Could have bought a lot of vegan shwag with that money guys. Benny Johnson over at Buzzfeed is reporting that a gang of protestors dressed as lobbyists tossed a huge bag of cash over the balcony in the Senate Hart building. The total amount was $500, not a bad haul for the police who surrounded…
Bad Boys! Bad Boys! ABC News set up a sting operation in Raleigh, North Carolina to confront police officers who may be breaking the speed limit. Drivers in the area regularly lose their licenses for driving over 15 mph. They wanted to see if officers actually obey the laws they are tasked with enforcing. Follow…
Every Crisis Is An Opportunity For Plunder The Financial Times is reporting that a major U.S. bank has begun stuffing its automatic teller machines with extra cash. The source reports that the banks fear a possible bank run from panicked depositors due to the national brinkmanship being played out by the government’s debt ceiling. But…
We can’t afford to find missing children! The government has shutdown our Amber Alert system website! But, luckily if we do find them, they’ll still be able to enjoy the Cookie Monster on TV! (UPDATE: Thankfully they reopened the Amber Alert website) TLR has learned that the administration shelled out $445 million cookies to the…
Agents at the Federal Bureau of Investigation are looking like children with a new puzzle toy after seizing the Bitcoin wallet of Ross Ulbricht, the webmaster of the infamous Silk Road website. After the arrest of Ulbricht for allegedly running a website devoted to the distribution of recreational drugs, the FBI is now sitting around…
If you give a mouse a cookie… The DC’ist is reporting today that one of the many restaurants offering deals to furloughed government employees is having a change of heart. Z-burger had been giving away burgers to furloughed workers, but then they realized what a serious mistake they had made. READ: Let’s shut most of…
Libertarian TV Host Rages Against the Machine! Fox Business host John Stossel appeared on Fox & Friends Thursday morning to explain why the government shutdown was a “good thing” and why lawmakers should “shut more down. Stossel thinks most of the government should stay shutdown forever. READ: Let’s shut most of the federal government down forever….
Media too fixated on demand, ignoring supply By Ed D’Agostino By Ed D’Agostino, General Manager, Hard Assets Alliance I take a long view of precious metals investing and find little meaning in the day-to-day fluctuations in the market. Major corrections—like those we’ve endured this year—are a different story. They clearly have an impact, leaving investors…
He fought the law… and he won! Randy Bailey‘s family has owned Bailey’s Brake Service in Mesa, AZ since the early 1970s. Randy purchased the store with his own savings from his father in 1995, and hopes one day to pass the shop, which has earned the loyalty of hundreds of customers, to his own…
Harebrained Nanny State Arrests Woman For Braiding Without a License Isis Brantley is one of the country’s leading African hairbraiders. She works with everyone from Grammy Award-winning artist Erykah Badu to the homeless. But Texas will not permit Isis to teach hairbraiding for a living unless she spends 750 hours in barber school, passes four…