New York City’s ban on big sugary drinks has been struck down just one day before it was set to take effect. Justice Milton A. Tingling Jr. said the ban was “arbitrary and capricious,” because it exempts some drinks – for instance, those with a high milk content. It also treats convenience stores differently from […]
Veil was first used by prostitutes in Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia in present day would be the present day Syria, Southeastern Turkey and Southwest Iran. This area is on the basins of Euphrates and Tigris rivers and is known as the “Cradle of Civilization”, since it was here that the first literate communities developed. By 6000 B.C. […]
Hypocrite Mark E. Kelly, gun-control proponent and husband to former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, recently purchased an AR-15 (an “assault weapon,” he called it)— which he now after exposed tries to back-treed and claims he intended it as an illustration of the need for more stringent gun laws. Kelly reportedly bought the AR-15 and a 1911-style […]
The number of Americans designated as “not in the labor force” in February was 89,304,000, a record high, up from 89,008,000 in January, according to the Department of Labor. This means that the number of Americans not in the labor force increased 296,000 between January and February. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) labels people […]
The Obama administration was about to award a Muslim woman who had celebrated the horrific 9/11 attacks on America and wished for more. In fact, her views are not that extreme in the Arab world. An al-Arabiya poll taken two years ago found that 36% of Muslims feel the 9/11 attacks were morally justified. (Another […]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died after a two-year battle with cancer, ending the socialist leader’s 14-year rule of the South American country, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said in a televised speech. The flamboyant 58-year-old leader had undergone four operations in Cuba for a cancer that was first detected in his pelvic region in mid-2011. His last surgery […]
‘From drones to gun raids, under Obama law enforcement is being ‘fundamentally transformed’ The federal Department of Homeland Security is stockpiling billions of rounds of ammunition have prompted many Americans to ask: Just who is the government preparing to go to war with? The answer is that “our society is unraveling” and DHS is preparing for “the collapse […]
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in a TV interview Monday that he no longer supports a path to citizenship in an immigration reform bill, a reversal that puts him to the right of the current bipartisan immigration proposal forming in the Senate. “If we want to create an immigration policy that’s going to work, […]
A source told CBS News that FBI transcripts of interviews with Benghazi survivors were finally turned over to the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday just days before the Brennan confirmation. Along with the transcripts, were other documents relating to the deadly September 11 attack on the U.S. Mission in Benghazi. Members of the committee have […]
Let the punishment fit the crime. That has been a basic principle of justice in nearly all legal systems dating back to ancient times. However, in recent years, the penalties for violating municipal traffic laws increasingly have more to do with the state’s revenue needs than the severity of the crime. Many drivers are shocked […]
