Month: May 2016

North Jersey – by Stefanie Dazio

Detective Sergio Mella, who had served in the prosecutor’s office since 2007, was found dead inside the Grandview Avenue house after 6 p.m, Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said in a statement on Wednesday morning. He had shot himself with his service weapon, the statement said.   Continue reading “Passaic County prosecutor’s detective killed himself in home, authorities say”

Mail.com

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A state lawmaker and former prosecutor wants to eliminate the statute of limitations on child sex crimes in Illinois, a response to the hush-money case against former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert.

Before being sentenced last week to 15 months in prison for breaking federal banking rules, Hastert admitted sexually abusing teenagers decades ago when he coached high school wrestling in Yorkville, Illinois. Prosecutors said Hastert, 74, paid $3.5 million to silence one accuser who testified in court, but he couldn’t be prosecuted for the underlying sex abuse because too much time had passed.   Continue reading “After Hastert, Illinois weighs change to child sex abuse law”

Mail.com

RAMADI, Iraq (AP) — This is what victory looks like in the Iraqi city of Ramadi: In the once thriving Haji Ziad Square, not a single structure still stands. Turning in every direction yields a picture of devastation.

A building that housed a pool hall and ice cream shops — reduced to rubble. A row of money changers and motorcycle repair garages — obliterated, a giant bomb crater in its place. The square’s Haji Ziad Restaurant, beloved for years by Ramadi residents for its grilled meats — flattened. The restaurant was so popular its owner built a larger, fancier branch across the street three years ago. That, too, is now a pile of concrete and twisted iron rods.   Continue reading “Iraq routed IS from Ramadi at a high cost: A city destroyed”

Rawhide: (A) Soak hide for a day or two until hair pulls out easily.

(B) Rack & stretch, resetting periodically.

(C) Scrape off all excess, dry out, then scrape off outer membrane until smooth like suede.

Tanning: (D) Soak again; over low heat, mash animal’s brain into a paste and rub into hide.   Continue reading “Dr. Tom’s Old Indian Method of Brain Tanning Dearskin”

Sent to us by the author.

If you are a beginner to investing, you might not have given the oil industry a second thought until crude oil prices hit a record low last year. You might have several questions as to why there have been a lot of fluctuations in oil prices in the last 15 years and why they do not correspond to the economic forces like inflation and demand & supply.    Continue reading “39 Facts That Will Change Your View on the Oil Industry [Infographic]”

If you’re not familiar the work of Steven Wright, he’s the famous Erudite (comic) scientist who once said:

“I woke up one morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates.” His mind sees things differently than most of us do. Here are some of his gems.   Continue reading “The genius of Steven Wright”

CNN Money

The year 2016 is still on pace to set a record for background checks for gun purchases, according to new data from the FBI.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation reported on Wednesday that there were 2,145,865 background checks in April. That’s the slowest month so far this year, but it’s a 25% increase from April 2015.   Continue reading “New surge in gun background checks reported by FBI”

Breitbart – by ALEX SWOYER AND JOEL B. POLLAK

SANTA MONICA, California — During an exclusive interview with Breitbart News, former Mexican President Vicente Fox apologized Wednesday for the vulgar language he has used regarding GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the southern border and invited the likely Republican nominee to Mexico to see the border from the other side.

Earlier this year, Fox said that he would not pay for Trump’s “f*cking wall,” and called Trump ““Ignorant … crazy … egocentric … nasty … [a] false prophet.” Trump then called on Fox to apologize   Continue reading “President Fox Apologizes, Invites Trump to Mexico”

Press TV

The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has warned of plans by Israel to annex the occupied West Bank.

The warning on Tuesday came a day after minister of judiciary affairs Ayelet Shaked said she was working on a plan to apply Israeli law to illegal settlements in the occupied territories.   Continue reading “Israel annexation plan aims to ‘Judaize’ Palestine”

Geoengineering Watch – by Dane Wigington

The forests are dying, the oceans are dying, the Earth is dying, and even at this late hour the vast majority of first world societies remain completely immersed in total denial and apathy that is manifested in many forms. The ever growing list of extreme weather events and unfolding global die-offs are not discussed or disclosed by the power structure owned and controlled corporate media machine of mass distraction. Though climate engineering is aggressively denied by the criminal media cabals, it is real, ongoing, and lethal to all life.
Continue reading “Geoengineering, Runaway Climate Disintegration, And Programmed Societal Apathy”

BBC

A massive wildfire that has forced the evacuation of all 88,000 people from Fort McMurray could destroy much of the Canadian city, local officials warn.

The officials in Alberta province say the blaze that has gutted some 1,600 structures is expected to rage out of control through the rest of Wednesday.

A state of emergency has now been declared in the province.   Continue reading “Canada wildfire: Much of Fort McMurray ‘could be destroyed’”

Telesur

At the start of this year, an estimated 40,000 tons of salmon and some 8,000 tons of sardines washed up the Chilean coast as a result of El Niño.

Heaps of dead whales, salmon and sardines blamed on the El Niño freak weather phenomenon have clogged Chile’s Pacific beaches in recent months.
Continue reading “Thousands of Tons of Dead Creatures Hit Chile’s Beaches”

The Organic Prepper

One of the best ways to buy fruits and vegetables when they’re out of season is to hit the frozen food aisle at your local market. Unfortunately, if you buy your produce in that form, then this massive frozen vegetable recall probably affects you.

Yet again, a listeria outbreak in a food processing plant has caused a recall of frozen food, much of it organic. (Has anyone else noticed that these seem to beoccurring a lot more frequently of late?)   Continue reading “Warning: This Massive Frozen Vegetable Recall Probably Affects You”

Breitbart – by Ildefonso Ortiz

MCALLEN, Texas — Members of an American family that were driving to a funeral in Mexico spent 19 days being held captive by a Mexican drug cartel before authorities were able to rescue them. During the rescue, authorities killed one of the captors and arrested two others.

The victims, a man and two women had left the border city of McAllen, Texas, on April 13 on their way to a funeral in the city Valles in the central state of San Luis Potosi, information released by the Tamaulipas government revealed.   Continue reading “American Family Kidnapped By Cartel While Driving Through Mexico”

Independent Review – by Virginia Kruta

Red flags went up last summer when 2nd Amendment advocates learned that the Department of Veterans Affairs was using a loophole in their reporting to deny gun rights to veterans without due process. From the LA Times:

“The VA reports names under a category in gun control regulations known as ‘adjudicated as a mental defective,’ terminology that derives from decades-old laws. Its only criterion is whether somebody has been appointed a fiduciary.”

Continue reading “Obama Administration Caught Smuggling Law Into Social Security That Would Increase Gun Restrictions”