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WASHINGTON, May 6 (UPI) — A federal audit has found that some employees at the Pentagon used government-issued credit cards to pay for things like gambling and prostitutes, a source close to the investigation reportedly said.
The audit, reported by Politico on Wednesday, was conducted by the Pentagon’s inspector general and found that a number of defense employees used the cards for such activities. Continue reading “Report: Pentagon workers used gov’t credit cards for gambling, prostitutes”
Former Olympic gold medalist Bryan Clay came up with a novel way to remove his daughter’s loose tooth. He tied it with a piece of dental floss, before attaching it to his javelin. As the javelin flew away, so did the tooth…
The former Decathlete, who won gold at the Beijing Olympics in 2008, is very adept at throwing the javelin, as it was one of the ten events that form his discipline. Continue reading “Javelin dentistry: Former Olympic champ removes daughter’s tooth with spear”
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Authorities are investigating the damage left behind by spring storms carrying more than a dozen suspected tornadoes that swept across the southern Plains, bringing floods, forcing the evacuation of an international airport and destroying homes near Oklahoma City.
At least 12 people were injured, but no deaths were immediately reported from the twisters that also hit rural parts of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska on Wednesday night. The Oklahoma City area seemed to be the hardest hit. A twister destroyed homes in Grady County, southwest of the city, and it appeared another tornado touched down in the area later Wednesday evening when a second storm came through. Continue reading “Tornadoes, flash floods upend the Oklahoma City area”
HONOLULU (AP) — About a dozen women arrested over the weekend in a Honolulu prostitution sting at massage parlors won’t be charged with prostitution. Instead, they face the more severe charge of sex assault.
If convicted, the women would have to register as sex offenders and could spend up to a year in jail, while a prostitution charge carries just 30 days. The new tactic from the Honolulu Police Department is extremely unusual for a law enforcement agency, said legal experts and advocates for prostitutes. Continue reading “Honolulu police use sex assault charge in prostitution sting”
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities are looking for a teen who wanted a date with Destiny and hoped to get it by spray-painting a prom proposal on an Idaho cliffside.
The Idaho Statesman reports (http://bit.ly/1GYk3Us ) that the message “Destiny, Prom?” was painted in large pink and blue letters on the side of the Black Cliffs, in a popular rock climbing spot, east of Boise. The Ada County sheriff’s office is searching for the culprit. Continue reading “Teen who spray-painted prom invite on Idaho cliff sought”
Global Research – by Prof Michel Chossudovsky
The US led war against the Islamic State is a big lie.
Going after ” Islamic terrorists”, carrying out a worldwide pre-emptive war to “Protect the American Homeland” are used to justify a military agenda.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) is a creation of US intelligence. Washington’s “Counter-terrorism Agenda” in Iraq and Syria consists in Supporting the Terrorists. Continue reading “Twenty-six Things About the Islamic State (ISIL) that Obama Does Not Want You to Know About”
The consequences and patterns of war, whether by one nation against another or by a government against the citizenry, rarely change. However, the methods of war have evolved vastly in modern times. Wars by elites against populations are often so subtle that many people might not even recognize that they are under attack until it is too late. Whenever I examine the conceptions of “potential war” between individuals and oligarchy, invariably some hard-headed person cries out: “What do you mean ‘when?’ We are at war right now!” In this case, I am not talking about the subtle brand of war. I am not talking about the information war, the propaganda war, the economic war, the psychological war or the biological war. I am talking about outright warfare, and anyone who thinks we have already reached that point has no clue what real war looks like. Continue reading “When The Elites Wage War On America, This Is How They Will Do It”
Des Moines Register – by Jeff Shipley
“You’re just making this stuff up.”
So responded Iowa State Rep. Clel Baudler, chairman of the Public Safety Committee and member of the Government Oversight Committee.
In April, I had traveled to Des Moines to testify regarding civil asset forfeiture. Baudler’s reaction to a law-abiding citizen attempting to state facts and express concerns speaks volumes on the growing rift between citizens and law enforcement. Continue reading “Civil forfeiture: You can’t make this stuff up”
RALEIGH, N.C. – More than a dozen law enforcement officers, including 11 in North Carolina, have been arrested in a government sting that included the FBI, the government announced Thursday.
Thomas Walker, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District, said multiple people were arrested Thursday morning in a major sting of cocaine and heroin operations. Those arrested include five current members of the Northampton County sheriff’s office. They were charged with trafficking cocaine and heroin up and down the I-95 corridor. Continue reading “NC officers arrested in major drug bust”
Gear Layering
What is gear layering? Gear layering is arranging equipment in lines, layers, and levels, to achieve the same thing. It is a technique for prioritizing the carriage of the most essential gear for the specific job over gear that may still be important, but not as high on the priority list as other items. Many sources divided their levels of gear into 3 or 4 layers. DTG recommends and uses 3 layers.
