The Hill

The Supreme Court on Tuesday took no action on whether it will hear disputes over the Trump administration’s decision to wind down the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

No action from the court may mean protections for some 700,000 young people brought to the country illegally as children may remain in place for several more months. Many viewed this as the last opportunity for the court to review the case this term given the court’s already full calendar. The justices typically don’t agree to hear cases over the summer.   Continue reading “Supreme Court takes no action on DACA”

Middle East Eye

A top Israeli lawyer has been arrested on suspicions that he advocated in favour of the promotion of at least two judges in exchange for sexual favours, Israeli media reported.

Efraim Naveh, president of the Israel Bar Association, was arrested on Wednesday and appeared in court later that evening, Haaretz newspaper said.   Continue reading “Head of Israeli bar association named as suspect in ‘sex-for-judgeship’ scandal”

Activist Post – by Catherine Frompovich

Have you ever heard what apparently was considered simply a “catch phrase” at one time that went like this?

Get the USA out of the UN, and get the UN out of the USA?  

Continue reading “Is The United Nations A World “Blessing” Or The People’s Nemesis?”

Waking Times – by Vic Bishop

Forget the arms race for a moment and consider what technology companies are doing to participate in the emerging space economy. From space tours to the implementation of 5G satellites, the final frontier for capitalism is outer space. So, naturally, tech companies are finding new ways to make space-related services valuable to the earth economy, and one of these schemes is selling ad space in the sky.

Can you imagine looking up in the night sky to see a McDonald’s ad floating in light amongst the stars?   Continue reading “Space Billboards are Coming to a Night Sky Near You”

ZDNet – by Steve Ranger

It’s now less than a year until Windows 7 goes out of mainstream support; after January 14, 2020, Microsoft will no longer provide security updates or support for PCs running Windows 7 — unless you want to pay extra, of course.

This is a big issue for many companies: while Windows 7 is long in the tooth (it went on sale back in October 2009), it’s much loved — at least, as much as a PC operating system can be loved — and is still widely used.   Continue reading “Windows 7 versus Windows 10: Here comes the final showdown”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday let President Donald Trump enforce his policy barring certain transgender people from joining or staying in the military as the justices put on hold lower court rulings blocking the plan on constitutional grounds.   Continue reading “U.S. top court lets Trump transgender troop restrictions take effect”

The Rutherford Institute

SHREVEPORT, La. — Denouncing the use of “contempt of cop” charges as a means of justifying the use of excessive force by police, The Rutherford Institute has asked a federal court to reject a request by Louisiana police to dismiss a Fourth Amendment lawsuit filed on behalf of a young African-American man who was slammed to the ground face-first and pummeled by police officers during a traffic stop for a broken taillight. Continue reading “TRI Pursues Contempt of Cop Lawsuit: During Traffic Stop, Police Punch Compliant Driver 20+ Times in Head & Body, Accuse Him of Resisting Arrest”

Breitbart – by Jerome Hudson

Hundreds of people from across the country came out wearing MAGA hats and waving homemade “build the wall” signs to the inaugural Blexit rally at the Globe Theatre in downtown Los Angeles, California, on Sunday.

The line outside the theatre nearly wrapped around the block hours before the event began, as eager attendees met and greeted each other.   Continue reading “Inside the Inaugural Blexit Rally: ‘The Black and Latino Community Will Save America’”

Fox News

It’s been less than three months since one of the Philippines’ most picturesque islands reopened to the world and police are going to extreme lengths to make sure Boracay doesn’t fall into its old, harmful patterns.

Regularly referred to as one of the best islands in the world, Boracay had become a victim of its own success when President Rodrigo Duterte called the beachy paradise a “cesspool.”

The president closed the island for six months, giving accommodation providers the time they needed to fix their sewage and waste problems. On Oct. 26, the island reopened to the public and in the past three months the beachfront has been cleared of a number of Boracay mainstays.

Drinking on the beach is restricted, fireworks are no longer allowed, and police seem to have finally cracked down on the beachfront’s iconic Boracay sandcastles made by kids to earn a bit of money from tourists.

A photo of police destroying one of the famous sandcastles went viral last year, but kids were still creating the tourist drawcards on the beachfront. And now, tourists seem to be mourning the loss of the sandcastles with a number of travel bloggers lamenting the iconic creations.

