Year: 2019

Yahoo News

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – California lawmakers on Wednesday passed a statewide cap on annual rent increases for most tenants, the boldest step yet to address an affordable housing crunch that has helped push people into the streets.

The bill limits annual rent increases to 5% after inflation and takes effect from March of this year. It also imposes restriction on evictions without cause – a significant factor in the state’s burgeoning homeless population.  Continue reading “California approves statewide rent control to deal with housing crunch”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Lexington, KY — It is no secret that the lack of training in many police departments leads to police officers firing their weapons when they should not be doing so. It is also no secret that these shots will often end up in the bodies of children and innocent individuals as well. Indeed, hundreds of people are shot and left permanently disabled or even killed every year by improperly trained police officers. As the following story illustrates, in some instances, this lack of training is so overt that even cops aren’t safe from it. A Kentucky sheriff’s deputy learned about this lack of training the hard way and is now left paralyzed as a result of it.  Continue reading “Deputy Left Paralyzed After Fellow Cop Shot Him In the Back and Faced No Consequences”

Global Macro Monitor

We are just starting play with the wealth distribution data and will have much more coming your way.  What we have seen so far is shocking.

The distribution of wealth has deteriorated significantly over the past 20 years and is now so skewed toward the top that average U.S. household wealth is close to $1 million, though the median household wealth is only around $70k.  Continue reading “Household Leverage Ratios By Wealth Distribution”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

August gun sales were up 15% thanks to Democrats’ totalitarian demands for mandatory buybacks. Those who bought guns were Americans seeking self-protection and with deep concerns that President Donald Trump is on board with gun control.

According to the Washington Examiner, the overall number of background checks recorded in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System surged 15.5%.  Those numbers were courtesy of the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF). That figure includes background checks done for security, concealed carry permits, and gun sales and was the highest August number ever recorded.  Continue reading “Gun Sales SURGE After Democrats Demand Buybacks & Confiscation”

The Rutherford Institute – by John Whitehead

“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even an enemy you could put your finger on.”—Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

It’s been 230 years since James Madison drafted the Bill of Rights—the first ten amendments to the Constitution—as a means of protecting the people against government tyranny, and what do we have to show for it?  Continue reading “The Bill of Rights Turns 230, and What Do We Have to Show for It? Nothing Good”

Click Orlando

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – An Orange County Sheriff’s Office patrol corporal wounded himself Wednesday when he accidentally fired his weapon during a training exercise, officials said.

Sheriff John Mina said the deputy was at a department training facility on Wewahootee Road around 10:30 a.m. when he accidentally shot himself.  Continue reading “Orange County deputy accidentally shoots himself while training”

NBC 10

A former Montgomery County Sheriff’s Officer pleaded guilty to child pornography charges.

Matthew Laver, 38, of Souderton, Pennsylvania, entered a guilty plea Monday to multiple counts of distribution, receipt and possession of child pornography.  Continue reading “Former Montgomery County Sheriff’s Officer Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography”

NBC News

New Jersey, a state already armed with some of the strictest gun control laws in the country, got even tougher on the firearms industry Tuesday with a new order by Gov. Phil Murphy.

An executive order signed by Murphy also vowed to investigate financial institutions that work for New Jersey to ensure those banks and companies are striving to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals.  Continue reading “What New Jersey’s New Rules for Gun Makers and Sellers Means”

Paul Craig Roberts

Today is the 18 anniversary of 9/11, an event that has turned a once free America into a domestic police state and an international warmonger during the 21st century.  America’s reputation has been shattered along with the Constitution, international law, and seven nations in whole or part.  The massive crimes against the Bill of Rights and the population of seven nations are the direct consequence of 9/11.  Continue reading “When Americans Fell for the 9/11 Deception They Lost Their Country”

Newsweek

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is looking to build a “state-of-the-art” “urban warfare” training facility that will include “hyper-realistic” simulations of homes, hotels and commercial buildings in Chicago and Arizona.

In an acquisition form for the procurement of “hyper-realistic training devices” for a new training facility for its expanding Special Response Team (SRT) program, ICE outlined the details of plans for its new training center in a document published on the U.S. Federal Business Opportunities website.  Continue reading “ICE Is Building A ‘State-Of-The-Art’ ‘Urban Warfare’ Training Facility That Will Include ‘Hyper-Realistic’ Simulations Of Homes In Chicago And Arizona”

Fox News

In a major win for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court issued an order late Wednesday ending all injunctions that had blocked the White House’s ban on asylum for anyone trying to enter the U.S. by traveling through a third country, such as Mexico, without seeking protection there.  Continue reading “Supreme Court allows Trump asylum restrictions to take effect, ending 9th Circuit injunctions”

The Weather Channel

Continue reading “‘Human Error’ Caused Warning Siren Failure as Tornadoes and Straight-Line Winds Ripped Through Sioux Falls, South Dakota”

KBTX

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government will act to ban thousands of flavors used in e-cigarettes, President Donald Trump said Wednesday, responding to a recent surge in underage vaping that has alarmed parents, politicians and health authorities nationwide.

The surprise White House announcement could remake the multibillion-dollar vaping industry, which has been driven by sales of flavored nicotine formulas such as “grape slushie” and “strawberry cotton candy.”  Continue reading “Government plans to ban flavors used in e-cigarettes”