Category: News

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of years ago, a teenage girl toppled into a deep hole in a Mexican cave and died. Now, her skeleton and her DNA are bolstering the long-held theory that humans arrived in the Americas by way of a land bridge from Asia, scientists say.

The girl’s nearly complete skeleton was discovered by chance in 2007 by expert divers who were mapping water-filled caves north of the city of Tulum, in the eastern part of the Yucatan Peninsula. One day, they came across a huge chamber deep underground.   Continue reading “Ancient skeleton shedding light on first Americans”

Mail.com

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida jurors on Thursday rejected the insanity plea of a former military linguist and longtime Army officer’s wife, convicting the 53-year-old of first-degree murder for shooting and killing her 13-year-old son and 16-year-old daughter more than three years ago while her husband was deployed.

Julie Schenecker, dressed in a gray suit with a button-down pink shirt, wiped her nose and eyes, then the bailiffs handcuffed her as the verdict was read after just more than an hour of deliberations. She started to cry. She was sentenced soon after to two life terms, fingerprinted and led away to prison.   Continue reading “Florida mom guilty of killing her teenage children”

Yahoo News – by Robert Burns

JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel pledged to Israeli leaders Friday that the U.S. “will do what we must” to prevent the Jewish state’s greatest fear of a nuclear-armed Iran.

Hagel made the public pledge in a statement at talks in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.   Continue reading “Hagel says US won’t let Iran build nuclear weapon”

Yahoo News – by Charlene Sakoda

Duncanville High School in Texas was the scene of a mass uprising Wednesday after 170 students were sent home for violating the dress code and anadditional unknown number were given in-school suspensions. As reported by KDFW Fox 4, administrators even called upon local police to help control the situation.

According to The Dallas Morning News, Duncanville students were found in violation of the dress code in the morning and administrators instructed those violators to gather in the cafeteria before being sent home. Some of the items listed in the Duncanville Independent School District’s dress code policy include a requirement that students wear belts, shirts free of logos and designs, and it prohibits denim.   Continue reading “Texas high school sends 170 students home for violating the dress code”

Pat Dollard

TUCSON – A park employee left for dead at the Chiracahua National Monument nine months ago, speaks out about her attack.

Karen Gonzales, 60, was viciously beaten in broad daylight in one of the park restrooms.

She suffered a brain injury and is now walking with a limp. She tells News 4 Crime Trackers, “I will never forget his face coming at me.”   Continue reading “‘Undocumented Immigrant’ Viciously Beats Female Park Employee With A Rock”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Hardly surprising given the surge in beef and pork that we have been noting, but according to the latest inflation data from the BLS, meat prices spike by almost 3% in April – the most since November 2003(this is also the 2nd biggest price spike in 34 years!) As we noted previously, this soaring food price inflation is not about to stop anytime soon…   Continue reading “Meat Prices Surge Most In 11 Years”

Pat Dollard

Excerpted from Sports Illustrated: SI.com has learned that Clippers owner Donald Sterling has hired prominent antitrust litigator Maxwell Blecher, who has written a letter to NBA executive vice president and general counsel Rick Buchanan threatening to sue the NBA. The letter, sources tell SI.com, claims that Sterling has done nothing wrong and that “no punishment is warranted” for Sterling. Blecher also tells Buchanan that Sterling will not pay the $2.5 million fine, which is already past due. Blecher ends the letter by saying this controversy “will be adjudicated.”   Continue reading “Goliath Vs Goliath: Donald Sterling Refuses NBA’s $2.5 Million Fine, Sends Letter Threatening Lawsuit”

X Republic

People suspicious of coercive power have been on the defensive recently—or, more accurately, their opponents want them to be on the defensive. The latest argument spouted by fans of a government potent enough to give you all you could want and give it to you good and hard is that any eyebrows raised at the prospect of such an expansive state are evidence of racism.   Continue reading “This Is the Number of Innocent People Murdered by Governments. Are You Anti-State Yet?”

