Month: February 2015

Other Words – by Jim Hightower

“Do the crime, do the time,” goes the old saying.

Unless, of course, the criminals are corporate executives. In those cases, the culprits are practically always given a “Get Out of Jail Free” card.

Even the corporate crimes that produce horrible injuries, illnesses, and deaths are routinely settled by fines and payoffs. There’s often no punishment at all for the honchos who oversee what amount to crime-for-profit syndicates.   Continue reading “An Escape Hatch for Corporate Cons”

The Daily Sheeple – by Prof Michel Chossudovsky

Since August 2014, the US Air Force with the support of a coalition of 19 countries has relentlessly waged an intensified air campaign against Syria and Iraq allegedly targeting  the Islamic State brigades.  

According to Defense News, over 16,000 airstrikes were carried out from August 2014 to mid January 2015.  Sixty percent of the air strikes were conducted by the US Air Force using advanced jet fighter and bombing capabilities  (Aaron Mehta, “A-10 Performing 11 Percent of Anti-ISIS Sorties”. Defense News, January 19, 2015.)   Continue reading “Obama’s “Fake War” Against the Islamic State (ISIS)”

Scott.net – by John W. Whitehead

“The Fourth Amendment was designed to stand between us and arbitrary governmental authority. For all practical purposes, that shield has been shattered, leaving our liberty and personal integrity subject to the whim of every cop on the beat, trooper on the highway and jail official. The framers would be appalled.”—Herman Schwartz, The Nation

Continue reading “Forced blood draws, DNA collection and biometric scans: What country is this?”

The Liberty Beacon 

Though a federal court has blocked President Obama’s amnesty order the administration continues working behind the scenes to quickly award multi-million-dollar contracts to firms that can expeditiously process millions of illegal immigrants, a government source has alerted Judicial Watch.

The complex deal is being rushed through at a “full-throttle pace” extremely rare for such a huge venture  that’s sure to radically change the current system, according to JW’s source, who has worked for decades as a contract expert at the highest levels of government.   Continue reading “What Court Order? DHS Rushing Amnesty Contracts at “Full-Throttle Pace””

Have you ever been guilty of looking at others your own age and thinking, surely I can’t look that old.   Well . . . you’ll love this one.

My name is Alice, and I was sitting in the waiting room for my first appointment with a new dentist.

I noticed his DDS diploma on the wall, which bore his full name. Suddenly, I remembered a tall, handsome, dark-haired boy with the same name had been in my high school class some 40-odd years ago.      Continue reading “Old Age”

KVOA 4 News – by Steve Nunez

BISBEE, AZ — Bisbee Police say a moving truck filled with 4,700 pounds of marijuana lead officers to a house in Naco, Arizona, where ICE and Border Patrol agents made another significant discovery.

Police say they first pulled over a man driving a moving truck along Highway 92 and Wilson Road late last night.

The driver gave officers permission to search the vehicle. That’s when officers discovered more than 200 bundles of marijuana packed inside of the moving truck. The pot has a street value of about $3 million.   Continue reading “Bisbee Police make $3 million marijuana bust; 2 people arrested”

Sputnik

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) began an inspection on one of its containment vessels after one of its units at Summer Nuclear Station in South Carolina was reported damaged, according to the NRC statement.

“The Nuclear Regulatory Commission began a special inspection today of inadvertent damage to the containment vessel during construction at Unit 2 of the Summer nuclear plant,” the NRC statement read on Monday.   Continue reading “US Nuclear Commission Launch Investigation of Damaged Containment Vessel”

RT

At least five drones were spotted flying over the center of Paris with police unable to find who is operating them. The pilotless aircraft were previously sighted near the presidential palace and nuclear plants in what is becoming a recurring problem.

The sightings of the drones come at a time when security has been heightened in the French capital following last month’s terrorist attacks, which killed 17 people. In previous months, they have also been witnessed near strategically important facilities, like nuclear power plants and nuclear submarine bases.   Continue reading “US Embassy, Eiffel Tower: Unknown drones buzz Paris landmarks”

Huffington Post – by JUAN A. LOZANO

HOUSTON (AP) — Evidence from more than 6,600 rape kits that went untested for years in Houston have turned up 850 hits in the FBI’s nationwide database of DNA profiles, marking a major step in the city’s $6 million effort to address the backlog, officials announced Monday.

