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Monday, July 09, 2012
3 dead after gunfire at Del. soccer tournament | Fox News
3 dead after gunfire at Del. soccer tournament | Fox News: "Investigators said one of the suspects, 43-year-old Sheldon Olge, was fatally shot by someone in the crowd after he and two accomplices opened fire Sunday afternoon before fleeing in a car."
Identity theft scam claims Obama will pay your utility bills | Fox News
Identity theft scam claims Obama will pay your utility bills | Fox News: "Last week, 2,000 people were tricked in Tampa, and at least 10,000 people fell for the fake deal in New Jersey in recent weeks."
Conservatives make it rough for business | Fox News
Conservatives make it rough for business | Fox News: "They and their ideological leaders argue that the marketplace should dictate what businesses thrive and falter, not Washington.
"What we find now is this cronyism and this corporate welfare, it's corrupting the politics because there's nothing now that goes through that doesn't have a corporate interest," Republican Sen. Jim DeMint told The Associated Press in an interview. "It's not just the Ex-Im Bank. It's the transportation bill that has huge entities involved. The farm bill basically guarantees large corporate farmers."
The South Carolina lawmaker warned that the combination of big government and big industry is creating a nation that is becoming "too big to succeed.""
"What we find now is this cronyism and this corporate welfare, it's corrupting the politics because there's nothing now that goes through that doesn't have a corporate interest," Republican Sen. Jim DeMint told The Associated Press in an interview. "It's not just the Ex-Im Bank. It's the transportation bill that has huge entities involved. The farm bill basically guarantees large corporate farmers."
The South Carolina lawmaker warned that the combination of big government and big industry is creating a nation that is becoming "too big to succeed.""
Saturday, July 07, 2012
Vikings star Peterson arrested in Houston on charge of resisting arrest | Fox News
Vikings star Peterson arrested in Houston on charge of resisting arrest | Fox News: "arrested in Houston on a charge of resisting arrest"
That just doesn't make sense.
That just doesn't make sense.
Friday, July 06, 2012
Insurance companies send crews to protect homes | Fox News
Insurance companies send crews to protect homes | Fox News: "For insurers, hiring their own crew is worth the cost. They spend thousands on well-equipped, federally rated firefighters, potentially saving hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars to replace a home and its contents.
Insurance companies began sending crews to wildfires around 2006"
Insurance companies began sending crews to wildfires around 2006"
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
Minnesota inmates can now receive email (but not send) | Fox News
Minnesota inmates can now receive email (but not send) | Fox News: "Any emails sent to the state's 9,300 adult inmates will be printed by correctional officers and placed in their mailboxes. Minnesota Department of Corrections deputy commissioner, Terry Carlson, tells KSTP-TV emails will reduce the risk of contraband arriving with a mailed letter.
The emails have a price. Each will cost the sender 30 cents, with 20 cents going to the state to cover expenses."
Is it free to receive letters? Does it really cost that much?
The emails have a price. Each will cost the sender 30 cents, with 20 cents going to the state to cover expenses."
Is it free to receive letters? Does it really cost that much?
Over a barrel, city of Niagara Falls seeks life in new grads | Fox News
Over a barrel, city of Niagara Falls seeks life in new grads | Fox News: "Just 20 people will be selected for the first round of buyers and renters, whom the city would pay up to $3,500 in annual student loan payments for two years."
"Local officials have said the program could help ensure that the shrinking city doesn’t dip below a population count of 50,000 for the 2020 Census, when it would lose key funding through the state and federal governments. In 2010, the city had a population of 50,193, down from 55,593 in 2000."
$7,000 per person?!?! And they may not even be around for the next census!
"Local officials have said the program could help ensure that the shrinking city doesn’t dip below a population count of 50,000 for the 2020 Census, when it would lose key funding through the state and federal governments. In 2010, the city had a population of 50,193, down from 55,593 in 2000."
$7,000 per person?!?! And they may not even be around for the next census!
