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Denver just decriminalized public defecation in order to make life easier for immigrants and the homeless.
After decriminalizing defecating on sidewalks, the Chamber of Commerce will probably rename Denver as the “Mile High Pile City.” Continue reading “It is Now Legal to Defecate and Urinate on Denver Sidewalks! What???”
BEIJING — President Xi Jinping continues to strengthen his grip on power as China’s absolute leader, putting the country’s armed police force under his thumb in his latest move.
The Communist Party of China has decided to consolidate control over the People’s Armed Police at the Central Military Commission, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday.
Continue reading “Xi gains control of China’s paramilitary police”
Donald Trump on Thursday said he was “very disappointed that China is allowing oil to go into North Korea” and said such moves would prevent “a friendly solution” to the crisis over Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
Earlier, China said there had been no sanction-breaking oil transfers between Chinese ships and North Korean vessels, of the kind described by a South Korea newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, which said spy satellites had detected 30 instances of such transfers since October. Continue reading “Trump ‘very disappointed’ in China over alleged oil supplies to North Korea”
Gateway Pundit – by Christian Laila
As previously reported, despite United Airlines apologizing to the woman who purchased a first class ticket aboard one of their flights, only to be re-seated because the Queen of England Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee wanted to sit first class, the race-baiting Congresswoman believes no apology was owed.
Shortly after this apology and a $500 credit were issued by United, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee went on a Twitter tirade where she claimed that the entire incident is just about race, naturally. Continue reading “Hah! James Woods Trolls Dems, Sheila Jackson Lee After She Stole Other Passenger’s United Airlines Seat”
The Oregonian – by Maxine Bernstein
In a July 5 email, Ryan Payne’s lawyers asked prosecutors for copies of all threat assessments prepared before the April 2014 standoff between Cliven Bundy’s supporters and federal officers trying to impound Bundy’s cattle for years of failing to pay grazing fees and fines.
Prosecutors characterized the defendants’ continued push for the assessments as another in their “long list of frivolous and vexatious pleadings.” Continue reading “Unsealed motions in NV Bundy case detail prosecution’s violations”
It’s not boasting to state plainly that you were right if you are equally direct about your errors. I have until now rightly predicted all of the stock market’s major downturns, starting with the one in 2007 that gave us the Great Recession. The first of those led to the writing of this blog. The next two were predicted and recorded as they happened on this blog, and the latest, whether it proves right or wrong, waits shortly in the future. Each time I made such a prediction here, I bet my blog on it. The blog is still here, but will it continue to be? Continue reading “The Ghosts of Crashes Past, Recent, and Future as they Appeared on this Blog”
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Plunging temperatures across half the country on Thursday underscored a stark reality for low-income Americans who rely on heating aid: Their dollars aren’t going to go as far this winter because of rising energy costs.
Forecasters warned people to be wary of hypothermia and frostbite from an arctic blast that’s gripping a large swath from the Midwest to the Northeast, where the temperature — without the wind chill factored in — dipped to minus 32 (minus 35 Celsius) on Thursday morning in Watertown, New York, near Lake Ontario’s eastern shore. Continue reading “Higher energy costs accompany bitter cold snap in US”
Individual investors in US private prisons are poised to collect their most lucrative earnings ever thanks to changes in the tax code signed by Donald Trump, continuing what has been a banner year for the industry since the 2016 election.
“It’s going to be great for the investors, banks and hedge funds that own shares in private prisons, and are dependent on increased incarceration and criminalization,” said Jamie Trinkle, campaign and research coordinator with the racial and economic justice coalition Enlace. Continue reading “Private prison investors set for giant windfall from Trump tax bill”
Officials are investigating how a 17-year-old was left bruised, bloodied, and swollen beyond recognition during an encounter with police Saturday night in Troy, Alabama.
Police officers in Troy saw the teenager, Ulysses Wilkerson, walking behind a closed business in the city’s downtown late Saturday night, officials said. When the officers exited their vehicle and approached him, he ran away. Officers chased him down a few streets over, and a struggle ensued.
Continue reading “This 17-Year-Old Was Brutalized During A Police Encounter And His Family Want To Know Why”
The rising cost of rent and housing in California is forcing residents into alternative accommodation with middle class workers taking up residence in their cars and RVs by the side of the road to make ends meet.
Hundreds of people, including nurses and chefs, are sleeping in parking lots in affluent areas like Santa Barbara as they make the most of the only homes they can afford. Continue reading “California’s middle class homeless living in parking lots”
TEHRAN (FNA)- There are currently 7,000 Palestinian prisoners, including 400 children, at risk of being tortured in Israeli detention centers, according to a senior Palestinian official.
“The number of sick prisoners has now reached nearly 1,500,” Minister of Prisoners’ Affairs Issa Qaraqi said, Yenisafak reported.
Continue reading “7,000 Palestinians Face Torture in Israeli Prisons”
Activist Post – by Aaron Kesel
The Department of Homeland Security is expanding globally in an effort to “strengthen international security while preventing a terrorist attack, drug shipment, or human smuggling ring” according to a report by the New York Times.
An estimated 2,000 Homeland Security employees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and special agents to Transportation Security Administration officials are now being deployed to more than 70 countries around the world. Continue reading “DHS Expanding Operations Into More Than 70 Countries, Violating Travelers and National Sovereignty”
Destroyed by Design.
There was a spike in applications for Canadian citizenship after the government relaxed the rules around residency requirements and language proficiency this fall.
Figures from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship provided to CBC News show there was an average of 3,653 applications a week in the six months before changed were brought in Oct. 11. Continue reading “Canadian citizenship applications surge after government relaxes language, residency rules”
The lower your income is, the more difficult it is to be particular about what you feed your family.
This probably isn’t an earth-shattering revelation to anyone, but if you feel like experimenting, try to buy a week’s worth of healthy food for a family on a budget of, say, $50-75. Food manufacturers that target lower-income shoppers with more affordable products tend to include more GMOs and toxic ingredients in their offerings. Continue reading “What to Eat When You’re Broke”
The Trump administration has loosened the rules of engagement allowing it to carry out more deadly drone strikes in Somalia and Yemen.
The United States said Wednesday it had carried out a new drone strike in Somalia, killing 13 extremist al-Shabab militants, bringing the number of drone strikes on the country to 34 this year, more than double the number the previous year.
Continue reading “Under Trump, US Doubles Drone Strikes in Somalia”
US special operations troops are secretly harboring and training former fighters of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) at the remote American base in Al Tanf, Syria near the strategic nexus of the country’s borders with Iraq and Jordan, according to a report issued by the Russian military command.
The charge was made Wednesday by General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian military’s general staff and deputy defense minister. He said that Russian drones and satellites had detected brigades of ISIS militants in and around both Al Tanf and another US military base near the Kurdish-controlled city of Al-Shaddadi in the country’s northeast. Continue reading “Russia charges Pentagon with training ex-ISIS fighters”
Joint Roller (Medford)
The Pre-Roll / Twax Technician is responsible for filling, packaging and preparing for sale the Pre-Roll and Twax products. Specifically, individuals fill joints and other products in a form that will be the final product for sale to the customer. The packaging technician applies labels and other documentation to the product which ensure that it complies with regulatory requirements. Continue reading “Do you know anyone seeking employment?”