Reuters

An American tourist was stabbed to death and at least nine other people were wounded by a Palestinian armed with a knife on a popular boardwalk in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, authorities said, while U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was in a meeting a few kilometers (miles) away.

The attack took place in the popular Jaffa port area, which is a favorite spot among tourists. The Magen David Adom ambulance service said four of the wounded had severe injuries.   Continue reading “Palestinian kills U.S. tourist in stabbing spree on Tel Aviv boardwalk”

KTLA 5

Kyle Andrew Odom, the suspect in the shooting of an Idaho pastor, was taken into custody Tuesday at the White House, a source at the U.S. Secret Service told CNN.

Odom was taken into custody by the Secret Service after he threw suspicious objects over the south fence of the White House. The incident started about 8:30 p.m. ET, the source said.   Continue reading “Suspect Sought in Shooting of Idaho Pastor Arrested at White House: Secret Service”

Deseret News – by Amy Joi O’Donoghue

SALT LAKE CITY — Law enforcement agents with the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service are too “Rambo” to Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s liking, so he wants to take away their guns and authority.

“These agents are more Rambo and less Andy Griffith than I would like,” he told the Deseret News Tuesday.   Continue reading “Chaffetz wants to take guns away from ‘Rambo’ BLM, Forest Service agents”

BATR – by James Hall

Economists and professional investors follow the Baltic Dry Index because it is a leading indicator on the forecast for international trade. A week ago this gauge hit an all time low. Since then a small upturn has moved the index upward slightly. Hellenic Shipping News observes in Baltic Dry Index climbs to 349, up 7.

“Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore. The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit a temporary peak on May 20, 2008, when the index hit 11,793. The lowest level ever reached was on Wednesday the 10th of February 2016, when the index dropped to 290 points.”   Continue reading “International Trade Sinks with the Baltic Dry Index”

Investor’s Business Daily

National Security: The Washington Post, of all places, found that not only did Hillary Clinton send and receive classified material on her unsecured email server as Secretary of State, she wrote dozens of classified emails herself.

To understand the implications of this revelation, let’s rewind the clock to almost exactly one year ago, when Clinton first addressed her private email controversy at a press conference held in the United Nations building.   Continue reading “Email Scandal: Hillary Clinton’s Last Defense Just Blew Up”

Yahoo News – by Jon Ward

It isn’t just the ties.

Donald Trump has taken some grief for the fact that his signature neckties are made in China. But the scope of Trump-branded products made outside America is larger than has previously been reported — especially when that includes the clothing line named after Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, which is listed on the Trump Organization website as part of the Trump empire.   Continue reading “Trump outsourcing includes home goods, daughter’s clothing line”

Oregon Live – by Les Zaitz

BEND – An FBI agent is suspected of lying about firing twice at Robert “LaVoy” Finicium and may have gotten help from four other FBI agents in covering up afterward, authorities revealed Tuesday.

The bullets didn’t hit Finicum and didn’t contribute to his death, but now all five unnamed agents, part of an elite national unit, are under criminal investigation by the U.S. Justice Department. Inspector General Michael Horowitz is leading the independent inquiry.   Continue reading “FBI agents under investigation for possible misconduct in LaVoy Finicum shooting”

Yahoo News

(Reuters) – A slain leader of the armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon was killed by three gunshots fired into his back by police, a county prosecutor said on Tuesday, calling the shooting “justified and necessary.”

Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was shot and killed by Oregon State Police on Jan. 26 after he ran from his pickup truck at a roadblock along a snow-covered roadside during the occupation by lands rights protesters at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.   Continue reading “Police shot Oregon protester in back but act was ‘justified’: prosecutor”

*DRILL PRESS:* A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

*WIRE WHEEL:* Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light . Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, ‘Oh shit!”

*SKIL SAW:* A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.
Continue reading “Tools Explained”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

A couple of years ago, the Denver Police Department (DPD) was under fire for a spate of excessive force complaints. They wanted to change their image, so they began a massive public relations campaign, ramping up spending from $599 in 2011 to $136,783 in 2013.

The “media affairs unit” is made up of very well-paid employees who push their message in social media such as Facebook and Twitter. Last year the DPD spent $450,000 on six employees in the media team, which is far more than six cops on the beat would make.   Continue reading “Denver PD Caught Stealing People’s Assets, Using Them to Pay for Massive Propaganda Campaign”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Dunwoody, GA — Police in the US possess a unique ability to raise money for their departments. Whenever times are rough, cops can simply take to the streets, enforce arbitrary traffic violations, and, voila — revenue generated — job security reinvigorated.

While many departments will go out and attempt to catch cars driving faster than the posted speed limit to collect revenue, departments nationwide are figuring out a far easier way to trap citizens in their web of extortion — crosswalks.   Continue reading “Watch an Undercover Police Extortion Operation in Action”

Reuters

The top federal prosecutor in Manhattan said Tuesday that his office would not be bringing charges against a police officer who fatally shot an unarmed black teen in 2012 in a case that has drawn attention from civil rights advocates.

Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara’s statement marked the end of an investigation into the death of Ramarley Graham, 18, who was shot inside the bathroom of his Bronx apartment after being followed by police officers who said they thought he was carrying a gun.   Continue reading “Prosecutors close probe, no charges in police shooting of black N.Y. teen”

Reuters

Authorities searched on Tuesday for a suspect after five people were killed in Kansas and Missouri.

Authorities in Missouri searched for suspect Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, 40, near where his truck was found, officials said. He may be armed with an AK-47, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.   Continue reading “Authorities search for suspect in Kansas-Missouri mass killing”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

The production of guns has more than doubled since President Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009, amid his frequent demands for more gun-control and fewer guns.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has released its annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Report, which shows that nine million firearms were built and sold in 2014, that’s up from 4.3 million firearms in 2008.   Continue reading “ATF: Gun Production More Than Doubled Since Obama Took Office”

Breitbart

Michael Bloomberg announces in an op-ed in his own news outlet that he will not run for President of the United States.

From Bloomberg View:

Over the last several months, many Americans have urged me to run for president as an independent, and some who don’t like the current candidates have said it is my patriotic duty to do so. I appreciate their appeals, and I have given the question serious consideration. The deadline to answer it is now, because of ballot access requirements.   Continue reading “Michael Bloomberg Says He Won’t Run, Doesn’t Want to Hand Presidency to Trump”

Las Vegas Review Journal – by Jeff German

Cliven Bundy’s family is using social media to plan a rally outside the federal courthouse on Thursday before his arraignment on felony charges stemming from the April 2014 armed standoff with law enforcement near Bunkerville.

The defiant Nevada rancher, who is in federal custody, is to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Bill Hoffman at 2 p.m. Thursday.   Continue reading “Bundy supporters plan courthouse rally in Las Vegas this week”