Collective Evolution – by Arjun Walia

In the Pacific ocean North East of Hawaii, exists a giant whirlpool of debris accumulated by the ocean currents, which is now scientifically referred to as the North Pacific Gyre. It’s one of the largest ecosystems on Earth, comprising millions of square kilometres. Today it’s better known as “The Great Garbage Patch,” an area the size of Queensland, Australia, where tonnes of plastic is spread throughout the ocean.   Continue reading “A Huge Crowd Funded Machine Is About To Start Cleaning Up The Great Pacific Garbage Patch”

On the Contrary – by Michael Hoffman

April 2018 —  In another victory for the Palestinian rights movement on U.S. college campuses, students at elite Barnard College in New York City voted nearly two-thirds in favor of a referendum supporting divestment from companies profiting from Israeli war crimes and dispossession of Palestinians, most recently the slaughter of unarmed protestors at a border fence by Israeli army snipers.    Continue reading “Youth for Palestine movement growing in the U.S.”

Fox News

Authorities in Maine launched a dragnet Wednesday after a man shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy, stole his cruiser and then robbed a convenience store, officials said.

Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said Corporal Eugene Cole was killed around 1:45 a.m. on U.S. Route 2 in Norridgewock, located about 30 miles north of the state capital of Augusta. Cole was one of two cops shot dead nationwide, with a Dallas police officer succumbing to his wounds Wednesday morning after being injured the day before.  Continue reading “Maine officer shot and killed by suspect who stole his car, robbed store”

The Electronic Intifada – by Ali Abunimah

An Israeli general has confirmed that when snipers stationed along Israel’s boundary with Gaza shoot at children, they are doing so deliberately, under clear and specific orders.

In a radio interview, Brigadier-General (Reserve) Zvika Fogel describes how a sniper identifies the “small body” of a child and is given authorization to shoot.   Continue reading “Snipers ordered to shoot children, Israeli general confirms”

Insider

Everyday heroes are all around us, often in the places we least expect them. It might sound cliché, but it’s true.

Early Tuesday morning, 13 truck drivers certainly proved themselves as such when they joined together in a life-saving act of kindness. The drivers used their vehicles to form a barricade in order to prevent a man from jumping off an overpass along I-696 in Michigan.   Continue reading “13 truck drivers came together to create a barricade with their vehicles to prevent a man from jumping off an overpass”

WSRZ

A 67-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison after he admitted to using a laser jamming device to avoid detection by speed cameras. Timothy Hill was caught by police after he flipped off mobile speed camera vans on three separate occasions. He was also banned from driving for one year.

Traffic Constable Andrew Forth said that Hill made himself an easy target by “repeatedly gesturing at police camera vans with your middle finger while you’re driving a distinctive car.”  Continue reading “Man Jailed After Flipping Off Traffic Camera While Using Laser Jammer”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

New Castle, PA — A Pennsylvania police officer has been suspended after a gruesome video surfaced showing him repeatedly smash a man’s head into the floor until he fell unconscious.

The video, which was posted to Facebook this week, shows a New Castle Police officer unnecessarily and repeatedly slamming a man’s head into the floor until the man is left unconscious in a pool of his own blood.   Continue reading “‘I Think He’s Dead’: Horrific Video Shows Raging Cop Repeatedly Smash Man’s Head into the Floor”

Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

Newark, NJ — A police officer in New Jersey was arrested by the FBI after he was caught selling drugs out of his patrol car and near the police department, in a sting set up by undercover agents.

Ruben McAusland, 26, reportedly sold roughly $12,000 in drugs to an undercover buyer who was working with the FBI, US Attorney Craig Carpenito said in a statement. McAusland is accused of selling at least 35 grams of marijuana, 48 grams of heroin, 31 grams of cocaine and 31 grams of crack between October 2017 and April 2018.  Continue reading “FBI Arrests Cop For Selling Drugs—On Duty—From His Own Patrol Car”

Activist Post – by Aaron Kesel

China’s second-largest lender by assets, China Construction Bank (CCB), has opened a Shanghai branch run entirely by robots that greet customers and manage accounts, Mirror reported.

