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The Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
St. Louis, MO — Nothing says Police State USA quite like a SWAT team raiding a family home and killing their dog because they are unable to pay their natural gas bill.
The woman whose dog was killed and home destroyed by SWAT officers is Angela Zorich, and her story about her police state experience will shock the conscious. Continue reading “Family Raided by SWAT and their Dog Shot, for Being Unable to Pay Utility Bill”
Reason – by Elizabeth Nolan Brown
Via Volokh Conspiracy, a disturbing criminal case out of Montana, where Flathead County resident David Lenio, 28, is being prosecuted for making disparaging remarks about Jews on Twitter and denying that the Holocaust happened.
Say what? While this sort of prosecution is common in parts of Europe, Americans enjoy the protection of the First Amendment, which contains no exception for what’s colloquially known as “hate speech.” The only permitted exceptions to free speech protections—as the Supreme Court recently re-articulated—are for obscenity, defamation, fraud, incitement, and “speech integral to criminal conduct.” Continue reading “It Begins! Montana Man Being Prosecuted for ‘Hate Speech’ and Holocaust Denial”
Business Insider – by NATASHA BERTRAND
Last month’s massive breach of federal employees’ data at the hands of the Chinese, made public Thursday, indicates a treacherous new reality in the global cyber game.
“It’s very serious indeed,” geopolitical expert Ian Bremmer, the founder of Eurasia Group, told Business Insider. Continue reading “We should be very clear: China is at virtual war with the United States”
Violent storms across Colorado have swirled into tornadoes that destroyed homes, popped open a sinkhole that swallowed a police cruiser and dropped so much hail on a Denver neighborhood that residents had to dig out of waist-deep ice with shovels.
Forecasters warned Friday that more severe weather and flooding was on the way. Continue reading “Colorado storms escalate into devastating tornadoes and hailstorms”
Jolly Roger wins the 1st prize of the brand new Midland 40 channel handheld CB radio.
Ellen S. wins the 2nd prize of the refurbished Midland 40 channel handheld CB radio.
Congratulations! Thank you to all who contributed and to Mark Schumacher for sponsoring the drawing.
Gun lobbyist Larry Pratt has proposed a Second Amendment solution for lawmakers with whom he disagrees, and now he wants gun owners to train their sights on President Barack Obama.
“The Second Amendment was designed for people just like the president and his administration,” Pratt told right-wing radio host Roger Fredinburg. Continue reading “Propaganda Alert: Gun lobbyist courted by Ted Cruz calls for Obama’s assassination”
Red Statements – by Steven Ahle
The House Oversight Committee heard from the mainstream media today and no one would have expected the things they were saying. They were loud. They were mad. They were demanding that members of the Obama administration go to jail for disobeying the law. One of the most vocal critics of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) as defined by the Obama administration was David McCraw, the assistant general counsel of the New York Times. Continue reading “Mainstream Media Tells House Oversight Committee to Begin Jailing Members of Obama Administration”
On May 5 the Washington Post published Surveillance planes spotted in the sky for days after West Baltimore rioting.
They gave the registered owner of one of the aircraft: NG Research. That was enough to start digging. Continue reading “How I tracked FBI aerial surveillance”
The Diplomat – by Catherine Putz
This weekend Tajik and Chinese special operations forces will conduct joint counter-terror drills at a mountain training center outside Dushanbe. Asia-Plus reports that over 100 servicemen from the Chinese Ministry of Public Security will join special operations forces from the Tajik Interior Ministry and practice coordinating in a mountainous counter-terror operation.
Interior ministers from Shanghai Cooperation Organization members are in Dushanbe for a meeting this week and will observe the exercise. Those expected to attend include the Interior Ministers of Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Uzbekistan. The Chinese Minister of Public Security is also expected. Continue reading “Tajik and Chinese Forces to Engage in Joint Exercises”
Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- On April 21 2015, Carol Browne from Berlin Township, NJ, applied for a license to own a handgun, which she wanted to protect herself from a former boyfriend against whom she had a restraining order.
On June 3 2015 – while still waiting for the state to give her permission to own a gun –Browne’s former boyfriend, Michael Eitel, allegedly stabbed her to death in her own driveway. Continue reading “NJ Woman Stabbed to Death Waiting for State Permission to Own Gun”
The saga continues – yet another story has broken involving the Clintons and their on-going scam of the planet. This time, it’s the country of Sweden and its businesses that shelled out big bucks to Bill and Hill in order to get special favors from Hillary’s State Dept. Continue reading “Sweden Gives Clintons $26 Million in “Pay-to-Play” Scheme”
True Activist – by Sophie McAdam
New Zealand has just set a great example to the world by recognizing what animal lovers have known forever- that our furry friends are as sentient as we are, and (obviously, dur) they have feelings just like we do. It’s a theme we have covered time and again here at True Activist, but this landmark ruling by NZ is the first time this shift in perception and policy has been extended to all animals, not just chimpanzees, orangutans, or dolphins. Continue reading “New Zealand Now Recognizes ALL Animals As Sentient Beings!”
BOSTON (AP) — A man shot to death by terrorism investigators showed no signs of radicalization, and his family was completely shocked by allegations he planned to kill police officers, the family’s attorney said.
Ronald Sullivan, a Harvard Law professor, said Usaama Rahim’s family considered him “an energetic young man trying to make his way in this world” and saw no behavior or demeanor changes that would lead them to suspect he would espouse violence. Continue reading “Family of man shot by terror investigators shocked by claims”
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The Intercept – by RYAN GALLAGHER
At an 18th-century mansion in England’s countryside last week, current and former spy chiefs from seven countries faced off with representatives from tech giants Apple and Google to discuss government surveillance in the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s leaks.
The three-day conference, which took place behind closed doors and under strict rules about confidentiality, was aimed at debating the line between privacy and security. Continue reading “Apple and Google Just Attended a Confidential Spy Summit in a Remote English Mansion”
