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The Daily Sheeple – by Chris Carrington
Once again a fatal police shooting is in the limelight. Police officers in Salinas, California responded to a call of a man exposing himself, and of attempted to break into a property.
From the point they initiated contact with the man, the police statements and the witness statements start to deviate…ending up as nothing even remotely similar to each other. Continue reading “California Cops Fatally Shoot Man Who Witnesses Say Was Backing Away From Them”
Sen. Ed Markey has introduced a bill that would give $10 million a year to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund research on gun violence prevention and firearms safety.
The proposal by the Massachusetts Democrat was also introduced in the House by New York Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney and would be effective from 2015 for six years. Continue reading “Sen. Ed Markey Wants CDC to Study Guns as ‘Public Health Crisis’”
Limited Russian troop movements near the border with Ukraine “may suggest” preparations for a withdrawal, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday.
“Late yesterday (Wednesday), we have seen limited Russian troop activity in the vicinity of the border with Ukraine that may suggest that some of these forces are preparing to withdraw,” Rasmussen said in Montenegro. Continue reading “Possible Russian Withdrawal From Ukraine Border: NATO”
Think Progress – by Aviva Shen
Cops smashed a handcuffed fourteen-year-old through a storefront window in the Bronx Saturday night, nearly killing him.
The Juvenile Justice Information Exchange reports that Javier Payne suffered cuts to his face, his chest, and a punctured lung from being shoved into the window of the Hookah Shop. Paramedics had to hold Payne’s chest closed as he was rushed to the hospital — though they did not arrive on scene immediately because police called it in with a protocol used for drunks, not for a pediatric emergency. Continue reading “NYPD Officers Allegedly Smash Boy’s Head Through Window, Nearly Killing Him”
Prevent Disease – by Dave Mihalovic
There is something seriously wrong with the way attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is diagnosed in young children in the US, with over 1 million kids being potentially misdiagnosed just because they are the youngest in their kindergarten year, with the youngest in class twice as likely to be on stimulant medication. More than 10,000 American toddlers 2 or 3 years old are being medicated for ADHD outside established pediatric guidelines, according to data presented on by an official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading “Report Finds Thousands Of Toddlers Are Being Medicated For ADHD At Alarming Rates”
Thailand’s coup leaders say the national constitution has been suspended and a night-time curfew is now in place across the country.
“In order to run the country smoothly, (coup leaders have) suspended the constitution of 2007, except for the chapter on the monarchy,” said a statement read out on Thailand’s national television on Thursday. Continue reading “Thai army suspends constitution, issues curfew: Coup leaders”
Military News – by Raymond Foster
NORFOLK (NNS) — The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) departed Naval Station Norfolk, May 20, for a two-month deployment to the North Atlantic and the Baltic Sea.
“It is an honor to command USS Oscar Austin as we set sail to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations to enhance maritime security and conduct exercises with our allies in the spirit of Partnership for Peace,” said Cmdr. Brian J. Diebold, the ship’s commanding officer. “My crew is trained, motivated, and ready to execute all missions to enhance regional interoperability with our partner nations.” Continue reading “Oscar Austin Departs Norfolk for U.S. 6th Fleet”
Heritage Action – by Katherine Rosario
Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) has threatened another rules change in the Senate in response to Republicans’ alleged use of delaying tactics on nominations. Republicans say the change would serve to further sour relations between Republicans and Democrats:
“I’m not interested in changing the rules now. But now is a relative term,” the Nevada Democrat told reporters Tuesday. Continue reading “Another ‘Nuclear’ Rules Change from Harry Reid?”
On the surface, the economic atmosphere of the U.S. has appeared rather calm and uneventful. Stocks are up, employment isn’t great but jobs aren’t collapsing into the void (at least not openly), and the U.S. dollar seems to be going strong. Peel away the thin veneer, however, and a different financial horror show is revealed.
U.S. stocks have enjoyed unprecedented crash protection due to a steady infusion of fiat money from the Federal Reserve known as quantitative easing. With the advent of the “taper”, QE is now swiftly coming to a close (as is evident in the overall reduction in treasury market purchases), and is slated to end by this fall, if not sooner. Continue reading “Who Is The New Secret Buyer Of U.S. Debt?”
