The war on drugs is a war against people. A grand jury has announced that the police officers from a Georgia SWAT team will not face any charges in relation to harming and disfiguring the face of the toddler named Bounkham Phonesavanh. The medical bills related to the incident are stacking up, and it’s now questioned whether or ... MORENo Charges Against SWAT Team That Disfigured Baby
The war on drugs is a war against people. A grand jury has announced that the police officers from a Georgia SWAT team will not face any charges in relation to harming and disfiguring the face of the toddler named Bounkham Phonesavanh. The medical bills related to the incident are stacking up, and it’s now questioned whether or ... MORESmall-Town America Rebels Against 'Police State' Arsenal
by Leo Hohann. Citizens urge return of armored vehicles to Pentagon. Residents of an Idaho town are asking their city council to return an armored vehicle to the federal government and just say no to militarization. John Whitehead, president of The Rutherford Institute, said he was contacted by a group of residents from Nampa, ... MOREDear Barack Obama: You Suck. Love, The Voters
by J.D. Tuccille. Americans with their eyes on national politics are more likely to intend their midterm votes as messages of opposition to President Barack Obama than as support, according to Gallup. Almost a third of voters, at 32 percent, are using their ballots as a Bronx cheer for the White House, compared to the 20 percent sending love ... MOREWalter E Williams: Teacher Indoctrination
Repeat the lie enough and they will believe. Students at several Jefferson County, Colorado, high schools walked out to protest the school board's recently proposed curriculum review committee that seeks to promote patriotism, respect for authority, free enterprise, plus the positive aspects of U.S. history. The teachers union, ... MOREDC, 3 States And A Territory Vote On Marijuana This Year
by German Lopez. People to lead politicians away from drug war. This year, several more states will vote on whether marijuana should be legal for recreational and medical purposes. Given that more Americans favor legalization than ever, these ballot initiatives have a real chance of passing. Here are the statewide initiatives that will appear on ... MORECivil Asset Forfeiture in Philadelphia Not So Brotherly
by Ronald D. Rotunda. The City of Brotherly Love is not so brotherly when it comes to civil forfeiture. Consider this case, which began in September of 1993. The police stopped Ossie Younge for a traffic infraction, speeding. Nothing unusual about that, but what was unusual (although not in Philadelphia) is that the police then seized ... MOREJeannie DeAngelis: Amnesty For Ebola
Never mind the threat to 300 million people. Recently, Time magazine published an article entitled “Ebola Just the Latest Hardship for Liberian Patient in the U.S.” The piece seemed to be written with the intent to elicit sympathy for a man who, in his quest to survive, illegally infiltrated a nation carrying a highly contagious hemorrhagic ... MOREThe Demonization Of American Capitalism
by Jonathan Adelman. In the last seven years, inspired heavily by the Great Recession of 2007-2009, there has been a tidal wave of demonization of American capitalism. From movies (“The Great Gatsby” to the “Wolf of Wall Street”) to large scale social protest movements (“Occupy Wall Street”) to “One Percenters” to much of the ... MORERadley Balko: Another Civil Asset Forfeiture Outrage
Tactics of the profiteers. The Des Moines Register has the story
of William “Bart” Davis and John Newmerzhycky, two gamblers who had
more than $100,000 seized from them after they were pulled over by Iowa
state police. Davis and
Newmerzhycky were westbound on Interstate Highway 80 in Poweshiek
County on the morning of April 15, ... MOREAnother Jury Nullification Success Story
from Tenth Amendment Center: The curious case of Doug Darrell shows the immense amount of power that is possessed by We the People, when we have the courage to use it. Doug Darrell is a resident of New
Hampshire who cultivated marijuana for religious and medical purposes.
After a National Guard helicopter spotted his plants, he was ... MOREPoll: 51% Of Dems Support Criminalizing Hate Speech
First Amendment is so yesterday. Note: Hate speech, not hate crimes. YouGov asked people about hate crimes for its poll too and found bipartisan support for the federal law that provides steeper penalties for crimes motivated by hatred of the victim’s race, religion, gender, or national origin. Sixty-four percent of Dems gave thumbs-up to ... MOREAngela Graham-West: Political Correctness And Ebola
Political correctness brings Ebola to America. Wednesday night, "CNN Tonight" guests Ben Ferguson and Van Jones both agreed on some things: that in light of the Ebola case in Dallas Texas, a travel ban is not called for, that Obama wasn't responsible for the person getting the virus, and that people are “overreacting”. Van Jones then went on ... MORELiberty And Wealth Require Strong Money
by Daniel Oliver Jr. Conservatives hold that wealth and liberty correlate. This proposition was self-evident in the context of the Cold War and remains true today. It is the reason China cannot surpass the West in terms of wealth creation (contrary to the hysterics emanating from The Economist): a repressive country that continues to ... MOREBarry Farber: Obama's U.N. Insult To Every American
Our president seems ashamed to be American. A hen lays one egg and cackles an hour. A sturgeon lays 10,000 eggs and never lets out a peep. We call it “caviar.” President Obama laid at least 10,000 eggs in his U.N. speech last week, but caviar it was not. They were all rotten. At one point Obama reached probably the worst 60 seconds of his a ... MOREGuess What Happened When The Police Went On Strike?
by Jeff Berwick. It all started over a month ago, right here in Acapulco, Mexico, when I commented to a good friend, "Have you noticed how much better traffic has been lately?" He responded, "Yes, traffic flow has been so much better... it's because the Transit Police went on strike." It turned out that was the case. The Transit Police in Acapulco ... MORE
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