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Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)-  I have often made the case that openly carrying guns is political speech of the first order.

Criminals almost never openly carry, because they do not want to draw attention to themselves.   Police virtually always know that open carriers are engaged in political activism.  An open carrier who had a loaded gun pointed at him by Grand Rapids, Michigan Police, when the police knew that he was not breaking any law, has filed a lawsuit charging violation of his rights on  first, second,  and fourth amendment grounds.   Continue reading “MI:Lawsuit says Open Carry is Political Speech, Police Knew Carry was Legal”

Huffington Post – by M.L. JOHNSON

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture opened the door Friday to commercial sales of corn and soybean seeds genetically engineered to resist the weed killer 2,4-D, which is best known as an ingredient in the Vietnam War-era herbicide Agent Orange.

The U.S. military stopped using Agent Orange in 1971, and it has not been produced since the 1970s. Scientists don’t believe 2,4-D, which is legal and commonly used by gardeners and some farmers, was responsible for the health problems linked to Agent Orange.   Continue reading “New GMO Seeds Approved By USDA Able To Withstand 2,4-D, Weed Killer Used In Agent Orange”

Huffington Post- by Matt Sledge

NEW YORK — Disbarred civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart was released from a federal prison in Texas on Tuesday more than four years into a 10-year sentence after a judge ordered a compassionate release because of her terminal breast cancer.

But Stewart, who was convicted of providing material support to the terrorist Omar Abdel-Rahman by transmitting a message from him to Reuters in 2005, might have been freed long ago if she hadn’t continued to speak out after she was first sentenced.   Continue reading “Lynne Stewart Got 92 Extra Months In Prison For Saying This”

Yahoo News – by MATTHEW BROWN and JAMES MacPHERSON

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Following a string of explosive accidents, federal officials said Thursday that crude oil being shipped by rail from the Northern Plains across the U.S. and Canada may be more flammable than traditional forms of oil.

A safety alert issued by the U.S. Department of Transportation warns the public, emergency responders and shippers about the potential high volatility of crude from the Bakken oil patch. The sprawling oil shale reserve is fueling the surging industry in eastern Montana and western North Dakota, which is now the nation’s second-largest oil producer behind Texas.   Continue reading “Warning issued about oil shipped from ND, Mont.”

Reuters – by JAN LOPATKA AND JASON HOVET

(Reuters) – The Palestinian ambassador to Prague was killed on Wednesday in an explosion that was triggered when he opened the door to a safe, Czech police said.

Jamal al-Jamal, 56, died in hospital after the incident at his home on the morning of New Year’s Day.

“According to information from the investigation so far, this was definitely not a terrorist attack,” national police president Martin Cervicek said on Czech Television.   Continue reading “Palestinian envoy killed by explosion at Prague home”

Huffington Post

An Alabama couple is shocked at the backlash they’ve experienced after naming their newborn son “Krimson Tyde.”

Summer and Steven Steele, who are from the small town of Andalusia, Ala., named their son after Alabama University’s football team, the Alabama Crimson Tide. The couple told Alabama Media Group thatthey are “big Alabama [football] fans.”   Continue reading “Alabama Couple Names Baby Krimson Tyde, Is Shocked By Backlash”

Huffington Post – by Jonathan Stempel

NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) – New York City has sued FedEx Corp, accusing the package delivery company of illegally delivering millions of contraband cigarettes to people’s homes, violating a 2006 settlement.

Monday’s lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan and seeks $52 million of civil fines and unpaid taxes from FedEx, which is based in Memphis, Tennessee.   Continue reading “FedEx Sued By NYC For Illegally Shipping Cigarettes To Homes”

Huffington Post – by Meredith Bennett-Smith

A Chinese doctor told officials on Monday that she is guilty of kidnapping seven infants and selling them to human traffickers for personal financial gain.

In front of a courtroom in Shaanxi province, former obstetrician Zhang Shuxiaadmitted to illegally obtaining and selling the babies, reports the BBC.

Zhang, who worked in Shaanxi’s Fuping Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, sold the children between November 2011 and July 2013, per the BBC.   Continue reading “Chinese Doctor Kidnapped, Sold Babies; Could Face Death Penalty”

NewsMax – by Sandy Fitzgerald

Former NYPD Commissioner and 9/11 hero Bernard Kerik has filed a complaint with the New York state bar accusing his high-profile attorney Joe Tacopina of working with prosecutors to send him to prison.

Kerik was sentenced to time behind bars after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges and admitting accepting $165,000 in apartment renovations from a company that was allegedly tied to the mob, The New York Daily News reports.   Continue reading “Ex-NYPD Chief Kerik: My Attorney Helped Send Me to Prison”

Huffington Post

In one of his last acts as mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg signed legislation Monday banning electronic-cigarette use in indoor public places, as well as in city parks, beaches, and pedestrian plazas.

