Year: 2015

Washingtonian – by Benjamin Freed

Uttering some of the more expressive words in the English language will cost you up to $250 if you say them in Arlington, now that county officials have upped their fines on public uses of profanity. The Arlington County Board just approved a measure increasing penalties for public intoxication and blue language from $100 to $250.

Even if Arlington is sacrificing its reputation as an urbanist’s dream community, its leaders have not given up their mission to clean up its residents sometimes-naughty antics. The code change adopted during Saturday’s board meeting came after the Arlington Police Department reported making 664 arrests for public inebriation and foul-mouthed talk in 2014.   Continue reading “Arlington Cracks Down on Salty Language”

CBS Philadelphia – by Dan Wing

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Two military facilities in Philadelphia were evacuated this morning after officials received what they called “a credible threat.”

The threat was reportedly made about 10:30am, and the Navy Yard, in South Philadelphia, and the Naval Support Activity facility (part of the Defense Logistics Agency), in the city’s Lawncrest section, were both evacuated and employees sent home for the day.   Continue reading “Military Facilities in Philadelphia Evacuated Over Security ‘Threat’”

Dark Bid – by Daniel Drew

On Wall Street, no wolf is too big, and no sheep is too small.

At least Jordan Belfort didn’t target the mentally incapacitated. This real life Wolf of Wall Street is several thousand miles away from New York in Scottsdale, Arizona, the wannabe Hamptons of the southwest. As Investment News reports, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has accused John Waszolek of making himself the beneficiary of an 81-year-old client’s estate. She wanted the money to go to charity, but he thought the money should go to his own account. That’s the kind of asset allocation the financial industry understands best.   Continue reading “Stock Broker Tried To Swindle $1.8 Million From Client With Alzheimer’s”

RT

Over 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles will be delivered to Russia’s strategic forces in 2015, President Vladimir Putin announced at the opening ceremony of the Army-2015 Expo, an international military forum held near Moscow.

“This year, our nuclear forces are going to get more than 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of penetrating all existing, even the most advanced missile defenses,” the Russian president said, adding that the state would persist in paying specific attention to realization of a massive military rearmament program and modernization of the defense industry, Putin said.   Continue reading “Putin: 40+ ICBMs targeted for 2015 nuclear force boost”

Infowars – by Steve Watson

US taxpayers will fork out over 120 grand to cover Michelle Obama’s trip to Venice, Italy, where she will take in the cultural sights that the European city has to offer.

The Venice is the last leg of a trip to Europe which includes a visit to London to meet with Prince Harry, the grandson of The Queen, and a stop off in Vicenza, Italy to visit members of the armed forces.   Continue reading “Taxpayers Foot $128,781 for Michelle Obama’s Sightseeing Trip to Venice”

RT

An Egyptian court has sentenced former President Mohamed Morsi to death on Tuesday on charges of killing, kidnapping and other offences during a 2011 mass jailbreak.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s leader, Mohamed Badie, along with four other top Brotherhood figures, were also handed the death penalty, Reuters reported. Over 80 others were sentenced to death in absentia.   Continue reading “Egyptian court sentences ex-President Morsi to death in 2011 jailbreak case”

RT

Carlos Montero was arrested and taken to the notorious Rikers Island prison when he was 17. Seven years later he’s still locked up, awaiting trial. His custody has already cost New York over $1 million and may be the city’s longest pretrial detention.

Montero was arrested in 2008 for allegedly taking part in a robbery along with two buddies, Jairo Peralta and Diangelo Enriquez. A Washington Heights crime resulted in the death of one man, who, according to court papers cited by the New York Post, was fatally stabbed by Peralta while being robbed of his jacket. Enriquez meanwhile injured another man who tried to flee the scene of the crime. Although witness reports had placed him at the scene of the crime on October 23, Montero denies it and maintains his innocence.    Continue reading “Rikers inmate on remand for 7 yrs says he ‘just wants to go home’”

NJ.com – by Kimberly Redmond

NEWTON – The Newton officer accused of exposing himself to male drivers over a 7-month period last year has accepted a plea agreement that calls for him to resign from his job on the police force.

