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An LAPD officer was injured after someone opened fire at the department’s West Traffic Division in Mid-City, police said.
The attack was reported at 8 p.m. at the Wilshire Division, which also includes West Traffic facilities, on Venice Boulevard near La Brea Avenue, Officer Sara Faden told LA Weekly. Continue reading “LAPD Officer Injured After Shots Fired at Police Station”
The tragic shooting at Fort Hood last week has once again brought into focus the lethal combination of guns and mental illness, sparking renewed debate over how to keep firearms out of the hands of the mentally ill.
Spc, Ivan Lopez, 34, allegedly opened fire, killing three and wounding 16 others before fatally shooting himself at the Fort Hood army installation near Killeen, Texas, on Wednesday. Officials said Lopez was being treated for “behavioral and mental health issues” possibly stemming from a 2011 tour in Iraq. Continue reading “Fort Hood shooting draws more attention to mental health issues, gun laws”
Las Vegas Review-Journal – by HENRY BREAN and BEN BOTKIN
BUNKERVILLE — A cheer erupted from the cowboy-hatted crowd early Monday afternoon as Cliven Bundy’s youngest daughter delivered the news: Davey had been set free.
“They gave him lunch and let him out,” Stetsy Cox, 21, told the assembled group of relatives and sympathizers at a rally for the embattled ranch family near the banks of the Virgin River. Continue reading “Rancher’s son describes arrest in protest of federal cattle roundup”
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I know what I’m about to present to you is difficult to believe. Please read the following and ask yourself, does it sound like I don’t know what I’m talking about? Do I sound like an irrational or delusional person? Most importantly, considering everything that’s going on, does what I’m positing sound completely implausible?
There are too many details to provide so I’m going to try to keep it brief. I’m a very outspoken activist. About four years ago I began waking up every half hour or hour on the hour. Prior to that I hadn’t ever had any sleeping problems. For several months I thought I was just having trouble sleeping. I started seeing a doctor and a neurologist. I even went to a sleep lab. At the sleep lab I slept fine and I was given no explanation why this would be happening. Continue reading “Unwarranted Surveillance”
Las Vegas Review-Journal – by HENRY BREAN
Embattled Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy sent out an ominous announcement Sunday night, promising a war and inviting the press to come cover it.
“They have cattle and now they have one of my boys,” said the email sent from Bundy’s address just after 9 p.m. Sunday. “Range War begins tomorrow at Bundy ranch at 9:30 a.m.” Continue reading “Rancher: ‘Range war’ with the government begins Monday morning”
INDIANAPOLIS — FBI agents on Thursday were still removing thousands of artifacts ranging from arrowheads to shrunken heads and Ming Dynasty jade from a house in rural central Indiana.
A 91-year-old man amassed the vast collection over several decades, perhaps since he began digging up arrowheads as a child. Continue reading “FBI raids rural Indiana home for ancient artifacts”
PITTSBURGH – Students at a Pennsylvania high school have become part of one of the most elaborate lip syncing videos to hit the web recently.
About 1,400 students (grades nine through 12) at North Hills High School participated in a very choreographed ‘lip dub’ video, performed to Avicii’s song, ‘Wake Me Up.’ The video features some kind of representation of all of the school’s various clubs and activities students can choose to belong to. Continue reading “High School pulls off epic ‘lip dub’ performance”
8 News Now – by George Knapp and Matt Adams, April 5, 2014
BUNKERVILLE, Nev. — Dozens of armed federal officers are preparing for a showdown with a Nevada cattle rancher regarded by some as an outlaw and a hero by others.
Rangers and agents from several federal agencies have surrounded a 600,000-acre section of public land and are preparing to move against rancher Cliven Bundy whose cattle have been grazing illegally for the past 20 years. Continue reading “Feds, Nevada rancher facing off over public lands”
NBC Los Angeles – by Andrew Lopez and Jane Yamamoto
More than 100 people were arrested and several deputies were injured during a spring break street party near Santa Barbara, Calif., that quickly dissolved into violence overnight.
