Year: 2015

The Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos

As the USA Freedom Act was passed and signed into law yesterday, one can’t help wonder why people are more interested with the transformation of Caitlyn Jenner, from Bruce Jenner. Provisions of the Patriot Act, which expired only days ago, were quickly replaced by something every bit as insidious to American civil liberties, and yet the talk of the town is a former olympian’s sex change.

The FBI was caught operating a secret Air Force inside the US to spy on Americans and people care more about keeping up with the Kardashians.   Continue reading “Report: Americans Far Better at Keeping Up with the Kardashians than Govt Corruption”

V Dare – by James Kirkpatrick

We are repeatedly told enforcing immigration law is actually a bad idea because it takes resources away from tracking truly dangerous criminals. And then comes today’s report:

Most of the illegal immigrant criminals Homeland Security officials released from custody last year were discretionary, meaning the department could have kept them in detention but chose instead to let them onto the streets as their deportation cases moved through the system, according to new numbers from Congress. Continue reading “DHS Admitting ‘Threat Level 1′ Criminals Shows the Lie of National Security”

NECN – by Josh Brogadir

Usaama Rahim, the terrorism suspect killed by police in Boston Tuesday, may have planned to behead the organizer of a controversial “Draw Muhammad” competition before he changed course and decided to attack police officers, law enforcement sources said.

Rahim and David Wright, an alleged co-conspirator who was arrested Tuesday night, had originally planned to travel to New York and behead Pamela Geller, the Boston law enforcement officials said.   Continue reading “Sources: Boston Terror Suspect Wanted to Behead “Draw Muhammad” Organizer”

NECN – by Marc Fortier

A man being investigated by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Boston planned to “randomly kill police officers” this week, according to court documents.

According to a court affidavit, Usaama Rahim originally planned to kill someone out of state, but later changed his plan to “go after” the “boys in blue,” as he was overheard saying in a phone call. At one point, Rahim made a comparison to “thinking with your head on your chest,” which FBI officials say is a possible reference to Islamic State propaganda videos showing severed heads on the chests of beheading victims.     Continue reading “Court Documents: Terror Suspect Planned to Kill “Boys in Blue””

Baltimore Sun – by Scott Dance

As looted prescription drugs flood Baltimore streets, fueling a surge in violence, pharmacy chain Rite Aid warned customers Wednesday that their personal medical information could be on the streets, too.

Store officials said the labels on prescriptions stolen during the late April riots included patient names, addresses and the names of medication, but not other sensitive data such as Social Security numbers or credit card numbers.   Continue reading “Rite Aid says personal information, prescriptions stolen in Baltimore looting”

NBC 12

RICHMOND, VA (WWBT) – The Virginia Department of Health announced on Wednesday it is monitoring 103 travelers to the state who don’t have symptoms yet but are being monitored for signs of Ebola.

A statement from VDH reads:   Continue reading “Health Dept. confirms 103 monitored in VA for Ebola risk”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

On the heels of yesterday’s news that auto sales blew away expectations in May, posting their largest MoM increase since November 2013 on the back of record numbers across-the-board for financing (including average new car loan terms of 67 months and record high average payments of $488/month), we present the reincarnation of the home equity loan.   Continue reading “Presenting The Next Great Source Of Middle Class Prosperity”

RT

Several massive explosions rocked the Gaza Strip on Thursday night amid multiple reports of Israeli jets buzzing the area. It follows reports that two rockets were launched from Gaza into Israel but failed to cause any damage.

At least three major blasts rocked Gaza city as Twitter got flooded with reports of residents waking up to the sounds of airstrikes and Israeli F-16 jets flying over.   Continue reading “Multiple airstrikes in Gaza after two rockets launched into Israel”

Weekly Standard – by Mark Hemingway

Writing in the Washington Post, Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic Senator from Rhode Island, offered a curious suggestion for dealing with global warming skeptics:

In 2006, Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia decided that the tobacco companies’ fraudulent campaign amounted to a racketeering enterprise. According to the court: “Defendants coordinated significant aspects of their public relations, scientific, legal, and marketing activity in furtherance of a shared objective — to . . . maximize industry profits by preserving and expanding the market for cigarettes through a scheme to deceive the public.”

Continue reading “Senator: Use RICO Laws to Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics”

Help Net Security – by Zain Naboulsi

Another drone was discovered flying in restricted air space around the White House two weeks ago. The Secret Service found the pilot simply because they happened to see him.

In other words, there is no indication that the Secret Service would have found the pilot if he had not been in plain view. This person didn’t have bad intentions, but one day someone will. A little drone-detection education is in order:   Continue reading “Drone detection: What works and what doesn’t”

Independent – by Paul Gallagher

When Caron Ryalls was asked to sign consent forms so that her then 13-year-old daughter, Emily, could be vaccinated against cervical cancer, she assumed it was the best way to protect Emily’s long-term health.

Yet the past four years have turned into a nightmare for the family as Emily soon suffered side effects. Only two weeks after her first HPV injection, the teenager experienced dizziness and nausea.   Continue reading “Thousands of teenage girls enduring debilitating illnesses after routine school cancer vaccination”

Reader Supported News – by Jane Ayers

Medford, Oregon | On Friday, May 30, U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Clarke ruled in favor of upholding Jackson County’s Ordinance 635, essentially creating a GMO-free zone in the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon. The ban on GMOs was to take effect June 6, prompting a lawsuit six months ago by two GMO farms in the area. The two farms, Schulz Farms and the James and Marilyn Frink Trust, which raise Monsanto “Roundup Ready” alfalfa, sued Jackson County on grounds that the ban violated Oregon’s Right to Farm Act. In addition, the ban mandated the destruction of their crops, without compensation for what they planned to sell.   Continue reading “GMO-Free Zone in Southern Oregon Upheld”

New York Times – by Julia Preston

ORLANDO, Fla. — The employees who kept the data systems humming in the vast Walt Disney fantasy fief did not suspect trouble when they were suddenly summoned to meetings with their boss.

While families rode the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and searched for Nemo on clamobiles in the theme parks, these workers monitored computers in industrial buildings nearby, making sure millions of Walt Disney World ticket sales, store purchases and hotel reservations went through without a hitch. Some were performing so well that they thought they had been called in for bonuses.   Continue reading “Last Task After Layoff at Disney: Train Foreign Replacements”

CNN – by Tami Luhby

Many are proposing double-digit premium increases for individual policies, with some companies looking to boost rates more than 60%, according to a list posted Monday by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

In Florida, for instance, United Healthcare (UNH) wants to raise the rates of plans sold on the Obamacare exchange by an average of 18%. Individual policies available outside the exchange through United Healthcare or through a broker would go up by 31%, on average, with hikes as high as 60% for certain plans in certain locations.   Continue reading “Obamacare sticker shock: Big rate hikes proposed for 2016”