Reuters

A U.S. appeals court on Monday overturned a jury’s finding that Bank of America Corp was liable for mortgage fraud leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, tossing a $1.27 billion penalty and dealing the U.S. Justice Department a major setback.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled that the proof was insufficient under federal fraud statutes to establish liability in connection with a mortgage program called “Hustle” run by the former Countrywide Financial Corp.   Continue reading “Bank of America wins reversal of $1.27 billion penalty in U.S. mortgage case”

Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — The head of the Transportation Security Administration warned travelers Friday to expect long airport security lines to continue during the peak summer travel season despite Congress’ shifting of $34 million to the agency.

Peter Neffenger briefed officials in Chicago on Friday about efforts to address crushing delays in getting passengers through security checkpoints at major airports around the country. Congress agreed to shift forward the $34 million in TSA funding to let the agency pay overtime to existing staff and hire an extra 768 screeners by June 15. The agency is funneling many of those resources to major hub airports like Chicago’s O’Hare International.   Continue reading “TSA head: Expect more airport security delays despite funds”

RT

An NYPD cop was caught on video aiming his gun at someone recording him and punching an innocent bystander after he violently arrested someone using an “illegal” dirt bike.

26-year-old Officer Risel Martinez has been relieved of his firearm and badge while an investigation into his actions is carried out by the Internal Affairs Bureau (IAB), known as the ‘rat squad’ by the ‘boys in blue.’   Continue reading “NYPD ‘thug’ points gun at video witness while arresting ‘illegal’ dirt biker”

RT

In a heist reminiscent of the blockbuster film ‘Ocean’s Eleven,’ some 100 thieves managed to steal $12.7 million from ATMs in Japan in just three hours. The incredible feat is believed to be the work of an international crime syndicate.

The thieves worked together to withdraw the huge sum of money in coordinated withdrawals at 1,400 convenience store ATMs throughout Tokyo and 16 other prefectures, police said, as cited by Kyodo News.   Continue reading “Ocean’s 100: Thieves steal $13mn from Japanese ATMs in just 3 hours”

RT

A judge delivered a not guilty verdict in the trial of a Baltimore, Maryland police officer for crimes related to the death of arrestee Freddie Gray last year. Gray’s death triggered demonstrations and riots in the majority-black city.

The verdict was delivered on Monday morning by Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams.   Continue reading “Judge finds officer not guilty on all charges related to Freddie Gray death”

Video Rebel’s Blog

Resistance takes many forms. I guess I have been a card carrying member of the resistance since I was 9 years-old. I had read about the great crime of debt based currencies which transfers all wealth from the Gentiles to the Jews. I knew many Americans starved to death during the Great Depression but I could not then prove  it was 3 million who died rather than rebel. And I also denied the Holohoax. I successfully disproved my school’s Holohoax indoctrination program in front of the class. My teacher had to go through 3 levels of administration to reach an outside consultant who gave the best approach they could devise. That last attempt also failed miserably. When my teacher reported her final failure, the ‘Jewish consultant’ asked for the name of that student who rebelled and refused to believe what he was told.   Continue reading “Vidrebel is moving upward and onward”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharrey

ALBANY, N.Y. (May 20, 2016) – A bill working its way through the New York legislature would allow customers to opt out of installing “smart meter” technology on their homes and businesses. Passage of this bill would allow New Yorkers to protect their own privacy, and it would take a step towards block a federal program in effect.

Asm. Michael DenDekker (D – East Elmhurst), along with a bipartisan coalition of four cosponsors, introduced Assembly Bill 4364 (A4354) in January. The legislation would allow New Yorkers to opt out of any utility company smart meter program with no penalty.   Continue reading “New York Bill Would Allow Customers to Opt Out of Smart Meters; Undermine Federal Program”

SuperStation 95 – by Paul Sperry

Newly uncovered e-mails have reopened the “Fast and Furious” case, exposing the anatomy of a cover-up by an administration that promised to be the most transparent in history.The deadly-but-forgotten government gun-running scandal known as “Fast and Furious” has lain dormant for years, thanks to White House stonewalling and media compliance.

