Huffington Post – by Jennifer Bendery

WASHINGTON — The residents of Coos County, Oregon, passed a ballot initiative Tuesday night that requires their sheriff to block the enforcement of state and federal gun laws that he thinks seem unconstitutional.

The 2nd Amendment Preservation Ordinance passed with 61 percent of the vote. The measure directs the sheriff to decide whether certain state and federal gun laws violate the Second Amendment. If he thinks they do, the county is then banned from using any resources to enforce those laws. Any county employee who violates the ordinance will be fined $2,000.   Continue reading “Oregon County Passes Measure Directing Sheriff To Block State And Federal Gun Laws”

Yahoo News – by Emily Shapiro

A former Taco Bell executive accused of attacking his Uber driver while intoxicated could face up to a year in jail if he’s convicted of charges against him, including assault and battery, officials said.

Benjamin Golden, 32, requested an Uber ride from a bar in Newport Beach, California, on Friday night, but while in the car, he was “unable to clearly give directions,” the Costa Mesa police said.   Continue reading “Former Taco Bell Executive Accused of Attacking Uber Driver Could Face Year in Jail”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Dykes

It is being reported in foreign press outlets that Japanese researchers have created the world’s first drug which can cure a person of the flu —any flu — in just one day. It reportedly has the ability to stop the spread of flu viruses in the human body instantly.

Note, this was translated into English:   Continue reading “Bye Bye Flu Shots: Japanese Researchers Have Created a Flu Cure that Works in One Day”

Reuters – by Amanda Becker

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday renewed her pledge to take on the powerful U.S. gun lobby.

Speaking at a townhall-style event in Coralville, Iowa, Clinton said gun violence affects urban, suburban and rural areas.

“This is a problem, it’s a danger, it’s a threat, everywhere in our country,” Clinton said.   Continue reading “Clinton renews push for gun restrictions in new ad, campaign stop”

Reuters

The U.S. House and Senate Armed Services Committees said on Tuesday a version of the National Defense Authorization Act, a sweeping defense policy bill, would go before Congress this week, with $5 billion of cuts reflecting a budget deal passed last week.

The adjustments to the $600 billion measure affect more than 100 programs, the committee’s Republican and Democratic leaders said in a statement.   Continue reading “Congress to consider new version of sweeping defense policy bill”

RT

China’s defense minister has urged the US not to threaten its sovereignty as well as the nation’s security interests following last week’s incident involving a US naval patrol in the South China Sea.

The concerns were expressed by Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan to US Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur, where the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) defense chiefs meeting is taking place.   Continue reading “China warns US against further South China Sea patrols”

RT

An Antonov-12 Soviet-made cargo plane has crash-landed near South Sudan’s airport shortly after taking off. 41 people have been killed on board and on the ground.

The crashed plane may have had about 20 crew and passengers, two of which survived, according to the South Sudanese president’s spokesman. Also, others on the ground may have been killed.

Reuters says its eyewitness has counted over 40 bodies at the crash site, but it is unclear how many of those were on board.   Continue reading “Cargo plane crash-lands in S. Sudan, 41 reported dead”

RT

An Arkansas police officer has been arrested after falsely reporting he had been shot by a Hispanic man in the line of duty. The officer has confessed to actually shooting himself on the day he triggered a statewide manhunt for a man that does not exist.

England Police Sergeant David Houser, 50, was taken into custody on Tuesday, the Arkansas State Police said.   Continue reading “Arkansas cop confesses to shooting himself, then ‘falsely’ accusing Hispanic man”

Yahoo News – by Don Babwin

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities will announce that a northern Illinois police officer whose shooting death led to a massive manhunt in September killed himself, an official briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press.

The Lake County Sheriff’s Office has called a Wednesday news conference to announce “conclusive results” of the investigation. The official spoke to the AP Tuesday night on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief the media.   Continue reading “Official: Illinois cop’s death will be declared a suicide”

The Hill – by Ian M. Smith

A newly leaked internal DHS memorandum produced for an off-the-record agency conclave reveals that the Obama administration is actively planning to circumvent a federal court injunction that suspended part of last November’s deferral-based amnesty initiative. The document, apparently prepared as follow-up from a DHS “Regulations Retreat” last summer, appears sure to re-ignite concerns in Congress as well as federal judges in the Fifth Circuit. The Administration has already been criticized from the bench for handing out work permits to hundreds of thousands of deferred action beneficiaries, in direct violation of a district court’s order. With the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals deciding any day now whether to deny the Administration’s request to reverse that injunction, this public leak has come at a critical juncture for U.S. enforcement policy.    Continue reading “Leaked DHS memo shows Obama might circumvent DAPA injunction”

