Halo CortanaBusiness Insider – by Christina Sterbenz

“When you and I die, our kids aren’t going to go to our tombstones, they’re going to fire up our digital twins and talk to them,” John Smart tells Business Insider.

As a futurist and founder of the Acceleration Studies Foundation, Smart uses many names for the technology he predicts — digital twin, cyber-self, personal agent — but the concept stays the same: a computer-based version of you.   Continue reading “In 5 Years, We Could All Have ‘Digital Twins’ That Make Decisions For Us”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Royal Oak, MI — A disturbing video was uploaded to Facebook Friday that highlights a terrible trend of using police violence to deal with autistic children.

The video shows multiple police officers holding down Kevin, a terrified 13-year-old autistic boy, who is screaming for help.

According his mother, Kevin was non-violent and in his own room without other students. EMS was called in order to treat the boy’s refusal to get up from his desk as a medical situation. However, police showed up and did what they do best.   Continue reading “Disturbing Facebook Video Shows Police Manhandling 13-Year-Old Autistic Boy”

Alaska TV News Reporter Quits OnYahoo News

Viewers of CBS affiliate KTVA-TV in Anchorage, Alaska were jolted Sunday evening during the station’s newscast as reporter Charlo Greene dropped an F-bomb, disclosed that she was the owner of a cannabis club in the city, and informed the audience she was quitting her TV job.

“F–k it, I quit,” Greene said with a shrug at the close of a report about efforts to decriminalize marijuana in the state, which will vote on the issue in November.   Continue reading “Alaska TV News Reporter Quits On Air to Run Marijuana Business”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Some groups are claiming that a gruesome Mexican cartel execution video making the rounds on social media claims shows the cartel members relaying a “message to America.” Breitbart Texas has confirmed that the video is not a message to America, but rather a message to a rival cartel from 2012.

The graphic video shows a group from the Zetas cartel wearing black facemasks similar to those worn by ISIS members. They are beheading four women before hacking them to pieces with axes. The similarities between the Zetas and ISIS end at the masks and the beheading.    Continue reading “Mexican Cartel ‘Message to America’ Report is False”

Breitbart – by Sarah Rumpf

AUSTIN, Texas — At an event today at the University of Texas Austin campus, Texas Governor Rick Perry reaffirmed his support of allowing illegal immigrant students to pay in-state tuition at Texas colleges and universities, while U.S. citizens from other states continue to pay higher out-of-state tuition rates. Perry made his remarks in a “One-on-One Conversation” with Texas Tribune CEO and Editor-in-Chief Evan Smith at the Texas Tribune Festival, an annual event organized by the online media outlet. Breitbart Texas made several queries to Governor Perry’s press office for comment, but as of press time, had not received a reply.   Continue reading “Rick Perry Defends In-State Tuition for Illegals, Despite Tough Border Talk”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — Despite much raucous on social media, less than five protesters arrived at the Veteran’s International Bridge near the Texas-Mexico border, claiming that “cartel threats” had kept many away. However, those threats fell apart after further investigation by Breitbart Texas.

During the demonstration, Rob Schupp, who claimed to be one of the organizers, said that the group had received threats over the phone and on social media.    Continue reading “‘Cartel Threat’ Claim Falls Apart for Failed Border Bridge Protest”