freelinuxdistros primaryPC World – by Ian Paul, March 14, 2014

Windows XP’s refugees have two choices on April 8, when Microsoft stops supporting the decade-old operating system (for consumers, anyway). This is assuming a new PC with a new operating system (even Windows 7) is, for whatever reason, out of the question. They could cling desperately to their old Windows XP system and face what could be a hacker feeding frenzy, something we don’t recommend even if you take precautions. Or they could keep the old PC but install a new, free, and safe operating system—otherwise known as Linux.   Continue reading “Having IE problems? Consider Linux alternatives for Windows”

20150312Hagmann and Hagmann – by Daniel Hagmann

March 12, 2015:  Minutes after midnight this morning local time, shots rang out amid the presence of protestors and police in gathered outside of the police station in Ferguson, Missouri. Two police officers on duty from neighboring departments were seriously wounded. One 32 year-old officer from Webster Groves was shot in the face, and a 41 year-old officer from St. Louis County was shot in the shoulder. Whether by pure luck or poor or perhaps incredible marksmanship, thankfully, both officers are expected to survive.

But something smells bad about this incident. I suspect we are being “gamed” in a manner few have bothered to consider.   Continue reading “Who benefits from the Ferguson shooting?”

B9316457498Z_1_20150303080533_000_GBEA43KKC_1-0.jpgDetroit Free Press – by Kevin Grasha

LANSING – Two Lansing men face terrorism charges after prosecutors say they made death threats against law enforcement following the recent fatal shootings involving Eaton County deputies.

Both men have been charged in separate incidents with threatening “to commit an act of terrorism” — a felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison.   Continue reading “Alleged threats to police lead to terrorism charges”

gun showThe Real Revo – by Jim22

I’d probably say no. Where are all those guns going that have been sold since the 2008 election?

“Major survey shows gun ownership declining”

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans who live in a household with at least one gun is lower than it’s ever been, according to a major American trend survey that finds the decline in gun ownership is paralleled by a reduction in the number of Americans who hunt. Continue reading “If A Polling Service Asked You If You Kept Guns How Would You Answer?”

PHOTO: The St. Louis County Police posted images on their Facebook page of a bloodied police helmet on the ground after two police officers were shot outside of the Ferguson Police Department early March 12, 2015.ABC News

Two Missouri police officers shot overnight in Ferguson were released from the hospital this morning after sustaining non-threatening injuries following a night of renewed protests, the St. Louis County Police said in a Facebook post.

“Both were in serious condition before being released from Barnes Jewish Hospital,” the post read.

The cops, who have not been identified, were “lucky” they weren’t killed, St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar had said earlier today.   Continue reading “Ferguson Shooting: Police Officers Released From the Hospital”

Prodee UniversityLA Times – by Joseph Serna

Authorities arrested the operators of four Los Angeles-area trade schools for allegedly running an elaborate “pay-to-stay” scam in which foreign nationals used student visas to stay in the United States without actually going to school.

The schools appear to have tapped the booming Asian immigration population in Koreatown and the San Gabriel Valley. Authorities say the suspects took in $6 million a year in tuition payments.   Continue reading “Feds allege major immigration fraud in L.A. trade schools”

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The Daily Signal – by Kelsey Harkness

The Daily Signal has reported multiple cases where innocent small business owners believe they were unfairly targeted by the Justice Department’s controversial initiative known as Operation Choke Point.

Now, the agency it touting a case it says it got right.   Continue reading “Justice Department Takes Credit for Second Operation Choke Point Settlement”

The Daily Signal – by Brittany Corona

For the majority of states that adopted the Common Core national standards in 2010, this is the school year in which testing begins. And the haste with which Common Core was adopted and implemented has caused problems, adding to a host of concerns already surrounding Common Core.

