by Jan LaRue. Here’s a question for the mayors and governors who are boycotting North Carolina because of its single-sex public restroom law: “Is your taxpayer-funded, executive office bathroom open to the public, including every Tom, Dick and Harry pretending to be ‘Mary’”? North Carolina enacted a law on March 23 that bans individuals from ... MORE
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Showing posts with label government. Show all posts
Bathroom Boycotts Flush Safety Of Women And Girls
by Jan LaRue. Here’s a question for the mayors and governors who are boycotting North Carolina because of its single-sex public restroom law: “Is your taxpayer-funded, executive office bathroom open to the public, including every Tom, Dick and Harry pretending to be ‘Mary’”? North Carolina enacted a law on March 23 that bans individuals from ... MOREJack Hellner: Prosecuting Free Speech
Speak up now or forever hold your peace. The U.S. attorney general and the Democrat attorneys general in several states are indicating that they are considering legal action against people who believe that current climate change is natural and cyclical, as it has been throughout billions of years, instead of caused by humans. Is it any wonder ... MOREVIDEO: It's Back: Federal Asset Forfeiture Laws
Government gives itself a license to steal. No crime necessary.
Police Humor: Cops Scam Woman Into Her Bringing Meth In For Ebola Contamination Test, Then Toss Her Ass In Jail
by David Kravets. Some hooks don't require bait. A Central Texas police department issued a "breaking news alert" on
Facebook, cautioning residents that meth and heroin in the Granite
Shoals area "could be contaminated with the life-threatening disease Ebola."
Last week's fake Facebook alert urged the public "NOT" to ingest those
illicit drugs ... MOREFeds Resume Program That Lets Cops Steal From You
John W. Whitehead: The Rise Of The Political Psychopath
From democracy to pathocracy. Twenty years ago, a newspaper headline asked the question: “What’s the difference between a politician and a psychopath?” The answer, then and now, remains the same: None. There is no difference between psychopaths and politicians. Nor is there much of a difference between the havoc wreaked on
innocent ... MOREThe Fourth Branch Of Government Is Out Of Control
by A. Barton Hinkle. The unelected tyrants. America has witnessed a massive shift in government authority, says George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley—one that "has occurred without a national debate and certainly not a national vote." That shift has led to the de facto creation of a "fourth branch of government containing ... MOREMatt Agorist: “Please Don’t Shoot Me” Body Cam Shows Innocent Unarmed Dad Killed By A Cop Begging For His Life
A simple execution. Mesa Police Officer Philip Brailsford
has been charged with the second-degree murder of Daniel Shaver, an
innocent father of two. The shooting was captured on his body cam. On
January 18, Brailsford, along with several other officers, responded to
a call about a suspect with a rifle in a hotel room. The ‘rifle’ was
nothing more ... MOREJohn Stossel: A Better Choice For 2016
The Libertarian party is selecting a nominee too. A recent poll shows that if the election were held today, 11 percent of Americans would vote for a Libertarian, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. That's surprising, since last election Johnson got just 1 percent of the vote. This year, he's doing better, probably because Donald Trump and ... MOREIllegal Drugs Should Be Decriminalized, Say Health Experts
by Lisa Ryan. Current policies are damaging. The war on drugs has failed – and certain illegal substances should now be decriminalized, according to some of the world’s leading health experts. Harsh drug control policies have done little to affect drug markets or drug use, experts argued. Instead, the war on drugs and zero-tolerance ... MORESalim Furth: Government Regulators Have Added At Least An Extra $3,800 To The Price Of Producing A New Car
The high cost of savings-government style. When Congress and the Obama administration passed and implemented
extremely strict fuel economy regulations, the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) claimed that it would save consumers a few thousand dollars on gas and add only $948 to the price of a new car. Three teams of independent ... MOREAmir Taheri: The Non-Assimilation Of Muslim Immigrants Aid The Left's Quest To Destroy Traditional Western Values
Islam is actively devouring Europe. On Tuesday, when Islamist suicide bombers blew themselves up in Brussels, killing 35 innocent people and injuring 240, the European Union’s foreign policy representative, the Italian Federica Mogherini, happened to be on an official visit to Amman, the Jordanian capital. Fighting back tears, she cut short a ... MOREEPA Dodges Accountability For Flint Water Crisis
by Paul Dykewicz. Government failures at
the federal, state and local levels that led to toxic water flowing
from the faucets in Flint, Michigan, spurred the House Oversight
Committee to hold two hearings this week in which the head of the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its former Midwest region
administrator claimed agency officials ... MORELancet Commission Recommends Drug Legalization
by Jacob Sullum. The last time the U.N. General Assembly held a "special session" (UNGASS) on drug policy, it was organized under the slogan "A Drug-Free World...We Can Do It." Pino Arlacchi, then executive director of the U.N. Drug Control Program, insisted "there is no reason" the world's supply of cocaine and heroin "cannot be eliminated in ... MORE
Nicole Duran: Obama Says More More More To Refugees
Who cares they can't be vetted? In a brief Easter weekend radio address, President Obama vowed to decimate the self-proclaimed Islamic State, but he said the United States will do so by offering an example of freedom, tolerance and open society. "Our openness to refugees fleeing ISIL's violence; our determination to win the battle against ISIL's ... MORECivil Asset Forfeiture Allows For Abuse Of Police Power
by Allison Chavez. People need to be aware of the practice of civil asset forfeiture and understand their rights when dealing with the police. The police doctrine known as civil asset forfeiture is barbaric and needs to be more strictly regulated. Civil asset forfeiture is essentially an excuse the police employ in order to steal civilians’ property and ... MORE
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