Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Can anyone blame him?

The father of three girls who were each molested by former US Gymnastics Doctor Larry Nassar who was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison last week, lunged at the disgraced doctor during his sentencing hearing on Friday in Eaton County, Michigan – and was swiftly tackled and restrained by three officers, according to NBC.  Continue reading “‘Father Of 3 Assaulted Daughters’ Restrained In Court After Charging At Disgraced Gymnastics Doctor”

The Hill

The House Intelligence Committee on Friday released a classified memo alleging abuse of government surveillance powers by the Justice Department.

The memo’s release follows authorization by President Trump, who was required to allow the public to see classified materials.

The memo was compiled by House Intelligence Committee staff, led by chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), from classified documents provided by the Department of Justice.  Continue reading “Read the controversial memo just released by Republicans”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday warned countries in the Western Hemisphere to beware of Chinese investment, saying it is reminiscent of European colonialism. He also derided Russia for selling weaponry to unfriendly, authoritarian governments in the region.

Before embarking Thursday on a five-nation trip to Latin America, Tillerson said China seeks only to enrich itself with investment and development projects. He said regional governments should protect themselves against “predatory actors that are now showing up in our hemisphere,” specifically mentioning China. He said Chinese investment may look good but comes with a heavy price.   Continue reading “Tillerson warns against China, Russia engagement in Americas”

CBS News

Corporate America as a whole is blamed for all sorts of societal ills, from greed on Wall Street to shafting the little guy. But people’s scorn can intensify when it comes to individual companies and other organizations, especially after inadvertent missteps or, worse, outright misconduct.

Here’s a quick rundown of the 20 most hated U.S. companies, according to 24/7 Wall St., which took customer surveys, employee reviews and news events into account in devising its list: Continue reading “America’s most hated companies”

The Telegraph

Apple has posted the biggest quarterly profit of all time despite a fall in iPhone sales.

The world’s biggest company posted profits of $20.1bn (£14bn) in the crucial final three months of the year, breaking its own record set two years ago.

It came after the release of the £999 iPhone X in November, the biggest update of the handset to date, as well as the release of the iPhone 8 in September.   Continue reading “Apple breaks record for biggest ever company profit despite iPhone sales fall”

The Next Web

Facebook made a startling revelation today: for the first time ever, it lost a million users in the US and Canada in Q4 2017, bringing its North American base down to 184 million.

That’s not a huge number in the grand scheme of things – and heck, Facebook even saw an increase in daily user audience by 32 million last quarter – but it indicates that people are actively leaving the social network and freeing themselves from its shackles to lead a better life.   Continue reading “I salute the 1 million North Americans who ditched Facebook last quarter”

MassPrivateI

In what can best be described as ironic, Big Brother is finally turning their sights on law enforcement.

After years of abuse, the city of Baltimore wants to purchase fingerprint scanners for the police.

An article in the Baltimore Sun reveals, the Baltimore Police Department  (BPD) is struggling to control overtime abuses, spending nearly a million dollars a week.  Continue reading “Big Brother wants to force police to submit fingerprints to prove they showed up for work”

The Hill – by Timothy Cama

The Interior Department implemented a new policy Thursday aimed at streamlining the oil and natural gas drilling process on federal land by cutting back on the opportunities for drilling opponents to slow down the process.

A memo signed Wednesday and released Thursday by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) states that it is the agency’s policy to “simplify and streamline the leasing process to alleviate unnecessary impediments and burdens, to expedite the offering of lands for lease,” and to ensure drilling rights sales happen regularly.  Continue reading “Interior rolls back oil drilling policies for federal land”

Houston Chronicle

One of President Donald Trump’s favorite subjects for praise – the Texas oil industry – is urging him to back off his hard-line stance on the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Texas Alliance of Energy Producers, which represents oil companies across Texas,  passed a resolution this week urging Trump not to raise tariffs on Mexico and Canada, so as “to foster the expansion of unfettered energy trade and investment.”   Continue reading “Texas oil companies tell Trump to leave NAFTA alone”

Fox News

The oldest son of the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro committed suicide at the age of 68, Cuban state media announced on Thursday.

Fidel “Fidelito” Castro Diaz-Balart is the oldest son of Castro and his first wife, Mirta Diaz Balart.   Continue reading “Fidel Castro’s oldest son commits suicide, Cuban state media report”

Guns America – by S H Blannelberry

On Thursday of this week, more than 70,000 New York pistol permit holders woke up as felons.  Law-breakers.

What was their crime?  They didn’t register their handguns with the state.  Now, why on God’s green earth would they have to do that?

Emperor Gov. Andrew Cuomo rammed through the NY Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act in 2013.  This insidious law requires pistol permit holders to register their handguns and recertify their licenses every five years.  Failure to do so is a Class E felony.   Continue reading “70,000 New York Permit Holders Are Now Felons for Failing to Register Handguns”

Today at 12:30pm, I was heading to work, about a quarter mile from my house when a police SUV when down the road going in the opposite direction I was driving in. He quickly turned around, put on his lights and pulled me over. I have lived in the same town for forty-five years, and in the thirty-one years I’ve been driving, I have never been pulled over by any police officer in my town.

He asked for the usual driver’s license, registration, and insurance. He briefly looked at all three, then says: “The reason I pulled you over is because your inspection sticker expired in December of 2017.”   Continue reading “My encounter with a cop today.”

AlterNet – by Adam Johnson

The linguistic gymnastics needed to report on police violence without calling up images of police violence is a thing of semantic wonder. Officers don’t shoot, they are merely “involved” in shootings; victims are not victims, but “suspects” “fleeing”; human beings become premortem cadavers as bullets “enter the torso” rather than the chest of a person; guns and bullets act on their own as they “discharge” or “enter the right femur,” rather than being fired by autonomous individuals with agency and purpose. Headlines become 14-word, jargon-heavy tangles where a simple five-word description would suffice.   Continue reading “6 Classic Ways Cops Spin the Media to Hide Their Abuses of Power”

ABC 7 News

MASPETH, Queens (WABC) — The New York City school system – with a budget of $24 billion a year, is sending letters to former students, telling them they are owed money from their school lunch account.

When the letter from the Department of Education came, Roseann did not know what to think.

“For 15 cents, it seems so frivolous,” she says.   Continue reading “Students get checks for 15-cent refunds from NYC school system”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Decatur, IL — A kind and loving local chef woke up Tuesday morning to a dozen cops and health department officials raiding his home. Khemuel “Chef” Sanders had his business shut down, all of his equipment stolen by the state, and his life ruined because he made food in his home to give to the homeless.

Unfortunately, in the land of the free, it is against the law to help others or try to make a dollar without first paying the government for the privilege of doing so. While the state will claim this is for the safety of others who may consume the food, the reality is that it is a revenue generation scheme.   Continue reading “Cops Raid Licensed Chef’s Home, Steal His Cooking Equipment—for Feeding the Homeless”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

When the Second Amendment was ratified in 1791 the phrase, “well regulated militia,” underlined the importance of the words, “shall not be infringed.”

Yet today, due to the breakdown in education wrought by leftist academicians and media talking heads, many Americans presume a “well regulated militia” and “shall not be infringed” are polar opposites; that the former represents a collective right viewpoint while the latter presents the right as an individual one.  Such presumptions create a false dichotomy that pits one phrase against another in an amendment where both phrases were meant to be of mutual benefit.   Continue reading “A ‘Well Regulated Militia’ the Basis of Private Gun Ownership”