In an article last month in Education Week magazine, reporter Liana Heitin reported that some Common Core expert reviewers felt rushed in their review of the standards. Heitin interviewed Hung-Shi Wu, professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a member of the Common Core development team. Wu concluded: “The amount of time given to the high school standards was definitely inadequate.”   Continue reading “Concerns Grow About Common Core Standards”

Truth Revolt – by Sarah Fisher

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms approved the use of powdered alcohol that can be mixed into drinks to create a refreshing adult beverage.

“The product, called Palcohol, had received the green light from the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau briefly last year before the bureau backtracked and said the label approvals had been given in error.”   Continue reading “Feds Approve Powdered Alcohol”

Cutting to the Chase When Choosing Axes for Self-Reliance | www.TheSurvivalSherpa.comSurvival Sherpa – by Todd Walker

I, an incurable Ax Junkie, hereby nominate the man or woman responsible for hafting a stone to the end of a stick as the first inductee in the Tool-User Hall of Fame. Second only to clubs, axes are possibly the oldest tool known to man. This wooden lever attached to a stone, a simple machine, was in use over 30,000 years ago revolutionizing not only our “survival kits”, but our destiny as tool-users!

anachronisim [uh–nak-ruh-niz-uh m] – a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

Continue reading “Cutting to the Chase When Choosing an Ax for Self-Reliance”

Marines stand outside, on the Polish submarine ORP SEP, during NATO Submarine Rescue Exercise Dynamic Monarch on Gdansk Bay, near Hel in the Baltic Sea (Reuters / Kacper Pempel)RT

Poland’s minister of defense has announced plans to buy Tomahawk cruise missiles for future submarines. With the conflict in neighboring Ukraine as a pretext, Warsaw is actively modernizing its armed forces with a focus on purchasing first-strike weapons.

Warsaw is ready to buy SLCM (Submarine-launched cruise missile) version of long-range Tomahawk missiles either directly from the US or from any other country ready to assist, Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak told Polish radio on Thursday.   Continue reading “Poland seeks to acquire submarine-based Tomahawk missiles”

Manuel VasquezMail.com

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Mexican Mafia hit man convicted of beating and strangling a San Antonio woman because she didn’t pay the gang’s 10 percent tax on her illegal drug sales was executed Wednesday evening.

The injection of Manuel Vasquez with a lethal dose of pentobarbital leaves Texas with enough of the powerful sedative to carry out only one more execution. Vasquez was the fourth Texas inmate put to death this year, and at least six are scheduled for execution in the coming weeks.   Continue reading “Texas executes gang hit man for killing woman over drug tax”

Dean SmartMail.com

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The triggerman in the Pamela Smart murder trial was granted parole Thursday, nearly 25 years after he killed his school instructor’s husband and launched a global spectacle packed with lurid details of sex and manipulation.

William Flynn was 16-year-old “Billy” in 1990 when he and three teenage friends carried out what prosecutors said was Pamela Smart’s plot to murder Gregg Smart. Flynn pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 28 years to life in prison, minus time served before trial.   Continue reading “Teen killer, Pamela Smart’s lover, is granted parole”

Two Secret Service agents are now facing investigation for allegations involving drunk driving.WND – by CHERYL CHUMLEY

Two high-ranking agents with the Secret Service are under fire for allegedly driving while drunk, and smashing their government vehicle into a White House barricade.

The Washington Post reported the Obama administration is investigating the pair. And Brian Leary with the Secret Service confirmed the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general is leading up the probe.   Continue reading “Secret Service agents face fire for alleged drunk driving”

IMG_3219Here is what I saw on the way to work this morning. They have been doing the “short run” spraying this morning. Notice the tandem planes I caught halfway to work. No denying they started and turned in tandem, and were at such a low altitude I could see the engine cowls on the fuselages – no contrails were they.

I have also noticed the brown haze of late – remember, we live in flat-land Indiana – no smog here, and it is too early in the season for it to be dust from field plowing operations (see last pic).   Continue reading “Indiana Chemtrails”