Scott.net – by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher

Lava from one of the world’s most active volcanos soon could reach three vacant lots in a rural subdivision on Hawaii’s Big Island, but officials are hopeful homes will be spared. Based on the lava’s movement of about 200 to 300 yards a day, the flow from Kilauea volcano was expected to reach the lots in Kaohe Homesteads in coming days, Hawaii County spokesman Kevin Dayton said.

The large lot closest to the flow is owned by the state, while the other two are privately owned, he said. “The fact that it’s veering somewhat to the north as opposed to the east is a hopeful sign,” Dayton said.     Continue reading “Lava on Hawaii’s Big Island creeping up on vacant lots in rural subdivision”

Breitbart – by Sarah Rumpf

AUSTIN, Texas — A twenty-four year old Mexican national named Heriberto Montoya-Merino was deported back to Mexico earlier this month  by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). Montoya-Merino was wanted in connection with a murder back in Mexico.

Montoya-Merino had been residing in Bradley Beach, New Jersey until he was arrested on November 19, 2013. The Bradley Beach Police Department and the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office coordinated with ERO to detain him and process the deportation order, which was issued by an immigration judge in July of this year. ICE Air Operations (IAO) arranged a charter flight from New Jersey to Texas, where ERO officers turned him over to Mexican authorities at the Brownsville Port of Entry. He had previously been deported back to Mexico in 2013 and had reentered the United States illegally.   Continue reading “ICE Officials Deport Mexican National Wanted for Murder”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

HOUSTON, Texas — A uniformed Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Trooper was asked to leave a Waffle House restaurant in Grapevine this week because he was armed. The trooper was wearing a Texas DPS helicopter pilot “field uniform” that consists of a DPS polo shirt, tan slacks and his badge and gun were on his belt. Trooper was asked to leave and not to return because he was wearing a gun.   Continue reading “Uniformed DPS Trooper Asked to Leave Waffle House Because He Was Armed”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

FALFURRIAS, Texas—U.S. Border Patrol Agent Tyler Robledo was killed in an apparent head-on collision with another vehicle while on duty in the South Texas border region. The driver of the second vehicle also killed in the accident.

Robledo was assigned to the Carrizo Springs Border Patrol Station. Carrizo Springs is located northwest of Laredo, Texas and southeast of Eagle Pass, Texas. He was on patrol on FM 2644 when his patrol vehicle and a 2009 Dodge sedan collided at about 1:15 am, Friday morning.   Continue reading “Border Patrol Agent Killed in Texas”

Fortune – by Tory Newmyer

Makers of munitions and unmanned aircraft top the list of private-sector beneficiaries.

It’s far too soon to tell how the American escalation in the sprawling, complex mess unfolding in Iraq and Syria will play out. But this much is clear: As our military machine hums into a higher gear, it will produce some winners in the defense industry.   Continue reading “The war on ISIS already has a winner: The defense industry”

Yahoo News – by LINDA DEUTSCH

LOS ANGELES (AP) — California state Sen. Rod Wright was sentenced Friday to three months in prison for lying about where he lived when he ran for office and leaders of the Senate said he should resign immediately.

Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, a Democrat from Sacramento, said in a statement that Wright’s constituents in Inglewood cannot continue without representation.   Continue reading “Sentencing brings call for state senator to resign”

Pope Francis leads his weekly audience in VaticanYahoo News – by Stefano Rellandini

REDIPUGLIA Italy (Reuters) – Pope Francis said on Saturday the spate of conflicts around the globe today were effectively a “piecemeal” Third World War, condemning the arms trade and “plotters of terrorism” sowing death and destruction.

“Humanity needs to weep and this is the time to weep,” Francis said in the homily of a Mass during a visit to Italy’s largest war memorial, a large, Fascist-era monument where more than 100,000 soldiers who died in World War One are buried.   Continue reading “Pope says world’s many conflicts amount to piecemeal World War Three”

91214star1.jpegGothamist

On August 13th, 2012, a pitbull mix was shot by police in broad daylight in the East Village, as its owner was collapsed on the sidewalk suffering a seizure. That pitbull, Star, nipped at a woman and ran towards an officer at one point, in an apparent attempt to protect owner Lech Stankiewicz (you can see very graphic video of the shooting here). The dog was shot in the head, resulting in her losing an eye as well as sustaining “soft tissue, bone, head trauma, and eye damage.” No one thought she would survive the ordeal, and most of us seemed to forget about her—except for Charlie Cifarelli. Continue reading “How A Nebraska Man Rescued A Dog Shot By The NYPD”

AOL

It is currently peak season for the puss caterpillars, and even though they usually live at a safe distance high up on tree branches, reports of people being stung are on the rise.

The one-inch puss caterpillar is named for its cute cat-like fur, but it is the most venomous caterpillar in the United States.

Although they appear to be furry and soft, the caterpillars actually have a defense system of poisonous bristles that can break off into your skin if they are touched.   Continue reading “Venomous Caterpillar Sighting In Florida Prompts Warning”

Ryan Eddy WatenpaughThe Sacramento Bee – by Robert D. Davila

Redding police have arrested a man accused of killing and cooking his estranged girlfriend’s dog and serving the animal to her in a meal.

