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Two fast-moving fires have scorched more than 100,000 acres in Northern California, forcing thousands to flee their homes and injuring firefighters struggling to contain the flames.

California Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency Sunday in Lake and Napa counties after the Valley Fire, which started Saturday afternoon northwest of Sacramento, continued to grow. That fire had burned at least 40,000 acres – about 63 square miles – as of Sunday, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE).   Continue reading “State of emergency declared in Northern California blaze; thousands flee”

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(Reuters) – A U.S. judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of an Alabama policeman on trial for violating an Indian man’s rights by throwing him to the ground and injuring him badly during an encounter captured on video, local media reported.

Eric Parker, 26, was tried in federal court on accusations that he used unreasonable force while a police officer in Madison, Alabama, during the February incident.   Continue reading “Mistrial for Alabama police officer charged after throwing Indian man”

ABC News

An armed suspect was shot and killed Thursday after leading deputies on a high-speed, multi-city chase in California that turned into a hostage standoff, authorities said.

The suspect – whose name has not been released – allegedly carjacked two vehicles through the streets of Los Angeles County. The man was seen weaving in and out of traffic, driving on the wrong side of the road and barreling through intersections, nearly crashing into several oncoming cars.   Continue reading “Armed Suspect Shot, Killed After Chase and Standoff in California”

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Arizona police, already on alert after a string of freeway shootings, checked out two more possible attacks on Thursday — including a report that a bullet hit a vehicle.

Ten cars and trucks have already been struck, mostly by bullets but also by other projectiles, since Aug. 29, all on or near Interstate 10.   Continue reading “String of Shootings on I-10 in Phoenix Have Drivers and Police Worried”

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Republican presidential rivals and friends-for-now Donald Trump and Ted Cruz on Wednesday savaged the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran, calling it an incompetently negotiated deal that will cost “countless” American and Israeli lives.

“We are led by very, very stupid people,” Trump, the GOP front-runner weighed in, at a midday rally on Capitol Hill. He called the deal “incompetent” and poised to fail in the fight against Islamic militants. “We will have so much winning if I get elected, that you may get bored with winning.”   Continue reading “Trump, Cruz Pair up Against Iran Deal at Capitol Rally”

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The Week – by Bonnie Kristian

The preliminary findings of a report from the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma (ACLUOK) reveal that police in 12 Oklahoma counties along Interstate 40 have confiscated some $6 million through civil asset forfeiture in a five-year period from 2009 to 2014. Of that total, $4 million was seized in cases where the owner was never charged with any criminal activity.   Continue reading “If you’re driving on this Oklahoma highway, don’t carry cash”

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Free-Man’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenberg

It’s something of a truism in physics that closed systems tend toward entropy. In other words, building walls around a process will make it degrade faster than it normally would. And this principle clearly applies beyond physics.

An academic named John B. Calhoun famously documented this effect in rat populations. He gave his animals everything they could possibly need but enclosed them in a limited space. Inside their closed system, some males became aggressive, others withdrew psychologically, mothers stopped caring for their young, and eventually their population plummeted, even though there was plenty of food.   Continue reading “Nowhere to Run To; Nowhere to Thrive”

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The following article from New Dawn Magazine No.23 Feb-March 1994.

This is an age in which news has been superseded by propaganda, and education by brain-washing and indoctrination. From the advertising used to sell poor quality goods, to the classes in schools designed to make children into conditioned robots of the State, the art of persuasion has displaced the simple virtue of truth.   Continue reading “The Myth of a Judeo-Christian Tradition”

Yahoo News – by Dylan Stableford

The attorney for Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who was jailed last week for refusing to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples, has been ordered released, her attorney, Roger Gannam, told Yahoo News.

Davis, a clerk in Rowan County, Ky., was sent to jail Thursday for refusing to comply with several court orders to issue marriage licenses to gay couples following the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in June on the basis of her “religious conviction.”   Continue reading “Kim Davis to be released from prison, attorney says”

Yahoo News – by Ernesto Tovar

Caracas (AFP) – Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro has ordered more of his country’s vast border with Colombia closed amid a diplomatic crisis over deportations and smuggling.

