The killer cop keeps his job. video included. This is pretty much how things go with all aspects of government. The most mundane and trivial of infractions can always result in a dead human being because ultimately all laws are enforced at the point of a gun. Any failure to comply with a state functionary ALWAYS results in the escalation ... MORE
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Showing posts with label control. Show all posts
F.D.A. Sets 2018 Deadline To Rid Foods Of Trans Fats
by Sabrina Tavernise. The option reducers are at work again. The Food and Drug Administration
on Tuesday gave the food industry three years to eliminate
artery-clogging artificial trans fats from the food supply, a
long-awaited step that capped years of effort by consumer groups and is
expected to save thousands of lives a year. Trans
fats — ... MORE
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busybody,
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FDA,
food,
government,
nanny state,
prohibition,
regulation,
restrictions
Only One Supreme Court Justice Believes Government Should Not Be Able To Tell Private Business Who To Hire
Kudos to Clarence Thomas. The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 Monday for a Muslim woman who did not get hired after she showed up to a job interview with clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch wearing a black headscarf. The justices said that employers generally have to accommodate job applicants and employees with religious needs ... MORE
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business,
control,
employer,
government,
individual liberty,
religion,
ruling,
Supreme Court
California Aims to Regulate Your Dirtiest Fantasies
by Josh Gucket. Big Brother is watching you; he says to stop before you go blind. Following five years of procedural hurdles, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has proposed a set of safety standards outlining how adult film performers and others on set can operate in their jobs more safely. Among 21 pages of proposals,
it emphasizes ... MORE
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bureaucracy,
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California,
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nanny state,
nitwittery,
politicians,
regulation,
safety
John W. Whitehead: One Nation Under Surveillance
The NSA's technotyranny. We now have a fourth branch of government. As I document in my new book Battlefield America: The War on the American People, this fourth branch came into being without any electoral mandate or constitutional referendum, and yet it possesses superpowers, above and beyond those of any other government ... MORE
Affordable Insurance Rates Set To Skyrocket 50% ... Again
by Marc Salvo. Remember when the American people were told that insurance would be free for the poor and affordable for the middle class? You know, back when we had to wait for the Affordable Care Act to be passed before we found out what was in it? Within weeks of the program finally launching Americans saw an immediate jump in their ... MORE
Pot Prohibition: Unscientific, Unconstitutional & Unjust
by Jacob Sullum. A few days before the House of Representatives passed a federal ban on marijuana in June 1937, the Republican minority leader, Bertrand Snell of New York, confessed, “I do not know anything about the bill.” The Democratic majority leader, Sam Rayburn of Texas, educated him. “It has something to do with something that is ... MORE
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cannabis,
control,
deception,
dishonesty,
drug war,
government,
marijuana,
politics,
prohibition
Rick Ungar: The Prospect Of A Cashless Society Contemplating Ultimate Surrender To Government Control
Government's end game. Denmark, known to be the “happiest” nation on the planet, has a long and storied history of providing its citizens with a strong social safety net—a system designed, in the words of the nation’s official website, to provide its people with “the necessary material framework for living a reasonable life.” Yet, a ... MORE
Did You Know Police Have Their Own Bill Of Rights?
