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The Daily Mail – by Hannah Parry
An Amish man is suing the government for the right to buy a gun without a photo ID over claims his religious freedom is being violated.
Andrew Hertzler, from an Amish community in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, filed the lawsuit after an gun dealer refused to sell him a weapon without the correct identification. Continue reading “Amish man sues to buy firearm without photo ID”
New York Daily News – by Jennifer Fermino
A new bill to reduce gun violence aims to hit would-be weapons buyers where it hurts — in the wallet.
U.S. Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez is introducing a bill that would slap every gun sale with a $100 tax, and then use the extra money on anti-violence and mental health programs. Continue reading “Bill that would slap $100 tax onto gun sales, put money towards mental health programs heads to Congress”
New York Post – by Shawn Cohen and Rebecca Rosenberg
The weapons assembled here flowed into the city through the same “Iron Pipeline” that supplied the Glock handgun used to kill NYPD Officer Randolph Holder, authorities said yesterday.
The weapons are among 74 firearms — including pistols, revolvers, rifles and at least one sawed-off shotgun — that a gang of traffickers allegedly smuggled up from South Carolina and peddled to undercover NYPD cops during a nearly yearlong sting operation. Continue reading “Gun used to kill NYPD cop trafficked through ‘Iron Pipeline’”
11 Alive News – by Christopher B Buchanan
BOULDER, Colo. — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a minor solar radiation storm warning on Thursday morning following readings from a weather satellite in orbit around the Earth.
The warning is expected to last from 12:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. EST, Thursday afternoon. Continue reading “NOAA issues solar storm warning”
Republican Paul Ryan of Wisconsin was elected Speaker of the House, defeating Democrat Nancy Pelosi. The 45-year-old has become the youngest congressman to serve as the House leader since 1869.
Of the 432 votes cast, 236 went to Ryan and 184 to Pelosi.
Ryan is is now second in line to succeed to the US presidency, in case both the president and the vice-president become incapacitated. Continue reading “Paul Ryan elected Speaker of the House”
From National Review:
When Bob Woodward, one of two Washington Post reporters who were instrumental in cracking open Watergate, went on MSNBC and compared Hillary Clinton’s e-mail scandal to Richard Nixon’s tapes, eyebrows went up all over Washington. Then it was reported that FBI analysts may be able to recover some of the e-mails that were “wiped” off of Hillary’s private server as well as learn who had access to it and whether outsiders tried to hack it. Comparisons to Nixon and his tapes are becoming more concrete.
Continue reading “Richard Nixon and Hillary Clinton Perfectly Compared”
Via: Harvard:
The first study to measure the incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events during the perioperative period — immediately before, during and right after a surgical procedure — has found that some sort of mistake or adverse event occurred in every second operation and in 5 percent of observed drug administrations. Continue reading “Medication Errors Found in 1 Out of 2 Surgeries”
Because there is almost no expectation of privacy in open areas — which can include backyards and fenced-in land — it’s very difficult for a law enforcement agency to violate anyone’s Fourth Amendment rights with aerial surveillance. Whether this is accomplished with a drone, plane or helicopter, the Supreme Court has held that any place that could theoretically be viewed by a member of the public can also be observed by a government agency. (From the Supreme Court’s OTHER Riley decision — this one from 1989.) Continue reading “Court: When Aerial Surveillance Resembles An ‘Invasion,’ It Becomes An Illegal Search”
The Hill – by Mike Lillis and Peter Schroeder
House lawmakers in both parties joined forces Wednesday to pass a sweeping budget deal that marks both a parting victory for outgoing Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and a valedictory gift for his likely replacement, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.).
The final vote was 266 to 167, with 79 Republicans joining every Democrat in sealing passage. Ryan was among the supporters. Continue reading “House approves budget deal in big 266-167 vote”
LA Times – by Veronica Rocha and Matt Hamilton
A Kern County sheriff’s deputy arrested this weekend for allegedly aiming a handgun at children was arrested again Tuesday evening and then managed to escape, prompting a manhunt in Bakersfield, authorities said.
Days after Edward Tucker, a deputy for more than 18 years, was arrested and then released after allegedly flashing a handgun at a group of girls, a person asked for a welfare check on him, said Kern County sheriff’s office spokesman Ray Pruitt said. Continue reading “Central California deputy escapes from custody after 2nd arrest, prompting manhunt”
Philly.com – by DAVID GAMBACORTA
QUESTIONS over the death of a man who was tased early yesterday by a transit cop prompted SEPTA officials to release video footage and police radio calls that were connected to the incident.
Those pieces of evidence did not add up to a full explanation of how the man died. But they were released all the same in a bid to be as transparent about the case as possible, SEPTA Police Chief Tom Nestel said during a news conference at the agency’s Center City headquarters. Continue reading “Man dies after struggle with SEPTA cop”
Two days ago we reported that the saga of Rohit Bansal, Goldman’s “leaker” at the Fed is coming to a close with the announcement of a criminal case filed against Goldman’s deep throat who had previously spent 7 years at the NY Fed, and was about to spend some time in prison, and who had been providing Goldman with confidential information sourced from his contact at the NY Fed for months, as a result of which Goldman would be charged a penalty. Continue reading “The Full Details Of How Goldman Criminally Obtained Confidential Information From The New York Fed”
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Tuesday at the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, Chair John McCain grilled Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter.
During questioning, Carter admitted that neither Russia, nor the Syrian Army has targeted none of the US-trained terrorists. Continue reading “US Admits that Russia Has Not Attacked The US-trained Terrorist “Assets””
Detroit Free Press – by Susan Tompor
Retired truck driver Jerry Deaton, 69, says every time he received his monthly Teamsters pension check, he would get the chills and worry how much money he could lose in the future given all the rumors.
On Monday, he got the answer he dreaded: His pension could be slashed by roughly half.
His $2,700 a month pension is targeted to be cut to around $1,317 a month as of July 1, 2016, as part of a massive proposed rescue of the troubled Teamsters Central States Pension Fund. Continue reading “Pension checks to be cut in half for Teamsters retirees”
Liberty Fight – by Martin Hill
In case you missed it, Dr. Ben “No American should be Allowed to Have A Semi-Automatic Weapon” Carson paid his obligatory visit to the ‘Wailing Wall’ wearing his yarmulke. Carson, the dim-witted glassy-eyed Irsaeli shill, has also said that the millions of illegal aliens “uh, they could stay.” He’s also said “Al Sharpton and I Have the Same Goals.” I am not kidding he actually has said all of those things. He just changed his party affiliation to Republican six months prior to running for president. Continue reading “Glassy-Eyed Dimwit Ben Carson Dons The Beanie”
The former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Dennis Hastert is facing up to six months behind bars after pleading guilty to federal bank fraud charges after spending $1.7 million paying someone off to keep quiet about his prior sexual misconduct.
Hastert was indicted in May for withdrawing the cash from various bank accounts between 2010 and 2014 “in order to compensate for and conceal prior misconduct,” federal authorities asserted. The politician reportedly made a deal to pay $3.5 million in hush money to someone he had known “for most of his life.” Continue reading “Ex-US House Speaker Hastert Faces Prison After Bank Fraud Guilty Plea”