June 19, 2016

Five takeaways on the IG’s scathing report on the FBI

fromTheHill: The IG report offers a damning assessment of the FBI’s actions during its investigation of Clinton, training its fire on former FBI Director James Comey
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

Suspected Walmart robber tries to carjack two different cars, both drivers pull out guns

from7NewsMiami: American-style crime prevention.
2nd Amendment Assaults

Sign the petition for unredacted declassification of the DOJ Inspector General report for public viewing

fromPetitions.WhiteHouse: Citizens of the United States of America deserve a transparency despite the Department of Justice's un-willingness to provide an unredacted copy of the Inspector General's report to the House.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

You’ll soon be able to manufacture anything you want and governments will be powerless to stop it

fromInfoWars: From DIY guns to designer drugs, classic-car parts, and human livers, 3D printing promises a dynamic and uncontrollable world.
The Pursuit of Happiness

How to (legally) make your own off-the-books handgun

fromInfoWars: Citizens don't need the courts to protect the 2nd Amendment.
2nd Amendment Assaults

Tommy Robinson fears for his life after being moved to heavily Muslim-populated prison

fromInfoWars: This represents a de facto “death sentence”. Sharia law will soon reign in the UK.
Politics and Other Official Acts of Corruption

China Trade Isn't Killing America's Working Class

by Shikha Dalmia.    Politicians & misconceptions. American politics aren't exactly immune to bouts of protectionism. A Bloomberg poll has found that two-thirds of Americans, Republicans and Democrats, are four-square behind it—a sentiment that Bernie Sanders is exploiting on the left and Donald Trump on the right. But although free trade has     ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Trade With China

Greg Corombos: 'Most Expensive Regulation In History' - New Obama Power Grab Set To Kill 1.4 Million Jobs

Obama, the job killer, strikes again.   The Obama administration is just weeks away from imposing a new ozone particulate standard that manufacturers say will cripple jobs and productivity in the U.S. and leave some firms and industries clinging to life. The National Association of Manufacturers released a study suggesting the standard would    ... MORE

VIDEO: John Stossel - Buy American

VIDEO: Fox News: Pennies and Nickels

NCPA Research: Green Cars Are Not So Clean After All

Green vehicles are polluting and wasteful. Electric and hybrid cars were lauded as a cure for climate change and carbon emissions. Though electric vehicles are zero emissions, only 50,000 were sold in 2012 -- well short of the number needed to achieve President Obama's goal of 1 million green cars on the road by 2015. While    ... MORE

VIDEO: Milton Friedman - Exhaustible Resources

John Stossel: To Government, Every Penny Is Sacred

President Obama has new priorities.   That means new spending. In his State of the Union, he said, "The American people don't expect government to solve every problem." But then he went on to list how, under his guidance, government will solve a thousand problems, including some (like climate change and a loss of manufacturing jobs) that  ... MORE

VIDEO: The Truth About Outsourcing

Michelle Jamrisko: Business Activity In US Is Shrinking

Only government remains a growth industry.  Business activity in the U.S. unexpectedly contracted in September for the first time in three years, adding to signs manufacturing will contribute less to the economic recovery. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago Inc. said today its business barometer fell 49.7 this month from 53 in August.      ... MORE

John Stossel: Myths We Live By

Why such faith in government? The Olympics have gone smoothly despite -- gasp! -- America's team wearing clothing made in China at the opening ceremony. "I'm so upset," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. "Take all the uniforms, put them in a big pile, and burn them. ... We have people in the textile industry who are desperate for jobs." Here   ... MORE

VIDEO: End the War on George Washington's Favorite Crop

ReasonTV's contribution to Hemp History Week

Kinston Free Press: In Changing World, America Prevails

The lesson should be obvious. Ken Langone, a co-founder of Home Depot, said the other morning on the business show Squawkbox that in 10 years, the United States would be energy independent. On Friday, Rich Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes Magazine, observed that "the seeds are being planted now" for America's economic revival, never mind our      ... MORE

Peter Morici: Discouraged Americans Quit Looking To Work

Despair is setting in.    The economy added 115,000 jobs in April -- much less than expected and not enough to keep up with natural population growth. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1% because another 522,000 adults quit looking for work and are no longer counted. In the weakest recovery since the Great Depression more than four-fifths of the reduction in ... MORE

Greg Beato: The Gun Explosion

Why the firearms boom is good news for our economy.  In a February 2012 fund-raising appearance, President Barack Obama expressed his desire to keep America’s assembly lines humming. “I want to make sure the next generation of manufacturing isn’t taking root just in Asia or Europe,” he told a crowd of supporters. “I want it taking root in  ... MORE

Sheldon Richman: Adam Smith Vs. Crony Capitalism

Smith's suspicions about business people were well-founded. I admit it: I like Adam Smith. His perceptiveness never fails to impress. True, he didn’t foresee the marginal revolution that Carl Menger would launch a century later (with, less significantly in my view, Jevons and Walras), but give the guy a break. The Wealth of Nations is a great piece of work.   ... MORE

Walter E Williams: It Just Ain't So

Do we really have a trade imbalance?   The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 2011 manufacturing output grew by 11 percent, to nearly $5 trillion. Were our manufacturing sector considered a nation with its own gross domestic product, it would be the world's fourth-richest economy. Manufacturing productivity has doubled since 1987, and     ... MORE