America has always been a trendsetter. Controversial new legislation allowing the Government Communications Security Bureau to spy on New Zealanders has passed its final vote in Parliament tonight. The GCSB amendment Bill passed its third and final reading by 61 votes to 59 following another heated debate between MPs. National, ... MORENew Zealand Joins America In Spying On Its Citizens
America has always been a trendsetter. Controversial new legislation allowing the Government Communications Security Bureau to spy on New Zealanders has passed its final vote in Parliament tonight. The GCSB amendment Bill passed its third and final reading by 61 votes to 59 following another heated debate between MPs. National, ... MOREUPS Drops Spousal Coverage Due To ObamaCare
Teachers get hours cut for same reason. Thanks to the delayed employer mandate in ObamaCare, we are now sixteen
months away from enforcement of those statutes, even though they go into
effect in four months. Are employers taking a break from ObamaCare
prep? Not hardly. Today we have three new stories about how the
perverse ... MOREForfeiture Laws Turn Public Officials Into Profiteers
by Steven Greenhut. The federal agents who cracked down on the illegal distribution of alcoholic beverages traditionally were called “revenuers.” I always liked the simple honesty of the term, given that the main goal of the revenuers was, as the name implied, to track down moonshining scofflaws who didn’t pay their taxes. ... MOREBob Barr: The U.N. Comes After America's Guns
A gun control treaty to destroy the 2nd Amendment. The true scope of the anti-firearm crusade of the United Nations, which began more than a dozen years ago, finally is coming into clear focus, as the White House readies to sign the Arms Trade Treaty adopted with U.S. support this past April by the U.N. General Assembly. The reach ... MOREObamaCare Provision: "Forced" Home Inspections
by Joshua Cook. “Clearly, any family may be visited by federally paid agents for almost any reason.” According to an Obamacare provision millions of Americans will be targeted. The Health and Human Services’ website states that your family will be targeted if you fall under the “high-risk” categories below: Families where mom is not yet 21. ... MORE
ABC TV: America's Speed Traps
Politicians thirst for more dollars to spend. So many American families
are thinking about that last dash of summer. One more road trip during
the warm days. But we know the
frustration of rolling down the road only to discover you've just sped by a
trap you never saw coming. ABC's Steve Osunsami heads
out in search of real answers about ... MORERasmussen Poll: 82% Realize U.S. Is Not Winning Drug War
The people seem to be educable. Americans continue to overwhelmingly believe the so-called war on drugs is failing, but they are more divided on how much the United States should be spending on it. Just four percent (4%) of American Adults believe the United States is winning the war on drugs, according to a new Rasmussen Reports ... MOREThomas Sowell: The Reality Versus Mirages In Egypt
So far, the mirages seem to be winning. Nothing symbolizes the Utopianism of our times like both liberals and some conservatives calling for us to cut off aid to the Egyptian military, because of the widespread killings in what is becoming a civil war in Egypt. Such utter lack of realism from the left is not new, but hearing some ... MORELA TIMES OP-ED: How Obama Has Abused The Patriot Act
by Jim Sensenbrenner. On Aug. 9, the Obama administration released a previously secret legal interpretation of the Patriot Act that it used to justify the bulk collection of every American's phone records. The strained reasoning in the 22-page memo won't survive long in public light, which is itself one of the strongest arguments for transparency ... MORETim Lee: Obama Asks For Warrantless Cellphone Searches
Requests permission to ignore the Fourth Amendment. If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through
your cellphone? Courts have been split on the question. Last week the
Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue and
rule that the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless cellphone searches. ... MOREKatie Kieffer: AWESOME! TSA Creepers Just Got Creepier
Government gropers to become ubiquitous. Janet Napolitano’s TSA agents won’t keep their blue, latex-covered
paws to themselves. The TSA is now expanding its grope to rodeos, sports
stadiums, music festivals and train stations. The TSA’s signature move is like the signature move of a guy who
“accidently” brushes his hand against a woman’s ... MORE
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