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Wired – by KIM ZETTER

Police in Florida have offered a startling excuse for having used a controversial “stingray” cellphone tracking gadget 200 times without ever telling a judge: the device’s manufacturer made them sign a non-disclosure agreement that they say prevented them from telling the courts.

The shocking revelation came during an appeal over a 2008 sexual battery case in Tallahassee in which the suspect also stole the victim’s cellphone. Using the stingray — which simulates a cellphone tower in order to trick nearby mobile devices into connecting to it and revealing their location — police were able to track him to an apartment.   Continue reading “Florida Cops’ Secret Weapon: Warrantless Cellphone Tracking”

The Jerusalem Post – by YAAKOV LAPPIN

Israeli defense firm Elbit has been awarded a $145 million contract by the US Department of Homeland Security to construct a series of surveillance towers on Arizona’s border with Mexico, the company announced on Sunday.

The project, called Integrated Fixed Tower Project (IFT), plans to see security posts equipped with radars and cameras that can detect human movement spring up along the American state’s southern frontier. The work is to be carried out by Elbit’s US subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, which is based at Fort Worth, Texas.   Continue reading “Elbit, an Israeli company, to build surveillance towers on Arizona’s border with Mexico”

Stately McDaniel Manor – by Mike McDaniel

Friday, June 27th, 2014, 0-dark-thiry:  The politicians have made their decision.  By a twist of fate–your file simply happened to be on the top of the stack for no particular reason–you’ll be the first example.  A state police SWAT team pull to the curb in front of your home, leap from their van and rush to your front door.  Two black-clad men pull back a ram and swing it toward your front door, aiming just above the knob, while the rest of the team waits anxiously, their automatic weapons charged and off safe.  Two hope they’ll get the opportunity to shoot.  At least one wants to manufacture the opportunity.   Continue reading “Connecticut: The Coming Storm”

The Free Thought Project

A picture is worth 1000 words, but a video is worth millions, and could even be worth lives. On-officer cameras are not some new space-age technology, but cops using them is very new.

Cops in Rialto, California have implemented this technology and have had some heartening results. They’ve seen a 60% reduction in use of force instances and an 88% reduction in officer complaints!   Continue reading “LAPD to Be Equipped with Lapel Cameras by the Summer”

Obama headed to Connecticut to encourage his Chekist gun grabbers.  Or is this preparation for a false flag?

Fox CT – by Steven Goode, Hartford Courant

HARTFORD — President Barack Obama will speak at Central Connecticut State University on Wednesday in an effort to garner support for increasing the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.   Continue reading “President Obama To Speak At Central Connecticut State University Wednesday”

NBC Bay Area

Ukrainians who live in the Bay Area are following the developments very closely and some are taking action, urging the U.S. and the rest of the world to intervene with the Russian military entering Ukraine.

Protesters gathered outside the Russian consulate in San Francisco Saturday afternoon, opposing Russia’s military intervention in Ukraine.   Continue reading “Bay Area Ukrainians Urge U.S., World to Intervene With Russia”

Underground Medic – by Liz Bennett

Survival in extreme situations often depends on an individuals ability to respond to the threat they are faced with. The stress response in humans has for decades been referred to as the ‘fight or flight’ response.

Now if you have a couple of Uzi’s and enough ammunition none of this applies to you because you could probably wipe out any number of malcontents advancing towards your property. For the rest of you, well, I hope you find some use in what I have to say.   Continue reading “Understanding The Stress Response: It Can Buy You Valuable Seconds”

Santa Fe Reporter – by Peter St. Cyr

Even as videos of officer-involved shootings and stories of forced rectal exams on drug suspects make national headlines, officials at the New Mexico Law Enforcement Training Academy plan to reduce peace officer cadets’ basic training time by more than 25 percent.

