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Random Thoughts from An Immigrant

I was blessed with the opportunity to settle in the US about 15 years ago.  The road to permanent residency and citizenship was fraught with frustration and financial costs.  That typed, I thank God each day for bringing me here and I also thank Him for my citizenship, The Constitution and the friends that have been placed in my path. Continue reading “A Warning From South Africa”

RT

Human Rights Watch has condemned the decision by Israel to deport Omar Shakir, HRW’s director for Israel and Palestinian territories. Israel revoked his visa over activism on behalf of boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS).

Shakir, a US citizen, was placed on a flight out of Ben Gurion International Airport on Monday, after the Israeli Supreme Court upheld the government’s decision to expel him from Tel Aviv. The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Shakir has been an outspoken advocate of the BDS movement prior to his work at HRW, and that they have every right to expel him under a 2017 amendment to the rules of entry and residency.  Continue reading “‘No other democracy’: Human Rights Watch slams Israel’s expulsion of director over BDS activism”

The Mind Unleashed – by Elias Marat

Police in the United States have quietly begun integrating advanced robots into officers’ ranks, raising alarm among civil liberties advocates and police watchdogs in the country.

Video of Boston Dynamics robots climbing stairs, carrying boxes, and doing basic parkour have long circulated around the internet, creeping out viewers with the lifelike motion of its humanoid robot model and it’s semi-autonomous four-legged robot “Spot”—a customizable bot which resembles a metal dog without a head that, understandably, some people call “terrifying.”  Continue reading “US Police Have Quietly Brought a “Terrifying” Robot Dog Into Their Ranks”

The Verge – by Makena Kelly

On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission announced that it is fining Google $170 million following the agency’s investigation into YouTube over alleged violations of a children’s privacy law.  Continue reading “Google will pay $170 million for YouTube’s child privacy violations”

Star Telegram

A Fort Worth English teacher who was fired after tweeting President Donald Trump and asking him to crack down on immigration at Carter-Riverside High School won her appeal Monday.

Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath ruled Georgia Clark is entitled to get her job back, along with back pay and employment benefits from the time her contract was not renewed. Or, instead of reinstatement, the school district may pay her one year of salary.  Continue reading “Fort Worth teacher fired after tweets to Trump about ‘illegal students’ wins appeal”

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Archive: TWFTT 11-26-19

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Thanksgiving is the oldest national holiday in the United States. However, it’s observation is not a continuous presence in American history. While the celebration of Thanksgiving predates even the founding of the nation, it was proclaimed by George Washington, then ignored by Thomas Jefferson. From then on, it was sporadically observed until Abraham Lincoln, who once again introduced a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving to the United States.  Continue reading “Thanksgiving: The Forgotten History of America’s Thanksgiving and What It Commemorates”

Texe MarrsTexe Marrs passed to his heavenly home Saturday evening, November 23, to be with his Saviour whom he loves with all his heart. Texe had been physically failing for some time with a combination of heart, kidney and lymphedema issues. He would be down for a time, bounce back for a bit, and then relapse, each time recovering less and less.  Continue reading “Texe Marrs Has Gone Home to Be With the Lord”

The Hill – by Justine Coleman

President Trump has put his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in charge of overseeing the construction of the border wall, The Washington Post reported Monday.

Current and former administration officials told the Post that Kushner has taken the lead on the wall construction project, holding biweekly meetings covering the progress of the wall, contractor data, the location of the wall and how funding is being used. Continue reading “Trump puts Kushner in charge of overseeing border wall construction: report”

Strategic Culture – by Finian Cunningham

It seems more than coincidence that as the legal noose tightens around Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, Israeli military have suddenly stepped up air strikes on Iranian forces based in Syria.

Playing the strongman role on national security and winning another term as prime minister would stave off prosecution over pending corruption charges. Continue reading “Bibi’s Get-out-of-Jail Card… War With Iran”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Opa-locka, FL — In the land of the free, police frequently and unapologetically carry out military-style raids on completely innocent people by descending upon the wrong home. Whether it’s due to the wrong address on the warrant, faulty GPS, or just blatant carelessness, the results are the same. Innocent people are traumatized, terrorized, assaulted, beaten, or even killed. One video from Florida this week, gives the rest of the world a glimpse into the government-sponsored terrorism being carried out on innocent families by cops who continuously fail at doing their jobs.  Continue reading “Cop Dressed Like a Terrorist Violates Innocent Family as They Play With Their Baby”

Independent – by Samuel Lovett

Donald Trump has been described as the “chosen one” by his secretary of energy, Rick Perry.

In the preview of an interview shown on Fox News on Sunday night, the adviser, who has drawn scrutiny for his role in the Ukraine scandal, also compared the US president to a number of biblical kings.  Continue reading “Trump is ‘the chosen one, sent by God to do great things,’ says president’s adviser”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Hoover, AL — On Thanksgiving night, 2018, an armed assailant opened fire inside an Alabama shopping mall, shooting an 18-year-old male and a 12-year-old girl. Shortly after the shots rang out, a Hoover police officer engaged a man with a gun, opened fire, shot him in the back multiple times and killed him. Police then released a statement championing their officer and patting themselves on the back for stopping a potential mass shooting. But the man they shot was not the shooter—he was the hero trying to stop him.  Continue reading “Taxpayers to Be Held Liable After Cop Shows Up to Mass Shooting, Kills Hero Who Stopped It”

CNN

Washington (CNN)The White House was briefly placed on lockdown Tuesday morning after an aircraft entered restricted airspace in the Washington area.

The event caused senior national security officials across the agencies to convene to coordinate and monitor the situation, according to a US defense official, and aircraft have been deployed to monitor the situation, US Northern Command tweeted.  Continue reading “White House was briefly on lockdown after aircraft entered restricted airspace”

The Blaze – by Sarah Taylor

An Indiana hospital says that more than 1,000 patients were exposed to HIV, hepatitis, and other blood-borne infectious diseases after surgical tools were improperly sanitized.  Continue reading “More than 1,000 surgery patients exposed to HIV, hepatitis, and more after botched instrument sterilization. Here comes the lawsuit.”

Yahoo News

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Closing a case involving a non-fatal U.S. Marshals shooting and the question of fair compensation for post-traumatic stress, federal Judge Jon McCalla ordered an $81,456 payment to 24-year-old Jahmazeo Richardson of Memphis, in a ruling issued Wednesday.

The figure is more than three times the $25,000 amount that Assistant U.S. Attorney David Brackstone, the lawyer representing the U.S. Marshals Service, asked the judge to consider as the maximum fair compensation.    Continue reading “Judge awards Memphis man $81,456 after US marshal shot at him during traffic stop”

Carlsbad Currant-Argus – by Adrian Hedden

The federal Bureau of Land Management is accepting public input for two weeks on a sale of public-land leases to the oil and gas industry for fossil fuel development in southeast New Mexico.

The public scoping period was schedule to begin on Nov. 25, until Dec. 9, seeking comments on the environmental impacts of the nominated parcels and potential alternatives.  Continue reading “BLM: Oil and gas lease sale offers 112 land parcels in New Mexico, Texas”