The bank doesn’t just utilize robots; it’s packed full with new technology including virtual reality, artificial intelligence and facial recognition.   Continue reading “World’s First Bank Entirely Run By Robots Opens Up In China”

The Organic Prepper – by  M.K. Matthews

The ten year U.S. Treasury Bonds rose above 3% for the first time since January 2011.  The main reason is speculation that the Fed will seek an increasingly aggressive rise in interest rates.   Yields rose as Fed officials talk of raising interest rates four times this year instead of the previously discussed three times.

Rising interest rates can have a significant effect on the economy and your finances on a personal level.   Continue reading “10 Year Treasury Yield Hits 3% (Here’s What This Means for your Wallet)”

Breitbart – by Sean Moran

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) officially repealed the agency’s Obama-era 2015 net neutrality order on Monday.

In December, the FCC passed the “Restoring Internet Freedom Order,” which repealed the agency’s Obama-era net neutrality regulation. The FCC published the regulation in the Federal Register in February, which started a 60-day timeline for the rule to take effect on Monday.   Continue reading “FCC Officially Repeals Obama-Era Net Neutrality Order”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While it will likely take the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons weeks or even months to issue their final report on the alleged gas attack in Douma (an attack for which journalists and other independent parties have failed to find any evidence), the organization’s investigators have apparently spoken with Russian military officials after visiting the site of the Barzeh research center in Damascus – one of the three facilities targeted by the strikes.   Continue reading “OPCW Investigators Reportedly Found “No Evidence” Of Chemical Weapons At Syrian Facilities Bombed By US”

Daily Mail

A New Jersey police department has released a video showing a former Port Authority commissioner and ex-Hillary Clinton aide trying to use her position to threaten officers who pulled over her daughter’s friend during a traffic stop on Easter weekend.

The remarkable video released by the Tenafly Police Department shows Caren Z. Turner, 60, a Democratic Party lobbyist, flash her badge and boast of her connections to the chief of police and the local mayor while berating two officers who pulled over a car whose Nevada registration had expired.   Continue reading “Port Authority commissioner is filmed threatening New Jersey cops”

AL.com

Alec Allen has suffered from persistent nausea and other gastrological problems since 2011, when he was incarcerated in the Etowah County jail for about nine months.

Doctors have not been able to pinpoint a culprit, but the long-haul truck driver said he had a parasite when he was released, and he blames his ongoing medical issues on the food he and other inmates were served.   Continue reading “Jail kitchen workers say donated, spoiled food keeps costs low for beach house sheriff”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

If you thought America’s overseas wars had reached their limit – think again.

The United States Department of Defense (DoD) is building a new $110 million drone base in Niger, adding to its existing footprint of more than 800 military bases in more than 70 countries, the Associated Press (AP) reports. Continue reading “Top Secret: DoD Building $110 Million Drone Base In Niger”

Reason – by Jacob Sullum

After a police officer pulls over a teenaged girl without any legal justification and frightens her to the verge of tears, the local press portrays the incident as charming rather than alarming. You know what that means: Prom season is upon us.

The cop-assisted promposal, in which police help a teenager carry out a prank that ends with an invitation to the big dance, has become a familiar springtime ritual, documented in online videos and feel-good newspaper stories. But beneath the warm and fuzzy images of adolescent couples lurks a disturbing willingness to tolerate abuses of power by police officers as long as their motives are pure.   Continue reading “Are Cop-Assisted Promposals Charming or Alarming?”

Reason

On June 21, 2016, Chicago police pulled Spencer Byrd over for a broken turn signal. Byrd says his signal wasn’t broken, but that detail would soon be the least of his worries. Ever since, Byrd has been trapped in one of the city’s most confusing bureaucratic mazes, deprived of his car and his ability to work. He now owes the city thousands of dollars for the pleasure.

Byrd, 50, lives in Harvey, Illinois, a corrupt, crime-ridden town south of Chicago where more than 35 percent of the populace lives below the poverty line. He’s a carpenter by trade, but until the traffic stop, he had a side gig as an auto mechanic. Byrd says he’s been fixing cars “ever since I was 16 years old and blew my first motor.” Sometimes he did service calls and would give clients rides when he couldn’t repair their cars on the spot.  Continue reading “Chicago Is Trying to Pay Down Its Debt By Impounding Innocent People’s Cars”