A federal judge forced the release of more than 20,000 pages of emails and memos previously locked up under President Obama’s phony executive-privilege claim. A preliminary review shows top Obama officials deliberately obstructing congressional probes into the border gun-running operation.   Continue reading “E-mails Prove DOJ “Fast and Furious” Program was Undertaken to “gin-up a crisis to crackdown on Americans’ guns””

“I believe it is a new and unusual thing to allow appeals in criminal matters. It is contrary to the sense of our laws, and dangerous to our lives and liberties. . . . As our law now stands, a person charged with a crime has a right to a fair and impartial trial by a jury of his country, and their verdict is final. If be is acquitted no other court can call upon him to answer for the same crime. But by this system, a man may have had ever so fair a trial, have been acquitted by ever so respectable a jury of his country, and still the officer of the government who prosecutes may appeal to the supreme court. The whole matter may have a second hearing. By this means, persons who may have disobliged those who execute the general government, may be subjected to intolerable oppression. They may be kept in long and ruinous confinement, and exposed to heavy and insupportable charges, to procure the attendance of witnesses, and provide the means of their defense, at a great distance from their places of residence.”   Continue reading “Anti-Federalist Paper No. 81 – The Power Of The Judiciary (Part 3)”

Fox 43 – by Taniel Orr

DERRY TOWNSHIP, Dauphin County, Pa. —Hersheypark officials released a statement Friday saying guests at the park may use the restrooms with which they gender-identify.

According to Hersheypark Public Relations Manager Kathy Burrows, transgender guests visiting the theme park may use the bathroom that matches their gender identity, or a family restroom if they wish.
Continue reading “Hersheypark guests may use restrooms based on their gender-identity”

RT

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) wants to prevent information about its creepy biometric database, which contains fingerprint, face, iris, and voice scans of millions of Americans, from getting out to the public.

The Department of Justice has come up with a proposal to exempt the biometric database from public disclosure. Itstates that the Next Generation Identification System (NGI) should not be subject to the Privacy Act, which requires federal agencies to give people access to records that have been collected concerning them, “allowing them to verify and correct them if needed.”   Continue reading “The FBI’s secret biometrics database they don’t want you to see”

Washington Post – by Joe Scarborough

One may have to go all the way back to the founding of the United States to find a time when the established economic and political order was as threatened politically as Wall Street financiers, party leaders and Washington insiders find themselves today.

In the years following the Declaration of Independence, the former colonies operated as a loose collection of individual states governed by the Articles of Confederation. Experience with the British crown had ingrained such a deep distrust of centralized power that the former British subjects organized their governments around powerful state legislatures that shared radical democratic sentiments with their constituents. As Isaac Kramnick noted in an introduction to the Federalist Papers, state legislators between 1776 and 1787 flooded their states with cheap money, passed radical debtor relief, promoted laws that set aside legal contracts, confiscated property at will and even stopped the repaying of debts.   Continue reading “Alexander Hamilton’s warning to 2016 voters”

ABC News

The suspect in the killing of a 42-year-old Massachusetts police officer was shot and killed Sunday evening during a shootout at a home just miles from the initial incident, officials said.

A state trooper was also wounded in the exchange of gunfire with the suspect, who was identified as 35-year-old Jorge Zambrano, who officials said had an extensive criminal history.   Continue reading “Massachusetts Cop Killing Suspect Fatally Shot After Standoff”

Fox News

President Obama lifted the 41-year-old U.S. arms embargo against Vietnam Monday in an apparent effort to shore up the communist country’s defenses against an increasingly aggressive China.

Obama announced the full removal of the embargo at a news conference in Hanoi alongside Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang. The American president said the move was intended as a step toward normalizing relations with the former enemy and to eliminate a “lingering vestige of the Cold War.”   Continue reading “US lifts Vietnam arms embargo in move to counter China”

CBS News – by Tony Guida, January 7, 2012

The economic recovery may be painfully slow for most Americans. But for the more than 630,000 people who are homeless, the improvements can seem non-existent. For them, it’s about surviving and in New Jersey, even that’s threatened.CBS News correspondent Tony Guida looks at one particular group.

Angelo Villanueva was working as a mason until the housing market collapsed.
Continue reading “2012: N.J. homeless find refuge in the woods”

Softpedia –  by  Bogdan Popa

Microsoft has recently presented the company’s latest smart product, a mirror that can read your emotions and display content from the web, including the weather forecast and news.

The so-called Magic Mirror was presented by Microsoft at the InnovFest UnBound 2016 digital technology conference, and as CNBC writes, it can actually greet users, determine their emotions, and show pre-configured data, such as the weather forecast and news from selected feeds.   Continue reading “Microsoft Creates Smart Mirror That Reads Your Emotions, Shows the Weather”

WBT

(NEW YORK) — A controversial plan to sell your organs legally is gaining momentum.

Rep. Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) has proposed a program that offers financial incentives to those who donate kidneys. A plan that may help 100,000 Americans who are on a waitlist anxiously awaiting a new kidney, when every day at least 12 people die in the U.S. because there are not enough donors.  Continue reading “New Program Offers Cash Incentives for Kidney Donations”