Category: News

AZ Central – by Betty Reid

Marine veteran Michael Smith wept Wednesday when he heard about the death of Chester Nez, the last of the original Navajo Code Talkers.

Smith, from Window Rock, who had met Nez several times, described him as a “quiet, humble” Navajo Marine.

Smith said that the passing of Nez — the last of the first 29 Navajo men who created a code from their language that stumped the Japanese in World War II — marked the closure of a chapter in the story of a special group of veterans.   Continue reading “Remembering the last of the original Navajo Code Talkers”

Patriot or Traitor

Move over Benedict Arnold, the pages of history has revealed a new traitor – Chief Justice John Roberts of the United States Supreme Court.

When you consider back in 2012, Chief Justice John Roberts had the opportunity to rule the Obamacare law unconstitutional with the strike of his pen, that logic seemed a little naïve. And now it is clear he never intended to have the law struck down in that way.   Continue reading “John Glover Roberts, Jr. is a traitor.”

Twin Cities – by Dee J. Hall, Wisconsin State Journal

Wisconsin could have one of the nation’s most sweeping drug-testing requirements for those receiving public benefits if the proposal by Gov. Scott Walker to test those who apply for unemployment checks and food stamps becomes law.

But with scant details, it’s unclear whether any expansion beyond the current testing of drug felons would be allowed under federal law governing the state’s FoodShare program. It’s also unclear how Wisconsin could craft any broad-based testing program for public benefits recipients that would be found constitutional.   Continue reading “Wisconsin’s Scott Walker wants jobless, food stamp recipients to face drug tests”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

Apparently, this graffiti first appeared in a Brownsboro High School boys restroom before making its way across Facebook (as one’s graffiti does), where it was spotted by an increasing number of concerned parents and students. That groundswell of social media handwringing culminated in this:

School and law enforcement officials received information about graffiti on a bathroom stall at Brownsboro High School on Tuesday afternoon and investigated the matter. On Wednesday, the high school student was detained at the beginning of the school day and was questioned. The student was later charged with terrorist threat on a public entity, a third degree felony.  

Continue reading “Student Facing Terroristic Threat Charges After Decorating High School Bathroom With Laughable ‘Satanic’ Graffiti”

New Times – by Ray Downs

The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office has been selectively taking names of police officers who get arrested off the booking blotter, effectively giving busted cops special treatment over regular folks who get their names, mug shots, and personal information put online for all to see when they get thrown in jail.

A story published Sunday by the Palm Beach Post revealed the practice, which PBSO officials have since admitted to doing. Their excuse is that their computer program doesn’t allow them to scrub officers’ home addresses and birth dates, which is not allowed to be released to the public under state law. And since they can’t take off that information, they decided to just leave police off the record entirely.   Continue reading “When Cops Get Arrested, Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office Doesn’t Put Their Booking Info Online”

RT

Americans spent over $7.5 billion on one drug over a one-year period ‒ more than any other medication. And yet no one knows how the powerful pill works. But that doesn’t keep Big Pharma from marketing it for a multitude of disorders.

“Quick: what’s the top-selling drug in the United States?” the Daily Beast asked. “Prozac? Viagra? Maybe something for heart disease?”   Continue reading “US spends most on this drug… and no one knows how it works”

Mail.com

DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) — The European Space Agency’s unmanned Rosetta probe successfully released a lander toward the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on Wednesday, putting it on its final seven-hour journey to a historic rendezvous with the fast-moving lump of dust and ice.

The audacious landing attempt is the climax of a decade-long mission to study the 4-kilometer (2.5-mile) wide comet, which is traveling at 41,000 mph (66,000 kph). It is also the end of a 6.4 billion-kilometer (4 billion-mile) journey on which Rosetta carried its sidekick lander Philae piggyback.   Continue reading “European spacecraft begins descending to comet 67P”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for a man convicted of killing Washington intern Chandra Levy are making their pitch to a judge that he deserves a new trial because of what they call problems with a key witness.

Lawyers for Ingmar Guandique and the government were scheduled Wednesday to begin three days of hearings. Guandique’s lawyers say he was convicted on the basis of false or misleading testimony given by a one-time cellmate and prosecutors knew or should have known the testimony was false and investigated the man further.   Continue reading “Hearing on new trial to begin in Chandra Levy case”

Fox News

President Barack Obama announced Wednesday that the U.S. has set a new goal to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by between 26 percent and 28 percent over the next 11 years as part of a climate change agreement with China.

