“[Mayor John Tory] did not mean that the cops who protect him do not need guns. He meant that ordinary citizens should be totally disarmed, hoping that thugs will also disarm, which would (inexplicably?) leave only the cops armed.”
Read more: https://www.econlib.org/why-does-anyone-in-this-city-need-a-gun/
“The current draft omits a clause in the 1976 constitution on the ultimate aim of building a ‘communist society’, instead simply focusing on socialism. ‘This does not mean we are renouncing our ideas,’ Esteban Lazo, president of the National Assembly, was quoted as saying by state-run media. Cuba had simply moved into a different era following the fall of the Soviet Union, he added.”
“What mattered then and matters now is that the material uncovered is true.”
Read more: https://original.antiwar.com/justin/2018/07/22/martyrs-to-the-cause-carter-page-and-julian-assange/
“By contrast, institutional investors and hedge funds have been net sellers of stocks in 2018.”
Read more: https://banyanhill.com/corporate-americas-buybacks-scam/
“The FISA court was not advised that the Steele dossier was funded by the DNC.”
“The government does not fine or otherwise prosecute ‘free’ drivers because the purpose of the licensing bylaw is to restrict competition, not to protect the public.”
Read more: https://mises.org/wire/governments-war-ladies-who-drive-you-home-hospital
The California Supreme Court shot down the controversial initiative from appearing on the November ballot in a unanimous decision, writing that ‘significant questions have been raised regarding the proposition’s validity.'”
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/us/california-three-states-initiative-court/index.html
“Would the ACLU ever offer a ‘Pro-Liberty Case for Fourth Amendment Restrictions?'”
Read more: http://thefederalist.com/2018/07/19/the-aclu-has-basically-quit-defending-the-constitution/
“The agency had collected the data from a system it created under the USA Freedom Act. Congress enacted that law in 2015 to end and replace a once-secret program that had systematically collected Americans’ domestic calling records in bulk.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/29/us/politics/nsa-call-records-purged.html
“Is it a sign of progress that the news media no longer automatically cheers heavy-handed crackdowns by federal agents?”
Read more: https://mises.org/wire/time-media-cheered-gestapo-immigration-tactics