The Watchers

A violent low pressure system brought heavy rain to Melbourne and other parts of Victoria, Australia on December 29, 2016, causing flash flooding and havoc across the region.

The storm hit around 15:00 local time, after a hot and humid summer day and one of the hottest nights on record for Melbourne. With a temperature of 27 °C (80.6 °F) it was the hottest overnight temperature in Melbourne this year.   Continue reading “Violent storm, flash floods hit Melbourne, Australia”

McClatchy DC – by Anita Kumar

As America’s first family enjoys its eighth and final vacation in Hawaii, new estimates put the price tag of the Obamas’ annual trip at $3.5 million or more.

In total, the cost of the the first family’s personal or largely personal travel during the last eight years comes to $85 million – though that is likely to climb to $90 million after additional records are released, according to the conservative group Judicial Watch based on federal government records.
Continue reading “Report: 8 years of Obama vacations cost $85 million”

Gateway Pundit – by Aleister

The Obama administration is in overdrive these days. They’re trying to pack as much of Obama’s agenda into his final weeks as possible.

While no one was looking, they just took gun rights away from people on SSI benefits.   Continue reading “WHILE NO ONE WAS LOOKING: The Obama Administration Just Took 2A Rights Away From SSI Recipients”

Health Impact News – by Brian Shilhavy

A man in Hollywood, Florida who owns a Call Center recently posted a video of his encounter with CPS (Child Protective Services) and local law enforcement. The businessman has a Facebook page called South Florida CopWatch, which is where he posted his video after his arrest and encounter with CPS and law enforcement officers.  Continue reading “South Florida Police Assault Business Owner Who Refuses to Give His Name to CPS”

Concealed Nation

GLENDALE, ARIZONA — Two victims of an armed attack reportedly had interactions with the perpetrator prior to him following them inside a Walmart. He opened fire on both of them, wounding them. Thankfully, one of the victims was armed and able to return fire. This forced 21-year-old Almalik Ward to flee.

According to ABC 15 Arizona, the suspect in the attack was positively identified and is currently a top priority for law enforcement operating in the area. Both victims took non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and were treated successfully.   Continue reading “Thug Indiscriminately Opens Fire On People At Walmart — One Of The Victims Returns Fire, Forces Him To Flee”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

At first, the 2016 murder figures for gun-controlled Chicago drew attention by hitting 500, which was 32 higher than the total number of murders in 2015. Then the number of murders rose to 700, followed by a Chicago Tribune report that the number of murders between January 1, 2016, and December 6, 2016, hit 731.

Think about it–731 murders had been committed in Chicago with 25 days remaining in 2016.   Continue reading “Gun-Controlled Chicago Fast-Approaching 800 Homicides for 2016”

CBS Chicago

CHICAGO (CBS) — The three-day Christmas weekend in Chicago has already become more violent than it was during the entire holiday weekend last year.

Eleven men were killed and at least 32 others have been wounded in shootings across the city since Friday evening, according to Chicago Police.

Last year, a total of 30 people were shot in Chicago over the four-day holiday weekend, leaving six dead.   Continue reading “43 Shot, 11 Fatally, In Christmas Weekend Shootings In Chicago”

LA Times – by Jeff Landa

There are Washington, Lincoln and Jefferson boulevards in Los Angeles, Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive in Manhattan and Gerald Ford Drive in Rancho Mirage.

Now, state Sen. Anthony Portantino has introduced a resolution to name a portion of the 134 Freeway that runs from Glendale and into Eagle Rock the President Barack H. Obama Freeway.   Continue reading “New push to rename L.A. freeway after Barack Obama”

High Times – by Maureen Meehan

On Wednesday, the DEA took yet another swipe at marijuana by amending its already bizarre classification of pot as a Schedule I drug. Now, all extracts, including cannabidiol (CBD), will be listed right up there with heroin as a “drug with no medical use.”

Tell that to the thousands of epilepsy sufferers, who are mercifully enjoying relief from intractable epilepsy and polymorphic seizures.   Continue reading “DEA Quietly Classifies CBD Oil As Schedule 1 Drug”

Natural News – by Amy Goodrich

As we are nearing the end of the year, the flu and cold season is kicking into high gear. While it isn’t the cold weather itself that makes you sick – you can get a cold year-round – most people tend to get sick during the winter months.

Most germs that cause the common cold spread more quickly in cold, dry air. Furthermore, during the winter months, people spend more time indoors and closer to each other, which makes it easier for the bacteria and viruses to spread.   Continue reading “Fight your sickness by making your own DIY all-natural cough syrup”

KWCH 12

MINNEAPOLIS, Kan. Newly-released body-camera video captures the scene from March in which a deputy with the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office tased a 91-year-old man with Alzheimer’s at a Minneapolis nursing home because the man wouldn’t get in a car to go to the doctor.

We first told you about the incident after it happened in March. The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office has had it under investigation.   Continue reading “Video shows deputy use taser on man at nursing home”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Twenty residents were trapped on a roof and others were stuck inside when a four-alarm fire broke out at a high-rise apartment building on Manhattan’s West Side, the FDNY said.

 

The fire started around 4:55 p.m. Thursday at 515 West 59th Street near the intersection with 10th Avenue.   Continue reading “Fire Traps 20 Residents On Roof Of West Side Apartment Building”

The Hacker News – by Wang Wei

Cyber security is a major challenge in today’s world, as cyber attacks have become more automated and difficult to detect, where traditional cyber security practices and systems are no longer sufficient to protect businesses, governments, and other organizations.

In past few years, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning had made a name for itself in the field of cyber security, helping IT and security professionals more efficiently and quickly identify risks and anticipate problems before they occur.
Continue reading “Microsoft Shares Telemetry Data Collected from Windows 10 Users with 3rd-Party”

Daily Mail

Red meat has been condemned as a cancer-causing, blood pressure-raising no-no.

Indeed, nutritional guidelines in both the UK and the US advise eating no more than 70g of beef, pork, or steak per day.

But a new review of clinical trials from Purdue University has found quite the opposite.    Continue reading “Large portions of beef and pork can do wonders for blood pressure, new study insists”