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SEATTLE (AP) — One of two brothers who were charged with first-degree murder in the presumed killing of a missing Washington state couple was taken into custody Monday in San Diego, authorities said. Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Shari Ireton said Tony Clyde Reed, 49, crossed into the United States from Mexico and was arrested by U.S. Marshals.

Reed had arranged to be taken into custody, she said. He has been booked into the San Diego County jail and Ireton said she didn’t yet have information about extraditing Reed to Washington state. The whereabouts of his brother, 53-year-old John Blaine Reed, remain unknown.   Continue reading “Man sought in disappearance of Washington couple arrested”

The Washington Free Beacon – by Bill Gertz

China’s military underwent a major restructuring last year in a bid to prepare its military for conflict, the Pentagon said in its latest annual assessment of the Communist Party-controlled People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

The armed forces were reformed with new military regions, a new command structure, and updated strategies to better fight regional, high-technology warfare, the 145-page report to Congress says.   Continue reading “Pentagon: China is restructuring itself for war”

Business Insider – by Eric Beech, Reuters

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is scheduled to meet on Wednesday with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing three people close to Trump.

The meeting in New York comes after weeks of telephone conversations between Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, and Kissinger, who was a top adviser to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, the Post said.   Continue reading “Donald Trump is going to meet with Henry Kissinger”

All Outdoor – by Dr. John

Some things in life are easier said than done. Trying changing a flat tire on an incline for example. Get way up on a ladder in an otherwise dim bedroom to install a ceiling fan. Open the hood on your new model car and figure out where the spark plugs are. Some things are better left to a knowledgeable professional, but sometimes those things cannot be avoided.

As a prepper, if you are faced with a SHTF situation in which gangs are roving the community streets in search of easy prey, then you have to be prepared to defend your position against these worst case scenarios. Likely this will include prying eyes or crowbars looking to enter your residence for food, water, valuables, guns, and your girls.   Continue reading “How to Shoot Outside from Inside”

Tenth Amendment Center – by TJ Martinell

CONCORD, N.H. (May 16, 2016) – A New Hampshire bill requiring courts to inform juries of their right to vote “not guilty” when “a guilty verdict will yield an unjust result” was killed by the state Senate.

House Bill 1270 (HB1270) originally passed in the House but died in the Senate on a voice vote last week.

A coalition of nine representatives, led by Rep. Daniel Itse, introduced the bill in January. The legislation would have amended current law on jury nullification and require the court to explain that right to the jury upon request of the defense.   Continue reading “New Hampshire Jury Nullification Bill Killed By State Senate”

Federal News Radio

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The southern Albanian town of Saranda is erecting a bust of U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to mark her contribution in the international arena for the Albanian nation.

Town hall spokesman Thoma Nika said the city council unanimously decided a day earlier to display the sculpture of the former U.S. Secretary of State on the main boulevard along the shore, due to her “dimension as a woman in politics, as a representative of the old Albania-U.S. friendship, for her contribution to the Albanian nation in different historical moments.”   Continue reading “Bust of Hillary Clinton to be erected in Albanian town”

EFF

San Francisco – On Thursday, May 19, at 10 am, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will urge a federal judge to let the public see records about “Hemisphere,” a massive drug enforcement database containing decades of telephone metadata.

Reporters at the New York Times uncovered the Hemisphere program in 2013. Funded by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and the White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy, Hemisphere places AT&T employees inside law enforcement agencies to facilitate quick access to call records data—including who called who, when, and how long they spoke—typically without any court oversight. The New York Times found that investigators were encouraged to keep Hemisphere “under the radar” by using “parallel subpoenas” and then “walling off” Hemisphere information from public scrutiny.
Continue reading “Government Withholding Records About ‘Walled Off’ Law Enforcement Program”

Reuters

A federal appeals court on Monday revived a lawsuit by prospective gun shop owners who were banned by Alameda County, California, from opening within 500 feet of a residential district, ruling that local officials had failed to justify their law in the face of a constitutional right to bear arms.

A three-member panel of the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not strike down the local ordinance, but voted 2-1 to overturn a federal judge who threw the gun store owners’ lawsuit out of court.   Continue reading “Appeals court revives challenge to California county’s gun law”

AllGov – by Mark Landler, New York Times

WASHINGTON — President Obama came into office seven years ago pledging to end the wars of his predecessor, George W. Bush. On May 6, with eight months left before he vacates the White House, Mr. Obama passed a somber, little-noticed milestone: He has now been at war longer than Mr. Bush, or any other American president.

If the United States remains in combat in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria until the end of Mr. Obama’s term — a near-certainty given the president’s recent announcement that he will send 250 additional Special Operations forces to Syria — he will leave behind an improbable legacy as the only president in American history to serve two complete terms with the nation at war.   Continue reading “Obama at War Longer than any President in History”

USA Today – by Gregory Korte

WASHINGTON — President Obama awarded the nation’s highest honor for law enforcement to 13 police officers Monday, recognizing officers who put themselves in harm’s way — one fatally — to protect citizens.

The Public Safety Medal of Valor recognizes police, firefighters and other first responders for exceptional courage. Obama said the actions of the 13 recognized Monday helped to save countless lives.   Continue reading “Obama awards Medal of Valor to 13 police officers”

New York Times – by MICHAEL J. de la MERCED

Yahoo appears to be making progress in efforts to sell itself, despite some initial skepticism.

The latest piece of evidence: Among those vying for the company is the unusual combination of the investor Warren E. Buffett and Dan Gilbert, the founder of Quicken Loans and owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers.   Continue reading “Warren Buffett and Dan Gilbert Unite in Bid to Acquire Yahoo”

The Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

More Cuban immigrants have arrived in the United States so far this year than in all of 2014 and is on a pace to more than triple 2015’s count, according to a new analysis of the surprising surge.

In a review of the Cuban immigration boom, the Center for Immigration Studies said on Monday that some 26,000 had arrived at United States border stations by the end of February. They arrive saying, “I’m here for Cuban adjustment,” said analyst Kausha Luna, in a reference to the special access given to the citizens of the communist island.   Continue reading “Cuban immigrant surge on pace to more than triple 2015, 156,000 vs 43,000”

BATR

“Crooked Hillary” is not just a nickname; it is a way of life. For the latest generation of indoctrinated millennials, who were educated in the black hole of Clinton’s actual political conduct for decades, the notion of selling out real national security for funding her family slush fund may be hard to swallow. For hard core Clintonistas, the practice of trading favors for money is politics 101, taught in the book from “Chinagate”. Lest you forget, “the transfer of America’s most sensitive technology, including but not limited to nuclear missile and satellite technology, apparently in exchange for millions of dollars in contributions to the 1996 Clinton-Gore re-election effort and the Democratic National Committee”, is a family tradition.   Continue reading “Clinton Foundation Bribes for Weapon Deals”

BBC – by Megha Mohan

We’ve had the Iron Lady, Slick Willie and The Governator. Political monikers are not a new thing. But a new and controversial one has emerged as a result of Republican divisions over the prospect of Donald Trump becoming the party’s candidate for the US presidency.

The term “renegade Jew” is trending after one right-wing news organisation Breitbart News used it as part of a headline attacking William Kristol, the editor of another conservative journal the Weekly Standard.   Continue reading “‘Renegade Jew’ reveals bitterness of Republican rift”