New York Times

Military officials were scrambling Wednesday to retrieve an unmanned Army surveillance blimp that detached from its moorings in Maryland and drifted north over Pennsylvania.

Two American fighter jets were tracking the blimp, military officials said, that had been tethered at Aberdeen Proving Ground and broke free around noon.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado posted an official statement, saying that the aerostat was “drifting northward & has descended near the ground.”   Continue reading “Fighter Jets Tracking Runaway Military Surveillance Blimp”

AP

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities in Georgia are investigating after they say two Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police officers and a third person were shot.

News outlets in Savannah report that the officers were shot around midnight Tuesday. Police spokeswoman Eunicia Baker says both officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries.   Continue reading “Authorities say 2 Savannah-Chatham police officers shot”

Fox News

House Republicans on Tuesday introduced a resolution to impeach IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, accusing him of making “false statements” under oath and failing to comply with a subpoena for evidence.

House Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and 18 other committee members introduced the resolution to begin impeachment proceedings. In doing so, they followed through on a threat first made over the summer, when Republicans accused the IRS leader of making inaccurate statements to Congress regarding the Tea Party targeting scandal and its aftermath.   Continue reading “House Republicans introduce measure to impeach IRS Commissioner Koskinen”

NBC News

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Tuesday that the U.S. will begin “direct action on the ground” against ISIS forces in Iraq and Syria, aiming to intensify pressure on the militants as progress against them remains elusive.

“We won’t hold back from supporting capable partners in opportunistic attacks against ISIL, or conducting such missions directly whether by strikes from the air or direct action on the ground,” Carter said in testimony before the Senate Armed Services committee, using an alternative name for the militant group.   Continue reading “Ashton Carter: U.S. to Begin ‘Direct Action on the Ground’ in Iraq, Syria”

The Blaze – by Fred Lucas

White House press secretary Josh Earnest conceded Monday that Chicago is a city with a high rate of gun crimes and murder despite having very strict gun control laws. But he said that’s even more of an argument for stricter national laws.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to head to Chicago Tuesday to speak to the International Association of the Chiefs of Police.   Continue reading “White House: Chicago’s Gun Control Laws Are ‘Good Illustration’ of the Need for National Gun Control”

Breitbart – by Caroline May

The Department of Homeland Security is “diligently” complying with a federal judge’s order that prohibits the long term detention of illegal-immigrant families and children.

“In light of the October 23 deadline for compliance with the Court’s Flores Order, DHS has worked diligently to ensure that we are in compliance with all aspects of the Court’s Order,” Jennifer Elzea, a Customs and Immigration Enforcement spokeswoman, said in an emailed statement.   Continue reading “DHS Releasing ‘Family’ Illegal Immigrants”

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Greanville Post – by Russell Bentley

Expensive. 

The US and EU have spent many billions on installing and propping up their puppet proxy government in Kiev.   And after the purchase, “Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war”.  These traitors, psychopaths and genuine terrorists have committed countless war crimes in the East, and run the society and economy into the ground in the West of Ukraine. The billions sent by the West to Ukraine do not go to foster “freedom and democracy”, they go to line the pockets of the criminals and traitors in power, to the detriment of the Ukrainian People, both East and West. So, as the US and EU continue to fund their Dogs of War in Kiev, one must ask, “How much is that War Doggie in the window?” And what do you get for your money?   Continue reading “Texac Chronicle No. 4 : How much is that War Doggie in the window?”

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NEO – by Russell Bentley

If you are under 21, do not read this. If you are over 21, you have a moral obligation to read this, and view the photos, to to look into the depths of human depravity, into the face of pure evil, to ponder it, to understand it, because if you do not understand it, you cannot fight it, and if you do not fight it, you cannot defeat it. And if we do not defeat it, it will defeat us…

When I was on my way to Donetsk, I stopped in Rostov for a few days. I became friends with Mikael, the owner of the hostel I stayed at. He was a big, tough guy, a real Russian badass, tall, bald and muscular. He was also a veteran of the Russian Army, and a combat veteran of both Chechen wars. When I told him I was going to Donbass to fight fascists, he said ” War is bad”, and he meant it.  I replied “Fascism is worse than war”. The story I am writing today explains what I meant by that… Continue reading “Odessa: A Fate Worse Than Death”

AL.com – by Erin Edgemon

Between 7,000 and 10,000 stolen guns were seized over the weekend at a Pageland, S.C. house and warehouse.

The Chesterfield County, S.C. Sheriff’s Office arrested the owner of the house, Brent Nicholson, in connection to the stolen goods, WBTV reported. The exact charges are unknown at this time.   Continue reading “South Carolina man, ‘gun hoarder,’ had more than 7,000 stolen firearms, police say”

The Hill – by Kristina Wong

Gun owners and California law enforcement officers have filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles, claiming its ban on high-capacity magazines violates existing state regulations.