The Daily Bell

Belmarra Health – by Dr. Victor Marchione

When you head out to your local grocery store, you’re likely enticed by labels on boxes saying, “All Natural” and “Nothing Artificial.” Who wants fake food?

As a consumer, these claims make you feel good that you are purchasing wholesome food for you and your family – food that’s good for you.   Continue reading “Don’t be fooled by these ‘All Natural’ labels”

Space War

The US military is flying surveillance drones as well as manned aircraft over Nigeria to help the search for more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist extremists, the Pentagon said Wednesday.

However, the data is not yet being shared with the Nigerians because Washington is still working out an agreement to govern the sharing of intelligence, Colonel Steven Warren told reporters.   Continue reading “US flying drones over Nigeria in search for girls”

People’s World – by Joe Sims

When asked if everything was under control regarding preparations for the Communist Party’s upcoming Chicago convention, John Bachtell, the event’s organizer, smiled and said, “Well it’s getting there.” “Lots of details,” he complained. “But it’s worth it.”

The party’s 30^th national convention will be held June 12 to 15 on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago.   Continue reading “Communists to convene in Chicago”

RINF – by Medea Benjamin

If you think that as a United States citizen you’re entitled to a trial by jury before the government can decide to kill you–– you’re wrong. During his stint as a lawyer at the Department of Justice, David Barron was able to manipulate constitutional law so as to legally justify killing American citizens with drone strikes. If you’re wondering what the justification for that is, that’s just too bad – the legal memos are classified. Sounds a little suspicious, doesn’t it? What’s even more suspicious is that now theObama Administration wants to appoint the lawyer who wrote the legal memos to become a high-ranking judge for life.    Continue reading “Drone Lawyer: Kill a 16 Year-Old, Get a Promotion”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A May 7th solicitation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks “the commercial acquisition of ballistic vests, compliant with NIJ 0101.06 for Level IIIA Ballistic Resistance of body armor.”

According to the solicitation, “The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General,” seeks “Body Armor [that] is gender specific, lightweight, [having] trauma plate/pad (hard or soft), [and] concealable carrier.” The order includes “tactical vest, undergarment (white), identification patches, accessories (6 pouches), body armor carry bag, and professional measurements.”   Continue reading “Dept. of Agriculture Orders Ballistic Body Armor”

Springfield News-Leader – by Sarah Okeson

The police officer who shot and wounded a panhandler at a Walmart Neighborhood Market on Friday will be the subject of a criminal investigation.

There’s no indication the man shot was armed at any time. He was running away from the officer when shot, police have said. Court records indicate that the man has been diagnosed with mental illnesses including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.   Continue reading “Records: Unarmed man shot by police has mental illness”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Two days ago Russia retaliated against US sanctions by banning the US from using the International Space Station after 2020, and by barring the use of Russian rockets as launch vehicles for US military satellites. Then, moments ago, a Russian Proton rocket, carrying Russia’s most advanced and powerful satellite on board, crashed on take off, during the activation of the third rocket stage some 9 minutes into the launch. Coincidence? Surely.   Continue reading “Rocket Carrying Russia’s Most Advanced Communications Satellite Crashes During Take Off”

Washington’s Blog

The Big Secret Behind the Spying Program

While many Americans understand why the NSA is conducting mass surveillance of U.S. citizens, some are still confused about what’s really going on.

In his new book, No Place to Hide, Glenn Greenwald writes:   Continue reading “Spying Is Meant to Crush Citizens’ Dissent, Not Catch Terrorists”

I warned people years ago that this practice, that of seizing property without warrants or a hearing would lead to terrific abuses and would become “tax farming” and here we are, the feds and other agencies riding roughshod over people’s rights.  Senator Harry “Filthy” Harry understands what this is all about when his BLM lapdogs moved in on the Bundy property, and yet, he calls the Bundy people domestic terrorists.  And what is he?

GovtSlaves – by Barnini Chakraborty, Fox News

Motel owner Russell Caswell wasn’t expecting to find himself at the center of a national controversy when FBI agents came knocking on his door.   Continue reading “Feds Using Civil Forfeiture To Seize Valuable Property”