RT

In a bid to combat online revenge porn, Facebook is now asking any worried users to send naked pictures of themselves to the social network to prevent them being shared publicly elsewhere on the company’s various platforms.

The measure would constitute a huge leap of faith by users to trust Facebook with their most intimate information. The company is still dealing with the repercussions of the Cambridge Analytica user data scandal.   Continue reading “Send us your nudes: Facebook’s bizarre strategy for fighting revenge porn”

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

Speaking to reporters Tuesday, President Trump said that preparations continue for the summit with Kim Jong-un, but that there is a “very substantial chance” the talks will be postponed from June 12. Trump suggested Chinese President Xi Jinping was to blame.

Trump said there was a “little change in attitude from Kim” after his second meeting with Xi. He offered no suggestion as to why China would want the talks delayed, and said it was possible the talks would just happen later.   Continue reading “Trump Expects North Korea Summit Delay, Blames China”

Middle East Eye

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said on Wednesday that the withdrawal of Iranian forces from Syria was “not up for discussion”, Lebanon’s al-Mayadeen TV reported.

“Whether Iranian forces or Hezbollah withdraw or stay in Syria is not up for discussion because it’s the (business) of the Syrian government,” the channel cited him as saying.  Continue reading “Syria warns Iranian forces pull-out ‘not up for discussion’”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

After the scrapping of the Iran nuclear deal by the Trump administration, the re-imposition of sanctions against the Persian nation, and the threat to impose the “toughest sanctions in history,” the US gear-up to destabilize or perhaps even go to war with Iran is becoming more and more visible by the day. A war of words between Iran and the United States is now ensuing with actual military aggression against Iran by Israel in Syria promising to provide an even greater likelihood that the U.S. military and America’s busy intelligence community will soon be working even harder to ensure that Iran is no longer able to resist Atlanticist hegemony.   Continue reading ““7 Countries In 5 Years:” 2007 Wesley Clark Interview Reveals US Plan To Go To War With Iraq, Iran, Syria, Libya, Lebanon, Somalia, And Sudan”

New York Daily News

Dozens of undocumented immigrants were found packed in a trailer along a Texas highway near the Mexico border late Tuesday, according to authorities.

State police stopped the truck near the border town of Raymondville at around 10 p.m., officials said.

Continue reading “Trailer packed with 90 undocumented immigrants found in Texas”

Fox 5 New York

NEW YORK CITY (FOX5NY) – With the summer travel season fast approaching, gas prices are on the rise but some people are getting sticker shock in Manhattan.

Regular gas has hit $5 a gallon at at least one station.  A Mobil station on 11th Ave. in Hell’s Kitchen has raised its prices to $4.999 a gallon.  That’s well above the current average for the five boroughs.  AAA says the average in New York City is $3.18 a gallon.  Continue reading “Gas hits $5 a gallon in New York City”

Americans for Tax Reform

Nanny-state-imposing left-wing billionaire Michael Bloomberg is now on video admitting how much he likes to raise taxes on poor people, calling such tax hikes a “good thing.” For years, Bloomberg has personally funded and promoted all sorts of regressive taxes and regulations in an attempt to push people around. He uses the coercive power of the government to force people to live their lives as he sees fit.   Continue reading “Left-Wing Billionaire Michael Bloomberg: Raising Taxes on Poor People Is a “good thing.””

Fox News 8

NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — A North Myrtle Beach pawn shop’s sign about AR-15 assault-style rifles has sparked a conversation on social media, WPDE reports.

Their sign reads, “We sell AR-15’s because we’re not Dick’s.”   Continue reading “North Myrtle Beach pawn shop sign about AR-15s sparks social media debate”

Conservative Firing Line – by Joe Newby

On Sunday, Fox News reported that Hillary Clinton, the most evil person ever nominated to the White House by a major party, will receive Harvard’s prestigious Radcliffe Medal for her alleged “transformative impact on society,” the Ivy League university said.

