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SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio police officer fired in October 2016 after he allegedly gave a homeless man a sandwich with dog feces had his dismissal overturned by an arbitrator earlier this month.

Bike patrol Officer Matthew Luckhurst won his appeal due to a provision in the local government code that prevents law enforcement from disciplining an officer for conduct that occurred more than 180 days before they are disciplined. Continue reading “Officer accused of giving homeless man feces sandwich wins appeal”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

A major Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip is considered imminent after an early Monday morning long-range rocket launch from the strip struck a house in central Israel.

The attack destroyed a residential home in Mishmeret, an agricultural town north of Tel Aviv, which reportedly left at least seven Israelis injured, including children, after the family was able to escape the flaming building.  Continue reading “Major Israeli Assault On Gaza Imminent As Netanyahu Cuts Short US Trip”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Following the major weekend development of Moscow unambiguously asserting its ‘red line’ concerning potential US military intervention in Venezuela, for which Russia sent a military transport plane filled with Russian troops which landed in Caracas Saturday, new satellite images reveal a major deployment of S-300 air defense missile systems to a key airbase south of Caracas.  Continue reading “Venezuela Military Deploys S-300 Missiles Following Russian Troop Arrival”

Yahoo News

A second student who survived last year’s mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, has apparently died by suicide, police confirmed.

The juvenile, whose name has not been released, died by an “apparent suicide” on Saturday night, Coral Springs police spokesman Tyler Reik told HuffPost. The deceased was a current student at the high school.  Continue reading “Second Parkland Shooting Survivor Apparently Dies By Suicide”

The Great Recession

Two of my biggest and longest-term predictions for 2018 and 2019 proved resoundingly true this week, and my sole prediction for this year — a prediction of recession bolder than anyone else’s — moved a big step closer to coming true.  Continue reading “Two Down, One to Go, and the Fed is Stuck: My most important economic predictions have come in rock solid”

Press TV

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has dubbed Israel as “a state of robbers”, saying his country enjoys friendly relations with every country in the world except Israel.

“We are not against Jews but we cannot recognize Israel because of its occupation of Palestinian land,” Mahathir said in remarks aired by local broadcasters during his three-day visit to Pakistan. Continue reading “Malaysian PM Mahathir: Israel ‘a state of robbers’”

The Organic Prepper

The FDA has announced that both conventional and organic California avocados distributed to 6 states have been recalled due to possible contamination with listeria.

The Henry Avocado Corporation has voluntarily recalled whole, bulk avocados after a routine government inspection resulted in positive tests for Listeria monocytogenes.  Continue reading “Organic and Conventional Avocados RECALLED in 6 States”

France 24

France does not recognise the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights and its recognition – as called for by US President Donald Trump – is contrary to international law, its foreign ministry said on Friday.

Trump provocatively tweeted on Thursday that Washington should recognise Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights. However, international reaction was overwhelmingly critical. Continue reading “France says Israeli sovereignty over Golan breaks international law”

National Post

HERALD, W.Va. — A half a century after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet — test results show some men may have been infected by a slow-killing parasite while fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia.

The Department of Veterans Affairs this spring commissioned a small pilot study to look into the link between liver flukes ingested through raw or undercooked fish and a rare bile duct cancer. It can take decades for symptoms to appear. By then, patients are often in tremendous pain, with just a few months to live.  Continue reading “A parasite that can live for decades may be slowly killing Vietnam War veterans: study”

Science Alert

The founder of MoviePass is back, and this time he’s not messing around.

MoviePass co-founder Stacy Spikes has a new startup called PreShow, and it’s using a business model straight out of A Clockwork Orange: The company’s new app helps you score free movie tickets — as long as you sit through 15 to 20 minutes of advertisements that use eye-tracking technology to make sure you don’t look away.  Continue reading “A Brutal Startup Is Forcing You to Watch Ads Using Eye-Tracking Technology”

Judicial Watch

Illegal immigrants could get valid Florida driver’s licenses under proposed legislation that would accept foreign passports, international birth certificates and Mexican consular cards as proof of identity. As is the case in most states, current Florida law requires residents to prove U.S. citizenship or provide a resident alien greed card to obtain a driver’s license. Two separate measures—introduced this month in the House and Senate—would let illegal aliens in the Sunshine State get valid cards.  Continue reading “Fla. May Become 13th State to Give Illegal Immigrants Driver’s Licenses”

Texas Monthly – by Robert Moore

The El Paso Border Patrol sector has temporarily closed its system of highway checkpoints as it struggles to cope with a record influx of families crossing the border and requesting asylum. The agents who usually staff the checkpoints will be redeployed to process and transport the asylum seekers, according to multiple sources who spoke to Texas Monthly on the condition they not be identified because they aren’t authorized to speak publicly about the change.  Continue reading “Border Patrol Inland Checkpoints Shut Down So Agents Can Help Process Asylum Seekers”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Mike Maharey

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (March 21, 2019) – Yesterday, an Alabama Senate Committee unanimously passed a bill that would end Common Core in the state.

Sen. Del Marsh (R-Anniston) introduced Senate Bill 119 (SB119) on March 19. The legislation would terminate Common Core standards in Alabama and replace them with the courses of study for math and English language arts that were in place immediately prior to Common Core, pending the adoption of new standards by the State Board of Education. The bill would also bar the board from adopting or implementing any other national standards from any source or requiring the use of any assessments aligned with them.  Continue reading “Alabama Committee Passes Bill to End Common Core”