Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Earlier today, as Iranian police struggled to disperse protesters gathered outside the Saudi consulate in Mashhad, we said the following about the rapidly deteriorating situation:

If crude needed an excuse to rally, then surely this is it as it now appears that in addition to the fact that Riyadh and Tehran are squaring off in Syria (where Iran is present and the Saudis fight by proxy) and Yemen (where the Saudis are present and the Iranians fight by proxy), the two countries are on the verge of a historic diplomatic crisis which has the potential to stoke sectarian violence across the Muslim world.

Continue reading “It’s On: Saudi Arabia Severs Diplomatic Ties With Iran, “Does Not Care” If It Has Angered White House”

Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

San Francisco, CA – 47-year-old software engineer, Ian Murdock recently died under suspicious circumstances after he went public about a police encounter that left him hospitalized. On Saturday, December 26, Murdock was unlucky enough to be walking down a street where the police were searching for a robbery suspect.

According to Murdock, he was approached by police after knocking on a neighbors door. The police suspected Murdock of being a burglar and questioned him, but apparently during the conversation, he was not compliant enough with the officers which resulted in him being assaulted and arrested by them.   Continue reading “Millionaire Techie Mysteriously Dies the Day After Dedicating His Life to “Fight Against the Police””

NJ.com – by MaryAnn Spoto

OCEAN TOWNSHIP — An off-duty Deal police captain was killed Saturday morning when he lost control of his car and crashed into a utility pole in Ocean Township, authorities said.

Capt. Earl B. Alexander 4th died from his injuries in the single-car crash at Route 71 near Perrine Avenue at 12:38 a.m., said Ocean Township Detective Lt. Timothy Torchia.   Continue reading “Deal police captain killed in off-duty car crash”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Arne Duncan gave his final speech as education secretary on December 30, expressing his “frustration” that Congress has not passed more gun control and his hope that more such control will be secured to keep school children safe.

Duncan gave the speech in the basement of Father Michael Pfleger’s Saint Sabina Church on Chicago’s South Side.   Continue reading “Outgoing Education Secretary Arne Duncan Dedicates Final Speech to Gun Control”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Las Vegas, NV — The mother of a police officer is recovering from her injuries after being shot by her own child and in-law with whom she lives.

North Las Vegas police announced last week that no charges will be filed against the officer and her husband who fired more than two dozen rounds at their mother as she returned home around 11:30 pm.   Continue reading “Police Couple Wakes Up and “Accidentally” Fires 27 Rounds at Own Mom – Who Lives with Them”

Reuters

Las Vegas police are investigating the killing of a wanted man who was shot dead earlier this week by two officers who mistook his cellphone for a gun, authorities said on Saturday.

Keith Childress Jr., 23, died from multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, the Clark County Coroner’s Office said.   Continue reading “Las Vegas police say suspect killed as phone mistaken for gun”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

In all of 2011, British police killed 2 people. In 2012, 1 person. In 2013, a total of 3 bullets left the barrels of British police guns, and no one was killed. In the last two years, a total of 4 people have lost their lives because of British cops, bringing the total number of citizens killed in the UK to 7 in the last 5 years.

Since Christmas, police in America have killed 14 people. In 1 week, American cops have killed twice as many people as the British police have killed since 2011!   Continue reading “Since Christmas, US Cops Have Killed Twice as Many People as UK Cops Have In the Last 5 Years”

Free Thought Project – by Andrew Emett

Houston, TX — Caught on video illegally selling assault rifles and sensitive information to undercover informants, a former officer of the year has also been accused of secretly working for Los Zetas cartel in a drug trafficking conspiracy in operation since 2006. Although the cop allegedly provided the cartel with firearms, bulletproof vests, luxury vehicles, police scanners, and database access, recently filed court documents revealed at least two convicted cocaine traffickers are cooperating with the government against the disgraced cop.   Continue reading “New Documents Expose Texas ‘Cop of the Year’ as Member of Mexico’s ‘Most Dangerous’ Cartel”

Reuters

As the United States marks more than six years without an increase in the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, 14 states and several cities are moving forward with their own increases, with most set to start taking effect on Friday.

California and Massachusetts are highest among the states, both increasing from $9 to $10 an hour, according to an analysis by the National Conference of State Legislatures. At the low end is Arkansas, where the minimum wage is increasing from $7.50 to $8. The smallest increase, a nickel, comes in South Dakota, where the hourly minimum is now $8.55.   Continue reading “New year brings minimum wage hikes for Americans in 14 states”

Right Wing News – by Terresa Monroe-Hamilton

Wow… the hits just keep coming. First Wayne Rogers, better known as Trapper John, passed away yesterday. Now, the legendary R&B singer Natalie Cole just passed at the age of 65. Cole had fought substance abuse and she was getting chemo for Hepatitis C. She lost her fight today from congestive heart failure on the first day of 2016 in the hospital. In 2009, she received a kidney from an anonymous donor after contracting Hepatitis C from earlier drug use. She appeared in June of 2014 at the Apollo Theater’s 80th birthday celebration.   Continue reading “Nat King Cole’s Daughter, R&B Singer Natalie Cole, Passes Away at 65”

Right Wing News – by William Teach

It’s a new year, so, the NY Times Editorial Board uses the occassion to pimp gun control with their usual flavor of hysteria.

