North Carolina vaccine bill dead

WRAL | April 3, 2015 Raleigh, N.C. — Senate sponsors of a controversial proposal to remove the religious exemption from immunization requirements say they’re dropping the bill. Senate Bill 346, sponsored by Sens. Jeff Tarte, R-Mecklenburg, Tamara Barringer, R-Wake, and Terry Van Duyn, D-Buncombe, would have required all children entering school in North Carolina to…

Government Secrecy At All-Time High

Zero Hedge | March 28, 2015 US Supreme Court Justice Brandeis said: Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman. But there’s no longer much sunlight to disinfect the corruption of the government or the powers-that-be. More and…

White House exempts itself from FOIA requests

RT.com | March 17, 2015 Notwithstanding claims of being the most transparent administration ever, the White House now says that an executive branch office is exempt from United States Freedom of Information Act requests effective immediately. As of Tuesday, the Office of Administration will no longer have to heed FOIA requests — the likes of…