The suspect, Ryan Eddy Watenpaugh of Palo Cedro, denied killing or cooking the victim’s missing Pomeranian. But he admitted placing dog paws on the victim’s doorstep, police said.

Watenpaugh, 34, was arrested Thursday by law enforcement officers from three agencies, police said. A search of his home found a Romanian variant AK-47 assault rifle and high-capacity magazines, officials said.   Continue reading “Shasta County man accused of cooking, serving up estranged girlfriend’s dog”

Police Barracks ShootingABC News – by Michael Rubinkam

Pennsylvania State Police have identified the two troopers who were ambushed outside a state police barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania during a late-night shift change, leaving one dead and another injured.

State Police Commissioner Frank Noonan says that Cpl. Bryon Dickson of Dunmore was killed and Trooper Alex Douglass was wounded when shots were fired Friday night outside the Blooming Grove barracks. The station is in a wooded area surrounded by state game lands.   Continue reading “Pa. State Police Identify Trooper Killed in Ambush”

Jon Rappoport

This is an article about the intentional construction of false reality.

Not a minor construction—a huge, enduring, institutional, wing-flapping, money-munching, poison-dispensing, Matrix-welding, yet “humanity-saving” invention.

In the wake of CDC whistleblower William Thompson’s confession that he buried a vaccine-autism connection, some people reacted with shock—as if this was the first case of rank fraud that had ever taken place within the hallowed halls of medical research.   Continue reading “Vaccine fraud? What about psychiatric fraud? Staggering.”

The Global Combat Support System-Army, a logistical support system meant to track supplies, spare parts and other equipment, was launched in 1997. (iStock)Slueth Journal – by Mark Flatten, The Washington Examiner

More than $725 million was spent by the Army on a high-tech network for tracking supplies and expenses that failed to comply with federal financial reporting rules meant to allow auditors to track spending, according to an inspector general’s report issued Wednesday.

The Global Combat Support System-Army, a logistical support system meant to track supplies, spare parts and other equipment, was launched in 1997. In 2003, the program switched from custom software to a web-based commercial software system.   Continue reading “U.S. Army Can’t Track Spending On $4.3b System To Track Spending, IG Finds”

AOL

This is one tree you want to avoid — unless there’s something about the nickname “Little Apple of Death” that appeals to you.

At first glance, the Manchineel tree is quite beautiful, with lush green leaves and fruit that looks like small green apples — but looks can be deceiving.

Native to parts of Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, Central America and Northern South America, this is one of the most poisonous trees in the world. Its milky white sap is a cocktail of powerful skin irritants that ooze out of all the tree’s parts, not just the fruit.   Continue reading “Have you ever seen a poisonous ‘little apple of death’ tree?”

Before It’s News – by N. Morgan

Police in Quebec are investigating a brutal case in which witnesses claim that police officers trying to stop a bicyclist accidentally ran over the man twice and then handcuffed the bicyclist as he lay dying on the pavement.  On Wednesday, 48-year-old Guy Blouin died from injuries he suffered after he was run over by a police cruiser. Witnesses say police went to pull Blouin over for bicycling down the wrong way on a one-way street. As they attempted to pull him over, they accidentally ran him over.   Continue reading “Cops Ran Over Cyclist Twice, Arrested Him As He Lay Dying”

New York Daily News – by Kerry Burke, Thomas Tracy

Cops swatted a .40-caliber Glock out of a drunken state narcotics agent’s hand Friday night after he shot two drinking buddies on the Upper West Side, authorities and witnesses said.

Amsterdam Ave. erupted in gunfire and blood-curdling screams just after 9 p.m. when Victor Zambrano Jr., 49, shot a 31-year-old woman in the left foot and the woman’s 42-year-old boyfriend in the right calf during an argument over his weapon, neighbors and police sources said.   Continue reading “Drunken narcotics agent allegedly shoots pals in Upper West Side after tussle over gun”

Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten

There has been much talk about how “progressives” do not believe in individual responsibility.  There is the stereotype that liberals attribute volitional powers to firearms, that firearms cause violence.   In anticipation of the veto override  of SB656 in Missouri, Mayor Sly James gave a speech in Kansas City, MO.

The transcript from fox4kc.com shows:

Violence, the mayor says is committed by guns.  

Continue reading “MO: KC Mayor James “Violence is committed by guns.””

House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi speaks before she helps unveiling the Harvey Milk Forever Stamp at its dedication ceremony at the White House in Washington May 22, 2014. (REUTERS/Larry Downing)The Daily Caller – by Chuck Ross

On the one hand, California U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi claims that Democrats are not “fear-mongers;” on the other hand, she believes civilization is doomed if Republicans take control of the Senate from Democrats in November.

The former speaker of the House made those dramatic, incongruous statements on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” which aired live from Washington, D.C. Friday.   Continue reading “Nancy Pelosi: Civilization ‘In Jeopardy’ If GOP Takes Senate”