Computer Crashes At IRS Now Reach Epidemic Proportions
by Patrick Howley. Another likely story from our unaccountable government. IRS Deputy Associate Chief Counsel Thomas Kane said in transcribed congressional testimony that more IRS officials experienced computer crashes, bringing the total number of crash victims to “less than 20,” and also said that the agency does not know if the ... MORENo Taxing Our Way Out of Looming Health Spending Crisis
by Mallory Carr. The fiscal train wreck that Obamacare and other health care entitlements will inevitably cause is quickly approaching—and no amount of tax increases can save us from the crash. Although the “Eat the Rich” and “Tax the one percent” way of thinking is currently in vogue, these catchy sound-bites remain nothing more than pithy ... MORE
California Cell Phone Ban Fails To Reduce Accidents
But it does raise revenue for politicians to spend. Six years ago, California began enforcing a ban on the use of cell phones behind the wheel. In the latest edition of the journal Transportation Research, a study found that issuing tens of thousands of $170 tickets each year for this new offense failed to yield measurable safety benefits. ... MOREEric Garner's Arrest & Death About More Than A Chokehold
Cops kill man suspected of unapproved market transaction. The war on black market cigarettes. The brutal takedown and arrest
of Eric Garner by the New York Police Department in Staten Island,
which was quickly followed by the man's death, became top national
news after New York Daily News released video of the
encounter (here). ... MOREThis Is Your Government On Drugs. Any Questions?
by Jonathan Blanks. If the Obama administration is to be believed, America’s infamous "War on Drugs" is over. In its most recent National Drug Control Strategy, released last week, officials promised a more humane and sympathetic approach to drug users and addiction. Out, the report suggests, are "tough on crime" policies. Rather than ... MOREWorld Health Organization Calls For Drug Decriminalization
UN argues against its own policy. JAMAICA, Uruguay, Colorado, Washington—more and more places are rebelling against the UN conventions that established the criminalisation of narcotics half a century ago. But the latest organisation to weigh in against the UN’s line is rather surprising. It is a branch of the UN itself. A report just ... MOREHow Minimum Wage Laws Promote Racial Discrimination
by Gary North. It was over 40 years ago that I first heard Walter Williams speak at a conference. Anyway, I think it was over 40 years ago. It could not have been less. He and I were on what speakers call the rubber-chicken circuit as early as 1974. We spoke to high school teachers in a program sponsored by the intercollegiate Studies Institute, ... MORE
NYPD Kill Man Over Alleged Sale Of Black Market Cigarettes
by Scott Shackford. See the shocking video. Eric Garner, 43, said he was just breaking up a fight. New York Police Department officers said he was selling untaxed cigarettes and tried to arrest him. When he refused to cooperate, police jumped on the 400-pound Staten Island man, put him in a chokehold, and forced him to the sidewalk. He complained ... MORE
Veronique de Rugy: The Crony Capitalism Machine
The Export-Import Bank is inefficient and immoral. Congress will soon debate the fate of the U.S. Export-Import
Bank, an outfit that doles out money to favored corporations and
foreign governments. For 80 years, the bank and the crony
capitalists it supports have defeated every attempt to shut it
down. But that may slowly be changing. ... MORE
NSA Employees Routinely Pass Around Nude Photos
The shameless perks of government employees. The 31-year-old former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden
has warned that during surveillance, among other things, NSA system
administrators also intercepted and routinely passed the nude photos of
people in "sexually compromising" situations among ... MORENSA Spying: Now It's Personal
by Eva Galperin and Nadia Kayyali. Imagine that you watched a police officer in your
neighborhood stop ten completely ordinary people every day just to take a
look inside their vehicle or backpack. Now imagine that nine of those
people are never even accused of a crime. They just happened to be in
the wrong place at the wrong time. Even the ... MORENever Consent To A Warrantless Search
from the Beaufort Observer. Most of our regular readers know that police must have probable cause to search and seize evidence. They cannot search just because they want to and then use what they find to charge a person for a crime. Or so that is the way it is supposed to be. But as we have reported often, there are some crooked cops among ... MORE
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