Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

The Chinese government uses a number of measures to keep tabs on citizens. One is what’s known as a “citizen score” — a compilation of all the good/bad habits the government can track that determines whether a person should be viewed as a contributor to society or someone the government should take out of circulation.

We do the same thing here in the US. Credit scores determine who gets to live where and what vehicle they can own. It also can affect employment opportunities. This version of a “citizen score” is compiled by private parties who have access to information Americans are given no choice in relinquishing.   Continue reading “Lawsuit: Boston PD’s ‘Gang Database’ Says People Who Wear Nikes And Have Been Beat Up By Gang Members Are ‘Gang Associates’”

Reason – by Joe Setyon

New revelations have come to light regarding the Thanksgiving Day police shooting of Emantic Bradford, Jr., in Alabama. According to an independent autopsy ordered by Bradford’s family, the results of which were released Monday, Bradford was shot three times from the back.   Continue reading “Alabama Police Shot Innocent Man Three Times From the Back, Independent Autopsy Says”

MassPrivateI

This year was full of many disturbing stories, like the one about Bloomberg’s role-playing workshops being used to convince the public to accept police drones equipped with microphones. And another about politicians claiming police drones will help revitalize a downtown and create community connections.

None of that could have prepared me for what I discovered after looking into the FAA’s drone program.   Continue reading “FAA’s “Integration Pilot UAS Program” is really a national police surveillance drone program”

Breitbart – by Dr. Susan Berry

Democrat politicians and feminist activists are determined to keep the Obama-era policies that created “kangaroo courts” on college campuses and often denied due process to the mostly male students accused of sexual misconduct.

Democrat Sens. Patty Murray of Washington and Maggie Hasson of New Hampshire have fueled an effort to create the narrative the Trump Education Department’s proposed Title IX rule makes college campuses more “dangerous” for women especially and will allow sexual assault to go without response:   Continue reading “Democrats Oppose Due Process for Students Accused of Sexual Misconduct”

Quartz – by Corinne Purtill

On Sept. 5, 1989, US president George H.W. Bush made a televised speech from the Oval Office announcing his administration’s escalation of the so-called “War on Drugs.” To illustrate the gravity of situation, Bush held up a bag of crack cocaine on live TV—drugs purchased, he told viewers, just steps from the White House where he now sat.

Bush’s speechwriters hit upon the idea of the visual aid days before the speech. The only problem was reality: There weren’t many drug sales in the area immediately around the White House, as University of Baltimore assistant professor Joshua Clark Davis highlighted recently on Twitter.   Continue reading “US agents lured a teen near the White House to sell drugs so George H.W. Bush could make a point”

RT

Many consider it a Christmas classic but radio stations are refusing to play the song ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ because it’s lyrics have run afoul of the #MeToo movement. However fans are now pushing back against the banishment.

The yule-tide favorite was originally recorded for the 1949 film Neptune’s Daughter and it went on to scoop an Oscar in the Best Original Song category. It’s been a feature of the festive season every year since. However its days may be numbered because campaigners allege that it propagates rape culture.   Continue reading “‘PC stuff is getting ridiculous’: Radio stations axe Christmas classic due to #MeToo concerns”

CBC News

Marlboro cigarette maker Altria is in early stage talks to acquire Canadian cannabis producer Cronos, as it seeks to diversify its business beyond traditional smokers, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.

Cronos has not agreed to any deal and there is no certainty it will do so, the people said.

The news comes as Altria is also eyeing a significant minority stake in e-cigarette company Juul, people familiar with the situation have told CNBC.   Continue reading “Altria in talks to buy cannabis company Cronos Group”

The Globe and Mail

Forty days ago, a woman returned to her home on Nova Scotia’s We’koqma’q First Nation to find her 22-year-old daughter, Cassidy Bernard – a new mother of infant twins – dead.

“Her daughter was murdered,” said Paula Marshall, executive director of the Mi’kmaq Legal Support Network.

