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Entries by Joe Miller
Egyptian Christians Return to Worship in Church Destroyed by Muslim Brotherhood
Copts whose church was one of dozens destroyed by Muslim Brotherhood supporters have returned to the charred house of worship, with their pastor vowing the violence suffered by his flock will make them “better Christians.”
Renegade Drone Crashes Into Groom’s Head Before Wedding (+video)
And he thought his future mother-in-law was intrusive.
Study: NY Welfare Recipients Eligible for More in Benefits than Teachers Earn
A new study finds that a New York mother of two is eligible for $38,004 in welfare benefits–a sum more than the annual salary of a New York entry-level school teacher.
Unpublished CRS Memo: Obama Administration Has Missed Half Of Obamacare’s Legally Imposed Implementation Deadlines
The CRS, Congress’ non-partisan in-house think tank, compiled 82 deadlines that the Affordable Care Act mandates upon the first three years of its own implementation. Remarkably, it turns out that the White House has missed half of the deadlines legally required by the ACA. And some of those deadlines remain unmet to this day.
Regulation Nation: Obama Expands Regulatory State
President Obama has overseen a dramatic expansion of the regulatory state that will outlast his time in the White House…He famously signaled his intent to use the machinery of government to further his policy goals after the 2010 elections, declaring: “Where Congress won’t act, I will.”
British Government Forced Media Outlet to Destroy Copy of Snowden Material
The editor of the Guardian, a major outlet for revelations based on leaks from former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, says the British government threatened legal action against the newspaper unless it either destroyed the classified documents or handed them back to British authorities.
Staggering: Mich. Family Violently Targeted after Standing Against Teacher who Molested their 8th Grade Son
The Janczewski family is fighting the local school district in Rose, Michigan after it emerged that a male teacher molested their 8th grade son and then — unbelievably — six other teachers spoke out against the 15-30 year sentence the man received.
Police Reportedly Say Teen Shot Australian Student in Oklahoma for the ‘Fun Of It’ (+video)
An Australian student on a baseball scholarship in the US has been gunned down for “the fun of it”, in an alleged random shooting by three teenagers.
Obama Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Warrantless Cellphone Searches
If the police arrest you, do they need a warrant to rifle through your cellphone? Courts have been split on the question. Last week the Obama administration asked the Supreme Court to resolve the issue and rule that the Fourth Amendment allows warrantless cellphone searches.