Month: May 2014

The Press Enterprise – by John Asbury

A Riverside jury is expected to begin deliberations Wednesday over whether a former Beaumont police officer was using excessive force or doing his job when he permanently blinded a woman with a high-powered pepper spray gun.

Enoch Clark, 38, is on trial on four felony counts of assault by a police officer and causing great bodily injury.    Continue reading “BEAUMONT: Jury weighs police pepper spray that blinded woman”

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – The commercial cargo ship Dragon returned to Earth from the International Space Station on Sunday, bringing back nearly 2 tons of science experiments and old equipment for NASA.

SpaceX’s Dragon splashed into the Pacific, just five hours after leaving the orbiting lab.

“Welcome home, Dragon!” the California-based company said via Twitter.   Continue reading “SpaceX Dragon Returns to Earth From Space Station”

My Fox New York

Police shot and killed an armed man suspected of robbing a drugstore on the Upper East Side Friday afternoon, the NYPD confirmed.

Scott Kato, 45, robbed the HealthSource Pharmacy on Second Avenue and 68th Street Friday afternoon, demanding cash and OxyContin, police said. He fled in an SUV and made almost 30 blocks when cops tracked him down, police said. How? One of the pill bottles he took from the drugstore was actually a decoy containing a GPS device, police said.   Continue reading “Cops take down drugstore robber carrying GPS-tagged pill bottle”

CNN – by Jamie Crawford

Washington (CNN) — Never fear the night of the living dead — the Pentagon has got you covered.

From responses to natural disasters to a catastrophic attack on the homeland, the U.S. military has a plan of action ready to go if either incident occurs.

It has also devised an elaborate plan should a zombie apocalypse befall the country, according to a Defense Department document obtained by CNN.    Continue reading “Pentagon document lays out battle plan against zombies”

Pat Dollard

Excerpted from The College Fix: When Hillary Clinton visited Yale University last fall to accept an award, 100 students signed up for a campus group dedicated to supporting her likely 2016 presidential election bid.

It’s one example of how a grassroots movement to get the first female president elected is taking hold on college campuses nationwide. Her mobilizers are already actively rallying support there, determined not to let a key voting bloc slip through her grasp this time.   Continue reading “Effort Launched To Mobilize Hillary Clinton Campus Armies”

Diogenes’ Middle Finger

(MFNS) – The New York City Visitor’s Bureau has announced it’s  new annual civic award designed to reward a recipient, while at the same time alerting the public to a person who, should they see him or her in public, should be avoided at all costs.

The first winner of the new award has been announced and is one of NYC’s most famous street hazards, angry white guy and liberal one percenter actor Alec Baldwin. Continue reading “NYC Inaugurates ‘Rude Little Pig’ Civic Award”

Texas Tribune – by John Reynolds

Gov. Rick Perry continued to work to get Travis County DA Rosemary Lehmbergto resign even after following through on the threat to veto money for the public integrity unit. The Tribune’s Terri Langford reported Tuesday night — citing unnamed sources — that Perry through emissaries offered to restore the money if Lehmberg would leave:

The sources said the offer was made to Lehmberg through several back channels: If Lehmberg — a Democrat whose office was in charge of investigating state officeholders — would resign, Perry would restore the two years in state funds, about $7.5 million, that he had vetoed following her April 12, 2013, arrest and subsequent guilty plea.   Continue reading “The Brief: Perry Worked to Get Lehmberg Resignation Even After Veto”

Latest – by Peter Van Buren

Police in sometime-U.S. ally Pakistan arrested a nine month old infant, along with his family, for an alleged assassination attempt on the cops who raided the family home. The cops went on to charge the infant with assault, claiming he pelting them with stones.

This is not a story from the Onion. The case actually went to court, where the baby cried throughout the trial as lawyers of both sides argued the case. The baby also was visibly upset as his grandfather was made to hold his thumb to dip it in ink and put its print on the bail bonds, as the tot could not sign the documents himself. At other points the defendent was quieter, busy suckling on his pacifier and bottle. The perp is pictured above.   Continue reading “Pakistan: Police Arrest 9-Month Old Infant on Murder Charges”

Commie Blaster, March 21, 2010

The Czechoslovakian Velvet Revolution

On November 17, 1989, riot police suppressed a peaceful student demonstration in Communist-ruled Prague. The event sparked a series of popular demonstrations from November 19 to late December. By November 20, the number of peaceful protesters assembled in Prague had swollen from 200,000 the previous day to an estimated half-million. A two-hour general strike, involving all citizens of Czechoslovakia, was held on November 27. Eleven days after the initial student protest, on November 28, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakian announced it would relinquish power and dismantle the single-party state. 12 days later on December 10, President Gustáv Husák appointed the first largely non-communist government in Czechoslovakia in over 40 years, and then resigned.   Continue reading “America, Is It Time For A Velvet Revolution?”

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WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to help Central American farmers fight a devastating coffee disease – and hold down the price of your morning cup.

A fungus called coffee rust has caused more than $1 billion in damage across Latin American. The fungus is especially deadly to Arabica coffee – that’s the bean that makes up most high-end, specialty coffees.   Continue reading “A&M Set to Help with Brewing Troubles From Coffee Fungus”

This pisses me off.

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Donations have been pouring in from across the state, nation, even the world for former Hearne Police Officer Stephen Stem. He was fired by the Hearne City Council on May 10, four days after he shot and killed 93-year-old Pearlie Golden.

The Go Fund Me account set up by a police officer in Alabama reached its goal of raising $5,000 late Friday night.   Continue reading “Fundraiser For Fired Hearne Officer Reaches Its Goal”

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Victory Post – by Lucas Bowser

We can add Captain America: The Winter Soldier to the list of recent blockbuster films containing themes that are critical of America’s growing police state and war on terror. Other major films like Oblivion, Ender’s Game, The Hunger Games, and Star Trek: Into Darkness have all recently taken shots at these important issues, but none have packed quite the patriotic punch that Marvel’s symbolic fascism fighter has delivered in this new sequel.   Continue reading “New Captain America Film Takes On Obama’s Kill List and the New World Order”