RT

Two former Georgia police officers are facing murder charges for tasing an unarmed man at least 13 times while he was handcuffed. The man died following the confrontation.

The indictment, filed Monday, charges former East Point Police Sgt. Marcus Eberhart, 41, and former Cpl. Howard Weems, 49, over the April 2014 death of 24-year-old Gregory Towns Jr.   Continue reading “2 Georgia ex-cops face murder charges for tasing handcuffed man at least 13 times”

Mail.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bud Yorkin, a director and producer who helped forge a new brand of topical TV comedy with the 1970s hit “All in the Family,” died Tuesday, a family spokesman said. He was 89.

Yorkin died at his home in the Bel Air area of Los Angeles of natural causes, Jeff Sanderson said. Yorkin, who started as a writer and director in the early days of TV, made his biggest mark after joining writer-producer Norman Lear to form Tandem Productions.   Continue reading “‘All in the Family’ producer Bud Yorkin dies at 89”

Mail.com

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three men missing following an Alaska landslide are presumed dead and the search will be a “body recovery effort,” an official said late Tuesday.

A landslide described as a sea of logs, mud and debris is believed to have trapped the three who were missing from a neighborhood in the Alaska coastal town of Sitka. Sitka fire spokeswoman Sara Peterson said that crews were not able to dig at the site Tuesday because of unstable terrain.   Continue reading “Official: 3 men missing in Alaska landslide presumed dead”

Mail.com

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Longtime Subway pitchman Jared Fogle is expected to plead guilty to child-pornography charges, an Indiana television station reported Tuesday.

The report on Fox59 comes six weeks after authorities seized electronics and other items from Fogle’s home in Zionsville, an affluent Indianapolis suburb. Citing sources it did not identify, the station said Fogle would enter a plea Wednesday. It also said the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Indianapolis planned to hold a news conference Wednesday.   Continue reading “Ex-Subway pitchman to admit to child-porn charges”

The Last Refuge – by Sundance

When no-one was paying attention a road map was created to elect Jeb Bush – LEARN MORE HERE –  “Tripwires”:

♦ This is why the RNC/GOPe machine hid their changes to campaign finance inside the December 2014 Continuing Resolution (CROmnibus) budget bill when no-one was paying attention.   Continue reading “Defeating The GOPe Road Map – A Message to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz Supporters….”

WTKR – by CNN Wire

NEW YORK — Flamethrowers were gruesome weapons of war and so controversial that the U.S. military stopped using them after Vietnam.

But as crazy as it may sound, they are available for sale to the public.

A Cleveland startup called Throwflame is selling flamethrowers for $1,599 that can shoot fire for 50 feet. Another company, Ion Productions Team of Detroit, is selling $900 flamethrowers that can eject flames for 25 feet. Both companies started selling them this year.   Continue reading “Flamethrowers – given up by the military – are now being sold to the public”

Selous Scouts – by John Early (Captain)

Sweat stings tired, dust-filled eyes. Adrenaline throbs like an electric river through your body as you search the near by bush. Every nerve feels for the enemy you know is there — somewhere.

Your unit has been ambushed and the guerrillas have broken contact and fled. At least, that’s what you think. If your unit is lucky or well-trained or both, you may have few or no casualties and your blood is up to get the bastards.   Continue reading “Combat Tracking Techniques: How to Track Your Enemy.”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

Who says there’s no affordable housing in NYC or San Francisco?

A couple of weeks ago, I published an article titled, The Rent is Too Damn High – San Fran Residents Pay $1,000 a Month to Live in Shipping Containers. Here’s an excerpt:   Continue reading “Strapped for Cash in NYC? You Can Now Sleep in a Taxi or Van for $39 a Night”

CBS New York

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — With crime up 26 percent in Central Park this year the Guardian Angels have resumed crime patrols for the first time in 20 years.

The park is a whole lot safer than it was two decades ago, but still the increase in robberies and other crimes this year has Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa calling it a “mugger’s delight” and he wants Mayor Bill de Blasio to do something about it, CBS2’s Marcia Kramer reported Monday.   Continue reading “Guardian Angels Back Patrolling Central Park, Demand De Blasio Do Something About Crime”

Sputnik

The terrorist network Islamic State (ISIL) is financed through illegal oil sales and makes a profit of about three million dollars a day. NATO members, including Turkey, the US and the United Kingdom tolerate the terrorists’ oil smuggling activities, DWN reported.

Close allies of the United States and the UK secretly finance the terrorist group Islamic State (ISIL). The Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq and the Turkish military intelligence have supported ISIL’s oil smuggling activities and supplied the terrorist group with weapons and equipment, DWN reported.   Continue reading “NATO Members Involved in ISIL’s Oil-Smuggling Activities – German Media”

AOL

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two women have now passed the Army’s grueling Ranger test, and even tougher and more dangerous jobs could lie ahead. The military services are poised to allow women to serve in most front-line combat jobs, including special operations forces, senior officials told The Associated Press.

Based on early talks, officials say the Army, Navy and Air Force likely will not seek exceptions that close any jobs to women. Marine Corps leaders, they say, have expressed concerns about allowing women to serve in infantry jobs and yet may seek an exception.   Continue reading “Officials: Military likely to open most combat jobs to women”

Independent – by Kashmira Gander

In the White House’s latest move to promote LGBT equality, the Obama administration has hired its first openly transgender staff member.

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan’s appointment in the Office of Personnel as the outreach and recruitment director was announced on Tuesday.

The move is made doubly ground-breaking by the fact that Freedman-Gurspan is originally from Honduras, and grew up in Brookline, Massachusetts, according to the Associated Press.    Continue reading “Raffi Freedman-Gurspan: White House hires first transgender member of staff”

WGNO

TERREBONNE PARISH, La. (WGNO) – The dangerous brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, was found in Terrebonne Parish, the parish’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness announced on Facebook Monday.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH) notified local officials Monday of the amoeba in at least one hydrant as a result of sample testing on August 5, 2015.   Continue reading “Deadly brain-eating amoeba found in Terrebonne Parish”