Month: February 2016

“MONTEZUMA,” regarded as a Pennsylvanian, wrote this essay which appeared October 17, 1787 in the Independent Gazetteer.

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We the Aristocratic party of the United States, lamenting the many inconveniences to which the late confederation subjected the well-born, the better kind of people, bringing them down to the level of the rabble – and holding in utter detestation that frontispiece to every bill of rights, “that all men are born equal” – beg leave (for the purpose of drawing a line between such as we think were ordained to govern, and such as were made to bear the weight of government without having any share in its administration) to submit to our Friends in the first class for their inspection, the following defense of our monarchical, aristocratical democracy.   Continue reading “Anti-Federalist Paper No. 9 – A Consolidated Government Is A Tyranny”

Cincinnati.com

Kentucky law requires police and sheriff departments to report how much property and cash they seize and keep as the result of criminal investigations.

But an Enquirer investigation found fewer than 30 percent of such agencies around the state actually sent in such accounts last fiscal year under a system that state officials describe as “sporadic” at best.   Continue reading “Ky. seizure laws under scrutiny by local lawmaker”

K Fox 14

EL PASO, Texas–An El Paso man tells KFOX14 Investigates he was beaten so violently he was in the hospital for days. Police said he was resisting arrest.

Medical records show he had a seizure. In a fight to clear his name, he asks KFOX14 to Investigate.   Continue reading “Man hospitalized after police allegedly beat him while having seizure”

The Post and Courier – by Andrew Knapp and Dave Munday

A woman who was arrested at a hospital over the summer for failing to pay court fines died the next day because she was deprived of water at the Charleston County jail, her family’s attorneys said Wednesday.

Joyce Curnell, 50, of Edisto Island was found dead in the jail shortly before 5 p.m. July 22, a day after being taken from Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital, where she had been treated for a stomach illness.   Continue reading “Lawyers say woman, 50, died after being ‘deprived of water’ at Charleston County jail”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Inglewood, CA — On Sunday, police responded to a call of a suspicious vehicle parked on Manchester Boulevard around 3:10 am. When police arrived, they engaged in a 45-minute long standoff before opening fire on the man and woman inside the vehicle, killing them both.

In the news release on Monday, following the shooting, police claimed that the woman in the car had a gun. Scott Collins, a spokesman for the Inglewood Police Department said that the couple refused to obey the officers’ commands to exit the vehicle. The officers then feared for their safety and opened fire on the car — killing the couple.   Continue reading “Parents on a Date Were Asleep in Car When Cops Arrived and Killed Them Both”

Breitbart – by Mary Chastain

The Florida Department of Health has confirmed that three pregnant women have Zika after the World Health Organization (WHO) warned the Zika outbreak could get worse before it gets better.

“We have, however, identified three pregnant women who traveled to countries affected by Zika and likely had Zika virus in those countries and returned without any symptoms,”stated Florida Surgeon General Dr. John Armstrong.   Continue reading “Zika Spreads: Three Pregnant Women Test Positive in Florida”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

“The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.” Deut. 28:43-44

Such is the warning to a disobedient people, and America is seeing it come to pass before our eyes as foreigners are now being exalted higher than our founders’ posterity, including those who should not even be here in the first place! In Communist run New York, the State’s Department of Education has said that they will allow illegal aliens to obtain teaching certifications.   Continue reading “Illegal Aliens will now be allowed to teach America’s Kids”

 

The Intrepid Report – by Stephen Lendman

Her presidency would be nightmarish for world peace, popular interests and what remains of fundamental freedoms, a disaster risking full-blown tyranny and global war—vital to go all-out to oppose.

Her biotech/agribusiness ties began during the 1980s as a Rose Law firm lawyer. Monsanto and Tyson Foods were clients.   Continue reading “Longstanding Hillary Clinton ties to Monsanto”

Common Dreams – by Howard Friel

Black’s Law Dictionary defines “recusal” as “removal of oneself as judge or policy-maker in a particular matter, esp. because of a conflict of interest.”

In the federal judiciary—a coequal branch with the executive—judges as well as Supreme Court justices are expected to recuse themselves, and do recuse themselves, from hearing cases with conflicts of interest that are less pronounced as Mrs. Clinton’s.   Continue reading “Hillary Clinton’s Pay-to-Play Speaking Fees Disqualify Her as a Presidential Candidate”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Earlier, when we reported that based on Hillary Clinton’s latest tax disclosure, she and her husband had made $139 million in gross income since 2007 most of its from private speaking fees, the one aspect that readers founds most fascinating was the breakdown of all the bribes better known as speeches given by the two Clintons (who in Hillary’s words came out of the White House “dead broke”) in 2013 as well as the going rate.   Continue reading “The Complete Breakdown Of Every Hillary And Bill Clinton Speech, And Fee, Since 2013”

Top Right News – by Brooke Bosca

Mississippi’s state flag will continue to include the Confederate battle emblem for the foreseeable future, after state lawmakers on Thursday refused to support bills to remove the controversial symbol.

Despite “massive” pressure from the Obama Administration, and boycott threats from left-wing groups and ‘Black Lives Matter,’ the flag is here to stay.   Continue reading “It’s NOT Coming Down: Mississippi Votes To Keep It’s Confederate State Flag”

Weather

Outdoor air pollution’s impact on public health is well-recorded while in the developed world, indoor air quality is often ignored. But the fact is, especially in the winter when we spend more time indoors, the health of the air inside our homes matters. (Winter is also when cases of carbon monoxide and radon poisoning inside homes spike.)

Indoor air quality is particularly important for people with indoor winter allergies, such as mold, dust and pet danger. These and other compounds in the air can make allergy symptoms worse while exacerbating other respiratory ailments, such as asthma.   Continue reading “15 Best Plants for Cleaner Indoor Air”

Yahoo News

HESSTON, Kan. (AP) — A gunman armed with an “assault-style” weapon drove through a south-central Kansas town Thursday, taking shots at people, before storming the factory where he worked. Authorities said he killed three people and wounded 14 before being shot dead by an officer.

Harvey County Sheriff T. Walton said all the dead were shot inside Excel Industries, a plant in Hesston that makes lawn mower products. He said of those hurt, 10 were critically wounded.   Continue reading “Sheriff says gunman, 3 others dead after shootings in Kansas”

CBC News

Mature minors and mentally ill people should not be excluded from the right to doctor-assisted death, according to a special committee of MPs and senators.

A 70-page report tabled Thursday, called “Medical Assistance in Dying: A Patient-Centred Approach,” also says Canadians should have the right to make an “advance request” for medical aid in dying after being diagnosed with certain debilitating, but not necessarily terminal, conditions.   Continue reading “Mature minors, mentally ill should have right to doctor-assisted death, report advises”