On February 20, gun control proponents gathered outside Visa’s Washington offices to pressure the credit card giant to cut ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA). According to The Hill, various members of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence “claimed
NEW YORK (AP) — A man accused of building homemade bombs to wage holy war in New York City pleaded guilty Wednesday to a terrorism charge less than a week before his scheduled trial in a rare state-level terrorism case.
Popular Will opposition party leader Leopoldo López is now Venezuela’s most prominent political prisoner. In a pre-recorded video released after his arrest, the longtime thorn-in-the-side of socialist leaders Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro encouraged the people of Venezuela to continue
Violent crime fell during the first six months of 2013–at the same time the number of gun purchases was expanding. According to preliminary FBI stats, “All offenses in the category of violent crime” fell during the first six months of
Venezuelans sick of high crime and higher rates of inflation have been protesting President Maduro’s socialist regime. Tens of thousands have marched in the streets in all of Venezuela’s cities and several have been killed by motorcycle riding government loyalists.
On the 22nd of April, a Cambridgeshire man will stand in court to face a five-year prison term over which he will have no legal defence. In an era where burglars, rapists and even murderers often escape with lesser sentences,
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Nicolas Maduro’s government on Monday gave three U.S. Embassy officials 48 hours to leave the country, accusing the Obama administration of siding with student protesters that Venezuela accuses of inciting violence. The announcement by Foreign
Wallace Shawn doesn’t consider himself a friend of Woody Allen. The two made one film together–Manhattan–back in 1979 and haven’t worked together since. Yet Shawn, best known for his colorful turn in The Princess Bride, says he simply finds it
The civil war between the Tea Party and the GOP Establishment has been brutal. But could it be the reason congressional Republicans aren’t putting the heat on President Obama for the IRS scandal? Democratic pollster Pat Caddell thinks so, and
Woody Allen continues to suffer from the fallout of estranged daughter Dylan Farrow’s open letter accusing the famed auteur of sexually molesting her at the age of 7. Allen has never been charged with the crime and he continues to
Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Phillip Monk–the Evangelical Christian who was originally relieved of duty for his beliefs on marriage–is now receiving an award from the same Defense Department that was previously threatening him with a possible court martial. Breitbart
After being spectacularly humiliated and exposed in their hysterical, corrupt, and racist year-long attempt to lynch the Hispanic George Zimmerman as a white racist, the media is now trying to balm their gaping wounds with a contrived second kick at
Responding to a recent report that Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America (MDA) and Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) conducted about the dangers of guns in public schools, Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox said the annual risk
Dallas convenience store owner Kamardeen Ogunleye and manager Robert Gordon have been charged with running a food stamp scam costing taxpayers $1.9 million. The scheme, laid out in an indictment unsealed on Friday, alleges that Ogunleye and Gordon bought food
An openly gay Libertarian mayoral candidate in Washington, D.C., received an especially low rating from the district’s Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance (GLAA) because he espouses limited government and does not support taxpayer funding of the group’s special interests agenda.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Feb. 13 (UPI) —Three people were shot dead and 23 were wounded in anti-regime violence in Caracas, officials said, amid escalating Venezuelan unrest over economic hardships. The government of President Nicolas Maduro blamed the violence on the “fascist”
A former Congressman has accused President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder of a racial ulterior motive in a massive early prison release planned for up to 10,000 drug dealers. Ernest Istook, a former U.S. Congressman and writer for
Meredith Kercher’s killer is gaining new freedoms even as the shameful treatment of Amanda Knox by Italian courts drags on with no end in sight. Rudy Guede killed British university student Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy in 2007. He was
On February 12th, former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin was found guilty on 20 of 21 corruption charges, including bribery, wire fraud, money laundering, and false tax return charges. In total, The Times-Picayune reports, Nagin was found guilty of one
Wendy Davis is still trying to distract from the lies in her biography and her “F” score as a legislator from the NRA with new, vocal support for open carry. This week, she stated that gun rights are a “local”
Actor Gary Oldman’s latest project bears a strong political subtext. RoboCop, the remake of the 1987 sci-fi classic, takes on corporations, drones and the fusion of technology and crime fighting. DenofGeek.com asked Oldman about the film’s relevance to today’s headlines.
A repeal of Colorado’s high-capacity magazine ban will be voted on by a House committee February 10th. Another repeal attempt is scheduled to be heard in the Colorado Senate February 12th. The Denver Post reports, “Democrats last year passed a
Call me cynical, but I really don’t think our police forces require iPads to fight crime in the UK. Of course, this is where someone interrupts me to talk about paper wastage, or how the police are a “service” and
Members of a polygamous marriage in Utah say they are no longer fearful of arrest now that a judge has struck down a major portion of the state’s anti-polygamy law, declaring it unconstitutional. As AFP reports, Joe Darger and his
On February 6th former astronaut Mark Kelly testified in favor of more gun control before Oregon’s legislature, then went target shooting at the Portland Police Bureau Central Precinct Range. Talk Show host Lars Larson reported this on February 7th, after
