Year: 2016

The Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

In ten years, Americans’ confidence in television and print news crashed to an all-time low,according to the latest Gallup poll.

After mainstream media coverage of the massacre in Orlando on Sunday largely failed to dig further after multiple witnesses came forward suggesting more than one attacker was involved, that lack of trust seems logical.   Continue reading “Poll: 2016 Is The Year Americans Stopped Trusting The Establishment, Especially The Media”

Breitbart – by Daniel Nussbaum

In the wake of tragic mass shootings or terrorist attacks like the one perpetrated Sunday morning in Orlando, Hollywood celebrities are often the first to call for gun control measures.

On Sunday afternoon – before most of the facts were known about the Orlando massacre, in which 49 people were killed and another 53 injured by a Muslim gunman who reportedly pledged allegiance to the Islamic State — actresses including Julianne Moore and Olivia Wilde were already on social media to demand stricter gun laws, even if those laws would have made no difference in the terrorist’s ability to acquire a gun.   Continue reading “Hollywood’s Gun Hypocrisy — in 15 Movie Posters from 2016”

Fox News

A SWAT team shot and killed a suspect who took hostages at a Walmart in Amarillo, Texas Tuesday afternoon, investigators confirmed.

The Randall County Sheriff’s Office announced the gunman was dead. City officials first reported an “active shooter incident” at 12:30 p.m. local time.   Continue reading “SWAT team kills suspect who took hostages at Amarillo, Texas Walmart, investigators say”

Jon Rappoport

“…Michael German, a former F.B.I. agent who researches national security law at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, told the Times, ‘They’re [the FBI] manufacturing terrorism cases.’” (The New Yorker, June 10, 2016, “Do FBI Stings help fight against ISIS?” by Evan Osnos)

The website Cryptogon has pieced together some interesting facts, and a quite odd “coincidence.” I’m bolstering their work.   Continue reading “Orlando shooter: deeper hidden ties to the FBI?”

Toronto Sun – by ALEXANDER PANETTA

ORLANDO, Fla. — Omar Mateen was more than just a homicidal, jihadist-inspired homophobe when he shot his way through an Orlando nightclub early Sunday morning, according to a couple of the establishment regulars.

He was also a repeat visitor.   Continue reading “Omar Mateen used to hang at Orlando gay hotspot, some regulars recall”

The Political Insider – by Kosar

News just leaked out about Democrat Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton that she doesn’t want you to know. We’re now learning about her close connection to the Islamic terrorist in Orlando Florida, Omar Mateen. While serving in the Obama administration, Hillary Clinton worked closely with the President to defend Islamists from critics, and it just back fired.

Recently retired Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent Philip Haney reports that the mosque Mateen attended several times every week is the same mosque protected by Hillary’s State Department after the Islamic terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California by Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik.   Continue reading “Hillary Clinton’s Connection To Orlando Terrorist Has Been EXPOSED!”

Investment Watchblog

Three hours is UNACCEPTABLE.

The guy in the bathroom texted his mom for almost 40 min. They were outside just waiting. They could have saved a lot of them.

Did a delay in response give the gunman more time? Cops face questions over why it took three hours for SWAT teams to storm Orlando nightclub as police chief admits officers may have shot some of the VICTIMS Continue reading “Orlando police chief admits officers may have shot some of the victims”

Constitution Daily – by Lyle Denniston

Lyle Denniston, the National Constitution Center’s constitutional literacy adviser, looks at the latest legal developments related to assault weapons bans, including one case to be considered by the Supreme Court at its private Conference on Thursday.

“Authorities have said the weapon used in the deadly shooting at an Orlando, Florida, nightclub was an AR-15.  Dozens of companies in the U.S. produce versions of the AR, which is the most popular weapon of its kind in the United States.  There are as many as 9 million AR-style weapons in the U.S.  Prices run from $550 up, and the going price is usually less than $1,000 for a new gun.”   Continue reading “Is there a constitutional right to have a rapidly firing assault gun?”

Sioux City Journal – by Nick Hytrek

Continue reading “Judge dismisses Cherokee County lawsuits challenging oil pipeline”

Variety – by Ted Johnson

A federal appellate court overturned a $1.8 million ruling in favor of former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura in his defamation lawsuit against the estate of Chris Kyle, the author of “American Sniper.”

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals set aside a jury’s $500,000 award to Ventura for defamation and ordered a new trial. They also threw out a jury’s award of an additional $1.35 million to Ventura for unjust enrichment, concluding that it “enjoys no legal support under Minnesota law.”   Continue reading “Appeals Court Overturns $1.8 Million Verdict for Jesse Ventura in ‘American Sniper’ Case”

The Guardian

The French government has denounced an “abject act of terrorism” after a man with a previous terrorist conviction carried out a gruesome knife murder of a police commander and his partner at their home outside Paris in the presence of their three-year-old son.

Jean-Baptiste Salvaing, 42, a police commander had returned to his home in the quiet residential area of Magnanville 50km (30 miles) west of Paris at 8:30pm on Monday night in plain clothes, when Larossi Abballa, a French man previously convicted of taking part in a jihadi recruitment network and claiming allegiance to Islamic State, lay in wait for him hidden behind a gate.   Continue reading “French police officer and wife murdered in ‘odious terrorist attack’”

Reason – by Andrew Napolitano

While Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are battling in their final round in the Democratic primaries and Donald Trump is arguing that Clinton should be in prison for failing to safeguard state secrets while she was secretary of state, the same FBI that is diligently investigating her is quietly and perniciously seeking to cut more holes in the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.

That amendment — which requires the government to obtain a search warrant issued by a judge based upon some evidence of criminal wrongdoing, called probable cause, before the government can search persons, houses, papers or effects — is the linchpin of the right to privacy, famously referred to by Justice Louis Brandeis as the right to be let alone.   Continue reading “The Fourth Amendment Is Supposed to Work for the People, Not the Government”

New York Times – by Ben Sisario

For Dolly Parton’s latest tour, the security procedures include not just the usual pat-downs and bag checks at the door, but also two dogs trained to sniff out bombs and firearms wherever the singer performs.

“There are certain artists,” said Steve Martin, Ms. Parton’s longtime agent, “who take security very seriously.”   Continue reading “New Reality After Orlando Attacks: Dogs, Metal Detectors and Searches at Public Gatherings”

ArsTechnica – by David Kravets

Who knew? Banking giant Citigroup has trademarked “THANKYOU” and is now suing technology giant AT&T for how it says thanks to its own loyal customers. This is “unlawful conduct” amounting to wanton trademark infringement, Citigroup claims in its federal lawsuit.

Here is a copy (PDF) of the trademark certificates and trademark applications connected to what Citigroup is calling its “THANKYOU Marks.”   Continue reading “Citigroup trademarks “THANKYOU” and sues AT&T for thanking clients”