Month: July 2017

Breitbart – by Edwin Mora

President Donald Trump’s administration has reportedly expressed interest in harnessing Afghanistan’s mineral resources valued in 2010 by the Pentagon at about $1 trillion.

The U.S. president has discussed the prospect of extracting the material with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani who has promoted mining as an economic opportunity for his country, one of the poorest in the world, reports the New York Times (NYT), adding:  Continue reading “Report: Trump Admin Looking to Tap into Afghanistan’s Vast Mineral Wealth”

Brietbart – by John Binder

The State of California is on track to issue a total of one million driver’s licenses to illegal aliens by the end of 2017.

In 2013, California lawmakers passed legislation that allowed illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses if they can prove to the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) their identity and state residency. The plan was one of the largest victories to date by the open borders lobby.   Continue reading “Nearly 1 Million Illegal Aliens Now Have Driver’s Licenses in California”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday approved a $68 billion increase in military spending next year with legislation that also provides money to start construction of President Donald Trump’s Mexican border wall.

The bill increased spending on the U.S. capability to defend itself from foreign missile attacks amid growing concerns about North Korea’s increasing capacity to hit the United States with a nuclear-tipped missile after it successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile in July.   Continue reading “House of Representatives boosts military spending, gives Trump border wall money”

Boing Boing – by Cory Doctorow

The Queensland Police have asked the Australian Parliament to give them the right to covertly install malicious software on your home devices in order to conduct mass surveillance during times of “national emergency”

The plan neatly demonstrates the ignorance and indifference of law enforcement to the realities of information security and civil liberties. Australia has emerged as a world leader in bad information policy, seeking a worldwide ban on working cryptography, with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull insisting that “The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia.”  Continue reading “Australian police seek the right to install malware on home devices during “emergencies””

Natural News – by Amy Goodrich

A Butler County, Ohio, judge has just ruled that private data from a pacemaker can be used as evidence in an indictment for aggravated arson and insurance fraud, according to the Journal-News. Earlier this year, authorities from Ohio arrested a 59-year-old man, Ross Compton, for allegedly starting a fire at his Court Donegal house in 2016. The fire caused $400,000 in damages.

Compton told the police that he had been sleeping when the fire started. After the fire woke him up, he packed some of his things into a suitcase and bags, broke a window with his cane, and tossed his belongings out of the window. Then, he left the house, picked up his bags, and took them to his car.   Continue reading “In yet another invasion of medical privacy, judge rules that a man’s pacemaker data can be used against him in an arson trial”

Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government allowing Russia to keep its air base in Syria for almost half a century, official documents show.

The original deal, signed in Damascus in January, sets out the terms under which Russia can use its Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province which it has used to carry out air strikes against forces opposing President Bashar al-Assad.   Continue reading “Putin signs Syria base deal, cementing Russia’s presence there for half a century”

Reuters

A California deputy attorney general has been charged with possessing child pornography at his San Diego County home following a months-long investigation, according to court records and local media.

Raymond Liddy, 53, was arrested at his home in the resort city of Coronado, California, on Tuesday and accused of owning images that appeared to depict minors under age 12 engaging in sexual acts, court records showed.  Continue reading “California deputy attorney general charged with child porn”

Fox 31 Denver

LITTLETON, Colo. — Up to 27 rifles were stolen in a smash-and-grab early Wednesday morning, the Littleton Police Department said.

Police said four suspects smashed the windows on the first floor of a building that housed a motorcycle shop at 3105 W. County Line Road near South Santa Fe Drive.

The suspects then went to the second floor where Warhorse Firearms of the Rockies is located and grabbed up to 27 rifles.   Continue reading “Up to 27 rifles swiped in Littleton smash-and-grab”

Breitbart – by John Binder

An Obama-era refugee deal that will resettle more than 1,200 Middle Easterners in the U.S. and tens of thousands of their foreign family members in years to come is an apparent departure from President Donald Trump’s promise of putting “America First.”

The Australian-U.S. refugee deal was first agreed to in former President Obama’s last months in office, promising to take 1,250 mostly male Middle Eastern refugees off Australia’s hands.

The refugees are being held in detention centers on Manus Island and Nauru Island. Despite Trump’s original statement calling the deal “a dumb deal,” the President has now broken two long campaign promises: Throwing out deals that don’t benefit Americans and stopping the flow of foreign refugees.   Continue reading “U.S.-Australia Refugee Deal Is ‘Worst’ in Decade, Says Expert”

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ADL

In recent months Jewish Voice for Peace, the largest and most influential Jewish pro-BDS group in the United States, has taken increasingly radical positions and has employed questionable tactics in pursuit of its mission to diminish support for Israel. The following are some of ADL’s main concerns with the group’s ideology and tactics.   Continue reading “Jewish Voice for Peace: Increasing Anti-Israel Radicalism”

Arizona Science and Innovation – by Nicholas Gerbis

Whether mathematicians or marathoners, those who chase mastery often run into a wall that blocks further progress. Now, eight U.S. Department Of Defense brain studies, one at Arizona State University, aim to help soldiers break through that barrier.

The research, called Targeted Neuroplasticity Training (TNT) joins a range of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) programs related to the White House BRAIN (Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies) Initiative.  Continue reading “U.S. Department Of Defense Brain Study Seeks To Boost Learning In Soldiers”

NPR

The deaths of 10 migrants in a sweltering 18-wheeler in a San Antonio has raised a lot of questions. One of them: why transport people in the back of a tractor-trailer, especially after they have already crossed the border?

One reason, experts say, is that entering the United States from Mexico illegally involves “two crossings.” You must first cross U.S./Mexico border, then one of the many border patrol checkpoints that exist farther into the United States.

That double crossing “has increased the incentives for smugglers to operate in different ways, and on different sides of the border,” says Correa Cabrera, who researches immigration and border security at UT Rio Grand Valley.   Continue reading “Why Are Undocumented Immigrants Smuggled By Truck?”

Southern Poverty Law Center

The Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative (SIFI) provides pro bono legal representation to immigrants detained in the southeastern United States. By ensuring that skilled attorneys are available, at no charge, to protect the due process rights of detained immigrants, SIFI endeavors to win every meritorious deportation defense case arising out of recent and anticipated immigration enforcement actions.

The project is led by the Southern Poverty Law Center.  It will begin at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, in collaboration with the American Immigration Lawyers Association, the American Immigration Council, the Innovation Law Lab and the American Immigration Representation Project. It will then be expanded to other immigrant detention centers throughout the Southeast.    Continue reading “Southeast Immigrant Freedom Initiative”