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Police are looking for a hat-wearing man who has robbed at least eight Long Island banks in the last three months.
The man is wanted in a series of bank robberies that dates back to early May. In each case, he approaches a teller, shows a demand note threatening violence unless he gets money, then flees with the cash. Continue reading “Man in Obama Hat Robs Eight Banks in Three Months”
Washington (CNN) – Four decades after President Richard Nixon resigned, a slight majority of Americans still consider Watergate a very serious matter, a new national survey shows. But how serious depends on when you were born.
The CNN/ORC International poll’s release comes one day before the 40th anniversary of Nixon’s resignation on August 9, 1974. With the Watergate scandal escalating, the second-term Republican president had lost much of his political backing, and he faced almost certain impeachment and the prospects of being removed from office by a Democratic-dominated House and Senate. Continue reading “CNN Poll: Trust in government at all-time low”
In a bit of remarkable spin on Friday, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the public’s dissatisfaction with Obama’s handling of illegal immigration has put Obama in a better position to enact executive amnesty.
Earnest said Obama’s abysmal poll numbers mean that Americans also realize that “Congress has done nothing to solve the problem.” Earnest said that “only strengthens the hand of the president” to enact executive actions. Continue reading “WH Spins: Dismal Approval Rating on Illegal Immigration ‘Strengthens’ Obama’s Hand on Exec Amnesty”
The U.S. has a massive force of ships and aircraft in the Persian Gulf for the air campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq.
The first airstrikes against the Islamic State were carried out by two aircraft from the aircraft carrier George H.W. Bush, which is in the Persian Gulf along with the amphibious assault ship Bataan; the amphibious dock landing ship Gunston Hall; the cruiser Philippine Sea; and the destroyers Arleigh Burke, O’Kane and Roosevelt, according to the Defense Department. Continue reading “More than 100 aircraft, 8 ships ready for Iraq air campaign”
OAKLAND, CA — An officer who violently attacked a group of civilians — including an incapacitated man bleeding from a head injury and the people who tried to help him — has been reinstated to the department with back pay for the nearly 3 years of missed work. Continue reading “Oakland officer reinstated with back pay after throwing grenade at unconscious man, bystanders”
It’s occurred yet again – another instance of puppycide. This time, in Lancaster, PA, about 80-miles west of Philly.
Meredith Wilterdink, who works at a nearby eatery, described the scene:The dog’s owner said the use of deadly force was unwarranted. Multiple witnesses echoed that sentiment, including one many who physically tried to stand between the police employees and the dog. Continue reading “Puppycide – the “Service” From A Still-Unnamed Lancaster PA Police Employee”
The Baltimore Sun – by David Beasley
ATLANTA (Reuters) – Three homeless people in Atlanta have died of tuberculosis infections as Georgia public health officials work to contain an outbreak affecting shelters, state authorities said on Friday.
The outbreak has infected 47 people, including two volunteers, linked to four shelters in Atlanta’s Fulton County, said Nancy Nydam, a spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Public Health. Continue reading “Atlanta confronts tuberculosis outbreak in homeless shelters”
Contra Corner – by David Stockman
The late, great critic of the American Imperium, Chalmers Johnson, popularized the salient concept of “blowback”. That is, the notion that if you bomb, drone, invade, desecrate and slaughter—collaterally or otherwise— a people and their lands, they might find ways to return the favor.
But even Johnson could not have imagined the kind of blowback coming ferociously Washington’s way now. Namely, the mayhem being visited on much of Iraq by American tanks, armored personnel carriers, heavy artillery, anti-aircraft batteries and other advanced weaponry that has fallen into the hands of the very jihadist radicals that have been the ostensible target of Washington’s entire multi-trillion “war on terrorism”. Continue reading “Washington Opened The Gates Of Hell In Iraq: Now Come The Furies”
Dark Reading – by Kelly Jackson Higgins
LAS VEGAS — Black Hat USA — A Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) system at airport security checkpoints contains default backdoor passwords, and one of the devices running at the San Francisco Airport was sitting on the public Internet.
Renowned security researcher Billy Rios, who is director of threat intelligence at Qualys, Wednesday here at Black Hat USA gave details on security weaknesses he discovered in both the Morpho Detection Itemiser 3 trace-explosives and residue detection system, and the Kronos 4500 time clock system used by TSA agents to clock in and out with their fingerprints, which could allow an attacker to easily gain user access to the devices. Continue reading “TSA Checkpoint Systems Found Exposed On The Net”
The Daily Caller – by Jamie Weinstein
The terror group President Barack Obama threatened to strike in Iraq Thursday evening is itself threatening to strike the American homeland.
“I say to America that the Islamic Caliphate has been established,” Abu Mosa, a spokesman for the terror group known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), told VICE Media in a video interview posted online Thursday. “Don’t be cowards and attack us with drones. Instead send your soldiers, the ones we humiliated in Iraq.” Continue reading “ISIS Threatens America: ‘We Will Raise The Flag Of Allah In The White House’”
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article about smaller restaurant chains welcoming gun owners into their businesses. Although many larger national chains such as Chili’s Grill and Bar, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Starbucks, and Sonic are prohibiting guns (or asking customers to leave them at home), many independent restaurants are particularly welcoming to armed patrons, whether in a concealed or open manner. Some restaurants post signs saying that guns are welcome, while others even offer discounts to customers who arrive armed. Continue reading “More And More Smaller Restaurant Chains Welcoming Gun Owners Into Their Businesses”
And some say that citizens aren’t responsible enough to own firearms in a safe way. Here is a bit of proof that illustrates that the 4 Rules of Gun Safety is to be followed by everyone at all times, regardless of your background with firearms.
