Vigilant Citizen

In this day and age, mass media critics do not evaluate movies by their artistic merit, but by the direction of their political message. To be deemed “good”, a movie needs to check a list of “agenda” boxes. Well, Joker does not check any boxes and it also goes against the grain. It is an uncompromising piece of art that is more akin to a low-budget auteur film than a DC Comics blockbuster. And, through its deeply unsettling character study of a “loser” who turns into a famous murderer, the movie provides a scattering critique of mass media.  Continue reading “The Actual Reason Why “Joker” was Bashed by Mass Media”

Yahoo News

Angry farmers in Mexico abducted the mayor of their village and dragged him through the streets after claiming he went back on key campaign promises.

Police intervened to free Jorge Luis Escandón Hernández, who suffered no major injuries after the ordeal.  Continue reading “Mayor in Mexico tied to a truck and dragged through streets for ‘failing to fulfill campaign promises’”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Sumner County, TN — Freedom of speech, in the land of the free, is not guaranteed. Despite the wording of the First Amendment, claiming that “Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech,” there are countless laws across the country designed to do exactly that. However, even when there aren’t archaic anti-speech laws on the books, police will all too often deprive people of their freedom — for practicing their freedom. A Tennessee man is learning this the hard way after his sticker about gun control recently got him targeted by police and extorted.  Continue reading “Tennessee Man Prosecuted for Pro-Gun Sticker That Says ‘Rifle UC Rifle’”

Legal Insurrection – by Leslie Eastman

Thousands of climate change activists led by climate alarmist group Extinction Rebellion initiated two weeks of protests around the world on Monday. They demanded drastic global reductions in carbon dioxide emissions.

Personally, I would argue that the levels of pretension and hyperbole were toxic.  Continue reading “Climate Alarmist Group ‘Extinction Rebellion’ Chokes Major Cities With Fake Blood and Green Justice Antics”

Breitbart – by John Binder

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), a leading 2020 Democrat presidential primary candidate, is vowing to “fight” for back pay for illegal aliens.

As part of Warren’s “Empowering American Workers and Raising Wages” plan, illegal aliens who have worked illegally in the United States — sometimes by stealing Americans’ identities and Social Security numbers — would become eligible to receive back pay for their previous work by amending the National Labor Relations Act. Continue reading “Elizabeth Warren’s Workers Plan Will Provide Back Pay to Illegal Aliens”

ProPublica

Every week, thousands of Mexicans cross the border into the U.S. on temporary visas to sell their blood plasma to profit-making pharmaceutical companies that lure them with Facebook ads and colorful flyers promising hefty cash rewards.

The donors, including some who say the payments are their only income, may take home up to $400 a month if they donate twice a week and earn various incentives, including “buddy bonuses” for recruiting friends or family. Continue reading “Pharmaceutical Companies Are Luring Mexicans Across the U.S. Border to Donate Blood Plasma”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

update2: The Kurdish-led and (formerly) US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces have begun firing back on invading Turkish forces, which are being supported by F-16 jets, already bombarding densely packed civilian areas inside Syria near the border. Now busy defending themselves against Turkish air and ground forces, the SDF has announced “the suspension of all operations against ISIS.”   Continue reading “As Syrians Flee Turkish Airstrikes, Congressional Leaders Vow Erdogan Will “Pay A Heavy Price””

CBS News

A Philadelphia jury has ordered medical company Johnson & Johnson to pay $8 billion in punitive damages in the case of a man who said he developed breasts after taking the company’s anti-psychotic drug Risperdal as a child. The case is unrelated to a string of big-money lawsuits the company is facing over its signature baby powder.