Two Ways of Dealing With Guns
Continue reading “NY Times: “How are cops supposed to know who the good guy or the bad guy is with the gun?””

Reuters

The Portland police must reinstate a white officer who was fired in 2010 after he fatally shot an unarmed black man in the back, an Oregon state appeals court has ruled, officials said on Thursday.

Portland Police Bureau officer Ron Frashour was fired for shooting 25-year-old Aaron Campbell after the suspect’s girlfriend had called police to her apartment over concerns that he was suicidal.   Continue reading “Oregon court reinstates patrolman who shot to death unarmed black man”

True Activist – by John Vibes

In many places across the country, it is becoming increasingly illegal to be homeless. Legislators do not come right out and ban homelessness, but instead, they ban people from camping in urban areas, or make it illegal to feed people without a permit.

In Sacremento, the homeless population is fighting back against a recent ordinance that makes it illegal for them to camp in the city. Many of them have been camped out in front of city hall for the past month and are demanding a reversal of the camping ban.   Continue reading “Homeless Camp Outside City Hall To Protest Anti-Camping Laws”

Eagle Rising – by Onan Coca

The Liberals are literally going crazy.

I kid you not.

The latest example comes to us from Seattle, Washington where the good little socialists elected themselves a fascist mayor. Mayor Ed Murray (D-WA) was elected to the job in 2014 and has since taken it upon himself to strip Seattle’s citizens of their right to defend themselves. In fact, the effort didn’t start after his election as Mayor — it began earlier during his time in the Washington State Senate.   Continue reading “Seattle Just Passed a Law that Allows them to TAX the 2nd Amendment”

End of American Dream – by Michael Snyder

In this day and age it seems like almost everything is disposable, and many employers have found that they can make a lot more money if they have a workforce that can be turned on and off like a faucet. In America today, there are more than 17 million “independent workers”, and they represent a bigger share of the workforce than ever before. Federal laws give a lot of protection to “full-time workers”, but for temporary and contract employees it is a much different story. Temp workers don’t get health insurance, vacation time or retirement benefits. They are simply paid for the limited amount of time that they are needed and then they are disposed of immediately. There has always been a role for such workers in our economy, but these days some of the biggest corporations in the entire country are getting rid of “full-time workers” and replacing them with temp workers just so that they can make a few extra bucks. As a result, the ranks of the “working poor” continue to expand, and the decline of the middle class is accelerating.   Continue reading “The Rise Of The Temp Economy: More U.S. Employers Than Ever Want A ‘Disposable Workforce’”

Reuters

U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to announce executive action expanding background checks on gun sales, media outlets reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with White House proposals and planning.

The changes, which could come as soon as next week, would include requiring more small-scale gun sellers to be licensed and to conduct a background check whenever selling a weapon, Politico reported.   Continue reading “Obama may expand background checks on gun sales: news reports”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

After the San Bernardino shooting, the most pressing issue for progressives was closing the gun “loophole” that allows suspected terrorists to buy firearms. Specifically, they seem to think that people who have been flagged by the government, and placed on the no fly list, should also be prevented from buying a gun. At first glance it makes sense. After all, why should suspected terrorists ever be allowed to buy a weapon?

However, it stops making sense the moment you take a look at what the no fly list is, and what it entails. It also completely ignores the idea that people should never be punished for crimes they haven’t committed.   Continue reading “No Crime. No Trial. No Reason: The Precedent Is Set for Gun Confiscations”

Reuters

A former neighbor who prosecutors say supplied assault rifles to the couple who massacred 14 people at a county office building in San Bernardino, California, was indicted on Wednesday on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.

Enrique Marquez, 24, was charged with conspiring with San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook in 2011 and 2012 to support a terrorist attack that was never carried out.   Continue reading “Neighbor of San Bernardino gunman indicted on terrorism charge”

RT

The Russian Foreign Ministry has demanded that Turkey brings to trial Alparslan Celik who confessed in an interview with Turkish media that he had participated in the murder of the Russian pilot of Su-24 downed by Turkish air forces in November.

“We demand that the Turkish authorities take immediate action to catch Alparslan Celik and his accomplices and charge them with criminal offence for killing a Russian pilot and taking part in hostilities as members of an illegal armed group in a foreign country,” Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.   Continue reading “Russia demands arrest of Su-24 pilot’s murderer who gave interview to Turkish media”

RT

A man in Russia’s Far East woke up in the morgue after having been declared dead, local media report. Before the incident, he had been doing vodka rounds with friends – and after the “miraculous awakening,” he went back to the party.

The man who was mistakenly taken for dead passed out after drinking too much, local Khasanskiye Vesti newspaper reported Wednesday. However, it is not clear when exactly the incident took place. Khasanky Region is a coastal area in Russia’s Far East, which is home to some 35,000 people scattered over the territory of 4,100 square kilometers.   Continue reading “Back from the dead: Russian man wakes up in morgue after too much drinking, goes back to party”