Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

Flint, MI – Activist Christopher G. Wahmhoff, 37, is facing charges after he made a Facebook post referencing the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

Wahmhoff was already on probation for an act of civil disobedience two years ago. He crawled into an Enbridge pipeline and stayed in there for ten hours to protest the expansion of a recently ruptured oil pipeline that had already damaged the local environment. Ever since that protest, Wahmhoff has been on probation and faces regular scrutiny from his probation officer.   Continue reading “Activist Arrested For Making Facebook Post Criticizing Gov. Snyder Over Flint Water Crisis”

Reuters

A federal grand jury in New York has begun hearing evidence in the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man whose chokehold death at the hands of a white police officer sparked widespread protests, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

The U.S. Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation of Garner’s death in December 2014, after a grand jury in the borough of Staten Island declined to bring criminal charges against the officer, Daniel Pantaleo.   Continue reading “Federal grand jury hearing evidence in NYC police killing of Eric Garner: source”

Prepper Universe

An Impenetrable Fortress That’s NOT A Storage Container

That’s right, we’re going to show you how you can make your own custom bullet proof, fireproof & earthquake resistant buildings with 100% recycled materials! The walls are made from used plastic bottles, filled with sand and coated with a moderate amount of mud and cement to smooth the wall and make it appealing.   Continue reading “How To Make A Bullet Proof & Fire Proof House From Fire And Heat Resistant Materials”

Fox News

In response to the federal government raids announced at the beginning of this year to apprehend undocumented Central American immigrants, public schools in Los Angeles, where about 50 percent of the student body is Hispanic, will not allow immigration authorities to enter the campuses.

The decision taken on Tuesday by the Los Angeles Unified School District board is for all schools, from kindergarten through high school, to be declared “safe zones” and resource centers for students and families threatened by the enforcement of immigration laws.   Continue reading “Los Angeles schools close their doors to immigration agents”

Breitbart – by Deborah Danan

TEL AVIV – A new bill introduced in Congress Wednesday supports the rights of U.S. states to cut ties with companies that are engaged in the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

Lawmakers from both houses of Congress presented the Combating BDS Act of 2016, which is aimed at combating economic warfare against Israel, Tablet magazine, which obtained a preliminary copy of the bill, reported.   Continue reading “New Bipartisan Congressional Bill Supports States Fighting Boycotts of Israel”

RT

Two US Air Force A-10 warplanes carried out airstrikes on Aleppo Wednesday, destroying nine facilities, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported. The same day, the Pentagon accused Moscow of bombing two hospitals, despite no Russian flights over the city.

“Yesterday, at 13:55 Moscow time (10:55 GMT), two American A-10 assault aircraft entered Syrian airspace from Turkey, flew right to the city of Aleppo and bombed targets there,” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Thursday.   Continue reading “US A-10s bombed city of Aleppo on Wednesday, shifted blame onto Moscow – Russian military”

Mail.com

CLEVELAND (AP) — The city of Cleveland is asking Tamir Rice’s estate to pay $500 for ambulance and medical services he received after being shot by a police officer.

The city requested the money as the 12-year-old boy’s “last dying expense” in a creditor’s claim filed Wednesday in Cuyahoga (ky-uh-HOH’-guh) County Probate Court. The claim states the money is overdue.   Continue reading “$500 bill sent to Tamir Rice’s estate for EMS services”

Mail.com

PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday ordered a military takeover of a factory park that had been the last major symbol of cooperation with South Korea, calling Seoul’s earlier suspension of operations at the jointly run facility as punishment for the North’s recent rocket launch a “dangerous declaration of war.”   Continue reading “N. Korea orders military takeover of inter-Korean factories”

Mail.com

PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Sonja Thompson lives so close to the edge of an 80-foot bluff above the Pacific Ocean that when paragliders fly by “you can almost high-five them.”

