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The Daily Caller – by Chuck Ross
A Houston-area man is being hailed as a hero after he stopped an armed robbery with a gun of his own.
The incident occurred Saturday at K&S Seafood when two armed men barged into the store near closing time.
“All of a sudden my wife ran back panicking,” K&S owner Koy Sam told KHOU. Continue reading “‘Amazing’ Armed Customer Thwarts Armed Robbery, Inspires Woman To Obtain Concealed Carry Permit”
It’s called Chameleon—a computer virus—but maybe it should be called FrankenVirus. You wouldn’t believe what it can do: literally move through the air, as in airborne—like a biological pathogen.
And like some Franken-creation, it came from a laboratory, cultivated at the University of Liverpool’s School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering and Electronics. Continue reading “Beware of scary WiFi Virus”
ROME, Jan. 14 (UPI) — Italian President Giorgio Napolitano resigned and retired Wednesday, about five years ahead of his term expiration.
Napolitano, 89, was president for a record nine-years, but poor health led to his resignation. His term would have expired in 2022. Continue reading “Italian President Napolitano resigning, retiring”
Louisiana Watchdog – by Chris Butler
The Environmental Protection Agency has a plan in rural Webster Parish to burn 15 million pounds of propellant explosives, originally designed for military use, into the northern Louisiana atmosphere.
People exposed to it might develop cancer or blood pressure problems or even pass on birth defects to their children, experts warn. Continue reading “Louisiana residents fear EPA’s plan to burn explosives near their land”
Bloomberg – by Ari Natter and Laura Litvan
Jan. 12 — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) plans to offer an amendment to lift the 40-year-old ban on the export of crude oil to Keystone XL pipeline legislation being considered on the Senate floor, according to a spokeswoman for the senator.
While it remains unknown if the measure will get a vote, the amendment has the potential to put lawmakers on the record on the issue for the first time. Continue reading “Cruz Plans Crude Export Amendment to Keystone Legislation”
I’m confused, are they claiming anyone who distrusts law enforcement has a mental illness?
WASHINGTON — Police officials offered an unapologetic defense of law enforcement in America Tuesday, telling a White House panel that flagging public trust is largely due to powerful social forces — extreme poverty, untreated mental illness and lack of resources — beyond their control that often fuel tense encounters with the public. Continue reading “Police say social problems fuel tensions with public”
Japan’s government has approved its largest military budget in 70 years, in contravention of the country’s pacifist constitution, in a display of force to its highly militarized neighbors. The extra military spending comes amid a stalling economy.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Cabinet has given the green light to an unprecedented nearly 5 trillion yen ($42 billion) defense budget, which comes into force in April. The extra military expenditure mirrors an expanded overall budget, which has reached a record 96.3 trillion yen ($814 billion). The budget still awaits parliament’s approval, where the government coalition headed by Abe has a majority in both houses. Continue reading “Japan approves largest military budget since WWII”
The Department of Homeland Security secretary has announced increased vigilance regarding national security, as well as stepped-up random searches of travelers and carry-on luggage in the wake of the recent terror attacks in Paris.
In the announcement made on Monday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said the Federal Protective Services – which provides security for US government buildings – will be expanding its reach to major cities and will vary shifts and patrols from location to location. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will also conduct random searches of passengers and carry-on luggage at US airports. Continue reading “US steps up airport, federal building security after Paris attacks”
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s al-Qaida branch on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week’s massacre at a Paris satirical newspaper, with one of its top commanders saying the assault was in revenge for the weekly’s publications of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, considered an insult in Islam.
The claim came in a video posting by Nasr al-Ansi, a top commander of Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which appeared on the group’s Twitter account. The video was the group’s official claim of the assault on the Charlie Hebdo offices, although a member of AQAP, as the branch is known, last Friday first confirmed to The Associated Press that the branch had carried out the attack. Continue reading “Yemen’s al-Qaida claims responsibility for Paris attack”
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Just a day after a district attorney announced murder charges against two Albuquerque police officers, authorities said another city police officer shot and killed a man Tuesday night.
Police said the latest shooting happened just before 5 p.m. after officers were dispatched to a busy eastern Albuquerque street after a report of suspicious criminal activity. The officers arrived and took one man into custody, but another man fled on foot, police said. Continue reading “Police: Another Albuquerque officer involved in shooting”
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City jail guards reported more use of force against inmates in 2014 than ever before — an average of 11 incidents a day ranging from pepper sprayings to punches — amid heightened scrutiny from federal prosecutors to clean up what they call a “deep-seated culture of violence.”
Figures obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press via a public records request show correction officers reported using force 4,074 times last year, including 406 incidents alone in September, the month after a scathing federal report that said Rikers Island guards too often resorted to force against teenage inmates. Continue reading “APNewsBreak: NYC jail guards use of force a record in 2014”
A police officer secretly recorded his actions and conversations for about 15 years because his supervisor red-flagged him for repeatedly using force and getting a high number of citizen complaints, according to public records obtained by an Ohio newspaper.
The Akron officer, Donald Schismenos, resigned in 2013, more than two years after thousands of hours of his video and audio were found on a police computer. He used a pen camera and a dashboard camera, and the recordings included his interactions with the public and his supervisors. Continue reading “Cop Says He Secretly Recorded to Protect Himself”
In the Daily Bell’s recent interview, Dr. Antal Fekete: Blowing Up Modern Austrian Economics … in a Good Way, Professor Antal E. Fekete addresses the foundational economic work and understanding of “Real Bill” money by Carl Menger. Reviewing this subject, may be a new experience for most and for mainline economists a topic that is problematic. How is it possible for central banks to use the argument of real bills, when modern academics differ with the mechanics of their cherished monetary theory?
Investopedia defines the Real Bills Doctrine accordingly. Continue reading “Carl Menger and the Real Bills Doctrine”
What an interesting turn of events in Mt. Vernon , Texas …Diamond D’s brothel began construction on an expansion of their building to increase their ever-growing business. In response, the local Baptist Church started a campaign to block the business from expanding — with morning, afternoon, and evening prayer sessions at their church.
Work on Diamond D’s progressed right up until the week before the grand re-opening when lightning struck the whorehouse and burned it to the ground! Continue reading “Whorehouse Sues Local Church Over Lightning Strike”
Shopping malls across America are going to look a whole lot emptier soon. An exodus of giant retailers is beginning with the announcement of hundreds of store closures and thousands of people newly unemployed.
The first of January, I broke with my usual tradition and wrote not about positive resolutions, but about the impending rockslide of the US economy. And “rockslide” is an apt word: as one thing starts rolling down the mountain, it will pick up other things until a veritable avalanche of other businesses and people are affected and rolling pell-mell right alongside. Continue reading “The US Retail Industry is Collapsing: Here’s Why You’re in Trouble”
The Anti-Media – by Cassius Methyl
In Salt Lake City, Utah, a man named James Dudley Barker, 42 was shot dead by a police officer last week after offering his routine door-to-door snow-shoveling services.
The altercation was recorded on body-cam footage until it was abruptly cut before the shooting; the cops claim the bodycam was broken at the time the video ceases.
The verbal altercation became physical when the cop appeared to swing at Barker after he got upset at the officer verbally. Continue reading “Officer’s Bodycam “Malfunctions” Seconds Before He Shot and Killed a Man”
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UPI – by Andrew V. Pestano
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BATR – by James Hall
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