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The Last Bastille – by Kyle Reardon

“They tell us, sir, that we are weak – unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next weak, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the illusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?”

– Patrick Henry   Continue reading “Reformism Does Not Work: A Critique of Political Activism”

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Western Journalism – by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

Ladies and gentlemen, I submit that what we see happening in the United States today is an apt illustration of why the Confederate flag was raised in the first place. What we see materializing before our very eyes is tyranny: tyranny over the freedom of expression, tyranny over the freedom of association, tyranny over the freedom of speech, and tyranny over the freedom of conscience.   Continue reading “The Confederate Flag Needs To Be Raised, Not Lowered”

New York Times – by RICHARD FAUSSET, ALAN BLINDER and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A gunman opened fire on a Navy and Marine reserve center in Chattanooga, Tenn., on Thursday, leaving four Marines dead, and wounding several others, including a Marine recruiter and a police officer, officials said. The gunman was also killed.

“Somebody brutally and brazenly attacked members of our armed services,” the police chief, Fred Fletcher, said during a news conference.   Continue reading “Four Marines Killed in Chattanooga Shootings”

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It’s no secret that bullets are growing in scarcity and becoming more expensive than ever before. This is where an air rifle comes in handy thanks to the low price and constant availability of pellets on the market. It also helps that pellets are extremely easy to carry around due to the small weight and size

If you don’t know much about air rifles and consider them as some sort of toy you might want to think again. These powerful pellet guns can fire at high velocities of over a 1,000 feet per second with ease making them very dangerous. With all this power you can even manage to hunt animals such as a turkey or rabbit with no problem whatsoever.   Continue reading “Why an Air Rifle is Essential for Survivalists”

Reuters

A gunman was reported dead after shootings on Thursday at several places in Chattanooga, Tennessee, including a U.S. military recruiting center, and a police officer was hit by gunfire, authorities and local media said.

CBS News reported the gunman was dead a couple of hours after the shootings began, quoting police sources. In a tweet, the Chattanooga Police Department said that the situation was over and that details would be forthcoming.   Continue reading “Gunman in shootings in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is dead: report”

Reuters

A South Carolina judge on Thursday extended a temporary order sealing court documents and silencing all participants in the Charleston church massacre case until next Wednesday.

The South Carolina Press Association is challenging the gag order by Ninth Circuit Judge J.C. Nicholson last week banning the release of documents in the case, including 911 police dispatch calls, coroner’s reports and witness statements.   Continue reading “South Carolina judge extends order sealing court documents in church massacre”

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PennLive – by Matt Miller

The 499 criminal charges the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office lodged Tuesday morning against former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen R. Reed are a varied lot.

Essentially, they accuse Reed of running a criminal enterprise for roughly two decades. A conviction on nearly any combination of the accusations could send the ailing ex-mayor to prison for the rest of his life.   Continue reading “Ex-Mayor Stephen Reed facing 499 charges of racketeering, bribery and outright theft”

RT

Iran and six leading world powers signed a comprehensive plan for ending international sanctions against Iran in exchange for putting restrictions on its controversial nuclear program. RT takes a look at the groundbreaking document.

The deal signed in Vienna on Tuesday is meant to break a 12-year standoff over Iran’s nuclear activities, which some nations claimed involved military research. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) acknowledges Iran’s right for peaceful nuclear development on par with any other signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.   Continue reading “Key points of historic nuclear deal reached by Iran and 6 world powers”

Mint Press News – by Al Bawaba

There has been a steep increase in anti-Semitic and Islamophobic acts, online hate speech and xenophobic political discourse during 2014 in Europe, according to the Council of Europe’s Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI).

The findings were made in the commission’s annual report released on Thursday.   Continue reading “Anti-semitism, Islamophobia On The Rise In Europe”

New York Daily News – Nicole Hensley

A rookie Scranton, Pa., patrolman died of a head injury early Sunday after falling 15 feet while chasing down three teenagers accused of robbing a man at gunpoint.

Scranton Police Department Chief Carol Graziano confirmed Officer John Wilding’s death Sunday “with deepest regret and sadness.”

The 29-year-old police officer leaves behind a wife and two children, ages 3 and 7. He joined the force in April 2014.   Continue reading “Pennsylvania cop dies after 15-foot fall while chasing armed teenagers”

ABC News

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has escaped from a maximum security prison for the second time.

Guzman, who led the Sinaloa Cartel, escaped from a prison outside Mexico City shortly before 9 p.m. local time Saturday, the Mexican National Security Commission said in a statement today. He was last seen on video surveillance going to the showers. Having not seen him for some time, prison personnel checked his cell and realized Guzman was missing.   Continue reading “Mexican Drug Lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman Again Escapes From Prison”

Dispatch Times

The database that would have supported the background check system for ammunition purchases was never built because the technology for it to operate isn’t available, according to the memo, which was released by Senator James Seward, an Oneonta Republican.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo rammed through the NY SAFE Act after Sandy Hook, hoping that the hastily passed, virtually unread bill would help springboard him towards the 2016 Democrat Presidential nomination.   Continue reading “Cuomo administration, Senate GOP agree on 2 changes to NY’s gun control”

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The Daily Sentinel – by Charles Ashby

The Delta County Sheriff’s Office anticipates filing charges in relation to an illegal marijuana grow operation deputies discovered near Cedaredge late last month, but that may not happen for several more weeks, Sheriff Fred McKee said Friday.

That’s because the office that seized about 2,700 plants — far more than the 300 a medical marijuana caregiver is allowed to grow — has a lot more people to talk to and a lot more investigating to do, the sheriff said.   Continue reading “Colorado Sheriff Uses National Guard In Medical Pot Raid”

MSM – by Kevin McGill, AP

NEW ORLEANS — Noise from hundreds of chanting immigration activists outside a federal appeals court building competed at times Friday with lawyers arguing inside over President Barack Obama’s proposal to shield an estimated 5 million people from deportation who are in the U.S. illegally.

“The three judges felt the vibrancy and power of our movement,” said Marielena Hincapie, of the National Immigration Law Center, speaking to the crowd that rallied while a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard the case.   Continue reading “Appeals panel hears arguments on Obama immigration action”

New York Times – by James Risen

WASHINGTON — The Central Intelligence Agency’s health professionals repeatedly criticized the agency’s post-Sept. 11 interrogation program, but their protests were rebuffed by prominent outside psychologists who lent credibility to the program, according to a new report.

The 542-page report, which examines the involvement of the nation’s psychologists and their largest professional organization, the American Psychological Association, with the harsh interrogation programs of the Bush era, raises repeated questions about the collaboration between psychologists and officials at both the C.I.A. and the Pentagon.   Continue reading “Psychologists Shielded U.S. Torture Program, Report Finds”