Authorities from various law enforcement agencies were dispatched to control unruly crowds during Deltopia, an annual party in Isla Vista that drew about 15,000 people, according to a news release from the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading “100 People Arrested After Spring Break Party Turns Violent”
The Government Rag- by Stephanie Sledge
Over the past few decades, America has seen a steady increase of police departments across the nation subscribe and incorporate ‘Elite’ crime fighting teams called Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT). These elite teams are highly trained in the militarized special operations and urban warfare tactics. These SWAT teams were once viewed by the public as a good way to fight the drug war. Over the past few years the public view has flipped and now Citizens are beginning to question whether these elite SWAT teams are a deeper sign of a hostile takeover of America from within. Continue reading “Elite Swat Teams & the Discovery of a Hostile Take-Over from Within”
Against Crony Capitalism – by Nick Sorrentino
Beer, many of us love it. I definitely count myself a fan. A nice hefewiesen on a hot day while grilling burgers is one of the great gifts of life. But stouts, ales, lagers, pilsners, porters, and bocks all have their place. Variety is the spice of life, and beer. And that is why craft brewers have sprouted up like barley shoots all over our great nation over the last decade. It is a golden age for beer drinkers. Never before have beer consumers had so much quality and so much variety. Continue reading “Bill would require Florida craft brewers to sell beer to distributors, then buy it back for resale”
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators gave final approval Saturday to a bill that would nullify city and county gun restrictions and ensure that it’s legal across the state to openly carry firearms, a measure the National Rifle Association sees as a nationwide model for stripping local officials of their gun-regulating power.
The House approved the legislation, 102-19, a day after the Senate passed it, 37-2. The measure goes next to Republican Gov. Sam Brownback. He hasn’t said whether he’ll sign it, but he’s a strong supporter of gun rights and has signed other measures backed by the NRA and the Kansas State Rifle Association. Continue reading “Kansas lawmakers OK bill to void local gun rules”
New Eastern Outlook – by Tony Cartalucci
US President Barack Obama’s recent visit to Saudi Arabia confirms what many even causal political observers have begun to suspect regarding recent US political history, that Washington’s values aren’t just nonpartisan, driven entirely by special interests permeating both sides of the political aisle, but are altogether non-existent. To understand why requires an understanding of both US-Saudi relations, not just during the Obama administration, but over the past several decades, as well as a basic understanding of Saudi Arabia itself. Continue reading “Obama, the Sauds, and Bottomless Hypocrisy”
Information Liberation – by Chris
In Lake Central High School in St. John, Indiana students staged a sit-in over the school’s failure to acknowledge a student’s suicide. Of note is the fact the principle responds to their protest by saying he’s “in charge” and ordering everyone to get out their IDs, basically acting like a two-bit thug cop. After one student makes a snarky comment that he’s “disappointed” in the principle, he then orders the student be arrested, to which the lackey cops present immediately oblige. Continue reading “High School Student Arrested For Telling Principal He’s “Disappointed” In Him”
Pennsylvania authorities are investigating Thursday as to why an unmanned drone crash landed near a Pennsylvania elementary school.
The Lebanon Daily News identified the 375-pound drone as a RQ-7 Shadow, operated by the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. A military official called Wednesday afternoon’s incident a hard landing, but the drone was apparently run over by a car. Continue reading “375-pound military drone crashes near Pennsylvania elementary school, report says”
Philadelphia police are looking for several suspects in what appears to be a case of rat retaliation.
Investigators said an ongoing dispute over a man escalated late Wednesday, when a woman in her 20s, her mother and a pack of eight or nine other women went to the victim’s house with a baseball bat and a box containing an unknown number of white rats. Continue reading “Philly Police: Row Over Man Sparks Rat Retaliation”
LA Weekly – by Dennis Romero
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