Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Albuquerque, NM — Earlier this month, the Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico mysteriously shut down without warning and under a shroud of secrecy. The local police were not informed about the nature of the FBI investigation which caused conspiracy theories to abound.

Then, on Sunday, a statement from the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), the group who runs the observatory, suddenly released the reason for the investigation, noting that it was “criminal” and the site was closed over concerns for “the safety of local staff and residents.”   Continue reading “FBI Finally Release Reason for Evacuating New Mexico Solar Observatory, It was Over Child Porn”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update: During a brief press conference, Harford County police confirmed that several people were killed in Thursday’s shooting (anonymously sourced reports put the number at 3). They also confirmed that the shooter was a woman, and that she is now in custody. The shooter used a handgun, they said.

Here’s the Associated Press:   Continue reading “Police Confirm “Several” Deaths In Maryland Rite Aid Warehouse Shooting; Female Suspect In Custody”

The Electronic Intifada

The Trump administration’s top civil rights enforcer at the US Department of Education wanted students who did nothing but hold a noisy protest in support of Palestinian rights to be criminally prosecuted.

Kenneth Marcus was captured on camera during a September 2016 meeting with an undercover reporter working on Al Jazeera’s explosive documentary about the US Israel lobby.   Continue reading “Trump official wants students prosecuted for Israel protests”

Campus Reform – by Zachary Petrizzo

Vegan advocacy nonprofit People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is demanding that the University of Nebraska at Lincoln part ways with its longstanding tradition of releasing party balloons at university football games.

PETA started an online petition to ban the balloons, alleging that they are “an environmental hazard and can travel vast distances before finally bursting and falling to the ground or into bodies of water.” The school has released thousands of balloons after its first touchdown at home football games, for the past 50 years.   Continue reading “PETA demands university ban football game balloons”

Yahoo News

Twice in less than a year, the federal government has lost track of nearly 1,500 migrant children after placing them in the homes of sponsors across the country, federal officials have acknowledged.

The Health and Human Services Department recently told Senate staffers that case managers could not find 1,488 children after they made follow-up calls to check on their safety from April through June. That number represents about 13 percent of all unaccompanied children the administration moved out of shelters and foster homes during that time.  Continue reading “Federal agency says it lost track of 1,488 migrant children”

MassPrivateI

Today’s Public Transit Police Departments offer a frightening glimpse into the future of commuter surveillance.

Last year the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) was accused of creating an app that spied on commuters travel plans, texts and emails. At the same time the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority began a pilot program that used facial biometric body scanners to spy on commuters.   Continue reading “2018: The Rise of Spying Transit Police”

Fox 5 News

FORESTVILLE, Md. – Two police officers were shot in Forestville Wednesday night, Prince George’s County police say.

The shooting happened at around 10:30 p.m. at the Lorring Park Apartments on Lorring Drive as a team of officers was executing a search warrant related to a drug investigation at an apartment.   Continue reading “2 officers shot in Prince George’s County, police say”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: You know, I actually cracked a grin about this one. I have heard very, very little talk about the trillons of dollars pumped into the system or the artifically low interest rates that have existed for 10 years. I rant and rave about it fairly often, but not many other people; news organizations, etc seem to bring it up…

Instead they think the government made the economy great. Continue reading “Bank Of America Merrill Lynch: The ‘Great Bull’ Market Is ‘Dead’”

Daily Mail

A transgender teenager has pleaded guilty to killing her parents and dog on Halloween because they wouldn’t accept her transition.

Andrea Balcer, who is still referred to as Andrew Balcer in court documents, sobbed in court as the prosecutor described how she had stabbed Alice and Antonio Balcer, both 47, to death on October 31, 2016.   Continue reading “Transgender teen pleads guilty to killing her parents”

Statesman – by Mark D. Wilson, Tony Plohetski, Kelsey Bradshaw

2:30 p.m. update: Austin police are working with international authorities to bring Cody Wilson, an Austin man at the center of a debate about 3D-printed guns, back to the country from Taiwan to face a sexual assault charge filed in Travis County on Wednesday.

Wilson’s last known location was the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, Austin police Cmdr. Troy Officer said.    Continue reading “Creator of 3D-printed gun, facing sex assault charge, now in Taiwan, police say”

Activist Post – by Nicolas West

Predictive technology is exploding. The arrival of Big Data initiatives by government, as well as a massive industry of data brokers is not only putting privacy at risk, but is offering those with access to the information unprecedented ways to micromanage our lives.

Over the last few years, I’ve covered the arrival of full-on pre-crime police tech (both public and secret) that is beginning to target potential hotspots for crime, as well as to put certain individuals on lists created by artificial intelligence to identify supposed future criminals.   Continue reading “Child Protective Services Wants Artificial Intelligence To Predict Child Abuse”

Penn Live

A police officer was one of multiple people shot at a Magisterial District Judges office in Fayette County, state police confirmed.

State Police out of the Union Town barracks tweeted a shooting occurred with “multiple victims and injuries one being a law enforcement official.”   Continue reading “Coroner called to shooting at MDJs office: reports”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Horry County, SC — Two women, who were mental health patients under the care of Horry County, have tragically been killed while in police custody as they were being moved to a different facility on Tuesday. They were chained in the back of a police van and drowned after the van drove into flood waters.

While original reports claimed that the women were inmates, it was later clarified that they were actually patients—which raises the question of why they were in chains in the back of the van.   Continue reading “Two Female Mental Health Patients Drowned While Chained in a Police Van As Cops Get Saved”