Monday, March 17
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Mike Powers is the guest editor today. |
Five
Long Years, and Counting, in Iraq
And no end in sight.
Five
Years after Iraq’s ‘Liberation’, There Are Worms in the Water
“The
real crime is that five years after the U.S.-led invasion of
Poll:
Seven of Ten Iraqis Want Foreign Forces to Leave
“A
quarter of those surveyed said they had lost a family member to murder. In
Who
Says the Surge Is Working?
Weak-kneed Democrats, that’s who.
Sheldon Richman explains how government created the subprime mess.
Now with a new diamond-level member.
House
Approves $3 Trillion Budget
The Democratic majority in the House continues down the disastrous path paved by the fiscally reckless Republicans.
US
Death Toll in Iraq Nearing 4,000
"I
would say that most people in our company didn't consider the Vietnamese
human...A guy would just grab one of the girls there and in one or two
incidents they shot the girls when they got done."
Don’t forget to support your troops!
State
Governments Resist ‘Sunshine Laws’
“While e-mail and text messaging has become a hugely popular way to communicate throughout society, governments at all levels are often unwilling to let the public see the e-mails of their elected officials.” Like cockroaches in the night, politicians delight in their ability to work in the dark and out the public eye.
California
Court Bans Homeschooling
“The court ruled that parents possess no constitutional right to homeschool their children.” Protecting the state’s education monopoly by criminalizing the competition.
Thanks
to the Cops, Guns Injuries Soar in the UK
“Nearly
half of all injuries caused by police shootings are the result of officers
blasting themselves or a colleague, often during bungled training and
demonstrations.”
LAPD’s
‘Wrong Door Unit’ Rebuilds When Cops Raid Wrong Homes
"Our cops go in, and they get the wrong door. We fix the problem. It builds good will in the community." Building goodwill through improper forced entry.
Report:
FCC Is a Massive Bureaucracy That Can’t Handle Complaints Against
Telcos
Like every failing government bureaucracy, the FCC will probably ask for more taxpayer funding to ‘fix’ their problems.
British
Police Want DNA Database for Children as Young as Five
If they exhibit early risk factors associated with criminal behavior.
Public
High School Student Saves Busload of Elementary School Kids
Gets weekend detention for ‘cutting class’. Gotta love government education.
Canadian
Retailers Fined for Selling Carbonated Drinks in Cans
“The
can ban was designed to protect Prince Edward Island from littering, keep it
clean for tourists and protect local bottling jobs.”
MN
Bar Ticketed for Hosting Smoking ‘Theater Night’
Though a non-smoker, I’ll take smoking over health fascism any time.
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