The Libertarian Republic writer June Lapine posted a joke anti-capitalist meme to the Internet… but the Internet didn’t know Shoe! Lapine, AKA Shoe0nhead, a critic of extremist feminism, posted a photograph of herself last week that was a parody of anti-capitalist liberals who whine about capitalism from the comfort of their $600 iPhones. Shoe’s troll…
WICHITA FALLS, TX – The Plex Family Entertainment Center is under fire for forcing people outside of its complex during a tornado warning. Management cleared the building and told everyone to wait outside until they could find a way home or be picked up. Photos of children standing outside went viral on social media, raising…
The former student council president of a university (Witwatersrand) in South Africa was ousted in light of recent comments he made praising Hitler for murdering white people. Student protesters were threatening to call for a mass demonstration if Mcebo Dlamini, who said the remarks, was not fully reinstated. Mcebo Dlamini was initially suspended after he…
By Blake Neff A coalition of over 60 Asian-American groups has filed a discrimination complaint against Harvard University, claiming the university illegally discriminates against Asians in its undergraduate admissions. According to the complaint, filed with the Office for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, the nearly-perfect test scores, pristine GPAs and major academic awards of Asians were substantially…
By Peter Fricke Michigan’s corporate welfare agency recently admitted it began withholding recipient information years ago after receiving “informal advice” that was never made public. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) stopped disclosing the names of the companies it subsidizes in 2009, instead listing the totals by industry. It was not until recently, however, that…
By Jonah Bennett A war between three rival biker gangs erupted in Texas Sunday in the parking lot of a restaurant, leaving nine people dead and emergency services rushing eighteen others to the hospital with serious injuries. According to police, no bystanders were injured, but the incident itself wasn’t a surprise, KWTX-TV News reports. Police in…
By Casey Harper U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch gave her stamp of approval for the death sentence of Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, calling it a “fitting punishment”after the verdict came down Friday. “We know all too well that no verdict can heal the souls of those who lost loved ones, nor the minds and bodies…
Second Amendment activists produced a video showing a white man and a black man carrying an AR-15 down the streets. The two different reactions make a very stark statement. One criticism however is the lack of information in the video about the relative locations of the two activists. There is no location data, although the black man…
By Casey Harper A jury sentenced Boston Marathon Bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death Friday. The jury deliberated a little more than 14 hours to reach the decision. The April 15, 2013 bombings killed four and injured hundreds. Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 counts against him, that covered a range of allegations, not just the…
By Michael Bastasch Models used to craft climate models are “close to useless” when it comes to crafting policies to combat global warming, according to a recent paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Economist Robert Pindyck writes that integrated assessment models (IAMs) used to craft global warming policy “have flaws that make them close to useless…