Gun owners face a Nov. 18 deadline to give up magazines that contain more than 10 rounds of ammunition, after Los Angeles’ City Council voted in July to ban ownership of the magazines, according to the Los Angeles Daily News.    Continue reading “Law enforcement sues LA over ban on high-capacity magazines”

Yahoo News – by Amy Forliti

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin said agents from the Drug Enforcement Administration entered their sovereign lands on Friday and improperly destroyed a crop of industrial hemp — but federal authorities said the crop was actually an illegal marijuana growing operation and some of the participants were not tribal members.

There were no arrests, and the investigation is ongoing, the DEA said.   Continue reading “DEA raids tribal land to destroy pot; tribe says it was hemp”

Fox News

States and industry groups dependent on fossil fuels began filing court challenges Friday to President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Opponents of the plan were expected to file a flurry of lawsuits at the U.S. Court of Appeals as the Environmental Protection Agency published its final version of the new regulations. All but two of the 24 states filing challenges are led by Republicans. They deride the plan as an “unlawful power grab by Washington bureaucrats” that will kill coal mining jobs and drive up electricity costs.    Continue reading “States sue over new EPA air regulations”

Yahoo News – by Katie Reilly

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The New Jersey Senate voted to override Governor Chris Christie’s veto of a gun control bill on Thursday, marking the first time either chamber of the legislature has overturned one of his vetoes since he took office in 2010.

Christie, who is running for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, rejected the bill in August after it passed unanimously in both the state Senate and General Assembly. The governor has a mixed record on gun control, a hot-button issue in the 2016 presidential race.   Continue reading “New Jersey Senate overrides Christie veto of gun control bill”

Red Alert Politics – by Ryan Girdusky

President Obama campaigned on the idea that there was not two Americas, but apparently there are–one for law abiding American citizens and another for illegal immigrants.

The Associated Press reported that Ramon Perez-Riveria, an 82-year old illegal immigrant, who has been in the U.S. for decades, was spared from a federal prison sentence on Wednesday despite the severity of his crime.   Continue reading “Illegal Immigrant Commits ID Theft, Sentenced to 1 Day in Jail and Not Deported”

USA Today – by Bart Jansen

The Transportation Department threatened legal action Thursday against Kuwait Airways for refusing to sell tickets to Israelis.

The department ordered the airline to “cease and desist from refusing to transport Israeli citizens between the U.S. and any third country where they are allowed to disembark,” according to a letter from Blane Workie, the department’s assistant general counsel for enforcement.   Continue reading “DOT orders Kuwait Airways to stop discriminating against Israelis”

Fox 10 Arizona News – by Danielle Miller

PINAL COUNTY, Ariz. (KSAZ) – Officials are saying it is shaping up to be a disappointing end to the year that started with a major decline in illegal border crossings. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu says they see an increase in drug and human smuggling daily.

“This is a promise to do what, a promise to disappear as it’s being joked about by our friends in ICE and Border Patrol,” said Sheriff Paul Babeu.   Continue reading “Officials watch as record numbers of illegal immigrants come into USA”

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The Watchers – by Elena Urgin

Major flooding is expected across Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas and Louisiana, as a slow-moving weather system packing heavy rainfalls travels over US. Strong rains could cause life-threatening conditions across the affected areas starting on October 23, 2015 and throughout the early next week.   Continue reading “Life-threatening floods expected across South Central US”

Fox News

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was confronted Thursday with tough questions by Republicans over the slim diplomatic security in place at the Benghazi compound before the 2012 terror attacks — and repeated unanswered requests by the late Ambassador Chris Stevens for more support — as she testified before the congressional committee probing the attacks.

She faced tough questions from Republicans even as Democratic panel members spent their time trying to discredit the work of the committee itself, describing it as a partisan outfit. But amid claims that the panel has focused too much on Clinton’s personal email use, Republicans tried to focus Thursday on Benghazi.    Continue reading “Clinton challenged at hearing over security at Benghazi outpost”

Washington Post – by Lisa Rein

A year after auditors documented tens of thousands of federal workers on paid leave for at least a month and longer stretches that exceed a year, close to 100 Department of Homeland Security employees still are being paid not to work for more than a year.

The large number persists even after the Obama administration urged agencies in June to curtail their reliance on what is known as administrative leave, the government’s go-to strategy for dealing with employees facing allegations of misconduct.   Continue reading “Almost 100 Homeland Security employees have been paid to stay home for over a year”

Boston Globe – by John R. Ellement

A New Hampshire man allegedly sold a military-style assault rifle, a shotgun and thousands of rounds of ammunition to an undercover federal agent who was part of a joint investigation with Tewksbury police, officials said.

John J. Miller pleaded not guilty at his arraignment in Lowell District Court Wednesday to charges including trafficking firearms, sale of an assault weapon, possession of a large capacity assault rifle, and 11 counts of possession of a large capacity ammunition clip. Bail was set at $20,000 and Miller was ordered to wear a GPS monitoring device and not to leave Massachusetts, according to a spokeswoman for Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan.   Continue reading “Man allegedly sold assault weapon, shotgun to ATF agent”