Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

New York area fire commissioners have called for a new investigation into 9/11, claiming that “overwhelming evidence” of “pre-planted explosives…caused the destruction of the three World Trade Center buildings.” The Franklin Square and Munson Fire District outside of Queens, New York made history by becoming the first legislative body in the country to support a new investigation into the events of 9/11, according to Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Continue reading “NY Fire Commissioners Demand New 9/11 Probe, Citing “Overwhelming Evidence of Pre-Planted Explosives””

The Electronic Intifada – by Ali Abunimah

Human rights defenders are slamming UN Secretary-General António Guterres for leaving Israel off an official list of the world’s worst abusers of children’s rights.

On Tuesday, the UN released the secretary-general’s annual report on children in armed conflict.  Continue reading “UN lets Israel’s child killers off the hook again”

New York Daily News – by Denis Slattery

ALBANY — New York has shot down President Trump’s plan to arm teachers.

A new law signed Wednesday by Gov. Cuomo bars school districts across the state from authorizing anyone but those employed primarily as school resource officers, police or security guards from carrying a firearm on school grounds.

Continue reading “New York teachers barred from carrying firearms under new law”

UPI – by Danielle Haynes

July 30 (UPI) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday signed legislation banning 3D-printed guns, and other firearms and components that can’t be detected by a metal detector.

He also signed legislation expanding requirements for the safe storage of firearms.  Continue reading “N.Y. Gov. Cuomo signs law banning 3D-printed guns”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Just on the heels of new reports of a significant build-up of Chinese security forces on Hong Kong’s border, with the White House monitoring what an admin official described as “a congregation of Chinese forces” outside the city, the chief of the Chinese military garrison in Hong Kong has warned that the army stands ready to “protect” Chinese sovereignty.  Continue reading ““All Consequences At Your Own Risk”: In Stunning Warning, Chinese Army Says It Will Protect Hong Kong Sovereignty”

MassPrivateI

Leave it to facial recognition companies to make up a totally bogus claim that makes me want to slam my foot in a door.

The access management company Proxyclick claims that businesses who use their ID Match (facial recognition) will impress customers.  Continue reading “Proxyclick: Customers Will Be Impressed When Businesses Use Facial Recognition To Identify Them”

Daily Beast – by Pilar Melendez

Handcuffed and pinned to the ground on the side of the road, Tony Timpa begged Dallas police officers more than two dozen times for help before he fell unconscious and died, according to newly released body-camera footage.

“You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me! You’re gonna kill me!” he continuously yelled.  Continue reading “‘You’re Gonna Kill Me’: Body-Cam Footage Shows Cops Mocking Dallas Man as He Dies”

AZ Central

PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – Newly-released security video from May 9, 2018, shows the moment a man shot and killed a customer in a Phoenix Circle K store, before holding nine other customers hostage. The victims then tackled the suspect and were able to escape.

At 9 a.m., security video shows customers entering and leaving the store, including a police officer. Continue reading “Video shows Phoenix gas station hostages attack and subdue gunman”

Mint Press News – by Whitney Webb

For over a decade, pro-Israel and ultra-nationalist Israeli settler groups have sought to weaponize the popular online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, through concerted covert editing campaigns, offering Wikipedia editing courses to West Bank settlers and even formal alliances between Israel and Wikipedia to allow Israelis to create and edit content in a variety of languages.  Continue reading “How a Small Group of Pro-Israel Activists Blacklisted MintPress on Wikipedia”

Yahoo News

A 65-year-old woman was tasered after fleeing then kicking out at a police officer who stopped her over a broken light.

Debra Hamil, from Oklahoma, has been charged after body camera footage showed her resisting arrest during the confrontation in the town of Cashion last month.  Continue reading “Woman, 65, tasered by police after fleeing then kicking officer who stopped her over broken light”

New Hampshire Union Leader – by Jason Schreiber

HAMPTON — A local police officer has been charged with drunken driving after he allegedly showed up for duty Tuesday and appeared intoxicated.

Hampton Police Chief Richard Sawyer said James Patton, 58, of Hampton, resigned Wednesday morning after he was placed on administrative leave. Patton had been with the department for 31 years.

Continue reading “Hampton officer resigns following arrest for DWI, allegedly reported for duty intoxicated”

Daily Mail

Horrifying dash cam footage shows the moment an out-of-control semi-trailer truck plowed into a church van on a Florida interstate, killing five children and two adults on their way to Disneyland.

