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KTLA – by Melissa Pamer

For the first time on the West Coast, a federal border enforcement helicopter fired warning shots from the air at a boat en route to Catalina Island, bringing an apparent drug smuggling operation to a halt, authorities said Monday.

The shots were fired about 11p.m Saturday from a Blackhawk helicopter operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine using a mounted bolt-action rifle aimed by a crew member, according to a news release from the federal agency.   Continue reading “Border Enforcement Helicopter Fires Warning Shots at Panga Off SoCal Coast; 3 in Custody”

USA Today – by Brad Heath

WASHINGTON — At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped their officers with radar devices that allow them to effectively peer through the walls of houses to see whether anyone is inside, a practice raising new concerns about the extent of government surveillance.

Those agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service, began deploying the radar systems more than two years ago with little notice to the courts and no public disclosure of when or how they would be used. The technology raises legal and privacy issues because the U.S. Supreme Court has said officers generally cannot use high-tech sensors to tell them about the inside of a person’s house without first obtaining a search warrant.   Continue reading “New police radars can ‘see’ inside homes”

The Washington Post – by Rosalind S. Helderman

Many members of Congress are reserving their guest passes to Tuesday’s State of the Union address for victims of gun violence to serve as an emotional and visual example of the need for President Obama’s gun-control agenda.But Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez will use his invite to highlight another topic expected to get a mention in Obama’s speech — immigration.

Gutierrez announced Monday that he’s invited Gabino Sanchez, a South Carolina man who is fighting deportation from the United States, to attend the speech. Gutierrez has been working on behalf of Sanchez to help him secure legal residency in the United States, accompanying him to three Immigration and Customs Enforcement appointments. Continue reading “Gutierrez invites illegal immigrant to attend State of the Union”

Walker like all other potential presidential candidates must first travel to Israel to get their blessing to run. The Zionist States of America. Unfrigginbelievable…

Journal Sentinel – by Patrick Marley

Madison — Gov. Scott Walker said Monday he would likely take a trade mission this year to Israel, a move that could spur interest from key constituencies and donors as the Republican governor considers a run for president.    Continue reading “Scott Walker likely to lead trade mission to Israel”

Tenth Amendment Center

RICHMOND, Va.- (Jan. 19, 2015)  A bill introduced in the Virginia assembly would take the next step in stopping illegal federal kidnapping under the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act.

Virginia stood alone and passed the first bill in the country addressing detention provisions written into the NDAA  in 2012. That law forbids state agencies, in some situations, from cooperating with any federal attempts to exercise the indefinite detention provisions written into sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act.   Continue reading “Virginia’s New Anti-NDAA Detention Bill Turns the Table on Feds”

Holbrooks Wordsmith

I picture him in a shadowy room, stretched out in a plush leather chair with a cup of steaming coffee on the table next to him. His hands are steepled at his mouth as he studies in meditative silence the bank of muted screens before him. Flickering across those screens are pundits, press conferences, and live reports from war correspondents. He killed the sound a minute before. He doesn’t need to hear the words. He understands the message all too well.

The West is closing in.

I’ve heard Vladimir Putin referred to as The Chessmaster. I’ve never sat at the board with the man so I can’t say for certain this is apt. But it does seem like the Russian leader’s moves of late have been carefully thought-out and even more carefully executed.   Continue reading “Crisis Point: Putin, The West, and the Game Being Played”

Washington Post – by Kevin Sieff

TUBMANBURG, Liberia — Near the hillside shelter where dozens of men and women died of Ebola, a row of green U.S. military tents sit atop a vast expanse of imported gravel. The generators hum; chlorinated water churns in brand-new containers; surveillance cameras send a live feed to a large-screen television.

There’s only one thing missing from this state-of-the-art Ebola treatment center: Ebola patients.   Continue reading “U.S.-built Ebola treatment centers in Liberia are nearly empty as outbreak fades”

The Telegraph – by Harriet Alexander

Continue reading “Argentine prosecutor who accused Cristina Kirchner over 1994 bombings found dead”

Yahoo News 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday a wave of anti-Semitism and what he called “Islamisation” in Western Europe are factors in a Jewish state push to expand trade with Asia.

Europe is Israel’s biggest trading partner, but deepening diplomatic disputes over policy toward the Palestinians and anti-Jewish incidents such as a Jan. 9 attack by an Islamist gunman on a Paris kosher deli have triggered Israeli worries.

Netanyahu, who is also finance minister and a free-market champion, cast his courting of China, India and Japan over the past two years as a partial response to European developments.   Continue reading “Netanyahu eyes Asian markets, cites anti-Israel mood in Europe”

Free Beacon – by Adam Kredo

Iranian military leaders admitted this week to building and operating missile-manufacturing plants in Syria, where it was also revealed that Tehran is helping to build a secret nuclear facility.