On Monday, 60 cadets, including 18 recruits from the Santa Fe Police Department and two from the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s office, are scheduled to begin four months of training before they earn their law enforcement credentials, swear an oath, and pin on a shield. But the training program for those men and women will be six weeks shorter than the academy’s last graduating class.   Continue reading “Beauty and the Beat Cop: State rules require longer basic training for hairstylists than peace officers”

Washington’s Blog

Took Screenshots of Whistleblowers’ Computers Every 7 Seconds for YEARS

We reported in 2012:   Continue reading “FDA Spies On Whistleblowers to Protect Big Pharma”

All Self-Sustained

What’s on your feet?  All through history, there have been civilizations that have run around their whole lives bare footed.  I’m not one of them.  I like shoes.  Especially in an emergency, shoes protect your feet from injury that can be incurred through unstable walking surfaces and debris on the ground.  They will help you walk farther and faster than you could with your bare feet.  Shoes are an important part of your preparedness plans.  Here are ten tips to keep shoes on your feet no matter what happens.    Continue reading “Shoes for Survival–10 Tips for Keeping Shoes on Your Feet No Matter What”

IB Times – by Lianna Brinded

The former Goldman Sachs vice-president Fabrice Tourre, who was convicted on six counts of securities fraud six months ago, has landed a new job as an economics teacher at a prestigious university in the US.

Tourre, also known as “Fabulous Fab,” will teach a class called ‘Elements of Economic Analysis’ on Thursday afternoons, followed by a discussion on Monday.   Continue reading “Ex-Goldman Sachs Fraudster Fabrice Tourre to Teach Economics at University of Chicago”

The Desert Sun – by Victoria Pelham

Sen. Barbara Boxer is pushing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to investigate a polio-like condition in California that has left children paralyzed in their arms and legs.

“I was alarmed to learn that at least 20 children in California over the last 18 months have suffered from a rare polio-like disease that causes paralysis to one or more arms or legs,” the Rancho Mirage Democrat wrote Thursday in a letter to CDC Director Thomas Frieden. “We need answers to what is causing this devastating disease in children.”   Continue reading “Sen. Boxer urges CDC to investigate polio like condition”

CNN – by Laura Smith-Spark. Diana Magnay and Ingrid Formanek

Simferopol, Ukraine (CNN) — Russia’s upper house of parliament voted unanimously Saturday to approve sending Russian military forces into Ukraine, amid mounting tensions in the country’s Crimea region.

The vote followed a request from Russian President Vladimir Putin for approval to send Russian troops into Crimea to normalize the political situation there.   Continue reading “Russian upper house approves use of military force in Ukraine”

Birch Gold Group

Last week the Federal Reserve released transcripts of emergency meetings that they held during the peak of the 2008 financial crisis. Releases such as these are required by federal law, but by now the information is woefully out of date, so it’s unfortunately far too late for you to do anything meaningful with it.

Still, even these out-of-date releases make for fascinating reading, because they show the other side of the Fed’s duck-like behavior, as they paddle like mad underneath the surface.   Continue reading “Transcripts Reveal A Fed Hell-Bent On Secrecy (But Here’s Some Info To Act On)”

Yahoo News – by Matt Spetalnick and Jeffrey Heller

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – For years, Israeli leaders visiting Washington have been boosted by America’s main pro-Israel lobby, its influence on U.S. Middle East policy long accepted as a matter of conventional wisdom.

But when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses an annual convention of Israel’s U.S. supporters next week, he will find the group trying to show it has not lost its touch after the White House blocked its push for Congress to impose new Iran sanctions.   Continue reading “Main Israel lobby seeks to regain footing as Netanyahu visits U.S”

CNN Money – by Tami Luhby 

Several restaurants in a Florida chain are asking customers to help foot the bill for Obamacare.

Diners at eight Gator’s Dockside casual eateries are finding a 1% Affordable Care Act surcharge on their tabs, which comes to 15 cents on a typical $15 lunch tab. Signs on the door and at tables alert diners to the fee, which is also listed separately on the bill.   Continue reading “Now on your restaurant bill: Obamacare fee”

Mercury News – by Howard Mintz

Patriotism aside, a South Bay high school worried about campus safety was within its legal rights to order a group of students wearing American-flag adorned shirts to turn them inside out during a 2010 Cinco de Mayo celebration, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.

In a unanimous three-judge decision, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Morgan Hill Unified School District, which had argued that a history of problems on the Mexican holiday justified the Live Oak High School administrators’ decision to act against the flag-wearing students.   Continue reading “American flag case: Court sides with Morgan Hill school in flap over students’ T-shirts”