Enforce our Bill of Rights
Universal background checks for gun purchases are one of the more popular gun control measures, with 97 percent of the public in favor of them. Acting on this popularity, the Democratic-controlled House passed a bill that would establish them nationally.
That bill, HR 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, passed 240–190, with many Republicans supporting it. Continue reading “Would Universal Background Checks Create National Gun Registry?”
I’ve written about how totalitarian ideologies such as communism and Nazism have a lot in common. Both subordinate the individual to the state and both give the state power over the economy.
And both slaughter millions of people.
My buddy from grad school, Matt Kibbe, has a great video on this issue. Continue reading “The Battle Isn’t Right vs. Left. It’s Statism vs. Individualism”
Washington Post – by Holly Bailey
IOWA CITY — Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O’Rourke on Sunday described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “racist” whose outreach to far-right interests as he seeks to hang onto political power has seriously damaged the chances of peace in the Middle East.
Speaking at a town hall here at the University of Iowa, the former Texas congressman denounced Netanyahu’s pledge Saturday that he would annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he wins another term in Tuesday’s Israeli general election. Netanyahu’s proposed annexation, O’Rourke said, “will make peace in the long term impossible.” Continue reading “Beto O’Rourke on Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘Racist’”
Update 4/7: Mother Faces Jail Time
When I initially posted this story, I praised a mom for having what appeared to be the courage to protect her daughter using a firearm. But the truth is entirely different and her actions were anything but heroic. Continue reading “WV Mother Charged for MAKING UP Story About Alleged Kidnapper”
Going to medical school today takes more than ambition, good grades in biology in college, and an appetite for hard work. It takes a willingness to incur a crushing amount of debt. Student debt in general is in crisis in this country. All told, borrowers owe $1.5 trillion, more than people owe in credit card debt or car loans.
People have borrowed money to attend medical school for decades, but the scale of the debt has skyrocketed in recent years, along with just about every other cost in health care. The average medical student now graduates with a debt burden as big as a home mortgage. Continue reading “How the NYU School of Medicine is going tuition-free”
Two weeks ago, somewhat out of the blue, ECB President Mario Draghi issued an odd statement confirming that the European Central Bank needs to approve any operation in the foreign reserves of euro zone countries, including gold and large foreign currency holdings. Continue reading ““It Belongs To The People, Not The Bankers” – Italy Moves To Seize Gold From Central Bank”
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel used force “wisely” in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli soldiers have killed “more than 300” Palestinians near the eastern fence of the besieged enclave.
In an interview with Israel Hayom, Netanyahu said: “More than 300 Palestinians have been killed near the border when they tried to breach the fence and abduct our soldiers. We have used force wisely, and powerfully.” Continue reading “Netanyahu: Killing 300 Gaza protesters was ‘wise’ decision”
Hartford Courant – by Norm Pattis
You’ve probably heard by now that Alex Jones of Infowars plans to defend himself against charges that he defamed the families of folks killed in the mass shooting at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown in 2012 by claiming some form of psychosis.
You heard wrong. You swallowed a meme, becoming the very thing you say you scorn — a dupe to a hateful, half-baked piece of misinformation. Continue reading “Alex Jones’ lawyer: If you want the Infowars host silenced, you’re scarier than he is”
Gateway Pundit – by Brock Simmons
Now that police in New Zealand are going door-to-door to confiscate firearms, which involves bird-dogging people at work and monitoring their online activity, one man who has gotten caught up in the covfefe was recently stripped of his airsoft BB guns and his crossbow.
Adam Holland, apparently from Queenstown, made this post to his facebook page on March 28th: Continue reading “New Zealand Police Confiscate Airsoft Pellet Guns, Crossbow from Man Because He Supports Trump”
A Texas state trooper was in critical but stable condition early Sunday after being shot while approaching a driver who had fled from a crash scene not far from the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities said.
Further information on the trooper’s condition, along with his name, was not immediately available. Continue reading “Suspect held in shootout near US-Mexico border; Texas trooper ‘critical’ but stable”
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s Prime Minister, has promised to annex Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank if he is re-elected on Tuesday.
Palestinian leaders immediately reacted with anger at the pledge, which came in an interview with Israeli Channel 12 News three days ahead of the election. Continue reading “Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu ‘plans to annex settlements in West Bank’ if reelected”
A new “report” has been released by Copytrack, supposedly detailing the insane amount of “stealing” that goes on every day. “Report” is in quotes for reason. First, the “report” [PDF] opens up with a literally unbelievable statistic conjecture.
[I]t is estimated that more than 2.5 billion images are stolen daily. These license violations have the potential to result in up to €532.5 billion in damages daily.
The Organic Prepper – by Dagny Taggart
A “mysterious and dangerous” fungal infection has emerged, and experts are warning that it is a serious global health threat.
In A Mysterious Infection, Spanning the Globe in a Climate of Secrecy, The New York Times outlines the terrifying details: Continue reading “Candida Auris: The Incredibly Deadly Fungus KILLING People Across the Planet”
As President Donald Trump threatened to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border in recent days, his Department of Homeland Security nearly doubled the number of temporary guest worker visas available this summer.
DHS and the Labor Department plan to grant an additional 30,000 H-2B visas this summer on top of the 33,000 H-2B visas they had planned to give out, the agencies confirmed. Continue reading “Trump administration nearly doubles H-2B guest visa program, which brings many Mexican workers”