Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

When we talk about declining jobs and economic burdens, the narrative conditions many to blame some “other” political or cultural group. But perhaps the least talked about threat to jobs comes from the government itself in the form of occupational licensing.

A new analysis from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty (WILL) found that in Wisconsin alone, the rapid expansion of licensing requirements over the past 20 years caused 31,000 fewer jobs to be had, and cost consumers almost $2 billion.   Continue reading “Study Shows Govt Licensing Kills 31,000 Jobs & Costs Consumers $2 billion – In 1 State Alone”

Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

Broward County, FL – Government incompetence hit an all time low recently in Broward County, where parking enforcers slapped tickets on a man’s windshield for days while he sat dead inside of the car.

After several days of piling the tickets on the windshield, none of the parking enforcers bothered to check if the owner of the car was safe or if there was a reason for the car to be abandoned.   Continue reading “Officers Kept Piling Parking Tickets On Man’s Windshield As He Sat Dead In His Car — For Days”

New York Times – by Daniel Victor

The man held in the fatal shooting of the former N.F.L. player Joe McKnight in Louisiana admitted to investigators that he had pulled the trigger, the authorities said, but he was allowed to walk free without charges on Friday while they investigated the case.

The man, Ronald Gasser, 54, was released overnight, hours after Mr. McKnight was shot three times about 2:45 p.m. Thursday in an apparent “road rage” episode in Terrytown, La., about five miles southeast of New Orleans, the sheriff’s office said.   Continue reading “Man Who Police Say Admitted Shooting Joe McKnight Is Freed Without Charge”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A man who took a rifle into a Washington pizza restaurant on Sunday “to self-investigate” a fake news report that it was operating a child abuse ring has been charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, police in the U.S. capital said.

Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department said in a statement that Edgar Maddison Welch, 28, of Salisbury, North Carolina, was charged after the incident at Comet Ping Pong restaurant in Washington near the Maryland border on Sunday afternoon.   Continue reading “Gunman charged after threatening DC restaurant hit by fake news”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

New York, NY — Nothing exposes the brutality of police quite like cops beating up one of their own. If police mistake you for a criminal, there is nothing you can do to stop their assault and a retired cop just learned that the hard way.

Ronald Lanier, retired Nassau County corrections officer, is now planning to sue the Garden City Police Department after he says they mistook him for a criminal, handcuffed, and then beat him.   Continue reading “Cop Beaten by Fellow Cops Who Mistook Him for a Criminal”

Jon Rappoport

Over the last 40 years, the assault on Western culture and civilization has taken people so far away from lucid thinking and logic, they don’t even know this discipline exists at all.

What has replaced it is entertainment.

It seems that hundreds of gimmicks and machines are now necessary, in order to keep the attention of children in school. There is a fear that without these “up-to-date” items, the kids will drop into a coma or walk out of the classroom.   Continue reading “Home-school solution for education”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

Congress is ready to join the crusade against so-called “fake news,” forwarding a measure through the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to combat purported foreign propaganda and disinformation. The news comes after mainstream media have been busy promoting bogus blacklists, lashing out at those who dare question the narrative. According to VOA:   Continue reading “Congress Approves Measure for Crusade Against “Fake News” — Using DoD Funding”

Times of Israel

US President Barack Obama on Thursday renewed a presidential waiver, again delaying plans to relocate the American Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem for another six months.

In keeping with every other presidential administration over the last 20 years, a White House statement cited “national security interests” in waiving Congress’s 1995 decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and transfer its embassy there.   Continue reading “Obama again waives moving US Embassy to Jerusalem”

Politico – by ALEX ISENSTADT

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expressing serious interest in the job of Republican National Committee chairman — and he’s getting an audience to make his case.

Christie told senior members of Donald Trump’s presidential transition team on Thursday morning that he is interested in the post, according to three sources familiar with the talks. One person said the governor had embarked on an aggressive, “full-court press” in hopes of getting the chairmanship.   Continue reading “Christie throws his hat in the ring for RNC chair”

Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Dykes

People who truly believed a billionaire reality TV star was going to get into the White House and “drain the swamp” are getting a pretty clear picture now of just how full that swamp is going to be under a Donald J. Trump presidency.

