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New York Post – by John Crudele
The stock market is rigged.
When I started making that claim years ago — and provided solid evidence — people scoffed. Some called it a conspiracy theory, tinfoil hats and that sort of stuff. Most people just ignored me.
But that’s not happening anymore. The dirty secret is out. Continue reading “Stock market rigging is no longer a ‘conspiracy theory’”
The Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos
Dallas, Texas – Texas State Representative Jason Villalba (R-Dallas) is once again in the spotlight after submitting yet another Orwellian proposal, H.B. 985.
Villalba first raised the ire of civil libertarians by proposing a bill, H.B. 2006, which would have eliminated the religious exemption for vaccination, essentially creating a forced government vaccination program without exception. Continue reading “New Bill Would Have Teachers Diagnose Psychological Issues in Children and Report them to Police”
Starting weeks before Islamic militants attacked the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, longtime Clinton family confidante Sidney Blumenthal supplied intelligence to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gathered by a secret network that included a former CIA clandestine service officer, according to hacked emails from Blumenthal’s account.
The emails, which were posted on the internet in 2013, also show that Blumenthal and another close Clinton associate discussed contracting with a retired Army special operations commander to put operatives on the ground near the Libya-Tunisia border while Libya’s civil war raged in 2011.
Continue reading “Private Emails Reveal Ex-Clinton Aide’s Secret Spy Network”
Fox News – by Perry Chiaramonte
Crime stats published by the FBI and relied upon by the media distort the gun violence and leave the public with the impression “mass shooting” incidents are a much bigger threat than they really are, according to a criminologist and Second Amendment scholar.
The bureau’s annual reports tabulating and classifying a wide range of crime throughout the nation have been historically free of politics, but John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said the latest statistics contain numbers that are misleading at best and deliberately fudged at worst. Lott believes the numbers may have been presented to overstate for political purposes the true risk of being a victim of random gun crimes. Continue reading “FBI Manipulated Figures To Show An Increase In Mass Shootings”
Courthouse News – by IULIA FILIP
ATLANTA (CN) – A man who was shot in the genitals during a traffic stop can pursue claims that his medical care was delayed deliberately, the 11th Circuit ruled.
Roberto Valderrama’s lawsuit in Florida stems from a January 2006 traffic stop of a car in which Valderrama was a passenger.
Detective Carl Rousseau, of the Miami-Dade County Police Department, was patrolling the Overtown neighborhood when he claimed to have seen a pedestrian hand what looked like a gun to Valderrama. Continue reading “Genital-Shooting Claims Against Cops Advance”
Adult interrogation methods do not belong in the classroom, so why are school administrators throughout the United States being trained to use them on their students in order to extract confessions?
John E. Reid & Associates is the largest interrogation trainer in the world and teaches such methods to hundreds of school administrators each year . Last month, members of the Illinois Principals Association, for instance, could register for a “professional development” event on “Investigative Interviewing and Active Persuasion”. The School Administrators Association of New York State recently offered a workshop for administrators on this same topic, titled “Are you Sure They Are Telling the Truth”? Continue reading “School officials learning coercive interrogations tactics to extract confessions from kids”
CBS San Franscisco – by Doug Sovern
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — KCBS has learned that Saint Mary’s Cathedral, the principal church of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, has installed a watering system to keep the homeless from sleeping in the cathedral’s doorways.
The cathedral, at Geary and Gough, is the home church of the Archbishop. There are four tall side doors, with sheltered alcoves, that attract homeless people at night. Continue reading “San Francisco Saint Mary’s Cathedral Drenches Homeless With Water To Keep Them Away”
Chron – by St. John Barned-Smith
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is a tradition for John Cody and his family.
“For the most part, we always try and go,” said Cody, a 35-year-old Houston firefighter and Army veteran.
He and his wife, Maricruz, like to take their three daughters to check out the animals at the petting zoo, munch on greasy carney food and ride the festival rides. Continue reading “Family rodeo outing turns to “hellish nightmare””
Thousands of people busted in Connecticut for marijuana possession now have the right to get their convictions erased after the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the violation had been downgraded to the same legal level as a parking ticket.
The 7-0 ruling came in the case of former Manchester and Bolton resident Nicholas Menditto, who had asked for his convictions to be overturned after the Legislature decriminalized possession of small amounts of pot in 2011. Continue reading “Marijuana Convictions To Be Erased In Connecticut”
Documented Corruption In Law Enforcement
Police have been busted framing innocent people in numerous ways. For example:
Elias Montoya, the former New Mexico State Police officer who was fired from the department after shooting at a minivan containing Oriana Farrell and her kids in 2013, was hired by and is now working for the Taos County Sheriff’s Department as a deputy.
Montoya started work Monday, and is currently training at the County Detention Center. Continue reading “Former state police officer involved in 2013 Farrell shooting now a Taos Co. deputy”
Washington Post – by Eugene Volokh
But last week’s In re Parentage of M.A.R.R. (Ill. Ct. App. Mar. 11, 2015)reversed the order. Here’s a quick summary:
1. Andrea and Kurt were never married, but they have a now-2-year-old daughter, M.A.R.R. After the parents split up, the trial court eventually gave custody of M.A.R.R. to Kurt. Continue reading “Family court to father: No guns in the house until child is 18 – Reversed”
Free Beacon – by Elizabeth Harrington
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants hotels to monitor how much time its guests spend in the shower.
The agency is spending $15,000 to create a wireless system that will track how much water a hotel guest uses to get them to “modify their behavior.”
“Hotels consume a significant amount of water in the U.S. and around the world,” an EPA grant to the University of Tulsa reads. “Most hotels do not monitor individual guest water usage and as a result, millions of gallons of potable water are wasted every year by hotel guests.” Continue reading “EPA Wants to Monitor How Long Hotel Guests Spend in the Shower”
You may have heard about Attorney General Eric Holder’s recent announcement that states would no longer be able to cite federal asset forfeiture laws to snatch people’s cash and property without so much as charging them with a crime – let alone actually going to the trouble of convicting them of having committed a crime.
Most people are unaware such brazen gangster tactics have been in use for years – and could be used against them. And when they are used, you’ll have little recourse. It is literally up to you to prove you did not commit a crime – at your expense and on your nickel. Continue reading “If They Want Your Money . . . There is always a catch”
Pro-Publica – by Jeff Gerth
Raw Story – The Guardian
Marijuana World News
Washington’s Blog
KOB 4 News – by Kai Porter
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