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…
Since the birth of the automobile, over 3.5 million people have died in-car accidents. While staggering, this statistic doesn’t even take into account the economic ramifications of car accidents. The lifetime costs of crash-related deaths and injuries among drivers and passengers totaled $70 billion in 2005. The rational fear of car accidents is compounded by…
By Greg Campbell Boulder County is considering adopting language to its comprehensive plan recognizing that nature — including plants and insects — has rights. The idea comes at the behest of a group called Boulder Rights of Nature, which is urging the planning commission to go even further and extend legal rights for humans to animals…
The Portland State University anarchist conference that devolved into chaos last week also featured a series of lectures from Marxist speakers that managed to get their message across. This particular message was about the “Dominant, racist, western narrative” and that “Capitalism is an evil system… Capitalism is the root of all evils. It is built on…
By Breanna Deutsch General Motors has just added another 218,000 vehicles to what appears to be an endless list of recalls. Wednesday’s announcement addressed a potential fire hazard in its Chevrolet Aveo cars in the United States from model years 2004 to 2008. According to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), there was…
In his famous short story “Harrison Bergeron,” author Kurt Vonnegut criticizes egalitarianism by describing a dystopian society in which the beautiful are forced to cover themselves with masks and the intelligent are made to endure electric shocks to their brains. If there is one place in which Vonnegut’s nightmare has been most fully realized, it…
A new development has emerged in the story of Clare Ettinger, who claims she was kicked out of her homeschool prom because horny dads were ogling her and she was causing “impure thoughts.” But a mother who was at the prom now claims that her spandex dress was riding up, and even if it was…
Amateur MMA fighter Mike Pantangco has become a viral sensation after he tapped out of a fight that he was clearly winning. Pantangco reasons that, because neither fighter was being paid, there was no point in continuing to injure his opponent after he had established himself as the better fighter. “I just feel that there’s…
A proposed bill in the California legislature would attempt to Free Willy once and for all. The law attempts to end SeaWorld killer whale shows once and for all as well as demand their release from the tanks in which they are housed. At the moment the bill has been put on hold for 12…
She’s lovin’ it! A be’thonged Florida woman absolutely wrecked a McDonald’s in St. Petersburg on Monday. The woman was caught on video destroying the kitchen and banging her head on the counter before she stopped to guzzle some nice, cold, soft serve ice cream. FOX 13 News [about_austin] The Libertarian Republic is giving away a…