Month: July 2015

Mail.com

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A cross-country road trip got derailed for a former CNN anchor and her husband after a would-be robber forced his way into their motel room and a shootout ensued.

Lynne Russell told reporters Wednesday that her husband, Chuck de Caro, decided to stop at a Motel 6 on Albuquerque’s western edge because they were tired after a long day of traveling. When she went out to the car to get something and returned to the room, a man was at the door with a handgun.   Continue reading “Robber killed in shootout with ex-anchor’s husband at motel”

Mail.com

MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — 7:30 a.m.

A fire official says about 5,000 people and several businesses are being evacuated in a 2-mile radius around a train derailment and fire in eastern Tennessee. Blount County Fire Department Lt. Johnny Leatherwood says a call came in about the derailment at 11:50 p.m. Wednesday. At least one CSX train car carrying a flammable and toxic gas derailed and caught fire. Leatherwood says the fire was still burning at 6:05 a.m. Thursday.   Continue reading “Tennessee toxic train fire: 5000 residents evacuated”

The Organic Prepper

Sometimes people think that a sumer power outage is easier to deal with than a winter one. After all, in the summer, you don’t have to worry about freezing to death, which is a very real threat during a long-lasting winter outage.

However, a summer power outage carries its own set of problems. Foremost are heat-related illnesses and the higher potential of spoilage for your food.   Continue reading “How to Prep for a Summer Power Outage”

CNBC – by Richard Waters

A technician was killed by a robot at a Volkswagen plant near Kassel, Germany on Wednesday, in a rare accident that touches on concerns about the spread of automation and its impact on jobs.

The 21-year-old contractor was working with a colleague to install the machine when he was struck in the chest by the equipment and pressed against a metal plate. He later died of his injuries.   Continue reading “Worker at Volkswagen plant killed in robot accident”

Most seniors never get enough exercise. In His wisdom God decreed that seniors become forgetful so they would have to search for their glasses, keys and other things thus doing more walking.

And God looked down and saw that it was good.

Then God saw there was another need.  In His wisdom He made seniors lose coordination so they would drop things requiring them to bend, reach & stretch.   Continue reading “The grand plan of life”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Police and FBI officials gave the “all clear” signal at the Washington Navy Yard on Thursday, two hours after reports raised fears of an active shooter at the facility, media reported.

Police said streets have re-opened, according to CNN. FBI officials said they have given the “all clear” at the yard, the local CBS affiliate said.   Continue reading “Authorities report ‘all clear’ at Washington Navy Yard: media”

Yahoo News

DC police are responding to reports of an active shooter at the Washington Navy Yard Thursday morning. Few details about the ongoing incident have been confirmed, including whether there are any victims, but the U.S. Navy tweeted just before 8 a.m. that the facility was on lockdown.   Continue reading “Washington Navy Yard on lockdown as police respond to reports of active shooter”

Warden: do you have a permit for all these fish?

Man: no sir. These are all my pet fish.

Warden: your pet fish? How’s that?

Man: well, every night I take all my pet fish for a walk to the lake, I let them swim for about half hour and then I whistle and they all come back and jump in my basket and we go home. We do this every night.   Continue reading “A man get stopped by a game warden with his basket full of fish.”

CBS Denver

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CBS4)– A Colorado Springs man was arrested after police believe he left racist messages outside a church.

Vincent Broughton, 44, who is black, is facing charges for committed a bias-motivated crime and disorderly conduct.   Continue reading “Black Suspect Arrested After Racist Message Discovered Outside Predominately Black Church”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

U.S. law enforcement agencies rank the threat of violence from anti-government  extremists higher than the threat from radicalized Muslims, according to a report released Thursday by the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security (TCTHS).

The report, “Law Enforcement Assessment of the Violent Extremism Threat,” was based on survey research by Charles Kurzman, professor of sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and David Schanzer, director of TCTHS and associate professor of the practice at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy.   Continue reading “Study Shows U.S. Police Far More Concerned About “Anti-Government” Domestic Extremists than Al-Qaeda”

The International Libertarian – by Darren Wolfe

My recent article “Islands, Churches, and Guns” was met with a ridiculous criticism that gun rights advocates have left unrefuted for far too long. Namely, the idea that it’s only legitimate to compare the US murder rate to that of other developed countries. When one does compare the US to that cherry picked group the US looks, for the most part, bad. This false point is why gun rights haters try to limit the comparison. Continue reading “Murder Rates: Why Comparing The United States Only To Other Developed Countries Is Deceitful”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

Just one day after Turkey’s announcement of plans to invade Syria by implementing a “no-fly zone” or “buffer zone,” Jordan has now announced that it is considering doing the same.

According to a report by the Financial Timespublished on Monday, the Jordanians also plan to implement a “buffer zone” on the southern border with Syria, stretching across the provinces of Deraa and Suwayda. The “buffer zone” would most likely include the city of Deraa and, like the Turkish incarnation, a “militarized zone” to “separate the buffer area from government forces.”
Continue reading “Now Jordan Announces Plans To Invade Syria”