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Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns
Passaic, NJ — In an ongoing dispute between EMS companies, the local police, and Orthodox Jews, a senior police officer, Juan Nieves of the Passaic Police Department, threatened to arrest a man for filming him as he arrested the man’s mother for obstruction of justice. Continue reading “Cop Threatens to Arrest Rabbi if He Posts Video of Him Arresting Grandma for No Reason”
Breitbart – by Jack Montgomery
The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that EU governments can order Facebook to take down content worldwide after an Austrian politician was insulted online.
Eva Glawischnig-Piesczek, a leading figure in Austria’s left-progressive Greens Party, was branded a “lousy traitor of the people” and a “corrupt oaf”, among other things, in an Austrian news article concerning her party’s support for a minimum income for refugees which was shared on a Facebook user’s personal page, according to court documents. Continue reading “Global Censorship: Court Rules EU Govts Can Take Down Content Worldwide After Politician Insulted”
Minnesota Daily – by Natalie Rademacher
Textbooks in hand, members of the student group Students for a Democratic Society held a sit-in outside University of Minnesota President Joan Gabel’s office Friday morning.
The students are calling for the University to disarm the University Police Department and increase the diversity of the student population. The sit-in is part of a broader campaign by the student group this year to demand action by the University. Continue reading “Students host ‘study-in’ outside Gabel’s office”
The number of elderly people taking antidepressants has more than doubled in two decades – despite no increase in the numbers with depression.
A major British study also reveals that the majority of over-65s who take the drugs do not have depressive symptoms. Continue reading “Number of elderly on anti-depressants doubles in 20 years”
Contract talks aimed at ending a 21-day strike by the United Auto Workers against General Motors have taken a turn for the worse, hitting a big snag over product commitments for U.S. factories, a union official wrote in an email to members.
The letter from UAW Vice President Terry Dittes casts doubt on whether there will be a quick settlement in the contract dispute, which sent 49,000 workers to the picket lines on Sept. 16, crippling GM’s factories. Continue reading “GM Workers Strike Continues as Negotiations Hit Snag Over Commitments to U.S. Factories”
New York Post – by Yaron Steinbuch
US troops on Monday began pulling out of positions along the border in northeast Syria ahead of an expected invasion by Turkey, according to US-allied Kurdish forces.
The Kurdish militia in Syria said a Turkish attack could reverse gains made against Islamic State. Continue reading “US troops begin withdrawal from Turkey’s border in Syria”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal government has opened 725,000 acres in Central California to oil and gas drilling on land that has been off-limits since 2013.
The Bureau of Land Management issued its final decision Friday to allow oil and gas leases on plots that are mostly in the Central Valley, but also include parts of the Central Coast. The area includes parts of Monterey, San Benito and Fresno counties, and would allow for 32 new gas and oil development wells to be added. Continue reading “US government opens 725,000 acres in California to oil, gas drilling”
After years in the shadows overseeing espionage, kill programs, warrantless wiretapping, entrapment, psyops and other covert operations, national security establishment retirees are are turning to a new line of work where they can carry out their imperial duties. Continue reading “Spooks Turned Spox: US Media Now Filled With Former Intelligence Agents”
The past few months have witnessed deepening relations between China and Iran. With the United States waging a trade and economic war against both countries, high-ranking diplomatic, military and trade officials from Beijing and Tehran have met repeatedly in recent months. Continue reading “Turning eastward: Iran and China strengthen ties in the face of western pressure”
LONDON (AP) — Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died Sunday at age 80, his family said. Continue reading “Ginger Baker, Cream’s Iconic Drummer, Dies at 80”
Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack told CBS News that his company destroyed $5 million worth of “assault-style rifles” to keep them out of private hands.
Dick’s announced a halt to “assault-style rifles” two weeks after the February 14, 2018, Parkland high school shooting. Continue reading “Dick’s Destroyed $5 Mil. Worth of ‘Assault Rifles’ to Keep Them ‘Off the Street’”
“Racism is a disease of white people. I do not intend to be quiet about it.”
