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A 17-year-old movie critic was blasted after he tweeted this picture with Amy Schumer at the Critics’ Choice Awards: Many news outlets were quick to call the joke “sexist” and “slut shaming.” Oh, cry me a river. He later apologized for the tweet. To me, it sounded like he was trying to be in on the joke….
A woman wandered into an Italian fire department to request they free her from a chastity belt which she had lost the key to. The woman was reportedly wearing the device because she was afraid of sexual assault after the flood of news reports from around Europe documenting a rash of such incidents at the…
An alleged former medic from the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp will go on trail next month on 3,681 counts of accessory to murder. As reported on Fox News: Hubert Zafke is accused of working as a medic in Auschwitz in an SS hospital. Prosecutors argue that in that role, the former SS sergeant helped the death camp…
The Supreme Court has announced it will take up the matter of President Obama’s executive actions on immigration, setting the stage for a controversial ruling this summer. The issue has become a talking point for Republican presidential candidates and the ruling will be highly divisive, regardless of where the Court lands. CNN reports: At issue is…
Michael Bastasch The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief told reporters the agency “did its job” when asked how the Obama administration handled the ongoing water crisis in the city of Flint, Mich. “EPA did its job but clearly the outcome was not what anyone would have wanted,” Gina McCarthy told reporters while at an…
There is no denying that blacks have been treated unjustly and unfairly by their own government. In a previous article, I highlighted many historical instances that should give African Americans plenty of reason to adopt libertarianism, or at the very least, hold those in power accountable. Martin Luther King Jr. spent his entire life fighting for equality under…
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Jacob Bojesson Two Dutch, pro-immigration filmmakers published a video Saturday of themselves getting brutally robbed at a refugee camp in Calais, France, known as “The Jungle.” Journalist Maaike Engels and photographer Teun Voeten were attacked at knife point while obtaining footage for their documentary “Calais: Welcome to “The Jungle.” The video shows Voeten getting tackled…
Michael Bastasch President Barack Obama’s decision to put a moratorium on new coal mine leases could end up costing Americans billions of dollars as more federal lands are locked up. Instead, if Obama could have generated nearly $88 billion of economic activity from opening more federally-controlled lands to coal mining, according to a recent study…
A video game commissioned as part of a campaign to mark the one year anniversary of the Army Public School shooting in Pakistan has been withdrawn after recent backlash. The game, played within the school that was ambushed, asks the player to “protect precious lives from terrorists.” As reported by The Guardian: Although it had been available to users…
French President Francois Hollande declared a “state of economic and social emergency” during his annual speech to business leaders Monday. From Talking Points Memo: Hollande laid out plans for training half a million jobless workers, greater use of apprenticeships, and aid for companies that hire young workers. Hollande’s Socialist government has struggled to boost long-stagnant…