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The alleged Los Angeles International Airport gunman carried a note with him today that expressed anti-government sentiments and suggested he expected to die in an airport shootout, according to law enforcement sources.
The suspect has been identified by the FBI as Paul Ciancia, 23. He is believed to have homes in Los Angeles and Pennsville, N.J. Continue reading “Alleged LAX Shooter Paul Ciancia Carried Anti-Government Note”
Digital Journal – by Elliott Freeman
Los Angeles – The rapid police response to today’s deadly shooting at a terminal in the Los Angeles Int’l Airport (LAX) was no accident, according to LAX Police Chief Patrick Gannon, because his officers prepared for an event identical to the shooting weeks in advance.
“We practiced to this not more than 3 weeks ago,” said Gannon at a press conference hours after the shooting. “We took every one of our patrol officers and a couple hundred officers from the Los Angeles Police Department and we practiced the exact scenario we played out today.” Continue reading “LAX Shooting: Police trained for ‘exact scenario’ 3 weeks ago”
President Obama issued an executive order Friday creating a “Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience.”
The group will “advise the Administration on how the Federal Government can respond to the needs of communities nationwide that are dealing with the impacts of climate change,” said the White House. Continue reading “Obama creates climate change task force with a new Executive Order”
Mark Koernke pointed out this about his name: CIA-n-CIA.
CBS News – by Stephanie Slifer
(CBS) LOS ANGELES – U.S. law enforcement officials confirm that Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, is the suspected gunman in Friday’s shooting at Los Angeles International Airport.
They say he has a family address in New Jersey. Officials also say he spent some time in the Los Angeles area. A preliminary review of the terror data bases and watch lists find no connections to Ciancia. And he does not have any significant police record. Continue reading “LAX Shooting: Paul Anthony Ciancia, 23, ID’d as suspected gunman in airport attack, said to have family address in New Jersey”
CNN – by Michael Martinez and Greg Botelho
Los Angeles (CNN) — [Breaking news update at 5:11 p.m.]
(CNN) — Authorities are looking into the possibility that Friday’s gunman at Los Angeles International Airport was targeting Transportation Security Administration officers, a federal law enforcement official said. Eyewitnesses said that the gunman asked, “Hey, are you TSA?” and — if a person answered “no” — he would move on, according to the official. Continue reading “Suspect shot, in custody at Los Angeles airport after TSA officer killed”
NBC News – by Jonathan Lloyd and Nyree Arabian
A gunman opened fire at a security checkpoint Friday morning at Los Angeles International Airport, injuring a Transportation Security Administration employee and prompting a terminal evacuation.
A TSA spokesperson told NBC4 the shooting occurred at a security checkpoint. A traveler told NBC4 she heard gunfire in Tom Bradley Terminal, where she was preparing to board a flight to Mexico aboard Virgin America. Continue reading “Officers Respond to LAX Shots Fired Report”
Business Insider – by MICHAEL KELLEY
A Syrian air base near the coastal area of Latakia sustained heavy damage late Wednesday night in a suspected missile attack from the sea, and all signs point to Israel.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported a loud explosion in a Syrian army base and a Syrian security official confirmed there was a strike. Continue reading “Israel Suspected Of Destroying Syrian Air Base By Missile Attack From Sea”
BRISTOL, Fla. (WTXL) — Former Liberty County Sheriff Nick Finch has been found not guilty on charges of official misconduct and falsifying public records.
Finch had been on trial for several days.
The eight-person jury handed down the verdict shortly after noon on Thursday, October 31. Continue reading “Jury finds Liberty Co. Sheriff Nick Finch Not Guilty”
AUSTIN, TX (KTRK) — Despite spectacular and erroneous reports to the contrary, the Alamo is not being turned over to the United Nations — or anyone else for that matter, say Texas authorities.
