Century Link – by CHARLES BABINGTON – Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A rare flash of bipartisanship Saturday served as a cruel tease to those hoping Congress is moving toward reopening the government and averting an unprecedented default on the federal debt in less than two weeks.

Only two days after House Speaker John Boehner raised hopes by telling colleagues he won’t let the nation go into default, key members of both parties conceded that no one has presented a plausible plan for avoiding it. Instead, they continued to bicker and to ponder the chasm between two warring parties, each of which seems convinced it’s on the winning side morally and politically.   Continue reading “Bipartisan vote on back pay belies shutdown chasm”

Hollywood_Stuntz_screenshot_times_square.jpgThe Village Voice – by Anna Merlan

Update, 10:15 a.m.: More information has emerged on a Brooklyn man alleged to be the founder of Hollywood Stuntz. Jump to the end for that, and another video of a possible Stuntz ride.

Earlier this week, a disturbing video began circulating of a brutal incident between a man named Alexian Lien and multiple members of a motorcycle crew called the Hollywood Stuntz. Continue reading “After SUV Attack, the Internet Thinks All Hollywood Stuntz Motorcycle Gang Members Are “Pussy” “Terrorists” Who Deserve to Die”

You have two families: “Joe Legal” and “Jose Illegal”. Both families have two parents, two children, and live in California .

Joe Legal works in construction, has a Social Security Number and makes $25.00 per hour with taxes deducted.

Jose Illegal also works in construction, has NO Social Security Number, and gets paid $15.00 cash “under the table”.   Continue reading “Joe Legal vs. Jose Illegal”

Before It’s News – by Josey Wales

There are thousands of people in Japan reporting to be suffering massive and recurring nosebleeds in recent days — Gundersen:

Japanese doctors explain that, “We know our patients have radiation illness” but we are forced to keep it secret.  Continue reading “Doctors Report Thousands Of Japanese People With Nose Bleeds From Radiation”

Valarie (L) and Amy Carey, sisters of Miriam Carey, the woman involved in the Capitol Hill shooting, attend a news conference outside their home in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Oct. 4, 2013. Voice of America

NEW YORK — Police in Washington could have avoided shooting dead a woman pursued by officers in a car chase that led to the lockdown of the Capitol this week, the driver’s sister, former New York police sergeant Valarie Carey, said late on Friday.

The family of Miriam Carey, whose one-year-old daughter Erica was in the car with her during the encounter with police on Thursday, has said she suffered from post-partum depression.   Continue reading “Former NYPD Sergeant Questions Sister’s Killing by Police in Washington”

Constitution Gives House of Reps the "Weapon" to Destroy ObamaCareThe New American – by Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.

Can there be a more fruitful source of dispute, or a kind of dispute more difficult to be settled?

— James Madison speaking at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 on the spending bill battles between the House and Senate that would occur.   Continue reading “Constitution Gives House of Reps the “Weapon” to Destroy ObamaCare”

george christie.jpgFox News

A former Hells Angels leader who watched the helmet-cam video of a high-speed chase in New York that resulted in a father taking a beating in front of his wife and 2-year-old child said nothing justifies the attack.

“These types of incidents unfairly give us a bad name,” George Christie, who led the Ventura, Calif., chapter of the Hells Angels for 35 years, said. “They are not an example of what we stand for.”   Continue reading “Former Hells Angels leader slams New York beating after motorcycle chase”

The Huffington Post – by Ryan Grenoble

As of Oct. 1, possession of marijuana is decriminalized in Switzerland.

Anyone over the age of 18 caught with 10 grams or less of the drug will no longer have to make a court appearance and will not have offenses entered into their permanent record; instead, violators will have to pay a fine of 100 Swiss Francs (approximately $110), then be on their way.   Continue reading “Switzerland Decriminalizes Marijuana, Won’t Prosecute For Small Amounts Of Weed”

Before and after: Edwin Mieses Jr suffered a broken spine, fractured ribs, a punctured lung and a torn aortic valve and now may never walk againDaily Mail

At least five off-duty New York Police Department officers have admitted being present at the savage revenge beating last weekend on the Henry Hudson Parkway, according to reports.

Among the off duty cops were at least two detectives and three other officers, all who witnessed the attack and did little to stop it. One of the detectives, an undercover narcotics officer, watched as the violence broke out and chose not to break it up for fear of ruining his cover.    Continue reading “FIVE off-duty NYPD officers were among the bikers involved in SUV attack”

ruger-1022-model-1040The 870 I agree with. As far as the AR15, it depends on what type of survival we’re talking about. Good for game, but not much use against cops or blue hats with body armor. For that it’s definitely a .308.

