Month: November 2014

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

Watchdog group Judicial Watch is filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against President Obama’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The group is requesting “all records” related to an Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Field Office Juvenile Coordination meeting that took place in February — obtaining such records could shed light onto whether or not the federal government planned major border crisis that occurred this year.

ERO is a division of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) that apprehends and removes illegal aliens who “present a danger to national security or are a risk to public safety, as well as those who enter the United States illegally.”   Continue reading “Judicial Watch Sues Feds to Obtain Border Crisis Records”

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CBS News

For the last year, the country’s largest police force has been increasingly concerned about a potential terror attack from the air by a drone armed with a deadly weapon.

Now, they are far along in planning a response to that possible security threat, reports CBS News correspondent Jeff Pegues.

“We look at it as something that could be a terrorist’s tool,” New York Police Department Deputy Chief Salvatore DiPace said.    Continue reading “NYPD scanning the sky for new terrorism threat”

RT

Apple customers are being warned by computer security experts, including the United States government’s own cyber squad, to watch out for a new bug affecting iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad.

The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT, said Thursday that users of mobile phones and tablets running Apple’s latest iOS software should be careful of what they click. A so-called “masque attack” is taking users by storm, tricking iPhone and iPad owners into installing malicious software resembling legitimate applications but actually embedded with code that could compromise an entire device.   Continue reading “US government warns iOS users their devices may be in danger”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is ordering top-to-bottom changes in how the nation’s nuclear arsenal is managed, vowing to invest billions of dollars more to fix what ails a force beset by leadership lapses, security flaws and sagging morale.

Hagel is scheduled to announce Friday the results of two reviews — one by Pentagon officials and a second by outside experts — and to spell out actions he has ordered to improve nuclear force management. Two senior defense officials discussed the Hagel plan Thursday on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to be cited by name.   Continue reading “Hagel: Top-to-bottom changes needed in nuke force”

Mail.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police are increasingly relying on technology that not only tells patrol officers where crime is most likely to occur but also identifies and keeps track of ex-cons and other bad guys they believe are most likely to commit them.

Police say the effort has already helped reduce crime in one of the city’s most notorious and historically gang-ridden neighborhoods. “This is a tremendous step forward. Without this, I couldn’t do my job,” said Capt. Ed Prokop, head of the Los Angeles Police Department division that watches over the grimly nicknamed “Shootin’ Newton” area.   Continue reading “Los Angeles police use data to target crime”

Mail.com

GENEVA (AP) — A U.N. panel investigating war crimes in Syria says the Islamic State group has denied food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of people and hidden its fighters among civilians since a U.S.-led coalition began launching airstrikes in Iraq and Syria.

The panel says Syrians and Iraqis are subjected to an Islamic State “rule of terror” from its calculated use of public brutality and indoctrination to ensure the submission of communities under its control. That includes repeated violations against children and women.   Continue reading “UN: IS denies food aid to hundreds of thousands”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secret Service officers chasing a Texas Army veteran across the White House lawn in September figured they had him cornered when he encountered the thick bushes on the property.

To their surprise the bushes were no match for the fence-jumper, who dashed into the executive mansion through a pair of unlocked doors, knocking aside an officer physically too small to tackle him. She would then fumble with her own equipment as the man carrying a knife ran deep inside the president’s home, according to a Homeland Security review of the Sept. 19 incident.   Continue reading “Officers surprised bushes didn’t stop WH intruder”

Be Prepared

Preparing for emergency situations and natural disasters may seem overwhelming—but it doesn’t need to be. We’re here to make it as easy as possible.

That’s why we’ve created this list: The 12 Tools You Need for Survival. It’s a simple roadmap to help you get all the gear you need to stay safe and healthy in a crisis.

Whether you live on a dozen acres of your own land or in a studio apartment in the city, this list will help you gather just the right food, shelter, and supplies that make sense for you and your family.   Continue reading “12 Tools You Need For Survival”

WND – by Paul Bremmer

Ferguson, Missouri, is approaching the volatility of a stick of dynamite as the time nears for an announcement whether a grand jury will indict police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown.

While the deadline for a decision isn’t until January, the prosecutor’s office has said word could come just about any time now.   Continue reading “Ferguson stirred up by feds’ ‘Community Relations Service’”

Bearing Arms – by Bob Owens

New York’s anti-gun insanity is getting even more paranoid and inappropriate, with the Buffalo Police now scanning the obituaries and looking for an opportunity tobully the families of the recently departed.

Buffalo Police say they’re determined to get more guns off the streets and now they’re checking to see whether pistol permit holders have passed away and what happened to their gun or guns. Continue reading “BUFFALO STAMPEDED: Sorry Your Family Member Just Died. Give Us His Guns. Now.”

Free North Carolina – by Brock Townsend

Though corrupted by the new Northern regime and the “New South” of industrial progress to match the North, Southern Democrats until the mid-1930s were a conservative element in Congress. The increasingly socialist bent of FDR pushed many Southern Democrats into the Dixiecrat party of the late 1940s. The reader is encouraged to read the official platforms of the 1936 CPUSA and today’s Democrat party — and note the minor differences.   Continue reading “Advancing the Collectivist Revolution”

IFL Science – by Lisa Winter

The Rosetta spacecraft and its Philae lander have a lot to teach scientists about what Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko looks like, is composed of, and even what it smells like, but what does the comet sound like? The day before Philae made history by landing on the surface of the comet, ESA released an audio clip of 67P/C-G singing. Unfortunately, its song is creepy as hell and sounds a lot like Predator, the alien that tried to kill Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Of course, sound waves can’t travel through space, so it isn’t a direct audio recording. Instead, Rosetta’s Plasma Consortium (RPC) picked up variations in the magnetic field around the comet, due to interactions between 67P/C-G’s coma and the plasma from the Sun, better known as solar wind. These variations resulted in frequencies between 40 to 50 millihertz, about 10,000 times lower than can be detected by humans. ESA scientists altered the frequency of the comet’s song into human hearing range, and discovered it was a series of clicks that are very reminiscent of Predator’s growl.   Continue reading “Eerie Sound Detected Coming From Rosetta’s Comet”

Business Insider

San Francisco – US justice officials are scooping up mobile phone data from unwitting Americans as part of a sophisticated airborne surveillance program designed to catch criminals, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Small aircraft deployed by the US Marshals Service from at least five major airports have been taking to the skies with “dirtbox” equipment designed to mimic signals from cell towers, according to the Journal.   Continue reading “US spies on mobile phones from the sky”