By Jonah Bennett The Department of Veterans Affairs is the largest, non-military federal user of Ashley Madison, a website which helps users cheat on their spouses, according to a database of site members posted by hackers Tuesday. “Life is short,” the tagline of the Ashley Madison site reads. “Have an affair.” Having an affair seems exactly what many…
By Casey Harper Police are searching for two thugs who assaulted and robbed a 76-year-old woman inside a cathedral just before Mass. A video of the incident appears to show two black men walk into the Nebraska cathedral, steal the woman’s purse, and punch her in the face before fleeing. Now she’s merely asking that people…
By Josh Fatzick A former lieutenant with the police force at at federal laboratory near Washington, D.C., was charged Tuesday with trying to cook meth at the lab last month. The former police officer, Christopher Bartley, is being charged with “knowingly and intentionally attempting to manufacture a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of…
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By Jonah Bennett The difference between a drone and a missile is starting to blur. Israel Aerospace Industries tested the Harop earlier this summer, and how it works is incredible. The Harop is what’s called a “loitering munition.” This means that while it functions as a drone, once the hanging bomb finds its target, it…
By Guy Bentley A new report on the freedom of countries around the world ranks the United States 20th, putting countries like Chile and the United Kingdom ahead of the U.S. Last year, the U.S. was ranked 17th, but a steady decline of economic freedom and “rule of law” has dropped the level of freedom, according to the…
By Josh Fatzick A family living in New York City government housing has an annual income of nearly $500,000, well over the low-income threshold of $67,000. The housing authority, however, refuses to kick them out. The family is being allowed to stay because, according to a recent U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development report, the…
Silent Cal doesn’t get much credit for being a great president, but he was surely one of the best, if not THE best. Why? Amity Shlaes, author of the book Coolidge, explains why.
By Casey Harper A pair of Texas men could face life in prison after torturing a gay black man for hours. Jimmy Garza Jr., 32, and Ramiro Serrata Jr., 22, allegedly used a frying pan, coffee mug, belt and chair to beat the man. The victim also says they pistol-whipped him and sodomized him with…
By Blake Neff A professor at Yale University is attempting to stamp out the use of the word “master” at the school, claiming it is so offensive to the college’s black and female students that some have had to move off campus to avoid it. Yale organizes its undergraduate students into one of 12 different…
By Guy Bentley Just one year after Australia passed one of the world’s most draconian anti-smoking laws, tobacco sales rose 0.5 percent after they had been falling for several years. From Dec. 1, 2012 on, cigarette companies in Australia were compelled to sell their products in generic dark brown packets plastered with pictures of diseased lungs and…