Year: 2019

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

A new survey published this month in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs helps explain why Big Pharma is so afraid of cannabis. The pharmaceutical and alcohol industries, both powerful influences in Washington, have long lobbied against cannabis legalization in order to protect their profits.

However, the tide has turned as decriminalization of medical and recreational cannabis sweeps the nation and the continent. With legalization, more and more people are discovering how this plant can provide a safe alternative to the dangerous effects of prescription pills.   Continue reading “Big Pharma’s Worst Nightmare, Survey Finds Most Medical Pot Users Quitting Prescription Drug Use”

Yahoo News

Police paid a father a visit after he posted a joke on Facebook about accidentally giving his tiny son a taste of hot chilli sauce.

Barber Paul Dawson, 39, was stunned when two officers came to his home in Stockton, Teesside, to ask about giving five-day-old Ben the spicy sauce.

The incident was sparked by someone reporting him to Cleveland Police after they saw a post he had written about a trip to a TGI Fridays restaurant.  Continue reading “Police visit father after he ‘joked’ on Facebook about feeding five-day-old baby hot sauce”

New York Times

Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which has been struggling with a financial crisis stemming from California’s historic wildfires, intends to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by the end of the month, according to a regulatory filing.

The company, which is the largest investor-owned utility in California, said it faced an estimated $30 billion liability for damages from the 2017 and 2018 wildfires that killed scores in Northern California, a sum that would exceed its insurance and assets.   Continue reading “PG&E Plans Bankruptcy Filing Over Deadly California Fires”

Tennessean – by Natalie Allison

Despite calls from protesters — and the previous House speaker — for his resignation, a state lawmaker accused of inappropriate sexual conduct against multiple teens has been named chairman of an education subcommittee.

Rep. David Byrd, R-Waynesboro, has been assigned by newly-elected House Speaker Glen Casada, R-Franklin, to lead the education administration subcommittee.   Continue reading “Rep. David Byrd, accused of sexual misconduct against teens, will chair education subcommittee”

Abel Danger

US sanctions affect Israeli business of Viktor Vekselberg

The owner of Renova Holding, the Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, whose assets are estimated at $13 billion, due to US sanctions will not be able to expand his investment activities in Israel.  

Continue reading “This Is Why the Anti-BDS Bill Was Defeated (Technology)”

WKYT

WINCHESTER, Ky. (WKYT) – A federal lawsuit has been filed against Clark County Public Schools alleging a 12-year-old student was strip-searched at Robert D. Campbell Junior High School.

The Lexington Herald-Leader reports the girl’s father filed the lawsuit, saying his daughter’s rights were violated.  He is seeking an undisclosed amount of compensation, and punitive damages against the school system. Continue reading “Lawsuit filed after 12-year-old allegedly strip-searched at Clark Co. school”

Yahoo News

Across some of the biggest U.S. cities, rent prices are continuing to rise for lower-income Americans. Meanwhile, an estimated 553,000 people experienced homelessness in 2018, according to Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) data.

And a recent Zillow study — which estimated the number of homeless people in America to be closer to 661,000 — found a specific correlation between rent affordability and the rate of homelessness at a certain threshold: “Communities where people spend more than 32 percent of their income on rent can expect a more rapid increase in homelessness.”  Continue reading “Research details the ‘rapid increase in homelessness’ in certain U.S. cities”

ABC News

Two police officers were shot and one — a sergeant who in 2016 helped rescue two little girls buried under a collapsed roof — was killed Sunday when they confronted an armed suspect while working on a car-burglary sting operation in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, officials said.

Gunfire erupted at 1:59 a.m. when the officers, one working undercover, approached two suspects they spotted allegedly trying to break into a car, Birmingham Police Chief Patrick Smith said at an early morning news conference.   Continue reading “2 police officers shot, 1 killed while working a car-burglary sting in Alabama”

Seacoast Online – by Elizabeth Dinan

PORTSMOUTH — A former Lee police officer is charged with two felonies alleging he stole FedEx packages that had been shipped to his neighbor at The Veridian apartment building, police allege.

