Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

Boston, MA — A former head of a major Irish bank has been extradited from the U.S. and brought before Dublin District Court to face several charges stemming from the bank’s role in the 2008 financial crisis.

David Drumm, former chief executive of Irish Anglo Bank from 2005 until 2008, had been arrested in Boston in October 2015, and originally attempted to fight extradition — but he recently withdrew the objection and was returned to Ireland early on Monday.   Continue reading “Ireland to Prosecute Top Banker Who Destroyed Their Economy — Guess Where He Was Hiding”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The current decline in US manufacturing would be the first time since 1952 that Industrial Production has declined for four straight months without the US economy not being in recession. A worse-then-expected 0.5% MoM plunge – near the worst since 2009, led to a 1.0% drop YoY, the 4th monthly decline…

Another data point to ignore…   Continue reading “US Industrial Production Collapses Most Since 1952 Outside Of Recession”

Washington Post

Donald Trump said Wednesday morning that he will skip next week’s Republican presidential debate because he already has plans to deliver a “very major speech.”

“I’m making a very major speech in front of a very important group of people,” he said on “Fox & Friends,” later confirming that the remarks will be delivered before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). Trump said his speech at the powerful lobbying group’s conference in Washington “was scheduled a while ago.”   Continue reading “Donald Trump will skip upcoming Fox debate for ‘major speech’ before Jewish group”

Ammoland

SACRAMENTO – -(Ammoland.com)-  AB 2459 is the scariest bill we have seen all year, and that’s not a fact to be taken lightly as there are already bills to ban most semi-auto rifles, ration your gun purchases, and ban all magazines that could hold more than 10 rounds at one point in time.

AB 2459, authored by Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento), could wipe out every single gun dealer in the state of California.  

Continue reading “California Bill Will Eliminate Most Gun Dealers From the State”

Penn Live

Gas prices continue to move upward in the midstate – the average price increased 10 cents in one week from $1.89 on March 7 to $1.99 on March 14.

“The cheapest gas prices of the year are now solidly behind us as the national average will soon again hit $2,” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.   Continue reading “Why are gas prices spiking this week?”

Mail.com

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia and Egypt are completing preparations for restoring the air link between them that was cut by Moscow after the downing of a Russian passenger jet, the nations’ top diplomats said Wednesday.

The Russian plane crashed in Sinai on Oct. 31, killing all 224 people on board. Moscow said it was brought down by an explosive device, and a local branch of the extremist Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for planting it.   Continue reading “Russia says air link with Egypt will be restored soon”

Mail.com

COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The quirky, 10,000-square-foot, sun-drenched oceanfront compound that was once owned by USA Today founder Al Neuharth burned down, and fire investigators said Wednesday they were examining if ongoing construction played a role in the blaze.

Cocoa Beach Fire Chief Ryan Duckworth said Wednesday that the 11-bedroom, 13-bathroom home was a total loss. He said firefighters found dumpsters and construction materials on the 1.1-acre property. No one was injured, the fire chief said.   Continue reading “Crews battle major fire at iconic Florida mansion”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former city and federal officials pointed fingers at one another for failing to protect the 100,000 citizens of Flint, Michigan, from lead-laced water at a congressional hearing Tuesday as Republicans targeted for blame an Environmental Protection Agency executive who resigned as the crisis worsened.

Amid withering criticism, Susan Hedman sought to defend the EPA’s actions to deal with the contamination in the predominantly African-American city. “I don’t think anyone at EPA did anything wrong, but I do believe we could have done more,” said Hedman, the former director of the EPA’s Midwest regional office.   Continue reading “Ex-officials point fingers at hearing on Flint water crisis”

Business Insider – by Barak Rabinowitz

Israel is by far the largest exporter of military drones in the world.

Take the AirMule fromUrbanAero. It could have flown right off the pages of a Batman comic book.

Designed to take off and land vertically with up to 1,400 pounds of cargo and zip through the air at over 100mph, this drone is set to transport injured soldiers from urban war zones where standard helicopters simply cannot fly.   Continue reading “Israeli drones are about to take over the world’s skies”

US News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Merrick Garland has been in this position before.

The last time a seat opened up on the U.S. Supreme Court, in 2010, he was widely considered a top candidate for the job and interviewed with President Barack Obama. But the slot ultimately went to Justice Elena Kagan.   Continue reading “U.S. Supreme Court Nominee Merrick Garland Has Begun This Road Before”

MassPrivateI

Intrado Communications is the company behind assigning every home a threat rating and it’s run by two former deputies, the FBI and DHS.

“George Heinrichs and Stephen Meer spent 35 years building Intrado Inc. into one of the largest public-safety companies providing 911 services.”
Continue reading “DHS, the FBI and Intrado Communications are giving our homes threat assessments”

The Daily Resistance -by Caleb Hitt

I attended the jury selection earlier this afternoon for Thomas David House of Deegan’s trial in Parkersburg, WV.  However there was some drama during a morning motions hearing as Carl Swensen, a reporter from Atlanta, GA was arrested for having a camera pen in his shirt pocket!  According to Heather Swensen, two individuals (suspected feds) wearing street clothing with guns were sitting directly behind her and Carl, when some communication began stirring among officers.  The camera pen was confiscated, passed around for examination, until the bailiff alerted purported Wood County Circuit Court Judge Jeff Reed.   Continue reading “Reporter Arrested in Courtroom”

Valley Central – by Dave Hendricks

Federal agents have arrested two drug traffickers who claim they worked with corrupt cops to fake cocaine busts, according to federal court records.

Homeland Security Investigations agents arrested Mario Alejandro Solis, 37, of San Juan on Friday and Carlos Aron Oyervides, 40, of Houston on March 4.   Continue reading “Smugglers worked with corrupt cops to fake drug busts in Edcouch and Houston”

RT

Apple has accused the US government of “attempts to rewrite history”, saying that Founding Fathers “would be appalled” by Department of Justice and FBI’s requests. The corporation is fighting demands to unlock the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone.

In its last court filing before it squares off against the FBI in federal court in California next week, Apple said that the US government was trying to “stretch” the All Writs Act to fit its needs, but doing so would “usurp the legislative function and to improperly extend the limited federal court jurisdiction.”   Continue reading “‘Founders would be appalled’: Apple accuses FBI, DoJ of trying to ‘rewrite history’”

MassPrivateI

Every year, 636,000 people walk out of America’s numerous prisons, but 11 million people cycle through our jails each year!

A staggering 451,000 or close to 1/2 a million people in America’s jails haven’t been convicted!
Continue reading “America has nearly 1/2 a million people in jail who haven’t been convicted of committing a crime”