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A clash between knife-wielding assailants and police officers in China’s restive Xinjiang region left 16 people dead, including two police, state media said Monday.
The region’s official news portal, Tianshan Net, said “several thugs” threw explosives Sunday night at the officers, who were pursuing unidentified suspects, and attacked them with knives. Continue reading “16 Die in Clash in Restive Western China”
New York Times – by ERICA GOODE
GREELEY, Colo. — When Sheriff John Cooke of Weld County explains in speeches why he is not enforcing the state’s new gun laws, he holds up two 30-round magazines. One, he says, he had before July 1, when the law banning the possession, sale or transfer of the large-capacity magazines went into effect. The other, he “maybe” obtained afterward.
He shuffles the magazines, which look identical, and then challenges the audience to tell the difference. Continue reading “Sheriffs Refuse to Enforce Laws on Gun Control”
The Morning Call – by Manuel Gamiz Jr.
When a state trooper pulled the couple over along Interstate 78 last month, he said he stopped them because they were going 5 miles over the speed limit and hugging the side of the lane.
The trooper said he smelled marijuana. The driver of the new Mercedes-Benz, 26-year-old Annadel Cruz, told him she had smoked the drug before she left New York City, but had not done so in the car.
Continue reading “Drug suspects had soap, not cocaine bricks. Pair spent month in prison before lab results came back.”
Tikkun Daily – by David Harris-Gershon
Over a year ago, the Senate Intelligence Committee voted to adopt a historic, 6,000-page report which contains “startling details” about CIA misdeeds related to its torture program.
The report, which cost $40 million to produce and appears to pose no national security threats, has been set for release since December 13, 2012. However, it has yet to see the light of day. Continue reading “Obama Suppressing 6,000-Page Report on CIA Torture Adopted by Senate Intelligence Committee”
A Fla. city is set to evict a widow for her unique lifestyle of “living off the grid.”
Robin Speronis told WFTX-TV that she was given an eviction notice after the station aired a story about how she chooses to live in a home without modern amenities, such as running water and electricity. Continue reading “Widow Faces Eviction in Florida City for ‘Living Off the Grid’”
ARS Technica – by Cyrus Farivar
The Boston Police Department (BPD) has indefinitely halted its use of license plate readers (LPR) following an investigation published on Saturday into their use by the investigative journalism organization MuckRock and the Boston Globe.
David Estrada, a BPD spokesperson, confirmed to Ars that the department had stopped using its LPRs for now and asked that further questions be submitted in writing, which Ars has done. Continue reading “Boston Police indefinitely suspends license plate reader program”
New York Times – by JOHN MARKOFF
SAN FRANCISCO — BigDog, Cheetah, WildCat and Atlas have joined Google’s growing robot menagerie.
Google confirmed on Friday that it had completed the acquisition of Boston Dynamics, an engineering company that has designed mobile research robots for the Pentagon. The company, based in Waltham, Mass., has gained an international reputation for machines that walk with an uncanny sense of balance and even — cheetahlike — run faster than the fastest humans. Continue reading “Google Adds to Its Menagerie of Robots”
China says it has successfully landed a craft carrying a robotic rover on the surface of the Moon, a major step in its programme of space exploration.
On Saturday afternoon (GMT), a landing module underwent a powered descent, using thrusters to perform the first soft landing on the Moon in 37 years.
Several hours later, the lander will deploy a robotic rover called Yutu, which translates as “Jade Rabbit”. Continue reading “China lands Jade Rabbit robot rover on Moon”
Time Magazine is investigating a healthcare telemarketing firm who has been using an amazingly realistic robot caller which seems to operate on advanced and a bit creepy artificial intelligence.
The Florida firm Premier Health Plans Inc. is responsible for “employee” Samantha West heard in the exchanges below. After cleverly filibustering, she repeatedly insists she’s a real person and not a robot. Continue reading “LISTEN: Creepy AI Telemarketer Sounds Human, Denies Being a Robot”
WASHINGTON (JTA) – The final version of the congressional defense budget triples the Obama administration’s request for funding for joint U.S.-Israel defense cooperation.
