Month: December 2014

Didn’t get quite the level of violence they were hoping for?

Politico – by Kendall Breitman

President Barack Obama is holding three meetings on Monday to discuss issues relating to unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

According to the White House schedule, the first afternoon meeting will be a talk with members of Obama’s Cabinet “to discuss federal programs and funding that provide equipment to the state and local enforcement agencies.” Vice President Joe Biden will also be in attendance.   Continue reading “Obama to hold Ferguson meetings at White House”

Shark Tank – by Javier Manjarres

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…a Taliban surveillance bird?

That was the nifty line used in this story over at the Blaze, where terrorists used a wild bird as a suicide bomber.

yep, it appears as if the Islamic terrorist element in Afghanistan (Taliban) is now deploying wild birds as suicide bombers.This weekend, NBC reported that Afghani police shot down a wild bird that after they noticed that it had an very unnatural metal antenna sticking out of it.   Continue reading “Islamic Terrorists Counter Military Drones With Bomb-Strapped “Wild Birds””

RT

Ten Amazon warehouses in five US states are making use of 15,000 Kiva robots, hoping they can cut operating costs for the mega retailer by some 20 percent during the Christmas gift fest.

The 145-kilogram robots are produced by Kiva Systems, which Amazon bought in 2012 for $775 million.

The company showcased the technology on Sunday at its year-old warehouse in Tracy, California, a day ahead of the Cyber Monday frenzy. This facility alone has more than 3,000 Kiva carriers working along with 1,500 humans.   Continue reading “Amazon unleashes 15,000 hauler robots for Cyber Monday packaging”

Mail.com

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Indicted Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom on Monday defeated efforts by prosecutors to send him back to a New Zealand jail or make him wear an electronic monitoring bracelet but says his long-running legal battle has left him broke.

After a three-day hearing, Auckland District Court Judge Nevin Dawson ruled there was no evidence Dotcom had secret assets or posed a flight risk, according to Fairfax Media. U.S. and New Zealand prosecutors had sought to have Dotcom’s bail revoked, arguing he might try to flee the country after earning tens of millions of dollars since his 2012 arrest. Prosecutors said he’d breached his bail conditions in several ways, including indirectly contacting a former associate.   Continue reading “Indicted Internet entrepreneur Dotcom avoids jail”

Mail.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An American couple cleared by a Qatari appeals court of wrongdoing in the death of their 8-year-old adopted daughter but blocked from leaving the country held out hope Monday that they would soon be allowed to leave the tiny Gulf nation as a family representative blasted a continued travel ban against them as “institutional kidnapping.”

A Qatari appeals court on Sunday overturned a child endangerment conviction against Matthew and Grace Huang of Los Angeles over the death of their daughter, Gloria, and said they were free to leave the energy-rich OPEC nation. They were stopped at the airport as they tried to depart hours later despite efforts by the U.S. ambassador herself to intervene.   Continue reading “Red tape may be blocking US couple’s Qatar exit”

Mail.com

FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson did not receive a severance package when he resigned over the weekend, the St. Louis suburb’s mayor said Sunday.

Wilson, 28, won’t receive any further pay or benefits, and he and the city have cut their ties, Mayor James Knowles told reporters a day after Wilson tendered his resignation, which was effective immediately.   Continue reading “Ferguson mayor: No severance package for Wilson”

Mail.com

BALTIMORE (AP) — A 15-year-old murder case that landed a popular teenager from Baltimore County behind bars for life is being revived in a podcast that offers more questions than answers about the crime and its fallout.

Ultimately, a Maryland appeals court will decide the man’s fate. Millions of listeners are anxiously awaiting the next installment of Serial, a podcast from the creators of “This American Life” that tells the story of Adnan Syed, a Woodlawn High School student who was found guilty in 2000 of murdering his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee. The podcast is the brainchild of longtime radio producer and former Baltimore Sun reporter Sarah Koenig, who spent more than a year digging into Syed’s case and reporting her findings in almost real-time in hour-long segments released online every Thursday (with the exception of Thanksgiving).   Continue reading “Case highlighted in podcast moves through appeal”

Imagine that you had won the following *PRIZE* in a contest: Each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this prize has rules:

The set of rules:

1. Everything that you didn’t spend during each day would be taken away from you.
2. You may not simply transfer money into some other account.
3. You may only spend it.   Continue reading “The Magic Bank Account”

The Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

The Blaze:

Everytown for Gun Safety, the organization funded by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, issued a set of five talking points for gun control advocates to follow when trying to persuade their pro-gun friends and relatives of their error in thinking on Thanksgiving.

