Victory Post – by Lucas Bowser

One month before the Boston Marathon was attacked with improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the Massachusetts State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) hosted a Pre-Boston Marathon Tabletop Exercise. One of the exercise scenarios happened to be an IED explosion during the Marathon.

This Lessons Learned document from FEMA details several exercises that were viewed as helping to prepare for the attacks that took place during the Boston Marathon. It states that, “on March 14, 2013, the MA State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) hosted the annual Pre-Boston Marathon Tabletop Exercise,” with a scenario, “focused on an IED explosion.”   Continue reading “Marathon IED Drill Ran One Month Before Actual Bombings”

deadly shooting, fatal shootingFox 4 KC – by Michelle Pekarsky

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — One person was reportedly killed and another injured Sunday afternoon when a gunman shot a man outside the Jewish Community Center and then injured another outside Village Shalom, an assisted living facility.

Witnesses tell FOX 4 reporters that there are two crime scenes:

115th and Nall- Jewish Community Center

123rd and Nall-  Village Shalom   Continue reading “Deadly shootings outside Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom, Kansas”

ABC News – by LIZ FIELDS

The hunt is on today for a black bear who mauled a woman at her home in an upscale central Florida neighborhood, leaving her with injuries to her face, legs and torso and requiring her to get 40 stitches to the head.

Terri Frana of Lake Mary, Fla., went to her garage Saturday evening to grab bicycles for her children to ride down to their neighbor’s house when the attack happened, according to her husband, Frank Frana.   Continue reading “Black Bear Mauls Florida Woman, Drags Her Out of Garage”

(Source: Breitbart)Police State USA 

Technology is a double-edged sword.  It has enabled the government to become more intrusive than ever with its online spying capabilities.  However, cheap and discreet recording devices make it much more feasible to hold cops on the street accountable.

Police State USA encourages holding government officials accountable but advises everyone to research the laws in their own states regarding secretly recording audio conversations (Read more: The Reporter’s Recording Guide).  Encounters with police officers in public generally do not fall under such restrictions, particularly after the recent court decision in Illinois.   Continue reading “How to record police encounters without losing your video”

Common Dreams – by Lauren McCauley

Residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico are marching on the police department Saturday to demand retribution against the city’s mayor and police chief for their role in the police force’s documented “execution” of citizens.

The march comes after the Department of Justice slammed the Albuquerque Police Department for their frequent use of excessive and lethal force in a damning report released on Thursday.   Continue reading “DOJ Investigation Confirms: Albuquerque Police ‘Executing’ Citizens”

bundyranch2Daily Slave – by Lee Rogers

The mainstream media is making it sound like some sort of deal was struck.  In reality the militiamen, protesters and supporters of the Bundy family forced the Bureau of Land Management to release the cows they stole by confronting them.  Even threats of violence from armed government goons failed to stop Bundy’s supporters from eventually taking back the cattle.  This situation is far from over though.  It is pretty much guaranteed that the federal government will return when there are fewer people and the story is no longer featured in the news cycle.   Continue reading “Feds Forced by Bundy Supporters to Release All Stolen Cows”

Steve Quayle Alerts – by Doug Hagmann

Date: Saturday, 12 April 2014
Time: 1840 ET
To: Steve Quayle
From Doug Hagmann

At 1750 hours ET, I was contacted by my source within the Department of Homeland Security regarding the current situation at the Bundy Ranch. To put it bluntly, the people are being hoodwinked into believing that the situation is being resolved. It is not. It is a strategic de-escalation to fool the public. This source stated that the retreat of the BLM agents and the release of the cattle was actually crafted as a potential plan yesterday (Friday, 11 April 2014) based on the following:   Continue reading “To put it bluntly, the people are being hoodwinked into believing that the situation is being resolved. It is not. It is a strategic de-escalation to fool the public.”

Family described Simmonds as a go-getter who loved his jobVictory Post – by Lucas Bowser

The Boston Police Department announced yesterday that an on-duty Police Officer named Dennis O. Simmonds, died after, “suffering a medical emergency” at the Boston Police Academy on Thursday. Officer Simmonds was recently honored at the Boston Police Relief Association Awards Ceremony for “his bravery during the initial Watertown shoot-out following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.”

