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Imagine, going to a store to purchase cough syrup and finding out, the police put a GPS tracking device inside the bottle and tracked you every where you went.

Now imagine, going to another store to purchase a pair of sneakers and finding out the police also put a GPS tracker inside them as well.    Continue reading “Police are putting GPS trackers into countless retail items”

The Ottawa Citizen

If you’re upset that your commute took a few minutes longer this morning, be grateful you don’t live in Montreal.

Facebook user Willem Shepherd posted this video on Monday morning and it has already racked up hundreds of thousands of views.

This isn’t your normal  video of cars sliding down a slippery slope.   Continue reading “Watch as two buses, a police car and a snowplow slide down an icy Montreal hill”

Consumerist – by Kate Cox

Kids say a lot of random, unsolicited, or just plain personal things to their toys while playing. When that toy is stuffed with just fluff and beans, it doesn’t matter what the kid says: their toy is a safe sounding board. When their playtime companion is an internet-connected recording device that ships off audio files to a remote server without even notifying parents — that’s a whole other kind of problem.   Continue reading “These Toys Don’t Just Listen To Your Kid; They Send What They Hear To A Defense Contractor”

Washington Post – by Mark Berman

A jury deadlocked Monday in the case of a former South Carolina police officer charged with murder after he was recorded on video last year firing a barrage of bullets at the back of Walter Scott, a fleeing driver, in one of the most high-profile shootings to rattle the nation in recent years.

“We as the jury regret to inform the court that despite the best efforts of all members, we are unable to come to a unanimous decision,” the jury wrote in a note that Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman read aloud in the courtroom.   Continue reading “Mistrial declared in case of South Carolina officer who shot Walter Scott after traffic stop”

Humans are Free

“Conspiracy of Silence” is a powerful, disturbing documentary revealing a nationwide child abuse and pedophilia ring that leads to the highest levels of government.

Featuring intrepid investigator John DeCamp, a highly decorated Vietnam war veteran and 16-year Nebraska state senator, “Conspiracy of Silence” reveals how rogue elements at all levels of government have been involved in systematic child abuse and pedophilia to feed the base desires of key politicians.   Continue reading “Banned Discovery Channel Documentary Exposes: Highest Government Officials are Part of Pedophilia Ring”

CBC News

Federal Conservative leadership hopeful Chris Alexander said he felt “uncomfortable” during a rally at the Alberta Legislature this weekend as the crowd chanted “lock her up” in response to his comments about Premier Rachel Notley’s leadership.

The former immigration minister was a speaker at the rally on Saturday, which was hosted by the right-wing Rebel Media group to protest the NDP government’s plan to impose a carbon tax in January.    Continue reading “Albertans chant ‘Lock her up’ about Rachel Notley at rally against carbon tax”

Daisy Luther

Well, these boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
You keep lyin’ when you oughta be truthin’
You keep losing when you oughta not bet
You keep samin’ when you oughta be a’changin’
What’s right is right but you ain’t been right yet
These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do

Nancy Sinatra

That’s the theme song for the most boot-shaped country in Italy, and to paraphrase Nancy Sinatra, one of these days that boot is going to walk right out of the EU.   Continue reading “Italy’s Boot Was Made for Walkin’ … Away from the EU”

Daisy Luther

I’m getting pretty used to the things I write being scorned as “fake news” by the people who just wish I’d shut up and go away. I understand that cognitive dissonance runs deep and that you can’t reach everyone. I tend to ignore them and carry on with what I’m doing.

But Faux Fox News got my attention with today’s headline:

Man with rifle arrested at DC restaurant targeted by fake news conspiracy theories

Seriously?   Continue reading “MSM and Social Media Discredit #PizzaGate as a “Fake News Conspiracy Theory””

Talking Points Memo

Trump supporter and CNN commentator Scottie Nell Hughes posited Thursday that, as a result of the fractured media and current political environment, there is no such thing as facts anymore.

As a call-in guest to WAMU’s “The Diane Rehm Show” Thursday, Hughes was asked about the work of James Fallows, who has maintained a blog on Trump’s rise to the presidency on The Atlantic’s website.
Continue reading “Trump Surrogate’s Jaw-Dropping Claim: ‘No Such Thing’ As Facts Anymore”

Heavy – by Tom Cleary

A 28-year-old North Carolina man is accused of firing a gun inside a Washington, D.C. pizza place after he went to “self-investigate” an election-related “fictitious online conspiracy theory,” police say.

Edgar Maddison Welch entered the Comet Ping Pong restaurant, which was packed with customers, about 3 p.m. Sunday, and pointed a gun at an employee, the D.C. Metro Police Department said in a press release.   Continue reading “Edgar Maddison Welch: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know”

Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

Broward County, FL – Government incompetence hit an all time low recently in Broward County, where parking enforcers slapped tickets on a man’s windshield for days while he sat dead inside of the car.

After several days of piling the tickets on the windshield, none of the parking enforcers bothered to check if the owner of the car was safe or if there was a reason for the car to be abandoned.   Continue reading “Officers Kept Piling Parking Tickets On Man’s Windshield As He Sat Dead In His Car — For Days”

RT

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi says he takes full responsibility for the crashing defeat at the referendum he proposed, which would have reduced the powers of the Senate. Renzi intends to send in his resignation on Monday.

“The experience of my government ends here,” Renzi said in a televised news conference, adding that his defeat was“extraordinarily clear.”   Continue reading “Italy PM Renzi concedes defeat, set to resign after decisive ‘No’ vote in constitutional referendum”

RT

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says he will speak to Donald Trump about the West’s “bad” nuclear deal with Iran after he becomes president. Meanwhile, US Secretary of State John Kerry defended the deal at a separate conference.

“Israel is committed to preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. That has not changed and will not change. As far as President-elect Trump, I look forward to speaking to him about what to do about this bad deal,” Netanyahu told the Saban Forum, a Washington conference on the Middle East, via satellite from Jerusalem on Sunday.   Continue reading “Netanyahu to speak to Trump about West’s ‘bad’ nuclear deal with Iran”

USA Today

OCETI SAKOWIN CAMP, N.D. —  A day that began with prayers ended with victory dances Sunday as Native Americans and environmentalists here celebrated the news that President Obama’s administration would halt construction of the Dakota Access pipeline.

In the most substantial blow yet to the much-contested pipeline, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers denied an easement for the pipeline to cross Lake Oahe, a Corps reservoir on the Missouri River in North Dakota. That remained the only contested portion of the 1,172-mile pipeline, which is nearly completed.   Continue reading “Protesters celebrate as Army halts Dakota Access pipeline work”