“Assistant U.S. Attorney John Davis said Anderson flaunted his ill-gotten wealth.”
“Customs and Border Patrol agents entered and began asking passengers to demonstrate proof of citizenship. U.S. Customs and Border Protection official [sic] say its agents routinely engage in enforcement operations at transportation hubs within the state of Florida. As for the woman removed the bus on Friday, border agents discovered she had overstayed her tourist visa. She was arrested and transported to the Dania Beach Border Patrol station and later turned over to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) for removal proceedings.”
Read more: http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/01/22/border-patrol-defends-arrest-greyhound-bus/
“A proposed Constitutional Amendment would create a tax surcharge on California companies making more than $1 million so that half of their federal tax cut would instead go to programs that benefit low-income and middle-class families.”
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/California-democrats-want-businesses-to-give-half-12508742.php
“Other services, like FlipKey, which weren’t a party to the settlement, will face fines of up to $1,000 a day per listing and criminal penalties if they help arrange bookings of unregistered listings.”
Read more: https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Airbnb-loses-thousands-of-hosts-in-SF-as-12496624.php
“There are now 12,000 taxing jurisdictions — not only states, counties, and cities, but also parishes, police districts, and Indian reservations. A lone online seller, unprotected by the Quill rule, could be obliged to remit taxes to any combination of them, with all their multitudinous rules and definitions, tax holidays and filing deadlines. E-commerce giants like Apple and Amazon may be able to absorb the enormous costs of setting up and operating multistate tax-collection and remittance systems. For local retailers, internet startups, and small ‘brick-and-click’ vendors with a shop on Main Street and a simple website, those costs could be ruinous.”
Read more: http://www.jeffjacoby.com/20757/in-an-age-of-e-commerce-the-quill-rule-is-more
“Occupational licensing is corrupt and idiotic. It’s idiotic because no one needs a license to braid hair, arrange flowers, or do interior decorating, or 300 hours of training to shampoo hair, all real examples of occupations subject to licensure. And it’s corrupt because although it’s couched in language about protecting the consumer, it’s actually about fleecing consumers and protecting existing players from competition via government power.”
“Retired Army lieutenant colonel Thomas Lesnieski, who was involved with the production of the film, says that in order to ‘make sure that the way the military is portrayed is done right,’ changes were made to the script of Pitch Perfect 3 after the film enlisted ‘DoD support’.”
“A Gulfstream jet from a quiet airport south-east of Raleigh flew captives to be tortured around the world. The government failed to act but local people have refused to let the issue die.”
“Despite the PKK being listed as a terrorist group by the U.S., European Union, and U.K., the U.S.-led coalition supports the PYD and YPG as the most effective partner against Daesh, overlooking their proven links with the PKK.”
“Redemption Camp has 5,000 houses, roads, rubbish collection, police, supermarkets, banks, a fun fair, a post office – even a 25 megawatt power plant. In Nigeria, the line between church and city is rapidly vanishing.”