The Newspaper

California legislation would mandate cutting gasoline use in half within fifteen years.

The freedom to get around by automobile could be severely limited in California under legislation that cleared the state assembly on Friday. By a vote of 41 to 27, the lawmakers mandated a fifty percent cut in statewide petroleum use by 2030. The law gives the California Air Resources Board (CARB) sweeping authority to implement rules it believes would bring about that reduction, which has groups like the California Driver’s Alliance concerned that the measure, if adopted by the state Senate and signed into law, will lead to gasoline rationing, punishing taxes at the gas pump or the use of privacy-invading technologies to monitor and limit individual travel.   Continue reading “California Assembly Passes Bill Limiting Automobile Use”

MassPrivateI

DHS/police Wi-Fi spying is back, but this time under a different name.

Croscutt News reports, “SkyWave Antennas” are currently being installed at intersections in Seattle!

Yes, this is the very same city that had DHS’s ‘mesh network’ surveillance devices installed in 2013. The ‘mesh network’ surveillance boxes are made by Aruba Networks .    Continue reading “Seattle is tracking your smart car, smartphone and Wi-Fi devices again”

Eric Peter’s Autos

You’ve heard about the automated car.

How about automated policing?

Instead of government drones (that would be cops) picking our pockets at gunpoint, the “work” (and profit) is being turned over to private contractors, who do the same at camera-point, using debt collectors to force us to stand and deliver.   Continue reading “You’ve Got Mail!”

The Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Steele County, MN — The Old Paths Baptist Church was out doing some evening preaching last month when they were approached by Steele County cops who were destined to shut them down.

As the group was out on public property, practicing their First Amendment right to peacefully assemble, they were approached by Sheriff’s deputy, Lon Thiele. Thiele told the man filming, who is also a preacher, that he would have to move all the way down the road, away from the intersection, in a “designated [free speech] area.”   Continue reading “Cop Short Circuits After Preacher Eloquently Refused to be Pushed into “Free Speech Zone””

Washington’s Blog

The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave  The Land of the Fleeced and the Home of the Slave

This post explains the liberties guaranteed in the Bill of Rights – the first 10 amendments to the United States Constitution – and provides a scorecard on the extent of the loss of each right.   Continue reading “If You Don’t Think Americans Have Lost Our Freedoms, READ THIS”

Huffington Post

Former tennis star James Blake was tackled Wednesday and detained by five NYPD officers who mistook him for a suspect in an identity theft ring.

Blake told the New York Daily News that he suffered cuts and bruises when he was forcefully slammed to the ground and handcuffed outside his Manhattan hotel, just as he was leaving for the U.S. Open.   Continue reading “Tennis Star James Blake Mistakenly Tackled By NYPD Cops”

Courthouse News Service – by NICHOLAS IOVINO

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – California sheriff’s officers beat a man senseless after stopping him for riding his bicycle without a headlight, then told him if he sought medical treatment he “would never see daylight,” the man claims in court.

Manuel Jose Salazar sued Santa Clara County, its Sheriff’s Department, and Officers Carrie Gordon and Alan Reyes on Sept. 4 in Federal Court.   Continue reading “Bicyclist Says Cops Beat Him Senseless”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Less than two weeks after a heinous attack in which a Virginia TV reporter and and her cameraman were killed by a gunman who passed a a background check for his firearm, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) is is pushing legislation to make “gun sellers” criminally liable for the misuse of guns they sell.

The bill is designed to “raise the bar” and require more “accountability” on the part of gun sellers. It also expands the federal net to open the door to criminal liability charges against private sellers too.   Continue reading “Sen. Tim Kaine Pushing Bill To Make ‘Gun Sellers’ Criminally Liable For Misuse Of Guns”

Courthouse News – by Cameron Houston

HOUSTON (CN) – With Houston reeling from the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s officer, killed as he pumped gas, the police chief announced a “Pray for Police” campaign to begin today.

Police Chief Charles McClelland and other local officials were to kick off the program Tuesday morning at Houston Police Officers Union headquarters.

Harris County sheriff’s Officer Darren Goforth, 47, was shot 15 times from behind on Aug. 28 as he filled up his cruiser at a Houston gas station.   Continue reading “Houston Asks Public to ‘Pray for Police’”

MassPrivateI

Thanks to DHS’s own research & development department if you’re arrested, cops can now read your bank balance!

Police are now able to read our bank credit and debit cards, retail gift cards, library cards, hotel card keys, even magnetic-striped Metrorail cards instantly!

