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Dramatic footage shows a shootout between Los Angeles police and a gang member at point-blank range during a routine traffic stop.
The suspect was fatally wounded after attempting to shoot at officers, injuring one of them. Continue reading “Horrifying moment a police officer is shot at POINT BLANK range and her partner returns fire in a split second to kill gangster during routine stop-gone-wrong”
CAPE TOWN (AFP) – South Africa’s murder rate rose again last year, official statistics showed Tuesday, with over 20,000 killed across the country — about 57 a day — as police admitted they were struggling to keep control.
A total of 20,336 people were killed in the 12 months to March this year, up from 19,016 the previous year. Continue reading “S.Africa ‘close to war zone’ with 57 murders a day: minister”
“Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.”
— Terry Pratchett
“If she’s amazing, she won’t be easy. If she’s easy, she won’t be amazing. If she’s worth it, you won’t give up. If you give up, you’re not worthy. … Truth is, everybody is going to hurt you; you just gotta find the ones worth suffering for.”
— Bob Marley Continue reading “Distraction: Quotes on Life”
A “morality test” distributed to students at an Ohio high school — featuring questions on topics like incest and puppy-killing — has outraged parents and resulted in the teacher’s suspension.
Sarah Gillam, a 35-year-old Language Arts instructor at Hilliard Bradley High School, was placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation, the Columbus Dispatch reported. Continue reading “‘Morality test,’ on topics like incest and puppy-killing, judged ‘not OK’ by students’ parents”
In Gaza, young people’s lives are not their own. At any point they could be taken by lethal force, and every day is defined by restrictions of their basic needs and control over their plans and aspirations. By withdrawing its funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), the United States is making that future even more uncertain.
Young people with Christian Aid’s partner, the Culture and Free Thought Association, recently felt compelled to take action and share their experience of not being able to leave Gaza. They spoke of the fact that being cut off not just from basic amenities, but from so many opportunities, means that they “cannot dream or even think about our future”. Continue reading “The world cannot stand idly by while Israel’s blockade on Gaza continues to disrupt countless innocent lives”
BOZEMAN, Mont. – A new scientific paper contends the entire foundation of the man-made global-warming theory – the assumption that greenhouse gases warm the atmosphere by trapping heat – is wrong.
If confirmed, the study’s findings would crush the entire “climate change” movement to restrict CO2 emissions, the authors assert Continue reading “Study blows ‘greenhouse theory out of the water’”
‘It’s a type of Zionist mission, which seeks to create a world religion whose believers adore the Jewish people and the State of Israel without belonging to either…The believers are required to accept the supremacy of Judaism but are not accepted into the Jewish people and are even barred from upholding such commandments as Sabbath observance. Anyone who wishes to be a Noahide is called upon mainly to recognize the Jewish people and its state…’ Continue reading “Judaism for Non Jews–The Messianic Zionist religion that wants to recruit 7 billion members”
A transgender prisoner has been accused of sexually assaulting four female inmates after being sent to a women’s prison, despite not having had reassignment surgery.
It is alleged the first attack took place within days of the inmate arriving at New Hall jail in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Continue reading “Transgender prisoner put in female jail ‘assaulted four women’”
Boing Boing – by Cory Doctorow
James Rhodes, a pianist, performed a Bach composition for his Youtube channel, but it didn’t stay up — Youtube’s Content ID system pulled it down and accused him of copyright infringement because Sony Music Global had claimed that they owned 47 seconds’ worth of his personal performance of a song whose composer has been dead for 300 years.
This is a glimpse of the near future. In one week, the European Parliament will vote on a proposal to force all online services to implement Content ID-style censorship, but not just for videos — for audio, text, stills, code, everything. Continue reading “The future is here today: you can’t play Bach on Youtube because Sony says they own his compositions”
For the first time since a devastating earthquake and tsunami triggered meltdowns at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011, the Japanese government says a former plant worker has died as a result of radiation exposure.
The country’s health and labor ministry has said the man’s family should be paid compensation, according to state broadcaster NHK. Continue reading “Japanese Government Acknowledges First Fukushima Radiation Death”
Emma Gonzalez — who survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and was one of the leaders of the anti-gun movement it spawned — wants to lock down the rights to her famous “We Call BS” tagline.
Gonzalez took center stage at a gun control rally in Ft. Lauderdale back in February, just days after 17 people at her school were shot and killed. Gonzalez’s speech took on politicians, the NRA and even Donald Trump. Below is a transcript from a portion of what Gonzalez said … Continue reading “Parkland Emma wants patent for “We Call B.S.””
The Prepper Journal – by Wild Bill
A few weeks ago I posted an article on items in our mail and among the items was the Hardcore Alpha Shield. Being a firm believer in body armor as an essential piece of home security equipment and in shields in particular as a quickly don’ed item that can be close to where you keep your primary home defense weapon, I wanted to expand on their value as a personal protection device, as something preppers should consider in their inventory of must-have items, even if it does not fit in your BOB. Continue reading “Body Shields for Home Defense”