Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

Intellihub- by Brett Redmayne-Titley

Author’s Note: This is Part Three of a report direct from the 2012 San Diego TPP negotiations re-published by Intellihub to bring urgent awareness of the threat of TPP to its American and International readers. — B.R-T.

(INTELLIHUB) — “Is that thing on?” gasped, Barbara Weisel, U.S. Chief Negotiator at the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, one millisecond after having just accused four U.S. senators, and one hundred thirty-two US congresspersons- including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) who has, repeatedly, demanded to see a copy of the treaty – of lying to the American public! Now she spied the arch enemy of all political miscreants blinking menacingly on the white tablecloth right next to her: the voice recorder. Snatching-up this reporters’ voice recorder, she anxiously attempted to shut it off and/ or erase the recording. “You can’t record this”, she continued still anxiously fidgeting with the gadget, obviously aware that she had been caught on-tape in several very inflammatory and, by all prior reports, fraudulent accusations. She is employed by the US congress. You would not know it to speak with her.   Continue reading “Chief Negotiator on TPP Agreement, Calls 132 Members of Congress & Four Senators Liars”

The Intercept – by Glenn Greenwald

Ever since the U.S. last October bombed a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the U.S. vehemently denied guilt while acting exactly like a guilty party would. First, it changed its story repeatedly. Then, it blocked every effort – including repeated demands from MSF – to have an independent investigation determine what really happened. As May Jeong documented in a richly reported story for The Intercept yesterday, the Afghan government – rather than denying that the hospital was targeted – instead repeatedly claimed that doing so was justified; moreover, they were sympathetic to calls for an independent investigation, which the U.S. blocked. What is beyond dispute, as Jeong wrote, is that the “211 shells that were fired . . . were felt by the 42 men, women, and children who were killed.” MSF insisted the bombing was “deliberate,” and ample evidence supports that charge.   Continue reading “The Joke of U.S. Justice and “Accountability” When They Bomb a Hospital”

CNN

Buying a gun in America can be an expensive ordeal. Or it can be cheap and easy. It depends on where you live.

The difference between those two Americas was made clear earlier this month when Alex “Shaya” Lichtenstein, a member of a Orthodox Jewish patrol society in Brooklyn, was charged with offering an police officer a $6,000 bribe to expedite handgun licenses for his clients. He claimed his clients would pay him $18,000, according to a court document.   Continue reading “Only in New York: Bribing cops for a gun license”

ABC 13 – by Ted Oberg and Trent Seibert

HOUSTON (KTRK) — When you think of felony forgery your thoughts might turn to Al Capone or Bonnie and Clyde shooting it out with the Texas Rangers.

Not for some local school cops. For one day, public enemy number one when it came to forgery was 13-year-old eighth grader Danesiah Neal at Fort Bend Independent School District’s Christa McAuliffe Middle School.   Continue reading “Lunchroom Lunacy: ISD Cops Investigate $2 Bill Spent on School Lunch”

Washington Post – by Tom Jackman

Local police chiefs and sheriffs typically swear to enforce the laws of their state. But a group called the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association is intent on strictly enforcing their view of the U.S. Constitution and, according to a long newpiece by the Center for Public Integrity, “its ambition is to encourage law enforcement officers to defy laws they decide themselves are illegal.” In essence, they are troubled by the overreach of the federal government in matters concerning guns, taxes and land management, and founder Richard Mack has described the federals as “the greatest threat we face today,” and his association as “the army to set our nation free.”   Continue reading “National sheriffs’ group, opposed to federal laws on guns and taxes, calls for defiance”

WSB-TV 2

A local man said an off-duty police officer working security for Walmart severely beat him after he was falsely accused of stealing a tomato.

After he was handcuffed to his hospital bed with a broken leg and severed artery, Tyrone Carnegay told Channel 2’s Craig Lucie he spent three days in jail and the charges were dropped.   Continue reading “Lawsuit: Man leaving Walmart beaten by off-duty officer over tomato”

Breitbart – by Katie McHugh

Barack Obama’s Department of Justice is deploying a new term for convicted criminals: “justice-involved individuals.”

“In an effort to help young people involved in the justice system find jobs and housing, the U.S. Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today announced $1.75 million for Public Housing Authorities (PHAs) and nonprofit legal service organizations to address the challenges justice-involved individuals face when trying to find work and a place to call home,” a statement from the Department of Justice reads.   Continue reading “DOJ Coins New Term for Convicted Criminals: ‘Justice-Involved Individuals’”

New York Post – by Keith J Kelly

Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait told his 2,400 journalists in a memo on Tuesday that he was forming a 10-person team to lead a study on how to use more automation in writing and reporting.

