- Judge Swapped Sex and Pills for Freedom
- Man named Ferrari loses his Ferrari (the car) to civil forfeiture from a DWI case in New York. The federal appeals court for New York ruled against Mr. Ferrari
- Felony Friday: Former Police Officer Found Guilty of Sexually Assaulting 13 Women
You can find the show notes page >here<
Submit any questions, comments, suggestions, or ideas to felonyfriday@lionsofliberty.com. This show is not my soapbox, it is a vehicle to communicate and amplify the injustices rampant in the criminal justice system. We need your help to make it the best it can possibly be! If you like what you hear please share it with a friend and subscribe for free via iTunes (don’t forget to leave us a rating and review ) or the Stitcher Radio App
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Monday Dec 26, 2016
274. Naughty or Nice 2016!
Monday Dec 26, 2016
Monday Dec 26, 2016
On this episode of the Lions of Liberty podcast, host Marc Clair once again gathers his pride of liberty lions, this time to break down who has been "naughty" or "nice" when it comes to liberty in 2016. Marc is joined by "Mr. Johnson's Libertyhood" host Brian McWilliams, "Felony Friday" host John Odermatt, and our unofficially official legal counsel, the rapidly-rising-in-podcast-populary, Rico! The gang takes a look back at the year in liberty, and hand out "naughty" and "nice" awards for an assorted cast of characters, including Barack Obama, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Gary Johnson, Austin Petersen, John McAfee, Julian Assange, and more!
Who do you think was naughty and nice for liberty this year? Grab a drink, and join us for Naughty or Nice 2016!
For full show notes including the full breakdown of each team, head over to Lions of Liberty!
Wednesday Dec 14, 2016
271. Ford Fischer on Journalistic Bias, Getting Arrested and Transhumanism
Wednesday Dec 14, 2016
Wednesday Dec 14, 2016
- How Ford first took an interest in both government and journalismk and how it led to his founding of News2Share.
- Ford's thoughts on the concept of "bias" in journalism, and why he believes the best way to be "objective" in journalism is to reveal your biases.
- The story of why Ford was arrested a protest in Baltimore during the aftermath of the death of Freddie Gray.
- Ford describes how he became interested in the subject of transhuman and lays out his vision for the "Transhuman" documentary.
- So much more!
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
257. Chuck Dixon on "Clinton Cash", and Breaking Batman's Back
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Wednesday Oct 26, 2016
Chuck explains how he developed a passion for the comic book medium at a young age, how he was able to break through into the "Big Time" with Marvel and DC, and what it was like to write what has become a classic Batman tale - one which saw both the introduction of the character "Bane" and the breaking of Batman's back.
Marc and Chuck then discuss "Clinton Cash" - why Chuck was the only man for the job of adapting this book into graphic novel form, some of the more egregious actions of the Clintons (including the sickening exploitation of the citizens of Haiti after the massive 2010 earthquake there), and just how this political power couple seems to get away with just about anything.
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016
255. Are We Reaching a Tipping Point for Liberty?
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016
Wednesday Oct 19, 2016