Libyan Rebel Commander Assassinated

The head of Libya’s rebel forces was shot and killed Thursday just before being brought for questioning by rebel authorities, the head if the rebel political leadership said in a tersely worded statement, the Associated Press reports. Adding to the intrigue, rebel sources had revealed they had already detained the commander, Abdul-Fatah Younis, on suspicion […]

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Wall Street Journal Exposes Federal Overcriminalization

Aspiring inventor Krister Evertson received a two-year sentence for allegedly abandoning materials that he had stored in sealed, stainless-steel containers and thus doing no harm to the environment.  Indianapolis 500 champion Bobby Unser was prosecuted and convicted because federal prosecutors estimated that he and his snowmobiling companion wandered into a national wilderness area when they […]

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U.S.A: Not #1!

    And, sources for those of you interested: Life expectancy: Study: U.S. Slipping Down Life Expectancy Rankings, Life Expectancy Wiki Democracy index Freedom of the Press index as reported by Reporters Sans Frontières Internet Speed: US ranks 28th in Internet connection speed and World Results by Speedtest.net Prison Population Corruption Perception Index, Also reported by Transparency International Quality / efficiency of […]

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Posters Declare ‘Sharia Zone’ in East London

LONDON, ENGLAND (Worthy News)– Islamists have put up posters proclaiming that visitors to their east London borough are entering a “shar’ia controlled zone”: smoking, alcohol and music are now unofficially “banned” in the borough of Tower Hamlets, as well as in the boroughs of Waltham Forest and Newham. “Officers are working closely with the local […]

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The Forgotten Man

What has President Obama done? Against the background of a darkening sky, all of the past Presidents of the United States gather before the White House, as if to commemorate some great event. In the left hand corner of the painting sits a man. That man, with his head bowed appears distraught and hopeless as […]

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The Debt Crisis Explained

Imagine a family that earns $50,000 a year but is spending more than $88,000 with a credit card balance of $330,000.  The discussions around the kitchen table are likely to be a little tense. Proportionally, that’s where Washington’s finances are today, and that’s why the national discussion is a little tense, too. Even these figures […]

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