— Albert Einstein, 1946
“The Germans as an entire people are responsible for these mass murders and must be punished as a people if there is justice in the world and if the consciousness of collective responsibility in the nations is not to perish from earth entirely.”
— Albert Einstein, 1944
“I get most joy from the emergence of the Jewish state in Palestine. It does seem to me that our kinfolk really are more sympathetic (at least less brutal) than these horrid Europeans.”
— Albert Einstein, 1919
PORTLAND, Ore. — U.S. authorities said Wednesday they completed drug-trafficking busts in Oregon that involved an international network of couriers, dealers and stash-house operators who smuggled methamphetamine, heroin and cocaine worth about $15 million from Mexico to Portland.
Federal, state and local law enforcement conducted raids and arrested 20 people, U.S. Attorney Billy Williams said. Ten people were already in custody in the case, and 11, including the two suspected top leaders, remained at large after being indicted. Continue reading “Feds bust Mexico-to-Oregon drug ring; 20 arrested”
Breitbart – by Katherine Rodriguez
A search-and-rescue team discovered a dog alive under a pile of debris in the Bahamas, more than three weeks after Hurricane Dorian struck the islands.
Big Dog Ranch Rescue, which is a South Florida-based rescue operation, used a drone with infrared heat-seeking technology to find the animal hidden under piles of air conditioning units in Marsh Harbour in the Bahamas. Continue reading “Dog Rescued Under Debris Three Weeks After Hurricane Dorian”
As the death toll nears 100 people killed and with thousands injured in a week of intense demonstrations, the Iraqi government on Saturday announced the lifting of a curfew in Baghdad as calls came for it to resign.
In the worst violence seen since the declared defeat of the Islamic State group in March, security forces fired live ammunition into crowds of people protesting across Iraq against corruption, unemployment and a lack of services. Continue reading “Nearly 100 dead as calls grow for Iraqi government to resign over protest response”
The Watchdog loves it when folks get involved in their government by becoming fellow watchdogs and keeping a sharp eye on their leaders’ doings. I need the help.
That’s why I’m pleased to tell you about a new state law that will change the face of all local governments in Texas. Continue reading “A cool new Texas law you never heard of means they can’t shut you up at government meetings anymore”
Four people have been killed and five others injured in a shooting at a bar in Kansas City, Kansas, early Sunday morning.
Gunfire erupted at the Tequila KC Bar at 1.27am local time, according to police spokesman Thomas Tomasic. Continue reading “Four people are killed and five injured in shooting at Kansas City bar as police search for suspect”
Activist Post – by Aaron Kesel
The Chinese government continues its Orwellian practices with the announcement that citizens will have to use facial recognition technology to access the internet (which is already highly fire-walled.)
This is all a part of China’s social credit system that will take effect on Dec. 1st. After the law is in effect, Chinese citizens who want to have the internet installed at their houses or on their smartphones will be required to undergo a facial recognition process by Chinese authority to prove their identities, according to the new regulation. Continue reading “Chinese Citizens Will Be Required To Scan Their Faces To Use The Internet”
New York Post – by Tamar Lapin
A key witness who testified for the prosecution in the trial of killer Texas cop Amber Guyger was shot to death in an ambush outside his apartment, according to a report on Saturday.
Witness Joshua Brown, a neighbor of Guyger’s victim Botham Jean, was found on the ground, his body riddled with bullets, Friday around 10:30 p.m. outside his building in a Dallas neighborhood, The Dallas Morning News reported. Continue reading “Key witness in trial of killer cop Amber Guyger shot to death”
An air of menace and a cloud of controversy accompany the arrival of the new ‘Joker’ movie with the portrayal of the most famous villain in comic book history being arguably the most chilling twist on the character in 50 years.
‘Joker,’ starring Joaquin Phoenix, opened in movie theaters worldwide this week after winning the top prize at the Venice Film Festival last month. Continue reading “Critics SLAM the new, brutally violent Joaquin Phoenix movie as a viewing experience of ‘rare, numbing emptiness’ as it hits theaters today”