According to the Fox Report:   Continue reading “Hillary Clinton to receive Harvard medal for ‘transformative impact on society’”

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

Kenosha, Wisconsin – A grieving father who has spent more than 13 years searching for answers in the case of his son’s tragic death, is now releasing the footage from a confrontation with the police officer who shot and killed him.

Michael Bell Sr. told The Free Thought Project that he started out by taking a metal driveway sign his son made in his high school shop class and a picture of the young man and placing them on the front porch of the officer who killed him during a traffic stop in 2004.   Continue reading “Dad Confronts the Cop Who Killed His Unarmed Son, Secretly Records It”

Natural News – by Jayson Veley

The next time you go to the grocery store, you might want to think twice about what you’re putting in your shopping cart. According to John Swartzberg or Berkeley’s School of Public Health, many types of foods contain bizarre and even shocking ingredients that most people don’t even know about. Below is a list of food items that you may want to reconsider on your next trip to the supermarket, as discussed in a recent article published on CBS Los Angeles:   Continue reading “Doctor WARNS: Your popular foods are filled with bug parts and animal feathers”

Times of Israel

PAHOA, Hawaii — Authorities were racing Tuesday to close off production wells at an Israeli-owned geothermal plant threatened by a lava flow from Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.

Workers were capping the 11th and last well at the plant to prevent toxic gases from wafting out after lava entered, then stalled, on the property near one of the new volcanic vents.   Continue reading “Israeli-owned geothermal plant in Hawaii under fire as lava oozes nearby”

RT

The excessive speculation in internet-based companies is worse today than during the peak of the dot-com bubble at the turn of the millennium, warns Keith Wright, a professor at the Villanova School of Business.

“It’s going to be all downhill from here,” he wrote in an opinion piece for CNBC. “Massive losses are coming in venture capital-funded start-ups that are, in some cases, as much as 50 percent overvalued.”   Continue reading “Silicon Valley’s biggest ever tech bubble about to burst”

Mail.com

BEIJING (AP) — A U.S. government employee in southern China reported abnormal sensations of sound and pressure, the State Department said Wednesday, recalling similar experiences among American diplomats in Cuba who later fell ill.

In an emailed notice to American citizens in China, the department said it wasn’t currently known what caused the symptoms in the city of Guangzhou, where an American consulate is located. “A U.S. government employee in China recently reported subtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure,” the notice said. “The U.S. government is taking these reports seriously and has informed its official staff in China of this event.”  Continue reading “US employee in China reported strange sounds, pressure”

Mail.com

PERRY HALL, Md. (AP) — Three more teens have been charged as adults with first-degree murder in the death of a Maryland police officer, authorities said Wednesday. Fifteeen-year-old Darrell Jaymar Ward, 16-year-old Derrick Eugene Matthews, and 17-year-old Eugene Robert Genius IV were charged in the killing of officer Amy Caprio and were scheduled to appear at bail hearings Wednesday afternoon, said Baltimore County State’s Attorney Scott Shellenberger.   Continue reading “3 more teens charged in death of Maryland police officer”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump will speak Wednesday on immigration and gang violence on New York’s Long Island, where MS-13 has been blamed for some two dozen killings in the past two years.

Trump has used the violence to bolster his immigration policies, including a border wall with Mexico, the implementation of tougher travel restrictions and the hiring of more immigration officers. He’s also argued for loosening restrictions on law enforcement, encouraging police officers whom he calls “rough guys.”   Continue reading “On Long Island, Trump to speak on immigration, gang violence”

Mises Wire – by Mike Maharrey

A recent announcement by a local transit authority in Virginia sheds light on how the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are building a massive, intrusive surveillance network built on America’s transportation system.

The Greater Richmond Transit Company (GRTC) recently announced plans to install more than 100 live surveillance cameras at stops along a rapid transit line. According to a WTVR report, GRTC plans to install approximately four cameras at 26 Pulse stops along Broad Street. The system will be live 24 hours a day and directly connected to the city’s 911 facility.
Continue reading “How the Feds Use Transportation Funds to Spy on You”