Monday, July 02, 2012
5 Ways to Solve Health Care | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary
5 Ways to Solve Health Care | Michael D. Tanner | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Nothing would do more to fix our health-care system than moving away from a system dominated by employer-provided health insurance and instead making health insurance personal and portable, controlled by the individual rather than government or an employer. There is, after all, no logical reason for an individual to receive health insurance through their job. We don't receive most other types of insurance — auto, homeowners, life — in that way.
Employer-based health insurance is an anomaly that grew out of unique historical circumstances during World War II. Despite the widespread entry of women into the labor force during the war, the shift of men from private employment to the military created a labor shortage. At the same time, wage controls prevented employers from competing for available workers by raising salaries. In an effort to circumvent the regulations and compete for available workers, employers began to offer non-wage benefits, including health insurance.
In 1953, the IRS ruled that employer-provided health insurance was not part of wage compensation for tax purposes."
Employer-based health insurance is an anomaly that grew out of unique historical circumstances during World War II. Despite the widespread entry of women into the labor force during the war, the shift of men from private employment to the military created a labor shortage. At the same time, wage controls prevented employers from competing for available workers by raising salaries. In an effort to circumvent the regulations and compete for available workers, employers began to offer non-wage benefits, including health insurance.
In 1953, the IRS ruled that employer-provided health insurance was not part of wage compensation for tax purposes."
Thursday, June 28, 2012
In Constitutional Republics, Presidents Don't Have 'Kill Lists' | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary
In Constitutional Republics, Presidents Don't Have 'Kill Lists' | Doug Bandow | Cato Institute: Commentary: "Limits on government are necessary to preserve a liberal democratic order and protect individual liberty. The potential for abuse is greatest where state power is most extreme. There is no more extreme power than the power to kill."
"the authorization of force passed in response more than a decade ago targeted people who since have been mostly killed or captured — those who "planned, authorized, committed, or aided" the 9/11 attacks. To legitimize presidential action today, Congress should vote for a declaration of war directed against present threats to America."
"if the U.S. is fighting a war, it should be conducted by the military under the president as commander-in-chief. The CIA should develop intelligence for use by the Pentagon in targeting its weapons, in this case drones. But the military should do the shooting."
"According to The Times, the administration "in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent. Counterterrorism officials insist this approach is one of simple logic: People in an area of known terrorist activity, or found with a top al-Qaida operative, are probably up to no good." So living next to or talking with a possible terrorist now is a death sentence?"
"Allowing the president and his aides to compile kill lists in secret with no charges filed, no outside review of evidence, and no oversight of decisions should concern every American. Unreviewable and unaccountable power is inconsistent with a constitutional republic."
"the authorization of force passed in response more than a decade ago targeted people who since have been mostly killed or captured — those who "planned, authorized, committed, or aided" the 9/11 attacks. To legitimize presidential action today, Congress should vote for a declaration of war directed against present threats to America."
"if the U.S. is fighting a war, it should be conducted by the military under the president as commander-in-chief. The CIA should develop intelligence for use by the Pentagon in targeting its weapons, in this case drones. But the military should do the shooting."
"According to The Times, the administration "in effect counts all military-age males in a strike zone as combatants, according to several administration officials, unless there is explicit intelligence posthumously proving them innocent. Counterterrorism officials insist this approach is one of simple logic: People in an area of known terrorist activity, or found with a top al-Qaida operative, are probably up to no good." So living next to or talking with a possible terrorist now is a death sentence?"
"Allowing the president and his aides to compile kill lists in secret with no charges filed, no outside review of evidence, and no oversight of decisions should concern every American. Unreviewable and unaccountable power is inconsistent with a constitutional republic."
Private Law in the Emerald Isle - Finbar Feehan-Fitzgerald - Mises Daily
Private Law in the Emerald Isle - Finbar Feehan-Fitzgerald - Mises Daily: "the brehons(arbitrators) had to be extremely careful, for if they were found guilty of giving a false legal opinion, they forfeited their fee, and the inaccurate brehon was also liable for damages."
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