New York Daily News

The South Carolina cop who triggered national outrage after hurling a high school student across a classroom will not face criminal charges, prosecutors said in a jaw-dropping Friday report that claims the shocking incident looked “worse in the video.”

Ben Fields, a former Richland County police officer, was booted off the force after he was caught on camera ordering a Spring Valley high school student to give up her phone in October.   Continue reading “Disgraced South Carolina officer will not face charges for hurling student across classroom”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Israel is being blamed for this arial bombardment though they have not admitted to it. This would be of no surprise as Israel has repeatedly attacked Syria during the last several years alone. In addition, a terrorist attack also took place in Damascus.

Continue reading “Syrian Army Warns Israel It Will Respond After Military Airport Bombed Near Damascus”

Fellowship of the Minds – by Dr. Eowyn

One of the boons of technology is that we no longer must rely on ethologists (scientists who study animal behavior) for knowledge about non-human creatures.

The widespread availability of recording devices — cell phone and surveillance cameras — now makes possible the collection by everyday people of visual evidence of animal behaviors pointing to hitherto unknown and, in some cases, astonishing attributes.   Continue reading “Cat defends baby from babysitter”

RT

A European Parliament committee has voted in favor of a draft report that proposes granting legal status to robots, categorizing them as “electronic persons”.

The draft report, approved by 17 votes to two and two abstentions by the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs, proposes that “The most sophisticated autonomous robots could be established as having the status of electronic persons with specific rights and obligations, including that of making good any damage they may cause.”   Continue reading “Robot kill switches & legal status: MEPs endorse AI proposal”

The Hill

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday refused to take a question from a CNN reporter during his press conference, berating the network for “fake news.”

“Your organization is terrible,” Trump told CNN’s Jim Acosta when he tried to ask a question.
Continue reading “Trump berates CNN reporter: ‘You are fake news’”

American Mirror – by Kyle Olson

President Obama’s final speech to Americans wouldn’t have been complete if he hadn’t talking about himself dozens of times.

The outgoing commander-in-chief focused on himself 75 times to be exact during the 51-minute farewell address.   Continue reading “Obama talks about himself 75 times during 51-minute farewell speech”