Michael Heise: 22 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Trust Police
The police aren't making too many friends these days. It seems like there isn't a day that goes by where some tragic and outrageous story doesn't come out involving the cops somehow violating someone's rights, or even killing them. But, no matter how much we see this behavior, no matter how frequent it becomes, there seems to be ... MOREPot Is Making Colorado So Much Money The State May Have To Give Some Of Its $50 Million Windfall To Taxpayers
by David McCormack. Colorado has generated so much money from recreational pot taxes that the state is bound by law to pass some of the tax money directly on to residents. Voters legalized marijuana in 2012 on the understanding that revenue raised would go to schools, but a 1992 voter-approved constitutional amendment means some of the ... MOREPublic Health Nannies Won't Admit: E-Cigs Save Lives
by Bill Godshall. In sharp contrast to the Trib's fear-mongering headlines and Adam Smeltz's news story “Western Pa. cancer specialists call for electronic cigarette crackdown”
, the scientific and empirical evidence indicates vaping is 99 percent
less hazardous than smoking cigarettes, is more effective for quitting
smoking than are FDA- ... MOREHealthcare.gov Shares Your Personal Data With Marketers
by Rob Hustle. HealthCare.gov is sharing your private personal health data with over a dozen online marketing companies. These companies provide tools that allow HealthCare.gov to track, analyze and record anyone who visits the site. But, despite its promise that “no personally identifiable information is collected by these tools,” the ... MOREJacob Sullum: Jurors Can't Know Pot Growers Are Patients
Federal prosecutors determined to hide the truth. Imagine you are a juror in the federal trial of five people charged with growing and distributing marijuana in northeastern Washington. The prosecution cannot present any direct evidence that the defendants sold marijuana to anyone, and the defendants say they were growing all 74 plants ... MOREThomas Sowell: Obama Versus America
Irresponsible and immature. In his recent trip to India, President Obama repeated a long-standing
pattern of his — denigrating the United States to foreign audiences. He
said that he had been discriminated against because of his skin color
in America, a country in which there is, even now, "terrible poverty." Make no mistake about it, there is ... MOREJacob Sullum: Busted Over $80 Worth of Pot, College Student Turns Police Informant, Then Turns Up Dead
This is the way everybody does it, says police chief. Last week North Dakota's Bureau of Criminal
Investigation (BCI) released a report that
finds no wrongdoing in the way an anti-drug task force handled a
young confidential informant who turned up dead last June. Andrew
Sadek, a 20-year-old student at North Dakota State College of
Science in ... MOREDid Border Crisis Trigger Measles Outbreak?
by Joel B. Pollack. More than a coincidence. A quick review of the U.S. State Department visa requirements for immigrant visas
reveals that applicants must be vaccinated for measles prior to their
approval. Measles vaccination is not required for tourist visas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nor is it required for any ... MORETodd Krainin: Glenn Greenwald - The Outsider
Exposing a government with no constraints. Glenn Greenwald is a lawyer who has lost all interest in making legal arguments. The reason for his indifference should terrify anyone who believes that the law, and not arbitrary decision-making by government officials, should govern a nation. Asked whether NSA mass surveillance is legal under ... MOREThomas Sowell: Stormy Weather And Politics
The political utility of dire predictions. It was refreshing to see meteorologists apologize for their dire — and wrong — predictions of an unprecedented snow storm that they had said would devastate the northeast. It was a big storm, but the northeast has seen lots of big snow storms before and will probably see lots of big snow storms ... MORERight From The Dashcam: Seattle PD’s Arrest Of Black Man Is Every Problem With The Justice System In A Nutshell
A law unto themselves. If there were a video and accompanying story that could be used as a
textbook example of every problem with our criminal justice system, this
is it. First, watch the cruiser cam video (you only need watch from
1:40 to 7:40). What the video shows is Wingate standing motionless at the crosswalk and Officer Whitlatch ... MOREJeffrey Tucker: Another Reason Uber Gets Banned
Depressing drunk drivers costs government revenue. I live in a college town where drunk driving is a way of life. I once
asked a policeman what his main job was in my town and he said very
plainly: “stopping and arresting drunk drivers.” I asked how he knows
whom to stop. His answer is that he has developed a nose for this. ... MOREStephen Moore: Why Wages Aren't Rising
Obama is scooping up job creation money. President Obama
has wisely abandoned his lead-filled trial balloon of taxing college
savings plans. Congressional offices were deluged over the last week
with indignant calls from voters on this middle-class bait-and-switch
scheme and finally Democrats caved. Good riddance. But the worst ... MORE
New Surgeon General Should Prescribe Honesty On E-Cigs
by Sally Satel, Forbes. Early last week, the nation’s new Surgeon General, Dr. Vivek Murthy, said health officials are “in desperate need of clarity” on electronic cigarettes to help guide policies. The technology should be embraced, he said, if evidence shows e-cigarettes are able to help those who otherwise have trouble quitting smoking. Dr. ... MOREThe Authoritarianism Of The American Police State
by Matt Peppe. Shielding accountability. Two days before Christmas, a “thug” launched an “unprovoked attack” on a female MTA employee on a Bronx subway platform, “choking her” and causing injuries, according to the Daily News. The “hulking brute” then fled the scene, “grinning as he made his may through the turnstile.” The newspaper description ... MORE
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