Dr. Mercola

According to U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death among Americans under the age of 50.1 Preliminary data for 2016 reveals the death toll from drug overdoses may be as high as 65,000,2 a 19 percent increase since the year before, and the largest annual increase of drug overdose deaths in U.S. history. Data from the National Institute on Drug Abuse suggests over 202,600 Americans died from opioids between 2002 and 2015.3
Continue reading “Synthetic Opioids Flooding Into US Via Postal Service”

The Daily Caller – by Jena Greene

Justin Trudeau had a big Monday. He kicked it off by mansplaining to a woman that the word “mankind”was offensive and she should used the word “peoplekind” instead.

And then a video surfaced of Trudeau basically calling Canadian veterans greedy for asking too much of the already liberal Canadian government.   Continue reading “Watch Justin Trudeau Get Downright Annihilated By A Few Good Canadians”

New York Daily News

ALBANY — Calling gun violence a “national epidemic,” state Senate Democrats Tuesday unveiled a package of gun control bills.

The nine-bill package would ban bump stock devices that increase rate of fire like the one used in the Las Vegas mass shooting. It would also establish extreme risk orders of protection, prohibit anyone convicted of a hate crime from possessing firearms, expand the time for background checks, and create a firearm violence research initiative.   Continue reading “New York Senate Dems take aim at bump stocks in package of nine gun control bills”

Orrazz

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) on Tuesday warned against the threat gerrymandering poses to democracy, calling it “one of the biggest scams politicians have ever pulled on the American people.”

“Gerrymandering isn’t a political issue. It is a power issue. Republicans who have power gerrymander. Democrats who have power gerrymander,” Schwarzenegger wrote on his Facebook page.
Continue reading “Schwarzenegger: Gerrymandering ‘one of the biggest scams’ pulled on the American people”

Anti-War – by Justin Raimondo

You don’t need any special analytical abilities to understand “the memo” and its meaning. A simple reading reveals that allegations of skullduggery peeking by the Obama administration during the presidential campaign were entirely accurate: the memo just filled us in on the details. And while the debate has largely been over whether the proper legal procedures were followed by the FBI and administration officials in spying on Carter Page – someone only marginally connected to the Trump campaign – the real question is: why were they sneaking around Page at all?  Continue reading “FISA-Gate: The Plot To Destroy Our Republic”

Farsnews

Trump took aim at Democratic lawmakers who refused to applaud during his speech last week when he mentioned his achievements during his first year in office, a reaction he called “un-American”, The Hill reported.

“Can we call that treason? Why not?” the President said during a speech in Ohio, adding that “They certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much.”   Continue reading “Trump Accuses Democrats of ‘Treasonous’ Behavior”

Fort Russ – RT Russian – translated by Inessa Sinchougova

Citing intelligence sources, the representative of Donetsk, Eduard Basurin, has stated that British instructors have arrived in the Donbass, at the locations of the Ukrainian Forces.

“In the area of 93rd separate mechanized brigade in the vicinity of the city of Volnovaha, a group of foreign instructors has arrived – led by a representative of the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, for the purpose of training of Ukrainian servicemen on how to carry out sabotage and subversive activities,” said Basurin.  Continue reading “What’s brewing? British, American, Canadian advisers arrive in Donbass”

The Hill – by Olivia Beavers

President Trump is set to establish a “National Vetting Center” on Tuesday to improve the vetting process of individuals coming into the United States, according to a White House daily schedule.

The national security memorandum Trump plans to sign will give the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other government agencies a six-month deadline to establish the center, CNN reported Monday.  Continue reading “Trump to establish National Vetting Center for immigrants, visitors”

Bearing Arms – by Bob Owens

The parents of a dead armed robber are very angry over his death, and are demanding to know why his innocent victim was allowed to be armed.

It’s been a difficult week for parents Temia Hairston and Michael Grace Sr. Their son, Michael Grace Jr., was shot and killed during an attempted robbery early Sunday morning.
Continue reading “The Parents Of This Dead Robber Are Really Mad His Victim Had A Gun”

Off the Grid News – by Terry Nelson

Every year the National Shooting Sports Foundation hosts the annual SHOT Show event, which allows the gun industry to showcase its newest firearms and related gear. The following is just a fraction of what was new at this year’s contention in Las Vegas that could be of interest to defensive mined folks.