If caught, the sandcastle builders can face time in jail due to one of the island’s laws.

“This daily unregulated commercial activity tinkers with the natural terrain of the beach resulting to prolonged presence of irregular contours which affect the natural symmetry of the beach,” the ordinance reads.

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Jose Mark Anthony Gesulga, a senior inspector chief of the Boracay Tourist Assistance Center, previously told Philippines Lifestyle they would be cracking down on unauthorized builders.

Despite some tourists lamenting the crackdown on sandcastles, Gesulga said police on the island regularly receive complaints about the people who are building them.

“We received reports that some asked 50 pesos per person,” he said, referring to builders expertly positioning the sand structures so people would accidentally photograph them.

Other tourists complained about being forced to pay for taking photos on the beach while some tourists were even robbed while taking pictures.

“While the complainant had his pictures taken at the sandcastle, he momentarily left his belongings. But his things went missing shortly later,” Gesulga said.

Close to 300,000 people have visited Boracay since the island reopened and authorities say the tourist attraction still has a long way to go before it fully recovers.

All watersports, including jet skiing, kiteboarding and scuba diving, are still banned on the island. Beach bonfires and street vendors are also banned, and the island’s three casinos have been permanently closed.

https://www.foxnews.com/travel/boracay-authorities-ban-sandcastles-at-popular-tourist-beaches-threaten-builders-with-jail-time

Fox News

Three men were killed and two others were injured after dozens of shots were fired by a homeowner in Texas during a home invasion early Sunday, officials said.

The incident happened around 1 a.m. in east Houston after five men wearing ski masks broke into the home, police told KPRC.   Continue reading “Texas homeowner shoots, kills 3 men and injures 2 during home invasion, officials say”

Medium – by Caitlin Johnston

On the 18th of November, 1964, the FBI’s appallingly corrupt boss J. Edgar Hoover denounced Martin Luther King Jr. as “the most notorious liar in the country.” A few days later, a Hoover deputy named William Sullivan wrote King a letter posing as a disillusioned follower and using powerful, manipulative language to urge the civil rights leader to commit suicide before evidence of his extramarital affair became public. Enclosed was an FBI recording containing evidence of the affair.   Continue reading “Shocking Admission By FBI Veteran Shows Why The FBI Shouldn’t Exist”

Yahoo News

A police officer in Florida ran over two people lying on a dark road to watch the lunar eclipse, leading them requiring hospital treatment.

The West Palm Beach Police Department has confirmed the officer ran over the two people, who were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries after the incident on Sunday night.   Continue reading “Florida police run over couple lying in the road to watch lunar eclipse”

Gov’t Slaves

One of the reasons identify theft is considered by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration to be the crime of the century is because of the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service makes growing demands for information about people’s businesses and private lives every day. There is no such thing as personal privacy these days. That the IRS sends citizens a so-called “Privacy Act Notice” in all its mailings is a farce. The IRS lays claim to your data without court authority more so than any other government agency. And to make matters worse, they share the data with any other federal, state or local government agency claiming an interest, including foreign governments.   Continue reading “New IRS spy software is ultimate Big Brother…”

NBC News

WASHINGTON — With a second U.S.-North Korea nuclear summit looming in February, researchers have discovered a secret ballistic missile base in North Korea — one of as many as 20 undisclosed missile sites in the country, according to the researchers’ new report.

The Kim regime has never disclosed the existence of the Sino-ri Missile Operating Base to the outside world. Ballistic missiles are the primary delivery mechanism for North Korean nuclear warheads.   Continue reading “Report finds another undisclosed North Korea missile site, says there are 19 more”

Concealed Nation – by Brandon Curtis

If this armed good guy had been actually taken out of the fight by the robber’s shot, his life would probably be over.

When watching the video below, you’ll quickly see that it looks as though the good guy is out of commission, until you watch just a few more seconds to see him come-to just in time.   Continue reading “Armed Citizen Takes Bullet From Robber, But Fights On And Empties Magazine”

AOL

A 12-year-old girl died on Sunday after the snow fort she was playing in collapsed on her and a 9-year-old friend, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The two girls were playing near Rothem Church in Arlington Heights, Ill., while their parents were inside at church services. They dug the fort together in a snowbank, ABC6 reports.   Continue reading “12-year-old girl dies in snow fort collapse”