The off-duty Metropolitan Transportation Authority police officer has been identified through our sources as Jon Gigantiello, and this incident is being called an accident A NEGLIGENT DISCHARGE. Before I even get into the specifics of this incident, let’s be perfectly clear that ‘accidental discharges’ do not ever happen. If a firearm goes off unintentionally, it is called a negligent discharge. There needs to be a stronger emphasis on this, as wording plays an important role in the public perception of firearms. You cannot be injured from a firearm going off by having an accident. You can however, be injured from a firearm if you are negligent. Continue reading “Off-duty NY Cop Accidentally Shoots Himself And His 3-year-old Son While Unloading Firearm”
Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon
Rep. Mike Honda, a Democrat in the California state legislature, wants to ban body armor in the Golden State.
According to press release on Honda’s website,
Congressman Mike Honda (D-CA17) today introduced the Responsible Body Armor Possession Act of 2014, which allows law enforcement to respond to active shooters more effectively. It accomplishes this by prohibiting the sale, purchase, use, or possession of enhanced military-grade body armor by anyone who is not a member of law enforcement, active duty military, or other authorized users. Continue reading “California Rep. Wants to Ban Body Armor For Civilians”
Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon
First off, as ludicrous as this sounds, it is not a joke. Former White House Press secretary James Brady (the namesake of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence) has just been ruled a homicide.
NBC News is reporting the following,
The death of James Brady — President Ronald Reagan’s press secretary who was wounded in the attempt on Reagan’s life in March 1981 — was a homicide, the District of Columbia medical examiner ruled Friday. Continue reading “(Not a Joke) James Brady’s Death at Age 73 Ruled Gun Homicide From 1981 Shooting”
Late last month, a Siamese cat named Coco went wandering in his suburban Washington, DC neighborhood. He spent three hours exploring nearby backyards. He killed a mouse, whose carcass he thoughtfully brought home to his octogenarian owner, Nancy. And while he was out, Coco mapped dozens of his neighbors’ Wi-Fi networks, identifying four routers that used an old, easily-broken form of encryption and another four that were left entirely unprotected.
Unbeknownst to Coco, he’d been fitted with a collar created by Nancy’s granddaughter’s husband, security researcher Gene Bransfield. And Bransfield had built into that collar a Spark Core chip loaded with his custom-coded firmware, a Wi-Fi card, a tiny GPS module and a battery—everything necessary to map all the networks in the neighborhood that would be vulnerable to any intruder or Wi-Fi mooch with, at most, some simple crypto-cracking tools. Continue reading “How to Use Your Cat to Hack Your Neighbor’s Wi-Fi”
The Sheriff leading the investigation into the brutal slaying of a Border Control Agent by two illegal immigrants has revealed local farmers in his county have reported spotting gangs of armed Mexicans ‘in military fatigues’ marching through their fields.
Sheriff Larry Spence’s department played a key role in catching Ismael Hernandez and Gustavo Tijerina after they allegedly gunned down hero officer Javier Vega Jr. in front of his mother, father, wife and three sons while they were on a family fishing trip. Continue reading “Sheriff leading probe into murder of Border Patrol agent claims armed illegal immigrants in military fatigues have been spotted on Texas ranches”
It’s pretty amazing what humans can accomplish together when they put their minds to something.
A subway rider in Perth, Australia didn’t “mind the gap” and ended up slipping and getting his leg stuck in between the train car and the platform.
The conductor was notified right away to not leave the station and his fellow passengers immediately sprung into action. Continue reading “Viral Video: People Lift Subway Train To Free Trapped Man”
Border Patrol agent and vice president of the National Border Patrol Council, Shawn Moran, debunked the argument that illegal immigrants are only coming to the United States to work on Friday’s “America’s Newsroom” on the Fox News Channel.
“These are not people just coming here to work as the so-called line is fed to us. These people are coming here to do horrible things. And I think the murder of Agent [Javier] Vega shows what these people are capable of,” he said. And, “We’re up against close to 50 years of lack of border enforcement by the U.S. government. We have two political parties that are unwilling to take real enforcement action, and we have had two administrations in a row that gutted enforcement actions by the U.S. Border Patrol, by ICE agents, that do not allow us to actually go to do our job. We are handcuffed at every single turn.” Continue reading “Border Patrol Agent says the invaders are here to do horrible things”
NBC New York
CNN – by Paul Steinhauser
Breitbart – by Tony Lee
Police State USA
Cop Block – by Pete Eyer
Concealed Nation – by Maureen
Concealed Nation – by Brandon
Wired – by Andy Greenberg
Daily Mail – by Will Payne
CBS News – by Sarah Carroll
Breitbart TV