RT

Israeli politicians have voted to continue work on a bill to allow hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners to be force-fed. Opponents argue it’s meant to silence convicts through torture similar to the force-feeding in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay.

The vote passed with a small majority Monday night at the Knesset plenum. The controversial bill, which could be soon fast-tracked into law, would allow prisons to seek official permission to force-feed a prisoner if a doctor advises there is a grave risk to the prisoner’s health.   Continue reading “Israel a step closer to Guantanamo-style force-feeding of hunger-striking prisoners”

Yahoo News

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — A western Michigan woman heads to court Tuesday after being arrested for failing to renew her dog’s license.

Becky Rehr says she drove to the Kalamazoo County sheriff’s office June 23 to prove that she’s recently renewed the license for the family’s 11-year-old dog, Dexter. Rehr’s 14-year-old daughter waited in the car as her mother was arrested, fingerprinted and held for three hours, The Kalamazoo Gazette said.   Continue reading “Michigan woman frisked, jailed, for not renewing dog license”

The Daily Signal – by Hans von Spakovsky

On Thursday, The Daily Signal published an article about Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI) Commissioner Brad Avakian ordering Aaron and Melissa Klein, Christian bakers who had refused to make a wedding cake for a lesbian couple, to pay the couple $135,000 for “emotional” damages and issuing a gag order against the Kleins.

On Monday, Slate published an article criticizing The Daily Signal’s coverage headlined “No, Oregon Did Not ‘Gag’ That Anti-Gay Bakery.”   Continue reading “Sorry, Slate: Oregon Did Put a ‘Gag Order’ on Those Christian Bakers”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

During a recent appearance with CNN’s The Lead With Jake Tapper, Democrat presidential contender Bernie Sanders said gun manufacturers should be no more liable for the misuse of their product following a theft than a hammer company would be.

He said this in response to Tapper’s question about Sanders’s vote for the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA). That act protects gun manufacturers from lawsuits tied to the misuse of their products. It was signed into law by President George W. Bush in October 2005.   Continue reading “Bernie Sanders: Gun Companies No More Liable Than Hammer Companies for Misuse of Product”

The Daily Signal – by Melissa Quinn

Last year, two Michigan self-described “soccer moms” were the victims of raids conducted by local law enforcement officials, who took telephones, televisions and cash from the women’s homes under civil asset forfeiture laws.

The women, Ginnifer Hency and Annette Shattuck, have never been found guilty of a crime.

Inspired by cases such as these, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in the state legislature are working to reform the very laws that gave law enforcement the power to take Hency and Shattuck’s belongings.   Continue reading “How Michigan Lawmakers Want to Make It Harder for Law Enforcement to Take Your Stuff”

American Mercenary

You’ve probably heard “Barrel length doesn’t affect accuracy!” at some point when discussing firearms.  Like all good urban legends, this one has a kernel of truth, at short ranges a few inches more or less than a “standard” barrel isn’t going to make much difference.

But the myth doesn’t stand up to much scrutiny beyond that. A 20″ AR-10 pushing a Berger 185gr bullet scored a perfect 200 at 1000 yards in the hands of a USAMU shooter, and the M16A2NM USAMU custom shop rifle can clean the target at 1000 yards using handloaded ammunition as well. Logic would say that if you can reach 1k you should be able to reach 1.5k right? I mean if the sights could adjust that much (and yes, I do know people who shoot 308 Win out past a mile, but at that point they have to use hold UNDERs to make shots under 300 yards because they’ve canted the scope so much).   Continue reading “Ballistic Myth: “Barrel Length Doesn’t Affect Accuracy””

Columbus Dispatch – by Mark Gillispie

CLEVELAND — A grand jury will determine whether criminal charges should be filed against two Cleveland police officers in the death of a woman having a mental-health crisis in November, a spokesman for the Cuyahoga County prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.

Tanisha Anderson, 37, died on Nov. 12 after her family called police asking for help because Anderson, who had schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, was disoriented and walking outside on a cold day wearing only a nightgown.   Continue reading “Grand jury to consider charges against 2 officers”

Or so they say …

But didn’t they just sufficiently demonstrate such abilities in the Black Sea with the Donald Duck?

Where do you think they got the Patents for such?   Continue reading “Russia claims to have developed secret ‘superweapon’ capable of switching off foreign satellites and enemy weapons”

WYTV

WARREN, Ohio (WYTV) – A Mercy Health police officer is facing an aggravated menacing charge following what police said was a road rage incident last week in Champion Township.

Brian Kelly was charged with aggravated menacing and had his bond set at $2,500 during his arraignment Tuesday in Warren Municipal Court. He is due back in court on Aug. 4.   Continue reading “Ohio cop arrested after he pulled his gun on a driver who flipped him off”

Breaking Israeli News – by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz

Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, a leading authority in mainstream Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, has been giving clear and unequivocal messages recently that the coming of the Messiah is imminent. He is urging Jews to make Aliyah as soon as possible. Aliyah, the Hebrew verb for “going up”, refers to immigrating to Israel, which is seen as higher spiritual action that can help herald in the coming of the Messiah.   Continue reading “Leading Israeli Rabbi Says the Arrival of the Messiah is Imminent”

RT

The New York Police Department (NYPD) has destroyed evidence in an ongoing lawsuit against it, which alleges that police use a secret quota system to make arrests, new documents claim.

The class action suit alleges that NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly and former Chief of Department Joseph Esposito were secretly applying pressure to officers to issue more arrests after falling short of quotas for traffic offenses and low-level crime, resulting in up to 850,000 wrongful summonses – or written notifications to a party telling them where and when they need to be in court. Some summons cases leave the recipient with a criminal record.   Continue reading “NYPD destroyed evidence in class action lawsuit against department”

Natural Blaze – by Erin Elizabeth

The past two weeks I’ve reported on three alternative doctors (two MD’s and one DC, PhD) who were found dead in less than two weeks (Click through for stories and funds for families as well as numbers to report tips to authorities) It was with heavy heart, as I knew a few of the doctors and have many mutual friends with all three. The only update on the third one, Dr. Teresa Sievers MD, is that they have absolutely no suspects in mind, and her husband and kids were out of state in Connecticut at a family reunion that she left early to get home to see patients. (update: Initially I said I would not post a link Dr. Sievers in this article and I didn’t. People started questioning me. So, as much as it pains, me, here is the most recent article from NBC. Click through at your own risk. I’m not posting the details here out of respect.   Continue reading “2 More Doctors Go Missing, after 3 Found Dead in 2 Weeks”

This will backfire…..now you will see the Rebel flag come back even stronger. If that is biting into their hands, so be it.

Yahoo News – by Jeffrey Collins

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate voted Monday to pull the Confederate flag off the Capitol grounds, clearing the way for a historic measure that could remove the banner more than five decades after it was first flown above the Statehouse to protest integration.   Continue reading “SC Senate votes to remove flag from Statehouse grounds”

Refreshing News

An Orangeburg County man who shot and wounded a DEA agent during a surprise pre-dawn drug raid outside his home last fall was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday.

Just before U.S. Judge Michelle Childs passed sentence on Joel Robinson, 33, the agent Robinson shot told the judge there was no excuse for Robinson’s shooting him and that he almost lost his life.   Continue reading “Man gets eight years in prison for shooting DEA agent during surprise raid on his house. No drugs were found during the raid.”