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August 2012
Federal rules putting ‘Big Brother boxes’ in cars take effect Sept. 1
“New federal standards for ‘black boxes’ that record information leading up to auto accidents will will take effect Sept. 1, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ruled on Tuesday,” The Hill reports. “The federal standards will apply only to cars that are voluntarily outfitted with event data recorders (EDRs), also known as black boxes. […]
Read moreDetroit’s government schools offer free shoes if kids show up for class
Detroit’s failing government school system continues to illustrate the failures of central planning. This time they’re forced to bribe students to show up for school by offering them free black leather Nikes on the day students are counted to calculate the amount of government funding the school gets. CBS 62 in Detroit reports a local […]
Read moreObama’s adopts Chinese Communist slogan as his re-election theme
“Too many folks still don’t have a sense that tomorrow will be better than today. And so, the question in this election is which way do we go? Do we go forward towards a new vision of an America in which prosperity is shared? Or do we go backward to the same policies that got […]
Read moreSmall business owners’ confidence in Obama economy plunges again
“U.S. small business owners’ optimism declined in July, with the Wells Fargo/Gallup Small Business Index at 17,” the polling firm Gallup reports. “The Future Expectations Dimension of the index, which consists of owners’ ratings of their businesses’ expectations for the next 12 months in several respects, declined to 18 in July from 24 in April […]
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