The Blaze – by Oliver Darcy

A video uploaded to the Internet last week shows a 15-month-old toddler playing in the rain for the first time.

The footage, initially posted last Wednesday, has been viewed over one-million times on Vimeo and is being met with rave reviews online.   Continue reading “Watching This Toddler Play in the Rain for the First Time Is Exactly What You Need Today”

Big-Brother-is-WatchingThe Daily Sheeple – by Lily Dane

New surveillance camera technology may be flying over your city soon. The new cameras are mounted on fixed-wing aircraft and can monitor an area the size of a small city for hours on end.

The Washington Post reported on this new generation of surveillance cameras:   Continue reading “Eyes in the Sky: New Surveillance Technology to Watch Over Us”

Coal sludge flows into the Dan River (WGHP)Raw Story –  by David Edwards

Five days after coal ash began leaking into the Dan River in North Carolina last weekend, Duke Energy still can’t say if the mess will ever be cleaned up.

On Sunday, a security guard at the Duke Energy plant in Eden discovered that the gray sludge was leaking out of a storage pond and into the river through a hole in a storm water drainage pipe beneath the pond. Since then, up to 82,000 tons have flowed into the river.   Continue reading “82,000 tons of coal sludge spilling for days into NC river threatens Virginia drinking water”

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As the ever continuing effort to prevent further terrorist attacks ensue, a sneaky new program – by none-other than the government is coming into the light. It effectively makes the NSA phone tapping program pale in comparison as it not only listens to you, but watches you as well.

Created by an “independent” company, the new video surveillance system is called TrapWire and is already currently operating, “at every [high value target] in NYC, DC, Vegas, London, Ottawa and LA.” Just like out of the television show “Person of Interest,” the TrapWire unites every accessible camera – within the program – sending video feed to a centralized analysis center.   Continue reading “New Government Surveillance System Links All Cameras Together, Even Knows Who You Are”

Members of the Philadelphia Police Department in action on Nov. 30, 2011 [AFP]Raw Story – by Arturo Garcia

Authorities in Palm Beach County, Florida, shot and killed a man who apparently went on a naked rampage Tuesday night, injuring three people and exhibiting what was described as superhuman strength.

The Palm Beach Post reported that the man, identified as 28-year-old Anesson Joseph, was first spotted running in the nude outside a Delray Beach residential community. He then allegedly attacked and beat on a 66-year-old retired police officer Douglas R. Kozlik before chasing 16-year-old Tania Grein.   Continue reading “Cops shoot and kill naked Florida man after face-biting rampage”

The former Tampa police captain is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of a man before a movie at the Cobb Grove 16 theater in Wesley Chapel, Fla. in January.New York Daily News

A bond hearing for a retired police captain accused of gunning down a fellow moviegoer last month in Florida will resume on Friday, a judge announced Wednesday.

Curtis Reeves, 71, stood before a Dade City judge and the widow of his alleged victim, 43-year-old Chad Oulson, while family and witnesses to the January shooting emotionally testified for and against Reeves’ possible release on second-degree murder.   Continue reading “Florida judge considering bail for retired police officer accused in deadly movie theater shooting”