Did you know that 40% of domestic violence in the UK is against men? A new campaign started by the ManKindInitiative has produced a hidden camera video that shows what happens when the different genders are abused in public and what people’s reactions are. The video has already been viewed over 5 million times. The…
By Michael Bastasch Despite being soundly rejected a few years ago, cap-and-trade will get its U.S. encore but not in Congress. The Obama administration will likely use its executive power to unilaterally impose carbon dioxide emissions trading systems. The Environmental Protection Agency will unveil regulations for existing U.S. power plants early next month. For months,…
By Blake Neff Published: May 28, 2014 Pressure is mounting on Oklahoma Republican Gov. Mary Fallin to sign a bill that pulls the state out of national Common Core standards. The bill, which would make Oklahoma the second state to drop the controversial educational standards following Indiana this spring, was approved by overwhelming margins in Oklahoma’s…
By Greg Campbell A Colorado cannabis-oil business that landed in hot water among marijuana activists for its stance on drug testing employees has revised its policy under pressure. O.penVAPE, which sells hash-oil cartridges and the vaporizer pens used to smoke them, announced in early April that it’s drug policy prohibited the workplace use of a long list…
Was mass murderer Elliot Rodger a “kissless virgin” because he believed his “white male privilege” as a “nice guy” made him entitled to sex with a beautiful blonde girlfriend? Or was it because of his introverted, misanthropic, narcissistic life spent wasting away in video games and online forums that perpetuated his anti-social personality? The Freedom…
By Breanna Deutsch Texas is getting even bigger. According to a U.S. Census Bureau report released this week, seven of the top fifteen fastest growing cities are in the Lone Star State. Three of those cities — San Marcos, Frisco and Cedar Park — experienced growth rates of at least 5 percent between 2012 and 2013. And…
By Greg Campbell Published: May 27, 2014 A man who was arrested for carrying a holstered handgun into a movie theater a week after the Aurora shootings in 2012 received a $25,000 settlement check from the city of Thornton last week, according to Denver’s 7News. Jim Mapes had a concealed carry permit and said he’d carried his gun…
By Greg Campbell Published: May 23, 2014 Either stoners visiting marijuana-legal Colorado are good about hiding their pot in their luggage, or they’re following the law and not trying to sneak it out of state on their flights home. Denver International Airport, which banned pot on its property to prevent people from trying to fly away…
By Michael Bastasch For years now environmentally-conscious people have been happily forgoing gas-guzzling cars in favor of scooters that were believed to be more eco-friendly. But new research suggests that scooters are actually more polluting than large trucks. Though the number of scooters on roads are relatively small compared to the number of cars and…
LAS VEGAS, NV – The parents of students who failed to pass their graduation exams are demanding that their children be allowed to attend the ceremonies and receive “certificates of attendance.” A newly passed law in the state of Nevada bars the handing out of the certificates because it was found that students who received…