And in a final act of protest against the three-term mayor, one stubborn smoker lit a real, non-electronic cigarette inside City Hall, The New York Daily News reports.   Continue reading “Woman Lights Up Cigarette Inside City Hall As Bloomberg Signs E-Cigarette Ban Into Law”

New York Daily News – by DAVID HARDING

A man with a NYPD squad car has been arrested — by British police after he drove it in an English town.

The 33-year-old driver, Mark Knight, was arrested as he parked his car — complete with the iconic police livery – in the traditional market town of Guildford, close to London, while he went to buy a McDonald’s.   Continue reading “Man busted for driving real NYPD squad car — in England!”

New York Post – by Natasha Velez

A cop was busted for shoplifting at a Century 21 in Queens — and using a toddler’s stroller to hide the designer clothes, police sources said.

Jessica Mayorga, 30, a cop at the 48th precinct in the Bronx, was at the department store on Junction Boulevard near 97th Street at 5:30 p.m. Monday, according to police.   Continue reading “NYPD officer nabbed ‘boosting’ designer duds in baby stroller”

RT News

During the last few hours of a lengthy tenure atop the New York Police Department tainted by both scandal and success, outgoing-NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly echoed soon-to-be-ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg with big words about the city’s boys in blue.

Bloomberg provoked a fair share of criticism from Big Apple residents in late 2011 when he said, “I have my own army in the NYPD . . . the seventh biggest army in the world.”   Continue reading “NYPD a ‘quasi-military organization,’ according to outgoing top-cop Ray Kelly”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Returning Police Commissioner William Bratton will be sworn into office just after midnight New Year’s Day.

Bratton will be sworn in at a private ceremony at NYPD Headquarters in Lower Manhattan. Mayor Bill de Blasio will also take the oath of office at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.   Continue reading “Protest To Accompany Bratton’s Official Return As NYPD Commissioner”

AmmoLand

Manasquan, NJ –-(Ammoland.com)- New York’s rights infringing ban on assault weapons is constitutional, but it cannot limit a gun magazine to seven bullets, a federal court judge ruled today.

The ruling by Chief U.S. District Judge William M. Skretny in Buffalo found that New York’s gun-control law, called the SAFE Act, that restricts assault weapons doesn’t infringe on Second Amendment rights. But the judge tossed a provision that limits a magazine that can hold 10 rounds to just seven bullets.   Continue reading “Federal Court Strikes Down Magazine Limit but Upholds NY Assault Weapons Ban”

AmmoLand

MISSOULA, Mont. –-(Ammoland.com)- The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation headed up a successful collaborative effort to permanently protect and open access to 13,082 acres in the Headwaters of the John Day River in northeast Oregon.

By purchasing the land and conveying it to the United States at a bargain sale price, the transaction also secures and improves access to tens of thousands of acres of publicly-owned National Forest System lands.   Continue reading “RMEF Opens 13,000 Acres of Oregon Elk Country, Secures Public Access to Public Lands”

NBC News – by Aliyah Frumin

The American Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. government, demanding the release of information about its program to conduct surveillance of Americans’ international communications.

The civil rights group pointed to former CIA employee Edward Snowden – who blew the lid off the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance program, insisting until the disclosures, little was known about the NSA’s authority.   Continue reading “ACLU sues for info on government surveillance”

CBS Detroit

ANN ARBOR (WWJ) – “War SUX.” That’s the sentiment of a personalized licence plate at the center of a federal lawsuit filed by the ACLU.

David Devarti of Ann Arbor says he paid for the plate, only to get a letter in the mail from the Secretary of State saying that he couldn’t use it because it’s offensive.

Devarti disagrees.   Continue reading “ACLU Sues On Behalf Of Ann Arbor Man Over ‘WARSUX’ License Plate”

Huffington Post – by CHRIS TOMLINSON

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The deaths this year of three major Texas Republican donors, including a billionaire who died over the weekend, could signal a generational change for party kingmakers in the nation’s largest GOP stronghold.

Harold Simmons, whose business interests ranged from energy to nuclear waste dumps, helped transform Texas from a Democrat-controlled state in the 1970s to a Republican stronghold by the turn of the century. Simmons’ death Saturday came after Republicans lost home builder Bob Perry in April and businessman Leo Linbeck Jr. in June. For decades, all three helped bankroll political campaigns both in Texas and nationwide.   Continue reading “Texas Republicans Lose Three Major Donors In 2013”