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  • SEC Hits Illinois with Securities Fraud Charges

    Illinois broke federal securities laws in misstating the true health of the state’s depleted pension funds when going out onto the bond market between 2005 and early 2009, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced Monday.  … The finding of securities fraud doesn’t subject the state to any fines or penalties but amounts to a warning…

  • Holder: Drone Killing Americans on U.S. Soil Legal

    “It is possible, I suppose, to imagine an extraordinary circumstance in which it would be necessary and appropriate under the Constitution and applicable laws of the United States for the President to authorize the military to use lethal force within the territory of the United States,” Holder replied in a letter yesterday to Paul’s question…

  • FREEDOM License Plate Banned in D.C.

    According to the official list of banned D.C. plate combinations, it may take some extra creativity to get your idea accepted by the city’s meticulous censors. The capital city’s DMV has a 53-page list of 26,993 license plate no-no’s that prohibit everything from praising the local baseball team to expressing disgust with the Internal Revenue…

  • Druckenmiller: Old Stealing From Young

    Druckenmiller, who is known to be media shy, told Bloomberg TV that he sees “a storm coming, maybe bigger than the storm we had in 2008, 2010” and it has to do with a demographic bubble. “But the demographic storm is just starting now. It reminds me of ’05 when people just extrapolated housing prices…

  • Joe Biden Knows Nothing About Guns (or Women)

    Ok, yes some of these ladies have poor form and would be fine with some proper training. But the truth is that an AR is far (FAR) easier to hold on target and fire than any shotgun on the market. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jafkVM-jnbE]

  • John Cusack Interviews Law Professor Jonathan Turley

    TURLEY: That’s exactly right. In fact, President Obama has not only maintained the position of George W. Bush in the area of national securities and in civil liberties, he’s actually expanded on those positions. He is actually worse than George Bush in some areas. CUSACK: Can you speak to which ones? TURLEY: Well, a good…

  • Widespread Violence on the CTA

    With almost 20,000 CTA bus trips a day, tempers sometimes flare on a few of them. Regular users of the CTA know what an obstacle course it can be. On the CTA’s 1,200 rail cars, riders are often met with a variety of frightening encounters- from armed robbers and cell phone thieves to fist fights…

  • Judge Jeanine on CPD Chief Garry McCarthy

    It’s time for a vote of no confidence in Garry. He’s let his mouth run too much and is simply no longer credible on any topic. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuXDYb8tcRg]

  • Dan Bongino’s Stump Speech

    Hope to see more of this guy in the future. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8WLXhahw_A]

  • A Black Man in a KKK Hood: Race & Crime in Philly

    In 2013, no one expects to see a man dressed in a Ku Klux Clan robe mid-morning in Center City, Philadelphia.  … The man, who stood on the corner of 13th and Filbert on Tuesday, is not out to lynch or kill black people. In fact, he is black.Thirty-five-year-old Sixx King says he’s using the…

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