by Josh Guckert The U.S. May Be More Socialist Than You Think 1. Social Security Social Security was begun in 1935 as a means of taking care of older generations. At the time, the minimum age set to receive full retirement benefits was 65, as the average life expectancy was only 61. However, as the…
Freedom of speech and expression is once again under fire on university campuses. According to Campus Reform, the University of Minnesota’s Student Service Fees Committee – the body responsible for allotting funding to various student organizations – is threatening to brandish the almighty censorship stick over an image that appeared in the university’s campus paper,…
DeKalb, IL. A new tax-funded training program to further militarize a local police force is underway and was captured on video yesterday (March 3rd, 2015). In the following chilling footage, officers are in full military gear using condemned houses to practice a series of raids. According to CopBlock.org: “If you’re wondering how your tax payer dollars…
Senate Bill 347, a piece of state legislation in West Virginia that would recognize citizens’ innate rights to carry firearms without a license, passed the state Senate last week. This is resounding news, as the rationale for such a bill is the strict delineation of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The…
Paris, (AP) — France is introducing a new law effective this week which would require manufacturers to inform consumers of how long they can expect their televisions, cell phones or other appliances to last. This law is aimed to combat the so-called “planned obsolescence” — a term used to describe the way in which companies…
By Casey Harper Published: March 3, 2015 Ferguson police have been ensnared in scandal, but this is a new one. NPR reports, citing anonymous sources, that an unreleased report on Ferguson police department’s racially discriminatory practices allegedly includes racist emails about President Obama. Two emails between police and local court employees reportedly contained racist comments, one…
By Michael Bastasch Published: March 3, 2015 Did France really just put a wind turbine on the Eiffel Tower? Yep, and it won’t even produce a hundredth of the tower’s energy needs. The Eiffel Tower now sports two 17-foot wind turbines 400 feet above the tower’s base, right above the second level. The wind turbines are…
Tinder is launching a new paid version which will charge for certain add-on features like the ability to “rewind” and select a profile which was accidentally rejected. However, in a controversial move, the company intends to charge people aged 18-27 a monthly price of $9.99, while it will charge those who are older than that…
White male privilege. It’s a thing, apparently. But don’t tell that to all the homeless people, or the majority of men who commit suicide, or die in war (sent there by feminists), or have to go down on the Titanic! Apparently, according to social justice warrior idiots, only white males can be racist or sexist!…
HONG KONG, CHINA – A video of an altercation between a Hong Kong citizen and a cop shows a remarkable demonstration of restraint by police. The officer approaches a man who was engaged in a dispute at a money exchange shop, grabbing him by the back of the neck. The citizen reacts, somewhat understandably to being grabbed from…