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A truck rigged with explosives crashed into a police training camp in Zliten, Libya, on Thursday, killing dozens and injuring up to 200, according to various sources.
At least 65 people were killed, Reuters reported citing hospital sources. Civilians were among the casualties who were transferred to a hospital in nearby Misrata, witnesses told Reuters. Continue reading “At least 65 killed in bomb attack on Libya police training center”
By now it should be fairly obvious that President Obama and his sycophantic followers seeking to “fundamentally transform” the country don’t implement public policies willy-nilly. There is almost always an agenda behind everything this president does – an agenda that has little to do with improving the country and everything to do with changing it.
In that vein, one of the most important issues to Obama is guns and, more precisely, how to get more guns out of more hands without looking like he’s overtly violating the Second Amendment – even to the point of violation other parts of the Constitution, such as provisions requiring due process, especially. Continue reading “White House press release reveals Obamacare was crafted to help expand gun control”
PARIS (AP) — Officers shot and killed a knife-wielding man wearing a fake explosives vest outside a police station in northern Paris on Thursday, French officials said, a year to the day since an attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo launched a bloody year in the French capital.
France has been under a state of emergency since a series of attacks claimed by the Islamic State group killed 130 people in Paris on Nov. 13, and tensions increased this week as the anniversary of the January attacks approached. Soldiers were posted in front of schools and security forces were even more present than usual amid a series of tributes to the dead. Continue reading “Officials: Man killed in attempt to attack Paris police”
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A man found guilty of murdering three women nearly 30 years ago is scheduled for execution Thursday night.
Barring a last-minute reprieve from the U.S. Supreme Court, 53-year-old Oscar Ray Bolin — who was found guilty 10 times by 10 juries for three different murders — will be executed at 6 p.m. in Florida State Prison. Continue reading “Convicted killer of 3 women scheduled for Florida execution”
ATLANTA (AP) — A 2-year-old and his father died Wednesday night after the man shot the boy and then himself at the end of an 18-hour standoff in Atlanta’s northeastern suburbs, police said.
Thy Ho, 43, and son Philip Nguyen were each found with a gunshot wound when authorities entered the master bedroom of the Buford home after hearing gunfire about 4:40 p.m. Wednesday, Gwinnett County police Cpl. Michele Pihera said. Pihera said the father shot himself when officers entered the room. Continue reading “Police: 2-year-old, father die after 18-hour standoff”
Under a proposed new law, Missouri cops will record a person’s race, their perceived sexual orientation, religion, disability and their English language proficiency!
Reams of data now show that “driving while black” is a real offense in the eyes of some Missouri officers and departments and it’s about to get worse! Continue reading “Police to ask about your sexual orientation and English language proficiency”
Buckeye, AZ -(AmmoLand.com)- Are you a terrorist? A potential terrorist? A suspected terrorist? A suspected potential terrorist? Or potentially a suspected terrorist?
As Jeff Foxworthy might say: If you believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the rule of law … you might be a terrorist.
Prohibiting people listed on the government’s secret terrorist watchlist and its secret subsidiary, the federal no-fly list, from buying guns is again on the table. Continue reading “You Might be a Terrorist If…”
DENVER (CBS4)– A Greyhound bus bound for Denver made a pit stop at a motel in Kansas so the driver could rest. The catch– the passengers on board had no idea where he was going or for how long.
The driver left dozens of passengers stranded on the bus for hours outside the La Quinta motel in Salina, Kan. while he went inside to catch up on some sleep.
Continue reading “Greyhound Driver Stops At Motel To Rest With Bus Full Of Passengers”
Florida ballot eligibility legal challenge filed – Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are NOT “natural born Citizens” – complaint filed by Michael Voeltz in December 2015.
Read the FL legal complaint filing here: https://www.scribd.com/doc/293623437/Complaint-for-Declaratory-Judgment-and-Injunction-50 Continue reading “Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio Constitutional Eligibility Legally Challenged in FL and VT”
TransCanada Corp. opened one of the largest trade appeals ever brought against the U.S., seeking to recoup $15 billion tied to the Obama Administration’s rejection of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The Canadian company intends to start a claim for costs and damages under the North American Free Trade Agreement against the U.S. after President Barack Obama’s rejection of the $8 billion project in November, according to filings Wednesday. The pipeline builder also sued the U.S. government, arguing Obama didn’t have the constitutional power to decide on the cross-border line. Continue reading “TransCanada Fights Keystone Denial With $15 Billion Trade Appeal”
Monsanto announced Wednesday that sales in the company’s agricultural productivity segment, which includes its probable carcinogen Roundup herbicide, fell 34 % to $820 million. Monsanto’s shares fell over 2% as a result.
The Biotech giant also said Wednesday that it now plans to cut a total of 3600 jobs, or about 16 % of its global work force, through fiscal 2018, and expects to record $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion in restructuring charges. Continue reading “Monsanto Cuts 16% of Work Force as Sales in Roundup Herbicide Fall 34%”
Huffington Post – by Dominique Mosbergen
It was the selfie seen around the world; a toothy snap taken inadvertently by a grinning macaque monkey.
As the selfie went viral, a question arose: Just who owned the copyright to this extraordinary photograph — the monkey, the photographer whose camera was left unattended or the public? Continue reading “Monkey Cannot Own Copyright To Viral Selfie, Says Federal Judge”
A man who authorities say was wearing a homemade tactical-style vest, carrying a BB gun and taking photographs of schools was shot and killed by police in a far suburb of Chicago Wednesday.
Lake County Sheriff’s Detective Christopher Covelli said the man was shot after he led officers on a foot chase and a struggle ensued. Investigators did not release any identifying information about the man, except to say that he was a white 38-year-old. Continue reading “Man photographing schools and carrying BB gun shot and killed by Illinois police”
Iran on Thursday accused Saudi Arabia of deliberately launching an air strike on its embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa.
The state-run IRNA news agency reported that a number of guards at the embassy were injured, and part of the building’s wall was damaged in the strike by Saudi warplanes on Wednesday night. Continue reading “Iran accuses Saudis of attacking Yemen embassy”
CNS News – by Patrick Goodenough
A U.S. Special Operations service member was killed and two others were injured after coming under enemy fire in Afghanistan’s Helmand province Tuesday, but asked whether this meant U.S. troops were engaged in combat, a Pentagon spokesman said repeatedly that they were there in their mandated mission to “train, advise, assist” Afghan forces.
Defense officials said two HH-60 Pavehawk medevac helicopters were sent in to provide help, but one was “waved off” after coming under fire and returned safely to base. The other landed, but sustained rotor blade damage after apparently striking a wall. Continue reading “Pentagon Avoids the Word ‘Combat’ After Another U.S. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan”