Year: 2015

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I once saw the Blue Angels do their air show over Coney Island beach. There’s nothing too notable about that, until you consider that at the time, I had never heard of the Blue Angels, and I was only at Coney Island because that’s where we often hung out when we didn’t have enough money to go anyplace good.

I was only expecting a civilized afternoon of sipping wine and judging the bikini competition, when four fighter jets came screaming toward me from somewhere out in the Atlantic, for no possible reason other than to kill us all, and it was safe to assume that rockets fired at the Boardwalk would be next on the agenda.   Continue reading “Fear”

Yahoo News

New York (AFP) – A New York police detective and another man were found guilty Tuesday over a road rage chase that ended with a banker beaten in front of his wife and toddler in broad daylight.

Judge Maxwell Wiley found detective Wojciech Braszczok, 34, guilty of second-degree assault,criminal mischief, coercion and riot over the September 29, 2013 incident in Manhattan that shocked New Yorkers.   Continue reading “Judge convicts NY detective in bloody road rage chase”

Cleveland – by Cory Shaffer

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County prosecutors had little to say Monday about a plan by a group of community leaders to sidestep their office and file affidavits seeking charges against two Cleveland police officers involved in the November killing of 12-year-old Tamir Rice.

Rather than wait for the county prosecutor’s office to present evidence of the shooting to a grand jury — a process that could take weeks — the group plans to use an obscure state law that allows anyone with knowledge of the facts of a case to formally ask a judge to issue an arrest warrant, according to the New York Times.   Continue reading “Community group seeks charges against Cleveland police in Tamir Rice killing”

ABC News

The West Wing at the White House has been evacuated shortly after the Capitol community had its own scare when a bomb threat was phoned into a Senate office building.

It is unclear whether the two events are related and no reason has been given for the West Wing evacuation. It’s also unclear whether staff was also evacuated.   Continue reading “West Wing Evacuated Shortly After Capitol Bomb Threat, Authorities Say”

MSNBC – by Miguel Almaguer and Cassandra Vinograd

DANNEMORA, New York — As the massive manhunt for two escaped murderers entered a fourth day, investigators were simultaneously searching for answers on how the duo brazenly broke out of maximum-security prison.

There has been no sign of Richard Matt and David Sweat since they were reported missing on Saturday. Investigators say they used power tools to cut through brick and metal walls and pipes before breaking through a manhole to freedom. Hundreds of law-enforcement officers have fanned out across the area as part of a multi-agency manhunt, and New York State has offered a $100,000 reward leading to the convicts’ capture.   Continue reading “Massive manhunt for 2 escaped inmates enters 4th day”

KFOR

BETHESDA, Md. – Health authorities are working to identify anyone who may have been exposed to a patient with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis.

In April, the woman traveled from India to the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say she traveled through Chicago and also spent time in Missouri and Tennessee.   Continue reading “CDC seeking people who had contact with tuberculosis patient in Chicago, Missouri, and Tennessee”

Natural News – by Ethan A Huff

In an apparent effort to further depersonalize medicine, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is funding research into an implantable microchip capable of digitally monitoring the health of patients and reporting their vital statistics to doctors’ offices without the need for an actual doctor-patient interaction.

Reports indicate that NSF has given a $5,070 grant to a graduate fellowship project tasked with developing an implantable antenna, of sorts, to keep track of patients’ vital signs. The device, after being implanted just below a patient’s skin, would be capable of monitoring medical devices, for instance, and both uploading and downloading data for use in patient tracking.   Continue reading “Conventional doctors push trackable microchip implants to avoid having to provide manual health care”

Sky News

A British police officer serving in Canada has been shot dead while investigating a hate crime.

Constable Daniel Woodall, 35, was shot a number of times after approaching a house near 186th Street and 62nd Avenue in Edmonton on Monday night.

His colleague, Sergeant Jason Harley, 38, survived despite being shot in the back.   Continue reading “British Police Officer Shot Dead In Canada”

Frank Aquila

Americans that oppose illegal immigration have been called racist and unsympathetic?  Liberals have even gone out of their way to remove the word “illegal” and replace it with “undocumented.” They demand those here illegally receive the same benefits as Americans.  However, how does Mexico treat those entering their country illegally?

According to Mexico’s immigration laws, every article of law controls illegal immigration into Mexican territory.  If you immigrate to Mexico, Article 32 states you must speak Spanish and must be a professional who is useful to the Mexican society.  There are no bilingual programs in the school and no pressing 2 for English.  All business must be conducted in Spanish.    Continue reading “What is Mexico’s Immigration Law?”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says he has no alternate plan if the Supreme Court invalidates a key benefit of his health care law and he places the burden on the Republican-controlled Congress to fix the law if the high court wipes out insurance for millions of Americans.

Voicing confidence he will prevail before the court, Obama insisted Monday that the health care law is working and that the justices “will play it straight” and leave the law intact. Should he lose, he added: “Congress could fix this whole thing with a one-sentence provision.”   Continue reading “Obama: Congress can fix health law if court rules against it”

Mail.com

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators marched Monday night to the pool where a white police officer pinned a black teenage girl to the ground and pulled a gun on others over the weekend. The protesters carried signs that included the phrases, “My skin color is not a crime” and “Fire Eric Casebolt.”

Some community activists in McKinney, an affluent, predominantly white Dallas suburb, have accused Casebolt, a 41-year-old officer, of racism. Others urged calm until the facts are investigated. According to neighbors, a woman who lives in the community reserved the pool for a party, said Benét Embry, a black local radio personality who witnessed the Friday incident. The homeowners’ association limits the number of guests each homeowner may have at the pool to two. But about 130 people, mostly kids, showed up. At one point, several kids began jumping over the fence to get into the pool area and were causing a disturbance, Embry said, and a couple of fights broke out.   Continue reading “Protests follow video of officer drawing gun on black teens”

CBC – by Lauren O’Neil

Next week, a 24-year-old man who knew Boston Marathon bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev is scheduled to appear in U.S. Federal Court for sentencing on obstruction of justice charges related to the 2013 attacks.

Khairullozhon Matanov, a former taxi driver, did not participate in or have any prior knowledge of the bombings, according to U.S. authorities.   Continue reading “Clearing your browser history can be deemed ‘obstruction of justice’ in the U.S.”

RT

A truck transporting at least 2,200 baby pigs has overturned on the road in Ohio with hundreds managing to escape. Firefighters, police, ambulance and volunteers all tried to catch the little porkers.

A semi-tractor trailer carrying the animals crashed on Route 35 outside the town of Xenia, Ohio, on Monday evening. The truck, which was en route from South Carolina to Indiana, was on the westbound ramp when the driver lost control and veered into a guardrail, police said.   Continue reading “Pigs on the run: Truck with 2,200 piglets overturns in Ohio, hundreds escape”