National Blog - page 228
"Be Vewy Vewy Quiet, We're Hunting the Fourth Amendment"
Along with many other privacy concerns in this growing Information Age, license plate scanners have become a hot topic of debate. And Vigilant Solutions, one company providing law enforcement with such power, doesn't want customers talking [...]
Ron Paul: "...you can understand why we are their [the IRS's] enemy...”
Campaign for Liberty Chairman Ron Paul discussed Campaign for Liberty's battle with the IRS on his weekly podcast with Charles Goyette. As Mr. Goyette points out, Campaign for Liberty is being forced to devote resources that could be [...]
Fairfax County seeks to ban large gatherings at private homes
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors will soon consider a proposal that would ban large gatherings in private homes in Virginia's largest county. From Watchdog: A plan to ban “frequent and large gatherings at neighborhood homes” is a [...]
EPA pays out nearly $500K in unauthorized bonuses
According to a report from the Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General, the EPA gave out $481,819 in unauthorized bonuses between 2006 and 2013. From Fox News: An Inspector General (IG) investigation found that 11 EPA employees [...]
C4L Blog Roundup, April 27-May 2
In case you hadn't been to the website this week before now, here's what you missed! 800,000 people leave workforce in April Ron Paul at The Independent Institute Tech giants defy feds, notify users of data demands IRS steals innocent [...]
Don't Ex-Tend Ex-Im
In Forbes online today, Doug Bandow lays out the case for why Congress should refuse to renew the Export-Import Bank when its authorization expires later this year: Nothing brings out the well-tailored lobbyists in Washington quite like a [...]
Release the Drone Memo!
Senator Rand Paul notified Harry Reid that he intends to place a hold on David Barron's nomination to the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals unless the Department of Justice releases the drone memo he authored justifying the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki [...]
Ron Paul Coming to New York
On Monday, May 12, C4L Chairman Ron Paul will be one of the keynote speakers at the Metals & Minerals Investment Conference at the Marriott Marquis in New York City. From their website: The New York Metals and Minerals Investment [...]
800,000 people leave workforce in April
The unemployment rate for April plunged to 6.3 percent after 800,000 people left the labor force. The government defines the unemployment rate as the number of people actively looking for work divided by the labor force (those currently working + [...]