Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

Energy Transfer Partners, the company responsible for construction of the hotly contentious Dakota Access Pipeline, has another controversial pipeline project with the potential to contaminate drinking water and the environment and destroy an area in Texas described as sacred and environmentally vital — and the ruthless company has been suing landowners to snatch their property for its own profiteering.

Known as the Trans-Pecos pipeline, the relatively short 143-mile project would carry natural gas from western Texas’ Permian Basin — likened to “America’s Saudi Arabia” as the country’s “Most Important Oil and Gas Resource” by Forbes — across the border into Mexico. But this project will run through the state’s pristine, remote Big Bend area, considered sacred to some and an environmental treasure to others, and — despite Texas’ long history of devotion to Big Oil and Gas — has sparked vociferous debate about property rights and corporate power.   Continue reading “Media Silent as Company Behind Dakota Pipeline Steals More Land in Texas for a Different Project”

70 News

Imagine if your house address is the same as the address of a home healthcare provider. But that is the case of Chelsea Clinton’s apartment  at  THE WHITMAN BUILDING, 21 EAST 26TH STREET, 4TH FLOOR- FLATIRON DISTRICT, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10010.  The Whitman Building is a luxury residential building, not commercial, so it is impossible forMETROCARE HOME SERVICES, INC.   to operate in that same place.

How do you explain this? They have the same address on the same floor and there is only one apartment per floor in the building.   Continue reading “Chelsea’s apartment and Metrocare Home Services share the same address”

Received the following email from Wade:

Dad called me this morning crying, which is so rare I have only heard it three times in my life. They have been on vacation for for four months and were returning to Vegas in a week or so. My mom was not feeling very well so Dad took her to the hospital. An hour after the tests they informed my Dad that she has terminal cancer.

If you could please say a prayer for Mom.

IRS Repeats Warning about Phone Scams.

“Potential phone scam victims may be told that they owe money that must be paid immediately to the IRS or they are entitled to big refunds. When unsuccessful the first time, sometimes phone scammers call back trying a new strategy.

Other characteristics of these scams include:   Continue reading “My Experience with an IRS Phone Scammer”

Gallup – by Art Swift

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ trust and confidence in the mass media “to report the news fully, accurately and fairly” has dropped to its lowest level in Gallup polling history, with 32% saying they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media. This is down eight percentage points from last year.   Continue reading “Americans’ Trust in Mass Media Sinks to New Low”

RT

Metropolitan Police have released CCTV footage of an attacker using a hunting knife to slash the face of man in west London.

In dramatic footage recorded on the surveillance camera of a house in Shadwell Drive, Northolt, the alleged attacker can be seen approaching his victim with a knife concealed behind his back.   Continue reading “CCTV footage shows sickening hunting knife attack in London”

Our tax dollars hard at work.

CNN

Imprisoned former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning has learned that she will receive gender transition surgery, her lawyer told CNN, in what could make her the first US prison inmate to undergo such a procedure.

Manning, a transgender woman, was convicted of stealing and disseminating 750,000 pages of documents and videos to WikiLeaks.   Continue reading “Chelsea Manning will undergo gender transition surgery, lawyer says”

MSN

A meeting about lifting a moratorium on building the first-ever mosque in a quaint Georgia county was canceled this week after officials discovered a video in which a self-described militia group threatened violence.

“Unfortunately in today’s society, uncivil threats or intentions must be taken seriously,” Newton County Manager Lloyd Kerr said of the video, which he said appeared to show the militia group possibly “trespassing on private property, and exhibiting harassing or violent behavior.”   Continue reading “Georgia Mosque Construction Delayed Over Militia Video”

Trentonian – by Isaac Avilucea

TRENTON >> The teacher thought it was candy.

She was in for a rude awakening when she realized her 5-year-old kindergarten student had brought 30 packets of heroin to school Monday, officials said.

The 5-year-old boy, a student at the International Academy of Trenton on the 700 block of Bellevue Avenue, was playing with a white packet that his teacher thought was a candy wrapper, police spokesman Lt. Varn said.   Continue reading “Trenton kindergarten student, 5, brings heroin to school”

Daisy Luther

Manhattan, Kansas is in the news due to a mysterious illness sweeping through schools and making hundreds of children ill.  Natural Blaze reports:

Symptoms include the necessity to go home due to stomach issues like nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. At first, officials thought it was norovirus (highly contagious stomach flu). Indeed, the media reports and officials were certain it was norovirus and a major outbreak had practically downed a Nevada school last year. However, as the sickness continues, this idea has been abandoned even though it spreads in a similar manner.
Continue reading “Coincidence: Kansas Kids Mysteriously Ill…In the Same Town as the Forthcoming DHS Bio-Safety Level 4 Lab”

Orrazz

Danish Joakim Eskildsen photographer spent about 7 months working on this project. He spent all this time with poor people from different cities in America documenting their everyday life.

Terry Fitzpatrick (pictured) lives with his girlfriend in a tent near a shopping plaza in Athens, Georgia to get his ‘peace and quiet’ away from other homeless people in the city. He considers himself a ‘city camper’ instead and hoped to move forward with his life after his mother’s death   Continue reading “Photographs That Capture The Reality Of Millions Of Americans Living In Extreme Poverty”

Natural News – by Mike Adams

I’m asking for your moral support on this story, because there are times in journalism when we must be extremely mindful of balancing the public’s need to know the truth with respect for the privacy of those involved. So I ask you this serious question: What would you do in my situation?

What would you do if you had a very large audience of health conscious consumers and the ability to tell millions of people about something really, really important? What would you do if you then found out that the founder of a well known superfood manufacturer and retail brand had died almost six months ago, most likely stemming from the fact that many of his products were loaded with concerning levels of heavy metals such as arsenic and lead?   Continue reading “Famous superfood company covers up death of its own founder to keep selling high heavy metals products; customers kept in the dark”

Fox News

BALTIMORE –  Attorneys representing the family of a woman fatally shot by police following a standoff she posted on social media filed a wrongful death suit Tuesday.

Baltimore County Police spokeswoman Elise Armacost said the officers shot and killed Korryn Gaines, 23, after she barricaded herself inside her Randallstown apartment with her 5-year-old son and pointed a shotgun at officers attempting to serve an arrest warrant. The warrant was on charges stemming from a March 10 traffic stop that included disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.   Continue reading “Family of woman killed by police in Maryland files lawsuit”

Computer World – by Patrick Thibodeau

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday will vote on H-1B legislation aimed at closing a loophole that has made it inexpensive to replace U.S. workers with visa holders.

But the bill, introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), and Scott Peters (D-Calif.), is worrisome, as well. It may do little to protect U.S. workers from displacement, say critics, who fear the legislation — if approved — could be used as a cudgel against more comprehensive H-1B reforms.   Continue reading “H-1B bill advances in House — as does anxiety about it”