Reuters

A Los Angeles police officer on Saturday fatally shot a man who officials said was reaching for a policeman’s gun inside a Torrance, California hospital.

The shooting comes at a time of heightened scrutiny over police use of force in the wake of high-profile killings of unarmed black men, which have sparked waves of angry protests across the country since mid-2014.   Continue reading “Los Angeles police officer fatally shoots man inside hospital”

Ars Technica – by David Kravets

Congress on Friday adopted [and Obama signed] a $1.15 trillion spending package that included a controversial cybersecurity measure that only passed because it was slipped into the US government’s budget legislation.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, a Republican of Wisconsin, inserted the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA) into the Omnibus Appropriations Bill—which includes some $620 billion in tax breaks for business and low-income wage earners. Ryan’s move was a bid to prevent lawmakers from putting a procedural hold on the CISA bill and block it from a vote. Because CISA was tucked into the government’s overall spending package on Wednesday, it had to pass or the government likely would have had to cease operating next week.   Continue reading “Obama signs surveillance legislation tucked into budget package”

Right MI

The state of Michigan is hypersensitive, particularly to Baker, and his operation.

Though yesterday’s ‘raid’ became less than eventful, it reminds us that the jackboot bureaucracy is always waiting for the slightest screw up by those whom it deems its ‘enemy.’ Mark is appreciative of those who on a moment’s notice showed up to witness.
Continue reading “Bakers Green Acres Update – The farm was ‘raided’ yesterday .. well almost.”

Yahoo News

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama met with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to talk about gun violence. Specifically, the pair talked about what can be done to end the threat that America’s loose standards for access to them poses to public safety.

“The two discussed ways to keep guns out of the hands of those who should not have access to them, and what more could be done at the state and local level to help address gun violence in America,” the White House said of their meeting.    Continue reading “Obama Meets With Bloomberg as He Readies Gun Control Executive Order”

New York Times – by Maggie Haberman and Nick Corasaniti

The Democratic National Committee has told the campaign of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont that it was suspending its access to its voter database after a software error enabled at least one of his staff members to review Hillary Clinton’s private campaign data.

The decision by the party committee is a major blow to Mr. Sanders’s campaign. The database includes information from voters across the nation and is used by campaigns to set strategy, especially in the early voting states.   Continue reading “Bernie Sanders Campaign Is Disciplined for Breaching Hillary Clinton Data”

ABC 

Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO and former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli, who was heavily criticized for raising the price of a drug used to treat a life-threatening infection by more than 4,000 percent, has been arrested by federal authorities.

Shkreli was arrested early Thursday morning and charged with securities fraud by federal prosecutors for allegedly plundering Retrophin, a biopharmaceutical company he used to run, for personal gain, a FBI spokeswoman and law enforcement officials confirmed to ABC News.   Continue reading “Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli Arrested for Securities Fraud”

Washington Post

U.S. law enforcement officials said that gun charges are expected to be announced Thursday against Enrique Marquez, who bought the assault rifles used in the deadly San Bernardino attack.

It is not clear if Marquez, 24, has been arrested yet.   Continue reading “Gun charges expected against San Bernardino shooter’s friend”

ABC News

The streets of Baltimore were calm overnight as activists urged peace and healing after the Wednesday announcement of a mistrial in the trial of police officer William Porter.

People gathered across the city to protest the decision, but they remained largely peaceful.   Continue reading “Calm in Baltimore Overnight After Freddie Gray Mistrial”

Sent to us by John Trowbridge: ALL the documents are here, to help YOU avoid Federal entanglements and to help YOU escape their clutches if you’re “already in court” — This newest posting summarizes the cases and gives you the framework to understand the issues!

Supreme Court Case

  • Part 1: Article III federal courts versus United States District Courts 

The Constitution creates the judicial power of the national government at Article 3 § 1 and delineates the character of the controversies to which the judicial power extends at Article 3 § 2(1); to wit, respectively and in pertinent part:   Continue reading “The lesson they do not teach in law schools or high school civics classes: the Hoax of Federal Jurisdiction”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

There has only been one thing keeping our economy afloat since the crash of 2008. That is, cheap money provided by the Federal Reserve. Everything from stocks to bonds and even real estate, have been pumped up by the Fed’s limitless money supply.

And the Fed isn’t alone. Central banks all over the world have been utilizing the same strategy of inflating their currency, and provided near zero interest rates. That’s because everybody wants stay competitive by keeping their exports cheap. They’ve been racing to the bottom for years, but now it appears that the bottom has finally been reached.   Continue reading “Fed Raises Interest Rates For The First Time In A Decade”

CNS News – by Daniel Mitchell

I almost feel sorry for the gun-control crowd.

They keep trying to convince themselves that people are on their side, but schemes to restrict the 2nd Amendment keep getting defeated on Capitol Hill.   Continue reading “Obama Admin Is Willing to Run Roughshod Over Constitution for Gun Control Agenda”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. military said on Wednesday it was removing 12 fighter jets from Incirlik air base in Turkey after sending them there last month to bolster the fight against Islamic State and to help reassure Turkey after Russian incursions its airspace.

The Pentagon played down the decision, saying the jets had completed what was always meant to be a temporary deployment within Europe. It noted new commitments by allies France, Britain and Germany since the high-profile U.S. deployment.   Continue reading “US military says pulls 12 fighter jets from base in Turkey”