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A suspect is in custody after two people were killed in separate shooting incidents in Montgomery County, Maryland, today that may be linked to a deadly domestic shooting in the area yesterday.
The suspect, Eulalio Tordil, 62, was taken into custody in the Aspen Hill, Maryland, area, police said. Continue reading “Maryland Shootings Suspect in Custody”
Oil prices fell on Friday morning as investors cashed in on a 20-percent rise over the past month, outweighing the impact of crude production cuts in Canada where a huge wildfire has disrupted oil sands operations.
Oil prices were down around one percent in early European trading, with global benchmark Brent prices set for their first weekly loss in five weeks. Continue reading “Oil falls Friday morning as investors cash in on month-long gains”
US crude oil exports reached nearly 508,000 barrels per day in March compared with 374,000 bpd in February, foreign trade data from the US Census Bureau showed.
Exports to Canada were 249,000 bpd while exports to Curacao were 75,000 bpd. Other export destinations include Israel (25,000 bpd), Italy (33,000 bpd), Japan (44,000 bpd), the Marshall Islands (49,000 bpd), the Netherlands (20,000 bpd) and Nicaragua (12,000 bpd). Continue reading “US crude oil exports in March reached 508,000 bpd: US Census Bureau”
Activist Post – by Derrick Broze
A federal judge has ruled that two psychologists formerly contracted with the CIA can be sued for their role in designing and implementing the torture program.
In late April, Senior Judge Justin Quackenbush ruled against two Central Intelligence Agency contract psychologists, James Mitchell and John Bruce Jessen, as they attempted to dismiss a case brought against them on behalf of three victims of the torture program they helped created. Both men are former U.S. military psychologists who are seen as the “architects” of the CIA’s torture program. The lawsuit accuses Jessen and Mitchell of operating a “joint criminal enterprise” and seeks compensatory damages of at least $75,000. Continue reading “Federal Judge Rules Lawsuit Against Torture Program Psychologists Can Proceed”
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday a long-delayed rule requiring the financial industry to identify the real owners of companies will help fight corruption and tax evasion and boost the economy.
His administration on Friday issued the Customer Due Diligence rule in the works since 2012 and proposed legislation meant to stop prevent criminals from using shell companies to evade taxes, launder money, and finance terror. Continue reading “Obama: new tax rule will fight corruption, help economy”
TEL AVIV – Now that Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, a top GOP donor, voiced support for his fellow billionaire.
“Yes, I’m a Republican, he’s a Republican, “Adelson told the New York Times in a brief interview. “He’s our nominee. Whoever the nominee would turn out to be, any one of the 17 — he was one of the 17. He won fair and square.” Continue reading “Sheldon Adelson Supports Donald Trump: He ‘Will Be Good for Israel’”
Wilton, CT. – -(Ammoland.com)- While Mother’s Day is typically associated with flowers, chocolate and brunch, not everyone is jumping on the bandwagon. According to MarketPlace Insight, the leading outdoors and shooting sports data consultancy, gun sales spike every year on Mother’s Day.
Google searches for Mother’s Day in the past 30 days shows an exponential growth as we get nearer the date and guys everywhere start to wonder what to get mom or their wives or girlfriends. Yet Google search trends also show rising interest in firearms. Continue reading “Gun Sales Spike on Every Mother’s Day”
KSTP 5 News – by Josh Rosenthal
A growing number of Minnesotans have permits to carry firearms, according to numbers from the state. But one Minnesotan with a permit claims the City St. Cloud denied him his right.
Tyler Gottwalt is suing the city of St. Cloud. According to the lawsuit, Gottwalt was walking in the city on November 17, 2014, with a rifle on his back. Police confronted him and ultimately he was cited for carrying his weapon in public, but Gottwalt’s lawyer says the St. Cloud ordinance is in conflict with both state statute and the Second Amendment. Continue reading “Man Sues St. Cloud Because He Got a Ticket After Carrying an AK47 in Public”
An Israeli man has petitioned a court for a restraining order against God because He hasn’t been too nice to him lately.
