flintschoolbus.JPGTech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

Zero tolerance weapons policies at schools continue to be ridiculous. Between Pop Tarts bitten into gun-like shapes and drawings of guns being treated as severely as the real thing, schools enforcing these policies (forced on them by the government’s decision to tie funding to weapons policies) have slid into cartoonish parody of discipline.

In news that should come as a surprise to almost no one, two eleven-year old boys at a Flint, MI school were arrested and charged after bringing a toy gun to school. (via The Blaze)   Continue reading “Zero Tolerance Nets Two 11-Year Old Boys Juvenile Criminal Charges For Bringing A Toy Gun To School”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The US Bureau of Reclamation released its first outlook of the year and finds insufficient stock is available in California to release irrigation water for farmers. This is the first time in the 54 year history of the State Water Project. “If it’s not there, it’s just not there,” notes a Water Authority director adding that it’s going to be tough to find enough water, but farmers are hit hardest as “they’re all on pins and needles trying to figure out how they’re going to get through this.” Fields will go unplanted (supply lower mean food prices higher), or farmers will pay top dollar for water that’s on the market (and those costs can only be passed on via higher food prices).   Continue reading “Feds Withhold Water To California Farmers For First Time In 54 Years”

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The bitterly cold winter the country is experiencing now took government climatologists completely by surprise, but was predicted with dead-center accuracy by the Old Farmer’s Almanac, a 200 year-plus publication.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center worked feverishly, plugging all available data into supercomputers to predict temperatures would be “above normal from November through January across much of the lower 48 states,” according to Bloomberg Businessweek.   Continue reading “Farmer’s Almanac nails winter freeze; government climate scientists way off”

Fort BraggWRAL 5 News

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — One paratrooper was killed and seven others were injured Friday morning in a training accident at Fort Bragg, officials said.

“While conducting artillery live-fire training, the 18th Fires Brigade experienced an incident with a M777 light, towed howitzer,” officials said in a statement late Friday.   Continue reading “Paratrooper killed in howitzer accident during Bragg training”

Reuters / Gary Hershorn RT News

Any American flag purchased by the US Defense Department from now on will be legally required to have been made in the United States.

The new law, which goes into effect on Friday, is an apparent attempt to curtail flag purchases from China, which spiked following the demand generated by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York.   Continue reading “American military banned from purchasing flags made in China”

Weekly World News – by Frank Lake

CAMBRIDGE, MA – A groundbreaking study has determined that 83% of the members of Congress are certified morons!

The Kennedy School of Government did a longitudinal study over the last 30 years that looked at the average IQ of members of Congress – the Senate & House of Representatives.   Continue reading “Study: Congress Filled with Morons”

Fox CT – by Beau Berman

A Fox Connecticut investigation is back in the national spotlight this week.

It surrounds Connecticut father Lou Pelletier, who may be violating a court issued gag order in an effort to save his daughter, Justina Pelletier’s life.   Continue reading “Justina Pelletier’s Dad Speaks Out Despite Gag Order”

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A Missouri bill which seeks to nullify virtually every federal gun control measure on the books, “whether past, present or future,” passed the Senate Thursday. SB613 would ban the state from enforcing virtually all federal gun control measures, and includes criminal charges for federal agents attempting to violate the right to keep and bear arms in Missouri.   Continue reading “Missouri Senate Votes to Nullify Federal Gun Control 23-10”

Wall Street Journal – by ALISON SIDER and ALICIA MUNDY

A Nebraska judge ruled Wednesday the law allowing the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline to be built across the state is unconstitutional, a move that could further delay the project.

Lancaster County District Court Judge Stephanie Stacy sided with three landowners who argued Nebraska’s governor shouldn’t be able to sign off on the pipeline’s route. The governor, Republican Dave Heineman, was handed that power in a law the state Legislature hastily passed in 2012. But the court ruled that under the state’s constitution, only Nebraska’s Public Service Commission could approve such a pipeline route.   Continue reading “Nebraska Judge Blocks Governor’s Keystone XL Decision”

Fox News

Violence between Ukrainian security forces and anti-government protesters broke out again Thursday in the capital, Kiev, leaving at least 22 people dead, as a truce called by President Viktor Yanukovych and opposition leaders fell apart.

