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Wisconsin Carry, Inc. awarded judgement against City of Racine and two Racine police officers: "Frank was lawfully open-carrying on his own porch when Racine Police, who were summoned to his neighborhood on an unrelated call, observed and questioned Frank because he was open-carrying. After a few minutes of increasingly aggressive questioning Frank exercised his right to remain silent and was subsequently unlawfully arrested for obstruction of justice for refusing to give his name. In the state of Wisconsin no law allows officers to arrest for obstruction on a person's refusal to give his or her name. 'Mere silence is insufficient to constitute obstruction"
"The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin has entered a judgment in the amount of $10,000 in favor of Wisconsin Carry, Inc. and Frank Hannon-Rock and against the City of Racine and two Racine police officers."
Friday, March 19, 2010
Voucher Vote a Double Negative for Democrats | Andrew J. Coulson | Cato Institute: Commentary
Voucher Vote a Double Negative for Democrats | Andrew J. Coulson | Cato Institute: Commentary: "He also asserted that public schools are not failing. 'Whose boot print is on the Moon?' he exclaimed.
That is cold comfort for D.C. public school students. Few of them will ever make it beyond the Earth's atmosphere—roughly half don't make it out of high school in four years."
"Far from reducing D.C. public school spending, the Opportunity Scholarships were originally packaged with an extra $13 million for D.C. public schools. Nor has the District's spending been slashed to the bone. The city spent $1.3 billion on fewer than 46,000 students last year—$28,000 per pupil.
By comparison, average tuition at voucher-accepting schools was $6,600. According to a Department of Education study, students attending those private schools are outperforming their public sector peers: better results at one quarter the cost. So how does killing the program enhance fiscal discipline?"
That is cold comfort for D.C. public school students. Few of them will ever make it beyond the Earth's atmosphere—roughly half don't make it out of high school in four years."
"Far from reducing D.C. public school spending, the Opportunity Scholarships were originally packaged with an extra $13 million for D.C. public schools. Nor has the District's spending been slashed to the bone. The city spent $1.3 billion on fewer than 46,000 students last year—$28,000 per pupil.
By comparison, average tuition at voucher-accepting schools was $6,600. According to a Department of Education study, students attending those private schools are outperforming their public sector peers: better results at one quarter the cost. So how does killing the program enhance fiscal discipline?"
Russ Feingold: In the News - Press Releases
Russ Feingold: In the News - Press Releases: "Today, the U.S. Senate passed an amendment introduced by Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) to cancel old, unspent transportation earmarks, which could save taxpayers about $478 million this year and considerably more over time."
If the money is not "earmarked" doesn't that mean that the federal government will still spend the money -- just on a project decided by the bureaucracy instead of elected representatives?
If the money is not "earmarked" doesn't that mean that the federal government will still spend the money -- just on a project decided by the bureaucracy instead of elected representatives?
The Truth about Health Insurance Premiums and Profits | Alan Reynolds | Cato Institute: Commentary
The Truth about Health Insurance Premiums and Profits | Alan Reynolds | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Individual plans account for only 4 percent of the insurance market. So why do they account for 100 percent of the president's fulminations about insurance premiums? Could it be because insurance premiums for the other 96percent have not been rising much?
Nonprofit BCBS plans account for a third of the private health insurance market. Michigan's nonprofit asked for 56 percent premium hike without the national media taking that Hail Mary pass too seriously. But even Obama finds it difficult to accuse nonprofits of being too profitable, so he needed to pin his enemy badge on a for-profit firm – one of Wellpoint's 'Anthem' BCBS plans.
Anthem of California's requested rate increase on individual policies was actually 20-35 percent. The only way it could get to 39percent would be if a policyholder insisted on a gold-plated Cadillac plan and also happened to move up into a higher age group. Besides, requesting a rate hike means nothing. Even Obama's radio address mentioned two requests that had been cut in half. Many are denied.
So, how many Californians have actually been faced with a 39 percent increase in their premiums? Exactly zero."
Nonprofit BCBS plans account for a third of the private health insurance market. Michigan's nonprofit asked for 56 percent premium hike without the national media taking that Hail Mary pass too seriously. But even Obama finds it difficult to accuse nonprofits of being too profitable, so he needed to pin his enemy badge on a for-profit firm – one of Wellpoint's 'Anthem' BCBS plans.
