Washington Post – by Tom Jackman

Technicians for Best Buy’s “Geek Squad City” computer repair facility had a long, close relationship with the FBI in “a joint venture to ferret out child porn,” according to claims in new federal court documents, which also note that Best Buy’s management “was aware that its supervisory personnel were being paid by the FBI” and that its technicians were developing a program to find child pornography with the FBI’s guidance.   Continue reading “Records show deep ties between FBI and Best Buy computer technicians looking for child porn”

CBS Chicago – by Mike Krauser

CHICAGO (CBS) — After a violent day in the South Shore neighborhood, a longtime resident questioned why there is no the outrage from black activists.

“I see them coming out always downtown protesting against the police. But never do I see them inside the black community,” activist Tio Hardiman said.   Continue reading “Bullet-Proof Vests Suggested For Children On Chicago’s South, West Sides”

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

Austin, TX — The 20th-century invention of the dashcam has arguably opened the eyes of the collective world to the once guarded mysteries of how police departments operate. And what they’re revealing, as brought to you by The Free Thought Project, is there’s one standard of behavior the public is held to, and an entirely different one for law enforcement, apparently.

One of the latest examples of this comes out of Austin, Texas, not surprisingly.   Continue reading “Corrupt Cop Lets Crooked Asst Police Chief Go for Dangerous Speeding”

The Federalist Papers – by Kimberly Morin

There was a massive fire under a major highway in Atlanta yesterday that caused a bridge to collapse and a complete nightmare for commuters that will possibly continue for months until the highway is repaired.

As reported by Yahoo News:

Atlanta’s notoriously tangled commutes were thrown into disarray Friday after a massive fire caused a bridge on Interstate 85 to collapse, completely shutting down the heavily traveled highway through the heart of the city.
Continue reading “HUGE Section of I-85 Collapses In Atlanta, But Something Seems Strange About Alleged Cause”

Hacker News – by Mohit Kumar

If the death of online privacy rules wasn’t enough for Internet Service Providers and advertisers to celebrate, Verizon has planned to pre-install spyware on customers’ Android devices in order to collect their personal data.

The telecom giant has partnered with Evie Launcher to bring a new application called ‘AppFlash‘ — a universal search bar that will come pre-installed on the home screens of all Verizon Android handsets for quickly finding apps and web content.   Continue reading “Verizon to pre-install a ‘Spyware’ app on its Android phones to collect user data”

Chicago Tribune

When the shooting stopped, two young men lay dead inside the South Shore restaurant Thursday afternoon, another was dead outside and a fourth was found dead around the corner, slumped against a tree.

Paramedics draped a sheet over the man outside the Nadia Fish and Chicken restaurant at 75th Street and Coles Avenue as his mother grieved.   Continue reading “4 dead in restaurant shooting: ‘It is not OK. It is not OK when we lose a child like this’”

Anti-Media – by James Holbrooks

As Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to lament what he views as a blight on society, a new study is showing that states with medical marijuana programs are seeing drastic reductions in opioid-related hospitalizations and overdoses.

From a Reuters article published Tuesday:   Continue reading “Opioid Deaths Plummeting in States with Legal Weed”

The Defensive Training Group

I know, I know….everyone’s an expert in camouflage….except maybe this gal, who graduated from the US Army Ranger School, and is inaccurately identified as USAF in the article:   Continue reading “Camouflage Paint Application….It’s the ‘Little Things’ that Really Hide You…OR Make You Stick Out….”

Popular Science – by Kelsey D. Atherton

The big money of the internet comes from tracking and selling user data to better target ads. Do one search for “power drills” and you’ll be inundated with ads for related products across your whole web experience. Those are targeted ad dollars at work. This is at the core of Facebook and Google’s business models, and for good reason: the amount of money companies spend advertising online is set to outpace money spent on ads on television this year. Internet service providers (ISPs) are eager to get in on the action—once existing privacy protections for users are no longer an obstacle, that is.
Continue reading “The government won’t protect your internet privacy, so here’s how to do it yourself”

Health Impact News – by Paul Fassa

Since 2015 there have been a few pharmaceutical companies working on a new cholesterol-lowering drug type as a replacement for the older class of statin drugs, such as Lipitor. Lipitor was the best-selling drug of all time, but its patent expired a few years ago.

The new mantra is getting LDL cholesterol levels lower than statin drugs. The drug class of these new cholesterol-lowering drugs is a PCSK9 inhibitor.   Continue reading “New Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Tests Fail: Should You Even Lower Your Cholesterol with Drugs?”

Health Impact News

From aspiring pop star to paralysed in just days: Shocking picture of 12-year-old left bed-ridden in hospital after being given controversial HPV vaccine – but doctors claim that her problem is completely psychological. Straight A student now bedridden.   Continue reading “Healthy 12 Year Old Girl Paralyzed Days After Receiving HPV Vaccine”

AL.com

It’s not yet clear whether the owner wants it back, but Limestone County authorities recovered a stolen gun when it fell from an inmate’s body cavity during a search at the jail.

Jesse O’Neal Roberts, 23, of Elkmont, was being booked into the Limestone County Jail on a misdemeanor charge of public intoxication when the weapon fell from his body, said sheriff’s spokesman Stephen Young.   Continue reading “Stolen gun falls from inmate’s body cavity during search at north Alabama jail”

The Daily Beast – by Brandy Zadronzy and Olivia Messer

Only two events can empty out the single grocery store in the tiny town of La Vernia, Texas: church on Sunday or a Friday night football game at the local high school.

“It’s all about the Bears,” one parent said.

Continue reading “Texas Football Players Accused of Sodomizing Teammates With Coke Bottles and Bats”

Fox News

Two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood were charged with 15 felonies, California prosecutors announced Tuesday.

State Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the charges against David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt. Becerra said the two used a fictitious bioresearch company to meet with women’s health care providers and covertly record them.    Continue reading “Planned Parenthood videos: Anti-abortion activists charged with 15 felonies for secret tapes”

The Daily Caller – by Ryan Pickrell

North Korea conducted another rocket engine test Friday, two U.S. defense officials told CNN Monday.

One of the officials reportedly said that preliminary assessments indicated that the engine could be used for an “eventual intercontinental ballistic missile [ICBM].” The latest test is the second in less than a week, as the North successfully carried out a high-thrust rocket engine test on March 19. Some observers suggested that the first test was a “dangerous step” towards the development of a reliable ICBM capable of striking targets in the U.S.   Continue reading “N. Korea Conducts Two Rocket Engine Tests For Possible ICBM In Less Than A Week”