Month: September 2015

RT

A man defended his First Amendment right to cursing the government, after a rude message he’d left on a paid speeding ticket got him arrested by a New York town. The defense discovered the town has a history of prosecuting people for cursing.

Three years later this Thursday, a federal court in New York finally conceded the remarks fell under the First Amendment, which the town violated by wrongfully charging William M. Barboza with ‘aggravated harassment.’   Continue reading “‘F*ck your town’ is free speech, court says after NY town detains man for speeding ticket reaction”

Last day to get in on the drawing!

#1 NWO Hatr and Mark Schumacher are sponsoring a drawing for From the Trenches World Report.

First prize provided by #1 is a Jaguar 175-lb. Crossbow. The crossbow is slightly used, in like new condition and comes with 9 bolts.   Continue reading “From the Trenches Drawing for Jaguar Crossbow and Compact Entrenching Tools”

ABC News

A van and SUV carrying three women and 13 children sat near the widening stream, waiting for the water to recede so they could cross back to their homes in a small, polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border.

But in an instant, flood waters engulfed them and the two vehicles were sucked downstream, bobbing in the turbulent water before they tumbled over an embankment. Only three children survived. Twelve of the 16 are dead. One is missing.   Continue reading “Flood waters trap hikers, carry away cars in Utah; 16 die”

USA Today – by Trevor Hughs

Someone deliberately severed two AT&T fiber optic cables in the Livermore, Calif. Monday night, the latest in a string of attacks against the Internet’s privately run backbone.

AT&T is offering a $250,000 reward in connection with the latest attacks. AT&T’s fiber optic network is legally considered a critical piece of the nation’s Internet infrastructure, and any attackers are subject to both state and federal prosecution. The FBI already has an open investigation into 14 similar attacks on California Internet backbones since last summer.   Continue reading “Attackers sever fiber-optic cables in San Francisco area, latest in a string”

CBS DFW

LEWISVILLE (CBSDFW.COM) – Two police officers explained that the workers at a North Texas fast food restaurant did not serve them Tuesday night because of the uniforms that they were wearing.

Officer Cameron Beckham and reserve deputy Michael Magovern were set to work overnight trafficsecurity at a construction area along Stemmons Freeway. But prior to the start of their shift, they stopped by a Whataburger location in Lewisville for a bite to eat.   Continue reading “Lewisville Whataburger “Don’t Serve Police””

Old Knowledge

An extensive list of E-Books (PDF format) of Old Knowledge in the way things were done 100+ years ago.

These books are a testimony of the skills, ingenuity and resolve of our fore fathers.

My Fathers motto “It CAN be done!” …rodev…

All these books are in Public Domain. Author of this list unknown!   Continue reading “List of e-books of old knowledge of 100+ years ago.”

Courthouse News Service – by Mike Heuer

RENO, Nev. (CN) – A federal judge stayed proceedings while the Ninth Circuit reviews an immunity claim by a Nevada Highway Patrol deputy chief who was found to have violated an officer’s First Amendment rights.

U.S. District Judge Larry Hicks entered summary judgment in July against Deputy Chief Kevin Tice, for telling officers not to speak publicly about unrest in the K9 program.   Continue reading “Cop’s Case Stayed for Ninth Circuit”

The Guardian – by Roger Hamilton-Martin

When a United Nations investigator reported the rape of a refugee in Sri Lanka, she did not expect the disclosure to force her into a decade-long legal battle with her employer.

Caroline Hunt-Matthes was ostracised and eventually ousted while on medical leave. She has still not secured redress after a decade fighting her case.   Continue reading “Ostracised, sacked … and even arrested: the fate of whistleblowers at the UN”

BBC  News

A 14-year-old boy was arrested by police in Texas after a homemade clock he wanted to show his school teachers was mistaken for a bomb.

Ahmed Mohamed told US media that he had made a clock at home and brought it into MacArthur High School in Irving to show his engineering teacher.

Another teacher saw it and, concerned it looked like a bomb, alerted school authorities who called the police.   Continue reading “Ahmed Mohamed, 14, arrested over clock mistaken for bomb”

RT

A Manhattan judge has allowed Ultra-Orthodox Jews to continue performing the religious slaughtering of chickens in the streets of New York City. The more-than-2,000-year-old ritual was challenged by animal rights group that called it “a public nuisance.”

The ruling by Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Debra James came on Monday and marked Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. It starts the 10-day period leading up to Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, the holiest day for Jews.    Continue reading “Orthodox Jews can continue chicken-killing ritual in Brooklyn – NYC judge”

RT

In the mind of State Department spokesman John Kirby, Russia should not back Syria against the terrorists, president Assad is to blame for ISIS, Iraq is much better off because of the US invasion, and it’s ‘absolutely astounding’ anyone would dare to disagree.

That is what the press briefing at the State Department on Tuesday amounted to in a nutshell. The retired US Navy admiral, now speaking on behalf of the US foreign ministry, repeatedly blamed Syrian president Bashar al-Assad for the very existence of Islamic State terrorists.   Continue reading “Blame Assad: The world according to State Department”

RT

A 15-year-old Philadelphia boy has been arrested over an alleged threat to launch a “homeland attack…targeting a foreign dignitary,” the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security said in a joint briefing. ABC News reported that the target was Pope Francis.

“The minor was inspired by [ISIS] and sought to conduct a detailed homeland attack which included multiple attackers, firearms and multiple explosives, targeting a foreign dignitary at a high-profile event,” read the brief, which was issued on August 14.   Continue reading “American teen arrested for alleged ISIS-style plot against Pope Francis”

Market Watch – by Sally French

Facebook is finally going to give you the ability to ”dislike” a post.

Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday in the Q&A portion of a “town hall“ event at Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., that the company FB, +0.64% is working on a dislike button to be tested on Facebook soon, according to a report from VentureBeat.   Continue reading “Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook is working on a ‘dislike’ button”

Cop Block – by Steven Thomas

Two Chatham County Sheriff’s deputies were indicted on perjury charges for lying during a grand jury proceeding in January. The Grand Jury was convened to investigate the death of Matthew Ajibade, who was in custody, and restrained, at the time of his death.

Deputies Jason Paul Kenny and Maxine Evans were previously indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges in the death of Ajibade. The manslaughter indictment states that Deputy Kenny used excessive force when he tasered Ajibade while he was restrained in a chair, killing him.   Continue reading “Two Deputies Indicted For Manslaughter And Perjury In Tasing Death”