The Charlotte Observer

Hurricane Florence is now a Category 4 storm and is “rapidly strengthening” as it heads toward the Carolinas coast, with “exceptionally heavy rain,” the National Hurricane Center said Monday morning.

In an noon update sent out by NOAA, the storm’s winds rose from 105 mph winds to 130 mph in a matter of hours, and it has picked up speed in its westward trajectory, from 9 mph to 13 mph.   Continue reading “Hurricane Florence raised to Category 4 Monday. ‘Exceptionally heavy rain’ expected.”

Fox News

A “morality test” distributed to students at an Ohio high school — featuring questions on topics like incest and puppy-killing — has outraged parents and resulted in the teacher’s suspension.

Sarah Gillam, a 35-year-old Language Arts instructor at Hilliard Bradley High School, was placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of an internal investigation, the Columbus Dispatch reported.   Continue reading “‘Morality test,’ on topics like incest and puppy-killing, judged ‘not OK’ by students’ parents”

AlJazeera

The United States launched a blistering verbal attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC) and threatened sanctions against its judges if they proceed with a probe into alleged war crimes by Americans in Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump‘s national security adviser, John Bolton, made the announcement in a speech to the Federalist Society, a conservative group, in Washington, DC, on Monday.   Continue reading “John Bolton threatens ICC judges with sanctions”

Yahoo News

Workers for U.S. Steel will head back to the bargaining table on Monday, armed with a nationwide strike authorization vote.

With corporations awash in tax cuts and protected from competition by Trump administration tariffs, United Steelworkers (USW) leaders say members want a contract deal that provides them with a portion of that windfall.   Continue reading “Steelworkers Vote To Strike If They Don’t Get Piece Of Corporate Windfall”

Free Thought Project – by Rachel Blevins

Gaza – A disturbing video was posted online this week that shows the moments before a 16-year-old Palestinian boy was shot down by Israeli soldiers while he stood in a field, with his hands in the air.

The boy has been identified as Ahmed Masabah Abu Tuyur, and he was pronounced dead on Saturday morning, as a result of the injuries he sustained from the shooting on Friday, according to a report from Haartz. The shooting reportedly occurred during a protest, and Abu Tuyur can be seen picking up a rock off of the ground and hurling it into the air.   Continue reading “Horrifying Video Shows Israeli Soldiers Shoot, Kill 16yo Boy While His Hands Were In The Air”

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

Goodyear, AZ — More controversy created by law enforcement coming out of Arizona this week as a Goodyear police officer was caught on camera beating and dragging a woman out of her car on pavement which routinely reaches flesh melting temperatures. Her crime: having a suspended drivers license.

Unlike other states, Arizona has a flaw in its motor vehicle insurance tracking software. Inexplicably, as one resident told TFTP, a person’s insurance can appear to not be valid. The Arizona MDV system then notifies the resident their appears to be a lapse in their insurance coverage. If the notice goes overlooked, the resident’s drivers license can then be suspended.   Continue reading “Cop Pulls Gun, Drags Woman from Car, Punches Her in the Face Over Suspended License”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

An examination of expense reports reveal gun control Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) received taxpayer-funded armed protection from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) in 2017 and 2018 at events throughout the state.

NBC 4 reports that the protection was “unprecedented” in that it went beyond the security which the LAPD usually provides “for dignitaries and officials visiting LA.” Taxes from residents of Los Angeles funded armed security personnel to protect Harris not only in LA but in other cities throughout the state as well.   Continue reading “Taxpayers Funded ‘Unprecedented’ Armed Protection for Gun Control Sen. Kamala Harris”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

At this point there’s not even so much as feigning surprise or suspense in the now sadly all-too-familiar Syria script out of Washington.

The Wall Street Journal has just published a bombshell on Sunday evening as Russian and Syrian warplanes continue bombing raids over al-Qaeda held Idlib, citing unnamed US officials who claim “President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has approved the use of chlorine gas in an offensive against the country’s last major rebel stronghold.”   Continue reading “US Says Assad Has Approved Gas Attack In Idlib, Setting Stage For Major Military Conflict”

Video Rebel’s Blog

The alternative title is: Just how crazy is this self-appointed Jewish leadership?

