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Skyrocketing rents in California’s Silicon Valley have led to thousands of so-called ‘working homeless’ taking to the streets, casualties of a tech boom that has left many behind.
In the same affluent, suburban city of Mountain View, California – where Google built its headquarters – Tes Saldana lives in a crowded but tidy camper she parks on the street.
She concedes it’s ‘not a very nice living situation,’ but it also is not unusual. Continue reading “Homelessness surges in Silicon Valley”
In recent years, scientists have made great strides toward harnessing nuclear fusion, in hopes to one day create reactors that produce near-limitless clean energy.
But now, a pair of researchers has discovered a new subatomic event that releases energy in amounts beyond all expectations.
Scientists found that certain types of elementary particles known as quarks can achieve fusion in a powerful ‘quarksplosion,’ resulting in eight times more energy than that released in the individual processes at the heart of hydrogen bombs. Continue reading “Groundbreaking ‘quarksplosion’ discovery can make ten times as much energy as nuclear fusion”
Illegal alien Rolando Martinez was arrested Saturday after a late night shooting spree.
Martinez, who claims he was drunk, shot at drivers with an assault rifle on an 18 mile stretch of Interstate 35.
One seven-year-old girl was hit in the head and is still in critical condition. Continue reading “Illegal Immigrant With Assault Rifle Shoots at TX Interstate Drivers – Seven-Year-Old Girl Hit in the Head”
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Archive: TWFTT 11-7-17
The Homestead Guru – by Hailey
If you thought sleeping with your router on or your phone next to your head was harmless, you may want to think again as more information is coming out about WiFi radiation.
An experiment, for a biology test, was done by 5 girls from northern Jutland in 9th grade. The girls came up with the idea because they found it difficult to concentrate during the school day: Continue reading “WiFi Radiation? Experiment Is Turning The Heads Of Radiation Experts”
NEW BRAUNFELS, Tex. — The gunman who opened fire in a church outside San Antonio, killing at least 26 people, escaped from a mental health facility in 2012 after he was caught sneaking guns onto an Air Force base and “attempting to carry out death threats” made against military superiors, according to a police report.
The report said officers with the El Paso, Tex., police were dispatched to a bus terminal after Devin P. Kelley‘s escape from a behavioral facility about seven miles away in New Mexico. Officers wrote they were told Kelley, who intended to take a bus out of the state, “was a danger to himself and others” at the time and noted that he “was also facing military criminal charges.” Continue reading “Texas church gunman escaped from mental health facility in 2012 after threatening military superiors”
A power-play by the most powerful man in Saudi Arabia took place over the weekend, with big repercussions for the future of the country that is OPEC’s de factor leader and the world’s second-largest oil producer.
Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and heir to King Salman, was granted control over a wide-ranging anti-corruption committee last week, and immediately used his new power to consolidate his position. Eleven former ministers and dozens of Saudi princes were arrested or detained on charges of corruption, graft or financial malfeasance. Continue reading “Why Saudi Arabia’s crackdown sent oil prices soaring”
Time has not healed the Democratic party’s wounds. On Election Day 2016, Democrats suffered a devastating and shocking loss. A year later, they’re still sorting through the wreckage. The infighting, the divisive personalities and the questions about how it happened are still front and center, threatening to hold the party back in elections on Tuesday and into next year’s midterms.
Hillary Clinton is on a tour promoting her book on last year’s campaign, entitled “What Happened.” The man she defeated in the party’s presidential primaries, Bernie Sanders, and former Vice President Joe Biden are the two top possible presidential contenders in 2020. And just in time for a crucial race for Virginia governor, the Democratic National Committee’s former chairwoman, Donna Brazile, last week reopened the wounds over whether the party tilted the primary in Clinton’s favor. Continue reading “Democrats try to look forward but are still haunted by 2016”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California should use armored cars to transport hundreds of millions of dollars in cash tax payments expected next year with the state’s legal marijuana market, the state treasurer said Tuesday.