In the Risperdal case, a jury found that Johnson & Johnson failed to warn 26-year-old Nicholas Murray of the drug’s side effects. Murray claimed that taking the Risperdal as a child caused him to develop breasts, an incurable condition known as gynecomastia. Thousands of others have filed lawsuits alleging the same. Continue reading “Johnson & Johnson hit with $8 billion verdict over drug linked to boy growing breasts”

The Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

“It is, in fact, nothing short of a miracle that the modern methods of education have not yet entirely strangled the holy curiosity of inquiry; for this delicate plant, aside from stimulation, stands mainly in need of freedom; without this it goes to wrack and ruin without fail. It is a very grave mistake to think that the enjoyment of seeing and searching can be promoted by means of coercion and a sense of duty.” –Albert Einstein  

Continue reading “Student Suspended for 5 Days Over ‘Taxation is Theft’ Hat, ‘End the Drug War’ Flyer”

The Blaze – by Carlos Garcia

Presidential candidate Julián Castro tried to lead LGBTQ and disabled migrants across the border from Mexico into the United States, but the Border Patrol had other ideas.

Castro tried to help eight gay and lesbian asylum-seekers and a deaf woman with her three relatives across the bridge from Mexico to Texas. They had been waiting under President Donald Trump’s “Remain in Mexico” policy.  Continue reading “Julián Castro tries to lead LGBTQ migrants across the US-Mexico border, and it does not go very well”

New York Times

Edward W. Stack, the chief executive of Dick’s Sporting Goods, said in an interview this week that his company had destroyed over $5 million in military-style, semiautomatic rifles and was reviewing whether it would continue to sell guns in its more than 720 stores.

Mr. Stack was speaking with “CBS Sunday Morning” while promoting his new book, “It’s How We Play the Game.”

Continue reading “Dick’s Sporting Goods Destroyed $5 Million Worth of Guns”

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

West Palm Beach, FL — Jury duty, like voting, is considered by many Americans as one’s civic duty. But as one young man from Florida would learn, jury duty is anything but voluntary. He overslept, missed jury duty, and a judge threw the book at him, sentencing him to 10 days in jail and one year of probation. However, this man’s story now has a happy ending thanks to his situation garnering national attention and a hefty dose of backlash.  Continue reading “After Viral Backlash, Judge Rescinds Jail Sentence For Man Who Missed Jury Duty”

RT

Police have confirmed one person has been detained after a shooting in Halle which left two people dead and others injured. A grenade was also thrown into the Jewish cemetery.

A picture of the alleged shooter has appeared on social media, but cannot be verified yet. Continue reading “One person detained after shooting outside German synagogue left 2 people dead”

Yahoo News

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the United Nations is facing its “worst cash crisis” in nearly a decade because 64 of its 193 members have not paid their annual dues — including the United States, its largest contributor.

U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the secretary-general has written to all members saying “the organization runs the risk of depleting its liquidity reserves by the end of the month and defaulting on payments to staff and vendors.”  Continue reading “United Nations could run out of money in a few weeks, Secretary General warns”

MassPrivateI

In New England, undercover Federal agents are following people into stores and interrogating them simply because they are speaking a foreign language.

Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit claiming that the U.S. Border Patrol is sending undercover agents into stores to interrogate and arrest suspected illegal immigrants because they were speaking Spanish.  Continue reading “Border Patrol Entering Stores And Interrogating People Who Speak Spanish (Updated)”

Fox News

A planned Turkish military operation in northern Syria has now begun, the country’s president announced Wednesday, as Kurdish fighters say warplanes are already bombing civilian areas in the region.

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tweeted that the maneuvers being carried out against Syrian Kurdish forces –which Ankara considers terrorists allied with a Kurdish insurgency within Turkey – are part of Operation Peace Spring.  Continue reading “Turkey launches military assault in Syria as Kurdish fighters say warplanes are bombing region”

Activist Post – by BN Frank

Being targeted by cybercriminals is no laughing matter – especially for health care facilities.  Non-payment of ransomware puts lives at immediate risk.

Thanks to Threatpost for providing details about recently targeted hospitals, as well as plans being discussed to reduce risks:  Continue reading “U.S. Hospitals Turning Away Patients and Canceling Surgeries Due to Ransomware Attacks”