Reuters

Dylann Roof, an avowed white supremacist accused of killing nine black parishioners at a historic Charleston, South Carolina church last year, will be allowed to represent himself at his federal death penalty trial, a judge ruled on Monday.

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel said in court he believed Roof’s decision to serve as his own lawyer was unwise but granted his request after finding the defendant had the right and capacity to do so.   Continue reading “Accused church gunman Dylann Roof to represent himself at trial”

The Hill – by Rebecca Savransky

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is pledging to ban sanctuary cities in his state even as other governors and mayors promise to continue sheltering illegal immigrants.

“I’m going to sign a law that bans sanctuary cities,” Abbott tweeted on Sunday.

“Also I’ve already issued an order cutting funding to sanctuary cities.”   Continue reading “Texas governor says he will ban sanctuary cities”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Philadelphia, PA — In the last three years, the city of Philadelphia has not charged a single cop in the 116 officer-involved shootings that have taken place. However, all that has now changed after Philadelphia police officer Dorion Young made the decision to shoot his own 19-year-old son in his back because the teen had ‘disrespected him.’

The incident happened on Labor Day of this year as the 25-year veteran of the Philly Police department started an argument with his oldest son, Devine, over “perceived disrespect he felt about the use of the family car,” according to District Attorney Seth Williams.   Continue reading “Philly Cop Charged For Shooting His Unarmed Teen Son in the Back”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

More than half of all New Yorkers don’t have enough money saved to cover them in the event of a lost job, medical emergency, or other disaster, according to a new report by the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development.   Continue reading “60% Of New Yorkers Are One Paycheck Away From Homelessness”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

For all of Donald Trump’s words about going against the Washington establishment, his pick for deputy national security adviser makes much of that null and void.

President-elect Trump has tapped K.T. McFarland for deputy national security adviser, who is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and former aide to Henry Kissinger during the Nixon administration. More recently, she has plied her trade as a talking head on Fox News, which regularly pushes the narrative of U.S. military hegemony and keeps Americans in a state of fear over terrorism.   Continue reading “Trump Appoints CFR Member and Former Kissinger Aide to Top Advisory Position”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Today we learn of yet another campus full of disaffected Hillary snowflakes who were triggered by a post-it note suggesting that they should stop whining about the election and just “suck it up, pussies.”  This latest example comes to us from Edgewood College in the ultra-liberal bastion of Madison, Wisconsin via Campus Reform.   Continue reading “College Students Demand Police Investigate “Suck It Up, Pussies” Post-It Note As Hate Crime”

Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

Mainstream, corporate media has launched a dangerous and slanderous campaign to label any news outlet not spewing accepted governmental narrative as professional Russian propagandists — and those unaware they’d apparently been duped by Russia, “useful idiots.”

Ordinarily, the complete dearth of proof this claim has even a shred of truth would cause a reflexive eye roll — but in this case, the American exceptionalist machine behind the supposed analysis calls for FBI and Department of Justice to investigate possible violations of Espionage Act.   Continue reading “If You Question the Establishment You Are Guilty of Espionage, Says Corporate Media — Because Russia”

Off the Grid News – by Cody Assmann

Behind finding fresh water, finding food is one of the biggest concerns in a survival situation. The easiest way to feed yourself for short-term situations is to learn edible plants, but at some point you need meat.   Continue reading “The ‘Quickie’ Survival Bow You Can Carve In A Few Hours”

Armstrong Economics – by Martin Armstrong

The Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein officially handed in a petition Friday asking election officials in the battleground state of Wisconsin to perform a recount of its general election results, the state confirmed. She is trying to stop Trump before the Electoral College votes. Clinton has not joined her because there was not enough claims of voter fraud in those states so the Democrats are keeping their distance letting Stein carry the ball.   Continue reading “Jill Stein Getting Rich Off of Exploiting The Election”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

Hillary Clinton’s loss was a shock to the purveyors of U.S. military hegemony, who saw in her an easier path to keep the Syria conflict going. Secretary of State Clinton was instrumental in the early days of Syria intervention, in 2010 making a series of demands for Syria to get in line behind the U.S. vision for the Middle East.