“I have decided to close the border crossing at Paraguachon, Zulia state,” Maduro said in a televised address. He said he would send an additional 3,000 troops to the area.

In addition, Maduro said he would accept mediation by Brazil and Argentina, with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.   Continue reading “Venezuelan president closes more of border with Colombia”

KBHB – by Gary Matthews

STURGIS, S.D. – Numerous fire agencies were called in to battle a massive fire at the Full Throttle Saloon east of Sturgis overnight Monday.

The call came in just after midnight, and crews first on the seen could see smoke coming from the roof of the main structure. Soon, the entire facility was engulfed in flames, which spread to nearby structures.   Continue reading “Overnight fire destroys Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis”

KDVR 31 – by Ashley Michaels

AURORA, Colo. — The Aurora Police Department was on high alert Monday after a dispatch operator received an alarming and anonymous call. It is a concern for police and something the community should be aware of as well.

FOX31 Denver obtained the audio of the chilling call.   Continue reading “Colorado police on alert after threatening call to 911 dispatch”

CNET – by Eric Mack

Stonehenge is one of the most iconic examples of a prehistoric monument we have, but it turns out that it may be dwarfed in size by something buried underground less than two miles away. Researchers have been going over the area using ground-penetrating radar and other non-invasive technologies for the past few years and their data seems to show a major new stone monument.

“Our high resolution ground penetrating radar data has revealed an amazing row of up to 90 standing stones a number of which have survived after being pushed over and a massive bank placed over the stones,” professor Wolfgang Neubauer, director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection (LBI ArchPro), said in a release.   Continue reading “Huge, newly discovered monument dwarfs nearby Stonehenge”

ABC News

More than a year after suing the Cabinet agency that oversees China’s biggest state-owned companies, lawyers for people who say their homes were ruined by Chinese drywall are still trying to get the lawsuit served.

And arguments are scheduled in December about whether other defendants are shielded as Chinese government agencies.   Continue reading “Chinese Drywall Suit and Chinese Government Agencies”

Wall Street Journal – by Colleen  McCain Nelson

President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday requiring federal contractors to offer paid sick days to their employees and pressed Congress to pass legislation that would provide family and medical leave to private-sector workers.

The president’s executive action was the latest in a series of administration moves imposing new requirements on companies that contract with the U.S. government. It will give about 300,000 employees of federal contractors the chance to earn up to seven days of paid sick leave each year. Some workers who already have sick-leave benefits will have access to additional sick days.   Continue reading “Obama Orders Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractor Employees”

Fox News

Three illegal immigrants were charged Saturday in connection with the murder of a 17-year-old Virginia high school student who was gunned down on his way to a bus stop Friday morning.

According to The Washington Post, Danny Centeno-Miranda, who attended Park View High in Loudoun County, was about 50 yards from the school bus stop when he was shot twice in the back.   Continue reading “3 illegal immigrants charged in shooting death of 17-year-old high school student”

Reuters – by Ben Blanchard

An explosion shook a chemical plant in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, state media said on Monday, though there were no immediate reports of casualties in a country on edge after blasts killed more than 160 people last month.

The blast caused a fire and thick smoke to bellow from the plant in Lishui city shortly before midnight, state radio said on its official Weibo microblog.   Continue reading “Blast reported at chemical plant in eastern China”

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A Las Vegas police officer reportedly received non-life-threatening injuries after a gunman approached his squad car on Sunday and began firing in an “ambush-style” shooting.

A suspect is in custody in the incident, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department tweeted.

Two officers were leaving the scene of a disturbance call at a .99 Cents Only store when an individual walked up to their patrol car while it was stopped at a traffic light and fired three shots, striking one of the officers in the hand, KTNV reported. Police did not return fire during the encounter, which occurred shortly after noon, local time. The officer who was shot has not yet been named.   Continue reading “Police officer shot in ‘ambush-style’ attack, expected to survive”