Jason Miller, 37, appeared before Judge Thomas Critchley in Sussex County Superior Court Monday with his attorney, Anthony Iacullo, for the first time since being arrested in November 2014.   Continue reading “Newton cop, accused of exposing himself during traffic stops, takes plea deal”

Mail.com

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A federal judge in Newark on Tuesday is scheduled to hear oral arguments on whether the corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez stays in New Jersey or is moved to Washington, D.C.

Menendez’s attorneys filed last month to have the trial moved, while federal prosecutors want it to remain in New Jersey, where the indictment was handed up in early May. THE CHARGES Menendez, a congressman for more than 20 years and a member of the Senate since 2006, is charged in a 22-count indictment with accepting gifts and donations totaling about $1 million from Florida ophthalmologist Salomon Melgen in exchange for political favors. The gifts included flights aboard a luxury jet and a Paris vacation. Menendez has said he accepted gifts from Melgen because the two have been close friends for years.   Continue reading “Judge to hear arguments on Menendez corruption trial venue”

Off the Grid News

A Michigan family which had dreams of camping during the summer in the great outdoors was horrified when state officials seized their six children simply because they were temporarily living in tents, Off The Grid News has learned.

The nightmare experience for Christopher and Antonia Hernandez began May 19 when Otsego County Sheriff deputies and a CPS official took their children, and ended June 10 when their children were returned after the parents won a court ruling based on the fact the mother and children are eligible for enrollment in the Tlingit Native American tribe. The federal Indian Child Welfare Act makes it more difficult for state officials to separate Native American families. Michigan has a similar state law.   Continue reading “Police Seize 6 Children Simply Because Family Was Camping”

Courthouse News – by Victoria Prieskop

ALBUQUERQUE (CN) – Albuquerque police jailed a middle school special ed student twice because they thought it better to jail disabled kids to than leave them in school, the teenager claims in court.

Sidney Summers, now 18, sued the Albuquerque Police Department and Sgt. Michael Archibeque in Bernalillo County Court, citing two incidents from 2009, when Summers was 12 years old.   Continue reading “School to Jail Pipeline for Disabled Kids?”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

The depopulationists are on the move again, pushing hard for the elimination of six billion people on planet Earth in order to bring the planet down to what’s being touted as its “sustainable carrying capacity of one billion people.”

But this time, the depopulation agenda may be codified by the Vatican. Professor John Schellnhuber has been chosen as a speaker for the Vatican’s rolling out of a Papal document on climate change. He’s the professor who previously said the planet is overpopulated by at least six billion people. Now, the Vatican is giving him a platform which many expect will result in an official Church declaration in support of radical depopulation in the name of “climate science.”   Continue reading “Vatican speaker and California Governor in push for massive depopulation… talk of ‘Planetary Court’ and removal of 6 billion people under new ‘Earth Constitution’ and ‘World Government’”

BATR

The tech culture would have you believe that the digital format has produced untold innovations and advancements for personal development, societal advancement and business innovations. Well, the glass is half full for the kool aide drinkers, but for the mere mortals, who seek out a meaningful life as opposed to a regimented existence, the curse of placing the most intimate data on untold hard drives and shuffled among unknown servers, a loss of simple privacy is the least of the problems.   Continue reading “Digital Data is a Mortal Risk”

ABC News – by Lisa Cornwell

Shots were fired Sunday at Cleveland police officers in a foot chase of a suspect near the site of a boy’s fatal encounter with officers last year, police said.

Cleveland Police Chief Calvin Williams told reporters Sunday afternoon that officers responded that morning to a report of six men waving guns and a man at the scene fled police when they tried to question him. The chief said the man pointed a gun at police and an officer fired four rounds without hitting the man, who continued running.   Continue reading “Shots fired at Cleveland police in foot chase of suspect”

Ammoland – by AWR Hawkins

Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- On June 11 2015, gun banner Father Michael Pfleger said it is time to “ban high capacity magazines” and to “title guns like cars.”

According to Fox 32, Pfleger was speaking at St. George Catholic Church when he said, “We should ban assault weapons in America. We should ban high capacity magazines in America. We should title guns like cars in America.”   Continue reading “Crazy Father Pfleger: Ban ‘High Capacity Magazines’ & ‘Title Guns Like Cars’”