By Chris White Tesla Motors wants mining companies that have never produced highly combustible lithium to provide the electric vehicle maker the material necessary to make its lithium ion battery. A report from Financial Post states that Tesla and two companies, Pure Energy Minerals Limited and Bacanora Minerals, are currently in talks to mine more lithium material…
By Guy Bentley The House Committee on Appropriations could be the last line of defense against Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulation that will wreck the e-cigarette industry. The FDA regulation, expected to be announced imminently, will require all e-cigarette products that came on the market since February of 2007 (predicate date) to undergo a…
By Richard Pollock Hillary Clinton’s Department of State awarded at least $13 million in grants, contracts and loans to her longtime friend and Clinton Foundation donor Muhammad Yunus, despite his being ousted in 2011 as managing director of the Bangladesh-based Grameen Bank amid charges of corruption, according to an investigation by The Daily Caller News…
By Guy Bentley A regulation from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) could wipe out nearly a decade of progress for the e-cigarette industry and deprive smokers of a valuable alternative to tobacco. The Vapor Technology Association (VTA) warns the FDA’s so-called “deeming” regs could destroy innovation in the e-cigarette industry and will do nothing to improve public…
Guy Bentley Forcing restaurants, movie theaters, and grocery stores to put calorie counts and nutritional information on menus has no long-term impact on obesity. So says a new study from the Cato Institute, which draws on nearly 300,000 respondents to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) who hail from 30 large cities between 2003…
By Luis R. Rivera III The following is a contrast and comparison of the three candidates that participated in the 2016 Libertarian Party Debate showcased on FOX Business. More specifically, this contrast and comparison covers the candidates’ actual performances. It should be noted that this essay is not meant to be exhaustive, you can watch the…
By Jonah Bennett The Central Intelligence Agency may ramp up efforts in Syria by supplying rebels with high-powered anti-aircraft weapons, which can target Syrian regime and Russian aircraft. Plan B is supposed to provide a backup to rebels in case the increasingly unstable ceasefire agreement with the regime breaks down, U.S. officials told The Wall…
by Casey Harper North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory signed an executive order Tuesday to alter the state’s LGBT discrimination rules after two businesses announced they were no longer going to put money and jobs in the state. The executive order gives discrimination protections to state employees based on sexual orientation and gender identity, the Washington Post reports….
By Toni Ann Booras Ohio Gov. John Kasich said Tuesday there is “zero chance” he would agree to be Republican frontrunner Donald Trump’s vice president. “Zero chance,” Kasich said in an interview with “CBS This Morning,” when asked if he would consider running with Trump if it would be the best chance for the Republicans to win the…
by Trevor Norris We’ve all seen the ads: a presidential candidate shakes hands with some businessmen, poses with a family and shows off his diverse range of supporters. Images flash across your screen—a combine in a farmer’s field at dawn, or a sunset over a big city skyline—that make you should “‘Merica!” aloud. Yes, presidential…