Glock’s G19X is essentially a G19 slide on a G17 frame. Some are advocates of this idea, others not so much. Reports are that the trigger has been much improved. Glock will most likely do well with this new offering.   Continue reading “12 New Guns That Turned Heads At The SHOT Show”

Homeland Security Newswire

The worldwide spread of a serious infectious disease could result in pandemic-related deaths of 700,000 and annual economic losses of $500 billion, according to a study in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Victoria Fan, an assistant professor in the Office of Public Health Studiesat the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Workat the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, is lead author of a new study which applied a theoretical model to calculate the expected number of deaths and economic losses in rare pandemic scenarios.   Continue reading “Worst-case global pandemic scenario: 700,000 dead, $500 billion in economic losses”

Free Thought Project – by Rachel Blevins

Independence, KS – The man who should be celebrated as a hero for saving his wife, daughter, and at least 30 strangers from an armed gunman during an attempted robbery, is now recovering from a gunshot wound after police arrived at the scene and shot him.

Mike Becker, 31, told the Kansas City Star that he grabbed his handgun and rushed to the local Dollar General after he received a call from his wife saying that she, their 4-year-old daughter, and several other customers in the store were being threatened by a man with a gun.   Continue reading “Hero Dad Saves 30 People From Gunman – Cops Show Up And Shoot HIM”

Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston

More Americans than ever have decided to ignore the NFL’s biggest game by finding other things to do than to tune in and watch Super Bowl LII and most cite the NFL’s refusal to stand to honor the country during the playing of the national anthem as their reason.

Veterans are especially unhappy with the National Football League’s constant indulgence of anti-American protests during the nation’s song. But millions of others are just as upsetat the protests, Fox News reported.   Continue reading “Americans Turning Off Super Bowl in Droves: Bars, Bowling Alleys, Veterans Boycotting”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday warned countries in the Western Hemisphere to beware of Chinese investment, saying it is reminiscent of European colonialism. He also derided Russia for selling weaponry to unfriendly, authoritarian governments in the region.

Before embarking Thursday on a five-nation trip to Latin America, Tillerson said China seeks only to enrich itself with investment and development projects. He said regional governments should protect themselves against “predatory actors that are now showing up in our hemisphere,” specifically mentioning China. He said Chinese investment may look good but comes with a heavy price.   Continue reading “Tillerson warns against China, Russia engagement in Americas”

CBS News

Corporate America as a whole is blamed for all sorts of societal ills, from greed on Wall Street to shafting the little guy. But people’s scorn can intensify when it comes to individual companies and other organizations, especially after inadvertent missteps or, worse, outright misconduct.

Here’s a quick rundown of the 20 most hated U.S. companies, according to 24/7 Wall St., which took customer surveys, employee reviews and news events into account in devising its list: Continue reading “America’s most hated companies”

The Next Web

Facebook made a startling revelation today: for the first time ever, it lost a million users in the US and Canada in Q4 2017, bringing its North American base down to 184 million.

That’s not a huge number in the grand scheme of things – and heck, Facebook even saw an increase in daily user audience by 32 million last quarter – but it indicates that people are actively leaving the social network and freeing themselves from its shackles to lead a better life.   Continue reading “I salute the 1 million North Americans who ditched Facebook last quarter”

Dallas News

Union Pacific is building a new $550 million rail yard in Texas to help sort the growing number of freight cars it is hauling into trains.

The Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad says the new Brazos rail yard will be able to switch up to 1,300 rail cars per day. The 1,875-acre facility is being built in Robertson County, about 125 miles south of Dallas.   Continue reading “Union Pacific to spend $550 million on massive new rail yard in Texas”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

What was today’s most important diplomatic meeting, was also the least publicly discussed. And judging by the information blackout in its aftermath, that’s just what the organizers intended.

Very few details have emerged from the lengthy Moscow talks between Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, the duo’s seventh face to face meeting in two years, in which the two leaders who are currently reshaping the middle east in the power vacuum left by the US, were expected to discuss military cooperation on Syria and Iran’s influence in the region.  Continue reading “Information Blackout Follows Putin-Netanyahu Meeting”

Ars Technica – by Timothy B Lee

Over the last 15 years, Elon Musk’s companies have had a big impact on the rocket, electric car, and battery markets. This weekend, Musk entered yet another new market: flamethrowers. Musk’s Boring Company began selling branded novelty flamethrowers for $500 apiece.

“Obviously, a flamethrower is a super terrible idea,” Musk tweeted on Saturday evening. “Definitely don’t buy one.”   Continue reading “Elon Musk sells 10,000 flamethrowers in 48 hours”

The Electronic Intifada – by Nora Barrows-Friedman

The New Orleans city council unanimously voted to rescind a resolution it passed just two weeks ago, following heavy pressure from pro-Israel Jewish communal organizations and right-wing lawmakers.

Dozens of civic and human rights groups, including Amnesty International, had urged city leaders to uphold the resolution that called on the city to start screening investments and contracts and to divest from corporations that profit from human rights abuses.   Continue reading “New Orleans repeals human rights resolution to shield Israel”