In a Boston Globe article, a law enforcement official who knew Simmonds, said he was a health nut and loved to do CrossFit, run road races, and play basketball, and that he was, “the picture of health.”   Continue reading “Boston Cop Involved In Watertown Shootout Dies at 28”

Sent to us from Ralph N1RAJ.

Amateur radios are licensed by the FCC and is a civilian emergency radio service.You must pass 2 easy test to get a licence. Most of the information to get started is at ARRL.org.

We are in contact with ham operators on the Bundy ranch. Most of the operators are running transceivers out their vehicles.   Continue reading “Ham Radio Coverage of Bundy Situation”

A helicopter takes off from a staging area of Bureau of Land Management outside the Bundy ranch / APThe Washington Free Beacon – by Elizabeth Harrington

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will not say if they have euthanized any cows in the roundup of Cliven Bundy’s cattle on public land in Nevada.

Amy Lueders, the Nevada state director for the BLM, said in a conference call Thursday evening that the agency does have a “protocol,” but would not release any numbers for animals they have found dead or that they have euthanized.   Continue reading “BLM Won’t Say if They’ve Euthanized Cows in Ranch Standoff”

mountrainier.jpgMy Northwest – by Chris Sullivan

The ground is moving under your feet. You probably won’t notice a thing, but a series of earthquakes has been hitting the Pacific Northwest.

More than 130 earthquakes have been recorded in Washington and Oregon over the last two weeks. Most are centered under Mt. Hood in Oregon and Mount Rainier here in Washington, but state seismologist John Vidale said it’s nothing to get too concerned about.   Continue reading “Over 100 earthquakes reported in last two weeks in Washington, Oregon”

Pastor Rick Wood hands out food to the homeless in BirminghamThink Progress- by Scott Keyes

A pastor determined to live out the Bible’s dictate that we feed the poor was shut down by local police because he didn’t have a permit to serve food.

Twice a month, Rick Wood, a pastor at The Lord’s House of Prayer in Oneonta, Alabama, gets in his truck and drives around Birmingham with more than a hundred hot dogs and bottles of water, handing them out to the homeless. Wood has been serving those in need for the past six years because he wants to put Matthew 25:35-40 — “For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink,” a scripture verse he has plastered on the side of his truck — into action.   Continue reading “Pastor Blocked From Feeding The Homeless Because He Doesn’t Have A $500 Permit”

Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins,

After recently hearing about your comments in regards to the Bureau of Land Management agents during their seizure of Bundy’s cattle in southern Nevada and the referral the citizens of Utah that are believers in God, that have great family values and live by the Constitution of the United States and support the Bill of Rights that the forefathers of this once great country wrote, I feel it is my duty to respond to your ignorant comments.   Continue reading “Open Letter to Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins”

Report said cell towers in area of Bundy ranch are downExaminer – by Joe Newby

On Friday, Static Media Hub posted a tweet that said cell towers in the Bundy ranch area were shut down. According to the message, only radio communications were possible.

“Alert: On the ground reports ~ cell towers shut down, comms thru radio only,” the tweet said.   Continue reading “Report claims cell towers in Bundy ranch area shut down”

Nevada Sheriff Tony DeMeo’s ‘Swat Team’ ~ Stops Federal Government: Feds Engaging In Illegal Confiscation Of Cattle And Water Rights Of County Property Owner.

Political Velcraft – October 19, 2011

In this 3-part video interview with Tony DeMeo, Sheriff of Nye County, Nevada, he explains that he is a Constitutional Sheriff and that authority for public office holders is derived from the people.  He tells the story about how he used the Constitution as his foundation in the saga of Nye County rancher Wayne Hage’s disputes over encroachments by the federal government.  While Wayne Hage’s case centered around property rights in federally managed lands, Sheriff Tony DeMeo’s example is relevant for everyone to understand the power of local government, the importance of following the Constitution and upholding the Tenth Amendment (states’ rights and sovereignty).   Continue reading “A Little History of BLM Rustling Cattle in Nevada”

Sipsey Street Irregulars, April 10, 2014

Folks,

Sorry for the late start this morning. I was up quite late last night, speaking with a number of people very familiar with the situation on the ground at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada, including Stewart Rhodes. Oath Keepers is marshaling support and the following email explains what they are about and gives some instructions for folks attending the protest. They were forwarded to me with the comment: “I just got them in an email from Stewart. Feel free to share as you like. There should be a formal call to action and press release later today.”    Continue reading “Oath Keepers to help with Bundy protest.”