Arpaio: 38 inmates get bread, water for desecrating flagAZ Family – by 3TV

PHOENIX — Thirty-eight inmates in Maricopa County jails have been placed on bread and water diets for defacing American flags, according to a press release from Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office.

“These inmates have destroyed the American flag that was placed in their cells,” Arpaio said in a statement. “Tearing them, writing on them, stepping on them, throwing them in the toilet, trash or wherever they feel. It’s a disgrace to those who have fought for our country.   Continue reading “Arpaio: 38 inmates get bread, water for desecrating flag”

A man carries an Egyptian police officer to an ambulance after a car bomb explosion at the police headquarters in downtown Cairo on Friday, January 24.CNN – by Jethro Mullen and Saad Abedine

A plume of black smoke rose over Cairo early Friday after a powerful explosion hit the city’s police headquarters, killing at least four people and wounding more than 50 others, Egyptian authorities said.

The blast struck a key symbol of authority in a country that has been shaken in recent years by political turmoil and violent unrest.   Continue reading “Egypt: Big explosion hits Cairo police headquarters, killing at least 4”

wefGlobal Research – by Andre Damon

The 44th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) began Wednesday, bringing over 2,000 corporate executives, major investors, government leaders, central bankers and celebrities to the Swiss Alpine resort of Davos.

The annual celebration of wealth and avarice follows a bumper year for the world’s super-rich. Stock prices and corporate profits surged to new record highs, swelling the bank accounts and portfolios of the financial elite, even as austerity measures, wage cutting and layoffs slashed living standards and threw tens of millions more people into poverty.   Continue reading “Corporate Criminals, Billionaires Gather for World Economic Forum in Davos”

UK Fears Approach of Rat-Infested 'Ghost Ship'Fox News – by Kate Seamons

The Russian “ghost ship” that was last heard from in March has all but vanished—but a flurry of reports now have it on a potential collision-course with Britain’s coast, and packed with rats.

Experts are warning that the Lyubov Orlova could be headed that way in the wake of recent storms, reports the Daily Record, though all reports are careful to point out that the ship’s current position is unknown.   Continue reading “UK Fears Approach of Rat-Infested ‘Ghost Ship’”

mark-witaschekBizPac Review – by Michael Dorstewitz

A successful Washington, D.C. businessman with a spotless criminal record is preparing to go to trial for possessing a single, misfired and inoperable shotgun shell in his own home.

When Mark Witaschek isn’t working as a financial adviser, he enjoys hunting. Unfortunately for him, he also lives in a city with gun control laws so draconian, possessing an empty shell casing is punishable by one-year incarcerationand a $1,000 fine, according to The Washington Times.   Continue reading “Gun owners beware: DC man faces jail for having empty shotgun shell”

Michelle Malkin – by Doug Powers

Judging from the vomitous reaction I’ve seen from students regarding the school lunch standards that Michelle Obama prodded into existence, I’m not sure this is the wisest of marketing campaigns:

Michelle Obama is getting a new ally in her campaign to get kids to eat more fruits and vegetables.  Continue reading “Subway/Michelle Obama announce partnership to make kids hate lunch at places other than schools”

Tenth Amendment Center

Arizona state Senator Kelli Ward made good on her commitment to introduce legislation that would withdraw all state support of the NSA and hang a big “Spies Not Welcome Here” sign on the front door of the Grand Canyon State this week.

After being the first legislator in the country to announce an intent to do so last fall, Ward along with nine sponsors introduced the Fourth Amendment Protection Act on Wednesday.SB1156 also garnered four co-sponsors, including senate President Andy Biggs.   Continue reading “Arizona 4th Amendment Protection Act Introduced, Bans Help to NSA, use of Warrantless Data in Court”

Protesters stand outside the ''Walls'' prison unit where Edgar Tamayo is scheduled to be executed in Huntsville, Texas January 22, 2014. REUTERS/Richard CarsonReuters – by JON HERSKOVITZ

A Mexican national convicted for the 1994 slaying of a Houston police officer was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Wednesday, ending a capital murder case that put him at the center of a diplomatic dispute.

Edgar Tamayo, 46, who was denied an 11th-hour stay of execution by the U.S. Supreme Court, was pronounced dead at 9:32 p.m. local time at a state prison in Huntsville, Texas, according to officials at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.   Continue reading “Texas executes Mexican national despite diplomatic protests”

Revolutionary New Book by Stephanie Relfe

Fat is Not about Calories.  It’s about Toxins.

Obesity is not a disease. It’s a business plan.

You’re Not Fat. You’re Toxic is an explosive expose in the fight against the worldwide obesity epidemic.

Mega-corporation presidents and government infiltrators worked together to plan your weight gain. It is not an accident that you are overweight.   Continue reading “Book Review: You’re not fat, You’re toxic”

Relfe – by Stephanie Relfe

It looks the same—the bread, pies, sodas, even corn on the cob. So much of what we eat every day looks just like it did 20 years ago. But something profoundly different has happened without our knowledge or consent. And according to leading doctors, what we don’t know is already hurting us big time.   Continue reading “The Ultimate Killing Machine – GMOs”

WTSP 10 News – by Preston Rudie

St. Petersburg, FL — A Republican Florida House candidate says the U.S. Secret Service paid him a visit after he called for President Obama to be hanged.

Joshua Black also tells 10 News he’s not dropping out of the District 68 race, even though Gov. Rick Scott and other Republicans are calling on him to quit.   Continue reading “Secret Service visits FL GOP House candidate Joshua Black who calls for hanging President Obama”

W.Va. tells company to disclose everything spilledYahoo News – by JONATHAN MATTISE

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia regulators have ordered Freedom Industries to disclose everything that spilled when a storage tank leaked and contaminated the water supply for 300,000 people.

The Department of Environmental Protection says has given the company until 4 p.m. Wednesday to provide the information.

The tank at Freedom’s Charleston facility spilled a coal-cleaning chemical, Crude MCHM, on Jan. 9 in the Elk River.   Continue reading “W.Va. tells company to disclose everything spilled”

Yahoo News

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s internal security agency says it has foiled an al-Qaida plan to attack the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and hit other targets in the country.

Shin Bet said Wednesday it arrested three Palestinians it accuses of plotting to carry out bombings, shootings, kidnappings and other attacks.   Continue reading “Israel says foils al-Qaida plot on US embassy”

GOP.conventionDes Moines Register – by Jennifer Jacobs

Iowa will be required to bind its delegates, for the first time, to the results of the GOP caucuses in the 2016 presidential race.

But Republicans here will have some say in how the delegates mirror the vote results, a party official said today. The off-year Iowa caucuses, when there’s no vote on presidential candidates, are tomorrow night at 7 p.m.   Continue reading “New rule for Iowa caucuses will bind GOP national convention delegates”

Pic from Twitter of police entering the building at OU.News 9 

NORMAN, Oklahoma – Police are investigating a reported shooting at the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman.

Students received a push notification about the reported shooting around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Norman Police are assisting with response, helping to set up a perimeter.   Continue reading “OU Students Sheltered In Place After Reported Shooting On Campus”

Tenth Amendment Center

The state-level effort to turn off water and electricity to the National Security Agency (NSA) got a major boost today as legislators in Tennessee introduced a bill to ban the state from providing material support to the federal agency.

A long-standing secretive NSA computing facility calls Oak Ridge home. According to NSA researcher James Bamford, the NSA runs most data it gathers “from code breaking to word captures,” through computers at Oak Ridge and NSA headquarters in Ft. Meade, Md.   Continue reading “Tennessee Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Take on NSA Encryption-Breaking Facility at Oak Ridge”