The Oregonian – by Maxine Bernstein

While the Portland Police Bureau struggles to recruit officers to fill dozens of vacancies, its effort to hire new civilian public safety specialists to respond to low-level calls also has hit a big snag.

Of more than 100 applicants, the bureau did background checks on 61 prospective candidates — and only three passed, Assistant Chief Chris Davis reported to the City Council this week.  Continue reading “Only 3 of 61 applicants pass background checks for new Portland public safety specialist jobs”

WITN 7 News

WILMINGTON, NC (WITN) – A New Hanover County man faces animal cruelty charges after he allegedly abandoned a pet fish after he was evicted from his home last month.

Michael Ray Hinson, 53, was charged Wednesday with three counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals and one count of abandonment of an animal. He was released on a $4,000 unsecured bond.  Continue reading “Man faces animal cruelty charges after he allegedly abandoned a pet fish”

MassPrivateI

Is there no end to Big Brother’s desire to turn America into a mirror image of China?

An article in Go Erie, revealed how the Feds are classifying parts of cities as “Opportunity Zones” or as I call them “Opportunity Surveillance Zones” (OPS ).

The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service are using Opportunity Zones to help law enforcement turn sections of cities into Federally-funded surveillance zones.  Continue reading “The Feds 9,000 Opportunity Surveillance Zones Will Allow Law Enforcement To Spy On 35 Million People”

CNet – by Claire Reilly

Executives at Facebook, YouTube and 4Chan could face jail time under new “world-first” laws designed to stop the sharing of violent videos and images on social networks.

The legislation, developed in the wake of the Christchurch mosque shooting and passed in the Australian parliament on Thursday local time, targets social networks with hefty fines and even jail terms for company executives if they fail to take down “abhorrent violent material” shared on their platforms.  Continue reading “Instagram, Youtube and Facebook could face fines (and jail time) under new Australian laws”

Veterans Today – by Rachael Rettner, Senior Writer Live Science

Four people in Oregon were infected with a rare tick-borne virus, known as Colorado tick fever, in a single month, according to a new report.

That’s an unusually high number of cases for the state, which typically sees one or fewer cases of Colorado tick fever per year, according to the report, published today (March 28) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Continue reading “Oregon Is Seeing Spike in Rare Colorado Tick Fever”

The Organic Prepper

I love the relief I get from using Organica Naturals CBD oil. I sleep better (I’m a chronic insomniac) and find that a dropper full works for me just as well as taking ibuprofen.  But you know what I don’t love?

The taste.  Continue reading “How to Use CBD Oil When You Absolutely HATE the Taste”

Fox News

Immigration officials on Wednesday arrested some 280 employees of a North Texas tech company suspected of knowingly hiring illegal immigrants, the largest such single-company sweep in 11 years.

More than 200 law enforcement personnel took part in the operation at CVE Technology Group in Allen, north of Dallas. Officials said the company refurbishes and repairs telecommunications equipment, including cellphones.  Continue reading “Immigration operation at Texas tech firm brings almost 300 worker arrests”

Campus Reform – by Victoria Snitsar

The George Washington University student body voted Thursday to “remove and replace” its mascot, the George the Colonial.

According to the GWU Joint Elections Commission, 54 percent of students who voted in this spring’s Student Association elections supported the removal of the Colonial as the school’s mascot. It was not immediately clear what students plan to replace the Colonial mascot with or even if school administrators will act on the results of the referendum. Continue reading “Goodbye George: GW students vote to ‘remove and replace’ mascot”

Henry Makow

New Zealand is a Freemason colony. Everyone in power from the PM down is a traitor. 

NZ Citizen Outs NZ’s Masonic Masters

“There can be no Just and Free society when people who enter secret agreements to advantage themselves over the rest of us end up in the top positions.”   Continue reading “Massacre was Masonic Gun Grab, says NZ Man”

Paul Craig Roberts

https://www.rt.com/news/455007-political-correctness-art-west-culture/ 

It is amazing the power that politically correct kooks have acquired over language, art, and literature. It is a sign that the West is culturally dead.  

When high museums rename paintings because some emotional weakling declares the name to be offensive, it becomes obvious that the custodians of Western culture have lost their belief in Western culture.   Continue reading “Western Culture Has Died A Politically Correct Death”

Space Weather

Note to space powers: If you’re going to blow a satellite to bits, solar minimum is a terrible time to do it. India is grappling with this important truth today as debris from their March 27th anti-satellite weapons test spreads through space. As many as 6,500 pieces of the Microsat-R Earth observation satellite are now circling Earth, according to a simulation created by Analytical Graphics Inc.:  Continue reading “Solar Minimum Is A Terrible Time To Blow Up A Satellite”

The Great Recession

The Fed’s surprise pivot away from any interest rate increases this year has boosted prices of stocks, high yield bonds and other risky assets in spite of nagging investor concerns about slowing global economic growth….. The quandary for the Fed is that easy monetary policy seems more effective in spurring asset values than it does in boosting prices of goods and services. The S&P 500 Index rose by an average 8.5 percent from 2014 through 2018, while the personal consumption expenditures price index increased 1.3 percent, well below the Fed’s 2 inflation target.”

Bloomberg  

Continue reading “One Big Tip for Huge Economic Growth”

Sovereign Man – by Simon Black

Usually around the middle of February each year, the US Treasury Department releases an annual report of the federal government’s financial condition.

It’s called the Financial Report of the US Government… and it looks a lot like an annual report that you might see filed by a big company like Apple or Facebook.  Continue reading “US government’s net worth is now NEGATIVE $75 TRILLION”

American Trucker – by Catharine Conway

Reach deeper into those wallets when traveling in and out of New York City (NYC). Lawmakers’ aim to increase the price of tolls for tunnels and bridges went into effect on April 1.

Back in February, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) board approved the fare and toll upsurge to raise money for road, train, and subway improvement as part of the 10-point plan from NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and NY state Governor Andrew Cuomo. Continue reading “NYC increases truck tolls”

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Archive: TWFTT 4-3-19

Ammoland – by John Crump

U.S.A. –-(Ammoland.com)- Since Friday’s landmark court decision that legalized magazines holding more than ten rounds in California buyers have been going crazy with purchases.

Most online retailers have resumed the sales of magazines of all sizes to the people of the Golden State. Rainier Arms has seen a significant uptick in traffic with most sales being for the Magpul Gen2 30 round magazine. This increase in internet transactions has even crashed Rainier Arms payment processing server.  Continue reading “Companies Crushed With Heavy Demand For Gun Magazines From California”

New York Post – by Rich Calder

Uber spent $2 million since 2015 in a campaign to approve congestion pricing, the company confirmed Wednesday.

“Over the past several years, we’ve been proud to work with a diverse coalition to fight for comprehensive congestion pricing, and we’re excited to see Albany take action to reduce congestion and invest in mass transit,” said Harry Hartfeld, a spokesman for the rideshare app. Continue reading “Uber spent $2M to help push through congestion pricing”