Reuters

Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] on Tuesday released its first ever transparency report detailing the information requested by not only U.S. law enforcement agencies, but also by regulators.

The ride-sharing company said that between July and December 2015, it had provided information on more than 12 million riders and drivers to various U.S. regulators and on 469 users to state and federal law agencies. (ubr.to/1WpJwyX)   Continue reading “Uber says gave U.S. agencies data on more than 12 million users”

Courthouse News Service – by Emma Gannon

DENVER (CN) – The 10th Circuit upheld an injunction that lets protesters disseminate pamphlets about jury nullification outside a state courthouse in Colorado.

Jury nullification describes the practice by which a jury acquits a defendant, despite evidence of his guilt, because the jury members believe the law at issue is immoral.   Continue reading “Green Light for Jury-Nullification Crusaders”

KOB 4 News – by Blair Miller

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — Multiple surveillance aircraft equipped with high-tech thermal imaging cameras and “augmented reality” systems have been flying over Albuquerque since last fall, piloted by FBI and Department of Homeland Security agents.

KOB has confirmed at least two planes owned by the FBI through shell companies have flown multiple missions – sometimes for more than an hour at a time – over the city. A Buzzfeed News investigation shows even more planes have also flown over the city, though those could not be independently confirmed by KOB.   Continue reading “FBI, DHS flew secret surveillance missions over Albuquerque in recent months”

Campus Reform – by Joshua Eisen

Grinnell College recently introduced a bias reporting system that allows students to report “expressions[s] of hostility” to campus police.

The “ Hate Crime and Bias-Motivated Incidents Policy,” as the name suggests, covers both criminal instances as well as any “expression of hostility against a person, group, or property thereof because of such person’s (or group’s) identifying or perceived race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, and/or sexual orientation.”   Continue reading “Grinnell College introduces ‘hate crime and bias-motivated incidents’ reporting system”

ABC News

A deputy constable was rushed to a hospital after a suspect shot him from behind multiple times in Houston, authorities said.

The shooting happened around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday as the deputy constable was standing next to another deputy constable’s vehicle, Houston police spokesman Kese Smith told The Associated Press.   Continue reading “Police: Deputy Constable Shot Multiple Times in Houston”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Philadelphia, PA — Last year, two Philly cops were charged with the assault of a man after surveillance footage revealed the officers lied about the incident.

In spite of the laundry list of charges that Officers Kevin Robinson and Sean McKnight were facing and video evidence of their crimes, a jury somehow found them not guilty this week.   Continue reading “Cops Acquitted Despite Graphic Video Showing them Run Over Innocent Man & Savagely Beat Him”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

25-year-old Johnell Muhammad had a rather disturbing run in with the NYPD on March 18th, after two plainclothes police officers caught him skipping out on a $2.75 subway fair. After they searched him and found drug paraphernalia in his pockets, they tried to arrest Johnell, which he resisted by elbowing an officer in the face and trying to escape. They had to use pepper spray to control him.   Continue reading “Watch The NYPD Stuff A Hogtied Suspect Into A Body Bag”

Reuters

A fifth high-ranking New York City police officer has been reassigned in an unfolding federal investigation into whether officers accepted gifts from businessmen with ties to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The New York City Police Department said that Andrew Capul, a deputy chief, had been transferred to an administrative post in connection with the ongoing investigation.   Continue reading “Fifth police commander reassigned in N.Y. City corruption probe”

CNN

Peabody Energy, the world’s largest private-sector coal producer, filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday in a U.S. court, citing “unprecedented” industry pressures and a sharp decline in the price of coal.

The company said it will continue to operate while in bankruptcy, while working to reduce debt and improve cash flow.   Continue reading “The largest U.S. coal company just filed for bankruptcy”

The Corbett Report – by James Corbett

Today let’s talk about Johnson & Johnson. You know, the iconic health care and pharmaceutical company? A beloved brand that’s trusted around the world but as American as apple pie.

