Reason Morning Links: Pillbilly Crackdown, Defunding the IDF, Ron Paul's Media Blackout, Rick Perry's Crony Capitalism

• Rep. Ron Paul places second at Ames, but last in media coverage. 
• Who polices the LAPD? Techno-utopians, apparently.
• Colleges and universities bemoan the earmark ban.  
• Florida pharmacies and doctors are stocking and prescribing fewer painkillers due to the state's prescription pill crackdown. Wonder how many pain victims are being caught in the dragnet?
• Prescription anti-psychotics aren't very effective for PTSD. (Ecstasy still works pretty well, though.) 
• People who made "hefty" contributions to Texas Governor Rick Perry's campaign received "hefty" state contracts and appointments.
• Also: Perry would like to do bad things to Ben Bernanke. 
• Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) wants to defund the parts of the Israeli Military that may or may not be committing human rights violations. 

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