Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Burlington, IA — On Monday, the taxpayers of Burlington, Iowa were told that they will be hit with a $2 million bill to pay for a police officer who shot and killed an innocent mother. The tragic scenario was captured on video and the fact that most of that video remains a secret was part of the reason the family received the settlement in the wrongful death suit.

The settlement was announced on June 6, but the amount had not been made public until Monday.   Continue reading “Taxpayers Shell Out $2 Million After Video Showed Cop Kill Innocent Mom While Trying to Kill Her Dog”

Forbes – by Nick Sibilla

For the first time in over 20 years, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review the constitutionality of civil forfeiture laws, which allow the government to confiscate cash, cars, and even homes. On Monday, the court granted a cert petition from Tyson Timbs, who was forced to forfeit his $40,000 Land Rover in civil court to the State of Indiana, after he pled guilty to selling less than $200 worth of drugs.

Like too many Americans, Tyson was addicted to opioids, at first taking prescription painkillers before switching to heroin. When Tyson tried to sell undercover officers four grams of heroin, he was arrested in 2013. As punishment, Tyson agreed to serve one year of house arrest and pay $1,200 in court fees. But the state also wanted his Land Rover, which Tyson had bought with life-insurance proceeds after his father died.   Continue reading “Supreme Court Will Decide If Civil Forfeiture Is Unconstitutional, Violates The Eighth Amendment”

Mercury News

A video of a doctor speaking harshly to an emergency room patient and asking if he’s dead has led to her removal from the work schedule at El Camino Hospital Los Gatos, a hospital spokeswoman said.

The video shows the doctor, Beth Keegstra, mocking 20-year-old Samuel Bardwell, a newly-enrolled student at West Valley College in Saratoga who was brought to the hospital’s emergency room after becoming ill during a basketball practice.   Continue reading “‘Are you dead, sir?’ doctor asks patient in video that led to her removal from Los Gatos hospital”

Today

Desmond Napoles is a smart, self-assured and talented 10-year-old on the rise as a social media star and self-proclaimed “drag kid.” Known as “Desmond Is Amazing” online, the Brooklyn fifth-grader has already been profiled in Vogue and hopes to continue promoting acceptance. NBC’s Kate Snow reports.  Continue reading “Meet the 10-year-old ‘drag kid’ taking over social media with inspiring message”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Overnight Sunday Israeli jets hit nine targets inside the Gaza strip in response to alleged arson attempts and “explosive kites and balloons” being launched at Israel. The Israeli military issued a statement indicating that “The IDF attacked nine terror targets in two military compounds and a weapons manufacturing facility belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the northern Gaza Strip in response to the firing of kites and explosives and incendiary attacks on Israeli territory.”    Continue reading “Israel Targets “Terror Kite” Factories In Overnight Gaza Strikes”

Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft

On Friday, June 15, 2018, Matthew Wright barricaded himself inside an armored truck on the Hoover Dam.

Matthew Wright demanded the full release of the OIG Report. He held signs in his window for “Mr. President” Trump.

He added, “We the people demand full disclosure.”   Continue reading “Man Shuts Down Hoover Dam in Armored Vehicle Demanding Release of Full IG Report”

CBS News

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – The attorneys for Scot Peterson, a former Broward County deputy who failed to confront the shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, have filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit filed against him by the father of one of the victims.

The motion claims, “No duty of care exists at common law for an individual to address the killer and kill the killer.”   Continue reading “Scot Peterson’s Attorneys Say He Had No Duty To Stop Parkland School Shooting”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

Pumpkin seed protein being sold across America right this minute is contaminated with salmonella and “crazy high” bacteria counts. We know this because we rejected a large lot of pumpkin seed protein after it failed our microbiology tests and flagged positive for salmonella. We then learned that the entire lot was sold to someone else, which means someone is selling this salmonella-contaminated pumpkin seed protein right now, making people sick all across America.

And as I explain in my Counterthink video today (see below), no one seems to give a s–t because there are too many people making money by covering their eyes and pretending their protein powders and supplements are clean.  Continue reading “Kellogg’s issues nationwide recall”

Ontario Canada

Aurrigo is the latest international autonomous vehicle (AV) company to drive itself to Ontario.

The Coventry, U.K.-based technology innovator develops and manufactures the driverless PodZero. With an operating speed of up to 24km/h, multiple battery options up to eight hours or 80 kilometers, PodZero transports both people and cargo. It can be designed to be wheelchair accessible and incorporate features to help visually impaired passengers. And, to ensure the safety of everyone on the road, PodZeros are monitored through Aurrigo’s control room. Continue reading “Aurrigo rolls into Ontario”

Caitlin Johnstone

In an environment that is saturated with mass media propaganda, it can be hard to figure out which way’s up, let alone get an accurate read on what’s going on in the world. Here are a few tips I’ve learned which have given me a lot of clarity in seeing through the haze of spin and confusion. Taken separately they don’t tell you a lot, but taken together they paint a very useful picture of the world and why it is the way it is.   Continue reading “Twelve Tips For Making Sense Of The World”

Popular Mechanics – by Anatoly Zak

Move over, Star Wars. Around the same time that Han Solo was declaring the superiority of a blaster by your side, Russian engineers were working on a real laser pistol for cosmonauts to carry, another piece of the secret Soviet arsenal of space weapons.

According to multiple Russian sources, the laser-powered handgun for cosmonauts originated at the Peter the Great RVSN academy, which trains engineers for the nation’s strategic missile forces. The school’s museum carries a copy of the gun, and at least one other surviving artifact was exhibited at the Innovations and Inventions Expo in Moscow in 2011.   Continue reading “The Soviet Laser Space Pistol, Revealed”