by Eli Hager. Why the public is still in the dark about Freddie Gray. It has been more than two weeks since Baltimore police dragged Freddie Gray
into the paddy-wagon from which he would emerge, half an hour later,
with a fatal injury to his spine. But as another day ticks by, Gray's
neighbors and fellow citizens remain largely uninformed about ... MORE
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abuse,
authority,
control,
government,
police,
police state,
politics,
responsibility,
unions
How To Break The Internet
by Geoffrey A. Manne & R. Ben Sperry. "Net neutrality" sounds like a good idea. It isn't. As political slogans go, the phrase net neutrality has been enormously effective, riling up the chattering classes and forcing a sea change in the government's decades-old hands-off approach to regulating the Internet. But as an organizing principle for the ... MORE
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control,
FCC,
government,
Internet,
net neutrality,
overreach,
politics,
regulation,
restrictions
Police Want To Add “Eye Blinding” Laser To Thier Arsenal
by Lina Bryce. More militaristic tactics on the way. A firm that provides non-lethal equipment to law enforcement is set to release a new “compliance weapon” that temporarily blinds targets for up to 15 minutes and police have their sights set on the “eye-blinding” gun. This, in spite of recent controversy of the Ferguson, Missouri unrest, stirs up ... MORE
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control,
government,
law enforcement,
paramilitary,
police,
police state,
raids,
SWAT,
tactics
John W. Whitehead: Jesus Died In A Police State
Challenging power can be dangerous. It is fitting at a time when the nation is grappling with moral questions about how best to execute death row prisoners, whether police should be held responsible for shooting unarmed citizens, and to what extent we allow the government to dictate, monitor and control every aspect of our lives,
that we ... MORE
Matt Agorist: Florida Woman Had To Film Herself Being Raped By A Cop So That Police Would Believe Her Story
Badges don't grant special rights. A man whose job was to help guide people after they’ve been released
from prison, has been arrested himself, after being accused of vile
criminal acts. A parole officer in South Florida was arrested this week for sexually
assaulting a woman on probation. The woman was so scared of violating
her probation ... MORE
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authority,
control,
government,
law enforcement,
police,
rape,
recording,
sex offenders,
video
Brendan Sasso: Internet Providers Sue to Kill Net Neutrality
Opposition to the FCC power grab. Telecom companies filed a pair of lawsuits Monday in an attempt to
reverse the Federal Communications Commission's new net neutrality
rules. The suits are expected to be the opening shots in a long legal war against the controversial regulations. USTelecom, which represents AT&T, Verizon, and other ... MORE
John Stossel: Chicago Fray
Money can't buy you love, but ... Rahm Emanuel, current mayor of my old hometown, Chicago, is not a gentle soul. But he's smarter than his big-spending predecessor, Richard M. Daley, and the union pawn, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, who becomes the new mayor if he beats Emanuel in a run-off election April 7. Emanuel was the tough Obama chief of staff ... MORE
Lawrence W. Reed: Internet at the Speed of Government
Government always quick to fix what is not broken. Last month, the Federal Communications Commission launched a historic power grab over
the Internet, euphemistically known as “net neutrality,” based on a
Great Depression-era law to regulate public utilities. While
entrepreneurs are pursuing cutting-edge business models and ... MORE
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central planning,
control,
government,
incentives,
Internet,
net neutrality,
politicians,
regulation
New Water Heater Regulations Put Homeowners In A Bind
The option reducers are at it again. New federal hot water heater regulations that go into effect next month could be problematic when it comes time to replace your current one. The U.S. Department of Energy will start enforcing new energy efficiency standards for hot water heaters April 16. The updates to the National Appliance Energy ... MORE
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bureaucracy,
busybody,
consumer,
control,
energy,
government,
politics,
regulation,
restrictions
Net Neutrality Is A Triumph of the Ruling Class
by Jeffrey Tucker. A triumph of “free expression and democratic principles”? How stupid do they think we are? It’s been painful to watch the gradual tightening of government
control in the name of net neutrality. The Federal Communications
Commission’s decision to rewrite the rules and declare the Internet as a
public utility seals the ... MORE
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control,
FCC,
government,
Internet,
limitations,
power,
regulation,
restrictions,
rules,
takeover
Amy Radil: Seattle Will Fine You For Tossing Food In Trash
Government's newest innovation in revenue collection. In Seattle, wasting food will now earn you a scarlet letter — well, a scarlet tag, to be more accurate. The bright red tag, posted on a garbage bin, tells everyone who sees it that you've violated a new city law that makes it illegal to put food into trash cans. "I'm sure neighbors are going ... MORE
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