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson attempted once again to let Texans know that if the Alamo and the other Spanish missions in San Antonio are added to the UNESCO World Heritage List, the Alamo will remain entirely under the control of the state of Texas and the Texas General Land Office. Continue reading “Alamo not being turned over to United Nations”
The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday chose former U.S. Secretary of Defense and CIA director Robert Gates as its next president, who will face the task of repairing divisions in the organization from a heated debate over accepting gay scouts.
As Defense Secretary, Gates supported President Barack Obama’s withdrawal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prevented gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military. Congress repealed the ban in 2010 and it was lifted in 2011. Continue reading “Fmr. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates to Lead Boy Scouts”
Canada Free Press – by Alan Caruba
If you live in California, I have a bit of advice. Get out now while you can afford the gas to load up the van and head north or east. You won’t be alone.
According to “Crazifornia: How California is Destroying Itself and Why It Matters to America”, about 150,000 Californians have been fleeing the state each year of late. “In fact,” wrote Laer Pearce, “Los Angeles alone has lost more households than New York, Miami, and, incredibly, the economically decimated city of Detroit…combined.” Continue reading “My Advice to Californians; Get Out Now”
Washington Post – by Keith L. Alexander
Prospective jurors who take the subway to D.C. Superior Court and exit near the National Building Museum see these words: “Good jurors nullify bad laws” and “You have the right to ‘hang’ the jury with your vote if you cannot agree with other jurors.” Continue reading “Billboard advocating jury nullification concerns local prosecutors”
Business Insider – by JIM EDWARDS
This is a picture of what is allegedly another Google shipping-container barge being towed into port off the coast of New England. It was taken by the Portland Tugboat company, and posted Facebook with the caption “ROWAN towing the ‘mystery barge’. Entering Portland harbor.”
We recently told you about the mysterious barge Google built which floats in San Francisco Bay. It is surrounded by secrecy, and is either a floating data center or a marketing stunt for Google Glass, depending on which rumor you prefer. Continue reading “Google Has Reportedly Built Another Mystery Barge — This One Is Floating Off The Coast Of Maine”
Later this week, the House of Representatives will be voting on a bipartisan bill to repeal financial bailout protections that Congress passed in 2010 as part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The bill, H.R. 992 or the “Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act,” would severely limit the reach of Sec. 716 in Dodd-Frank, which requires banks that are eligible for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or Federal Reserve lending discounts to spin off their derivatives activities into separate corporate entities that would not be eligible for federal assistance. Continue reading “House to Vote on Derivatives Bill That Was Written by Citigroup Lobbyists”
Six people, including two children, were shot to death in a South Carolina home on Tuesday in what police believe is a murder-suicide involving members of a family, authorities said.
Investigators in Greenwood County, where the shootings took place, did not immediately release the identity of the shooter. Continue reading “Six people killed in apparent murder-suicide in South Carolina”
ABC takes a glimpse into The Trenches. LOL
What was going on in Slidell last Friday? A lot of folks were freaking out on social media about the military presence in the Eden Isle area. Continue reading “Navy conducts training exercise in Louisiana: social media erupts with rumors of military takeover”
This is getting way out of control, it seems Florida and Texas are hot spots for police thuggery or is this “To Serve and Protect” at its finest. This seems to be more and more frequent in the news and make me wonder how much of this is really going on?
A man with special needs is speaking out after he was left badly bruised by police. Twenty-two-year-old Gilberto Powell, who has Down Syndrome, is left with horrible bruises and scars on his face after he had an encounter with police outside his home. Continue reading “22 Year Old With Down Syndrome Beaten By The Police For “Bulge In Pants” That Was His Colostomy Bag”
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Did you see the Detroit FD movie “Burn”? If so, you know the story of FF Brendan Milewski, who on August 13, 2010, had his lie change forever. He was operating at a building fire and was hit with a massive chunk of limestone, and that basically exploded his seventh thoracic vertebra. He now lives the rest of his life as a T6 Paraplegic. Fortunately, his city takes care of Firefighters injured in the line of duty….forever. Nope. Continue reading “THEY HAVE YOUR BACK? Don’t Count On It.”
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