Year: 2015

Down and Drought – by Sun Burns

Down and Drought has learned that VirTra Systems, Inc., a Tempe company that produces a shooting simulator used for law enforcement and military training, employs former Scottsdale police officer James Peters who resigned from the department amid controversy in 2012 following revelations that he had tallied six fatal shootings during his twelve year career.

James Peters was cleared in his final fatal shooting, that of John Loxas, an unarmed man carrying his grandchild when Peters shot and killed him. The incident ignited anti-police protests and debate around this officer who had killed so many, and resulted in the city paying out a $4.25 million dollar settlement to the Loxas family.  In the summer of 2012, Peters took an early retirement from the city, and effectively dropped out of sight. But while he was no longer a police officer he continued to work alongside law enforcement in the private sector.   Continue reading “The Scottsdale police officer who killed six is now training cops when to shoot to kill”

Preparing for SHTF

It’s not as easy as it may sound either. Water weighs approximately 8.5 pounds per gallon, which means that you have to choose where you store your water carefully. It would not be hard to imagine a shelf collapsing under the weight. Five one gallon jugs of water would weigh slightly over 40 pounds, and a shelf already loaded down with canned goods would be under considerable strain.   Continue reading “Where Should You Store Your Emergency Water If You Live in an Apartment”

Natural Society – by Julie Fidler

Antipsychotic drugs are being prescribed to an ever-increasing number of adolescents and young adults, and many of them are being prescribed for off-label purposes. But these over-prescriptions are putting youngsters at risk, though we’re slow as a society to change our med-heavy ways.

These powerful medications are being prescribed to young people with attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition the drugs are not approved to treat.   Continue reading “Widespread Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs Sparks Serious Health Problems”

RT

The Pentagon has spent nearly $4 billion fighting Islamic State across Syria and Iraq since operations began a year ago, according to statistics released this week. The average daily cost of the campaign is $9.9 million, or $6,785 a minute.

A colossal $3.7 billion in expenses have been racked up since the campaign began on August 8, 2014 up to August 15 of this year.   Continue reading “American taxpayers spend nearly $10 million a day fighting ISIS”

Western Journalism

Authorities in Boston, Mass., continue to tout a program offering gift cards worth up to $200 in exchange for residents’ firearms – despite the fact that this year’s participation rate is thus far limited to one individual.

During 2014, the buyback program succeeded in convincing the owners of 410 guns to take the city up on its offer.

With two-thirds of 2015 in the past, the program has led to just one recovered firearm so far this year. As the Boston Herald noted, violent crime has increased during the same period.   Continue reading “Boston Renews Gun Buyback Program – Here’s How Many Guns Were Bought”

Fox News – by Todd Starnes

Educators in the Volunteer State are very concerned that students might be offended by the usage of traditional pronouns like she, he, him and hers, according to a document from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

“With the new semester beginning and an influx of new students on campus, it is important to participate in making our campus welcoming and inclusive for all,” wrote Donna Braquet in a posting on the university’s website. “One way to do that is to use a student’s chosen name and their correct pronouns.”   Continue reading “Call me ‘ze,’ not ‘he’: University wants everyone to use ‘gender inclusive’ pronouns”

USA Today – by Tom Vanden Brook

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s ban on transgender troops would end May 27 under a draft timeline on repeal of the policy that affects about 12,000 troops, according to a document obtained by USA TODAY.

The memo, circulated last week among top personnel and medical officials, lays out the road map for ending the policy and highlights some of the potential issues, including a pilot program that would provide leaves of absences for transgender troops being treated with hormones or having surgery.   Continue reading “Military transgender ban set to end next May”

Truth Dig – by Kasia Anderson

Maybe now is a good time for President Obama to get a grip on America’s gun problem.