The $284 million in the budget released jointly on Dec. 10 by the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate budget committees – up from the $96 million requested by the Obama administration – includes funding for the Arrow long-range anti-missile system and the David’s Sling and Iron Dome missile defense systems. Continue reading “Congress triples Obama’s request on defense cooperation with Israel”
The Conservative Post -by Ronak Kallianpur
If there has ever been a speech that everyone needs to see regarding Obama’s plan to take our guns. This is the one!
In this clip we see an army vet that serves as a police officer speak to the motion to repeal the ‘Safe’ act at the Dutchess County Legislature New York State.
His name is Aaron Weiss and he has quite a bit say. At some points he even tears up. It isn’t until he speaks on his friend’s passing away in war that his emotions get the best of him. Continue reading “It Only Took This Army Vet 3 Minutes To Destroy Obama’s Gun Control Plan”
December 13, 2013 – Arapahoe High School Shooting
Shooter – currently unknown Two teens were injured Friday during a shooting at a suburban Denver high school by a fellow student, who then took his own life. The shooting – on the eve of the anniversary of the Newtown school massacre in which 20 students and six staffers were murdered (NA MEME) – sent […] Continue reading “The Six Week Cycle”
Dear reader put away your charts and graphs. Forget about fundamental and technical analysis. Ignore financial statements and trends. The extraordinary agreement to share information between the National Security Agency [NSA], a host of European, Russian, Canadian and Chinese spy agencies and the world’s Central Banks will ensure that the only relevant force in Global Stock markets will be the trading activity of the world’s Central Banks. Thanks to the data gathering of the NSA and its subsidiary spy agencies around the world, the Central Banks will be privy to the most confidential conversations and communications from the boardroom, the bedroom and the trading floor. Central Banks will now be able to trade with inside information that could only be dreamed about in years gone by. Continue reading “NSA inks landmark deal to share information with Central Banks”
A Chinese naval vessel tried to force a U.S. guided missile warship to stop in international waters recently, causing a tense military standoff in the latest case of Chinese maritime harassment, according to defense officials.
The guided missile cruiser USS Cowpens, which recently took part in disaster relief operations in the Philippines, was confronted by Chinese warships in the South China Sea near Beijing’s new aircraft carrier Liaoning, according to officials familiar with the incident. Continue reading “Chinese Naval Vessel Tries to Force U.S. Warship to Stop in International Waters”
U.S. lawmakers have approved boosting funding for Israel’s missile defense program by $173 million in fiscal 2014 as the Jewish state’s military establishment draws up a new defense doctrine to protect cities from Hezbollah’s growing missile arsenal.
The Jerusalem Post reported that Israeli military intelligence now believes that the Iranian-backed Lebanese movement now possesses around 5,000 long-range missiles that can reach Tel Aviv, the country’s largest conurbation, and carry warheads packing between 1,300 pounds and one ton of explosives. Continue reading “U.S. to boost Israel defense missile funding by $173M”
If every Christian in the united States of America prayed this prayer nightly,choruses in Heaven would sing of our praises and of our wish. . . . and our Father would provide.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I come to you today with praises. You are my God, and the God. The Maker of heavens and earth, all living creatures, all growing things. Father, You created the world from nothing but a thought, a word, a wish. You are imperially powerful, without a fault, unfathomably unstoppable, and all knowing. Continue reading “Christians Unite in Power Prayer”
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Merrill Lynch with making faulty disclosures about collateral selection for two collateralized debt obligations (CDO) that it structured and marketed to investors, and maintaining inaccurate books and records for a third CDO.
Merrill Lynch agreed to pay $131.8 million to settle the SEC’s charges. Continue reading “SEC Charges Merrill Lynch With Misleading Investors in CDOs”
State Police are investigating a crash involving a vehicle and an Amtrak train in Waverly.
Sgt. Michelle Anaya with the Virginia State Police said the crash occurred on Route 40 around 6 a.m. Anaya did not say if the train struck the vehicle or vice versa. Continue reading “Amtrak Train Involved in Waverly, VA Crash”
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