Year: 2015

The Washington Post – by Jeff Guo

You can get anything you want at Harry “Skip” McGrath’s 21st century digital storefront.

Steak rub. Crochet needles. Paella pans. Concealed-carry pistol holsters. Moisturizer.

McGrath was an executive for a Fortune 500 company before his son showed him eBay. The first thing he sold there was a set of 19th century brass candlesticks, the kind his wife would list for $100 at her antiques store. Someone on the Internet bought them for $169.   Continue reading “The Postal Service is losing millions a year to help you buy cheap stuff from China”

Prevent Disease – by John Summerly

Health experts around the world recommend people incorporate these 6 seeds in their diets. Whether you sprinkle these over your breakfast cereal or have them as a health boosting snack, you can’t go wrong with seeds.    Continue reading “6 Amazing Seeds With Incredible Health Benefits”

Alternative Energy News

It’s Friday, so we figured it’s time for a little humour. James Lawler, a Landscaper from Torquay Australia, has built himself a mini-motorhome atop his Toyota Prius Hybrid. The project took just over a week to complete using scrap materials, and ended up costing him just under $150. What inspired this project? Lawler says “There’s a lot of boring camper vans out there. I thought this would be a little bit more quaint and Australiana with a rusted tin roof. It’s quite well insulated in there. It’s more comfortable than a tent.”   Continue reading “Man Converts Toyota Prius into Motor Home”

George Phillips , an elderly man from Walled Lake, Michigan, was going up to bed, when his wife told him that he’d left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light, but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things.

He phoned the police, who asked “Is someone in your house?”

He said “No,” but some people are breaking into my garden shed and stealing from me.

Then the police dispatcher said “All patrols are busy, you should lock your doors and an officer will be along when one is available”   Continue reading “How to Call the Police When You’re Old and Don’t Move Fast Anymore”

Cop Block – by Kaycee

On March 9, 2015, the Smith Family’s life changed in a split second. Around 9 am, Lima Police, and West Central Ohio Crime Task Force served a search warrant via a “no knock” raid with the Allen County Sheriff’s Swat Team.

According to Alexis Smith, daughter of the homeowner, and victim of this raid, the laundry room window was suddenly shot out, the front door was busted down and a flash grenade deployed. Swat swarmed the home, yelling at James D. Smith to cage his dog while swat held his family at gunpoint, telling them that if they moved they would be shot.   Continue reading “Yet Another Dog Murdered by Police in Lima Ohio: R.I.P. Lulu”

EAG News – by Victor Skinner

MARIETTA, Ga. – As schools across the country continue to struggle to comply with food restrictions championed by first lady Michelle Obama, supporters of the federal regulations are reframing the issue as one of national security.

Retired rear admiral Casey Coane recently wrote in to The Hill to make the case for why school food restrictions on fat, sugar, salt, calories and other nutritional aspects are necessary to keep our country safe.   Continue reading “Retired admiral: Michelle O’s school lunch rules needed for ‘national security’”

Natural News – by JD Heyes

Author and former CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson recently told senators considering confirmation of President Obama’s next attorney general pick, Loretta Lynch, that the nominee would need to “chart a new path” from the White House’s abysmal record of essentially treating some reporters like “enemies of the state.”

Attkisson’s accusations before the Senate Judiciary Committee were akin to those made in her 2014 book Stonewalled, in which she detailed how the Obama Administration — and officials in her own network — worked to prevent the public from learning more about several scandals, including Operation Fast and Furious, Benghazi and the green energy debacle.   Continue reading “Obama Administration considers independent journalists to be ‘enemies of the state,’ warn reporters”

Yahoo News – by Charles Babington

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress can get so busy that senators and their staffs don’t always have time to scrutinize bills they pass and letters they sign — or so it seemed this week, anyway.

Two episodes left Democrats blushing, some Republicans muttering under their breath, and taxpayers perhaps wondering what those well-educated people do on Capitol Hill.

First, Republicans ridiculed Democrats for claiming they somehow missed a key provision in a bill filed two months ago. The bill, unanimously approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee, would combat human sex trafficking.   Continue reading “Capitol Hill Buzz: Who has time to read these bills we pass?”

Politichicks – by Macy Chance

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.

This could be Oregon’s motto this week. Either that or, “Are you kidding me?!”

Seriously, Oregon’s officials could not be more embarrassing if they tried. Well, maybe if they put on an adult sized Tigger Costume and paraded around for no apparent reason.   Continue reading “What Do the ‘Princess of Darkness’ & Dumpster Diving Have in Common? Oregon Politics!”

Oregon Live – by Rob Davis

Ellen Rosenblum, Oregon’s attorney general, wanted to team up with the federal agencies investigating the influence-peddling scandal involving then-Gov. John Kitzhaber and his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes.

Rosenblum thought for a time she was part of a joint state-federal investigation. But federal authorities wanted her out. They got their way.   Continue reading “Why did feds push out attorney general on Kitzhaber? It’s a secret”

Forbes – by Geoffrey Smith

IEA warns that the U.S. is going to run out of storage soon, at which point somebody, somewhere, is going to have to stop pumping.

Oil prices are tumbling back towards the six-year lows that they hit in January after more signs of the U.S. economy weakening and a new report suggesting that the rout at the end of last year still hasn’t had a meaningful impact on U.S. shale oil output.   Continue reading “Oil is back in the doldrums as the IEA warns of glut”

KHOU 11 News

BRENHAM, Texas — The FDA has issued an advisory after five cases of listeriosis were linked to Blue Bell ice cream products from the production facility in Brenham.

All five patients ate the ice cream while being treated at a single hospital in Kansas between January 2014 and January 2015. Three of them died.

No one suspected the infection came from ice cream until four strains of Listeria monocytogenes were found in Blue Bell products last month by the South Carolina Health Department.   Continue reading “Deadly listeria outbreak linked to Blue Bell ice cream products”

Ammoland – by Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- The West Virginia Constitutional Carry bill,  SB 347, has now passed the House.  The vote was 71 to 29.  This is a very comfortable, veto proof margin.  The bill was amended in the House to raise the age for concealed, permit-less carry from 18 to 21, on the 11th of March.  On the third read today, the 12th of March, it passed 71 to 29.  The vote was both bi-partisan and sufficient to override a veto.  51 Republicans and 20 Democrats voted for the bill.   13 Republicans and 16 Democrats voted against it.

One of the Republicans  who voted against it was Daryl Cowles, the House majority leader, from Berkeley Springs, District 58.  Note that he is not the Speaker of the House, but the majority leader.   Continue reading “WV House passes Constitutional Carry with Bi-Partisan Support”

Capital New York – by Kelly Weill

Computers operating on the New York Police Department’s computer network at its 1 Police Plaza headquarters have been used to alter Wikipedia pages containing details of alleged police brutality, a review by Capital has revealed.

“The matter is under internal review,” an NYPD spokeswoman, Det. Cheryl Crispin, wrote in an email to Capital after examples of the changes were presented to the NYPD.   Continue reading “Edits to Wikipedia pages on Bell, Garner, Diallo traced to 1 Police Plaza”