Level 1: Gear that is essential to survival and ALWAYS on your person. If all else fails and an individual loses their harness and ruck, they still will have their level one items with them to help them survive until they can reach support. Continue reading “General Purpose Gear Load Outs: Part 2”
South Florida Sun-Sentinel – by Brian Ballou
A U.S. district judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Pembroke Pines man against a veteran police officer who shot him in the abdomen nearly five years ago while he was in the throes of a convulsion.
Abel Martinez was experiencing a seizure for the first time in his life inside his southeast Pembroke Pines home on June 10, 2010, and was acting erratically when Officer Kevin King arrived. Martinez lunged at the officer and King shot him. District Judge Robin L. Rosenberg ruled that King’s use of force was reasonable under the circumstances. Continue reading “Judge dismisses excessive-force lawsuit against veteran officer”
Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) on Wednesday said President Obama was working to force the socialist “ideology of Karl Marx” on the country.
“And his calculation is not what’s true and just and right or even good for America, it’s how he can exploit his power base and move our country to the left towards the ideology of Karl Marx, how far he can go and get away with it,” King said on “The Glenn Beck Program,” according to BuzzFeed. Continue reading “Rep. Steve King: Obama pushing ‘ideology of Karl Marx’”
Electric Intifada – by Asa Winstanley
Israeli defense minister Moshe Yaalon on Tuesday said Israel would attack entire civilian neighborhoods during any future assault on Gaza or Lebanon.
Speaking at a conference in Jerusalem, Yaalon threatened that “we are going to hurt Lebanese civilians to include kids of the family. We went through a very long deep discussion … we did it then, we did it in [the] Gaza Strip, we are going to do it in any round of hostilities in the future.” Continue reading “Israeli defense minister promises to kill more civilians and threatens to nuke Iran”
Etobicoke, ON, Canada -(Ammoland.com)- TriggerTech, manufacturer of high-end firearm and crossbow trigger systems for both aftermarket and OEM, is offering a chance to get on the list for their new AR-15 Frictionless Trigger.
Customers can simply sign up for the pre-orders at: http://www.triggertech.com/ar.html. Continue reading “TriggerTech Offers Early Sign Up for Their AR-15 Frictionless Trigger”
Chalk this one up in the deliciously ironic category: a police union is suing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey after several officers, during a criminal investigation, had their cellphones searched without a warrant. Here is more:
A union representing Port Authority of New York and New Jersey police officers has sued the agency, citing what it calls “widespread, ongoing and unconstitutional searches” of their private cellphones.
Continue reading “Police union sues after officers had their cellphones searched without a warrant”
The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause
By now most of us know that the government can read our emails, and listen to our phone conversations. They even know where we are at all times, especially if we use GPS. But their ability to track us goes way deeper than that. In some cases, they don’t even need you to carry a voyeuristic gadget to track you down. In fact, if they ever get a hold of something you printed from your computer, they can find you. Continue reading “Little Known Fact: Police Can Track You With Your Printer”
Armstrong Economics – by Martin Armstrong
People from more than 44 countries have been watching the VOD screening of the FORECASTER. To show it, the producers had to get permission from the distributors because rights are sold to theaters and TV. The film is block in many countries in Europe right now, but the distributors agreed to allow the VOD screening to be extended for one week because of the huge demand and many people want to watch it more than once to take in all the facts. Continue reading “VOD Screening Extended for One Week”
Sent to us by a reader who said: It seems the media is now going all out trying to make anyone who worries about Jade Helm 15 into kooks. If you have concerns about Jade Helm 15 then you must believe in zombies as well.
Yahoo News – by Caitlan Dickson
“We are not taking over anything,” an exasperated Pentagon spokesman assured reporters this week, in response to rumors that a military exercise planned this summer is actually an excuse to impose martial law on parts of seven Southwestern states. The eight-week exercise by the Army’s Special Operations Command, called Jade Helm 15, is actually aimed at training soldiers to fight in a variety of overseas terrain, but has been the subject of Internet conspiracy theories since it was first announced in March. These theories have been fueled by the release of a map labeling the states that would host the training as either “hostile,” “permissive,” uncertain (leaning hostile)” and “uncertain (leaning friendly).” Continue reading “From zombies to Jade Helm 15, some conspiracy theories just never die”
AOL – by Mark Hosenball and Jon Herskovitz
(Reuters) – U.S. investigators believe two men killed after opening fire on a Texas event that offered a prize for cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad represent an evolving model of “lone wolf” militants who are radicalized partly by themselves and partly through long-distance engagement with organized militants.
Although the Islamic State movement claimed credit for the Texas shooting, several U.S. officials said investigators have no evidence that either of the men shot dead by security personnel after they opened fire at the Garland, Texas, event traveled to Syria or Iraq. U.S. court documents do show that one of the men, Elton Simpson, once tried to travel to Somalia. Continue reading “Texas attack shows evolution of ‘lone wolf’ militants – US officials”
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