Month: May 2017
Berniestan, otherwise known as Venezuela, is imploding
The end result of the deadly ideas that Sanders has touted throughout his life: society ripping itself apart. It’s also an inconvenient reality for the Left.
Ron Paul Liberty Report: Why the Left Refuses to Talk About Venezuela
Sweden drops rape charges against Assange
But he’s not in the clear yet. Glenn Greenwald explains.
Protected classes under New York’s hate crime law will now include cops and firemen
Defending yourself from the badged, armed, state-sponsored enforcers of the dictates of the NY Political Class will bring you, besides an almost certain execution, a posthumous hate crime conviction. Techdirt
Venezuela’s socialist death spiral
As the population starves, and society rips itself apart, will the South American country become another Syria? Washington Times
Trooper sues man who filmed him during traffic stop
Militarized snowflakes. Copblock
Drugs get harder, dealers more violent, as prohibition enforcement escalates
Solution: de-escalate drug war enforcement, legalize the drugs the militarized cops are fighting against.
From Reason: The Drug War Escalation is Cruel and Stupid
Trump’s solution to the opioid epidemic will only make it worse
Vox. More money, more guns, more laws, more draconian enforcement of said laws. In other words, the “solutions” that gave us the opioid epidemic in the first place.
Boston Herald calls for execution of anti-vaxxers
Yikes, but expected nevertheless.
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning is freed
She served more time than any other whistleblower in US history. Ars Technica