The Trucker

WASHINGTON — A growing number of state departments of transportation are leveraging innovative drone technology to creatively improve safety, reduce traffic congestion and save money.

According to a March 2016 survey by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 33 state departments of transportation have or are exploring, researching, testing or using unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly referred to as drones, to inspect bridges and assist with clearing vehicle crashes, among other innovative applications.   Continue reading “State DOTs looking to drones to reduce congestion, save money”

Reuters

One person was shot and killed and a police officer was wounded on Saturday during an altercation in a parking lot at a hotel in Tampa, Florida, authorities said.

The officer, who was not identified, was expected to survive, Tampa police said in a statement.   Continue reading “One person dead, police officer shot, wounded in Florida incident”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

The 2016 presidential election, in keeping with the American tradition of a two-party dictatorship, is looking to be a choice between a modern-day fascist and a thoroughly corrupt, lying war monger. As mainstream media cheers on the failure of democracy, the candidates go on telling us how they will spend the money that is taken from us through a convoluted system of taxation rigged to benefit the corporatocracy.

This warped system of revenue collection is complemented by an equally warped system of spending. The practice of lawmakers bringing home pork was highlighted by the infamous “bridge to nowhere,” but in terms of how government spends money on saving lives, we find its priorities in a truly backward state.   Continue reading “Anti-Terrorism Spending in US 50,000 Times More than Any Other Cause of Death”

Reuters

Opponents of a new North Carolina law that bars transgender people from choosing bathrooms consistent with their gender identity sued the state on Monday, arguing the measure is unconstitutional and should be blocked by a federal court.

State lawmakers passed the law last week during a one-day special session called to repeal a Charlotte city ordinance that would have allowed bathroom choice based on gender identity versus sex at birth.   Continue reading “North Carolina transgender bathroom law challenged in court”

Reuters

Georgia Governor Nathan Deal said on Monday he will veto a so-called religious freedom bill passed by the state legislature that has drawn national criticism for discriminating against same-sex couples.

The measure, which states that no pastor can be forced to perform a same-sex wedding, was recently passed by the Republican-controlled legislature.   Continue reading “Georgia governor to veto religious protection seen as anti-gay”

Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

Did you know that when you take the number of working age Americans that are officially unemployed (8.2 million) and add that number to the number of working age Americans that are considered to be “not in the labor force” (94.3 million), that gives us a grand total of 102.5 million working age Americans that do not have a job right now?  I have written about this before, but today I want to focus just on Americans that are in their prime working years.  When you look at only Americans that are from age 25 to age 54, 23.2 percent of them are unemployed right now.  The following analysis and chart come from the Weekly Standard…   Continue reading “23 Percent Of Americans In Their Prime Working Years Are Unemployed”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Atlanta, GA — Cops acting irresponsible is nothing new. Cops shooting each other is also nothing new. However, watching an arguement between two cops over who can run faster, escalating into an assault with a deadly weapon, is something new.

According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, the scuffle happened early Friday morning at R. Thomas Restaurant in Buckhead, after officers Stephen Green, Joseph Tyer and a handful of other officers met there for dinner, Officer Lukasz Sajdak, a spokesman for Atlanta police, said in an email.   Continue reading “Two Cops Suspended After Almost Shooting Each Other in Fight Over Who Can Run Faster”

RT

Refugees sent to South Carolina will be registered and tracked, and their sponsors will be held liable for violent crimes if a bill that just passed the South Carolina Senate becomes law.

“We can make South Carolina out of the 50 states the most unwelcome state for refugees,” said State Senator Kevin Bryant (R-Anderson), according to the Associated Press.   Continue reading “‘Most unwelcome’: South Carolina lawmakers pass bill making refugee sponsors liable for crimes”

Reuters

A business associate of a prominent Chinese herbal medicine practitioner has been arrested for the murder of the doctor, his wife and daughter, whose bodies were found wrapped in plastic at their California home, authorities said.

The bullet-riddled bodies of Dr. Weidong Henry Han, 57, his wife Huijie “Jennie” Yu, 29, and their daughter Emily, who would have turned six on Saturday, were found on Wednesday after Han failed to show up for work.   Continue reading “Chinese doctor’s associate held in California triple killing”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

The nation’s top immigration officer said that the “11 million” undocumented aliens in the United States are “not going away,” are “in effect” citizens, and added that deporting the few the administration wants out is unpleasant.

Jeh Johnson, secretary of Homeland Security, told Harvard University students this week that the administration is focused on its plan to integrate illegals into America, despite the policy being tied up in court.   Continue reading “DHS chief sad over deportations: ‘Is it pleasant? Absolutely not.’”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

Chicago, IL — Elizabeth Harrison, 82, used to tell kids to “respect the law.” Then on March 17, a gang of Chicago cops raided her home, busting down the door and holding her at gunpoint. Because of this trauma, Harrison had to be rushed to the hospital.

