Month: May 2015

The Independent

Patch.com – by Deb Belt

As a national debate continues on whether its responsible parenting to let kids walk home alone from a park, supporters plan to take their kids to neighborhood parks May 9 and leave them there.

Parents across the country are being urged to head to parks Saturday at 10 a.m., meet other families, and then, left their children walk home unaccompanied if the parents deem them old enough and responsible enough for the journey.   Continue reading “Parents Nationwide Urged to Take Kids to Park, Leave Them”

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KCRA – by David Bienick

FAIR OAKS, Calif. (KCRA) —Feather are flying over a proposal to ban roosters in the unincorporated areas of Sacramento County.

But county leaders said the proposal has been largely misunderstood.   Continue reading “Proposed rooster ban ruffles feathers in Sacramento County”

CBC News

Police arrested a 17-year-old and accused him of plotting to detonate three homemade bombs in the Australian city of Melbourne, officials said on Saturday, in the latest terrorism scare involving a teenager.

The teen was arrested on Friday afternoon in a joint federal-state police counterterrorism operation at his home in the upmarket suburb of Greenvale where the explosive devices were found, Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan said. The state police bomb squad rendered the devices safe, he said.   Continue reading “Australian police arrest teen accused of plotting to detonate bombs”

Fox News

WASHINGTON –  A North Carolina veteran very much alive is fighting for his life following a clerical error that resulted in his family getting a document from the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense stating he had died.

The notices, along with the government’s condolences, came with two checks to help pay for burial costs for Robert Pressley — but because the system now says Pressley is deceased, his benefits reportedly have been terminated.   Continue reading “VA claims living veteran is dead, sends burial check, cuts benefits”

Off the Grid News

To read the initial story about the family, click here. 

The off-grid, homeschool mother of the 10 children who were seized has spoken out on Facebook in defense of her family’s self-sufficient life – and she’s receiving plenty of support.

Nicole Naugler noted that her Facebook friends climbed from just under 2,000 to 8,000 in less than 24 hours (it’s now at 11,000), and she expressed gratitude for those who have been praying for her and even financially helping her family. She said she’s “overwhelmed.”   Continue reading “UPDATE: ‘Kentucky 10’ Mom Fights Back Against Bullies Criticizing Her Off-Grid Life”

Suburban Bushwacker

I know you want one, you know you want one. There are a lot of great reasons to buy an air rifle, lets have a look at them.

All the best shooters got their start with pellet pushers.

The slow recoil and low exit speeds of ‘springers’ amplify user error, when you can get it right with a spring powered gun you’ll be ahead of the game with a PCP, rim fire, or centre fire rifle.    Continue reading “Reasons For Buying An Air Rifle”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea greeted a U.S. diplomatic overture with a fresh show of force, seemingly testing the Obama administration’s resolve for new nuclear talks.

After three years of diplomatic deadlock, the U.S. appears open to preliminary discussions to assess North Korea’s intentions and the prospects of ridding the country of nuclear weapons. Then came Saturday’s claim that North Korea successfully test-fired a newly developed ballistic missile from a submarine. Not long after that announcement, South Korean officials said the North fired three anti-ship cruise missiles into the sea off its east coast.   Continue reading “Show of North Korean force sets back US diplomatic overture”

Mail.com

MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberia is now free of Ebola after going 42 days — twice the maximum incubation period for the deadly disease — without any new cases, the World Health Organization announced Saturday.

While celebrating the milestone, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf told The Associated Press the damage wrought by the worst Ebola outbreak in history is “a scar on the conscience of the world.” For some survivors, she said, “the pain and grief will take a generation to heal.”   Continue reading “Liberia is free of Ebola, says World Health Organization”

Mail.com

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A jury found a Utah teenager guilty Saturday in a 50-mile crime spree that left one sheriff’s deputy dead and another wounded.

Meagan Grunwald, 18, was desperately in love with her much older boyfriend and would do anything to stay with him, including driving a speeding getaway car in the three-county chase, prosecutors say. The teenager tearfully told a jury she was too afraid to stop driving when the man she loved turned the gun on her and threatened to kill her family.   Continue reading “Jury finds Utah teen guilty in sheriff’s deputy’s death”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

When contemplating the purpose of the JADE HELM military exercises being planned on U.S. soil — with Texas being declared by the military a “hostile territory” — it’s important to wipe your memory clean so that you don’t remember all the times we’ve been lied to by the establishment.

JADE HELM may or may not be a practice run for martial law in America, but with JADE HELM Memory Wipes, who cares? Continue reading “Hey sheeple! Don’t forget to use your JADE HELM Memory Wipes to erase any memory of freedom in America”

Natural Society – by Robert Harrington

Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) have been used in a variety of products for many decades. It is well worth repeating that one of the more dangerous variants of PFASs that was formerly found in Teflon until it was replaced by a similar substance which may also be toxic. But that’s not the only place it’s found.

This has been the case with a variety of other toxic chemicals in use today whose substitutes have been determined to be even more harmful than the original one. The real problem with PFASs is that they are now found in a good number of popular and commonly used products.   Continue reading “PFAS: ‘Chemicals in Cell Phones, Pizza Boxes, Backpacks Said to be Health Threat’”

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Daily Mail – by Evan Bleier

A Colorado man who fired nearly 70 bullets from an AK-47 at police officers and sheriff’s deputies on Independence Day in 2012 was sentenced to 736 years in prison by a judge on Friday.

Lonnie James Pebley, 43, opened fire on 27 Castle Rock police officers and Douglas County Sheriff’s Deputies from his home in Castle Rock during one of biggest shootouts in county history.   Continue reading “736 years in prison for man who sprayed hail of AK-47 bullets at cops after they shot his dogs”

Forbes – by Jacob Sullum

Last week the Texas House of Representatives unanimously approved a bill that requires police officers to obtain a warrant before probing the anuses and vaginas of motorists during traffic stops. The fact that the bill was deemed necessary speaks volumes about the way the war on drugs has eroded our Fourth Amendment rights and encouraged cops to inflict outrageous indignities on people they suspect of violating pharmacological taboos.

How often do Texas cops decide to perform body cavity searches on people they pull over for routine traffic offenses? More often than you might think. Looking for the case that gave rise to this bill, I immediately found three cases, all involving young women suspected of marijuana possession.   Continue reading “The War On Drugs Now Features Roadside Sexual Assaults By Cops”

AL.com – by Joe Songer

Congressman Mike Rogers from Alabama’s 3rd congressional district included his amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2016  to allow the Army to transfer its surplus vintage firearms to the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP).

The NDAA passed out of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and is expected to come up for debate on the House floor later this month.   Continue reading “Civilian Marksmanship Program may get surplus M1911A1 pistols and other firearms from the Army”