Governments do few things well, yet we blithely leave them to try to solve one of humanity’s most intractable problems, punishment of transgressors. Granted, most people tend toward irrationality in this arena, but governments have failed miserably for centuries. The best solution may be to reduce the number of behaviors considered criminal – defining crime…
John Mcafee has finally been captured! And released. Twice this week. The saga of John McAfee has been a long and strange one, rife with plot twists and intrigue straight out of a whodunit mystery or spy thriller. From mega millionaire software developer to alleged gunrunning international murder suspect and crypto advocate, John has succeeded…
On Thursday, July 25, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier accused of operating a sex-trafficking ring, was found injured in a Manhattan jail cell. NBC New York reports he was discovered in a fetal position with lacerations to his neck. The local New York NBC affiliate has multiple differing reports from sources, reporting he either: attempted suicide, staged this…
President Trump’s Labor Secretary, Alexander Acosta, resigned on Friday, July 12, 2019 amid controversy about a 2007 non-prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein case was reawakened when law enforcement in New York arrested Epstein and charged him with new sex crimes on Saturday, July 6th. Acosta defended his actions as a federal prosecutor in Epstein’s previous case,…
Wealthy and well-connected financier, Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on Saturday, July 6, 2019 as his private jet landed in New Jersey. He is being accused of operating a human-trafficking ring where underaged girls were sold to wealthy and elite men for sexual use. Epstein is now offering to divulge the names of those who took…
GUTHRIE, Okla. – In late June, Stephen Jennings and Rachael Rivera were arrested when their stolen vehicle was pulled over in a routine traffic stop. The other passenger was a Timber rattlesnake caged in the back seat. Police Sgt. Anthony Gibbs (Guthrie Police Department) said they don’t know why the uranium was in the vehicle…
This is the first time a milkshaking has been conducted with a foreign and dangerous substance.
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that has authority over the security of the (primarily air) traveling public in the United States. This includes security at airports, other transportation, and undercover air marshals on flights. It was formed after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The agency…
It’s been less than a week, and the STEM School Highlands Ranch shooting appears to be quickly fading out of the mainstream news. This shooting is different from all shootings to take place since Columbine in that two people were involved rather than a lone gun. One may think this rarity would boost headlines, but…
Mary Margaret Olohan Republish Reprint A federal jury declared five Insys executives guilty Thursday of bribing doctors to prescribe addictive drugs to patients. The Boston jury found 76-year-old Insys Therapeutics founder John Kapoor and four other former company executives guilty of bribing doctors to prescribethe addictive fentanyl spray Subsys, CBS News reported. They convicted the highest-ranking pharmaceutical representative thus far in U.S. opioid related cases,according to Reuters….