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The Hill – by Mike Lillis and Peter Schroeder
House lawmakers in both parties joined forces Wednesday to pass a sweeping budget deal that marks both a parting victory for outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and a valedictory gift for his likely replacement, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
The final vote was 266 to 167, with 79 Republicans joining every Democrat in sealing passage. Ryan was among the supporters. Continue reading “House approves budget deal in big 266-167 vote”
LA Times – by Veronica Rocha and Matt Hamilton
A Kern County sheriff’s deputy arrested this weekend for allegedly aiming a handgun at children was arrested again Tuesday evening and then managed to escape, prompting a manhunt in Bakersfield, authorities said.
Days after Edward Tucker, a deputy for more than 18 years, was arrested and then released after allegedly flashing a handgun at a group of girls, a person asked for a welfare check on him, said Kern County sheriff’s office spokesman Ray Pruitt said. Continue reading “Central California deputy escapes from custody after 2nd arrest, prompting manhunt”
Philly.com – by DAVID GAMBACORTA
QUESTIONS over the death of a man who was tased early yesterday by a transit cop prompted SEPTA officials to release video footage and police radio calls that were connected to the incident.
Those pieces of evidence did not add up to a full explanation of how the man died. But they were released all the same in a bid to be as transparent about the case as possible, SEPTA Police Chief Tom Nestel said during a news conference at the agency’s Center City headquarters. Continue reading “Man dies after struggle with SEPTA cop”
Two days ago we reported that the saga of Rohit Bansal, Goldman’s “leaker” at the Fed is coming to a close with the announcement of a criminal case filed against Goldman’s deep throat who had previously spent 7 years at the NY Fed, and was about to spend some time in prison, and who had been providing Goldman with confidential information sourced from his contact at the NY Fed for months, as a result of which Goldman would be charged a penalty. Continue reading “The Full Details Of How Goldman Criminally Obtained Confidential Information From The New York Fed”
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Tuesday at the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Chair John McCain grilled Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter.
During questioning, Carter admitted that neither Russia, nor the Syrian Army has targeted none of the US-trained terrorists. Continue reading “US Admits that Russia Has Not Attacked The US-trained Terrorist “Assets””
Detroit Free Press – by Susan Tompor
Retired truck driver Jerry Deaton, 69, says every time he received his monthly Teamsters pension check, he would get the chills and worry how much money he could lose in the future given all the rumors.
On Monday, he got the answer he dreaded: His pension could be slashed by roughly half.
His $2,700 a month pension is targeted to be cut to around $1,317 a month as of July 1, 2016, as part of a massive proposed rescue of the troubled Teamsters Central States Pension Fund. Continue reading “Pension checks to be cut in half for Teamsters retirees”
Liberty Fight – by Martin Hill
In case you missed it, Dr. Ben “No American should be Allowed to Have A Semi-Automatic Weapon” Carson paid his obligatory visit to the ‘Wailing Wall’ wearing his yarmulke. Carson, the dim-witted glassy-eyed Irsaeli shill, has also said that the millions of illegal aliens “uh, they could stay.” He’s also said “Al Sharpton and I Have the Same Goals.” I am not kidding he actually has said all of those things. He just changed his party affiliation to Republican six months prior to running for president. Continue reading “Glassy-Eyed Dimwit Ben Carson Dons The Beanie”
The former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert is facing up to six months behind bars after pleading guilty to federal bank fraud charges after spending $1.7 million paying someone off to keep quiet about his prior sexual misconduct.
Hastert was indicted in May for withdrawing the cash from various bank accounts between 2010 and 2014 “in order to compensate for and conceal prior misconduct,” federal authorities asserted. The politician reportedly made a deal to pay $3.5 million in hush money to someone he had known “for most of his life.” Continue reading “Ex-US House Speaker Hastert Faces Prison After Bank Fraud Guilty Plea”
Wireless internet access is on the rise in both modern consumer societies and in the developing world.
In rich countries, however, the focus is on always-on connectivity and ever higher access speeds. In poor countries, on the other hand, connectivity is achieved through much more low-tech, often asynchronous networks.
While the high-tech approach pushes the costs and energy use of the internet higher and higher, the low-tech alternatives result in much cheaper and very energy efficient networks that combine well with renewable power production and are resistant to disruptions. Continue reading “How to Build a Low-tech Internet”
True Activist – by Amanda Froelich
150 years ago, the Pomo Native American tribe was forced to move inland and abandon the community’s coastal home in California. They left behind 668 acres of dense redwood forest, dramatic coastline, and the ability to roam and hunt freely for a small, water-poor reservation.
In 1925, the Richardson family purchased the expanse of land and was delighted in its coastal bluffs, waterfalls, and history. One member of the family, however, always knew the land didn’t really belong to them, therefore, donated it back to the Kashia Band of Pomo Indians last week. Continue reading “California Farmer Gifts 700 Acres Of Coastal Land Back To Native American Tribe”
The New American – by Warren Mass
In his October 27 speech at the annual International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) conference in Chicago, President Obama called for “common-sense gun safety reforms,” which, in the complete context of the speech, obviously means more federal and state gun-control laws.
Obama challenged the obvious conclusion made by those who have pointed out that in Chicago — with its draconian gun-control laws that have banned new sales and registration of handguns in the city since 1982 — tougher gun “safety” laws don’t help, and only make things worse. Continue reading “Obama Pushes Federal Gun Control Laws During Chicago Speech”
VIENNA— Austria, a strong critic of fences built to cope with Europe’s migrant influx, on Wednesday announced it is joining other nations that have either already erected border barriers or are planning to do so.
Austrian Interior Minister Johanna Mikl-Leitner insisted the move was aimed solely at bringing order to the unrelenting influx of people entering the country, telling parliament there were no plans “to build a fence around Austria.” Continue reading “Austria to Build Fence Along Parts of Border With Slovenia”
Military officials were scrambling Wednesday to retrieve an unmanned Army surveillance blimp that detached from its moorings in Maryland and drifted north over Pennsylvania.
Two American fighter jets were tracking the blimp, military officials said, that had been tethered at Aberdeen Proving Ground and broke free around noon.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command in Colorado posted an official statement, saying that the aerostat was “drifting northward & has descended near the ground.” Continue reading “Fighter Jets Tracking Runaway Military Surveillance Blimp”
Richland County, South Carolina has fired Ben Fields, the sheriff’s deputy recorded using force on an African-American student during a school discipline incident. Footage of Fields throwing the student across the classroom has caused outrage.
“From the very beginning that’s what’s caused me to be upset, and continued to upset me is that he picked the student up and threw the student across the room,” Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott said at a press conference Wednesday, announcing that Fields was being let go. Continue reading “SC sheriff fires deputy who slammed black student in classroom”