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Sen. Paul Introduces National Right to Work Act | Rand Paul 2016 | U.S. Senate: "Sen. Paul’s Right to Work Act does not add a single word to existing federal law, it simply deletes forced unionism provisions in federal law."
Friday, February 01, 2013
State investigating use of DOJ helicopter at high school homecoming football game in Calif | Fox News
State investigating use of DOJ helicopter at high school homecoming football game in Calif | Fox News: "The station says it showed a DOJ agent dropping a football from the helicopter to his son, a player, on the field.
The cost to taxpayers for use of the chopper was between $900 and $1,300 for the stunt, not including the cost of personnel used to fly the aircraft."
The cost to taxpayers for use of the chopper was between $900 and $1,300 for the stunt, not including the cost of personnel used to fly the aircraft."
Obama reportedly signs secretive cybersecurity policy directive | Security & Privacy - CNET News
Obama reportedly signs secretive cybersecurity policy directive | Security & Privacy - CNET News: "According to the Washington Post, he is said to have signed a secret policy directive last month that will give the military and other government authorities the ability to act quickly if the country comes under cyberattack."
"One of the major elements of the directive, according to the Washington Post, is that it deals with "offensive" versus "defensive" action and makes the distinction between network defense and cyber operations."
"One of the major elements of the directive, according to the Washington Post, is that it deals with "offensive" versus "defensive" action and makes the distinction between network defense and cyber operations."
Georgia school where student shot classmate has metal detectors | Fox News
Georgia school where student shot classmate has metal detectors | Fox News: "A middle school where a 14-year-old boy was shot and wounded in the neck by a fellow student had metal detectors, and school officials were investigating how the shooter made it past them."
"An off-duty armed resource officer who was at the school was able to grab the gun away from the suspect, who was taken into custody."
"Hours after the Atlanta shooting, several school buses loaded with children pulled away from the school and stopped in front of a church about a half-block away. Parents tried boarding the buses. Police, who initially tried to stop them, finally relented and screamed at the drivers, "Let them off!" "
"An off-duty armed resource officer who was at the school was able to grab the gun away from the suspect, who was taken into custody."
"Hours after the Atlanta shooting, several school buses loaded with children pulled away from the school and stopped in front of a church about a half-block away. Parents tried boarding the buses. Police, who initially tried to stop them, finally relented and screamed at the drivers, "Let them off!" "
Johnson Requests BATF Briefing on Botched Milwaukee Sting Operation - Press Releases - Newsroom - Ron Johnson, United States Senator for Wisconsin
Johnson Requests BATF Briefing on Botched Milwaukee Sting Operation - Press Releases - Newsroom - Ron Johnson, United States Senator for Wisconsin: "When Mr. Salkin attempted to settle the unpaid balance of these funds with local BATF officials, he was eventually threatened and told his actions amounted to harassment of BATF agents."
"In September of last year, an agent parked his vehicle at a coffee shop while it contained three firearms: two handguns and a fully automatic M-4 .223 carbine, the very same type of rifle carried by members of the United States military. When the vehicle was burglarized, all three weapons were stolen."
"In September of last year, an agent parked his vehicle at a coffee shop while it contained three firearms: two handguns and a fully automatic M-4 .223 carbine, the very same type of rifle carried by members of the United States military. When the vehicle was burglarized, all three weapons were stolen."
Is Clean Energy an Impossible Dream? | Peter Van Doren, Jerry Taylor | Cato Institute
Is Clean Energy an Impossible Dream? | Peter Van Doren, Jerry Taylor | Cato Institute: "If clean energy is the energy of future, then it’s news to the analysts within the Obama administration. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) — the analytic arm of the U.S. Department of Energy — predicts that renewable energy (excluding liquid biofuels like ethanol which are, at present, as carbon-intensive as crude oil) will rise from 8 percent of total U.S. energy consumption today to a grand total of 11 percent in 2040. Moreover, that modest gain in market share is not expected to come from improvements in clean energy’s ability to compete with fossil fuels. No, the EIA believes that this anemic growth stems “mainly from the implementation of … state renewable portfolio standard (RPS) programs for electricity generation” (that is, state programs that simply dictate that a certain amount of renewables are produced regardless of cost)."
"Even on the eve of a revolution in hydraulic fracturing, few forecasters saw anything but sky-high natural gas prices as far as the eye could see."