The new target is a drastic increase from earlier in Obama’s presidency, when he pledged to cut emissions by 17 percent by 2020. By contrast, Obama’s counterpart, Xi Jinping, did not pledge any reductions by a specific date, but rather set a target for China’s emissions to peak by 2030, or earlier if possible. Xi also pledged to increase the share of energy that China will derive from sources other than fossil fuels. China’s emissions have grown in recent years due to the building of new coal plants.    Continue reading “Obama vows US will cut emissions by at least 26 percent over next 11 years”

BATR

The attention that Taibbi is receiving for the Rolling Stone essay, The $9 Billion Witness: Meet JPMorgan Chase’s Worst Nightmare, may push forward a serious debate on the systemic corruption that is common knowledge among informed observers of the financial structure. Zero Hedge can always be depended upon to incisively sum up the issue. Continue reading “Matt Taibbi on JPMorgan Chase’s Worst Nightmare”

EAG News – by Danette Clark

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Justice’s National Institute of Justice recently promised a whopping $63 million to investigate school safety programs and to reward districts for implementing “restorative justice” and other related school discipline programs.

According to an October 1st statement from Attorney General Eric Holder, “This funding is being awarded as part of the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative – a large-scale, multi-agency research effort to build practical, and scientifically-sound, knowledge about effective ways to increase school safety nationwide.”   Continue reading “DOJ grants $63 million for social justice school discipline promoted by Bill Ayers”

Roll Call – by Steven Dennis and Jay Hunter

It was a good year for members of Congress in one respect: their pocketbooks.

Roll Call has for decades calculated the “50 Richest” members of Congress by poring through financial disclosure forms, and this year, we’ve taken the added step of tallying the minimum net worth of every member of Congress.     Continue reading “Wealth of Congress Jumps $150 Million”

Breitbart – by Brandon Darby

LUBBOCK, Texas — Two explosives were found near an Arizona bridge approximately 30 miles from the U.S. border with Mexico, according to a leaked report exclusively obtained by Breitbart Texas. The items were made from water gel commercial explosives and were ammonium nitrate based, according to the leaked official report from the Joint Intelligence Operations Center (JIOC).

The materials were found near Amado, Arizona by two Arizona Department of Transportation employees who were reportedly inspecting the bridge. The report asserts that the explosives contained the power to cause partial damage to the bridge, but lacked the required blasting cap to ignite the explosion.   Continue reading “Explosives Found at Bridge Near Arizona Border with Mexico”

Eco Flight, Newsletter – Spring 2014

CBS Denver

Erin tried to buy her first car when she was young and had no credit history.

“I didn’t have anybody to cosign,” she said.

The interest rate on a car loan for her was going to be astronomical. But a device called Passtime helped her establish credit and buy a car.

Passtime is affixed to a car and prevents it from starting if the owner doesn’t make loan payments on time. It’s targeted toward people with no credit history or poor credit scores.    Continue reading “Device Prevents Cars From Starting If Loans Aren’t Paid, Helps Drivers Establish Credit”

The Right Scoop

You know I’ve had about enough of Michael Brown’s parents. I know they are grieving and what not, but they are going too far in their desire to prosecute Darren Wilson for the death of their son. After all, the grand jury is still hearing evidence and hasn’t released a verdict yet on that evidence.

Michael Brown’s parents are not reasonable people nor have they surrounded themselves with reasonable people. They claim they want justice yet what they really want is to believe that their son couldn’t be the thug that led him to attack an officer and get killed. And if it means prosecuting Darren Wilson and sending him to jail to keep that dream alive, that’s what they’ll do.   Continue reading “STUPID: Michael Brown parents want UN to recommend IMMEDIATE arrest of Officer Darren Wilson”

Poor Richard’s News

Obama is trying to rush the confirmation of his new Attorney General through the Senate before the newly elected Republican majority takes over.  But there are plenty of reasons why Senators on both sides of the aisle should have great pause before approving Loretta Lynch.

In recent months, much has been written about the concept of “civil asset forfeiture,” in which police routinely steal billions of dollars worth of private property without even so much as criminal charges.  As it turns out, Loretta Lynch is all for it, and her US attorney’s office has benefited from it to the tune of nearly a BILLION dollars.    Continue reading “Obama’s AG nominee has seized $904 million in private property through “civil asset forfeiture””