Washington Post – by L.J. ZIGERELL
The U.S. Supreme Court provides one of the more ironic dynamics in politics: people calling for the retirement of justices with whom they agree. Pressure to retire has been directed at Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer by some who fear that the 81- and 75-year-old justices will not survive a potential Republican presidency that begins in 2017. Some want Ginsburg and Breyer to retire before the end of Barack Obama’s second term, or possibly even sooner, in case Democrats lose control of the Senate in the midterm election. But the behavior of past justices indicates that this pressure may be for naught. Justices rarely hasten their retirement. Continue reading “Waiting for Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire? Keep waiting.”
It’s becoming increasingly commonplace to record every part of your life. Not only birthday parties and beautiful sunsets, but also all the events and non-events in between. But as with many modern, tech-driven behaviours, the law hasn’t progressed as fast as the technology, leaving people exposed to arrest for behaviour that seems natural and innocuous to them. Continue reading “The States Where You Can Get Jailed for Recording the Cops”
NEW YORK (AP) — A police officer, a paramedic, a rabbi, a nurse and a Boy Scout leader were among at least 70 people arrested in the New York City area in recent weeks as part of a sweeping investigation into the anonymous trading of child porn over the Internet.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which led a five-week investigation ending last week, planned to announce Wednesday that it resulted in charges against at least 70 men and one woman. Officials call it one of the largest local roundups ever of individual consumers of child porn, and a stark reminder that they come from all segments of society. Continue reading “Dozens charged in child porn case in NYC area”
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is considering moving beyond its position of refusing to consider hiring employees who used marijuana in the past, a reflection that comes amid growing legalization and a the agency’s need to hire young people.
FBI Director James B. Comey was speaking at the White Collar Crime Institute, a conference held each year at the New York City Bar Association in Manhattan, when he was asked if the law enforcement agency would ever think of deviating from its policy of generally refusing to hire applicants who have used cannabis or other illegal drugs in the past. Continue reading “FBI mulls easing marijuana policy to lure more hackers”
Real Farmacy – by Jeff Roberts
For thousands of years, man has looked to nature to cure disease. In the last decade particularly, medicinal plants have been catapulted into mainstream culture, with the popularity of plant medicines such as ayahuasca, ibogaine and cannabis making headlines for their powerful healing abilities against some of today’s most prominent illnesses. However, these plant medicines come with illicit conditions in most countries.
The good news is, some of the most common weeds in our backyard yield amazing healing abilities, and they are all legal! Here are ten weeds which possess interesting medicinal properties. (Note: Consult with your health professional before self-medicating with these plants) Continue reading “10 Medicinal Weeds That May Grow In Your Backyard”
The Washington Post – by Reid Wilson
A U.S. District Court judge struck down Oregon’s ban on same-sex marriage Monday, the seventh ruling that a state’s ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional in the wake of last year’s Supreme Court decision invalidating sections of the Defense of Marriage Act.
The decision came after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a bid by the National Organization for Marriage to stay the ruling. The Oregon judge, Michael McShane, had denied NOM’s effort to intervene in the case. Continue reading “Federal judge strikes down Oregon ban on same-sex marriage”
Make no mistake about the dire protestations regarding “global warming.” It’s not about weather, it’s about wealth transfer. Taxing you and using that money wherever the Government sees fit… a wave generator in Borneo or a failing electric car plant in Delaware. It’s gotten so bad that the U.S. Secretary of State can barely conceal the agenda: Continue reading “John Kerry on Being “Wrong” about Global Warming: Add Ketchup”
While we wait (in vain) for the US to lob sanctions at China for doing what Russia has done and amass a military presence on its border with Vietnam, here is what China had to say about the earlier announcement by the DOJ charging China with espionage and “penetrating” US companies (if having nothing to add regarding the NSA). From the wires: Continue reading “China Responds To “Ridiculous” Hacking Charges, Warns “Will Harm Relations With US”, Demands US “Rectify Mistake””
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has formally approved the request of Pvt. Bradley Manning, convicted for leaking classified documents to Wikileaks, to be temporarily transferred out of military custody in order to undergo expensive hormone therapy and surgery to become a woman.
Manning, whose taxpayer-funded request to change his name from Bradley to Chelsea was approved last month by a Kansas court, has been able to obtain repeated diagnoses from military doctors that he suffers from “gender dysphobia”; a condition of someone ‘discontented’ with the sex they were ‘assigned with’ at birth. It was first listed as a medical condition in 2007 by the authoritative Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Continue reading “VA Fast-Tracks Sex Change For Manning While Vets Die On Waiting Lists”
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Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden
Breitbart – by Thomas Rose