Month: May 2015

Free Beacon – by Elizabeth Harringon

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a regulation for Christmas lights on Monday, deeming some holiday decorations a “substantial product hazard.”

“The Consumer Product Safety Commission … is issuing a final rule to specify that seasonal and decorative lighting products that do not contain any one of three readily observable characteristics (minimum wire size, sufficient strain relief, or overcurrent protection), as addressed in a voluntary standard, are deemed a substantial product hazard under the Consumer Product Safety Act (“CPSA”),” the final rule said.   Continue reading “Feds Will Regulate Christmas Lights”

Judicial Watch

(Washington, DC) – Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained records from the U.S. Department of the Air Force revealing that Michelle Obama’s weekend trip to Aspen, Colorado, in February cost American taxpayers $57,068.80 in travel expenses alone for the 7.4-hour round-trip flight. While President Obama flew to California to play golf, speak at a cyber-security summit, and headline a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee, the First Lady and her daughters spent Valentine’s Day weekend skiing in Aspen, returning to the White House on February 16.   Continue reading “Records Obtained by Judicial Watch Reveal Michelle Obama’s Weekend Ski Trip in February Cost More than $57,000 in Transportation Expenses Alone”

ABC News

A Los Alamos National Laboratory employee was in critical condition Monday after being burned in an accident that also sent eight other workers at the nuclear weapons research facility to the hospital.

Lab spokesman Kevin Roark confirmed the accident happened Sunday while the employees were doing preventative maintenance at an electrical substation that provides power to the lab’s Neutron Science Center.   Continue reading “Nuclear Weapons Lab Worker Seriously Burned in Accident”

Fox News – by Jennifer Griffin

New concerns are being raised that the nation’s electrical grid and critical infrastructure are increasingly vulnerable to a catastrophic foreign attack — amid speculation over whether officials are eyeing a former Cold War bunker, inside a Colorado mountain, as a “shield” against such a strike.

North American Aerospace Defense Command is looking for ways to protect itself in the event of a massive electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, attack — a deliberate burst of energy that could disrupt the electrical grid and cripple NORAD’s ability to defend the nation.    Continue reading “Military eyeing former Cold War mountain bunker as ‘shield’ against EMP attack?”

McClatchy DC – by James Rosen

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon has a message for Texas: chill.

Defense officials Monday dismissed as “wild speculation” an Internet-fueled claim that a massive summertime exercise called Jade Helm 15 for special operations commandos is a covert operation by President Barack Obama to take over Texas.

That claim was given legitimacy by Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott’s order last week for the Texas State Guard to monitor the exercises.   Continue reading “Pentagon: Texas has nothing to fear from upcoming military exercise”

ABC News – by Curt Anderson

Investigators do not need a search warrant to obtain cellphone tower location records in criminal prosecutions, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a closely-watched case involving the rules for changing technology.

The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, overturning a three-judge panel of the same court, concluded that authorities properly got 67 days’ worth of records from MetroPCS for Miami robbery suspect Quartavious Davis using a court order with a lower burden of proof.   Continue reading “Court: Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Not Illegal Search”

Politico – by EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE

If you want to hear the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal the Obama administration is hoping to pass, you’ve got to be a member of Congress, and you’ve got to go to classified briefings and leave your staff and cellphone at the door.

If you’re a member who wants to read the text, you’ve got to go to a room in the basement of the Capitol Visitor Center and be handed it one section at a time, watched over as you read, and forced to hand over any notes you make before leaving.   Continue reading “Extreme secrecy eroding support for Obama’s trade pact”

Oh boy, I can hear the gun control freaks ringing up their legislation as we speak.

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On May 2 Demetrius Blackwell allegedly shot New York Police Department Officer Brian Moore in the head, and Moore succumbed to his injuries on May 4.

The gun used in the attack against Moore was stolen.   Continue reading “NYPD Officer Brian Moore Killed With Stolen Gun”

IB Times – by Mugdha Variyar

Charlie Hebdo magazine’s editor and another journalist have distanced themselves from the Prophet cartoon contest in Texas that came under attack by two gunmen on Sunday, stating that they were against racism.

