Net NeutralityPC Mag – by CHLOE ALBANESIUS

Details about FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s net neutrality plan emerged yesterday, and it left D.C. types all atwitter. But this is not just an inside-the-Beltway issue. It could impact how your ISP runs their network and what type of recourse you have if you think they’re doing something shady.

The details are all very wonky—I can sense you all nodding off at the mention of things like Title II, forbearance, and inter-connection. But if you care about the openness of the Internet—and you should—listen up. Here are some of the most noteworthy parts of Wheeler’s proposal and what you need to know about them. And check out the top players’ reactions in the slideshow below.   Continue reading “5 Things You Need to Know About the FCC’s Net Neutrality Plan”

HoustonsniperWND

A gunman is on the loose after killing a man and attacking four others in a spree of random shootings in the Houston area.

“Based on the information we do have, it’s very likely these five cases are related,” Houston Police Dept. Sgt. Tommy Ruland said at a news conference.

In all five incidents, the gunman, driving a dark-colored SUV, pulled up next to someone walking on a street and opened fire without saying a word or making a robbery demand.   Continue reading “‘Spree killer’ on loose in major American city”

Mideast Iraq Islamic StateNew York Post – by Chris Perez

New video has been released showing ISIS thugs smashing ancient artifacts in Iraq — some dating back more than 2,000 years — with sledgehammers as they attempt to destroy the “idols and gods” worshiped by people “instead of Allah.”

Posted on social media accounts affiliated with the Islamic State, the footage shows several large statues inside a museum in the northern city of Mosul being toppled and shattered to pieces.   Continue reading “ISIS ransacks museum, destroys 2,000-year-old artifacts”

NJ.com – by James Kleimann

FORT LEE — A tractor trailer driver with a “James Bond-styled” big rig was arrested Wednesday morning on charges he attempted to game the license plate readers at the George Washington Bridge EZPass tolls.

According to Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo, Pablo Ortega, 45, of Queens, entered the George Washington Bridge toll lane in his red 1997 Peterbilt tractor and trailer at about 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday.   Continue reading “Trucker uses retractable ‘James Bond’ bumper to cheat GWB tolls, cops say”

My Fox DC – by Emily Miller

WASHINGTON – Just seven months ago, D.C. was the only place in the country that did not allow anyone to legally carry a gun outside the home. A federal court ruled that violated the Second Amendment. So now, the police department is issuing carry permits to a few people.

I have been doing a series to show how the nation’s capital has abided by the federal court ruling.    Continue reading “FOX 5’s Emily Miller gets DC gun carry permit approved”

youareterror2Veterans Today – by Preston James, Ph.D

Homeland Security was set up by Israeli-American “Israeli-first” Dual Citizens as an Israeli police State occupation army inside America.

Right now there is a quiet battle in Congress over the re-funding of Homeland Security which is set to expire February 27, 2015 and it is time to completely de-fund it, break it up and destroy it forever.
 Continue reading “De-fund Homeland Security Now!”

DHS released activist Bosworth within hours of his arrest.Examiner – by David Codrea

Washington State liberty activist Anthony Bosworth was arrested Wednesday outside a federal building for openly carrying a firearm, an announcement on Bosworth’s Facebook page reports. Within hours, he had been released with no criminal charges, his wife informed supporters.

Liberty advocate Kit Lange has fleshed out further details of the arrest on the website for The Patrick Henry Society. The “co-organizer of Arms Expo 2015 was arrested this morning outside the federal courthouse in Spokane as he attended a states’ rights rally with his family,” Lange reports.   Continue reading “Federal agents ‘catch and release’ open carry activist in Washington”

Independent – by LAMIAT SABIN

Body-cam footage shows the moments a police officer got her head repeatedly smashed into a pavement by a man who was jailed yesterday.

Sergeant Kelly Lawrence was brutally attacked by Craig Radbourne – whom she had just arrested on suspicion of being drunk and disorderly – in an incident during the early hours of her shift.   Continue reading “Handcuffed man beats police officer to the ground in ‘sickening’ body camera footage”

last-mcdonaldsCollective Evolution – by Jeff Roberts

Up there in the ranks of dinosaur bones and Renaissance art comes the star of our daily cabinet of curiosities (#AMH). And no, it’s not a petrified mummy or a two-headed anomaly, but rather, something more relevant and clever.

In a move that will likely one day see future generations looking back and gasping in horror, Iceland has taken its last McDonald’s meal ever sold and placed it on display at a bus hostel in Reykjavik.   Continue reading “Iceland Did Something Epically Clever With The Last McDonald’s Meal They Ever Sold”