Reason – by J.D. Tuccille

Once again, responding to a horrendous crime by inflicting knee-jerk, authoritarian restrictions on innocent people proves to be an ineffective means of convincing people to obey. Specifically, New Zealand’s government—which also stepped up censorship and domestic surveillance after bloody attacks on two Christchurch mosques earlier this year—is running into stiff resistance to new gun rules from firearms owners who are slow to surrender now-prohibited weapons and will probably never turn them in.  Continue reading “Noncompliance Kneecaps New Zealand’s Gun Control Scheme”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In the wake of Jeffrey Epstein’s weekend arrest, an observant Twitter user noticed that someone has edited the billionaire pedophile’s Wikipedia page to remove all mention of Democrats who have flown on the “Lolita Express” – the nickname given to his private Boeing 727 jet which was reportedly outfitted with a bed.

On Sunday, the sentence “Epstein flrew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spacey, and Chris Tucker to Africa in his private jet. Flight records show Bill Clinton flew on Epstein’s plane 26 times” (a charge Clinton denied on Monday, claiming it was only four times).  Continue reading “Jeffrey Epstein’s Wikipedia Page Stealth-Edited To Remove Ties To Democrats”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Residents in Sacramento face fines upwards of $500 for repairing their own car in their own driveway thanks to a tyrannical law.

In the land of the free, every day, local governments and municipalities trample the rights of citizens to do with their own property what they wish. Over the years we’ve seen people face jail time for the length of their grass, arrested for windmills, and even ticketed for growing food. Now, we’ve discovered a law in Sacramento, California that makes it illegal to repair a vehicle in your own garage.
Continue reading “Citizens Now Charged with a Crime for Repairing Their Own Car in Their Own Garage”

Daily Mail

Instagram has launched new tools to help reduce the visibility of hateful comments on its platform.

The firm revealed on Monday that it has begun rolling out an AI-powered tool that will notify users if the comment they’re about to post may be ‘considered offensive.’  Continue reading “Instagram will warn you if you are about to be rude! New anti-bullying measures include ‘offensive content’ warning and ability to block specific users’ comments”

Middle East Monitor

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday tweeted that the Palestinians’ connection to the Land of Israel is nothing compared to the 4,000 year connection that the Jewish people have with the land. He cited a recent article stating that Biblical Philistines had come from Europe, according to DNA uncovered in the coastal city of Ashkelon.  Continue reading “Netanyahu uses DNA claim to deny Palestinian right to homeland”

The Blaze – by Mike Ciandella

The FBI and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been using driver’s license records to develop a facial recognition database, the Washington Post reported.

Here’s what we know  Continue reading “Federal authorities reportedly using driver’s license databases for facial recognition”

Middle East Monitor

In what is being described as the first cancellation of its kind, a European association of mental health researchers has cancelled plans to hold a conference in Israel, “over fears of a backlash from the international boycott movement”.

According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the decision by the European Network for Mental Health Service Evaluation (ENMESH) “is the first time that an organisation of this kind has walked back on an already approved decision to hold a conference in Israel”. Continue reading “Academic association cancels conference in Israel after backlash”

The Political Insider – by Shelby Talcott, Daily Caller

Former President Bill Clinton said he “knew nothing” of billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged sex trafficking, according to a statement issued Monday.

Epstein was arrested Saturday and charged with sex trafficking minors between 2002 and 2005. He spent time behind bars in 2008 after pleading guilty to procuring a minor for prostitution. He is a registered sex offender in Florida.  Continue reading “Clinton Issues Statement On Epstein, Says He ‘Knew Nothing’ Of Sex Trafficking”

Route Fifty – by Kate Elizabeth Queram

Last summer, Jennifer Knowles helped her three sons set up a lemonade stand in their Denver neighborhood. The proceeds would go to charity, while her kids, she thought, would learn about business, entrepreneurship and the satisfaction of making money.

And then the police showed up. Continue reading “When a Kid’s Lemonade Stand is Illegal”

Fox 5 Atlanta

ATLANTA (FOX 5 Atlanta) – A DeKalb County police detective was arrested Sunday afternoon on DUI charges after a crash that left a pedestrian injured. Detective Justin Hamilton was driving on Northside Drive in Atlanta when his car left the road and hit a pedestrian on the sidewalk, according to Atlanta police. The pedestrian was taken to the hospital with a leg injury.  Continue reading “DeKalb police detective charged with DUI after crash involving pedestrian”

MassPrivateI

What is wrong with the [below] picture? A lot.

The picture shows just how complicit the mass media has become in convincing Generation Z (Gen Z) adults into accepting TSA-style checkpoints at public venues. Continue reading “Gen Z Adults Encourage Each Other To Sign Up For Facial Recognition At Music Festivals”

Reason

Jim Ficken left his home to take care of his recently deceased mother’s estate. While away, the man he paid to cut his lawn died. The grass in Ficken’s yard grew more than 10 inches long.

The City of Dunedin has an ordinance against long grass. The Florida city fined Ficken $500 a day. Over time the fines added up to almost $30,000.  Continue reading “Stossel: Mow Your Lawn or Lose Your House!”

The Great Recession

Stock market investors, hungry for more pork, are demanding Fed Chair, Jerome Powell, land on their table on a silver platter with an apple in his mouth at this week’s congressional hearings. Will he deliver? Powell has a thin red line to talk, or this overFed market, which he and is cronies have nurtured, dies this week from its own morbid obesity. On the other hand, if he does what they want, it’s a major blow for Fed independence. Powell proves he is the market’s slave, and he bows to President Trump. Continue reading “Stock Market Pigs Hold Powell Hostage to Deliver the Bacon”

Of Two Minds – by Charles Hugh Smith

The more extreme the speculative euphoria, the greater the risks of a reversal.

One sentence sums up the speculative euphoria gripping markets: January and June of this year are the only months in the last 150 which have seen all assets post a positive total return. (Zero Hedge)  Continue reading “When Everything from Bat Guano to Quatloos Is Soaring, Speculative Euphoria Has Reached an Extreme”

American Affairs Journal – by Matthew B. Crawford

In ever more areas of life, algorithms are coming to substitute for judgment exercised by identifiable human beings who can be held to account. The rationale offered is that automated decision-making will be more reliable. But a further attraction is that it serves to insulate various forms of power from popular pressures. Continue reading “Algorithmic Governance and Political Legitimacy”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

The U.S. Hispanic population surged another 1.2 million last year and now is a record 59.9 million, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

The percentage of Hispanics as part of the overall U.S. population also jumped to 18%.  Continue reading “Record 60 million Hispanics in US, 52% of population growth”