Alan C.

In 2012, nearly 2M D.C. parking tickets issued

Judge to village: No cameras

Surveillance cameras capture police rummaging through homeowner's bags and searching his car without permission

Police Officer Sentenced for Lying About Shooting

City considers payout to family of woman fatally shot by off-duty cop

Tulsa dodges lawsuit tidal wave after police corruption investigation

Disarming Republican Anarchists Yellow journalism from the Huffington Compost.

Former Newark Airport TSA screener says the job does little to keep fliers safe The purpose of the TSA was never safety; it was to acclimate the docile masses to the surveillance state and to create an entrenched policital constituency.

A very important distinction. The only issue that should matter to libertarians is the degree of freedom that people have to pursue their interests, rather than whose house is too big or who has more cars than they need.

Left-liberals tend to have a victimhood mentality and extreme sense of entitlement. Conservatives tend to be jingoistic nationalists and religious fanatics. Obviously, I'm generalizing here and these characteristics can apply to both Left-liberals and Conservatives, but I think that my assessment is pretty accurate. Disabusing people of nonsense is very difficult if they cling to it for irrational reasons.

French workers accused of 'being lazy' by U.S. tycoon riot on streets as last ditch protest to save 1,200 jobs descends into violence

296,000 Americans Drop Out of Labor Force in February

Small Ohio town of 2200 people gets traffic cams and 6600 tickets in the first month I wonder if he understands the right way to get it, but I suspect not.

80 Percent Of Recent NYC High School Graduates Cannot Read Maybe they can't read, but I bet they can watch TV. They're the perfect voters.

The Country That Stopped Reading

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Raid Of The Day: Florida Cops Raid Cathy Jordan, Medical Marijuana Activist Who Suffers From Lou Gehrig's Disease

Move Over, Traffic Court, It’s Time for a New Money-Making Scheme—School Truancy Laws Jail Parents and Levy Excessive Fines

North Forest ISD police officer faces new charges

K-12 student database jazzes tech startups, spooks parents

State lawmaker defends bike tax, says bicycling is not good for the environment Lawmakers. They make laws.

People are still burned and hacked to death in parts of the world for witchcraft and sorcery. Children are still tortured and beaten (and sometimes killed) in the U.S. for demonic possession.

ADHD often lasts well into adulthood, increases mental illness risk I haven't read the study, but the article seems to imply that ADHD is just some random condition that affects people for no reason. I find the implication in the title of the article - that ADHD increases mental illness risk - to be a highly questionable cause/effect relation. I think that ADHD is an effect rather than a cause.

Bullied Boy Dies in Hospital: Family

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