By Casey Harper Published: January 28, 2015 A Philadelphia fire department is in hot water for some steamy allegations. The office of the Philadelphia Inspector General is investigating the Philadelphia Fire Department after allegations of sexual behavior while on duty at firehouses around the city, including threesomes, CBS Philly reports. A union for the firefighters said it will defend…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Published: January 28, 2015 Turns out a drunk government spy is responsible for the drone that crashed on the White House lawn Sunday night. The unnamed man, who works for a U.S. agency, was apparently wrapping up a night of drinking at an apartment a few blocks from the White House when…
By Michael Bastasch Published: January 28, 2015 Turns out global warming is nothing new. Solar radiation has been warming Siberian permafrost for the past 7,000 years, according to a new peer-reviewed study — long before human greenhouse gas emissions began to build up in the atmosphere. Researchers with Germany’s Alfred Wegener Institute examined ice wedges…
By Casey Harper Published: January 28, 2015 Police shot up a car full of teenagers Monday, killing one. Two Denver police officers fired several shots at a vehicle when the 16-year-old girl driving it allegedly tried to run them over. The girl, identified by friends as Jessica Hernandez, died at the hospital, New York Daily News reports. One…
By Peter Fricke Published: January 27, 2015 Computer chips are starting to make credit cards more secure, but card issuers are resisting calls to implement the additional protection of a PIN, saying it would be a burden to consumers. In response to the recent spate of data breaches at major U.S. retailers and banks, the House Commerce, Manufacturing,…
There’s a concept that my friends Julie Borowski and Avens O’Brien have been talking about lately, in response to the “Top 20 Hottest Libertarian Ladies of 2015” list, and I wanted to offer my thoughts. They were talking about being “attractive women” and how that has an obvious positive impact on their careers. They also said…
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Published: January 26, 2015 The federal budget deficit will fall to a six-year “low” of $468 billion in 2015, before resuming an upward climb that will take the federal debt to record heights. The numbers are the latest from the Congressional Budget Office, which had predicted a somewhat larger 2015 deficit of…
Chief Liberty Officer of Liberty.me Jeffrey Tucker joins the Freedom Report podcast today to discuss his new book “Bit by Bit,” as well as current events of interest to libertarians. Tucker and TLR editor Austin Petersen have a wide ranging discussion about Senator Rand Paul and his relationship to his father Ron Paul, as well…
Sheriffs want Google to turn off Waze’s popular feature which alerts drivers to the presence of police officers. Virginia Sheriff Mike Brown, the chairman of the National Police Association’s technology committee, told ABC News that the police community must coordinate to pressure Google to “act like a responsible corporate citizen” and disable the feature to protect police….
By Rachel Stoltzfoos Published: January 26, 2015 Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s promised push for stricter gun control laws ended abruptly Monday, when Republican legislators killed his gun control bills in a state Senate committee. McAuliffe wanted the Republican-controlled legislature to act on eight gun control measures, including requiring background checks at gun shows, revoking concealed…