Category: News

Halloween History

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on the night of October 31. The word Halloween is a shortening of All Hallows’ Evening also known as Hallowe’en or All Hallows’ Eve.

Traditional activities include trick-or-treating, bonfires, costume parties, visiting “haunted houses” and carving jack-o-lanterns. Irish and Scottish immigrants carried versions of the tradition to North America in the nineteenth century. Other western countries embraced the holiday in the late twentieth century including Ireland, the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom as well as of Australia and New Zealand.   Continue reading “History of Halloween”

Christian Post – by Samuel Smith

Since gay marriage was legalized in North Carolina on Oct. 10, at least six North Carolina judges have resigned from their benches because they do not want to go against their Christian faith and conduct wedding ceremonies for same-sex couples.

While it was reported last week that Rockingham County magistrate John Kallam Jr. and Swain County magistrate Gilbert Breedlove resigned from their positions because of the legalization of gay marriage, media reports have surfaced indicating that at least four other magistrates have done the same.   Continue reading “Four More North Carolina Judges Resign Over Refusal To Conduct Same-Sex Weddings”

Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten

The exemplar for restrictive firearms regulation in the United States has been England and Wales.   Some have argued that it was NAZI Germany, but though the 1968 Gun Control Act borrowed heavily from NAZI law, the country and laws that most have referred to has been England.  Wales shares the same laws and Supreme Court as England.   Interestingly, before the British passed their own restrictive firearms laws, the most restrictive law in the Anglosphere was the one passed in New York City, the infamous Sullivan law of 1911.     Continue reading “Gun Registration and Confiscation in England and Wales”

Oddity Central – by Sumitra

Hollywood artist Jon Neill’s pumpkin carvings are so scary they might just give you nightmares this Halloween. The big, wrinkly faces and mouths full of crooked teeth are so life-like and rich in detail that it’s hard to believe they’re actually made of plain old pumpkins.

Neill, originally from Kansas City, has been carving pumpkins ever since he was a boy. His family used to grow them, and over the years, his traditional jack-o-lanterns morphed into creepy works of art. But his skills didn’t receive recognition until a few years ago, when the San Fernando Valley resident turned pro. He auditioned for the TV show Halloween Wars as a pumpkin artist, for which he made a few time-lapse videos of himself at work. When one of those videos was put up on YouTube, it started to receive thousands of hits, and he soon became known as one of the world’s pumpkin carving artists.   Continue reading “Jon Neill Creates the Most Amazing Pumpkin Carvings You’ve Ever Seen”

Alliance for Natural Health

At the request of Congress, the FDA’s and USDA’s review process for genetically engineered products is finally coming under scrutiny by the GAO.

In 2013, Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) wrote to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and asked them to look into the review system being used to regulate genetically modified crops—specifically, “to ensure that [it] fully reflects current science.” This week, the GAO agreed to begin a review of how the USDA and FDA look at the long-term safety of genetically engineered crops both in the environment and in the food supply.   Continue reading “GMO Approval Process FINALLY Being Scrutinized”

Sharyl Attkisson

An important and definitive “mainstream” government study done nearly a decade ago got little attention because the science came down on the wrong side. It found that after decades and billions of dollars spent promoting flu shots for the elderly, the mass vaccination program did not result in saving lives. In fact, the death rate among the elderly increased substantially.

The authors of the study admitted a bias going into the study. Here was the history as described to me: Public health experts long assumed flu shots were effective in the elderly. But, paradoxically, all the studies done failed to demonstrate a benefit. Instead of considering that they, the experts, could be wrong–instead of believing the scientific data–the public health experts assumed the studies were wrong. After all, flu shots have to work, right?   Continue reading “Govt. Researchers: Flu Shots Not Effective in Elderly, After All”

Climate Change Dispatch – by Jonathan O’Callaghan, Mail Online

The second man on the moon has revealed his thoughts on climate change, one-way missions to Mars and the current state of space exploration.

He says he is ‘sceptical about the claims that human produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.’   Continue reading “‘I Am Sceptical Humans Are Causing Global Warming’: Buzz Aldrin Says More Research – And Less Politics – Is Needed”

Fellowship of the Minds

Finally, a feel good story!

WICU 12 News – by Rodney Harris

Mableton, GA — A school resource officer accidentally pepper sprayed himself on Wednesday while trying arrest a person who wasn’t supposed to be on campus.

