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RT

An amended version of Florida’s controversial ‘stand your ground’ law, which shifts the burden of proof from the defendant to the prosecutor in self-defense cases, has been ruled unconstitutional by a state judge.

In a 14-page ruling Monday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Milton Hirsch ruled that the changes lawmakers made to the original self-defense law were “procedural,” meaning, only the state Supreme Court has the authority to craft alterations under the state’s constitution.   Continue reading “Florida’s amended ‘Stand Your Ground’ law ruled unconstitutional”

RT

German police have seized numerous weapons as well as “unknown chemicals” in the house and garage of a man detained on suspicion of planning a “major offense” against the forthcoming G20 meeting in Hamburg.

Local Hamburg police were alerted that a German citizen residing in the northern city of Rostock was preparing a “major offense” against the upcoming G20 summit. Following the tip, police officers raided several houses and a garage in Rostock. Authorities also conducted raids in the northern German towns of Hohenfelde and Bad Doberan.  Continue reading “Hamburg police seize ‘vast arsenal’ from suspect in alleged ‘major’ anti-G20 plot”

Breitbart

Nineteen cartel gunmen and two others died in a series of fierce firefights near the Mexican beach resort town of Mazatlan, Sinaloa.

The violence began on Friday night in the village of Villa Union located near the famed resort town of Mazatlan, information provided to Breitbart Texas by Mexican Military officials revealed. In that village, a team of gunmen executed two men outside of a house along a road that leads to the nearby town of Mapa.   Continue reading “19 Cartel Gunmen Killed in Firefight near Mexican Beach Resort Town”

Paul Craig Roberts

In 1992 Fran and Dan Keller were convicted despite the absence of any evidence of raping a 3-year old, a crime that never occurred. Among the absurd charges was the transport of children to Mexico to be raped by military officials. The Kellers spent 21 years in prison before finally being exonerated by a conviction integrity unit that found no credible evidence for the conviction.

This kind of ridiculous conviction plagued child care providers during the 1980s and into the 1990s. The Amirault family who operated the Fells Acres Day Care Center in Massachusetts were ruined. The Massachusetts supreme court judge who kept the Amiraults in prison despite the completely obvious fabricated case is today a Harvard University law professor. In Wenatchee, Washington, scores of people were ruined by insane allegations of a church practicing Satanic Sex Rituals on children. There was the Little Rascals Day Care case in North Carolina, the McMartin child care case in California, and many others. Few remember that President Bill Clinton’s attorney general, Janet Reno, rose to name recognition based on false convictions from child abuse witch hunts.  Continue reading “The US Criminal “Justice System” is Devoid of Justice”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On Sunday, New York County District Attorney Cy Vance suggested Republican efforts to pass national reciprocity for concealed permit holders helps the Islamic State.

Speaking about Rep. Richard Hudson’s (R-NC) national reciprocity legislation–HR 38–Vance said, “this bill is supported, I’m sure, by ISIS.”

Vance said these things during an interview on AM 970 and the The Hill quoted Vance, saying, “It would be completely legal for a person to bring a loaded gun or guns in New York as long as it was legal to possess them in the person’s home state. A guy from Idaho, where there’s no permitting requirement whatsoever, could carry his gun into New York city loaded, into Times Square.”   Continue reading “NY County DA: National Reciprocity Helps Islamic State”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Despite an American electorate fed up with the outsourcing of American jobs, corporations and tech firms are continuing to send once high-paying work overseas.

In a recent report by the Charlotte Observer, a staffing executive with TalentBridge admitted that the outsourcing of American jobs continues because companies profit from hiring foreign workers who are paid slave wages.   Continue reading “Lowe’s, Wells Fargo Outsourcing Americans’ Jobs to Cheap Foreign Workers”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

Just when you thought air travel couldn’t get any more invasive, authoritarian and downright miserable, the Department of Homeland Security and two U.S. carriers are determined to prove you wrong.

Yesterday, Harrison Rudolph, a law fellow at the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law, wrote a very troubling article at Slate titled, DHS Is Starting to Scan Americans’ Faces Before They Get on International Flights. Here’s some of what we learned:  Continue reading “Certain U.S. Airlines Are Testing Mandatory Facial Recognition Scans on Americans Flying Abroad”

American Mirror – by Victor Skinner

Social justice warriors in Memphis, Tennessee are staging a rally to pressure city officials into removing Confederate statues in the community, the latest stunt aimed at snubbing out the region’s forefathers.