David Shoshan, a resident of Haifa in northern Israel, told the city’s Magistrate’s Court Tuesday that God had been unduly cruel to him lately. Continue reading “Israeli man seeks restraining order against God for not being nice”
Shootings at two shopping centers in Washington suburbs killed one person and wounded three others on Friday, although it was known if the incidents were related and no suspects were in custody, police said.
Authorities locked down schools and recreational facilities as a precaution. Continue reading “Shootings at two Maryland shopping centers kill one, wound three”
Of all the mega-corps running amok, Monsanto has consistently outperformed its rivals, earning the crown as “most evil corporation on Earth!” Not content to simply rest upon its throne of destruction, it remains focused on newer, more scientifically innovative ways to harm the planet and its people. Continue reading “The Complete History of Monsanto, “The World’s Most Evil Corporation””
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal jury in Iowa has convicted campaign advisers to 2012 presidential candidate Ron Paul on charges they conspired to cover up campaign payments to a former state senator.
Federal prosecutors say it is illegal to cause a campaign to file inaccurate spending documents. They’ve pursued charges since July 2015 when a grand jury first indicted the men. Continue reading “Jury Convicts Ron Paul Aides in Campaign Case”
Police State America is using ‘secret’ ministers, teachers and social workers to spy on us!
According to a NJ.com article, the FBI/DHS are enlisting clergy, social workers and mental health professionals to counsel (spy on) troubled people who voice support for terrorism. They’re calling it “Shared Responsibility Committees” (SRC), it should be called “Spying Irresponsibly on Communities”or (SIC) pun intended. Continue reading “‘Secret’ ministers, teachers and social workers are spying on us”
IB Times – by VISHAKHA SONAWANE
A U.S. Army captain filed a lawsuit against President Barack Obama Wednesday, alleging that Obama does not have the authority from Congress to wage the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. The suit comes after an American serviceman became the third soldier to be killed in Iraq since U.S. troops pulled out from the country in 2011. Continue reading “US Intelligence Officer Sues President Barack Obama Over Legality Of ISIS Fight”
TRENTON — Two New Jersey state troopers cuffed a woman along a Warren County roadway and hauled her in on an obstruction charge because she refused to answer questions during a routine traffic stop, according to dashboard camera footage obtained by NJ Advance Media.
The Oct. 16 incident, which happened near the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border on Route 519, is now the subject of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by the woman, Rebecca Musarra, an attorney from Philadelphia. Continue reading “N.J. troopers arrest woman for remaining silent during traffic stop”
Pro Liberate – by William Grigg
Philadelphia resident Francis Rawls has been in solitary confinement for seven months, despite the fact that he has not been accused of a crime – let alone convicted of one. He may spend the rest of his life in that condition as punishment for invoking his unconditional right, supposedly protected by the Fifth Amendment, against self-incrimination.
Apart from the seventeen years he spent as an officer with the Philadelphia Police Department, Rawls has never done anything to threaten the public. He has no criminal record. He is suspected of possessing child pornography, which would evince an unspeakably vile appetite and make him a suitable subject of social ostracism. There is no documented reason to suspect him of committing an act of violence or exploitation against a child, which are among the worst imaginable crimes. Continue reading “Take the Fifth — And Face Life Imprisonment Without a Trial”
Haaretz – by Gili Cohen and Barak Ravid
In an unusual speech in honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day on Wednesday evening, IDF Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen.Yair Golan likened recent developments in Israeli society to processes that unfolded in Europe before the Holocaust.
“If there’s something that frightens me about Holocaust remembrance it’s the recognition of the revolting processes that occurred in Europe in general, and particularly in Germany, back then – 70, 80 and 90 years ago – and finding signs of them here among us today in 2016.” Continue reading “IDF Deputy Chief Likens ‘Revolting Trends’ in Israeli Society to pre-Holocaust Germany”