According to Jay Dillon with Cobb County Schools, the resource officer confronted the person who wasn’t supposed to be at Pebblebrook High School in Mableton.   Continue reading “Officer accidentally pepper sprays himself at Metro Atlanta school”

USA Today – by Doug Stranglin

After 7 weeks living off the land in a rugged state forest, a subdued fugitive, Eric Frein, made his first court appearance Friday in Milford, Pa., on a capital murder charge of killing a state trooper with a high-powered rifle.

For law enforcement in Pennsylvania, the capture of the 31-year-old self-taught survivalist Thursday night by U.S. Marshals was personal.He was placed in handcuffs belonging to the state trooper he is accusing of killing, Cpl. Byron Dickson, and placed in Dickson’s patrol car.   Continue reading “Eric Frein makes first court appearance on cop-killing charge”

Fox News

A former Marine who served in Iraq says he’s been banned from his daughter’s Maryland high school after a heated argument over a lesson on Islam.

Kevin Wood told MyFoxDC.com that he went to La Plata High School in La Plata, a town about 30 miles southeast of Washington, and challenged a history assignment requiring students to list the benefits of Islam. He said the meeting with the vice principal got heated; the school said he made a threat and banned the Iraq veteran from school property.   Continue reading “Former Marine banned from daughter’s school after dispute over Islam lesson”

New York Daily News – by JOHN MARZULLI

Federal prosecutors have indicted a Colorado woman on charges of conspiring with an NYPD sergeant on Skype to molest her 1-year-old, the Daily News has learned.

Keira Norton and Sgt. Alberto Randazzo each face a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison if they are convicted of the sickening charges in Brooklyn Federal Court.

Randazzo, 38, was busted by the feds in February on charges of downloading kiddie porn while free on bail in connection with state charges that he had solicited women to sexually abuse their children.   Continue reading “NYPD Sgt. Alberto Randazzo and Colo. woman accused of plotting on Skype to molest baby”

The Dissenter – by Kevin Gosztola

Former CIA analyst and activist Ray McGovern was arrested as he attempted to attend an event in New York City featuring former CIA director and retired military general, David Petraeus. He was charged with resisting arrest, criminal trespass and disorderly conduct.

At 92nd Street Y, which describes itself as a “world-class cultural and community center,” Petraeus was to appear with John Nagl, who recently wrote a book, Knife Fights. about being an army tank commander in the Gulf War of 1991. Neoconservative commentator Max Boot was to join them as well.   Continue reading “Former CIA Analyst Ray McGovern Arrested While Trying to Attend David Petraeus Event in New York”

Lew Rockwell – by Andrew P. Napolitano

In the years following the adoption of the Constitution, before he was Secretary of State under President Thomas Jefferson and then president himself, James Madison, who wrote the Constitution, was a member of the House of Representatives. During that period of his life, he gave illuminating speeches and wrote elegant essays and letters about human freedom.   Continue reading “The Presumption of Liberty”

New York Post – by Carl Campanile and Natalie O’Neill

Democrats are telling voters that they had better head to the polls — or else.

The New York State Democratic Committee is bullying people into voting next week with intimidating letters warning that it can easily find out which slackers fail to cast a ballot next Tuesday.

“Who you vote for is your secret. But whether or not you vote is public record,” the letter says.   Continue reading “Democrats threaten public shaming to get voters to polls”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

For a number of years, the topic of FEMA Camps (i.e. American concentration camps) have been rumored to exist. Jesse Ventura, on his show, Conspiracy Theory, revealed to the public the existence of FEMA Camps in such a dramatic fashion that the episode has been banned from public viewing.

Through the years, there has been much speculation about the existence of FEMA Camps and their true purpose. Recent events surrounding the recent Ebola crisis, is making it clear that the camps, as well as other co-opted public facilities (e.g. stadiums, malls, etc.) will be used to enforce medical martial law for both the sick as well as anyone else who the government determines is a (health) risk to the well-being of the public. Am I saying that the camps will be used to house political dissidents. This is undeniably true. This article traces the inception of FEMA camps to the present and intended purpose. This article will also expose the fact that it will not just be Ebola victims going to these camps where there will be medical facilities.   Continue reading “FEMA Camp Mass Incarceration Is A Goal of the Ebola Crisis”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

Defying its own quack advice that the agency has been propagandizing for months, the CDC has now released a document on Ebola that admits the virus can spread through aerosolized droplets. The document, quietly released on the CDC website, also admits Ebola can contaminate surfaces such as doorknobs, causing infections to be spread through indirect means. [1]   Continue reading “CDC admits it has been lying all along about Ebola transmission; “indirect” spread now acknowledged”