The state on Jan. 1 will enter a new era with cannabis when recreational sales become legal and join the long-standing medical industry in what will become the largest U.S. legal pot economy. But the new market estimated to grow to $7 billion annually has a troubling flaw: Marijuana remains illegal under federal law, so most banks won’t do business with pot growers, manufacturers or retailers. That means marijuana companies typically operate only in cash. Continue reading “California proposes armored cars to transport pot tax money”
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Donald Trump says tougher gun laws would not have prevented a mass shooting at a south Texas church, arguing that more restrictions might have led to more casualties.
Trump spoke at a news conference in South Korea on Tuesday where he was asked about “extreme vetting” for gun purchases. Trump said: “If you did what you’re suggesting, there would have been no difference three days ago and you might not have had that very brave person who happens to have a gun or a rifle in his trunk.” Continue reading “Trump says tougher gun laws not answer after Texas shooting”
Sacramento, California — A movement in California to legalize “magic mushrooms” recently cleared its first hurdle. Last week, the state government gave organizers the green light to begin collecting the 365,000 petition signatures required for the initiative to be placed on a future ballot.
The initiative, which was filed with the state attorney general’s office back in August, would make the sale and use of psilocybin mushrooms legal for adults, 21 and over, all across the state. Continue reading “California May Become First State to Legalize ‘Magic Mushrooms’”
A new virus for which medical officials have no remedy is spreading. The infectious disease also has a fatality rate of almost 90% making it much more deadly than the black death plaguing Madagascar.
A deadly outbreak of a rare and highly fatal virus has broken out in eastern Uganda and five cases have already been identified, the World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed. The disease is known as the Marburg virus. It is similar to the Ebola virus and can be fatal in up to 88% of cases. Continue reading “New Virus With NO CURE Spreading: This Is WORSE Than The ‘Black Death’”
Early this morning, Israeli Channel 10 news published a leaked diplomatic cable which had been sent to all Israeli ambassadors throughout the world concerning the chaotic events that unfolded over the weekend in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia, which began with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s unexpected resignation after he was summoned to Riyadh by his Saudi-backers, and led to the Saudis announcing that Lebanon had “declared war” against the kingdom. Continue reading ““Explosive” Leaked Secret Israeli Cable Confirms Israeli-Saudi Coordination To Provoke War”
Middle East Eye – by Yossi Melman
Israel prides itself as being a free, democratic society, part of the Western world. Well not exactly. At least when it comes to two significant areas.
One, towering above all, is the occupation of the West Bank under the iron fist of the Israeli military and depriving its Palestinian residents of basic civil and democratic rights. Continue reading “Israel’s badly kept secret: Selling arms to regimes at war”
Lockheed Martin is working to develop a high-power fiber laser for fighter jets.
Under a $26.3 million contract from the Air Force Research Lab, the firm will design and produce a directed energy system for aircraft, with plans to test the technology by 2021.
The move comes after a series of successful tests with similar systems in ground-based platforms – but, the experts say developing a laser for a smaller, airborne design will be a challenge. Continue reading “Lockheed Martin awarded $26m contract to develop laser for fighter jet”
Photos of America’s early gun makers holding their firearms have been colorized as the United States recovers from its second mass shooting in just five weeks.
The first successful machine gun, a semi-automatic shotgun and the Winchester repeating rifle are all featured in photographs colorized by 39-year-old Matt Loughrey of My Colorful Past, based in Westport, Ireland. Continue reading “Colorized pictures reveal the gunmakers from America’s history”
Nueces County Record Star – by Andrew Branca
WAXAHACHIE — Former Somervell County Sheriff’s Deputy William Lane Cox, who drunkenly shot at an Ellis County church, pleaded to the charge of deadly conduct on Monday morning.
By accepting the plea-bargain agreement, Cox was sentenced to five years in prison, which was suspended. He was then placed on community supervision.
Cox remain on probation for five years. He was also fined $1,500 and will have to serve 10 days in the Wayne McCollum Detention Center. Through the agreement, Cox will be allowed to serve his time on weekends. Continue reading “Former Somervell County deputy accepts plea agreement after shooting Ellis County church”