The day after losing his daughter, 24-year-old WDBJ7 TV television reporter Alison Parker, in an on-air shooting in Virginia, Andy Parker directly solicited Obama’s help in a video interview with the BBC:   Continue reading “Father of Virginia Shooting Victim Alison Parker Makes Gun Control Plea to President Obama”

Press TV

Two people have been shot dead and two others have been wounded near an office of the Internal Revenue Service in Salinas, California in what seems to be a tragic culmination of a domestic violence dispute.

A 64-year-old man and 51-year-old woman were shot dead and another woman, 32, and her cousin, 28, were wounded on Thursday, police officials said.

The shooter, a 50-year-old man, had followed his estranged wife, who had moved to Salinas from Garden Grove reportedly to get away from her ex-husband.   Continue reading “2 shot dead, 2 injured near IRS office, California”

MLive – by Rosemary Parker

A Michigan doctor has launched a campaign to strengthen the state’s vaccination law by eliminating religious and philosophical waivers to vaccination for children attending school, preschool or daycare.

Michigan is one of a handful of states that allows parents to opt out of mandatory immunization for their children attending schools or daycares by citing religious or philosophical reasons.   Continue reading “Michigan doctor launches campaign to end non-medical vaccination waivers”

Fox News Latino

The Mexican government is warning that Texas’ denial of birth certificates for U.S. children born here to undocumented immigrants stands to imperil the relationship between Mexico and the Lone Star State.

The concern was raised in an amicus brief filed Monday evening to lend support to immigrants parents who sued Texas after being denied birth certificates for their U.S.-born children, even after showing their “matrículas,” the ID cards issued by the Mexican consulate to undocumented immigrants.   Continue reading “Mexico warns Texas not to refuse its immigrants’ babies U.S. birth certificates”

Patriot Rising

An illegal alien is on the run after he was accused of raping a Texas teen.

Police say Jesus Atrian sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl with Down Syndrome in her home in Pearland Monday afternoon.   Continue reading “Find this bastard : Illegal accused of raping Texas girl with Down Syndrome”

Marketing Gum

China has arrested 23 people under criminal charges tied to the Tianjin blasts, state media said.

Among the arrested are the the chairman, vice-chairman and three deputy managers of the warehouse that exploded, as well as officials from various state departments and customs officers, said Xinhua.   Continue reading “China starts cleanup after Tianjin blasts, arrests officials and warehouse managers”

Anti-Media – by John Vibes

Bolivia — After the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) was kicked out of Bolivia, the country was able to drastically reduce the amount of coca (cocaine) produced within its borders. According to data released by the United Nations, cocaine production in the country declined by 11% in the past year, marking the fourth year in a row of steady decrease.

It was just seven years ago that the DEA left Bolivia — and only three years after that, progress was finally made. The strategy employed by the Bolivian government may be a surprise to many prohibitionists because it did not involve any strong-arm police state tactics. Instead, they worked to find alternative crops for farmers to grow that would actually make them more money.   Continue reading “Cocaine Production Plummets After DEA Kicked Out of Bolivia”

Love this one. Be afraid of people who received the oral polio vaccine decades ago, who might be shedding mutant polio virus (if true, likely due to vaccine damage to the vaccinated person’s immune system). The only way for the unvaccinated to protect themselves from these dangerous vaccinated people is to roll up your sleeve and get the jab!

The Guardian – by Emily Mobley

A British man with an immune deficiency has been shedding a highly virulent, mutant strain of polio virus for nearly 30 years as a result of childhood vaccinations.   Continue reading “Man found to have been shedding virulent strain of polio for 30 years”

21st Century Wire

Does the gun violence issue really have to do with race?

John Rosenthal is the founder and chairman of  Stop Handgun Violence, a Boston-based 501c3 non-profit organization that, “Works to reduce and prevent injuries and deaths caused by firearms in the United States. The group advocates personal responsibility, public awareness, stronger legislation, increased gun manufacturer responsibility, and strict law enforcement.”   Continue reading “Rosenthal: ‘Hundreds of white people must be killed for gun laws to get stricter’”