Did you catch that? Police will even know the balance of your commuter train/bus cards, all without a WARRANT!   Continue reading “Police are reading your bank & debit card balances without a warrant”

Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

Philadelphia, PA — A dog rescuer was recently harassed by local police for walking his dogs in a public park. When a video of the encounter went viral, agents from the Department of Homeland Security were sent to his home, because of alleged “anti-cop” posts that were seen on his Facebook page.

Independent dog rescuer Damion Trakas has been taking dogs off the streets for years and has had great success training them to be well-mannered and friendly. Many of the dogs that Damion rescues are pit bulls. Unfortunately, although the dogs are well-behaved, there is still a social stigma against the breed, and he has faced regular persecution for taking his dogs to the Cione Park near his house.   Continue reading “Dog Rescuer Visited By Homeland Security for Making Facebook Posts About Cops Shooting Dogs”

KVUE – by Kris Betts

WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — A lawsuit over hiring questions about religion, abortion and marriage in Williamson County got the green light to head to trial this week.

A judge dismissed a request for summary judgement in the case regarding the Williamson County Precinct 3 Constable’s Office.

It all began when Robert Lloyd, a 25-year veteran in law enforcement interviewed for a job as constable in 2013.   Continue reading “Lawyer claims WilCo Commissioners want Baptist employees only”

LA Times – by Tina Susman

There are papal pendants. There are life-size papal cardboard cutouts. There are papal mugs, ideal for drinking your specially brewed papal beer.

There is even a papal toaster, which will sear the image of the smiling, waving Pope Francis onto your sliced bread.

But heaven forbid you try to find a taxi when Francis visits Philadelphia, where the security ramifications of his arrival later this month are becoming clear.   Continue reading “Philadelphia plans intense security for Pope Francis’ visit — some say too intense”

21st Century Wire

As staged multi-agency drills go, they don’t come much bigger than this one.

This afternoon a mass manhunt was underway by law enforcement in Fox Lake, Illinois to find suspects following  the shooting of a local police officer,  fatally shot while in pursuit of the three men on Tuesday morning.   Continue reading “‘G.I. Joe’ Shooting: Massive Multi-Agency, Martial Law Drill Underway in Fox Lake, Illinois”

New York Times – by Shaila Dewan

An explosion of cellphone videos has brought renewed attention to police practices, provoking criticism, indictments and talk of criminal justice overhaul. Courtroom videos of judges in action, however, are far rarer.

But one surreptitious video in a small-town Georgia court has led to an overhaul of court practices there. The video showed the judge threatening to jail traffic violators who could not come up with an immediate payment toward their fines.   Continue reading “A Surreptitious Courtroom Video Prompts Changes in a Georgia Town”

Watchdog – by Jon Cassidy

The Drug Enforcement Administration has been sifting through hundreds of supposedly private medical files, looking for Texas doctors and patients to prosecute without the use of warrants.

Instead, the agents are tricking doctors and nurses into thinking they’re with the Texas Medical Board. When that doesn’t work, they’re sending doctors subpoenas demanding medical records without court approval.   Continue reading “Texas: Med Board lets DEA sneak peeks at patient records”

KARE 11 – by Adrienne Broaddus

ST. PAUL, Minn. – A St. Paul mother said Metro Transit Police mistreated her 17-year-old son.

Maria Caldwell said her son lives with autism and was assaulted Monday by police. At some point during the alleged attack, witnesses say the teen suffered a seizure.

The alleged incident happened at the University and Lexington station in St. Paul.   Continue reading “Teen with autism says he was assaulted by Metro Transit Police”

Reuters – by Nathan Layne

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) said it would reopen in late October to early November five U.S. stores whose closure had prompted a union to file a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board, claiming the retailer was retaliating against workers for organizing.

Wal-Mart will start hiring for the stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Florida and California, and will encourage previous employees and those that transferred to other stores to apply, company spokesman Lorenzo Lopez said on Wednesday.   Continue reading “Wal-Mart to reopen five U.S. stores at center of union complaint”

Reason – by Jacob Sullum

This Saturday is Jury Rights Day, which commemorates the 1670 acquittal of Quaker leader William Penn by English jurors who refused to convict him even though he had clearly violated a ban on dissenting religious assemblies. Denver is celebrating the occasion by harassing activists who seek to inform the public about the principle embodied in Penn’s acquittal: the right of jurors to reject the enforcement of unjust laws, a.k.a. jury nullification.

After two local activists, Mark Iannicelli and Eric Brandt, distributed jury nullification pamphlets outside the Lindsey-Flanigan Courthouse in Denver on July 27, Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey charged each of them with seven counts of jury tampering, a felony punishable by one to three years in prison. The seven counts were based on pamphlets received by seven jury pool members.   Continue reading “Denver’s Unconstitutional Harassment of Jury Nullification Activists”