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Authorities say police shot and killed a man after a chase that began when south Mississippi deputies tried to pull over an antique pickup truck for failure to yield.
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain says in an email that the man’s name is being withheld until his next-of-kin can be notified. Continue reading “Police Fatally Shoot Man After Attempted Traffic Stop”
Grieving relatives and friends of two people shot and killed by Chicago police said Sunday that the city’s law enforcement officers had failed its residents.
Quintonio LeGrier, 19, was killed early Saturday by police responding to a domestic disturbance, along with downstairs neighbor Bettie Jones, 55, police said. Continue reading “Relatives of 2 Killed by Chicago Police Demand Changes”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
St. Martinville, LA — On Monday, Barbara Noel requested an order for protective custody for her son Michael Noel from a local mental health agency. Michael, who’s diagnosed with bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia, was in the midst of a psychotic episode and needed help. He was not violent.
“Everybody in the neighborhood knew Michael,” neighbor Daniel Wagner told the Advocate. “He’s totally nonviolent.” Continue reading “Mother Calls for Medical Help with Non-violent Mentally Ill Son, Cops Show Up and Kill Him Instead”
Two New York legislators have announced that they are introducing legislation in 2016 that would severely limit ammunition purchases.
State Senator Roxanne Persaud (D-19) and Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon (D-52) want to pass a law that would limit ammo purchases to twice the capacity of the firearm during a 90-day period (3 months)! Continue reading “New York: Legislators Propose Outrageous Ammunition Restriction Legislation”
True Activist – by Amanda Froelich
Great news! A provision ending the federal prohibition on medical marijuana, banning federal agents from policing its users or raiding dispensaries in any state or district where it is legal, was just passed by Congress.
The provision can be found in Congress’ new 1,603-page spending plan. Continue reading “Congress Quietly Ends Federal Prohibition On Medical Marijuana”
Light from the Right – by Bob Adelmann
On Black Friday the FBI processed 185,345 gun background checks, the most ever recorded in a single day. In November there were 2,243,030 background checks, one of the highest on record. For the first 11 months of the year, the FBI processed nearly 20 million gun background checks, and that was before the San Bernardino massacre.
Now it’s winter, and Christmastime, one of the periods of highest demand for guns and their accessories. With momentum growing to own and carry a gun continuing through the end of the year, 2015 is likely to set a new record in background checks. Continue reading “2015 Gun Sales On Pace to Set New Record”
This is a recipe handed down to me by my mom. It’s been in my family since I was a kid (back when dirt was new). I’ve tweaked it slightly to my own satisfaction, but will also provide the original specs. I’ve yet to come across a store-bought cookie that equals them. Continue reading “Awesome No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Brasher, NY — On the night of December 4, Carol LaDue and her husband Richard were travelling along County Route 37 near Massena, when they saw an injured woman lying in the road.
The woman was 33-year-old Ashley McDonald, who’d just been hit by a car and was dying. Continue reading “Border Patrol Officer Viciously Beats Elderly Couple for Helping an Injured Woman”
Germany has removed two Patriot missile air defense complexes and 250 personnel from Turkish territory, news agency Anadolu has reported. Berlin had earlier announced the mission’s mandate would expire in January 2016.
The Patriot complexes were loaded on a Danish ship which left the Turkish port of Iskenderun on Tuesday, bound for Germany. Continue reading “Germany withdraws Patriot missile defense systems from Turkey”
The National Basketball Association and some of its top players take aim at ending gun violence in a television campaign that will launch on Christmas, the league said on Wednesday.
In a partnership with Everytown for Gun Safety, the anti-violence group founded and funded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the NBA on Friday will begin running a public service announcement during games broadcast on ABC and ESPN that urges a stop to gun violence, the league said. Continue reading “NBA players star in anti-gun violence television campaign”
Political Pistachio – by JASmius
Jazz Shaw does raise a good point about where the openly and avowedly communist mayor of Gotham has been on this issue when even Texans haven’t been able to escape the fetid “transgenderist” tide. But de Blasio is now making up for that lost tide with a vengeance and a fury that this country has never witnessed.