Anthem of California's requested rate increase on individual policies was actually 20-35 percent. The only way it could get to 39percent would be if a policyholder insisted on a gold-plated Cadillac plan and also happened to move up into a higher age group. Besides, requesting a rate hike means nothing. Even Obama's radio address mentioned two requests that had been cut in half. Many are denied.
So, how many Californians have actually been faced with a 39 percent increase in their premiums? Exactly zero."
The False Premise of National Education Standards | Andrew J. Coulson | Cato Institute: Commentary
The False Premise of National Education Standards | Andrew J. Coulson | Cato Institute: Commentary: "The whole idea of imposing a single set of age-based standards on all students rests on a false premise: that children are identical widgets capable of being dragged along an instructional conveyor belt at the same pace, benefiting equally from the experience."
"So why is performance-based grouping ubiquitous in for-profit tutoring centers? Because parents won't pay to have little Johnny taught algebra when he hasn't yet mastered arithmetic, or to have Jane taught nursery rhymes long after she's been curling up with J. K. Rowling. Tutoring centers must adopt the most practical and effective policies, or lose clients to competitors who do."
"So why is performance-based grouping ubiquitous in for-profit tutoring centers? Because parents won't pay to have little Johnny taught algebra when he hasn't yet mastered arithmetic, or to have Jane taught nursery rhymes long after she's been curling up with J. K. Rowling. Tutoring centers must adopt the most practical and effective policies, or lose clients to competitors who do."
Russ Feingold: In the News - Press Releases
Russ Feingold: In the News - Press Releases: "In their letter the senators write that New Zealand’s dairy industry is a global power dominated by one company that could undercut the U.S. dairy industry while providing few additional export opportunities for American farmers and processors."
What about how it affects American consumers?
What about how it affects American consumers?
Would Obamacare End Corruption -- or Expand It? | Michael F. Cannon | Cato Institute: Commentary
Would Obamacare End Corruption -- or Expand It? | Michael F. Cannon | Cato Institute: Commentary: "But the president isn't asking the House to vote on his new plan. He's asking them to pass the corruption-laden bill that passed the Senate on Christmas Eve, when few Americans were watching the Senate spend their money."
"Obama promises that after the House writes all those corrupt deals into law, he will strip them out — and the senators who demanded those deals in the first place will help.
Any congressman who believes that one shouldn't be allowed to touch their own checkbook, much less yours and mine.
Even if the president could somehow weed out the corruption this year, it would come back again and again."
"Each new power ObamaCare creates would be targeted by special interests looking for special favors, and held for ransom by politicians seeking a slice of the pie.
ObamaCare would guarantee that crucial decisions affecting your medical care would be made by the same people, through the same process that created the Cornhusker Kickback, for as far as the eye can see."
"When government grows, corruption grows."
"Obama promises that after the House writes all those corrupt deals into law, he will strip them out — and the senators who demanded those deals in the first place will help.
Any congressman who believes that one shouldn't be allowed to touch their own checkbook, much less yours and mine.
Even if the president could somehow weed out the corruption this year, it would come back again and again."
"Each new power ObamaCare creates would be targeted by special interests looking for special favors, and held for ransom by politicians seeking a slice of the pie.
ObamaCare would guarantee that crucial decisions affecting your medical care would be made by the same people, through the same process that created the Cornhusker Kickback, for as far as the eye can see."
"When government grows, corruption grows."
FOXNews.com - Indian Army Develops Blinding Chili Grenade
FOXNews.com - Indian Army Develops Blinding Chili Grenade: "When deployed the grenade showers the targets with a dust so spicy that in trials subjects were blinded for hours and left with breathing problems."
"The hotness of the bhut jolokia, which is native to Assam, in north-east India, is measured in Scoville heat units and comes in at a massive 1,001,304 -- that is nearly twice as hot as Mexico's red savina that used to hold the record at 577,000.
The average jalapeno measures at about 10,000."
"The hotness of the bhut jolokia, which is native to Assam, in north-east India, is measured in Scoville heat units and comes in at a massive 1,001,304 -- that is nearly twice as hot as Mexico's red savina that used to hold the record at 577,000.
The average jalapeno measures at about 10,000."
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