Having the Pacific as your backyard has its benefits, and its dangers. Crumbling cliffs have forced dozens to leave their homes and others like Thompson may have to join them as EL Nino-fueled storms batter the coast.   Continue reading “California residents live on the edge of crumbling cliffs”

KGW 8 News

BURNS, Ore. — Three of the four holdouts at the Malheur refuge have surrendered without incident to the police.

David Fry was holding out.  As of shortly before 10 a.m., he was telling live to Gavin Seim, a blogger, that he never agreed to come out like the other three. He described himself as suicidal and that his grievances have not been heard and acted upon.   Continue reading “Three occupiers have surrendered, Fry holding out – Live Feed”

Intellihub

Watch as a sick and twisted cop by the name of Robert Whitman repeatedly tases, abuses, tortures and kicks a pregnant woman’s husband who is being placed under arrest.

The sad thing is that officers like these are so weak, likely suffering from little man syndrome, they have to show others who’s boss in order to feel good about themselves.

Likely, Whitman, was bullied as a kid.   Continue reading “Shameless cop repeatedly tases handcuffed man, kicks head into pavement while pregnant wife films entire event”

Kitco News – by Jim Wycoff

A spooked world marketplace has prompted keen safe-haven demand for gold that has sent the precious metal to a 12-month high above $1,240.00 an ounce in early U.S. trading Thursday. April Comex gold was last up $44.50 at $1,239.00 an ounce. March Comex silver was last up $0.343 at $15.62 an ounce.   Continue reading “Gold Soars To 12-Mo. High On Safe-Haven Demand As Markets Near Panic Mode”

Union Leader – by Kimberly Houghton

NASHUA — School officials are expecting more students to participate in the district’s English Language Learners program next year, prompting a request to hire an additional teacher.

“The reality is, this is the fastest-growing segment of the population within American schools today,” Superintendent Mark Conrad told the Nashua Board of Education’s budget committee recently.   Continue reading “English as a second language program expected to increase in Nashua”

Washington’s Blog

The government is already spying on us through spying on us through our computers, phones, cars, buses, streetlights, at airports and on the street, via mobile scanners and drones, through our credit cards and smart meters (update), television, doll, and in many other ways.

Spying in the U.S. is worse than under Nazi Germany, the Stasi, J. Edgar Hoover … or Orwell’s 1984.   Continue reading “The Whole POINT of the Internet of Things Is So Big Brother Can Spy On You”

RT

The prosecutor’s office in Berrien County, Michigan, has released a highly dramatic dashcam video from a police cruiser that hit a female pedestrian crossing the street. The police car was speeding, and had neither lights nor siren activated, witnesses said.

“I need an emergency unit to my location. I think I hit a person,” Benton Township patrol officer Eugene Anderson informs radio dispatchers on the video just moments after the sound of smashing glass and a loud bang is heard as his police cruiser hits a woman.   Continue reading “‘I think I hit a person’: Speeding US patrol officer in dashcam video”

The Newspaper

The Obama administration is looking to close down the automotive aftermarket. Tucked deep within a proposed rulemaking governing diesel truck engines, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) introduced language that would prohibit any changes to an automobile’s engine or exhaust after it leaves the factory. The Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) raised the alarm Monday after discovering the hidden provision.   Continue reading “EPA Rule To Ban Car Modification”

AlterNet – by Sarah Lazare

Over the past year and a half, the United States and other military coalition members have launched nearly 10,000 strikes in Iraq and Syria.

Zooming out, the United States military has spent nearly the entire 21st century engaged in an amorphous war on terrorism, in which the whole world is a potential battlefield, from Yemen to Somalia to the now-expanding war in Afghanistan. Lurking beneath the surface of the seemingly endless series of military campaigns is the contradictory U.S. historical legacy of direct support for some of the very extremist combatants the war on terror is allegedly predicated on fighting.   Continue reading “Major Investigation Reveals Disturbing Connection Between U.S. Intelligence and Al Qaeda Since 9/11”