The newly-uncovered video of the fiery crash, obtained by DailyMail.com, shows the truck, driven by 59-year-old Steve Holland, cross over the median before smashing into the driver side of the van before hitting another truck.  Continue reading “Moment a truck plows into a church van killing five children and two adults”

Air Force Magazine – by Rachel Cohen

Only six of the Air Force’s 61 B-1 bombers are fully mission-capable, a South Dakota senator said July 30. 

The B-1 fleet is in the midst of an intensive slate of maintenance work and upgrades. Of the 61 jets, 15 are in depot maintenance and 39 aircraft are down for inspections or other issues, Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing for Gen. John Hyten, the US Strategic Command chief who is under consideration to become vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.   
 Continue reading “Senator: About 10 Percent of B-1s are Fully Combat-Ready”

Reuters – by Humeyra Pamuk

WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) – More than half of the Trump administration’s $8.4 billion in trade aid payments to U.S. farmers through April was received by the top 10% of recipients, the country’s biggest and most successful farmers, a study by an advocacy group showed on Tuesday.

Highlighting an uneven distribution of the bailout, which was designed to help offset effects of the U.S.-China trade war, the Environmental Working Group said the top 1% of aid recipients received an average of more than $180,000 while the bottom 80% were paid less than $5,000 in aid.  Continue reading “Bulk of Trump’s U.S. farm aid goes to biggest and wealthiest farmers -advocacy group”

Rense.com – by Rabbi Marc Lee Raphael

The following passages are from Dr. Raphael’s book Jews and Judaism in the United States: A Documentary History (New York: Behrman House, Inc., Pub, 1983), pp. 14, 23-25.

“Jews also took an active part in the Dutch colonial slave trade; indeed, the bylaws of the Recife and Mauricia congregations (1648) included an imposta (Jewish tax) of five soldos for each Negro slave a Brazilian Jew purchased from the West Indies Company. Slave auctions were postponed if they fell on a Jewish holiday. Continue reading “Jewish Involvement In Black Slave Trade To The Americas”

Desert Peace – by Evelyn Hecht-Galinski

No, the story can not be covered up, every attempt is doomed to failure in the long run. Even though the “Jewish State” maintains the most efficient “cover-up center”, the secretive security section of the Zionist “War Department” for “blue-and-white washing”. (1) The documents about the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, the evidence of expulsion, deportations of about 800,000 Palestinians, massacres, rape, raids and destruction by the “Jewish Defense Army” at the founding of the state on its murderous way to the Judaisierung, one wants again to the secret thing do. Thanks to the Israeli daily Haaretz, this attempt, which has been going on for years, to make the Nakba (catastrophe) disappear into secret archives, has been uncovered. (2)  Continue reading “Uncovering The Attempts To Steal All Of Palestinian Land”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

During the July 30 Democrat Debate Bernie Sanders pledged numerous new gun controls focused on gun sales and also made clear his intention to remove protections that spare gunmakers from lawsuits.

Sanders made clear that he had a D- rating from the National Rifle Association (NRA) now, and suggested it will probably drop to an F if he wins the presidency.  Continue reading “Democrat Debate: Bernie Sanders Pledges War on Gun Sales, Gun Makers”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — New video surfaced Tuesday evening of more NYPD officers being doused with water.

The most recent incident in Queens has compelled lawmakers to announce a new bill that cracks down on anyone who disrespects the badge, CBS2’s Natalie Duddridge reported.  Continue reading “Following Another Water Incident, Assemblymen Propose Law Making Disrespecting Police A Felony”

Common Dreams – by Jenna McGuire

Two California professors built three pink seesaws on the U.S.-Mexico border to allow families to play together and to bring “joy, excitement, and togetherness” to both sides of the divide. 

As The Guardian reported: Continue reading “In Joyful Act of Resistance, Pink Seesaws Installed at Border Fence”

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CANTON, Mich. (WXYZ/CNN) – After an accusation that he intentionally hit a classmate in the face during a dodgeball-like game, a 10-year-old boy from Michigan faces a charge of aggravated assault.

Mother Cameishi Lindley says she was shocked when she got a call last Wednesday from Wayne County Juvenile Court about her 10-year-old son Bryce Lindley. She was informed the rising fifth grader is charged with aggravated assault, following an incident at recess.  Continue reading “Boy, 10, charged with assault after classmate suffers dodgeball injury”