The great-grandmother said police must have had the wrong house, but they insist it was the correct address based on intelligence. No one believed her when she said she was a widow and lived alone. Harrison was made to sit in a chair, overwhelmed with anxiety, while they searched her home for drugs.   Continue reading “82-yo Grandma Hospitalized After Chicago Cops Wrongly Raid Her Home Looking for Drugs”

Waking Times – by Steven Macmillan

Edward Bernays was the master of influencing and shaping public opinion who developed upon the ideas of earlier social psychologists and the work of his uncle, Sigmund Freud, in order to create techniques to manipulate the subconscious desires of the masses.

Throughout his 103-year lifespan, the “father of public relations” was at the pinnacle of his field advising US Presidents Coolidge, Eisenhower, Hoover and Wilson, as well as inventor Thomas Edison, US industrialist Henry Ford and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. He also reportedly refused invitations by Hitler and Franco to work on fascist propaganda campaigns in Europe.   Continue reading “He Was the Father of Modern Mind Control & Propaganda for the Ruling Elite”

Haaretz – JTA

Microsoft put the brakes on its artificial intelligence tweeting robot after it posted several offensive comments, including “Hitler was right I hate the jews.”

The so-called chatbot TayTweets was launched by the Seattle-based software company on Wednesday as an experiment in artificial intelligence, or AI, and conversational understanding. But the company was forced to quickly pause the account and delete the vast majority of its tweets after the chatbot posted a number of offensive comments, including several that were admiring of Adolf Hitler.   Continue reading “Microsoft Pulls Robot After It Tweets ‘Hitler Was Right I Hate the Jews’”

Revisionist Review – by Michael Hoffman

The terror attacks in Brussels on March 22, not far from the headquarters of the pro-immigration European Union (EU), were to be expected, and more are undoubtedly on the way in Belgium, France, Britain and Germany. These attacks were prepared deliberately by the governments of the West to create the conditions whereby formerly freedom-loving people will beg for a police state. This is point number one.   Continue reading “Purim in Brussels”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Fresno, CA — On September 3, 2015 at approximately 11:00 a.m., Fresno Police Officers, Zebulon Price and Felipe Miguel Lucero shot 40-year-old Freddy Centeno seven times causing severe injuries. Mr. Centeno was unarmed, was wearing shorts, no shirt on, and walking along the street when he was approached by Fresno Police who immediately started shooting.

Freddy Centeno would not recover from the multiple wounds suffered at the hands of these two Fresno cops.   Continue reading “Police Body Cams Capture the Public Execution of Unarmed Mentally Ill Man”

Reuters

Lawyers for nine children suspected of being illegal immigrants argued on Thursday that they have the right to a court-appointed attorney, in a lawsuit that challenges the notion that minors can competently represent themselves.

The lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union and other groups in federal court in Seattle seeks to force the federal government to provide attorneys for undocumented children facing deportation in immigration hearings.   Continue reading “Children facing deportation from U.S. have right to attorneys, lawsuit argues”

Reuters

Hundreds gathered in front of the North Carolina governor’s mansion on Thursday to protest passage of a state law that blocks cities from allowing transgender people to use public bathrooms that match their gender identities.

The demonstrators, carrying signs and chanting phrases like “Trans lives matter,” blocked traffic in front of Republican Governor Pat McCrory’s residence in Raleigh, according to images shared on Twitter by reporters, gay rights groups and protesters.   Continue reading “Protesters target North Carolina repeal of Charlotte transgender law”

Activist Post – by Bernie Suarez

“Problem” at Point A, “Reaction” at Point B

There are many signs pointing to a false flag attack in Brussels on 3-22-16. Independent and alternative media, as usual, has been right on top of the story catching many of the usual oddities, liesand coincidences which are characteristic of false flags and are now piling on top of each other as they always do. And here’s another thing everyone should take note of; something we also observed during the Paris attacks on 11-13-15. As we saw in the Paris attacks, once again we’re seeing a “global” component to the “reaction” phase of the usual problem-reaction-solution dialectic employed by the controllers. Look for it. Problem at point A, subsequent “reaction” to the problem at point B, all the way on the other side of the world. This then leads to a “solution” that applies to both point A and B. This also serves to endorse the illusion that the bogeymen, in this case ISIS of course, involved in the Brussels attack are somehow everywhere at once.   Continue reading “Brussels Bombing Reinforces Conditioning For Global Police State”