Category: News

The Organic Prepper

With September 11 fast approaching, so too does the risk of another terrorist attack on US soil.

They say this every year as the date approaches, but in 2014, it seems to carry a bit more weight than it has during other years.

I’m referring specifically to all of those beheadings and the crazy video threat that warned, “We will drown all of you in blood“.  I’d say that ISIS could either be behind a potential attack or be set up as the fear-flavor of the month and be blamed for such an attack.    Continue reading ““Grid Jihad”: What If You Had a Week to Prep for the End of the World?”

Common Dreams – by Amy Goodman, Truth Dig

Next Wednesday, Sept. 10, if your favorite website seems to load slowly, take a closer look: You might be experiencing the Battle for the Net’s “Internet Slowdown,” a global day of grass-roots action. Protesters won’t actually slow the Internet down, but will place on their websites animated “Loading” graphics (which organizers call “the proverbial ‘spinning wheel of death’”) to symbolize what the Internet might soon look like. As that wheel spins, the rules about how the internet works are being redrawn. Large Internet service providers, or ISPs, like Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T and Verizon are trying to change the rules that govern your online life.   Continue reading “Get Ready for the ‘Internet Slowdown’”

Mail.com

NEWPORT, Wales (AP) — NATO leaders grappled Thursday with whether the alliance has a role in containing a mounting militant threat in the Middle East, as heads of state converged in Wales for a high-stakes summit also focused on the crisis in Ukraine and next steps in Afghanistan.

President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron declared that their nations would “not be cowed” by extremists from the Islamic State group who have claimed responsibility for killing two American journalists. They also challenged NATO to not turn inward in the face of the threat.   Continue reading “Leaders: US, UK will ‘not be cowed’ by militants”

RT

Fast food workers from around 150 cities across the United States went on strike early Thursday in an effort to secure higher wages and the right to join a union.

At least 19 demonstrators were arrested Thursday morning in New York City’s Times Square, police told the Daily News, with similar results being reported out of Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, Las Vegas, Indianapolis and elsewhere as employees at eateries from coast-to-coast rally for an industry minimum wage of $15 and the ability to unionize.   Continue reading “Fast food worker strike begins with arrests nationwide”

Mail.com

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — After walking out of prison for the first time in three decades, former death row inmate Henry McCollum tried to climb into his father’s car but put his head through the loop of the seatbelt that is supposed to cross his chest. A TV cameraman showed him how it works.

The safety gear isn’t all that’s changed since the 50-year-old McCollum and his younger half brother were sent away for a 1983 rape and killing that new DNA evidence shows they likely did not commit. McCollum has never accessed the Internet or owned a cellphone. And he looked ill at ease Wednesday in a tie and white dress shirt, the collar at least an inch too large, shedding the red jumpsuit he wore in his cell. His relief was obvious, though.   Continue reading “NC inmate to adjust to life outside after 30 years”

Mail.com

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The intravenous line inserted into the groin of an Oklahoma inmate who writhed and groaned before dying 43 minutes after his execution began was not properly monitored, according to a state review released Thursday, which also recommended more training for prison officials and medical personnel.

Clayton Lockett’s troubled execution on April 29 prompted Gov. Mary Fallin to halt all upcoming executions until a review she’d ordered was completed. The review, released by the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, cited problems with Lockett’s IV line, which caused swelling the size of a golf ball.   Continue reading “Problems with IV line affected Okla. execution”

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

A woman, Barb Haley, and her dog were in for quite the surprise when they found a man hiding in the closet of their Nebraska home at 3am earlier this week.

Fortunately, the woman had armed herself with her husband’s firearm (he was out of town on business) and her dog was on high alert. After hearing a noise in her office, she went to investigate.   Continue reading “Woman Home Alone Finds Intruder Hiding in Her Closet, She’s Armed, Guess How it Ends”

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS – A mother was forced to defend herself, her children and her home when two homeless men, identified as Brandon Mendez and Nicholas Porcayo kicked in her door.

Fortunately, the woman was able to arm herself with a .25 caliber handgun and stop the threat.   Continue reading “Mother Shoots 1 of 2 Homeless Home Invaders Who Kicked in Her Door”

Time – by Sen. Rand Paul

Some pundits are surprised that I support destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) militarily. They shouldn’t be. I’ve said since I began public life that I am not an isolationist, nor am I an interventionist. I look at the world, and consider war, realistically and constitutionally.

I still see war as the last resort. But I agree with Reagan’s idea that no country should mistake U.S. reluctance for war for a lack of resolve.   Continue reading “Rand Paul: ‘I Am Not an Isolationist’”

AmmoLand – by Alan M. Gottlieb

BELLEVUE, WA –-(Ammoland.com)- Dear Gun Rights Supporter,

I would like to invite you to our 29th annual GRPC which will be taking place September 26, 27 and 28, 2014 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Airport hotel in Chicago, Illinois.

This is your once-a-year chance to network, get an insider’s look, and plan pro-gun rights strategies for the coming year.   Continue reading “Bloomberg May Pay You NOT To Attend the Gun Rights Policy Conference”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

With gun control failing nationally, The New York Times reportsthat Michael Bloomberg is heading back to private business at Bloomberg L.P.

This comes after he dumped $150,000 into the August 12th Milwaukee County Sheriff’s race in an attempt to beat Sheriff David Clarke’s “conservative pro-gun policies.” Clarke won. Bloomberg lost.   Continue reading “Michael Bloomberg Returns to Private Business as Gun Control Push is Failing”

The Real Revo – by R.D. Walker

I have no idea if the cop who shot Michael Brown is guilty of murder, should be commended for good police work or something in between. I wasn’t there and it is far too politicized for me to make a long-distance determination.

I do know, however, that Eric Holder and his so-called ‘Justice’ Department will ensure that no justice is possible in Ferguson, Missouri.   Continue reading “Ministry of Truth to investigate Ferguson shooting”

The New Yorker – by ANDY BOROWITZ [SATIRE]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In what he called “a provocative and defiant act,” President Obama charged on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has started letting his calls go directly to voice mail.

Speaking at the White House before this week’s NATO summit, a visibly furious Obama said that Putin’s new practice of letting his calls go straight to voice mail “hampers our ability to discuss the future of Ukraine and other important issues going forward.”   Continue reading “Furious Obama Says Calls To Putin Going Straight To Voice Mail”

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