Wired has this article by Drew Curtis, “Some day technology will end our dumb two-party system.” Curtis is one of only three candidates on the Kentucky ballot for Governor, in the election of November 3, 2015.
The article is thought-provoking, but its weakness is that Curtis doesn’t mention alternative voting systems, such as instant runoff voting or approval voting. …read more
(RT) — Around 1,000 policemen across the US had their licenses revoked and lost their jobs over the last six years on account of numerous sexual offenses that included rape and possession of child pornography, an AP investigation based on official data revealed.
The probe involved examining records from 41 states to see how many police officers’ licenses were revoked in 2009-2014 and for which offenses. Police desertification data was not provided by nine states and the District of Columbia. The investigation included examining the records of state and local police, sheriff’s deputies, prison guards and school resource officers. However no …read more
Staten Island, NY – The state of New York has one of the highest cigarette taxes in the country, amounting to roughly $6 per pack in taxes alone. Naturally, people find ways around these obnoxious taxes by importing cigarettes from other states or selling off-brand products, and naturally the government acts like the mafia and does everything in their power to see that people pay up.
In New York City, the local tax authority has conscripted the local police to hunt down people who are buying and selling any untaxed cigarettes without the state’s official stamp on them. This situation had …read more
Even with the 2016 election a full year away, the next election cycle is in full-swing. Along with the discussions about which candidates, if any, are worthy of support of …
Orlando, FL – 37-year-old Kevin Sutton is camping out for Black Friday a month in advance, but he’s not very interested in the sales. Rather, Sutton is taking the opportunity to raise awareness about homelessness. Last Sunday, Sutton set up his tent out front of a Best Buy store on South Orange Blossom Trail.
While he is camped out in front of the store, Sutton will be collecting donations of canned goods that will be donated to a local charity that provides help to needy children during the holidays.
Sutton was inspired to take on this project after he waited in a …read more
Lambeth, UK – A massive Halloween rave called, “Scumoween: A Nightmare On Scum Street” drew thousands of people this weekend, but was unfortunately raided by riot police halfway through the evening. Prior to the event, the organizers were planning for a possible police interruption and made a statement asking those attending to not engage directly with police.
The statement, released on Wednesday, said, “Stay peaceful, stay calm. Patience and numbers is in our favour. Do not antagonize the police. We don’t need to. At the end of the day we want to leave them remembering our good attitudes, we just came …read more
The November 1, 2015 Washington Post has Jim Webb’s op-ed, “America needs an independent presidential candidate.”
Gawker has this commentary about Webb’s piece. …read more
According to this story, former Colorado Republican Congressman Tom Tancredo has changed his registration from “Republican” to “independent.” However, he will now organize independent voters to support Ted Cruz, a Republican candidate for President. …read more
A report has just been released that completely and utterly dismantles the “war on cops” narrative being pushed by police apologists and certain media outlets.
The FBI’s own data show that assaults on police officers were down sharply in 2014, continuing a steady decline since 2008. Assaults on cops were at their lowest point since 1996.
Combine this with the fact that felonious killings of police have been declining for three decades, and 2015 is on track to be the second lowest on record. There is nowhere in the logical universe one can go to push the false “war on cops” narrative.
Perhaps …read more
Visionary inventor and entrepreneur Elon Musk revealed in a recent interview that his thoughts on society are at least somewhat aligned with anarchism. On September 24th, 2015, at an event by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin, Musk was asked about his perspectives
Musk, is of course, the CEO and CTO of SpaceX, CEO and product architect of Tesla Motors and chairman of SolarCity. He is also the founder of SpaceX and a co-founder of PayPal.
During the interview, Musk said, “Well I guess ill start off with the principles in regards to society, or you know, …read more
