Author: Paul

Yahoo News – by Maryalene LaPonsie

Dollar stores can be great places to pick up inexpensive items, but sometimes you get what you pay for.

Rather than ending up with a bargain, you could end up with junk or, even worse, something dangerous.    Continue reading “Don’t buy these 7 things at a dollar store”

WND – by Bob Unruh

The former chief financial officer of Trinity Broadcasting, the nation’s largest Christian broadcasting network, has filed a lawsuit against her former company and its top bosses for allegedly threatening her with a loaded gun when she objected to “unlawful distributions” of $100 million to themselves and others.

The lawsuit was filed Jan. 29 by Brittany Koper, the granddaughter of TBN founder Paul Crouch Sr., who died last year, and her husband, Michael Koper, against Trinity Christian Center, International Christian Broadcasting, Matthew Crouch, Janice Crouch and John Casoria.   Continue reading “Held at gunpoint’: Scandal rocks biggest Christian network”

The Daily Caller – by Peter Fricke

A new poll shows that more than two-thirds of American voters oppose any increase in the federal gas tax, even if the proceeds would be spent on infrastructure projects.

The poll was conducted by Freedom Partners, a nonpartisan free-market advocacy organization, and asked respondents to evaluate statements incorporating the primary arguments made by both supporters and opponents of increasing the gas tax.   Continue reading “Poll: Voters Resoundingly Reject Gas Tax Increase”

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

A hitchhiker in Kentucky learned a couple of valuable lesson this week when a good Samaritan tried to give him a ride. Namely, don’t bring a knife to a gunfight. After being picked up by Raymond Givens (yes, I had to read that twice too, it’s Raymond, not Raylan Givens) the hitchhiker tried to rob Givens at gunpoint.

According to local media reports:   Continue reading “Don’t Bring a Knife to a Gunfight – Hitchhiker Pulls Knife, Victim Pulls Gun”

Malay Mail Online

NEW YORK, Feb 8 — The last vestige of the Motorola empire is on the block after struggling with stagnant earnings.

Motorola Solutions Inc, the US$15.6 billion (RM52.239b) maker of two-way radios and other communications equipment, is exploring a possible sale, according to people familiar with the matter. Buyers could include private-equity firms or companies such as Raytheon Co., Honeywell International Inc. and General Dynamics Corp., said one of the people, asking not to be named because the information is confidential.   Continue reading “Struggling Motorola for sale with growth prospects flat”

Business Insider – by JULIA LA ROCHE

A JPMorgan Chase associate and his wife were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Closter, New Jersey on Friday evening.

According to the Bergen County prosecutor John Molinelli, Michael Tabacchi, 27, allegedly killed his wife, Iran Pars Tabacchi, 41, who also went by “Denise.”

“Autopsy on Closter couple shows wife died from strangulation and single stab wound to chest. Husband died from self inflicted stab chest,” Molinelli Tweeted.   Continue reading “A JPMorgan associate and his wife were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide inside their New Jersey home”

The Energy Collective

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Management Program. Note: Energy usage includes both civilian and military agencies.

The U.S. federal government, with thousands of facilities and vehicles in locations across the United States and abroad, is one of the largest energy consumers in the world, but that consumption is declining. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) shows total delivered-to-site energy use by the federal government fell to 0.96 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in fiscal year (FY) 2013, the lowest recorded since 1975, the earliest year for which data are available.   Continue reading “Energy Consumption by U.S. Government at Lowest Level Since at Least 1975”

Gov Slaves – by Matt O’Brein

Ukraine, to use a technical term, is broke. That’s what you call a country whose currency has lost half its value in just two days.

The problem is simple: Ukraine has no money and barely any economy. It’s already talking to the IMF about a $15 billion bailout and what’s euphemistically being called a debt “restructuring”—i.e., default—as its reserves have dwindled down to $6.42 billion, only enough to cover five weeks of imports. (Three months worth is considered the absolute least you can get by with).   Continue reading “Ukraine’s currency just collapsed 50 percent in two days”

Boing Boing – by Cory Doctorow

Niles, OH Patrolman Todd Mobley followed an acquaintance home in his cruiser and yanked him out of the car and threatened his life; when another cop arrived, Mobley had the cop turn off his dashcam and continued his illegal behavior; he has served a 30 day suspension and is back on the job.

Mobley believed that his victim, Tom Huffman, had stolen a gas can from Mobley’s mother’s house. He repeatedly threatened to murder Huffman.   Continue reading “Cop who switched off traffic cam in order to make illegal threats will keep his job”

Natural Society

Charlotte Figi suffered from Dravet syndrome, a rare disease that caused her to have over 300 seizures a week and display autism-like symptoms. After trying every other conventional medical treatment available, her neurologist decided to treat her with cannabis oil extracts, and the results were astounding.

Figi’s parents live in Colorado, luckily, and her treatments with cannabis oil extracts were legal. In addition to eliminating her autism-like symptoms, Figi drastically reduced her seizures with cannabis oil. After eight short months, 99% of her debilitating condition was completely gone.   Continue reading “6 -Year-Old Free of Debilitating Seizures After 8 Months of Cannabis Oil Use”

Eric Peter’s Autos

It’s the “bells and whistles” that get the headlines – and grab your attention. But they might also grab your wallet once the warranty runs out. A classic example from long ago is the aluminum block four-cylinder engine GM trotted out back in the mid-1970s. It was a revolutionary design based on a high-silicon alloy that eliminated the need for pressed-in cylinder liners. It was also very lightweight, which promised to improve both the fuel economy and the handling of the car it was built for – the Chevy Vega. Stop me if you know where this is going…

No?   Continue reading “Five new car features to “think twice” about”

AlterNet – by Cliff Weathers

When it comes to popularity, cable companies rank down there with members of Congress, root canals and Nickelback. Current and former customers agree; they hate the high cost and poor service, and they especially hate the runaround they get from call centers.

Comcast and Time Warner Cable, the two largest cable television providers in the U.S., are consistently at the bottom of consumer satisfaction surveys and are among the least trusted corporations in the nation. Now these two monolithic companies are on the brink of a mega-merger.     Continue reading “When Your Cable Company Attacks: Why Comcast Abuses Its Customers”

Underground Medic – by Liz Bennett

Have you every been followed? Have you ever known that gut-tightening fear that comes with the realisation that you are not imagining it, someone really is tailing you?

I have and it’s terrifying, especially here in the UK where carrying items of self-defence such as mace, knives and guns are illegal. Even in the United States there are areas where carrying a weapon is prohibited and if the gun control lobby have their way there will be a great many more of those places in the future.   Continue reading “Improvised Weaponry”

Bloomberg – by Alex Webb

Siemens AG plans to cut about 7,400 jobs worldwide as Chief Executive Officer Joe Kaeser tries to reduce costs at Europe’s biggest engineering company, said a person familiar with the matter.

The cuts, representing about 2 percent of Siemens’s global workforce, may be announced as early as this week, two people said, asking not to be identified as the plan is not public yet. About 3,300 of the job reductions may affect Siemens’s German operations, two people familiar with the matter said. A Siemens representative declined to comment.   Continue reading “Siemens Said to Plan 7,400 Job Cuts as CEO Reduces Costs”