KGW 8 News – by Nina Mehlhaf

PORTLAND, Ore. — ODOT is staffing up and warning drivers to be prepared to be stuck in their cars for hours during the solar eclipse.

Oregon Department of Transportation spokesman Don Hamilton says the eclipse will cause “the biggest traffic event in Oregon history” on August 21.

State emergency management officials are estimating one million people from out of state are coming to Oregon to watch the eclipse. More rental cars and RVs will be added to our highways, not to mention rural single-lane roads to and from campsites.   Continue reading “Eclipse to cause ‘biggest traffic event in Oregon history’”

The Free Thought Project – by Rachel Blevins

The charge of “driving under the influence” used to only apply to drivers who were under the influence of drugs or alcohol—but it will now apply to drivers who text, eat, smoke, read or groom while driving in the state of Washington.

The implementation of the Driving Under the Influence of Electronics Act was expedited from January 2019 to July 23 after Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed a partial-veto, and insisted that “public safety is better served by implementing this bill this year.”  Continue reading “DUI-E Law Now Makes It Illegal to Text, Smoke and Even Eat While Driving”

The Daily Sheeple – by Claire Bernish

Lacking sufficient funds to bail oneself from jail after arrest has long mandated a lengthy stint behind bars while awaiting trial; but this modern iteration of a Dickensian debtor’s prison system may finally have met its match in a judge from Chicago, who — perhaps fed up — ruled this week that income should not bear sole weight in determining bail.

Considering court dates are not infrequently months or years in the future, countless lower-income Chicagoans — particularly, those charged with nonviolent drug and other offenses — won’t be unjustly forced to languish behind bars, worsening their financial situation, due to unreasonable bail.   Continue reading “Inability to Post Bail Can’t Force Defendants Into Jail Time Before Trial, Intrepid Judge Rules”

RT

The Israeli army will put thousands of extra troops on alert in the West Bank ahead of Friday prayers at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, fearing that clashes over security measures implemented at the holy site will spread.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday that it would be putting five extra battalions on call in the West Bank, adding that they could be deployed if backup is needed, the Jerusalem Post reported.    Continue reading “Thousands of extra IDF troops put on call in West Bank amid Temple Mount tensions”

Breaking 911

A person driving a black SUV hopped the sidewalk and hit multiple pedestrians on the Upper East Side of Manhattan Thursday.

The vehicle struck at least three victims before crashing into a storefront at Madison Avenue and E. 46th Street.  Continue reading “Speeding SUV Jumps Curb, Strikes Pedestrians In Manhattan”

Hot Air – by John Sexton

Tuesday, police arrested Yvette Felarca, a Berkeley middle-school teacher who is one of the leaders of the Antifa group By Any Means Necessary. Felarca is charged with inciting a riot last June in Sacramento, CA. From Berkeleyside:

Felarca was captured on video hitting a member of the Traditional Worker’s Party, a white supremacist group that had taken out permits for a rally on the west steps of the state capitol. Felarca, a member of the group By Any Means Necessary, and other counter-protesters blocked the rally by chasing and hitting and even stabbing members of the Traditional Worker’s Party.

Continue reading “Berkeley Antifa Leader Arrested For Inciting A Riot”

Chicago Tribune

The city of Chicago is expected to pay $500,000 to settle a police brutality case involving a woman who suffered a miscarriage after being repeatedly shocked with a Taser by a patrol officer with a troubling history, city records show.

The amount appears on the agenda for an upcoming City Council Finance Committee meeting. The settlement requires approval from the entire council, which is scheduled to meet next week.
Continue reading “City expected to pay $500,000 to settle Taser lawsuit against Chicago cop”

AOL

Police received an unusual complaint Sunday morning, when a self-described drug dealer from Florida said that he wanted to file a police report after someone allegedly stole his cocaine.

David Blackmon, 32, claimed that a person entered his car and robbed him of $50 and about a quarter ounce of cocaine, Fox News reports.   Continue reading “Florida drug dealer calls 911 to report missing cocaine”

CBC News

A Métis man who opted to use Indigenous therapies for his terminal cancer instead of chemotherapy was initially turned down for followup care by a specialist, but the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency is now encouraging specialists to accept patients using traditional practices.

It all started when 61-year-old Ric Richardson, a business owner and university student in the northern Saskatchewan village of Green Lake, was diagnosed by a Saskatoon oncologist in February with Stage 4 lung cancer.   Continue reading “Sask. Métis man uses traditional medicines to treat terminal cancer”

AOL

A woman was found guilty of murdering her husband in a Michigan murder case allegedly witnessed by a parrot.

Glenna Duram shot her husband five times in front of the couple’s pet, an African Grey parrot, back in 2015, before attempting to unsuccessfully commit suicide herself afterwards.   Continue reading “Woman found guilty of murdering husband in murder witnessed by parrot”

AOL

A former NYPD sergeant was convicted Tuesday of throwing semen on a female co-worker’s leg at the police department headquarters.

Michael Iscenko, 56, was found guilty by a Manhattan jury on one count of sex abuse in the third degree — a misdemeanor that could place the ex-police sergeant behind bars for up to three months.   Continue reading “Former NYPD sergeant guilty of tossing semen on female co-worker”

Time 

(NEW YORK) — A person who reported eating at a Chipotle in northern Virginia has tested positive for norovirus. But health officials say that’s not yet enough to determine the cause of the roughly 60 reported illnesses it has identified.

The location in Sterling, Virginia, was temporarily closed for cleaning this week after customers reported symptoms that Chipotle said were consistent with norovirus. That sent shares of the restaurant chain down, underscoring how vulnerable its reputation remains almost two years after an E. coli outbreak that sent its sales plunging.   Continue reading “Person Who Ate at Chipotle in Northern Virginia Tests Positive for Norovirus”

People

A Hialeah, Florida man took matters into his own hands to remove AT&T workers from his property on Wednesday.

Jorge Jove, a 64-year-old retired Miami-Dade firefighter, shot the tires of two AT&T trucks, as seen in video captured of the incident and posted on Twitter.

Hialeah Police Sgt. Carl Zogby told WSVN that Jove was “upset that the trucks were parked in front of his house” and that he “asked them to move.”   Continue reading “Florida Man Shoots Out Tires of an AT&T Truck Outside Home”

Washington Free Beacon – by Andrew Kugle

The city of Toronto estimated that it would cost $65,000 to build stairs for a local park, but one resident took it upon himself to build the stairs—and only spent $550.

The city has now threatened to tear down the stairs, CTV News reports.

Retired mechanic Adi Astl decided to build stairs that lead to a community garden in Tom Riley Park, in Etobicoke, Ontario after several neighbors fell and hurt themselves trying to walk on the steep path. Some of Astl’s neighbors chipped in for the cost of the project, which ended up being $550.   Continue reading “City of Toronto Estimates $65,000 to Build Park Stairs, Man Does It Himself for $550”

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Daily Kos – by MugWumpBlues 

How did the term “to boycott” originate?

Northern Ireland of the 1880’s was mostly owned by relatively rich landowners, many of whom were of English descent and Protestants, while the land was worked by tenant farmers, mainly Irish and Catholic. As predictably happens whenever one group controls  the assets and there are numerous asset-less workers, the tenants were often exploited. In the 1870’s, there had been a depression, so farm prices dropped, as well as a famine. Many farmers were unable to pay their rent.   Continue reading “Mostly Forgotten History: Boycott”