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander stated in a recent interview that the country’s Supreme Leader ordered forces to build and operate missile plants in Syria, where Iran continues to fight on behalf of embattled leader Bashar al-Assad, according to regional media reports.   Continue reading “Iran Building Missile Sites in Syria”

Wall Street Journal – by MATT JARZEMSKY, PEG BRICKLEY and KATE O’KEEFFE

Caesars Entertainment Corp. ’s largest unit is preparing to file for bankruptcy protection as soon as Thursday, the final gambit of a yearslong attempt to salvage a soured buyout.

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co.’s Chapter 11 filing would launch the final stage ofApollo Global Management LLC’s effort to save some of its $1.7 billion investment in the company, which it took private in 2008 with fellow buyout firm TPG.   Continue reading “Caesars Largest Unit to File Own Chapter 11 Bankruptcy”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkns

In 2014, Los Angeles had more gun control–notably a ban on “high capacity” magazines, a trigger lock requirement, and numerous other new gun controls passed the previous year. Yet they also saw violent crime rise “14.3 percent,” driven by “aggravated assaults”–assaults in which a weapon was used during the attack.   Continue reading “Los Angeles: More Gun Control, More Violent Crime in 2014”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

Two medical tests have confirmed the 24-year-old Fort Hood soldier who was found dead in his front yard did not have or die from the Ebola virus. The soldier returned from West Africa recently on emergency leave. His name is still being withheld pending family notification.

The soldier was found dead on his front lawn on Tuesday afternoon. There was no immediate indication of Ebola exposure, according to a press release from the Fort Hood Press Center obtained by Breitbart Texas. Two separate tests were conducted to confirm the initial conclusions. Both tests had negative results for exposure to the Ebola virus.   Continue reading “Death of Fort Hood Ebola Warrior Not Related to the Virus”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

Fort Hood, Texas, has received its first eighty-seven Ebola warriors who have returned home after helping to fight the deadly disease in Liberia. Most of the soldiers are members who are permanently assigned to Fort Hood, but some are from Fort Carson, Colorado. The soldiers now begin a twenty-one day monitoring period to ensure none of them returned carrying the deadly virus.

The soldiers will be taken care of in Fort Hood’s Controlled Monitoring Area Site (CMAS). During this process the soldiers will be treated with dignity, respect and compassion, according to a press release from the Fort Hood Press Center obtained by Breitbart Texas. They will be afforded essential quality of life equipment and services as they transition through the twenty-one day monitoring program.   Continue reading “Fort Hood Soldiers Begin Ebola Screening Process After Liberia”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

Incoming Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick (R) announced border security as his top agenda item for the 84^th Texas Legislature. Other priority items included reducing taxes, education, transportation, the Second Amendment, and family and life issues. The announcement came during a press conference held Thursday in Austin, Texas.

Patrick said he has listened to the voters who elected him with nearly sixty percent of the vote. He was elected after a very long primary and general election campaign where he made his agenda clear to the voters. “The point is the people of Texas are very clear on the major issues they care about – border security, reducing taxes on homes and businesses, education, transportation, family and life issues, and second amendment rights,” Patrick stated in a press release obtained by Breitbart Texas.   Continue reading “Border Security Tops Incoming Texas Lt. Governor’s Agenda”

Washington Post – by Philip Rucker,, Robert Costa and Matea Gold

Mitt Romney forcefully declared his interest in a third presidential run to a room full of powerful Republican donors Friday, disrupting the fluid 2016 GOP field as would-be rival Jeb Bush was moving swiftly to consolidate establishment support.

Romney, the 2012 Republican nominee, has been mulling another campaign for several months, but his comments Friday marked a clear step forward in his thinking and come amid mounting tensions between the Romney and Bush camps.   Continue reading “Romney to GOP donors: ‘I want to be president.’”

The Daily Caller – by Michael Bastasch

This year is already seeing a wave of new regulations being published in the Federal Register as the Obama administration unveils 300 new rules in the first seven days of 2015, according to federal data.

Federal agencies have published 300 final rules, proposals for new rules and regulatory notices in the seven days since the new year began, according to the website Regulations.gov. The bulk of these new regulations are notices, which can lead to rulemakings, meetings and other government activities.   Continue reading “Obama Admin. Unleashes 300 Regulations In The First Week Of 2015”

The Hill – by Kristina Wong

The Navy is temporarily halting the practice of cutting female recruits’ hair short when they arrive at boot camp.

Some female sailors have complained that the short haircuts they receive do not prepare them for entering the service, when longer hairstyles are allowed. Now Navy recruits will be able to select any hairstyle that meets the service’s grooming regulations.   Continue reading “Navy halts short haircuts for new female recruits”

Bloomberg – by Josh Rogin & Eli Lake

U.S. weapons intended for Iraq’s beleaguered military are winding up in the possession of the country’s Shiite militias, according to U.S. lawmakers and senior officials in the Barack Obama administration. These sources say that the Baghdad government, which was granted $1.2 billion in training and equipment aid in the omnibus spending bill passed last month,  is turning hardware over to Shiite militias that are heavily influenced by Iran and have been guilty of gross human-rights violations.    Continue reading “Iran-Backed Militias Are Getting U.S. Weapons”