- At the commencement address at the Army's West Point, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel called sexual assault a "scourge that must be stamped out."
- A federal judge has ruled against Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio, finding that his office has indeed committed racial profiling of suspects based on being Latino.
- An Israeli reassessment of the Syrian civil war finds that Bashar al-Assad will remain in power "for some time", a fact that observers believe could lead to an escalation of Israeli military action.
- A big land grab by billionaires to create a bison reserve in Montana has cattle ranchers across the state riled up.
- Ohio is going after internet cafes that offer sweepstakes and electronic slots, what the state is calling "unregulated" and untaxed gambling.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
So, the anti-government ranchers want to prevent landowners from doing whatever they want with their land? Sounds to me as though the ranchers are now seeking to interfere with personal property rights by using community action to impose their desires on others - the very thing they complain about when others ask the ranchers to do something that they dislike.
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