Baby powder? What does baby powder have to do with it?   Continue reading “Everything Is Super Swell At Johnson & Johnson, Folks! (Just Don’t Mention The Baby Powder Cancer)”

Wall Street Journal – by Robert Lee Hotz

Laptops and organizer apps make pen and paper seem antique, but handwriting appears to focus classroom attention and boost learning in a way that typing notes on a keyboard does not, new studies suggest.

Students who took handwritten notes generally outperformed students who typed their notes via computer, researchers at Princeton University and the University of California at Los Angeles found. Compared with those who type their notes, people who write them out in longhand appear to learn better, retain information longer, and more readily grasp new ideas, according to experiments by other researchers who also compared note-taking techniques.   Continue reading “Can Handwriting Make You Smarter?”

Daily Mail

Robert De Niro says he regrets pulling a controversial film linking the MMR vaccine to autism after his son changed ‘overnight’ following the jab.

The veteran actor and founder of the Tribecca Film Festival came under fire last week after announcing he would screen Vaxxed: From Cover-up To Catastrophe. He reversed his decision on Saturday.   Continue reading “Robert de Niro says autistic son changed ‘overnight’ after MMR jab”

The Asia-Pacific Journal – by Katsuya Hirano and Hirotaka Kasai

Translation by Robert Stolz

Transcription by Akiko Anson

Introduction

Koide Hiroaki (66) has emerged as an influential voice and a central figure in the anti-nuclear movement since the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi of March 11, 2011. He spent his entire career as a nuclear engineer working towards the abolition of nuclear power plants. His powerful critique of the “nuclear village” and active involvement in anti-nuclear movements “earned him an honorable form of purgatory as a permanent assistant professor at Kyoto University.”1 Continue reading ““The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster is a Serious Crime”: Interview with Koide Hiroaki”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

Big Pharma-funded CNN has declared its own special war on women by assaulting any categorization of breastfeeding as “natural.”

It’s harmful to call breastfeeding “natural,” says CNN in this astonishing demonstration of medical illiteracy, because it might encourage women to engage in other “natural” behaviors. CNN, which is funded by pharmaceutical interests, harkens back to the days when infant formula manufacturers told women that breastfeeding was a barbaric practice and should be replaced with factory-made infant formula. (Look up the history of Nestle…)   Continue reading “Women-hating CNN says we shouldn’t call breastfeeding ‘natural’ because it might encourage other ‘natural’ behaviors in moms (what, like childbirth?)”

Luhud

Robert Borrelli said he wonders every day why Brendan Cronin shot at him and Joseph Felice at a Pelham intersection two years ago.

Cronin will have plenty of time to ponder that question in state prison. The former NYPD officer was given a nine-year sentence today for drunkenly firing at least 14 bullets at the two New Rochelle men who were driving home from a recreational hockey game, injuring one of them.   Continue reading “Ex-NYPD officer ‘sorry,’ given prison in Pelham shooting”

New York Daily News

The NYPD got an order kicking a family of four out of their Queens apartment by telling a judge it was a drug den — but the dealers had moved out seven months earlier.

A lawsuit to be filed in Brooklyn Federal Court on Tuesday details an egregious case of the NYPD’s use of the nuisance abatement law — a controversial tool in which cops are able to get a temporary order barring people from their homes without first giving them the opportunity to appear before a judge.   Continue reading “NYPD kicks wrong family out of their home in nuisance case, seeking drug dealers who left 7 months earlier”

AP

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Oregon, California, the federal government and others have agreed to go forward with a plan to remove four hydroelectric dams in the Pacific Northwest without approval from a reluctant Congress, a spokesman for dam owner PacifiCorp said Monday.

The dam removal is part of an announcement planned Wednesday in Klamath, California, by the governors of both states and U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.   Continue reading “States, federal agencies will seek removal of Klamath dams”

The Organic Prepper

With the price of healthful groceries going no place but up, lots of thrifty folks are starting a garden to save money on their bills this year. But what about the money to start a garden? It can be a very expensive undertaking, especially if you’ve never gardened before in your particular location.

I’ve been researching ways to start my own garden as inexpensively as possible and thought, “HEY!!! I know some other folks who would absolutely love frugal gardening ideas!” So…here they are.   Continue reading “Dirt Cheap: The Best Frugal Gardening Ideas on the Internet”