KVOA News – by Tom McNamara and Michel Marizco

TUCSON – The United States awarded an Israeli company a $145 million contract to build a surveillance system along Arizona’s border with Mexico. But federal records show that the same company had a hand in much the same border security project eight years ago.

That project, called the Strategic Border Initiative, failed and some wonder whether this project won’t also fail.   Continue reading “N4T Investigators: U.S. awards border contract to company that already failed”

Image: Colonel Yuli Mamchor (L), commander of the Ukrainian military garrison at the Belbek air baseNBC News

Troops loyal to Moscow fired warning shots at unarmed Ukrainian soldiers protesting in the strategic Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea on Tuesday.

The pro-Russian troops, who had taken control of the Belbek air base, fired into the air as around 300 Ukrainian soldiers, who previously manned the airfield, demanded their jobs back.   Continue reading “Warning Shots Fired at Unarmed Ukraine Troops Who Want Jobs Back”

StoryLeak – by Mikael Thalen

Police in Modesto, California unveiled a newly acquired surveillance vehicle this week which will video and audio record local residents throughout the city.

The Armadillo, a refurbished armored truck, is equipped with four high definition cameras, four wide-angle lens cameras and advanced audio recording capabilities.   Continue reading “California Police Unveil Armored Surveillance Vehicle”

Red Ice Creations

Russia takes over Ukraine’s Crimea region – Western Media

As Russia is moving in troops in Crimea be careful of the western mainstream media as the anti-Russian outlets are continuing to bash anything that Russia and Putin is doing. Don’t forget that there is MUCH more behind what is going on that you see on the TV and read in reports. Russian satellite states have been a battleground ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union.   Continue reading “Russia takes over Ukraine’s Crimea region – Western Medias Anti Russian Blitz Continues”

BillMarble-CopBlockCop Block – by Tom Rotta 

Late on January 14, 2014, a retired teacher, a community involved, beloved man who spent over 35 years of his life teaching kids in the Custer, Michigan area, was shot in the chest by a state trooper and summarily died. The original news reports, which did not surface until about 10 hours later, were sometimes conflicting of what happened.

After these initial reports, which included neighbors and professionals he worked with telling us what a friendly and professional person he had been throughout his career, the public waited for some official word from the Michigan State Police, who were investigating the case concerning their own state trooper. The trooper’s name, James Luttrull, was withheld until the Prosecutor’s report came out over three weeks later, which found the trooper’s killing of Bill Marble justified. During this time, FOIA requests were ignored to get information to the public, the video provided cost over $100 and took over a month to procure.   Continue reading “Michigan State Trooper Shoots Retired Teacher in His Own Home”

High flyers: A team of Hungarian scientists have managed to engineer the first 'flock' of drones that can fly as a coordinated group (pictured). The collection of 10 copters can fly in formation, follow a leader and change flight patterns without human inputDaily Mail – by SARAH GRIFFITHS

Flying robots that can ‘think’ for themselves are already being developed, which some people fear will be able to snoop on and attack people living below.

And now a team of Hungarian scientists have managed to engineer the first ‘flock’ of drones that can fly as a coordinated group.   Continue reading “The drones that flock like BIRDS: Robots fly in formation and navigate without being remotely controlled”

USA Today – by NINA MANDELL

Steve Keeley, a veteran reporter for Philadelphia’s Fox 29, was braving the elements to cover the latest snowstorm to hit the area on Monday when he was blindsided by a snowplow.

From Keeley’s report on MyFoxPhilly:

This is the 15th snowstorm Keeley has reported on this winter. Clearly he is a pro at it now. He didn’t even miss a beat!   Continue reading “TV reporter introduces the sport of snowplow surfing, of which he is a champion”