El Paso Times – by Adriana M. Chávez, Dec. 6, 2014

The El Paso police officer who shot and killed a handcuffed prisoner at the El Paso County Jail has been fired, officials said Friday.

Jose Flores, who had been on administrative leave since the death of Daniel Saenz, 37, in March 2013, was fired on Oct. 28. Police officials have not publicly announced Flores’ firing, and on Friday referred questions to the city’s human resources department.   Continue reading “El Paso police officer fired following fatal jail shooting of Daniel Saenz”

terrorist truck texas photoYahoo News – by Zach Doell

When Texas plumber Mark Oberholtzer traded in his black Ford F-250 pickup truck, he expected it would live a second life in the hands of new owners, but probably not these owners. 

Oberholtzer’s Texas City plumbing company, Mark-1 Plumbing, has been inundated with threats after a photo of his old Ford work truck appeared on a terrorist Twitter feed, equipped with an anti-aircraft gun in the bed and still bearing the company logo on the door.   Continue reading “Texas plumber’s Ford truck ends up with terrorists”


Although I still have not seen the movie itself, I thought the clip was interesting enough to post. This clip from the movie, “Interstellar” tries to insult the conspiracy theorists that the moon landing was not staged and that we should be ashamed of ourselves for thinking otherwise.

Published on Oct 31, 2014 by Movie Trailers

Interstellar Official Movie Clip #1 ‘Useless Machines’ (2014) starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain and directed by Christopher Nolan.

A group of explorers make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

Release: 7 November 2014
Director: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Casey Affleck, Michael Cane, Mackenzie Foy, John Lithgow
Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Production Co: Legendary Pictures, Lynda Obst Productions, Paramount Pictures, Syncopy, Warner Bros.
Distributor: Paramount Pictures (USA), Warner Bros. (UK)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Interstellar
Official Website: http://www.interstellarmovie.com/