Micklethwait called the robot-generated copy “smart automated content (SAC).”   Continue reading “Bloomberg turning to robots to deliver the news”

Sharyl Attkisson

Beyond the issue of Hillary Clinton’s use of a private server for public business, including some classified materials; and beyond the fact that some of the documents continue to be improperly withheld from Freedom of Information requests after years, many more questions have arisen. One of them surrounds the State Department’s removal of Benghazi-related files from the secretary of state’s office a year ago, even though they were under Congressional subpoena.   Continue reading “State Department removed Benghazi files after subpoena”

NWF Daily News

MILTON — A Milton woman was arrested after she ignored a deputy’s order for her to stop, crawled under a semi to escape, and shook off a jolt from a Taser, lawmen say.

The woman, 23-year-old Anna Marie Nowlin, was walking with traffic along U.S. Highway 90 when a deputy spotted her and tried to talk to her. She refused to talk and continued walking, eventually crossing the road. The deputy went ahead of her and waited for her to come by, and again she refused to talk to him.   Continue reading “POLICE BLOTTER: Walking woman Tased multiple times”

The Nation – by Rebecca Gordon

The allegations against the man were serious indeed.

• Donald Rumsfeld said he was “if not the number two, very close to the number two person” in Al Qaeda.
• The Central Intelligence Agency informed Assistant Attorney General Jay Bybee that he “served as Usama Bin Laden’s senior lieutenant. In that capacity, he has managed a network of training camps…. He also acted as al-Qaeda’s coordinator of external contacts and foreign communications.”

Continue reading “The CIA Waterboarded the Wrong Man 83 Times in 1 Month”

MassPrivateI

It seems like DHS will go to any lengths to keep Americans in fear, even if that means reviving a useless color-coded threat chart.

A recent AP story revealed, DHS spent $90K in taxpayer money to review whether they should bring back their color coded threat chart.

The Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) hired by DHS, found their color-coded threat chart to be simplistic and misleading, noting that colors were a “disaster” for communicating terror threats.   Continue reading “DHS to create a new ‘threat index chart’ to keep Americans in fear”

The Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

It could easily be said 2016 has been the year so-called conspiracy theorists were vindicated — and we aren’t yet five months in.

Before explaining why that is the case, make no mistake — the term conspiracy theorist originated with the CIA as an effort to discredit viable theories from credible people who chanced upon the truth.   Continue reading “8 Revelations From 2016 That Completely Vindicate “Conspiracy Theorists””

EFF

San Francisco – A federal judge has unsealed her ruling that National Security Letter (NSL) provisions in federal law—as amended by the USA FREEDOM Act—don’t violate the Constitution. The ruling allows the FBI to continue to issue the letters with accompanying gag orders that silence anyone from disclosing they have received an NSL, often for years. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) represents two service providers in challenging the NSL statutes, who will appeal this decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.   Continue reading “Ruling Unsealed: National Security Letters Upheld As Constitutional”

Waco Trib – by Kristin Hoppa

Law enforcement officials from across Central Texas put some newly learned skills to the test Wednesday during a mock riot.

Dozens of McLennan Community College students posed as unruly protesters as part of a Federal Emergency Management Agency training program. Area agencies sent 61 officers to the program at MCC’s Emergency Services Education Center for the course that started Monday and finished Wednesday, training coordinator Jay Fonville said.   Continue reading “Law enforcement training course ends with mock riot at MCC”

Fox 21 News

GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS, Colo. — The town of Green Mountain Falls no longer has any police. The chief announced his resignation on Thursday, April 14, with the three other officers following his lead.

An anonymous source tells us the entire department quit over policy and unhappiness with the new mayor, who was sworn in just Tuesday night. As of Monday, their resignations went into effect, leaving the folks of Green Mountain Falls with no cops and a lot of questions.   Continue reading “Green Mountain Falls’ entire police department quits”

WNEM – by Brianna Owczarzak

LAPEER COUNTY, MI (WNEM) – A Flint Water Department employee was found dead on April 16.

Matthew McFarland, 43, of Otter Lake, was found dead at a residence in Otter Lake by a friend. His friend called 911.   Continue reading “Flint water employee found dead at Lapeer County home”

Activist Post – by Derrick Broze

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Explosives has claimed ownership of a mysterious box that was removed from a utility pole in Phoenix, Arizona.

Phoenix resident Brian Clegg was concerned about a box he witnessed being installed on a power pole. Clegg said the box was facing his house and he believed it may have had cameras inside. The pole was owned by Arizona’s largest power provider, SRP, who claimed no one had permission to put the box on their pole. Brian Clegg says shortly afterwards SRP sent a crew to remove the box.   Continue reading “Why Is The Federal Government Installing Mysterious Boxes On Utility Poles?”