Month: January 2015

ABC News Australia

At least 19 people were killed when a young girl, thought to be aged about 10, blew herself up at a crowded market in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri, police say.

The powerful explosion rocked the market at about 12:40pm (local time) when it was packed with shoppers and traders.

Borno State police spokesman Gideon Jubrin told reporters: “Casualty figure: 20 dead and 18 injured, including the female suicide bomber that detonated the improvised explosive device.”   Continue reading “Bomb strapped to girl ‘about 10 years old’ kills 19 in Maiduguri, north-eastern Nigeria: Red Cross, vigilante”

The Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

The Greenville News:

Jon Bailey spent a Friday afternoon over Christmas break taking his 13-year-old son, Connor, to shoot pistols at Allen Arms Indoor Range in Greenville.

He showed Connor how to load, aim and fire the weapon, but he also instructed him on what to do if he ever saw friends playing with a gun or found a gun lying around. Continue reading “Gun Rights Education In South Carolina”

The Pirate’s Cove

Scary, you guys!

(Washington Post) Climate change predictions can be scary, and political opposition to climate action is fierce. But EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy says she can’t help but be optimistic about the future.

McCarthy, speaking at the American Meteorological Society (AMS) annual meeting in Phoenix on Wednesday, struck a decidedly positive tone. Continue reading “High Flying EPA Head Gina McCarthy: Doing Nothing On Climate Change Is “Scary””

Against Crony Capitalism

Revenues are down apparently. And you don’t want people thinking that they are actually overpoliced or anything. That could be bad for job security.

The situation in New York with the police has spun out in all sorts of directions. The Mayor acting badly. The cops acting badly. And of course the assassination of 2 police officers.   Continue reading “Police union boss Patrick Lynch tells NYPD cops to make more arrests — but not too many”

New York Times – by MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MATT APUZZO

WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against David H. Petraeus, contending that he provided classified information to a lover while he was director of the C.I.A., officials said, and leaving Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to decide whether to seek an indictment that could send the pre-eminent military officer of his generation to prison.

The Justice Department investigation stems from an affair Mr. Petraeus had with Paula Broadwell, an Army Reserve officer who was writing his biography, and focuses on whether he gave her access to his C.I.A. email account and other highly classified information.   Continue reading “F.B.I. and Justice Dept. Said to Seek Charges for Petraeus”

RT

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is moving forward on a plan to ban city food establishments from using plastic foam containers because of the harm they cause the environment. The ban will leave restaurateurs and food vendors in a bind.

The ban would take effect this summer and fulfill an initiative begun under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg. New York would join other cities such as San Francisco, Seattle and Portland, which have banned plastic foam containers, made with polystyrene, for being a “first-class environmental nuisance.”   Continue reading “New York City moves to ban plastic foam containers”

RT

After a setback earlier this week, SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon9 rocket bound for the International Space Station (ISS) on a restocking mission. An attempt to land the potentially reusable rocket on a barge, however, failed.

The launch was conducted from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 in Florida at 4:50 AM (9:50 GMT) early Saturday.   Continue reading “SpaceX’s Dragon blasts off with Falcon rocket, reland attempt fails”

Mail.com

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say George Zimmerman, whose acquittal of murdering an unarmed black teen sparked a national debate on race and self-defense laws, has been arrested on an aggravated assault charge.

The Seminole County Sheriff’s Office says the 31-year-old Zimmerman was arrested in Lake Mary about 10 p.m. Friday and is being held at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility. The facility’s website says Zimmerman is scheduled for a court appearance at 9 a.m. Saturday.   Continue reading “George Zimmerman arrested on aggravated assault charge”

Mail.com

PARIS (AP) — French police on Saturday were hunting the widow of one of the slain suspects in a wave of attacks around Paris, considered dangerous herself and the possible key to helping authorities dismantle what could be a terrorist network.

Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, wed Amedy Coulibaly in an Islamic religious ceremony in July 2009 — a union not recognized by French law. Coulibaly was killed by police Friday, and a circular distributed by French police said Boumeddiene should be considered dangerous and potentially armed.   Continue reading “French police seek slain terror suspect’s widow”

Intellihub – by Shepard Ambellus

AUSTIN, Tex. (INTELLIHUB.COM) — Members of Come and Take It (CATI) Texas plan to exercise their god given rights by literally manufacturing firearms on the steps of the State Capitol Building, January 13.

The event will run from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and all gun rights activists and freedom lovers are welcome to attend in support of the Constitutional Open Carry Bill (H.B. 195) introduced by Rep. Jonathan Stickland.   Continue reading ““Come and Take It” Group Plans to Manufacture Firearms on Steps of Texas State Capitol”