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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Abusive Civil Forfeiture Law, Allows Police to Keep $201,000 in Cash from Legal Home Sale with No Proof of Criminal Activity
In refusing to hear a challenge to Texas’ asset forfeiture law, the U.S. Supreme Court is allowing Texas police to keep $201,000 in cash primarily on the basis that the seized cash—the proceeds of a home sale—was being…

Disney, Sea World and Universal Employee’s Caught in Sex Stings, Child Porn Arrests. Disney Moves Forward!
“The vision for Walt’s world was clear: Entertain children. Disney characters were about hope, optimism and, above all else, making sure children were able to enjoy their innocence for as long as the outside world would permit. And…

Scientists Warn That The Coming California Megaquake Could Plunge Large Portions Of The State Into The Ocean
Over the years, many people have been shown that someday a giant earthquake will cause significant portions of California to fall into the ocean. But up until now, most scientists have disputed the idea that this could ever…

Security Alert: Windows 10 Has Been Quietly Logging EVERY KEYSTROKE You Type And Sending It To Microsoft (This Is How To Stop It)
Yesterday we reported that an international group of hackers claim they have breached Apple’s iCloud user database and stolen 300 million usernames and passwords. The group has threatened to initiate a widespread factory reset on April 7th, 2017,…

Artificial Distinction: Theresa May says “Islamist” London attack “not Islamic,” “perversion of a great faith”
I have written about this in the past here. Essentially, what does it mean to say that someone or something is “Islamist” as opposed to “Islamic”? Nothing, really, except that the person speaking doesn’t want to offend Islam…

String of Dead Russians Continues As Witness and Putin Critic Executed: “Typical Show Execution”
What can you tell about the state of relations from a string of deaths? At home in the U.S., the rhetoric against Vladimir Putin has never been stronger. The hacking narrative continues to be in use, and behind…

Marriage Is No Business of the State
In the battle for God’s Holy Institution of Marriage as of late there has not been a lot of encouraging news. The problem confronting us, however, has roots going back more than 100 years. The nose of the…








