Cops resort to entrapment as a means to boost crime stats.
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Cops resort to entrapment as a means to boost crime stats.
Thomas Sowell: Abstract Immigrants
One to ignore the facts of life. One of the many sad signs of our times is the way current immigration
issues are discussed. A hundred years ago, the immigration
controversies of that era were discussed in the context of innumerable
facts about particular immigrant groups. Many of those facts were
published in a huge, multi-volume 1911 study ... MOREDavid Bittle: TSA = Thousands Standing Around
The enormous apparatus isn’t making us safer. Not long ago while walking through the airport, the following
announcement caught my attention: “Will the person who forgot their
hearing aids please return to the Transportation Security Administration
security checkpoint to reclaim them.” It took me a moment to absorb
entirely the irony of the ... MOREThe Health, Security & Privacy Concerns Of Smart Meters
by Alyssa Edes. Utilities across the country are installing so-called smart meters in homes and businesses to allow them to better track and manage energy use by their customers, aiming to increase efficiency, lower costs, and reduce pollution. But the advanced meters, which use wireless and digital technologies to send frequent consumption ... MOREScott Lazarowitz: Slavery Or Freedom
Escaping the shackles of statism. Have you ever thought about the morality or legitimacy of politicians forbidding you to have a vegetable garden in your own front yard, or buying or selling raw milk, or merely having a lemonade stand without a local bureaucrat’s permission? You see, when the armed bureaucrat is arresting the peaceful raw milk ... MORE
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Another Obama Assault On Free Speech
by Robert Spencer. The Obama Administration’s latest assault on the freedom of speech is
so audacious that it leaves me speechless – and that’s the idea. According to Politico,
Bill Killian, the Obama-appointed U.S. attorney for the Eastern
District of Tennessee, “is reportedly vowing to use federal civil rights
statutes to clamp down on offensive ... MOREFormer Mexican President Fox Wants Marijuana Legalized
Prohibition creates a violent world. A former Latin American president has once again said that drugs should
be legalized. This time it was Vicente Fox who was the president of
Mexico from 2000 to 2006. Fox was in Seattle on Thursday, as a guest speaker for Don Pellicer, a
new company that wants to set up marijuana stores in Washington ... MORE
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How Obama Is Embarrassing Democrats & Independents
by Kate Kieffer. Democrats are blushing. And not because Anthony Weiner is back on Twitter, direct-messaging pretty young girls. Vice President Joe Biden has long held the title of “Liberal Loose Cannon.” But Biden is such a grand hugger and hand-shaker that Democrats still let him work the crowds, crossing their fingers that he won’t say ... MORE
Sasha Goldstein: Obama's Culture Of Corruption
IRS misconducted was prompted by White House. President Obama's administration, fronted by a "paid liar" of a spokesman, has created an anti-conservative atmosphere that led to IRS scrutiny of right-leaning organizations, top Republicans said Sunday. "The culture of the president calling Tea Party groups terrorists and tea-baggers, ... MORERoads Have Become Revenue Generating Surveillance Grid
by Michael Snyder. What do speed traps, parking tickets, toll roads, speed cameras and red light cameras all have in common? They are all major revenue sources for state and local governments. All over America today there are state and local governments that are drowning in debt. Many have chosen to use "traffic enforcement" as a way to raise ... MORE
Mark Baisley: IRS, State And DOJ: The Three Stooges
A peak at our slapstick government. The recent testimonies before Congress have been reminding me of something for weeks and I just figured out what that is. I call it 90-degree humor; the kind of joke that starts out in one direction, then takes a sudden left turn, leaving you fallen-over laughing. For instance: “If you were to line up every ... MORE
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