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Man sics cops on kid’s lemonade stand, now in license trouble himself

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“A Florida man who became an Internet villain after his quest to shut down a child’s lemonade stand went viral is now under investigation for potentially running an unlicensed home business.  Doug Wilkey, 61, has contacted city officials in Dunedin at least four times in the past two years in an attempt to get law enforcement to shut down the lemonade stand operated by his young neighbor, T.J. Guerrero. Wilkey’s complaint, the Tampa Bay Times reported last weekend, is that the lemonade stand is an “’illegal business’ that causes excessive traffic, noise, trash, illegal parking and other problems that reduce his property values.'”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/29/the-man-who-tried-to-shut-down-a-kids-lemonade-stand-is-now-under-investigation/

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BitInstant Founder to Forfeit $950K to US Government in Plea Bargain

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“Further details have emerged of former BitInstant CEO Charlie Shrem’s plea bargain with US authorities, which saw him plead guilty to aiding and abetting an unlicensed money-transmitting business on 4th Sept. Shrem and Robert Faiella’s plea bargains, [with the government’s decision to drop a charge of money-laundering,] provide for jail terms of up to 60 months. The guidelines also include a maximum fine of $250,000 or twice the amount of money derived from the crime or double the loss to the victim, whichever is greatest. The Manhattan US Attorney, Preet Bharara, said that Shrem and Faiella sold $1m in bitcoin to ‘outlaws’ on Silk Road.”

http://www.coindesk.com/charlie-shrem-forfeit-950000-us-government-plea-bargain/

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IRS Begins Assessing Back Taxes On Tech Company-Provided Meals

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“Staffers at technology companies such as Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc.  long have enjoyed free gourmet meals, courtesy of their employers. The groaning buffets, in-house pizza joints, and kitchens stocked with organic produce are an intrinsic part of the culture in much of Silicon Valley, encouraging both collaboration and longer work hours.  The IRS, arguing that these freebies are a taxable fringe benefit, has given new attention to the issue in recent months, tax lawyers said. When employers haven’t been withholding taxes related to the meals, the IRS increasingly has sought back taxes that can amount to 30% of the meals’ fair-market value, the lawyers said.”

http://online.wsj.com/articles/silicon-valley-cafeterias-whet-appetite-of-irs-1409612488

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The Final Nail in the Coffin: The Death of Freedom in Our Schools

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“Despite the fact that dinosaurs are extinct, the status fabricated, and the South Carolina student was merely following orders, his teacher reported him to school administrators, who in turn called the police.  What followed is par for the course in schools today: students were locked down in their classrooms while armed police searched the 16-year-old’s locker and bookbag, handcuffed him, charged him with disorderly conduct disturbing the school, arrested him, detained him, and then he was suspended from school. Stone’s mother was never alerted to the school’s concerns about her son’s creative writing assignment or his subsequent interrogation and arrest.”

https://www.rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/the_final_nail_in_the_coffin_the_death_of_freedom_in_our_schools

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Love It or Hate It, You’re Missing What Really Matters About Bitcoin

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“What matters are the people whom I call, affectionately, ‘the Bitcoin kids.’ This is a very loose grouping of thousands of people, mostly fairly young and widely dispersed, who are thoroughly committed to the cryptocurrency revolution and all that it entails.  What the uninitiated don’t understand is that these people are not just trading bitcoins; they are busy developing a whole new generation of products and services—things like Silent Vault, Monetas, Etherium, and many others. Lots of them are involved in 3D printing, and some, in the maker movement. Others are involved in humanitarian efforts like BitcoinNotBombs.”

http://www.caseyresearch.com/freeman/whether-you-love-or-hate-youre-missing-what-really-matters-about-bitcoin

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Ten percent of Venezuelans are taking steps for emigrating

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“The figure exceeds the numbers pertaining to the highest peaks of emigration from Venezuela in the last decade: after the coup of 2002 and after the presidential recall referendum in 2004.  The president of Datanálisis argues that in this continent the poorest strata of the population are often the natural emigrants (for economic reasons rather than political reasons). In Venezuela, however, most people aiming to live in other countries belong to the highest strata of the population.  Datanálisis’ latest survey determined the common profile of Venezuelan emigrants: they are young people (aged 18-35), professionals or equity holders whose contribution to the country GDP is high.”

http://english.eluniversal.com/nacional-y-politica/140816/ten-percent-of-venezuelans-are-taking-steps-for-emigrating

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Dear police: The world is watching when you kill our children

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“There are good reasons to distrust the information found in social media; incorrect reports, false reports, or outright bullshit can lead to online witch hunts like we saw in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing. But official media narratives can be just as sketchy. An AP report filed on Sunday claimed that crowds around the crime scene shouted ‘kill the police’ at dozens of heavily armed officers from more than 15 police departments. Local witnesses dispute that claim.  Everyone is watching now. A powerful Twitter topic, #IfTheyGunnedMeDown, went big last night. It asks a simple question: what picture of you will be shown on television when you’re shot by the police?”

http://www.theverge.com/2014/8/11/5990539/dear-police-you-cant-shoot-and-kill-our-children-without-the-whole

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Mom Calls Cops After Discovering Son, 15, Was Watching Porn

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“A South Carolina woman yesterday summoned cops to her home after she discovered that her 15-year-old son had been watching pornography on the living room television.  According to a police report, Chavonda Gallman, 40, told sheriff’s deputies that she returned to her Spartanburg home yesterday at 3 PM with her two-year-old daughter and a client (Gallman is a real estate agent). Her son was in his room when the trio arrived.  Upon entering the home, Gallman’s daughter ‘turned on the TV and there was porn on.’ Gallman told investigators that ‘they immediately turned off the TV’ and took the child out of the room.”

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/mom-calls-cops-over-porn-675432

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Unarmed Teen’s Hands Were Up When St. Louis Cops Shot Him Dead

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“A woman who says she witnessed the shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Mo., police officer said the 18-year-old had his hands up when he was killed.  The witness said Brown, 18, had turned around and was facing police with his hands in the air when the officer fired.  She said a stray bullet from the police officer’s gun hit a neighbor’s home, and she was surprised no one else was injured.  Police said that they ‘cannot say’ how many times the teen was struck when an officer shot him after an altercation, but the young man was unarmed.  ‘Was the other subject, the deceased, the 18-year-old, armed [..] ? The answer to that is no,’ said Jon Belmar, St. Louis County police chief.”

http://abcnews.go.com/US/witness-missouri-teens-hands-cop-shot/story?id=24920358&singlePage=true

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Married Tulsa police officers arrested in fatal shooting of unarmed man

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“Jeremy Lake was found shot to death Tuesday night on a street near downtown, Tulsa police department spokeswoman Jillian Roberson said.  Lake was walking with the Keplers’ 18-year-old daughter, Lisa Kepler, when Shannon Kepler confronted him, Roberson said. An argument ensued and the father lashed out, shooting Lake, Roberson said. Lisa Kepler started to run, and was shot at, but the bullet missed, Roberson said.  Lisa Kepler said at a news conference Wednesday that her parents had kicked her out of their home a week ago, and she said was living with Lake at the time of the shooting.  The Keplers are on paid administrative leave.”

http://news.yahoo.com/married-police-officers-arrested-fatal-shooting-224407359.html

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