David Rodriguez Luna, 35, of 70 Constitution Ave., apartment 227, was arrested on a warrant for two counts of theft by unauthorized taking, according to the public police log. Portsmouth Police Capt. Mark Newport said one charge alleges that on Jan. 4, Luna stole a FedEx package containing high-end audio speakers which had been shipped to another resident of the apartment building. The other charge alleges Luna stole a package shipped to the same resident, also containing audio equipment, on Dec. 31, Newport said.   Continue reading “Former Lee cop arrested for thefts of FedEx packages”

It seems that every billionaire in the United States, including our billionaire in chief Trump plays a good tune, but with an out of tune instrument, in his case his mouth. Every goddamn one of them either fights like hell to eliminate the Bill of Rights, or talks a weak act when confronted to talk about it while in public. It’s obvious why, if they fought for common law, they would be broke inside a week.   Continue reading “Where Are The Billionaire True Patriots? – Are There Any?”

Daily Mail

A handgun has been confiscated from an Ohio kindergartner walking into school after someone reported that the six-year-old boy appeared to have a heavy object in his pants.

Columbus police didn’t disclose whether the gun was loaded Friday when it was safely taken from a student at Columbus Africentric Early College.    Continue reading “Ohio kindergarten student, 6, walks into school with a gun and bullets in his pants”

Greed Media

Texas, United States (TexasTribune) – Following more than a year of complaints from elected officials of all political stripes, a state board that oversees the Texas Capitol grounds voted unanimously Friday to remove a controversial Confederate plaque that falsely asserts that the Civil War was “not a rebellion, nor was its underlying cause to sustain slavery.”   Continue reading “Texas Officials Vote to Remove Confederate Plaque That Says Civil War Wasn’t over Slavery”

Rense.com – by Jeff Rense

On January 10, 1963, the House of Representatives and later the Senate began reviewing a document entitled ‘Communist Goals for Taking Over America.’  It contained an agenda of 45 separate issues (attacks and techniques) that, in hindsight, were quite shocking then and equally stunning today.     Continue reading “The Zionist Communist Takeover Of America – 45 Declared Goals”

The Daily Signal – by Bethany Blankley

A Second Amendment advocate fighting against a constitutionally questionable gun ban and certification ordinance in the city of Boulder, Colorado, says he and his daughter have been targeted and bullied as his case winds through the court system.

The city last May passed an ordinance requiring gun owners to “certify” their “assault weapons” or remove their firearms from city limits. Those who didn’t could face fines, jail, and confiscation and destruction of their firearms.   Continue reading “‘I Cannot Comply’: A Second Amendment Advocate’s Fight Against the City of Boulder, Colorado”

Haaretz

WASHINGTON – Tulsi Gabbard, the Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii who announced her bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020 over the weekend, promised that her campaign will focus on “the issue of war and peace.” This statement alone sets her apart from all of the other candidates who have already announced their intentions for the next presidential race: She is the first, and possibly only, candidate who plans to make foreign and defense policy a central part of her platform.   Continue reading “Tea With Assad, Hugs With Adelson: Tulsi Gabbard’s Unique Views on Israel and the Middle East”

ABC News 

One person is dead and a dozen others were rushed to the hospital after an apparent mass fentanyl overdose in Chico, California, on Saturday morning.

Four of those taken to the hospital are in critical condition, according to authorities. Police called the 13 people “friends and acquaintances,” but did not provide exact relationships to the homeowner. The victims ranged in age from 19 to “about 30,” police said.   Continue reading “1 dead, 12 hospitalized in mass fentanyl overdose in California”

Press Herald – by Dennis Hoey

Family members of Coast Guardsmen in Maine say they are both furious and terrified about the economic impact they are facing because of the ongoing federal government shutdown.

“It’s very scary to know that our bills are due in a few days and people don’t seem to care if we can pay them,” said Lindsay Scott, whose husband has served in the Coast Guard for nearly 20 years. “It’s just a very big slap in the face.”   Continue reading “With bills due and paychecks in doubt, Maine Coast Guard families see shutdown as ‘big slap in the face’”