Organizers for the group that calls itself “Take Em Down 901” are advertising the protest at Bruce Elementary School on Bellevue Boulevard for 6 p.m. Tuesday “to discuss action steps to remove Confederate statues in Memphis,” according to the group’s Facebook page.   Continue reading “Memphis activists target Confederate monuments after failed attempt to dig up general’s grave”

RT

The realm of warlord Azizullah, who had been terrifying people in Afghanistan for years, has become the newest “caliphate” of Islamic State in the north of the country, after the terrorist was “unexpectedly” freed from prison, locals revealed to RT.

The son of an Uzbek jihadist leader, Azizullah is a second-generation warlord. Often described as dangerous, ambitious, and fanatical, the infamous jihadist has brought death to many people in Afghanistan. Until recently, he was incarcerated in the notorious Bagram prison – but in the fall of 2016, Azizullah was released, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Locals told RT’s Murad Gazdiev that it happened “unexpectedly.”  Continue reading “‘No end to his killings’: Afghans who fled & resisted new ISIS warlord Azizullah to RT”

Daily Mail

A serial con artist who’s previously duped authorities in Ireland and Canada into thinking she was a child sex abuse victim held by human traffickers has pleaded guilty to fresh fraud offences.

This time, she posed as a 13-year-old Sydney schoolgirl and was placed in foster care.

Sydney woman Samantha Azzopardi, 28, pleaded guilty in Hornsby Local Court on Thursday to four counts of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception.  Continue reading “Con artist, 28, poses as 13-year-old girl at Sydney school”

Waking Times – by Isaac Davis

In a world where defense budgets are astronomical and wars of occupation and destabilization never end, political leaders in the UK and in Europe want you accept street level terror as the new everyday normal. The attacks are unstoppable, they say, and the world must embrace this hopelessness with faith that the government is doing all it can to create a better, safer world. Run, hide, and call the authorities, for you are helpless in this reality, so they say. But who creates and sustains this reality?   Continue reading “3 Questions You’re Never Supposed To Ask After A Terrorist Attack”

The Daily Caller – by Ryan Pickrell

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has instructed the North Korean air force to be ready to bomb enemy aircraft carriers.

North Korea recently held a combat flight contest for the commanding officers of the Korean People’s Army Air and Anti-Air Force, an event designed to make “all the flight commanding officers a match for a hundred fighters capable of destroying any targets, including enemy aircraft carriers,” according to the Korean Central News Agency.   Continue reading “Kim Jong-Un Tells Air Force To Be Ready To Bomb US Aircraft Carriers”

Digital Journal – by James Walker

An invasive form of malware believed to be attached to a Chinese firm could spell “global catastrophe,” according to the cybersecurity firm that discovered it. The software has the power to gain near-complete control of targets, including spying on files.

Dubbed Fireball, the malware was found by researchers at Check Point Security. The team said its purpose is to hijack web traffic to generate fraudulent ad revenue. It also includes remote control features for downloading more malware in the future.   Continue reading “Malware infecting 250 million devices could be a ‘catastrophe’”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

It’s not just the FBI that can’t seem to turn in its privacy-related paperwork on time. The FBI has pushed forward with its biometric database rollout — despite the database being inaccurate, heavily-populated with non-criminals, and without the statutorily-required Privacy Impact Assessment that’s supposed to accompany it. As of 2014, it hadn’t produced this PIA, one it had promised in 2012. And one that applied to a system that had been in the works since 2008.   Continue reading “DEA Deploying Powerful Spyware Without Required Privacy Impact Assessments”

Miami New Times – by Brittany Shammas

As the American Airlines plane full of passengers looked on, two law enforcement officers escorted Michael Mennella — a double amputee with no feet — down the aisle and into the airport. They told him he was under arrest for extreme intoxication. But soon enough, the officers realized Mennella was sober. He’d simply hobbled down the aisle to ask for a drink on a flight that departed Miami without the wheelchair the airline had promised him.

That’s what Mennella, a businessman traveling for work, claims in a new lawsuit that’s sure to fuel more anger at airlines for horribly mistreating their passengers.   Continue reading “American Airlines Called Cops on Double Amputee After Forgetting His Wheelchair, Lawsuit Says”

Breitbart – by Dr Susan Berry

A student at James Madison Memorial High School in Madison, Wisconsin is seeking to change the name of the school, citing that President James Madison was a slave owner, a fact she says makes the school “unsafe” for black students.

Mya Berry, a senior, says the fact that President James Madison inherited slaves, along with his Montpelier plantation, from his father means her school – which, like the city of Madison, Wisconsin, is named after the fourth U.S. president – is hostile to black students, reports the Capital Times.   Continue reading “Student Petitions for School’s Name Change: Slave Owner James Madison’s Name Means Black Students ‘Unsafe’”