Patriot Net Daily – by KEN JORGUSTIN

Owning a gun, or a variety of guns, is not only your right, but is a core element to ultimate personal protection and a practical tool for rural survival living. Gun ownership compliments the lifestyle of those who live a life of self sufficiency… Although there are some who are wary of guns, and there are parts of the world where gun ownership is outright banned, owning a gun is really just like owning a tool to compliment all the other tools that you have in your ‘kit’.    Continue reading “Four Survival Guns”

Monsanto, the world’s largest biotech corporation, has monopolized our food system largely by taking over regulatory agencies like the U.S. Department of Agriculture.1

Please sign this petition here.

The USDA has never denied a single application from Monsanto for new genetically engineered crops.

Monsanto’s growth hormones for cows have been approved by Michael Taylor, a former Monsanto lobbyist turned USDA administrator and FDA deputy commissioner. This was after Margaret Miller, a former Monsanto employee, oversaw a report on the hormones’ safety and then took a job at the FDA where she approved her own report.    Continue reading “Investigate Monsanto’s Takeover of USDA”

RT News

The August chemical weapons attack in the Syrian capital’s suburbs was done by a Saudi Arabian black operations team, Russian diplomatic sources have told a Russian news agency.

“Based on data from a number of sources a picture can be pieced together. The criminal provocation in Eastern Ghouta was done by a black op team that the Saudi’s sent through Jordan and which acted with support of the Liwa Al-Islam group,” a source in the diplomatic circles told Interfax.   Continue reading “Saudi black op team behind Damascus chem weapons attack – diplomatic sources”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Here’s a new and very bizarre entry for the annals of “the dog ate it” excuses. According to Reuters, Montana man Wayne Klinkel, who last year pieced together the remnants of five $100 bills eaten by his one-eyed golden retriever, Sundance, is sporting a $500 check he says he received this week from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to replace the digested funds. Sundance sniffed the wad of bills out of a car cubby space while waiting for Klinkel and his wife to return from lunch, and the canine made the currency his lunch.   Continue reading “The Dog Ate It: US Treasury Reimburses Man For $500 His Dog Ate”

Some may call it a self imposed exile, but several years ago we separated ourselves from so-called “society”. It’s a 90 minute ride to even get to a town from here, mostly across dirt ranch road, some of it “primitive” (white knuckles). About a year ago, our Ford Bronco died, and we got swindled out of $3000 for a replacement truck that…well, long story, but suffice it to say we haven’t had a vehicle since then. We haven’t left the ranch in about a year. The handful of times we had visitors since then, they have been so kind as to bring us up some small amount of groceries for a “treat” or two, but we gained something very special in that time – perspective.   Continue reading “An Unusual Perspective”

New York Democratic Mayoral Candidate Bill De Blasio This creature must be laughed out of contention for the office which he seeks.  It’s infuriating to see and hear his lies, without his positions being exposed for what they truly are …COMMUNIST!

Bloomberg – by Henry Goldman 

Bill de Blasio, who won the Democratic mayoral nomination vowing to tax New York’s richest residents to pay for universal pre-school, called himself a “fiscal conservative” in a speech to business leaders.    Continue reading “De Blasio Says He’s a ‘Fiscal Conservative’ Raising NYC Taxes”

An Objectivist Individualist – by Charles R. Anderson, Ph.D.

The media, even Fox News, is generally calling the 13% reduction in government spending a SHUTDOWN of the GOVERNMENT.  This is surely an exaggeration.  Perhaps in a society whose government-run and funded schools have long exaggerated student achievement with grade inflation, this is to be expected.  A society that has long inflated the ability of government to solve problems and do it much better than individuals can by managing their own lives, is bound to be terrified by a mere 13% reduction in government spending.   Continue reading “13% Spending Reduction Is Called a Shutdown?”


Continue reading “Woman kills husband; prevents mass shooting”

Larry Page SadBusiness Insider – by Dylan Love

Google is in a pickle when it comes to books lately – Google Books has cost the company as much as $40 million per year and it’s the object of a lawsuit that may see Google paying out up to $3 billion in damages, according to the AP.

Google’s plan to digitize every book on the planet — 20 million so far — has obviously required making digital copies, and this is exactly where the problem lies. Google didn’t get permission from the Authors Guild before embarking on its quest to clone the book world, so now the company’s all tied in up court in court as the defendant in a copyright infringement case.   Continue reading “Google Is Being Sued For $3 Billion For Scanning 20 Million Books Without Permission”