Year: 2015

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

Since the War on Drugs began in earnest under Nixon and Reagan, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has ruined millions of lives for nonviolent, victimless behavior. The DEA’s drug crusade is not limited to the homeland either, as it also has sole responsibility for pursing international drug investigations.

After 9/11, among the many travesties of the Patriot Act was a little-known section that gave the DEA powerful new abilities, under the guise of “narco-terrorism.” The agency says that these new pursuits are promoting national security, and it uses the purported success to lobby Congress for more funding.   Continue reading “A Federal Judge Just Shamed The DEA For Fabricating Sham Cases To Justify War On Drugs”

Global Research – by Dave of Palestine

Israeli occupation planes have sprayed crop-killing chemicals on farmlands across besieged Gaza Strip, killing off crops in the coastal enclave.

It is the third time the Israeli occupation planes have targeted Gaza farms, killing massive amounts of crops,   Continue reading “War Crimes: Israeli Planes Spray Crop-killing Chemicals on Gaza Farms”

ABC News

Authorities say police shot and killed a man after a chase that began when south Mississippi deputies tried to pull over an antique pickup truck for failure to yield.

Mississippi Bureau of Investigation spokesman Warren Strain says in an email that the man’s name is being withheld until his next-of-kin can be notified.   Continue reading “Police Fatally Shoot Man After Attempted Traffic Stop”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Earlier this year, Wal-Mart had some “plumbing” problems.

As regular readers might recall, the retailer shuttered five geographically distinct locations across the country citing intractable and persistent “clogs and leaks.”    Continue reading “WalMart Works With FBI, MIC To Spy On “Problem” Employees”

NBC Bay Area

Bay Area Rapid Transit police say investigators discovered a dead body inside the U-Haul truck that officers saw being pushed by the man involved in a dramatic gunfight with BART police on Friday morning.

One of the officers was shot in the arm, and was later treated and released from Eden Valley Medical Center in Castro Valley. BART police said the suspect, identified as 27-year-old Charles Goetting, was transported to the same hospital where he was in stable condition after surgery.   Continue reading “Dead Body Found in U-Haul, Hours After BART Police Officer Shot, Wounded Near Hayward Station”

ABC News

Grieving relatives and friends of two people shot and killed by Chicago police said Sunday that the city’s law enforcement officers had failed its residents.

Quintonio LeGrier, 19, was killed early Saturday by police responding to a domestic disturbance, along with downstairs neighbor Bettie Jones, 55, police said.   Continue reading “Relatives of 2 Killed by Chicago Police Demand Changes”

Fox News

A Maine landlord wants tossed a lawsuit filed by a retired Maine lobsterman who shot an intruder with a gun he bought less than a day earlier for protection against burglars.

The lawsuit had been filed last month by Harvey Lembo, 67. He uses a wheelchair and says he armed himself after five burglaries in six years at his Rockland apartment complex. Lembo bought an old gun on Aug. 31 and the next day he shot and wounded a man he believed had broken into his apartment to steal prescription medication he uses for chronic pain, according to the Bangor Daily News.   Continue reading “Maine landlord asks judge to dismiss tenant’s gun rights lawsuit”

KARE 11 News

ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minnesota Supreme Court has agreed to review the case of a convicted felon sentenced to five years in prison for possessing a BB gun.

David Lee Haywood was charged in Ramsey County in 2013 with possession of a firearm by an ineligible person. He was convicted after the judge told the jury a BB gun counts as a firearm.   Continue reading “MN Supreme Court to consider if BB guns are firearms”

Motley Fool

There are probably as many favorite guns among firearms enthusiasts as there are models manufactured. One way to determine what the “best” gun is is to see what people are buying. But that’s not a straightforward endeavor.

Since Smith & Wesson Holding (NASDAQ:SWHC) and Sturm, Ruger (NYSE:RGR) are the only publicly traded gunsmiths, we’re able to gain some insights into their sales, but mostly of broad categories rather than specific models.   Continue reading “The 5 Best-Selling Guns of 2015”

Fox News

The Houston Fire Department said Saturday investigators believe the two-alarm blaze at a mosque was intentionally set.

KHOU.com reported investigators are taking a look at surveillance video in the shopping center where the Islamic Society of Greater Houston is located. Houston firefighters responded to the fire around 2:45 p.m. Friday, according toFox 26 Houston. It took about 80 firefighters to quench the blaze.   Continue reading “Houston authorities say blaze at mosque was intentionally set”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

St. Martinville, LA — On Monday, Barbara Noel requested an order for protective custody for her son Michael Noel from a local mental health agency. Michael, who’s diagnosed with bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia, was in the midst of a psychotic episode and needed help. He was not violent.

“Everybody in the neighborhood knew Michael,” neighbor Daniel Wagner told the Advocate. “He’s totally nonviolent.”   Continue reading “Mother Calls for Medical Help with Non-violent Mentally Ill Son, Cops Show Up and Kill Him Instead”

Eagle Rising – by Tim Brown

If the gun grabbers in DC were not desperate enough, now they are pushing a bill that requests $360 million of tax payer money in order to buy guns back from American citizens.

Rep. Donald Payne, Jr. (D-NJ) has re-introduced a national gun buyback program called the Safe Neighborhoods Gun Buyback Act and he’s got 22 co-sponsors, all Democrat.   Continue reading “Democrats Want You to Pay to Buy Back Your Own Guns!”

USA Today

A Chicago police officer shot and killed two people early Saturday while responding to a domestic dispute call, authorities said.

The Cook County Medical Examiner’s office identified the two killed as Bettie R. Jones, 55, and Quintonio Legrier, 19. Both died at nearby hospitals shortly after the incident, police said. The incident comes as the troubled city is already embroiled in a federal civil rights investigation after a 2014 officer-involved shooting.   Continue reading “Chicago police officer fatally shoots 2 while responding to call”

Fox News

PHILADELPHIA –  Police are trying to find two men who they say stole 43 propane tanks from two industrial sites in the last week, and have alerted their Homeland Security division as a safety measure.

Lt. Dennis Rosenbaum says the division has been alerted because of the number and size of some of the tanks taken “out of an abundance of caution.”   Continue reading “Homeland Security seeks thieves who stole 43 propane tanks”

Reuters

Leaders of the church-based Sanctuary Movement vowed on Friday to offer their places of worship as refuge for immigrants facing deportation under an Obama administration crackdown on Central American families who entered the United States illegally.

The statement came two days after The Washington Post first reported the U.S. government was planning a series of raids to remove hundreds of undocumented families as early as January in the first such large-scale effort targeting the recent flood of border crossers.   Continue reading “Churches offer refuge for Central Americans facing U.S. deportation”