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SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) – Illinois lawmakers on Friday approved a measure that permits residents to carry concealed guns, which if signed by the governor would make some form of carrying a concealed weapon legal in all 50 states.

Illinois is the only state in the nation to ban most people from carrying a concealed gun outside the home and lawmakers are up against a deadline to approve a bill after a federal appeals court struck down that ban as unconstitutional.   Continue reading “Illinois lawmakers approve concealed guns bill”

Daily Caller – Josh Peterson

A federal judge in California ordered Google to comply with an FBI national security investigation after the search giant launched a protest against the bureau’s request.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston rejected Google’s petition to modify or throw out 19 national security letters (NSL) related to federal government investigations due to the broad nature of the petition, CNET reported Friday.   Continue reading “Judge orders Google to comply with FBI national security investigation”

Breitbart – by Joel B. Pollak

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declined Friday afternoon to meet a Senate Finance Committee deadline for answering detailed questions about the origins of the IRS scandal. The questions had been submitted jointly nearly two weeks ago by Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT).   Continue reading “IRS Ignores Senate Deadline to Answer Questions about Scandal”

Infowars – by Kit Daniels

President Barack Obama will soon sign an international arms trade treaty previously rejected by the United States Senate.

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) establishes regulations for international arms sales. Categories of firearms listed in the treaty includes tanks, artillery, and small arms such as handguns. The U.N. General Assemblypassed the treaty on April 2nd with a vote of 153-4, with the United States voting in favor. Obama intends to sign the treaty on June 3rd.   Continue reading “Obama to Sign U.N. Firearms Treaty Rejected by Senate”

Dear Senator Wyden and Team,

The fact that you work in an office and I work outside speaks to the fact that you and your team probably have no clue how bad the project to modify the upper atmosphere has become in southern Oregon, east of the Cascades. In fact, it is making us sick.  YES. SICK. Many people are complaining of colds that do not go away, of upper respiratory tightness, frequent headaches, “brain fog” and a background fatigue.    Continue reading “Letter to Sen. Wyden: We are being Sprayed on a Daily Basis!”

St Louis Today – by Paul Hampel

BELLEVILLE • Embattled St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael N. Cook, who faces federal drug and gun charges, resigned from the bench Wednesday.

Chief Judge John Baricevic said he had received a letter from Cook’s attorney, Tom Keefe, notifying him of the decision.   Continue reading “Judge facing heroin, gun charge resigns from St. Clair County Court”

AlterNet – by William Dotinga

Killing not a cure for depression, family says.

A California sheriff’s deputy needlessly Tasered and then shot a man to death after his father called 911 seeking help for his son’s depression, the family claims in court.

Parents and two brothers of the late George I. Ramirez sued Stanislaus County, its sheriff’s department, Sheriff Adam Christianson, and Deputy Art Parra Jr. in Federal Court.   Continue reading “Cops Taser Then Shoot Man to Death After Family Calls 911 for Help for His Depression”

Raw Story – by David Edwards

Two civil rights groups have sued the state of Mississippi for alleged human rights abuses at one of the state’s for-profit prisons.

A class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) describes how a “perpetual state of crisis at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility puts inmates at a “grave risk of death and loss of limbs.”   Continue reading “Mississippi sued over for-profit prisons that risk imates’ ‘death and loss of limbs’”

Breitbart – by BEN SHAPIRO

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says that Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, who has threatened to take the city into bankruptcy over its unsustainable finances, is bluffing. “I think he’s using it, at this point, judiciously to make sure that he can use it as leverage more than anything else,” Bing told the press. “He said to me, more than once, ‘[bankruptcy] is not where I want to go, but at least it’s on the table, and if I have to go there, nobody’s gonna like it.’”   Continue reading “Detroit Mayor: Let’s Force Employees to Live in City Limits for 7 Years”

Express – by Ben Borland

PARENTS are being secretly judged on their views on race and diversity while in hospital with their newborn babies under the SNP Government’s latest assault on family life.

In a further twist, the same health board is asking children – some of them still at nursery school – to rate their parents or carers on a scale of 1-10.   Continue reading “Scotland: State snoops checking out new parents”

Haaretz – by Amos Harel

Article co-written by retired generals James Cartwright and Amos Yadlin states that it would be preferable for the U.S., rather than Israel, to carry out an attack on Iran.

A theoretical scenario for a military assault on nuclear sites in Iran by the end of this year was published on Wednesday by two former senior officers from Israel and the United States. The officers state that the international community must first exhaust non-military efforts to pressure Iran and conclude that, if an attack is necessary, it is preferable to come from America rather than Israel.   Continue reading “Israel and U.S. generals draw up theoretical scenario for attack on Iran”

Reuters – by Naveen Thukral and Risa Maeda

SINGAPORE/TOKYO, May 30 (Reuters) – A strain of genetically modified wheat found in the United States fuelled concerns over food supplies across Asia on Thursday, with major importer Japan cancelling a tender offer to buy U.S. grain.

Other top Asian wheat importers South Korea, China and the Philippines said they were closely monitoring the situation after the U.S. government found genetically engineered wheat sprouting on a farm in the state of Oregon.   Continue reading “Japan Cancels U.S. Wheat Order on GMO Fear”

Oregon Live – by Eric Mortenson

Discovery of illegal genetically-engineered wheat growing in an Eastern Oregon field may cause severe marketing and export problems for one of the state’s biggest crops.

State agriculture department Director Katy Coba said 85 to 90 percent of the Pacific Northwest’s soft white wheat crop is exported to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and other nations, where it’s used to make noodles and crackers. Oregon’s wheat crop is valued at $300 million to $500 million annually, depending on yield and price.   Continue reading “Genetically engineered wheat found in Oregon field, federal investigation under way”

Update by Rita Hutchens below.

Pro Liberate, May 12, 2013

Sandpoint, Idaho resident Rita Hutchens is an opinionated 57-year-old quilt artist whose work has earned her international notoriety. Given that Hutchens is also an outspoken proponent of constitutionalist views, it’s possible that some people have taken issue with her political opinions.   Continue reading “The Persecution of Rita Hutchens with Update”

Wall Street Journal – by WILLIAM MAULDIN

WASHINGTON—The purchase of Smithfield Foods Inc. SFD +29.23% by China’s Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. is unlikely to face serious opposition from the U.S. committee that reviews foreign acquisitions, according to former U.S. officials and trade experts.

In announcing their proposed combination Wednesday, the companies said the $4.7 billion deal is subject to approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or CFIUS. Continue reading “U.S. Expected to Clear China Firm’s Smithfield Purchase”