Author: JoeSTP

RT

The British military is accused of failing to protect its soldier’s mental health. Figures show nearly 1,000 have sought psychiatric treatment after being given the MoD’s budget price anti-malarial drug Lariam.

A Freedom of Information (FoI) request revealed the figure is much higher than previously thought, with 994 service personnel being admitted to mental health clinics or psychiatric hospitals since 2008.   Continue reading “1,000 British soldiers given psychiatric help after consuming ‘zombie drug’ – new figures”

Wolf Street – by Wolf Richter

“Come down to Houston,” William Snyder, leader of the Deloitte Corporate Restructuring Group, told Reuters. “You’ll see there is just a stream of consultants and bankruptcy attorneys running around this town.”

But it’s not just in Houston or in the oil patch. It’s in retail, healthcare, mining, finance…. Bankruptcies are suddenly booming, after years of drought.   Continue reading “Bankruptcies Suddenly Soar Across Corporate America, Worst First Quarter Since 2009”

Sipsey Street Irregulars

The Armenian Genocide . . . was the Ottoman government’s systematic extermination of its minority Armenian subjects inside their historic homeland which lies within the territory constituting the present-day Republic of Turkey. The total number of people killed as a result has been estimated at between 1 and 1.5 million. The starting date is conventionally held to be 24 April 1915, the day Ottoman authorities rounded up and arrested some 250 Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople.   Continue reading “The predictable fruits of citizen disarmament. 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.”

Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson

The Department of Homeland Security is set to purchase over 62 million rounds of ammo typically used in AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, just weeks after the ATF was forced to back down on a ban on M855 bullets.

A posting on FedBizOpps.gov this week reveals that the DHS is looking to contract with a company to provide 12.6 million rounds of .223 Remington ammunition per year for a period of five years – totaling 62.5 million bullets.   Continue reading “DHS to Purchase 62 Million More Rounds of AR-15 Ammo”

Sipsey Street Irregulars

NRA, ATF & bi-partisan group of politicians agree to save ATF from itself and widen the definition of “sporting purposes.” “A hole big enough to drive Diane Feinstein’s limousine through.”

From the press room of the NRA National Meeting, Nashville, TN: Sipsey Street Irregulars can now confirm the broad outlines of a story first disclosed two days ago by National Gun Rights Examiner columnist David Codrea. Last week, a secret deal involving the National Rifle Association lobbying arm and brokered by politicians of both national political parties was struck in Washington DC that would save the ATF from the political and legal consequences of its own regulatory errors. Continue reading “Negotiating Rights Away. Cynical Secret “Deal With The Devil” Confirmed”

Weapons Man – by Hognose

There’s a reason they held this turkey until Friday night — it’s ugly.

The report also clarifies three things about the critical wounding of transit cop Richard “Dic” Donohue, Jr:

1. Another cop did it;
2. It’s a miracle he was the only cop wounded; and,
3. They’re still trying to cover it up, and protect the cop who did it.

Continue reading “Marathon Bombing Response Report: It’s Ugly”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

While Oregon Democrats stood with Gabby Giffords and the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence to push expanded background checks on April 1, Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer stood for the law-abiding citizens whom the checks will target by describing the gun control push as “borderline treasonous.”

Palmer also made clear that if the Democrats pass the measure there is zero chance of his office enforcing it.   Continue reading “Oregon Sheriff: Gun Control Push ‘Borderline Treasonous,’ Will Not Enforce”

All Gov

Lights…camera…protest!

Florida’s Big Sugar has found that if you can’t lure people to your side of a controversy by using facts, a little money can do the trick. A group protesting a proposed purchase of environmentally sensitive Everglades land from U.S. Sugar Corporation was found to be actors from a nearby theater group.   Continue reading “Sugar Company Hires Actors to Protest against Florida Land Deal”

Wholesale Direct Metals – by Damon Geller

Shocking new revelations demonstrate once again that, if you think your money is safe in the bank, you need to think again.  Coming on the heels of a recent New York Times report that the nation’s biggest banks have willingly turned bank accounts over to the IRS for total confiscation, the Wall Street Journal now reports that banks are working with the Department of Justice to turn customer bank accounts over to the police for seizure!  It’s all done in secrecy, often initiated by the bankers. Tragically, bank account holders don’t even know they’re being targeted until after the money is seized from their accounts.  Continue reading “Banks Turning Accounts over to Police for Seizure”

Richmond Times-Dispatch

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, once considered one of the most conservative in the country, has moved to the left in recent years. But if you think that means it is showing a greater regard for individual rights and civil liberties, think again. According to a ruling the court handed down on March 13, the appropriate range of punishments for possessing a small amount of marijuana includes summary execution.

In 2005 (the wheels of justice can grind exceedingly slowly) the police in Cambridge, Md., acted on a tip and found a small amount of marijuana residue in a trash can. At 4:30 a.m. on May 6, a SWAT team executed a search warrant on the apartment of Andrew Cornish. A jury would later find the commandos failed to knock and announce themselves properly. As they rushed through the apartment, Cornish came out of the bedroom with a sheathed knife in his hand. The police say he advanced on them. One of the officers shot Cornish twice in the head, killing him.   Continue reading “Hinkle: How to kill someone and get away with it”

Vineyard of the Saker

The recent events in Yemen are taking on an increasingly dangerous turn.  Rather than to paraphrase what others have written, I will refer you to the following articles:

Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya “The Geopolitics behind the War in Yemen”
Ron Paul “Yemen Exploding: Is The Stage Set for the Big War?”
Waqar Rizvi “In Yemen, old strategy for a new reality”   Continue reading “Yemen – yet another example of mind-boggling hypocrisy”

Buckeye Firearms – by Chad D. Baus

The Washington Post is reporting that shooting sports teams are seeing a surge on a diverse range of campuses across the country, and have become so popular that some are forced to turn away interested students.

From the article:

Teams are thriving at a diverse range of schools: Yale, Harvard, the University of Maryland, George ­Mason University, and even smaller schools such as Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania and Connors State College in Oklahoma. Continue reading “Report: College shooting sports teams becoming so popular some turn people away”

Buckeye Firearms

On March 13, 2015, three days after the BATFE rescinded its proposed ammo ban framework regulation, anti-gun U.S. Representative Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 1358, a bill designed to ban civilian use and possession of M855 ammunition. This is the same round that the BATFE, after meeting fierce bipartisan opposition from Capitol Hill and from NRA members and supporters across the country, decided to rescind its framework to ban M855 ammunition.    Continue reading “Anti-gun U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel Introduces Ammo Ban Legislation”

AL.com – by Kelly Poe

US Steel will lay off 2,080 workers in Illinois as part of the latest in a string of layoffs including more than 1,800 in Alabama.

The Pittsburgh-based steelmaker has announced it will temporarily idle its Granite City Works operations and the layoffs will start May 28.    Continue reading “U.S. Steel laying off 2,000 in Illinois; latest in string of layoffs including 1,800 in Alabama”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On March 26, the Tampa Bay Times responded to the numerous pro-Second Amendment bills making their way through the Florida legislature by suggesting that “gun rights are not absolute.”

In other words, “shall not be infringed” does not mean “shall not be infringed.”

According to the Times, the numerous gun rights bills–especially campus carry–show that Republican legislators are controlled by the NRA and do not understand that if certain limits are not placed on Second Amendment rights, public safety is sacrificed.   Continue reading “Tampa Bay Times: ‘Shall Not Be Infringed’ Does Not Mean What It Says”