Year: 2015

The New American – by Alex Newman

Under the guise of “restoring trust” between communities and police departments that have been militarized by the federal government, the Obama administration’s Justice Department announced this month that it had selected six U.S. cities to serve as pilot sites, to develop and deploy federal guidance for local police to create better procedures, reduce racial bias, and regain citizens’ trust.   Continue reading “Obama Chooses Six Cities to Test Federal Police Scheme”

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Yahoo News – by James Nord

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A proposal to establish an enormous bomber training area over the northern Plains that advocates say will improve military training and save money got final approval Tuesday despite concerns about loud, low-flying aircraft disrupting civilian flights and damaging rural economies.   Continue reading “Airspace expansion over northern Plains gets final approval”

ABC News – by Aaron Katersky

The 3,100 square-foot yellow house on a leafy street in Newtown, Connecticut, where Adam Lanza lived with his mother was demolished today. It was the same house where Lanza began his December 2012 rampage by killing his mother before driving to Sandy Hook Elementary School, killing 20 children and six adults before shooting himself.

Manafort Brothers of Plainville, Connecticut, volunteered to carry out the demolition. Contractors arrived on site Monday “and had the house down within two hours,” Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra told ABC News. The contractors completed the project today by tearing down the foundation and ripping up the driveway.   Continue reading “School Shooter Adam Lanza’s Newtown House Is Demolished”

Yahoo News

Kiev (AFP) – Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko on Wednesday took delivery of ten US armoured vehicles, two days after American lawmakers voted to urge President Barack Obama to provide “lethal” aid to Kiev.

Dressed in camouflage, the Ukraine leader thanked Washington for the 10 Humvees, the first of 30 promised by Washington, as they arrived at Kiev’s Boryspil International Airport.   Continue reading “Ukraine receives first batch of US Humvees”

The Daily Sheeple – Newsmax

Editor’s Note: We all know where this rhetoric is headed… almost wish they’d come right out and try making it a reality already. Might change the very landscape of America if they really did.

Retired pediatric neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson, a possible Republican presidential candidate, is weighing in on the contentious issue of mandatory vaccinations – asserting people shouldn’t be allowed to refuse shots on religious or philosophical grounds.   Continue reading “Potential Rep. Presidential Candidate Ben Carson: ‘No One Has Right to Refuse Mandatory Vaccinations’”

Fox News

The latest baggage threatening to dog Hillary Clinton’s expected bid for the White House comes in the form of her brother, who allegedly got help from the Department of Homeland Security in smoothing a business deal.

The department’s inspector general found that Tony Rodham was given special treatment by DHS’ No. 2 in securing visas for foreigners connected to a deal.    Continue reading “Business dealings of Hillary Clinton’s brother raise new questions”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

UPDATE: *PRESIDENT OF YEMEN SAID TO HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY ON BOAT FROM ADEN, AP SAYS

As The BBC reports,   Continue reading “US-Armed Rebels Force Yemen President To Flee Country As Saudis Prepare For War”

So whats stopping someone from putting up a small picture in front of the camera to make the speed limit 150mph or higher.

Now go turn the system back to normal and be sure to erase the black box data prior to the trail. But Judge, my car has the new Ford speed limiter so I could not have been speeding.

CNN – by Aaron Smith

Ford (F) says that the newest edition of its S-Max car has “a new technology that scans traffic signs and adjusts the throttle to help drivers stay within legal speed limits and avoid fines.”   Continue reading “New Ford car automatically obeys speed limits”

RT

The bipartisan Surveillance State Repeal Act, if passed, would repeal dragnet surveillance of Americans’ personal communications, overhaul the federal domestic surveillance program, and provide protections for whistleblowers.

House lawmakers Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) are co-sponsoring bill H.R.1466, which was introduced on Tuesday and would repeal the 2001 Patriot Act, limit powers of the FISA Amendments Act, and prohibit retaliation against federal national security whistleblowers, according to The Hill.   Continue reading “Bipartisan bill would repeal Patriot Act, cut down American surveillance”

Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

Schenectady County, New York – Earlier this month, a family farm in rural New York was raided by police after the owners were cited on a number of trumped up regulatory violations. Joshua Rockwood, the owner of the farm, is being accused of mistreating his animals, and the local government has began confiscating some of them.   Continue reading “Police Raid Small Family Farm, Charge Family, Seize Animals Because they were Free Range”

Change.org

Doreen Hendrickson is a mild-mannered and demure mother of two. In spite of posing a threat to nobody, she may be incarcerated very soon thanks to the dirty tricks and heavy hands of the authoritarian federal government. Denied her basic rights in the court of law, Doreen Hendrickson was convicted of contempt of court on July 25, 2014.   Continue reading “Petition to exonerate Doreen Hendrickson”

ABC News – by Corrine Cathcart

A San Jose, California, police officer was fatally shot Tuesday night by a man threatening to kill himself, officials said, adding that the suspect was later found dead inside his home.

Police officers responded to a call at about 6:45 p.m. local time of a man with a gun threatening to kill himself, city officials said in a news conference Tuesday night.   Continue reading “California Cop Fatally Shot by Suspect Threatening Suicide”

WTOP

NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the most familiar names in pickles, cheese, hot dogs and other packaged foods are set to come under the same roof after H.J. Heinz Co. announced Wednesday that it plans to buy Kraft Foods in a deal to create one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies.

The deal would bring together an array of well-known but somewhat dated brands, including Heinz ketchup, Oscar Mayer lunchmeats, Jell-O desserts and Miracle Whip spreads.   Continue reading “HJ Heinz buys Kraft to build $28 billion food giant”

Vineyard of the Saker

I had been wanting to interview Paul Craig Roberts for a long time already. For many years I have been following his writings and interviews and every time I read what he had to say I was hoping that one day I would have the privilege do interview him about the nature of the US deep state and the Empire. Recently, I emailed him and asked for such an interview, and he very kindly agreed. I am very grateful to him for this opportunity.   Continue reading “The Saker interviews Paul Craig Roberts”

Mail.com

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Jose Lantigua’s family appeared to be living the American Dream. The Cuban immigrant claimed he had a heroic military career and earned numerous degrees before running a successful furniture business. He owned a Florida beachfront condo and a new home atop a verdant North Carolina mountain.

But in 2012, as his Circle K Furniture slid deeper into debt, those who knew Lantigua said he’d made some odd decisions: he ordered tons of new furniture on the company dime for his family’s many homes. He replaced the bookkeeper he’d used for years with a relative. He built a panic room with steel doors inside his North Carolina hideaway.   Continue reading “Suspicion surrounded Florida businessman who faked his death”

BATR – by James Hall

Entrepreneurs’ versus the corporatists’ mode of business culture are separated by a vastly different view of enterprise. The former deems his work as innovative, creative and beneficial to customers. The later see the corporate organization as an institution end of itself. Competition makes the business pioneer sharp and driven, while any competitor is targeted for demise within the corporative culture. Buyouts of ventures that show promise may be a payoff reward for the struggling enterpriser, but the corporatist CEO sees the absorption of new technology as a twofold gain. Acquiring the means to create or advance market share and stamping out any future competitive threats.   Continue reading “Destructive Centralization and the GE Corporatist Culture”