I once said that Jewish leaders are not elected. They select themselves based upon their ability to recruit men willing to kill from their Banking Day Jobs which would include laundering illegal weapons and drugs money (a trillion dollars a year) and political bribes (500 billion dollars a year.)   Continue reading “On 9-11-2001 Israel Declared War On America And The World”

Independent

In Gaza, young people’s lives are not their own. At any point they could be taken by lethal force, and every day is defined by restrictions of their basic needs and control over their plans and aspirations. By withdrawing its funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa), the United States is making that future even more uncertain.

Young people with Christian Aid’s partner, the Culture and Free Thought Association, recently felt compelled to take action and share their experience of not being able to leave Gaza. They spoke of the fact that being cut off not just from basic amenities, but from so many opportunities, means that they “cannot dream or even think about our future”.  Continue reading “The world cannot stand idly by while Israel’s blockade on Gaza continues to disrupt countless innocent lives”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

President Trump has continued to threaten Syrian and Russian forces planning to take back the terrorist-controlled stronghold of Idlib in northwestern Syria, potentially bringing the world to the brink of World War III, as we explained yesterday. But Trump’s tweets about the potential “humanitarian catastrophe” have exposed a guiding principle of the US’s involvement in Syria (and indeed across the Middle East): A chemical weapons attack isn’t a “catastrophe” if it’s carried out by the US.  Continue reading “Russia Accuses US Of White Phosphorus Attack In Syria”

Corbett Report

How did the war in Afghanistan start? And how did NATO become involved in this conflict? These details are never discussed because they have for nearly two decades been hidden behind a shroud of secrecy. But now, after nearly two decades of lies, the remarkable truth about the secret documents that helped launch the Afghan war can finally be revealed. This is the story of The Secret Lie That Started the Afghan War.   Continue reading “The Secret Lie That Started the Afghan War”

RT

A train has derailed in South Dallas, Texas, with at least three cars going off the tracks, according to local media reports.

There are no reported injuries, but a roadway will be closed for several hours while response teams work to clear the scene, a CBS affiliate reported, citing local law enforcement.   Continue reading “Train derailment in South Dallas, at least 3 cars left tracks – police”

Fox News

Five people were reportedly wounded in a Tennessee nightclub shooting early Monday.

The shooting took place at Purple Haze in downtown Memphis at around 3:30 a.m., FOX13 Memphis reported. Memphis police detectives were on the scene, according to WREG-TV.   Continue reading “Tennessee nightclub shooting leaves several wounded, report says”

CBS News

A gas line explosion lit up the sky vivid orange early Monday morning outside Pittsburgh. CBS Pittsburgh reporter Meghan Schiller, who caught video of flames shooting skyward as she made her way to the scene of the incident, said authorities in Center Township, Pennsylvania, were evacuating the area around the blast.

Emergency dispatchers reached by CBS News said there were no immediate reports of injuries. They confirmed a half-mile radius area around the blast was being evacuated. The first call about the explosion to the emergency services came in at 4:54 a.m. Eastern.  Continue reading “Gas explosion sends flames shooting into sky near Pittsburgh”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ford won’t be moving production of a hatchback wagon to the United States from China — despite President Donald Trump’s claim Sunday that his taxes on Chinese imports mean the Focus Active can be built in America.

Citing Trump’s new tariffs, Ford on Aug. 31 said it was dropping plans to ship the Focus Active from China to America.   Continue reading “Despite Trump tweet, Ford says it won’t make hatchback in US”

Reason – by J.D. Tuccille

Why should you faithfully deliver your children to the government schools, missing no more than a bare handful of days? Because those tykes are worth big bucks to institutional educators, so if you don’t hand ’em over, you might be slapped with fines or jail time.

That’s an accurate interpretation of a letter sent out to parents for years by Orange County, California, District Attorney Tony Rauckauckas. But don’t take my word for it—read it for yourself. And keep in mind that this represents a national problem of schools claiming greater authority over kids then their parents, whether because they think they know better or just because the kids are so valuable.   Continue reading “Public Schools Threaten Parents With Jail Time for Truant Kids”

NBC News

A Dallas police officer who allegedly entered an apartment that she believed was her own and fatally shot the resident was arrested Sunday for investigation of manslaughter.

Amber Guyger, 30, a four-year veteran with the Dallas Police Department, allegedly went into the wrong apartment in her building last Thursday night and fatally shot Botham Shem Jean, a 26-year-old native of the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.   Continue reading “Dallas officer who entered wrong apartment, killed man, arrested on manslaughter charge”