They’re coming for your porn – the regulators, that is. No, I’m not talking about some group trying to ban pornography but instead broadcast bureaucrats worrying about the origins of the porn. The CRTC, Canada’s broadcast regulator, is threatening to pull
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has been in office three months, but he has managed to make enemies of the Democratic Party establishment, far-left charter school opponents, beloved weatherman Al Roker, and beloved weatherrodent Punxsutawney Phil in that short
On March 11th El Paso County Commissioners cited the 2nd Amendment in voting 4-0 to lift a ban on the open carry of firearms in El Paso County parks. According to The Gazette, “each of the commissioners mentioned their oath
PHOENIX, March 12 (UPI) —Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced Wednesday she will not run for another term. But Brewer, a Republican who became nationally known for her strong stand on illegal immigration, said she will remain active in politics, Capitol
UPDATE 3 p.m. EST: IDFBlog.com indicates “IDF responded to the rocket attack” by striking “two terror locations in the northern and southern Gaza Strip with artillery fire.” And although the Palestinian Islamic Jihad claims credit for the rockets that were
Digitalglobe, a Colorado firm with a vast commercial satellite network, is posting images online for the public assist in the search for missing Malaysia flight 370. The site has seen so much interest in the project that the website has
On March 16, Crimea will decide to stay an autonomous republic of Ukraine or join the Russian Federation. As a result, the pro-Russian militia in the peninsula is growing to protect the people from the Kyiv government, which they view
Reacting to a Democrat-led proposal to repeal “stand your ground” in South Carolina, Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright said it won’t happen on his watch. According to GoUpstate.com, the repeal was introduced by state representative Harold Mitchell (D-Spartanburg), chairman of
The 2014 Winter that refuses to end has yet another storm in store for the Midwest starting late Tuesday night and raging on into Wednesday and possibly even Thursday as it careens eastward from Chicago. Chicago is expecting as much
Reports of what may have happened to Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 are confusing at best, and there is no consensus yet as to what happened to the missing jet. The jet disappeared with 239 people aboard after taking off Saturday
Almost a third of voters hold views that are in tune with to UKIP policies, according to a new study. Reuters reports that Academics from the Universities of Manchester and Nottingham carried out an analysis of 100,000 voters and 6,000
More journalists are under attack in Crimea. Three journalists from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), the country’s public station, were subjected to harassment and robbery at the Crimean border. January Espen Kruse, Kristian Elster, and Bengt Kristiansen encountered 15 to
JERSEY CITY, New Jersey — A poll by Farleigh Dickinson University finds that more New Jersey voters disapprove of Governor Chris Christie’s job performance than approve of it, a first for the two-term governor. The poll, out on Tuesday, finds
From Politico: 1. Air France Flight 447 (2009) If the Malaysian jet has crashed, this incident could be most similar to a deadly 2009 accident involving an Air France Airbus A330 that disappeared over the Atlantic en route from Rio
I’ve had my eye on Detroit’s bankruptcy proceedings because it is indicative of what’s to come for a lot of cities. How Detroit deals with its bankruptcy could also set a precedent for other cities forced to deal with the
This week Washington and Wall Street is “Down and Out in Paris and London,” to borrow the title from the autobiography of George Orwell. We are attending the Paris meeting of the Global Interdependence Center in Philadelphia, which is hosted
The results are in and Kim Jong Un will continue as supreme leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. According to the state-controlled media reports coming out of Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un, the only candidate on the ballot, won
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice insist that they are taking swift action to curtail drug trafficking and are stemming the tide of heroin overdoses and prescription drug use in America. Yet at the same time,
Radio Free Europe is reporting there are five journalists and Ukrainian activists missing in Crimea. The latest are Andriy Shchekun, head of Crimea’s Ukrainian Council, and Anatolyy Kovalskiy, director of board of trustees of the Ukrainian School in Simferopol. According
On March 7, legislation protecting citizens who legally carry or possess “holstered” firearms “unanimously” passed out of the Utah House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee. This legislation–House Bill 276–is expected to come up for a full house vote as
Venezuelan soldiers stormed San Cristóbal, a college city that has become the cradle of the opposition, early this morning. Civilians reported shootings and aggressive use of teargas to force protesters out of their buildings as they slept, and the military
The Democratic Party of California voted on Sunday to add the full legalization of marijuana to their party’s platform in time for the 2014 elections. Despite vocal opposition from Gov. Jerry Brown–“How many people can get stoned and still have
An interesting week last week saw February non-farm payrolls beat expectations, potentially suggesting that the US recovery is on a firm footing in the medium term. Similar to the UK, however, we saw that the unemployment rate actually went up
One week before his scheduled meeting with President Obama, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has staked out assorted maximalist positions relating to negotiations with Israel, decreasing the odds of any accord being reached. In statements in recent days, Abbas rejected
The 300,000-member union that was the first to endorse then-Senator Barack Obama has released a devastating Obamacare report that says Obama’s controversial healthcare program will slash worker wages by up to $5 an hour, reduce worker hours, and exacerbate income