When Bashar al-Assad refused to roll over, regime change became the talking point of Washington think tanks and mainstream media echo chambers. Clinton promised during her campaign to ramp up action in Syria, to the delight of the same neocons who brought the Iraq invasion. She acknowledged that many civilians would die if the U.S. set up a no-fly zone.   Continue reading “Media Silent as House Passes Resolution for Syrian No-Fly Zone — Provoking War with Russia”

Reuters

Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died on Friday. He was 90.

A towering figure of the second half of the 20th Century, Castro stuck to his ideology beyond the collapse of Soviet communism and remained widely respected in parts of the world that had struggled against colonial rule.   Continue reading “Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dies aged 90”

Waking Times – by Dylan Charles

“Every revolution needs a good crisis in order to germinate its seed. The cashless revolution is no different.” ~Patrick Henningsen

Depending on who you ask, the idea of a cashless society is either a utopia of modern convenience or an Orwellian nightmare, but recent international events coupled with stories about ATM cyber-hacks are fair signals that a major push for the cashless society is underway and will intensify.   Continue reading “Problem, Reaction, Solution – How the Government Will Take Your Cash”

Reuters

Accused white supremacist Dylann Roof is mentally competent to stand trial for the shooting deaths of nine black parishioners at a South Carolina church last year, a federal judge ruled on Friday.

The decision ends a temporary halt to federal efforts to seek justice in the June 2015 attack at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston that shook the country and intensified the debate over U.S. race relations.   Continue reading “South Carolina church shooting suspect found competent to stand trial”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

It’s Thanksgiving, which means that media commentator Mark Dice is back to his annual tradition of shaming the “Black Friday Zombie” shoppers lined up by the hundreds at Best Buy, Target, Walmart, and other Box Box retailers. In his characteristic style, he urges viewers to “have a look at these parasitic consumers who can’t wait to buy more flatscreen televisions, tablets, and toasters, while they go deeper into credit card debt.” As the video below shows, there was not even the faintest reaction to Dice’s public shaming.   Continue reading “Caught On Tape: Multiple Fights Break Out Among “Black Friday Zombies””

The Tap Blog

They are teaching Communism in our schools as environmentalism, says G. Edward Griffin whose up coming climate change conference will include Lord Monckton. Here is Monckton talking to Stefan Molyneux in the last couple of days…

The Global Warming Hoax | Lord Monckton and Stefan Molyneux:   Continue reading “Communism In Our Schools As Environmentalism”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

Idaho is having a hard time letting go of Reefer Madness. Despite being bordered by four states with legal medical cannabis, Idaho’s prohibition is so complete that it crushes the hopes of kids suffering from epileptic seizures.

An investigation by Eric Boehm at Reason.com found that “cops, prosecutors, and lobbyists conspired to restrict a promising cannabis-derived seizure treatment.”   Continue reading “Cops and Big Pharma Shamefully & Quietly Kill Legislation Allowing CBD Oil for Epileptic Kids”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Aptos, CA — Luke Smith, a sophomore at Aptos High School, was fatally shot by police over the weekend while he was allegedly high on LSD. His death was a tragedy and has shocked the community.

The entire interaction between police and Smith was captured on multiple body cameras. The video shows approximately a dozen police officers surround Smith as he held a knife, and shoot him at least 6 times with 40mm less lethal rounds, 2 times with a taser, 2 times siccing the K9 on him, and one time shooting him with an AR15.   Continue reading “Graphic Video Shows 15yo Boy Killed By Police While Holding a Knife on LSD”

Reuters

Macy’s 90th Thanksgiving Day Parade went off without incident in New York on Thursday amid heightened security, police said, after Islamic State militants abroad encouraged their followers to attack the popular holiday event.

New York police used sand-filled trucks, radiation detectors, bomb-sniffing dogs and heavily armed officers to defend the 2.5-mile (4-km) parade route in Manhattan.   Continue reading “New York Thanksgiving parade goes off safely under tight security”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A couple of days ago we wrote about a group of scientists, which included voting-rights attorney John Bonifaz and J. Alex Halderman, the director of the University of Michigan Center for Computer Security and Society, who announced they had found “persuasive evidence” that results in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania may have been manipulated or hacked.  Of course, they presented absolutely no evidence to support their startling claim other than to point out that Clinton received, on average, 7% fewer votes in counties that used electronic voting machines rather than optical scanners and paper ballots.   Continue reading “Jill Stein Raises Enough Money To Force Wisconsin Recount – Michigan & Pennsylvania Up Next”