A self-designed T-Shirt reads The Telegraph – by Justin Huggler

A woman in Germany could face up to five years in prison for inciting hatred after she was filmed at an anti-Islam rally wearing a T-shirt that compared the Auschwitz concentration camp to a university.

The woman, who has not been named under German privacy laws, was filmed at a demonstration last October wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the words “University Auschwitz, est. 1941”.

Continue reading “German protester who wore ‘University of Auschwitz, 1941’ T-shirt faces prison”

John Cody, center, his wife, Maricruz and their children, Abigail, 15, left, Celeste, 11, and Sarah, 8, came from their home in La Porte to the rodeo. The family was detained and questioned about shoplifting, then later cleared. Photo: Melissa Phillip, Staff / © 2014 Houston ChronicleChron – by St. John Barned-Smith

The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is a tradition for John Cody and his family.

“For the most part, we always try and go,” said Cody, a 35-year-old Houston firefighter and Army veteran.

He and his wife, Maricruz, like to take their three daughters to check out the animals at the petting zoo, munch on greasy carney food and ride the festival rides.   Continue reading “Family rodeo outing turns to “hellish nightmare””

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting with his generals to discuss the offensive in Gaza in 2014. (Israeli government photo)Consortium News – by Robert Parry

Desperate to win reelection, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stripped off Israel’s mask and exposed the ugliness that has deformed his country over the past several decades. He abandoned the subterfuge of a two-state solution, exposed the crass racism that underlies Israeli politics, and revealed Israel’s blatant control of the U.S. Congress.

For years, these realities were known to many Americans, but – if they spoke up – they were condemned as anti-Semites, so most stayed silent to protect their careers and reputations. But – given Netanyahu’s brazen admissions – the American people may have little choice but to finally take notice of this troubling reality and demand a change in U.S. policy.   Continue reading “Netanyahu Unmasks Israel”

Mother Jones – by Josh Harkinson

A member of a powerful DC-based coalition of education and labor groups says Microsoft tricked him and others into opening the door to the Immigration Innovation Act, a federal bill that would promote the offshore outsourcing of American jobs.

“It was a classic bait and switch,” says the source, a member of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Education Coalition, an umbrella organization of some 500 corporate, labor, and education groups that was cofounded by Microsoft. The source, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of jeopardizing his relationships with allies on Capitol Hill, described Microsoft’s approach to the bill as “lobbying malpractice.”   Continue reading “Microsoft “Bait and Switch” Could Mean a Huge Increase in Foreign Tech Workers”

Marijuana World News

Thousands of people busted in Connecticut for marijuana possession now have the right to get their convictions erased after the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the violation had been downgraded to the same legal level as a parking ticket.

The 7-0 ruling came in the case of former Manchester and Bolton resident Nicholas Menditto, who had asked for his convictions to be overturned after the Legislature decriminalized possession of small amounts of pot in 2011.   Continue reading “Marijuana Convictions To Be Erased In Connecticut”

KOB 4 News – by Kai Porter

Elias Montoya, the former New Mexico State Police officer who was fired from the department after shooting at a minivan containing Oriana Farrell and her kids in 2013, was hired by and is now working for the Taos County Sheriff’s Department as a deputy.

Montoya started work Monday, and is currently training at the County Detention Center.   Continue reading “Former state police officer involved in 2013 Farrell shooting now a Taos Co. deputy”

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment staff view mustard gas artillery shells at the Pueblo Chemical DepotYahoo News – by Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) – The destruction of 2,600 tons of World War Two-era mustard agent weapons banned by international treaty began on Wednesday at a U.S. Army depot in southern Colorado, officials said.

The first mortar shells or projectiles containing the blistering chemical were moved into a specially designed chamber within a building at the Pueblo Chemical Depot to be neutralized, said spokesman Thomas Schultz.   Continue reading “U.S. begins destruction of chemical weapons stockpiles at Colorado depot”

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler listens to a speaker during a FCC hearing on the net neutrality on February 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)The Daily Caller – by GIUSEPPE MACRI

Federal Communications Commissioners testifying before Congress Wednesday admitted that the agency’s new net neutrality rules give the FCC the authority to influence rates charged by Internet service providers.

All five commissioners appeared before a Senate panel Wednesday afternoon to testify on a number of issues currently before the FCC, including its newly adopted Internet authority. It was FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler’s second appearance before Congress this week over the agency’s new authority.    Continue reading “FCC Confirms New Net Neutrality Rules Give Government Control Over Internet Rates”

Mexico Hillary ClintonCNS News – by Susan Jones

“Well, we have reviewed Secretary Clinton’s official personnel file and administrative files and do not have any record of her signing the OF-109,” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki told reporters on Tuesday.

“I think we’re fairly certain she did not. We don’t have record of it,” she added later.

This admission came one day after Psaki told reporters, “I don’t think former secretaries are standard employees.”   Continue reading “No Record of Hillary Clinton Signing Required Legal Form When She Left State Dep’t.”