“Her five-and-a-half month old identical twin girls lay dehydrated in a crib beside her, very seriously ill.”   Continue reading “Canadian federal government introduces $50-million fund for survivors of gender-based violence”

Gov’t Slaves

The body of missing Bay Area broadcaster Ray Taliaferro was found, according to a family member on Sunday evening. The announcement was made on a GoFundMe page funding Taliaferro’s search.

“It is with great sadness that the Taliaferro family has to announce the passing of Ray Taliaferro. His bodywas found in Paducah, Kentucky in a wooded area approximately a mile from where he was last seen,” read the statement.   Continue reading “Bay Area Broadcaster Ray Taliaferro’s Body Found In Kentucky”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

French President Emmanuel Macron may institute emergency tax cuts in an attempt to stem violent protests which have gripped France for three weeks, according to Bloomberg.

The government is increasingly worried that the economy, alongside its own political fortunes, is threatened by demonstrations against fuel taxes that have spiraled into a push-back against Macron’s policies. Continue reading “Macron On Edge As Up To 120,000 Angry “Yellow Vests” Prepare To Storm The Bastille”

Video Rebel’s Blog

“I just hope I get to be rich enough so that one day I won’t have to suck on any more Jewish dicks.”  Marilyn Monroe shortly before her murder.

“Anti-Semitism is a disease–you catch it from Jews”–Edgar J. Steele, some time before his judicial murder.

Matt Lauer was on NBC’s Today show for 20 years. Towards the end of his career he was making $20 million a year. One of the perks of his job was that a button was placed on his desk so the Jewish man could electronically lock his office door and bar the escape of any Gentile woman who refused his advances.   Continue reading “#OriginalMeToo 1913, 1947”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

To honor the death of America’s 41st President George H W Bush, President Trump has declared Wednesday to be a ‘National Day of Mourning’ for his predecessor, who died last night at age 94.

This is the first time since Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 that the stock market will be closed on a regular trading day. A spokesman for the New York Stock Exchange confirmed that markets would close in keeping with tradition.   Continue reading “Trump Declares Wednesday ‘National Day Of Mourning’ For President Bush; Stock Market To Close”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

A majority of “non-citizens,” including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans, a Census Bureau finding that bolsters President Trump’s concern about immigrants costing the nation.

In a new analysis of the latest numbers, from 2014, 63 percent of non-citizens are using a welfare program, and it grows to 70 percent for those here 10 years or more, confirming another concern that once immigrants tap into welfare, they don’t get off it.    Continue reading “Census confirms: 63 percent of ‘non-citizens’ on welfare, 4.6 million households”

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

Still bound and determined that the maritime incident last weekend in the Sea of Azov portends a full-scale war with Russia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on all NATO nations and other allied states to start relocating warships en masse to the sea to “assist Ukraine” in a conflict.

Poroshenko singled out Germany as  nation that should rush warships to the area, saying that Germany needs to consider where Putin will strike next after taking over Ukraine. He added that he is positive Putin wants the whole country.  Continue reading “Ukraine Urges NATO Nations to Send Warships to Confront Russia”

Washington Post – by Martin Weil

It’s widely accepted that apes are relatives of ours, so a little reflection might suggest that now’s the time for the National Zoo’s infant gorilla to get his flu shot.

And in fact, the zoo’s seven-month-old western lowland gorilla did got his first flu shot last month, according to the zoo.   Continue reading “Gorilla, susceptible like us, to flu, gets his shot at National Zoo”

Tucson.com – by Tim Steller and Caitlin Schmidt

The man accused of killing a deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson on Thursday night previously threatened police officers over a gun they had seized from him, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday.

Beginning April 16, Ryan Schlesinger sent emails to Tucson police officers with messages such as “Release my property or else,” the complaint said.

Continue reading “Man accused of killing deputy marshal threatened Tucson police officers, PCC administrator”