Discovery News – by Glenn McDonald

Police traffic stops are in the news again, tragically, sparking a new round of discussion on whether and how to outfit police with cameras and other technology.

For several years now, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab Biometrics Center have been testing an iris recognition system that can be used to identify subjects at a range of up to 40 feet.   Continue reading “Iris Scanner Identifies a Person 40 Feet Away”

635648071353894993-droneKHOU 11 News – by Adam Bennett

The Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office is doing something that no other agency in Harris County is believed to have done yet: Use drones to help fight crime.

It’s an eye in the sky for law enforcement, without giving up the element of surprise.

“It could absolutely save lives,” says Constable Alan Rosen.

Rosen says the agency’s two new $1,200 drones, which have been in use for three weeks, are game changers in getting intel before serving search warrants, on SWAT situations and even looking for escaped inmates.   Continue reading “Eye in the sky: Local constables using drones to fight crime”

The Guardian

Scientists say they have invented a new battery that could fully charge a smartphone in just one minute.

The researchers have created an aluminium battery which they hope could replace the lithium models commonly found in laptops and mobile phones.

And as well as the “unprecedented charging times” of their aluminium prototype, the team said it was also safer than lithium-ion batteries as it was less prone to catching fire and more environmentally friendly than alkaline models such as AA and AAA.   Continue reading “Aluminium battery can charge phone in one minute, scientists say”

Breitbart – by Ian Hanchett

Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee (R) said he would announce his plans for the 2016 presidential race on May 5 in his hometown of Hope, Arkansas but declared “we know that Iowa is going to be an important part” of the path to the nomination, and “we need to do well in South Carolina. We need to show that we at least are competing in New Hampshire” in an interview broadcast on Friday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel.   Continue reading “Huckabee To Announce Plans on May 5 in Arkansas”

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Patriots Day, April 19, 1775 – Massachusetts , when an unordered ‘shot heard around the world’ began the American Revolution. This is now commemorated as a victory for the forces of liberty, because it did turn out to be the beginning of a revolution; which gave us our republic. It could have gone in many other directions. It is impossible to know the thoughts; which actually brought about this revolutionary action.   Continue reading “Events that happened on April 19th”

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An old Montana gold mining outpost has gone from ghost town to boomtown.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is giving four history buffs the chance to live in Garnet, a preserved mining town on public land in Montana. But they’ll have to help maintain it and they won’t have the creature comforts of the current century.   Continue reading “What a rush! Volunteers bring Montana gold mining ghost town to life”

kristen lindseyHuffington Post – by Andy Campbell

A Texas veterinarian was fired after a Facebook photo showing her with her “first bow kill” — a local cat — went viral.

Dr. Kristen Lindsey bragged online that she killed a “feral” cat in her neighborhood in Brenham. She posted a photo on Wednesday, which shows her holding up the dead cat by an arrow protruding from its head, according to KBTX.

The caption reads:

“My first bow kill, lol. The only good feral tomcat is one with an arrow through it’s head! Vet of the year award … Gladly accepted.”

Continue reading “Texas Veterinarian Kristen Lindsey Brags About Killing Local Cat With Bow And Arrow”

AP Photo/J. Pat CarterBreitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On April 9, Michael Bloomberg delcared his friend Jeb Bush the best GOP candidate for president.

To be precise, Bloomberg cited Bush and Hillary Clinton as the only truly “worthy” candidates, in his view.

According to The New York Times, Bloomberg was attending a party in his honor after receiving an honorary knighthood from from Queen Elizabeth II. During the party, at which Bloomberg said he had “always admired the sophistication and fortitude of the British people,” the former mayor also singled out Bush and Clinton as the only two candidates for him.   Continue reading “Michael Bloomberg Declares His Friend Jeb Bush the Best GOP Candidate”

Bearing Arms – by Bob Owens

It seems like it is only a matter of time before mobs of incredibly violent teens manage to beat someone to death in Memphis, Tennessee.

A man by the name of Orrden Williams Jr. was the latest victim of a mob attack, swarmed for doing nothing more than walking an elderly woman to her car:   Continue reading “Violent Teen Mobs Attack Another Innocent Victim In Memphis”

o-VETERAN-PHONE-facebook1111Epic Times – by Jerry Doyle

A Florida veteran called the VA Veterans Suicide Hotline this week when he needed help, but all he got was put on hold. Air Force vet Ted Koran waited ten minutes until he hung up – he was saved by the affection of the dogs he rescues and works with. The Veterans Crisis Hotline was first set up by the VA in 2007.   Continue reading “Veterans Put On Hold With VA Suicide Hotline! Here’s How Long They Wait…”

Fullscreen capture 4172015 111447 AM-001Mint Press News – by Reagan Ali, Counter Current News

The dashboard and body camera footage has now been released in the fatal shooting of Jeanetta Riley. Riley, 35, was shot and killed by Sandpoint, Idaho police after they were called to a hospital where she had been treated for mental health problems.

The department has cleared its officers “of any criminal wrongdoing,” claiming that they followed all proper procedures when they chose to use an AR-15 assault rifle on the mentally ill, pregnant woman who was holding a knife outside of the hospital.   Continue reading “Idaho Police Shoot Pregnant Woman In Stomach With AR-15”

Opposing Views – by Amanda Andrade-Rhoades

After a 4 hour standoff with police at an RV park in Canon City, Colorado, police shot and killed a man identified as Stanley Watson, 72, who was threatening to shoot his wife Marsha, 60, and their dog Dakota. The couple managed the RV campground they lived at.

On Tuesday night, police arrived at the Canon City RV Campground after they received a call from Stanley, who told officers he was suicidal. “As they pulled up, they saw the body of an adult woman lying on the ground directly in front of this motor home. She had been shot in the head,” Canon City Police Chief Paul Schultz told KKTV.    Continue reading “Two Dead After A Police Standoff In An RV Park”

Houston-Police-ShootingCop Block – by Asa Jay

A police chase in Harris County, Texas ended with the fatal shooting of the suspect, Wednesday.

Police say the chase began about 10:40 a.m. in the Crosstimbers area of US-59 when Houston officers tried to pull over 41 year old Frank Ernest ‘Trey’ Shephard, III for “suspicious activity,” including two unsafe lane changes.

As officers approached the car, a chase ensued, which was caught on camera by a trailing helicopter.    Continue reading “Man Dead After Officers Fire 10+ Shots Into Car They Thought Had Child Inside”

vaccinesThe Daily Sheeple – by Kimberly Paxton

Although some might call it a conspiracy theory, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the United Nations have been accused for decades of trying to secretly reduce the world’s population by hiding contraceptives in vaccines that are purported to be for other purposes.

In 1992, during a meeting at the UN headquarters in Geneva, scientists and “women’s health advocates” discussed the use of “fertility regulating vaccines, particularly the anti-Human Chorionic Gonadotropin vaccine. (source)   Continue reading “Millions of Girls Given Vaccines Secretly Spiked with Sterilization Drugs”