Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan

Is there a point at which frothing at the mouth and screaming mere conjecture is “fact” makes it so?

Confidence trickster Keith Olbermann, formerly of MSNBC and now at GQ where he produces similar videos, seems to believe there is.    Continue reading “Keith Olbermann: Trump Is Putin ‘Puppet’ And Anyone Who Disagrees Is A ‘Traitor’”

ABC News

An order to keep residents indoors has been issued in Rutherford County, Tennessee, and specific neighborhoods are being evacuated, after a commercial vehicle carrying swimming pool cleaning supplies crashed into another truck, officials said.

The truck carrying pool cleaning supplies like chlorine tablets, oxidizers, and corrosives caught fire on the side of the highway near the tree line, according to a Rutherford County 911 dispatcher and the Tennessee Highway Patrol, sending the the toxic plume into the air. Continue reading “Authorities Warn of Toxic Air After Semi Crash Spills Hazardous Materials in Tennessee”

Twitter

Residents of New York City were asking lots of questions as a C-130 military plane belonging to the New York Air National Guard flew around the city late Tuesday afternoon. Reports indicated that it circled midtown for about an hour before leaving the airspace.   Continue reading “Circling military plane leaves New Yorkers asking questions”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Bakersfield, CA — At 12:30 am on Monday morning, Bakersfield police shot and killed 73-year-old Francisco Serna as he stood in his driveway. Immediately following the shooting, police released details noting that Serna was killed for ‘brandishing a gun.’ However, early Tuesday morning, we’ve now learned that there was never a gun and police fabricated that vital piece of information.

When police arrived on scene, they fired multiple shots at Serna, hitting and killing him.   Continue reading “Police Kill 73yo Unarmed Grandpa with Dementia Then Lied About Him Having a Gun”

Tech Dirt – by Mike Masnick

Tennessee Rep. Marsha Blackburn doesn’t have a very good history demonstrating any knowledge of how the internet works. She’s generally in favor of two very stupid policies related to the internet. First, getting rid of net neutrality. Second, forcing tech companies to censor the internet to stop “piracy.” The fact that her rationales for these two things are completely in conflict with each other doesn’t seem to enter her thought process. That is, she claims that there shouldn’t be any net neutrality because it’s important to keep the internet free from all regulations. Here’s Blackburn explaining this point in a nice, quick and utterly idiotic whiteboard video:   Continue reading “Rep. Marsha Blackburn Says Internet Service Providers Have ‘An Obligation’ To Censor ‘Fake News’”

Breitbart – by Charlie Spiering

Four-star Gen. John Kelly had a 45-year career in the Marines which included three tours in Iraq and leading the United States Southern Command before he retired in January 2016.

Kelly also served as the assistant commander of the 1st Marine Division under Gen. James Mattis during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Here are some quotes and facts about Donald Trump’s choice to head to lead the Department of Homeland Security.   Continue reading “Meet Gen. John Kelly, Donald Trump’s Pick for DHS Secretary”