LOS ANGELES, June 20 (UPI) — Former Congressman Ron Paul is set to make his acting debut in Atlas Shrugged: Who is John Galt? The film is the final installment in the John Aglialoro-produced trilogy based on Ayn Rand’s 1957
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has sent an indirect message to Cuban President Raúl Castro through Uruguay’s leader, asking Cuba to release a jailed U.S. aid contractor and encouraging political reforms, U.S. officials said on Friday. It was a rare presidential-level communication between
This morning in San Diego, Governor Jerry Brown signed California’s new, bloated state budget. Negotiated between the Democrat Governor and Democrat leaders in the legislature, this spending plan represents the priorities of a single political party, here in our blue
The child rape victim in Hillary Clinton’s 1975 sexual abuse case has finally broken her silence to The Daily Beast’s Josh Rogin. As a young lawyer in Arkansas, Clinton defended the accused rapist, which resulted in a reduced sentence after
Beirut, June 20 (QNA) – At least 34 people were killed Friday when a car bomb exploded in a government-controlled village in the central Syrian province of Hama, state media reported. Syrian SANA news agency said that more than 50
Starting in July visitors will be able to carry guns inside the Kansas statehouse. On June 19 legislators “refused… to use authority granted to them by Kansas law to block holders of concealed permits from entering the buildings with their
(Reuters) – The governor of the western Mexican state of Michoacan resigned on Wednesday, citing poor health, as the government struggles to improve security amid a continuing battle between vigilantes and drug traffickers. Fausto Vallejo, a member of President Enrique
FIFA, at the behest of corporate sponsor Sony, has ordered Beats by Dre headphones off the ears of competitors in World Cup stadiums. Sony had paid FIFA to sponsor the tournament. They even provided their portable music players to the
A new expansion of Florida’s “stand your ground” law is being considered at the school board level in Duval County, where board member Jason Fischer says students “have the right to defend themselves without being disciplined by school officials.” Outside
(Reuters) – Battle-hardened jihadists returning from Syria’s civil war are no longer an ‘abstract threat’ but a ‘deadly danger’ to Europe, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said on Wednesday. An estimated 2,000 Europeans, including some 320 German citizens, have travelled
(Reuters) – The head of Iraq’s state-run South Oil Company Dhiya Jaffar said on Wednesday that Exxon Mobil has carried out a “major evacuation” of their staff and BP had evacuated 20 percent of its staff. He said ENI, Schlumberger,
(Reuters) Mexican authorities said on Wednesday they had found the remains of at least 28 people in a mass grave at a ranch in the eastern state of Veracruz, which has been wracked by violence between feuding drug gangs. In
A portion of the Houses of Parliament, also known as the Palace of Westminster, was evacuated moments ago following an alert over a suspect device. The evacuation, which the Telegraph reports was “in the shadow of Big Ben” consisted of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. is flying F-18 surveillance missions over Iraq Chinese and Vietnamese officials meet without smiling and agree on nothing Ebola unexpectedly surges again in western Africa U.S. is flying F-18 surveillance missions over Iraq
Lionel Portillo-Meza, accused of killing U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry in a case related to the U.S. government’s “Fast and Furious” debacle, has been extradited from Mexico to Arizona, where he’ll face murder charges. He pleaded not guilty when
Researchers at South Korea’s Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology have developed a robot modeled after the Velociraptor that can leave the world’s fastest man in its dust. The robot does require a supporting arm to stay upright, but
Despite having led one of the wealthiest cities in America, former Beverly Hills Mayor John Mirisch blasted pro-amnesty advocates who compare the act of illegally entering the United States to violating the speed limit. In a Monday op-ed, Mirisch, who
Afghanistan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah is “demanding an immediate stop to vote counting,” claiming “ballot boxes have been stuffed… to benefit his rival Ashraf Ghani.” According to BBC News, Abdullah said he has “lost trust in election officials” and has
Cubans and Cuban-Americans in Miami-Dade County strongly support keeping Cuba on the U.S. terror watch list, but are willing to lift the embargo on the island and try something new, according to a new poll released by Florida International University.
A group of Chilean fans breached security at the Maracana media center in Rio de Janeiro one hour before the Spain and Chile match. Chile eliminated defending champion Spain in the ensuing game. Witnesses said the fans did not have
Investigators discovered an explosion at a Ukraine pipeline was a bomb and act of terrorism, according to Reuters. Ukraine Prime Minister Arseniy Yatseniuk increased security on all of Ukraine’s pipelines. There were no casualties and gas was not interrupted. “We
First Lady Michelle Obama reminded attendees of a naturalization ceremony Wednesday that the Founding Fathers weren’t born in America. The ceremony for 50 new U.S. citizens was held at the National Archives in Washington, D.C. Obama pointed out that the
Although President Obama personally requested in his most recent Rose Garden speech that Iraqi PM Maliki reach out to his Sunni counterparts, it appears Obama’s wish has fallen upon deaf ears. Maliki has in fact done the exact opposite, as
A 58-year-old store clerk and Vietnam War veteran was “suspended” from his job at Mac’s Convenience Store in Rutland, Vermont, after using a gun on June 15 to stop a knife-wielding man from robbing the business. According to the Rutland
According to the “Geneva-based research project Small Arms Survey” the guns that U.S. police seize “from gang members, felons, and drug traffickers in the U.S.” are handguns 77 percent of the time and rifles of any sort–including “assault rifles”–less than
