Author: Galen

ABC News

GILROY, Calif. — Police in Northern California have launched an investigation into a fatal shooting at a city councilmember’s home where one person died and three other people were injured Saturday.

The Gilroy Police Department said the shooting occurred at about 12:55 a.m. during a large outdoor party at the home of Gilroy City Councilmember Rebeca Armendariz’s home, about 80 miles (130 kilometers) south of San Francisco. Continue reading “1 dead, 3 injured in shooting at Gilroy councilmember’s home”

Just the News – by Bethany Blankley

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued new guidance Thursday fencing off a sweeping range of “protected areas” where illegal aliens can no longer be arrested.

Under the directive, enforcement actions — whether an arrest, search, service of a subpoena, or other action — will be suspended “effective immediately” within a vast array of new sanctuaries including, but not limited to: Continue reading “Mayorkas carves out sweeping range of ‘protected areas’ off-limits to immigration enforcement”

Minding the Campus – by Hans Bader

Colleges are increasingly demanding that students disclose details of their private lives in Title IX training. For example, Campus Reform reported that a “mandatory online course at the University of Southern California (USC) asks students to disclose the number of sexual encounters they have had over the past three months” as part of its “Title IX training.” This might well violate students’ rights under state law to privacy or freedom from compelled speech. Continue reading “College Students Required to Detail Sexual History Before Registering for Classes”

Ammoland

Starting November 1, the process for obtaining a firearm license in the United Kingdom is set to get harder and more invasive. On October 20, the Tory government issued new “statutory guidance” relating to firearm licensing and announced that “No one will be given a firearms license unless the police have reviewed information from a registered doctor setting out whether or not the applicant has any relevant medical history…” Extending beyond a medical veto on firearms licenses, the UK Home Office also announced guidance encouraging law enforcement to delve into an applicant’s social media and financial history when making license determinations. Continue reading “Never Enough: UK to Require Doctor’s Permission for Firearm License”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

There is one recurring problem with central planning: the greater the level of intervention, the worse and more widespread the unexpected adverse consequences. Just two days ago, when we reported that Beijing had imposed price controls on its coal rationing, we said that the problem with such explicit subsidies which create an artificially low price, is that they don’t address the underlying problem (too much demand, not enough supply), but instead accelerate hoarding and lead to a run on the artificially underpriced commodity, forcing spikes in another energy commodity while resulting in an even faster drain of the commodity in question, in this case coal. In essence, it’s like a giant geopolitical game of “whack a mole”.  Continue reading “China’s Energy Crisis Spreads As Gas Stations Run Out Of Diesel”

Children’s Health Defense – by Megan Redshaw

A case report published Oct. 25 in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology highlights a new potential novel side effect of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine that doctors say warrant further investigation.

“This is the first case report to describe a potential relationship between the development of vulvar aphthous ulcers and COVID vaccination, the authors wrote. Continue reading “16-Year-Old Girl Develops Vulvar Ulcers After Pfizer Vaccine, Doctors Say ‘Novel’ Side Effect Warrants Further Study”

Reclaim the Net – by Dan Frieth

Amazon’s massive and lucrative cloud storage subsidiary, AWS, has reportedly scored a contract with three of the UK’s biggest spy agencies – GCHQ, MI5 and MI6.

The Financial Times (FT) reports that over the next ten years the value of the deal is expected to reach a billion pounds ($1.3 billion), while the initial figure is half that, equivalent to just over $685 million. Continue reading “UK spy agencies sign massive deal with Amazon’s cloud division, report states”

Trib Live

What’s in a name?

Enough to lead people to be unintentionally dismissive and disrespectful of someone by misgendering them, according to the University of Pittsburgh.

But now, Pitt has published a gender-inclusive language guide that includes a set of “non-sexist language guidelines and resources” to help students and faculty avoid “unintentionally creating a sexist and homophobic classroom environment.” Continue reading “University of Pittsburgh issues non-sexist language guidelines – including term ‘yinz’”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Kenner, LA — In a rare admission, a massive health care company, Ochsner Health, has admitted fault after a child was administered Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine at school — without his parents permission.

According to Lafayette-based attorney Shelly Maturin, the family is now suing both the school district and Ochsner Health for the gross violation of parental rights.  Continue reading “Family Suing After Son is Vaccinated at School WITHOUT Their Consent”

The New American – by James Murphy

The United States has officially issued its first “gender neutral” passport. The State Department announced the milestone on Wednesday. Citizens can now choose an “X” on their passport application to show that they don’t “identify” as the customary “F” for female or “M” for male.

Secretary of State Anthony Blinken first announced the changes to the passport application back in June, but today marks the first time a person has received a passport with the “X” designation. Continue reading “U.S. State Department Issues First “Gender Neutral” Passport”

Ammoland – by Jeff Knox

USA – -(AmmoLand.com)- In his final, answering brief submitted to the US Supreme Court (embedded below, must-read) in the case of NY State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, attorney for the NYSRPA, Paul Clement makes a statement which I believe undermines his position and perpetuates the problematic attitudes that keep us fighting for our rights decade after decade. Continue reading “Our Gun Rights Are GOD Given, A Quibble with Clement”

MSN – Business Insider

Los Angeles is launching a universal-basic income (UBI) pilot program, set to be the biggest in the US so far.

The scheme will give about 3,000 families in poverty $1,000 a month for a year, and there are no rules for how the families spend the money. Continue reading “Los Angeles is launching the US’ biggest universal basic income pilot. The scheme will pay $1,000 a month to 3,000 families.”

MSN – Washington Post

The Chicago City Council is poised to vote this week on what would be one of the nation’s largest basic income programs, giving 5,000 low-income households $500 per month each using federal funding from the pandemic stimulus package enacted this year.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) has proposed the more than $31 million program as part of her 2022 budget, which the city council is scheduled to consider on Wednesday. The one-year pilot program, funded by the nearly $2 billion Chicago received from the Biden administration’s American Rescue Plan, is supported by most of city’s 50 aldermen. But it has received pushback from the 20-member Black Caucus, which has urged Lightfoot to redirect the money to violence prevention programs.  Continue reading “Chicago poised to create one of the nation’s largest ‘guaranteed basic income’ programs”