MuckRock – by Beryl Lipton

Florence, Arizona, an hour’s drive southeast of Phoenix, is home to 10,000 people. Or maybe more like 25,000 people, depending on how you figure.

For what it’s worth, no less an authority than the U.S. Census Bureau choose the latter, including in their numbers as local Arizona residents the thousands of people in cells throughout the city. In fact, it’s how it counts inmates across the States, regardless of their actual state of origin. The discrepancy is just one variable in the matrix of how mass incarceration sets off ripple effects from individual to community to country whenever a prison comes to town. Particularly problematic are private prisons.   Continue reading “The Private Prison Primer: A tale of two prison towns”

Raw Story – by Alexander Rosenmann

This week, a Chicago Midway International Airport passenger recorded a two-minute long video, which has since gone viral, illustrating the excruciating long line for TSA screenings:

Watch:   Continue reading “TSA: You Could be a Terrorist if you have use Good Posture have Sweaty Palms, Fidget or Whistle”

Softpedia – by Catalin Cimpanu

In a hallmark Anonymous operation (#OpBlackBook), the hacker collective has most recently taken aim at Denver Mayor Michael Hancock, because of his treatment of the town’s homeless population.

The group launched its threats via a video posted on YouTube yesterday. The hackers are requesting the mayor to stop the homeless sweeps that have put the lives of many of Denver’s displaced citizens at risks.   Continue reading “Anonymous Goes After Denver Mayor Because of His Treatment of the Homeless”

RT

Scripps College students and faculty are protesting former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, saying they are outraged that a “war criminal” is headlining a graduation ceremony.

A number of staff members at the small liberal arts college have refused to sit on the same stage as the former diplomat during Saturday’s ceremony as a sign of protest.   Continue reading “Students & faculty protest ‘war criminal’ Madeleine Albright commencement speech”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

California Sen. Richard Pan, who spearheaded the SB 277 vaccine mandate in California that will damage countless children from vaccine adverse events, was caught on video fleeing VAXXED documentary filmmakers.

As revealed in the video below, VAXXED filmmakers Del Bigtree and Andrew Wakefield visited Sen. Pan’s office in the hopes of opening a discussion with him about vaccine safety and the fundamental human rights of medical choice.   Continue reading “Caught on video: California Sen. Richard Pan FLEES on foot after VAXXED filmmakers attempt to confront him over vaccine mandate”

Gothamist – by Miranda Katz

In March, a video was posted to YouTube showing NYPD macing a man and then restraining him in what the uploader described as a “body bag,” zipping it all the way over the arrested man’s head. The bag, which we learned is called an EDP bag (but sometimes referred to as a “burrito”), is used to restrain people who are emotionally disturbed, and there don’t appear to be any guidelines for the NYPD specifying EDP usage. The New York Times has a piece out today on the restraining devices, and reports that they were used 122 times between January 1st and April 20th in 2016. That comes out to more than once a day.

The man restrained in the bag in the video posted in March allegedly failed to pay his subway fare, the Times reports, and he’s said to have became violent when officers tried to arrest him, flailing his arms, kicking, and spitting. He allegedly struck one officer in the head with his elbow and injured another. He now faces charges for felony assault, among others—but his lawyer, Andrew Miller, says that’s completely backwards.
Continue reading “NYPD Used ‘Body Bags’ To Make 122 Arrests In 110 Days”

The Organic Prepper

Survival Saturday is  a round-up of the week’s news and resources for folks who are interested in being prepared.

This Week in the News

Is the economy turning the United States into a slave nation? It certainly looks like it, given the stories that we’ll be discussing this week. Jobs are so difficult to find that employers can turn them into sweatshops and people put up with it, just to be able to take care of their families.   Continue reading “Signs of a Slave Nation: Humiliation, Socialism, Dependency, and Managed Media”

Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellas

The hacktivist collective Anonymous vowed to wreak havoc on “banking and other financial institutions” this week and quite possibly may already have as it has been reported by hundreds that Chase Bank ATMs are still not dispensing cash at this time and haven’t since Friday night.   Continue reading “Operation Icarus continues, banking systems taken down, Chase Bank ATMs not dispensing cash”

(Laughing) Yep. Buffalo are funny like that, they just do not appreciate stupid!

Keloland TV – by Kevin Woster

Custer County, SD

Custer State Park officials are making yet another appeal for visitors to keep their distance from bison after a woman was gored Thursday she approached a bull.   Continue reading “Custer State Park Officials Renew Warnings Following Latest Bison Attack”

Daily Bail

Bubba Steered Foundation Cash To Blonde Bomshell Mistress

(New York Post) — Bill Clinton’s foundation arranged a $2 million pledge to a failed green energy company partly owned by a wealthy blond divorcée — who is the frequent visitor to his home nicknamed ‘Energizer’ by Secret Service agents

The “commitment” to Julie Tauber McMahon’s firm from the Clinton Global Initiative was placed on its 2010 conference agenda at Bill Clinton’s urging, the Wall Street Journal reported .   Continue reading “Clinton Foundation Gave $2 Million To Bill’s ‘Energizer’ Mistress”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Rochester, NY — On December 19, 2014, 32-year-old Jennifer Merrow was in a car accident. After failing the field sobriety test, police brought her to the Monroe County Jail where she would be attacked by police and subsequently charged and convicted for it.

In court documents, obtained by the Free Thought Project, prosecutors would claim that Merrow “assaulted a Monroe County Jail Deputy, ripping her hair out and spraining the Deputy’s neck.”   Continue reading “After They Convicted Her of Assault on Police, 2 Years Later, New Video Shows Cops Attacked HER”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Over the past few months, we have covered the unfolding saga (here and here) of the Central States Pension Fund, which handles retirement benefits for current and former Teamster union truck drivers across various states including Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Missouri, New York, and Minnesota, and is one of the largest pension funds in the nation, all the way through Kenneth Feinberg’s rejection of the proposal to cut benefits on behalf of the Treasury.   Continue reading “Here Come A Lot Of Angry Teamsters: One Of America’s Largest Pension Funds Demands A Taxpayer Bailout”

Aangirfan

Reportedly, Ronald Jebson says he witnessed an auction of children at an orgy organised by the pedophile ring that has operated within the UK government.

Reportedly, Ronald Jebson worked as a chauffeur ferrying children to the orgies run by the top persons’ pedophile ring.   Continue reading “Chauffeur: Kids Auctioned Off; Top UK Government People”

The Daily Sheeple

A whole lot of frozen food, approximately 358 consumer products sold under 42 separate brands to include both organic and conventional, just got recalled due to potential listeria contamination.

Listeria can cause listeriosis, which is particularly dangerous and possibly even fatal for pregnant women (in whom it can cause miscarriages), babies, elderly people, and others with compromised immune systems. Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms.   Continue reading “47 Million Pounds of Frozen Meat and Tons of Frozen Fruit and Veggies Just Got Recalled for Listeria Contamination”