BATR – by James Hall

The most dramatic contrast in the rule of law against the architects of financial theft can be seen in the way America protects their banksters and the accountability that Iceland imposed on their financial crooks. The fact that the orthodox financial press refuses to cover the incarceration of Iceland’s Bankers Face 74 Years in Prison While US Banks Profit After Your Bailout, is clear proof who really controls the political and economic institutions in the United States. As for the courts, America has long ago shredded the rule of law in this country.   Continue reading “When will America Jail their Banksters?”

Threat Matrix – by Caleb Weiss

The Islamic State has released photographs detailing the training of its so-called “Third Armored Brigade” in Iraq’s northern province of Ninewa. The images show the use of American-made Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, as well as old Soviet armor. In addition to displaying the jihadists training with these vehicles, the fighters are also shown undergoing weapons training with AK-47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs).   Continue reading “Islamic State trains with American armored vehicles in Iraq”

RT

A small German village containing just 102 residents and with almost no infrastructure will have to accommodate as many as 750 asylum seekers after a decision by the regional authorities. Villagers fear the area will be unable to cope with the burden.

The first group of refugees amounting to 500 people will arrive in Sumte – a small village in the German state of Lower Saxony – as early as Monday. The one-street settlement with no shops, no school and even no police station fears that its accommodation capabilities will be pushed to the limit.   Continue reading “‘No infrastructure for so many people’: German village of 102 getting ready to house… 750 refugees”

Refugee Resettlement Watch – by Ann Corcoran

This is short and sweet (well, maybe not so sweet).  Reader Brenda is trying to figure out what is going on in her state and came across this document from the Department of Health and Human Services that sure looks like the welfare needs of refugees are being met by dipping into resources meant for Americans in poverty.

When the Refugee Act of 1980 was passed by Congress, a promise was made that the refugees would not simply bring more poverty to America, but that is exactly what is happening.  Refugees should not be part of our combating poverty programs!   Continue reading “Are refugees taking from federal programs for American poor and homeless, sure looks like it”

The Daily Beast – by David Axe

The Pentagon is sending F-15Cs—supposedly to fight the ISIS war. But the jets only have air-to-air weapons, and ISIS has no planes. Which means the real adversary is Russia.

The U.S. Air Force is deploying to Turkey up to a dozen jet fighters specializing in air-to-air combat—apparently to help protect other U.S. and allied jets from Russia’s own warplanes flying over Syria. Continue reading “U.S. Brings Dogfighters to Counter Russians Over Syria”

The Free Thought Project – by William N. Grigg

Two short-tempered men run into each other in a bar in Enid, Oklahoma. The combustible mixture of alcohol and ego produces the predictable reaction – a brief, stupid, and inconclusive fight in which neither side is seriously injured. When police officers arrive on the scene, onlookers expect that both parties to the altercation will be hauled away in handcuffs.

However, after one of them produces a police credential, he is allowed to handcuff the other and place him under arrest for a felonious assault on an off-duty law enforcement officer. It doesn’t matter that the individual making the arrest might have been the same one who started the fight.   Continue reading “State Law Makes it a Felony to Touch a Police Officer Even Off-Duty and Out of Uniform”

Intellihub

VAN WERT, Ohio (INTELLIHUB) — A strange fibrous material was once again spotted falling out of the sky.

This marks the third documented incident in the past 12 months involving a fibrous material of an unknown origin to have been dropped from the sky inside the Continental United States. But what makes government’s latest drop-spot for these ominous fibers particularly interesting, and even more concerning, is that for the first time it’s now happening outside of Arizona.   Continue reading “Chem-webs spotted falling from sky, this time in Ohio”

Whale.to – by Alan R Cantwell Jr., M.D.

New Dawn No. 68 (September-October 2001)

Disinformation and Nuclear Fallout
Secret Radiation Experiments
The Atomic Energy Commission
Uranium Mine Workers
Medical Ethics of the Cold War
The President’s Advisory Committee
Keeping Government Secrets
Current Secret Biomedical Experimentation
Does Secret Medical Experimentation Continue?   Continue reading “How scientists secretly used US citizens as guinea pigs during the Cold War”