When he isn’t considering neocons and appointing die hard establishment Republican top brass, he’s busy filling up the ranks with Wall Street.   Continue reading “Hedge Fund Manager on Trump’s Wall Street-Filled Swamp: ‘I can take glee in that — Donald Trump Conned Voters’”

Reuters

U.S. military veterans were arriving on Thursday at a camp to join thousands of activists braving snow and freezing temperatures to protest a pipeline project near a Native American reservation in North Dakota.

However, other veterans in the state took exception to the efforts of the group organizing veterans to act as human shields for the protesters, saying the nature of the protests reflected poorly on the participants.   Continue reading “U.S. veterans arrive at pipeline protest camp in North Dakota”

RT

Energy minister Yuval Steinitz said Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas represents the top ideological threat to the Jewish state after Abbas vowed to withdraw recognition of Israel if it keeps refusing to reciprocate.

Speaking at a Fatah party congress on Wednesday, Abbas noted that although Palestine recognized Israel, Israel is not poised to do the same, adding that Palestine’s commitment “is not free” and eventually comes down to Israel’s decision to recognize Palestine in return.      Continue reading “Israeli minister calls Abbas ‘#1 foe’ after Palestinian leader calls for mutual recognition”

Off the Grid News

HILLSBORO, Ore. – An Oregon school district is asking staff not to use Santa Claus or other Christmas-themed images in their decorations out of fear they might offend students and visitors who don’t celebrate the holiday.

The letter from the human resources office of Hillsboro School District to staff announced that there would be no door decorating contest this year.   Continue reading “School Bans Santa Because He’s Too ‘Religious’”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Las Cruces, NM — Two Las Cruces cops were caught on video, severely beating a handcuffed man, and they will face no consequences for their crimes. The victim, Ross Flynn was in jail for being accused of pulling a gun on his neighbor — a crime of which later he’d be found not guilty.

Flynn was beaten so badly that he suffered several broken facial bones and a cracked skull.  Continue reading “Cops Get Off Scot Free Despite Shattering Handcuffed Man’s Face, Cracking His Skull On Video”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

On Tuesday, ISIS supporter Recep Tayyip Erdogan gave a speech that many have interpreted as a declaration of war on Syria. During a typical Erdogan rant, the Turkish Prime Minister stated, “Close to one million people died in Syria, and they continue dying. Where is the U.N.? What are they doing? We kept saying ‘patience, patience, patience’ but could not take it any more and entered Syria. We are there to bring justice. We are there to end the rule of the cruel Assad, who has been spreading state terror.”   Continue reading “Did Turkey Just Declare War On Syria?”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As most people are still trying to figure out exactly what Jill Stein is doing and why she’s doing it, a judge in Montgomery County Pennsylvania, just north of Philadelphia, has decided he’s seen enough.  After hearing arguments from attorneys representing Jill Stein’s campaign and the Montgomery County Board of Elections, Judge Bernard A. Moore dismissed the petitions of voters in 78 precincts to recount votes or forensically analyze voting machines due a lack of evidence and improperly filed petitions.  Per The Times Herald of Montgomery County:   Continue reading “More Bad News For Jill Stein As Pennsylvania Judge Blocks Recount Petitions”

ABC News

An armed man was taken into custody after a hostage situation stemming from a bank robbery at a Jacksonville, Florida, bank, authorities said this morning.

Eleven hostages were rescued, authorities said, adding that no one was injured.   Continue reading “Armed Man in Custody After Hostage Situation at Florida Bank”

Press TV

A shooting incident in the US city of Baltimore has left two people dead and four others injured.

On Wednesday night, an unidentified gunman shot dead two men, left a third fighting for his life and shot three other people in northwest Baltimore, according to police. The shooter is at large.   Continue reading “Six people shot, two fatally, in Baltimore shooting spree: Police”