Year: 2016

ABC News

They say crime doesn’t pay, but that might not be entirely true in theDistrict of Columbia as lawmakers look for ways to discourage people from becoming repeat offenders.

The D.C. Council is voting on a bill Tuesday that includes a proposal to pay residents a stipend not to commit crimes. It’s based on a program in Richmond, California, that advocates say has contributed to deep reductions in crime there.   Continue reading “DC Bill Would Pay People Stipends Not to Commit Crimes”

Courthouse News Service – by JACK BOUBOUSHIAN 

CHICAGO (CN) – Requiring a convicted sex offender to wear a GPS monitoring anklet 24 hours a day for life does not violate the Fourth Amendment, the Seventh Circuit ruled Friday, reversing a ruling from Wisconsin.

Michael Belleau was convicted in 1992 of sexually assaulting a boy for five years, beginning when the boy was eight. Belleau served one year in jail, and was arrested while on probation for sexually assaulting a 9-year-old girl.   Continue reading “Lifetime GPS Tracking of Sex Offenders OK’d”

Ebola Gate – by Tim Tucker

Townsend Letter of this month describes a critical shortage of IV bags. “One of the great ironies is that while health authorities have called for curtailment of manufacturing by the compounding pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies have not been able to meet the drug and medical supply requirements of hospitals and clinics.
http://www.townsendletter.com/June2014/ltrpub0614.html

What the letter does not mention is that this situation may have begun to occur after the FDA’s banning the mass production of IV vitamin C (the pre-prepared bags)   Continue reading “How the FDA Has Quietly Removed Access to a Life or Death Piece of Medical Equipment”

Liberty Fight – by Martin Hill

In case you missed it, the Gadsden “Don’t Tread On Me” Flag was caught flying at Oregon Bureau of Land Management Headquarters in Burns Oregon, only hours after rancher Laviy Finicum was shot to death by Israeli-trained Oregon State police.

Reporter Amanda Peacher photographed the scene on January 31 and tweeted about it, writing “So, the Gadsden “Don’t tread on me” flag is suddenly hanging at BLM HQ outside Burns. #OregonStandoff”   Continue reading “Gadsden “Don’t Tread On Me” Flag Flies At Oregon BLM Headquarters After Israeli-Trained Cops Slaughter Rancher”

Liberty Fight – by Martin Hill

In the wake of last week’s killing of Oregon Wildlife occupier Lavoy Finicum, the Anti-Defamation League has issued a press release voicing concerns about the potential fallout from the deadly turn of events.

The ADL article, titled ‘Robert “LaVoy” Finicum: The Making of a Martyr’, opines:   Continue reading “Anti-Defamation League: Lavoy Finicum’s Death ‘Enraging The Extreme Right’, Provides ‘Patriot’ Movement With Martyr, Possibly Prompts Acts of Violence”

Record Searchlight – by Damon Arthur

As a standoff between armed activists and law enforcement continues at a wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon, one federal agency in the North State is not letting employees work in the field and others remain on heightened alert.

Employees in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s Redding Field Office have been told to suspend all field work this week because of concerns over employee safety.   Continue reading “Armed Oregon standoff suspends work in Redding”

Health Impact News

Nate Tseglin was born on November 5, 1989 to Ilya and Riva Tsleglin. The parents, now residents of California, are originally from the former Soviet Union. They have a younger son Robert as well.

Nate  was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome at age 14. He was first taken away from his parents by the State of California on January 12, 2007 at age 17 when a teacher reported his parents to the Child Protective Services (CPS) because Nate was scratching himself on the arms. His family has been fighting for him to be home, and to be cared for at home, ever since. He is currently being detained by the State of California against his own will, and also the will of his family. Nate is now an adult. He is allegedly being forced to take drugs his family does not approve, and is kept locked up like a prisoner.   Continue reading “Medically Kidnapped Disabled Man Held Against his Will in Orange County California”

Natural Society – by Christina Sarich

A federal hearing will occur on February 3, 2016 to address the Flint, Michigan water crisis. Hopefully it will include some stark discipline for those who ignored Flint citizens’ concerns that their water was too polluted to drink. Adding even more weight to the situation in Flint, recently-released emails show that the state was working to provide bottled water to state office building employees while ignoring the citizens. [1]
Continue reading “Emails Reveal: As Citizens Drink Contaminated Water, State Workers Drink Bottled During Crisis”

BATR – by James Hall

When Corporatocracy published the article, Corporate Inversion Relocation almost two years ago, little attention or coverage in the financial press could be found on the tax avoidance practice of inversion. Now that Hillary Clinton denounced the $16 billion (€14.7 billion) merger of Johnson Controls and Tyco International, the subject is coming to the forefront. A fine account of this controversy is published in the European press, Follow the Money. A wealth of financial data and charts are available in this translated version from the column.   Continue reading “Inversion to Ireland is the Shamrock for Corporatists”

Breitbart – by John Hayward

Sen. Bernie Sanders’ voters will not be amused to learn that the Democratic National Committee awarded six deadlocked precincts, out of 99 precincts total, to Hillary Clinton with a literal coin toss.

She won all six of the coin tosses. The odds against winning six out of six coin flips are 64-to-1 against, or 1.56 percent.   Continue reading “Lucky? Hillary Clinton Wins All 6 Coin Tosses In Iowa, Taking Narrow Delegate Lead”

End of the American Dream – by Michael Snyder

Major retailers in the United States are shutting down hundreds of stores, and shoppers are reporting alarmingly bare shelves in many retail locations that are still open all over the country.  It appears that the retail apocalypse that made so many headlines in 2015 has gone to an entirely new level as we enter 2016.  As economic activity slows down and Internet retailers capture more of the market, brick and mortar retailers are cutting their losses.  This is especially true in areas that are on the lower portion of the income scale.  In impoverished urban centers all over the nation, it is not uncommon to find entire malls that have now been completely abandoned.  It has been estimated that there is about a billion square feet of retail space sitting empty in this country, and this crisis is only going to get worse as the retail apocalypse accelerates.   Continue reading “Retail Apocalypse: 2016 Brings Empty Shelves And Store Closings All Across America”

Chron – by Markian Hawryluk

Dallas County Health and Human Services has confirmed a case of Zika infection through sexual transmission, the first confirmed case of locally acquired Zika in the current outbreak.

According to public health officials, the patient was infected after having sexual contact with an ill person who returned from a country where Zika is circulating.   Continue reading “Dallas County reports sexually transmitted Zika case in U.S.”

Counter Current News – by M David

We recently reported on six other cities in Michigan, which have more lead poisoning in their city water supplies, than Flint.

The Detroit News reports that “Elevated blood-lead levels are seen in a higher percentage of children in parts of Grand Rapids, Jackson, Detroit, Saginaw, Muskegon, Holland and several other cities, proof that the scourge of lead has not been eradicated despite decades of public health campaigns and hundreds of millions of dollars spent to find and eliminate it.”  Continue reading “Navajo Water Supply Is More Poisoned Than Flint’s, And Has Been For Decades”