"carbon-rich fuels continue to give way — as they have historically — to hydrogen-rich fuels. Yesterday, it was coal displacing biomass, then oil displacing coal. Today, it’s natural gas displacing oil and coal. Tomorrow, it will likely be hydrogen displacing natural gas."
"the two instances in which the federal government has made Herculean efforts to turn ugly energy ducks into beautiful economic swans — nuclear energy and corn ethanol — have failed spectacularly despite decades of concentrated political effort and tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer assistance. Nuclear energy and corn ethanol continue to be so uncompetitive that, absent continuing government subsidy, those industries would largely disappear. There’s no reason to think that throwing the same effort into clean energy will turn out any differently."
"Even on the eve of a revolution in hydraulic fracturing, few forecasters saw anything but sky-high natural gas prices as far as the eye could see."
"carbon-rich fuels continue to give way — as they have historically — to hydrogen-rich fuels. Yesterday, it was coal displacing biomass, then oil displacing coal. Today, it’s natural gas displacing oil and coal. Tomorrow, it will likely be hydrogen displacing natural gas."
"the two instances in which the federal government has made Herculean efforts to turn ugly energy ducks into beautiful economic swans — nuclear energy and corn ethanol — have failed spectacularly despite decades of concentrated political effort and tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer assistance. Nuclear energy and corn ethanol continue to be so uncompetitive that, absent continuing government subsidy, those industries would largely disappear. There’s no reason to think that throwing the same effort into clean energy will turn out any differently."
The Torture Temptation | Ted Galen Carpenter | Cato Institute
The Torture Temptation | Ted Galen Carpenter | Cato Institute: " In Cohen’s case, he posits that interrogators know that not only is an attack on the scale of 9/11 imminent, but that the suspect they are interrogating has important knowledge about that attack.
Lifeboat examples are both artificial and largely useless in the real world. In the case of the situation Cohen sets up, there is no way interrogators can be certain of either aspect. What those who use a 9/11 lifeboat scenario are really saying is that if interrogators believe that an attack is imminent and think that the person in their custody has crucial knowledge about the plans, it is okay to torture him. That attitude leads to not just one but several slippery slopes."
"Yet another slippery slope is that if it is acceptable to use torture in terrorism cases, it will become easier and more tempting to use it in other settings. Why not, for example, involving cases of child abduction, when a child’s life might be in danger? Or how about using it to break up drug gangs that engage in turf fights that often kill innocent bystanders?"
"Proponents of the PATRIOT Act touted it as an essential weapon in the war on terror, but it is revealing that surveillance and other provisions of that law have been used in far more drug trafficking cases than terrorism cases—1,618 of the former, only 15 of the latter."
Lifeboat examples are both artificial and largely useless in the real world. In the case of the situation Cohen sets up, there is no way interrogators can be certain of either aspect. What those who use a 9/11 lifeboat scenario are really saying is that if interrogators believe that an attack is imminent and think that the person in their custody has crucial knowledge about the plans, it is okay to torture him. That attitude leads to not just one but several slippery slopes."
"Yet another slippery slope is that if it is acceptable to use torture in terrorism cases, it will become easier and more tempting to use it in other settings. Why not, for example, involving cases of child abduction, when a child’s life might be in danger? Or how about using it to break up drug gangs that engage in turf fights that often kill innocent bystanders?"
"Proponents of the PATRIOT Act touted it as an essential weapon in the war on terror, but it is revealing that surveillance and other provisions of that law have been used in far more drug trafficking cases than terrorism cases—1,618 of the former, only 15 of the latter."
Senate Votes on Paul Amendment to Prevent Sale of F-16s to Egypt | Rand Paul 2016 | U.S. Senate
Senate Votes on Paul Amendment to Prevent Sale of F-16s to Egypt | Rand Paul 2016 | U.S. Senate: "I think this is particularly unwise since Egypt is currently governed by a religious zealot, a religious zealot who said recently that ‘Jews were bloodsuckers and descendants of apes and pigs.’ This doesn’t sound like the kind of stable personality we would be sending our most sophisticated weapons to."
Why is it logical to sell such advanced weapons to unstable foreigners but prevent U.S. citizens from owning weapons that are insignificant in power compared to an F-16?
Why is it logical to sell such advanced weapons to unstable foreigners but prevent U.S. citizens from owning weapons that are insignificant in power compared to an F-16?
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