An Associated Press reporter saw 21 bodies Thursday laid out on the edge of the sprawling protest encampment in central Kiev’s Independence Square. In addition, one policeman was killed and 28 suffered gunshot wounds Thursday, Interior Ministry spokesman Serhiy Burlakov told the AP.   Continue reading “Violence between police, protesters resumes as truce falls apart in Ukraine”

Wall Street Journal – by JASON L. RILEY

A new FBI report says that violent crime continues to fall nationwide, which might annoy liberals because gun purchases continue to rise.

In the first six months of 2013, murders fell by nearly 7 percent, compared with the same period in 2012. Aggravated assaults fell by 6.6 percent, and robberies are down 1.8 percent. “All of the offenses in the violent crime category—murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, aggravated assault, and robbery—showed decreases when data from the first six months of 2013 were compared with data from the first six months of 2012,” according to the FBI. Overall, violent crime in the U.S. fell by 5.4 percent. Burglaries, larceny and auto thefts also decreased.   Continue reading “More Guns, Less Crime”

This Friday, February 21st, 7:00 Pacific, Laughing At Liberals will be presenting their 2nd live broadcast event. Join Portland attorney and candidate for Congress James Buchal, as he gives a presentation on the NSA spying and how serious the threat is to our privacy. The event will be at Portland State University, presented by the campus chapter of the College Republicans. If you can’t be there in person, tune in to www.youtube.com/LaughingAtLiberals for the live broadcast!   Continue reading “CRC Exposed, NSA Event, And More Gun Hearing Videos”

File photo shows protesters in Germany condemning US sweeping effort to spy on other countries.Press TV – by Paul Craig Roberts

American taxpayers have built an entire city in Virginia so that the Pentagon can practice occupying American cities and putting down protests by US citizens.  This fake city is the training ground for the doctrine outlined in a leaked US Army document that describes how soldiers are to be trained to put down domestic disturbances and process prisoners through detainment camps where prisoners will be re-educated to appreciate US policies.

In situations of “extreme necessity” the training embraces deadly force: “Warning shot will not be fired. When a firearm is discharged it will be fired with the intent of rendering the person(s) at whom it is discharged incapable of continuing that activity or course of behavior.” Lecturers in the training courses describe constitutionalists as “domestic extremists.”

Continue reading “Amerikan Stasi police state staring us in the face”

By Ben Tanner

Did you know that foraging for foods can actually lower your grocery bill, or help cut down on the expense of feeding your livestock?  If you are on a quest to find the best foods to forage in all 50 states, then happy hunting.  The United States hosts a wide array of natural foods that often go unnoticed by passers by.  From desert to coastal shores and mountains, you will find a foragers delight in select regions of every state in the union.   Continue reading “Food Foraging In All 50 States”

An anti-government protester prepares to throw a petrol bomb during clashes with riot police at Independence Square in KievSky News

Ukraine’s president has announced a truce with the opposition after violent clashes with riot police killed at least 26 people.

A statement on Viktor Yanukovych’s website said: “Based on the results of the meeting, the sides announced a truce and the start of a negotiations process aimed at ending the bloodshed (and) stabilising the situation in the country for the benefit of civil peace.”   Continue reading “Ukraine Truce Announced After Deadly Clashes”

Barack ObamaSac Bee – by Tim Johnson

TOLUCA, Mexico — They were once dubbed the Three Amigos, but strains on their friendship cast a chill Wednesday as President Barack Obama flew to Mexico for a summit of the leaders of the world’s largest trading bloc.

A bilateral spat between Mexico and Canada, and anger in Ottawa over U.S. indecision on whether to build the Keystone XL pipeline from western Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast cooled the atmosphere of the seven-hour summit.   Continue reading “Obama arrives in Mexico for ‘Three Amigos’ summit that will show NAFTA strains”

The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and in order to reduce supply chain barriers to commerce while continuing to protect our national security, public health and safety, the environment, and natural resources, it is hereby ordered as follows:   Continue reading “Executive Order — Streamlining the Export/Import Process for America’s Businesses”

President Barack ObamaRed State – by Matthew Clark (Diary)

The Obama Administration’s Federal Communication Commission (FCC) is poised to place government monitors in newsrooms across the country in an absurdly draconian attempt to intimidate and control the media.

Before you dismiss this assertion as utterly preposterous (we all know how that turned out when the Tea Party complained that it was being targeted by the IRS), this bombshell of an accusation comes from an actual FCC Commissioner.   Continue reading “Why is the Obama Administration Putting Government Monitors in Newsrooms?”