(Yes, it’s the hokey Magneto line from X-Men III: The Last Stand. Given Ian McClellan’s retrograde “leanings,” it seemed appropo): Continue reading “New York City Mandates Transgenderism”
SAN JOSE, Calif. — A jury Monday awarded $11 million to a man paralyzed last year in a shooting by a San Jose police officer, according to court filings.
Hung Lam, a 38-year-old Vietnamese-American, was holding a knife but only threatening to hurt himself when he was shot in the back by Officer Dondi West on Jan. 3, 2014, according to the complaint filed last year, reports CBS San Francisco.
Continue reading “$11M award for man paralyzed by San Jose Police shooting”
Kentucky’s new governor on Tuesday ordered county clerks’ names removed from state marriage license forms at the center of a controversy involving Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was jailed after refusing to issue licenses to gay couples.
Governor Matt Bevin had said shortly after his election in November, as only the second Republican governor of Kentucky since 1971, that he would change the forms that had drawn objections from Davis and some other clerks. Continue reading “Kentucky governor orders clerks’ names removed from marriage licenses”
In the Joux Valley, in the west of Switzerland, the traditional craft of watchmaking is flourishing. It’s not just leading companies that have workshops in the Jura Mountains but also highly skilled, independent craftsmen, as John Laurenson discovers.
The most complicated watch ever made was unveiled in Geneva in September before being whisked off to its mysterious buyer in New York. Continue reading “A watchmaker’s paradise”
An Oregon woman accused of plowing her car into a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip, killing one person and injuring dozens, was charged with murder on Tuesday as investigators sought clues to what motivated the rampage.
Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24, who was arrested after the incident on Sunday, has been charged with one count of murder through use of a deadly weapon in the death of a 32-year-old Arizona woman who was in the crowd. Continue reading “Driver who plowed into Las Vegas crowd charged with murder”
Free Thought Project – by Andrew Emett
San Diego, CA — A judge ordered the release on Tuesday of surveillance videos that captured San Diego Police Officer Neal Browder shooting a mentally ill homeless veteran to death. The unarmed man had been diagnosed with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and PTSD after serving in the Afghan army and being held captive for two months by a Mujahideen group.
On April 30, Officer Browder responded to a call concerning a homeless man harassing people in a parking lot. Newly released surveillance videos show Browder pull up in his cruiser to confront 42-year-old Fridoon Rawshan Nehad. After failing to turn on his body camera before arriving, Browder can be seen exiting his vehicle before immediately firing at Nehad. Continue reading “Shocking Video Shows Cop Execute US Combat Vet and Former POW, for Twirling an Ink Pen”
The Anti-Media – by Claire Bernish
Oceania, China — As if further proof were needed Orwell’s dystopia is now upon us, China has now gamified obedience to the State. Though that is every bit as creepily terrifying as it sounds, citizens may still choose whether or not they wish to opt-in — that is, until the program becomes compulsory in 2020. “Going under the innocuous name of ‘Sesame Credit,’ China has created a score for how good a citizen you are,” explains Extra Credits’ video about the program. “The owners of China’s largest social networks have partnered with the government to create something akin to the U.S. credit score — but, instead of measuring how regularly you pay your bills, it measures how obediently you follow the party line.” Continue reading “China Just Launched the Most Frightening Game Ever — and Soon It Will Be Mandatory”
DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. — A Georgia sheriff says a deputy shot and killed a man in a mobile home park in Douglasville, about 20 miles west of Atlanta.
Douglas County Sheriff Phil Miller tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://on-ajc.com/1NJew5x) that a security guard told officers he’d been kidnapped and held hostage for 45 minutes. Continue reading “Sheriff: Deputy Shoots, Kills Man After Report of Kidnapping”