“This Thanksgiving when talk around he table turns to politics and current events, you can help set the record straight on some of the most common myths about guns,” the talking points titled, “Talking Turkey About Guns,” says. Continue reading “When Families Come For Your Guns”

Wolf Street – by Wolf Ritcher

When OPEC announced on Thanksgiving Day that it would maintain oil production at 30 million barrels per day, chaos broke out in the oil market, and the price of oil around the globe spiraled into a terrific plunge. The unity of OPEC, if there ever was such a thing, was in tatters with Saudi oil minister smiling victoriously, and with a steaming Venezuelan oil minister thinking of the turmoil his country is facing [OPEC Refuses to Cut Production, Oil Plunges off the Chart].

The bloodletting in the oil markets on Thursday led to some wobbly stability on Friday, and for a while it seemed oil had found a bottom, but then the US stock market closed early while crude continued trading, and suddenly all heck re-broke loose, and the US benchmark WTI plunged again and broke the $66-a-barrel mark before coming to a rest at $66.06. After a near 10% dive in two days, WTI is now down 37% since June!   Continue reading “Saudi Arabia Declares Oil War on US Fracking, hits Railroads, Tank-Car Makers, Canada, Russia; Sinks Venezuela”

WJLA 7 News

NEW YORK (ABC News) – The FBI on Sunday issued the strongest warning to date about possible attacks by the ISIS terrorist group against the U.S. military inside the homeland, officials tell ABC News.

In a joint intelligence bulletin issued overnight by the FBI with the Department of Homeland Security, officials strongly urged those who serve in uniform to scrub their social media accounts of anything that might bring unwanted attention from “violent extremists” or would help the extremists learn individual service members’ identities.   Continue reading “FBI warns U.S. military about possible ISIS attacks at home, recommends deactivating social media”

The Hill – by Kevin Cirilli

The National Football League is pushing Congress to reauthorize a long-term insurance program during the lame-duck session.

Most attention on pro football’s presence in Washington these days has centered on the league’s response to the Ray Rice domestic abuse scandal and hometown team’s mascot. But NFL officials have quietly been working with a broad coalition of business groups pressing Congress for a long-term reauthorization of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA).   Continue reading “Insurance industry’s Hail Mary: The NFL”

Courthouse News Service – by YAWANA WOLFE

A family court judge in West Virginia said he was wrongly arrested for battery after a nurse with whom he had an argument in a local hospital reported the “incident” to her deputy sheriff husband.

Kanawha County Family Court Judge D. Mark Snyder says in a complaint filed in the county’s circuit court that he went to the Charleston Area Medical Center on November 4, 2013, to visit a friend recovering from an amputation.   Continue reading “Judge Says He Was Victimized by Police”

Washington Post – by Katie Zezima

More than 20 mayors from around the country have formed a coalition to support and help implement President Obama’s executive action on immigration.

Members of Cities United for Immigration Action said they will work to put the executive action Obama announced last month into effect on the local level, push for congressional action on immigration reform and rally grassroots support.   Continue reading “Mayors form coalition to support Obama’s immigration action”

BATR

Do you ever sense that it can’t get any worse? Every so often seemingly unrelated events can put the entire quandary into a distinct perspective. Presently, the combination of Canada’s decision that would change its law to allow homosexual marriage and the American Medical Association endorsement of cloning for research purposes, hits a new low. Just what kind of society is humanity willing to accept?

It is hard to find two examples that are more clear cut and pristine in their immoral disposition. If there is a need to argue against each practice, those who promote such behavior, have already perverted the culture. This is not an issue of being broad minded, tolerant or progressive. It is fundamental. Breathing is essential to sustain life, now we are being refitted to accept conjugal union from opposite ends. The first is necessary, while the later is discretionary. Elective behavior means it is optional. That plainly means that a moral decision, for good or bad, is part of the decision.   Continue reading “Cloning the future for same sex marriages”

KnifeRights

November 19, 2014: In the past five years Knife Rights has significantly advanced the rights of law-abiding knife owners in the United States, passing 15 pro-knife bills in 11 states. Knife Rights Chairman Doug Ritter explains, “This first annual Knife Rights review of the worst and best knife laws in America contrasts places where law-abiding knife owners enjoy complete or substantial freedom with those places which restrict the freedom of honest citizens by imposing arbitrary and irrational restrictions. These extreme anti-knife regulations are universally ignored by criminals and serve only to harass unwary citizens.” The ratings were released at the National Assembly of Sportsmen’s Caucuses Sportsman – Legislator Summit held in Sunriver, Oregon.   Continue reading “KnifeRights’ First Annual Ratings of Worst Anti-Knife Cities and Best States for Knife Owners”