Year: 2016

USA Today

A higher death toll was avoided in the twin terror attacks in Brussels when a huge bomb failed to detonate at the international airport in the city’s suburbs, Belgian officials said Wednesday, providing the first details of the rampage that left at least 31 dead.

Authorities are furiously searching for the man who fled before the bombs went off, leaving behind a bag full of explosives that police later detonated in a controlled blast.   Continue reading “One 35-pound bomb in Brussels attack failed to go off; suicide note found”

MassPrivateI

The United States Border Patrol operates 71 traffic checkpoints, including 33 permanent traffic checkpoints, near the southern border of the United States. Also, there are a number of Border Patrol checkpoints in the northern border states (New York or Maine), within 100 miles from the Canadian border. Fyi, nearly 200 million Americans live within the 100-mile interior checkpoint zone.

Things are about to get much worse, expect to see more checkpoints across the U.S. after the recent Rynearson v. The U.S. ruling.   Continue reading “Court ruling allows police to stop and question anyone within 100 miles of border”

RT

The lifestyle of more than 97 percent of Americans cannot be considered “healthy” according to a new study that examined people’s diets, exercise, body fat, as well as whether they smoked. Researchers also found trends based on age, gender, and ethnicity.

A study conducted by Oregon State University in partnership with the University of Mississippi and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga looked at 4,745 people included in National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data from 2003 to 2006, and found that only 2.7 percent met a four-part criteria for having a healthy lifestyle.   Continue reading “‘Mind boggling’: Study shows less than 3% of Americans have ‘healthy lifestyle’”

RT

Belgian police have discovered that the alleged suicide bombers in the CCTV footage at the Brussels airport were brothers, Khalid and Brahim El Bakroui, both residents of the capital and connected to Paris attacks’ key suspect Salah Abdeslam.

The two brothers and one more suspect, believed to be Najim Laachraoui, 25, were caught on the airport CCTV before the explosions, with Laachraoui thought to be the one who planted the explosive charges, according to Belgian newspaper DH.   Continue reading “Brussels terror: 3 suspects identified, suicide bombers were brothers, media reveals”

Mail.com

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Some American Muslims feel they are once again on the defensive following presidential candidate Ted Cruz’s suggestion that Muslim-dominated neighborhoods should be subject to increased surveillance in the wake of the deadly attacks in Brussels claimed by the Islamic State militant group.

“We’re targeted even if it’s not our fault,” said Omar Ghanim, 23, eating Lebanese pizza Tuesday at a suburban strip mall in Orange County’s Little Arabia neighborhood, just miles from Disneyland in California.   Continue reading “American Muslims decry Cruz community surveillance comments”

Mail.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California family appealed Tuesday to the state’s highest court in their fight to keep a 6-year-old foster child who was removed from their home after a lower court said her 1/64th Native American bloodline requires that she live with relatives.

The family’s lawyer, Lori Alvino McGill, filed the request for the California Supreme Court to hear the appeal. McGill also requested that custody of the child named Lexi be returned to Rusty and Summer Page until the appeal is decided.   Continue reading “Custody case of Native American girl appealed to high court”

Fox News

An American Mormon missionary who was injured in Tuesday’s terror attack at the Brussels airport was a block away from the site of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013.

Mason Wells, 19, of Sandy, Utah, suffered a severed Achilles tendon, head gash, shrapnel injuries and severe burns when two bombs ripped through the airport’s departure hall Tuesday morning. He is expected to make a full recovery.    Continue reading “Mormon missionary wounded in Brussels survived Boston Marathon bombing”

AP

PALATKA, Florida (AP) — The Latest on a 4-year-old boy who shot his mother in the back as they were riding in a pickup truck (all times local):

2:35 p.m.

Police are recommending a misdemeanor charge for the mother of a 4-year-old boy who got a hold of her handgun and shot her as they were riding in a pickup truck.   Continue reading “Police want charge for mother shot by 4-year-old”

Huffington Post

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – A Texas former trooper who arrested a black woman motorist later found hanged in her jail cell pleaded not guilty on Tuesday on a misdemeanor charge of lying on the arrest report he made of the July 2015 incident, a court official said.

Brian Encinia, who arrested 28-year-old Sandra Bland in Waller County, was fired this month for his conduct that escalated tension in the arrest, which led to her apparent suicide.   Continue reading “Former Texas Trooper Pleads Not Guilty In Arrest Of Sandra Bland”

Life Daily

The Clintons are no strangers to media attention, and certainly no strangers to scandal. During his tenure as President, Bill Clinton implicated himself, and his wife, in several controversial ‘affairs’…

However, with the spotlight now on Hillary and her presidential campaign, pundits and opponents have rebuked the former First Lady for her proven track record of scandalous dealings, both past and present. She may just have a knack for being in the wrong place, at the wrong time; or maybe there’s more to Hillary’s past…   Continue reading “16 Most Notorious Hillary Clinton Scandals”

Reuters

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ordered a lower court judge to dismiss a lawsuit challenging gun control laws approved by Colorado in the wake of a movie theater massacre in a Denver suburb, saying the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the case.

The measures, which passed the Colorado legislature and were signed into law by Governor John Hickenlooper, a Democrat, in 2013 were considered a victory by gun-control activists in a state where gun ownership is treasured.   Continue reading “U.S. court rejects challenge to Colorado gun control laws”

Nunez Report

NEXT month, the Temple of Baal will come to Times Square. Reproductions of the 50-foot arch that formed the temple’s entrance are to be installed in New York and in London, a tribute to the 2,000-year-old structure that the Islamic State destroyed last year in the Syrian town of Palmyra. The group’s rampage through Palmyra, a city that reached its peak in the second and third century A.D., enraged the world, spurring scholars and conservationists into action. Numerous nongovernmental organizations are now cataloging and mapping damaged cultural heritage sites in the region.   Continue reading “The Temple of Baal will come to Times Square.”

The Free Beacon – by Alana Goodman

If yarmulke sales are any indication of voter attitudes, Donald Trump was the clear winner at AIPAC on Monday night.

Marc Daniels, a vendor selling campaign logo kippas outside the American Israel Public Affairs Committee conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday evening, said the “Donald Trump 2016” cap was his most popular item by far.   Continue reading “Trump Yarmulkes Are Biggest Seller at AIPAC Conference”

Real Farmacy – by Paul Fassa

Dr. Judy Mikovits, Ph.D. is a Biochemist, cellular and molecular biologist with over 30 years of scientific expertise. Mikovits has long believed that the vaccine movement is dangerous. The government has consistently attempted to silence her, including framing her for “stealing” research documents.

That was in Nevada in 2011. The whole setup was arranged with corrupt local officials. She was arrested and jailed for several days while her lab and her dwelling were ransacked without search warrants.   Continue reading “Scientist Harassed After Warning of Plague Potential from Man-Made Retrovirus”