From the Trenches World Report
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License plates can be great ways for states to show off their history, but as Oklahoma has realized, they can create some drama, too. In this case, Keith Cressman is attempting to sue the state over the depiction of the “Sacred Arrow Rain” sculpture used on the official Oklahoma license plates. Continue reading “Oklahoma man allowed to sue state over native american rain god on license plate”
Herald Online – by Bloomberg Philanthropies
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee announced today that they will co-host the second annual Bloomberg Technology Summit. The summit will bring together tech and business leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities facing the nation’s top digital cities and examine what other cities across the country can do to grow their tech sectors and enjoy the economic benefits that come with it. Continue reading “New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee to Co-Host Second Annual Bloomberg Technology Summit”
BizPac Review – by Cheryl Carpenter Klimek
Last week, the Nevada legislature passed a radical gun bill which the governor pledged to veto. In spite of interference and threats from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Mayors Against Illegal Guns group, Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed the bill as promised.
The main sticking point was that private citizens in Nevada selling firearms to each other would have to run background checks. Continue reading “NV governor snubs NYC mayor’s threats, vetoes anti-gun bill”
Huffington Post – by TAMI ABDOLLAH
LOS ANGELES — John Zawahri left a farewell note in which he expressed remorse for killing his father and brother but left no explanation for the rampage that left them and three others dead in Santa Monica, police said Thursday.
The three- to four-page handwritten note was found on Zawahri’s body after he was shot and killed June 7 by officers on the campus of Santa Monica College, Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said at a news conference. Continue reading “John Zawahri, Santa Monica Gunman, Penned Apology Note, Police Say”
In November 2011, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told an audience at MIT, “I don’t listen to Washington very much, which is something they’re not thrilled about.” He didn’t listen because he didn’t have to. “I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world,” Bloomberg bragged.
That boast–crude and alarming as it was–sort of just hung in the air, slowly losing its stench. Yesterday, Bloomberg revived it, this time while announcing that he didn’t want the Justice Department overseeing the NYPD in the event a federal judge deems stop-and-frisk unconstitutional. Continue reading “Constitutionally Illiterate Michael Bloomberg Doesn’t Want the DOJ Monitoring His Stop-and-Frisk “Military””
Marking “the sixth month anniversary of the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary,” Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns launches a 25-state 100-day “No More Names: The National Drive to Reduce Gun Violence” bus tour today from Newtown, Conn., with the stated purpose of ginning up support for new federal “gun control” laws.
“All day, family members, faith leaders, elected officials and the Newtown community are coming together to read the names of those murdered by guns and call on Congress to act,” MAIG states on the project’s website. Continue reading “Bloomberg bus tour coy with locations and dates for a reason”
The only way to find out their schedule is to sign up on their site. 😉
From the good folks at Mayors Against illegal Guns: Continue reading “Propaganda Alert: “No more names” campaign launched to commemorate six-month anniversary of Sandy Hook”
Daily Finance – by Steven Perlberg
Plucked from obscurity, 28-year-old Tracy Britt has become Warren Buffett’s right-hand woman.
She may be five decades younger than her boss, but the Kansas-born, Harvard MBA has climbed the ladder at Berkshire Hathaway in just four years, from financial assistant to top confidant and chairman of some Berkshire offshoots. Continue reading “Meet the 28-Year-Old Woman Warren Buffett Is Grooming for Leadership”
The latest count from Baton Rouge Local News
Officials with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) reports that 73 people were injured and one person died in a Thursday morning plant explosion in Geismar, La. Continue reading “73 injured, 1 dead in chemical plant explosion”
When the Waldo Canyon Fire roared into Mountain Shadows last summer, horrified residents throughout the city thought they were witnessing a once in a lifetime event.
Almost 350 homes were destroyed that night, making the fire the most destructive in Colorado history. Continue reading “360 Homes Destroyed In Black Forest, Colorado Fire; 15,000 Acres Burned”
Huffington Post – by Jessica Samakow
Sarah Gilliam, a professional photographer from Tennessee, was busy at work on May 30 when she received a disturbing and confusing email. The note contained a link to a blog about a 3-year-old named Reilly who had passed away from cancer. Gilliam recognized the boy right away. There, staring back at her from the screen was her own 5-year-old, Jack, in a photo she had taken herself on his birthday. Continue reading “‘Remembering Reilly’ Hoax: Mom Sarah Gilliam Discovers Photos Of Son On Fraudulent Cancer Blog”
The 15-page gun control initiative filed yesterday in Olympia will get national attention for several reasons, but perhaps the most important of those is because billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) may want to see how it works here before trying it somewhere else.
The Secretary of State’s office notes shooting victim Cheryl Stumbo as the person who filed, but behind this effort is the Washington Alliance for Gun Responsibility. The document is on-line thanks to the Seattle Times. Continue reading “Why Washington gun control initiative will get national attention”
CARSON CITY, Nev. — After 13 years of waiting, medical marijuana patients in Nevada will soon have a legal way to obtain the drug without growing it themselves.
Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval signed SB374 into law Wednesday evening. The measure establishes the framework to make pot available to medical marijuana card holders, and imposes fees and requirements for growers, processors and dispensaries. It also contains provisions to continue to allow home-growing until 2016. Continue reading “Nevada Medical Marijuana Dispensary Law Signed By Brian Sandoval”
Huffington Post – by Rebecca Shapiro
The South China Morning Post published another article early Thursday morning local time about its exclusive interview with Edward Snowden, the person responsible for leaking top-secret information about the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs. The Post reported that Snowden said that the U.S. government “had been hacking into computers in Hong Kong and [in China] for years.” Continue reading “Edward Snowden Tells South China Morning Post: U.S. Has Been Hacking Hong Kong And China Since 2009”
“Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.” Continue reading “Punitive Articles of the UCMJ Article 88—Contempt toward officials”
FORT BENNING, Ga. (Feb. 9, 2012) — Soldiers who use social media must abide by the terms outlined in the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
“Commenting, posting or linking to material that violates the UCMJ or basic rules of Soldier conduct is prohibited,” said Staff Sgt. Dale Sweetnam of the Online and Social Media Division, Office of the Chief of Public Affairs. “Talking negatively about supervisors or releasing sensitive information is punishable under the UCMJ. It’s never appropriate to be disrespectful of superior officers or NCOs (noncommissioned officers), no matter if you’re in the company area or posting to Facebook at your desk at home.” Continue reading “Social media misuse punishable under UCMJ”
Huffington Post – by RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTI
HOUSTON — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is refusing to provide money to help rebuild the small Texas town where a deadly fertilizer plant explosion leveled numerous homes and a school, and killed 15 people.
According to a letter obtained by The Associated Press, FEMA said it reviewed the state’s appeal to help West but decided that the explosion “is not of the severity and magnitude that warrants a major disaster declaration.” Continue reading “FEMA Denies Funds To Rebuild West, Texas After Fertilizer Plant Explosion”
A Closer Look at the Stars and Stripes
American war correspondents in France had greater freedom to observe the military actions of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) than was permitted the journalists of the other Allied armies. In the area under General Pershing’s command, correspondents could go to the front lines without military escorts, they could follow fighting troops as they advanced, and they could roam the rear areas, sheltering where they chose. This was not the case for correspondents with the British, French, and German forces in the early years of the war. Continue reading “The Stars and Stripes, 1918 – 1919: Military Censorship”
AutoBlog – by Jeffrey N. Ross 
Reason – by Mike Riggs
Examiner – by David Codrea
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Examiner – by Dave Workman 
Huffington Post
Army – by Cheryl Rodewig