Gerard Biard, editor of the magazine whose staff members were gunned down by two gunmen in January, said Charlie Hebdo had ‘nothing to do’ with the people behind the controversial ‘Draw the Prophet’ contest.    Continue reading “Texas Attack: Charlie Hebdo Cartoonists Distance Themselves from Pamela Geller’s ‘Draw the Prophet’ Contest”

NJ.com – by Ashley Peskoe

HOLMDEL — A middle school and high school were placed in lock down Tuesday morning after a possible hoax report, police said.

In a post on Twitter, Holmdel police said the possible swatting incident happened at The William R. Satz School and both that middle school and Holmdel High School were placed in lockdown.   Continue reading “2 schools in lockdown after possible swatting incident, police say”

KREM 2 News

KOOTENAI COUNTY, Idaho – The Idaho State Police are investigating a shooting that left a Coeur d’Alene police officer in critical condition early Tuesday morning.

Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White speaking at the press conference said, at approximately 1:35 a.m. Tuesday morning, Sergeant Greg Moore was shot at the 2800 block of West Wilbur Ave.

Moore is in “very critical condition” at Kootenai Health, and is fighting for his life, according to White.   Continue reading “Coeur d’Alene officer in critical condition after shooting”

Think Progress – by NATASHA GEILING

As California farmers face a fourth year of the state’s historic drought, they’re finding water in unexpected places — like Chevron’s Kern River oil field, which has been selling recycled wastewater from oil production to farmers in California’s Kern County. Each day, Chevron recycles and sells 21 million gallons of wastewater to farmers, which is then applied on about 10 percent of Kern County’s farmland. And while some praise the program as a model for dealing with water shortages, environmental groups are raising concerns about the water’s safety, according to a recent story in the Los Angeles Times.   Continue reading “California Farmers Are Watering Their Crops With Oil Wastewater”

Church Militant – by Christine Miles

ONTARIO, Canada, May 5, 2015 (ChurchMilitant.com) – Parents all across Ontario Canada kept their children home from school Monday in protest against the province’s controversial new sex education program.

Kathleen Wynne, the lesbian premier of Ontario, unveiled the new curriculum earlier this year, and the public outcry was immediate. The revised curriculum includes even more explicit language than the previous sex ed curriculum, including discussion of homosexuality, sodomy, masturbation, and other graphic sex acts that will be introduced to children. It also promotes condoms and birth control pills. A new element in the program includes “gender expression,” along with a greater emphasis on sex being a purely recreational activity. The words “love” and “marriage” are not mentioned once in the entire sex ed curriculum.   Continue reading “Parents Protest Sex Ed Program Overseen by Convicted Child Pornographer”

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Otto was shot four times and died on 4/29/15, when Wyckoff, NJ Police Department responded to the wrong address to take a report of a property damage on a neighbor’s house. The officer entered the backyard of the incorrect home and became startled when Otto entered the yard barking, causing him to fire four shots, hitting the dog twice. The police have tried to cover-up this act of negligence as self-defense against an “attack” during an investigation of a “burglary” – witnesses and evidence prove otherwise. See for yourself if he was an attack dog.   Continue reading “R.I.P. Otto – Killed by Wyckoff, NJ Police”

Sent to us by TheRev.

Last Wednesday a passenger in a taxi heading for Midway airport, leaned over to ask the driver a question and gently tapped him on the shoulder to get his attention.

The driver screamed, lost control of the cab, nearly hit a bus, drove up over the curb and stopped just inches from a large plate window.

For a few moments everything was silent in the cab.   Continue reading “First Day”

Here we go with the ISIS fearmongering crap. How predictable. Another FBI false flag plot.

Yahoo News – by MAAMOUN YOUSSEF

CAIRO (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a weekend attack at a center near Dallas, Texas, that was exhibiting cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad — though it offered no evidence of a direct link to the attackers.   Continue reading “IS claims responsibility for Texas cartoon attack”