Charges have been filed against 29 people, six of whom have been convicted, since the city launched an effort in 2013 to test 6,663 rape kits — some of which dated back nearly three decades. Testing was completed in the fall, and the results have now been uploaded to a database used by investigators nationwide to compare DNA profiles of possible suspects, Mayor Annise Parker said.   Continue reading “850 DNA Matches In FBI Database After Houston Clears Rape Kit Backlog”

American Free Press, October 14, 2011

AFP PODCAST

In the first ever interview of its kind, AMERICAN FREE PRESS speaks with the police officer responsible for arresting the “Dancing Israelis” on September 11, 2001, who were caught filming and celebrating while the World Trade Center burned and people died.   Continue reading “9-11 Cop Who Arrested Dancing Israelis Speaks”

Sent to us by the author, SomeAnonymousGuy

I’ve been watching earthquake activity in Japan for a couple years now. The reason for that is that I expect a huge earthquake any time. I also expect that to signal ‘The Day’ for which everyone has been keeping an eye out. The day when all the rules go out the window, and it’s every man for himself.

I had always expected that quake to be a natural occurrence.

Along the way, though, something curious has cropped up, and I’m beginning to think the ‘Big One’ may turn out to be man-made when it occurs.   Continue reading “Is Japan Being Extorted?”

Yahoo News – by Josh Lederman

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defying the Republican-run Congress, President Barack Obama rejected a bill Tuesday to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, wielding his veto power for only the third time in his presidency.

Obama offered no indication of whether he’ll eventually issue a permit for the pipeline, whose construction has become a flashpoint in the U.S. debate about environmental policy and climate change. Instead, Obama sought to reassert his authority to make the decision himself, rebuffing GOP lawmakers who will control both the House and Senate for the remainder of the president’s term.   Continue reading “Defying GOP, Obama vetoes Keystone XL pipeline bill”

Ammoland

Fairfax, VA –-(Ammoland.com)-  Last Thursday, February 19 2015, the House Committee on Judiciary passed House Bill 1857, sponsored by Laurie Jinkins (D-27), with an amendment by a narrow 7 to 6 vote.

This bill has since been referred to the House Committee on General Government and Information Technology and has been scheduled for executive action on Wednesday, February 25, at 8:00 am.   Continue reading “Washington: Radical Anti-Gun Bill Passes First Committee by One Vote”

The Guardian

The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.

The facility, a nondescript warehouse on Chicago’s west side known as Homan Square, has long been the scene of secretive work by special police units. Interviews with local attorneys and one protester who spent the better part of a day shackled in Homan Square describe operations that deny access to basic constitutional rights.   Continue reading “The disappeared: Chicago police detain Americans at abuse-laden ‘black site’”

Reason – by Ed Krayewski

Four years ago cops from the King’s County Sheriff’s Office and the state Department of Corrections (DOC) in Washington busted into the home of Dustin Theoharis and shot the unarmed man 16 times as he lay in bed. Theoharis had at least a dozen surgeries but survived. He sued the county, settling for $3 million, and has also sued the DOC.

Both the county and the department have ruled the shootings justified, despite the lack of a firearm and the fact that the two cops shot a man 16 times as he lay in bed. Earlier this month a judge ruled Theoharis’ excessive force lawsuit against the DOC could move forward, citing the cops’ questionable testimony (they didn’t provide a statement for weeks after the shooting).   Continue reading “Prosecutors: Not Enough Evidence Cops Who Shot Unarmed Man 16 Times As He Lay In Bed Acted With ‘Malice’”

DC Clothesline – by Steven Ahle

The UN wants substantial regulatory control over what can be broadcast on your TV. Relax, they are doing it for the kids, right?  The UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to seek the oversight on what commercials for food aimed at kids can be aired.
And after that they could cancel all cooking shows and Paula Deen would be taken off the air.  Oh, wait.  The liberals already got to her.  Rachael Ray then.  And TV shows would have to keep away from food.   Continue reading “The UN Seeks Control Over What is Broadcast on American TV”

CBS Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Republican state lawmaker says the al-Shabaab threat against the Mall of America means gun holders with permits should be able to take their weapons into the mall.

It currently has a “no guns allowed” policy, with mall officials claiming the entire facility is private property. State Representative Tony Cornish is the chair of the House Public Safety Committee.   Continue reading “Lawmaker Challenging Mall Of America’s Gun Policy After Threat”