BELOIT, WI – Police in Beloit, Wisconsin are starting a new program to ask city residents to volunteer to have their houses searched for guns. Chief Norm Jacobs hopes the problem will get people to think of gun violence like they do ebola, with a home inspection being like a vaccine. “Gun violence is as…
By Michael Bastasch Gasoline prices are plummeting as U.S. oil production from shale formations booms, reaching more than 9 million barrels per day through November 28. Gasoline is now hitting four-year lows and oil prices are hitting five-year lows.But it was just two years ago that President Obama said “we can’t just drill our way…
By Jonah Bennett This year’s defense spending bill will not ban tobacco sales at military bases, leaving anti-tobacco advocates shocked and upset, The Hill reports. According to the language listed in the bill, the military “may not take any action to implement any new policy that would ban the sale of any…legal consumer product.” Former Marine reservist California…
By Michael Bastasch Published: December 3, 2014 Falling oil prices are making it harder for OPEC member states to fund their governments. Oil priceshovering around $70 per barrel is too low for most OPEC countries to cover their budgets, according to Reuters data. While OPEC countries generally have lower costs of actually getting oil out…
By Casey Harper Published: December 3, 2014 Does your state have an Ebola treatment center? Probably not. A Center for Disease Control announcement today revealed that 38 states do not have Ebola treatment centers. Meanwhile, experts continue to say that additional Ebola cases in the U.S. are definitely possible. Health and Human Services boasted today that there are…
SANTIAGO, CHILE – A police helicopter attempting to land at a crash scene was destroyed after it clipped a fire truck and exploded into a ball of fire. Two were injured but alive. The pilot suffered multiple fractures and an officer was hospitalized. The incident reportedly occurred in San Miguel in Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile….
President Obama and Eric Holder promised today to outfit police officers with body cameras. If Officer Darren Wilson had been wearing one, would Mike Brown still be alive? Editor of The Libertarian RepublicAustin Petersen appeared on the Sun News Network with Pat Bolland to discuss the problems with Ferguson, racial profiling, and the law. The…
CDC: “Just the tip” ATLANTA, GA – The Centers for Disease Control recommends cutting the tip off the penis of American boys. The CDC today released draft guidelines for circumcision, and has asked for public comments in the next 45 days to finalize them. The Muslim and Jewish tribal rite slices the tip off of nearly all…
WILLOW SPRING, NC – Tommy Wall, 50, was arrested in June and charged with first degree rape of a child, felony conspiracy and a first degree sex offense against a child. Investigators claimed that they had video of him committing a sex act on a child. The only problem with the charges was that he…
PONTIAC, MI – A man was detained by police for walking with his hands in his pockets in freezing cold Pontiac, Michigan. “You were walking by,” the officer told McKean. “You were making people nervous.” Brandon McKean was stopped by an officer on Thanksgiving Day while walking down the street. The officer who stopped him…