Collective Evolution – by Richard Enos

Bre Payton was a writer for the conservative online news magazine The Federalist and a guest commentator on the Fox News Channel. And she was a rising star.

“From the moment we started talking I realized she was a potential star,” Ben Domenech, the publisher of The Federalist, said in an essay on Saturday. “She was raw, yes, but that could be honed. She was eager to learn, to write, and to go places—not because of ambition, but because she wanted to change the world.”   Continue reading “Journalist Who Broke Story Of Mueller Deleting Text Messages Dies Suddenly”

Mint Press News – by Philip Roddis

The map below shows the spread across the USA of laws against support for the Boycott, Divest and Sanctions (BDS) Movement. It was compiled by Palestine Legal, an organization dedicated to protecting the civil rights of Americans who speak out for Palestinian freedom.   Continue reading “Land of the Free – Unless You Want to Criticize Israel”

Reason – by Scott Shackford

Yet again, a cop has invoked a law intended to shield the privacy of crime victims to keep his name from being released after he killed a suspect.

At the end of November, a Pennington County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed Matthew John Lorenzen, 19, of Rapid City, South Dakota. According to police reports, Lorenzen led deputies on a chase and allegedly shot at them. Lorenzen then rolled his SUV into a ditch and, according to the sheriff’s department, exited his vehicle holding the weapon, which prompted the deputy to shoot him.   Continue reading “Are We About to See a Wave of Police Using ‘Victim’s Rights’ Laws to Keep Conduct Secret?”

Big League Politics – by Tom Pappert

A second year medical student has been suspended from the University of Virginia after questioning his professors during a lecture on microaggressions.

Kieran Bhattacharya was suspended from the University of Virginia after the institution alleged Bhattacharya became “unnecessarily antagonistic and disrespectful” during a lecture Bhattacharya says was titled “Microaggressions: Why Are They So Sensitive.”   Continue reading “College Student Suspended For “Antagonizing” SJW Microaggression Lecture”

Rolling Stone – by Kory Grow

Daryl Dragon, the keyboard-playing “Captain” of Seventies hitmakers Captain and Tennille, died at a hospice in Prescott, Arizona on Wednesday. Associated Press reports the cause of death as renal failure. He was 76.

As Captain and Tennille, Dragon and his then-wife Toni Tennille scored a string of catchy, easy-rolling hits in the mid-Seventies, including the Grammy-winning, Number One hit “Love Will Keep Us Together,” “The Way I Want to Touch You,” “Lonely Night (Angel Face)” and “Muskrat Love.” Dragon was known for wearing a captain’s hat and playing multilevel keyboards, as Tennille sang the hits and played her own keyboards. All but two of the albums they released in the Seventies were certified gold or platinum.   Continue reading “Daryl Dragon, Captain and Tennille’s Captain, Dead at 76”

NBC News

The family of a Massachusetts bodybuilder who died after police used a Taser on him as he allegedly attacked a Tinder date with a knife said he had been undergoing mental health treatment.

Erick Stelzer died Thursday after police responding to a domestic disturbance call found him “actively assaulting” a woman with a knife and shocked him with a stun gun in order to free her, according to the Cohasset Police Department.   Continue reading “Bodybuilder who stabbed Tinder date before dying in police custody was getting mental health treatment”

The Organic Prepper – by J. G. Martinez D.

I will use my own experience as a general guide so you can do your own version. After having struggled with all kinds of equipment my entire life, ranging from farming machinery, light industry power tools with a diverse degree of complexity, my best advice is:

Don’t. Lose. The. Operation. Manual.   Continue reading “Technical Advice: How Much Power Do You Need?”

CBC News

The deadline to register long guns in Quebec is fast approaching, but the National Firearm Association is encouraging members to wait until the last minute to comply, as a form of protest.

The province’s long-gun registry will go into effect Jan. 29, on the two-year anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting.   Continue reading “National Firearms Association tells long-gun owners to delay registering weapon”

Helsinki Times

Why does the US Embassy in Helsinki need a big warehouse near Malmi Airport and what are the contents of thousands of kilograms of cargo sent to Helsinki from Baghdad?

A dilapidated warehouse in Malmi is being used by the US Embassy for unknown operations after a Wikileaks release revealed its location.   Continue reading “Guarded warehouse near airport and mysterious cargos from Baghdad; what is the US embassy in Helsinki up to?”

Prairie Public News

There will be another effort in the Legislature to make North Dakota’s seat belt law a primary offense.

Right now, it’s a secondary offense – meaning you have to be pulled over for something else before you can be ticketed for not buckling up.

Sen. Curt Kreun is the primary sponsor of a bill to make it a primary offense.   Continue reading “‘Primary enforcement’ seat belt bill filed”

Fox 8 News

EAST WINDSOR, New Jersey – Another blood pressure medication has been recalled over concerns it could contain trace amounts of carcinogens.

A carcinogen is something that could cause you to have cancer.

The medication is manufactured by Aurobino Pharma USA, Inc.   Continue reading “Another blood pressure medication recalled over cancer concerns”

NPR

When Toni and Jim Hoy adopted their son Daniel through the foster care system, he was an affectionate toddler. They did not plan to give him back to the state of Illinois, ever.

“Danny was this cute, lovable little blond-haired, blue-eyed baby,” Jim says.

Toni recalls times Daniel would reach over, put his hands on her face and squish her cheeks. “And he would go, ‘You pretty, Mom,’ ” Toni says. “Oh my gosh, he just melted my heart when he would say these very loving, endearing things to me.”   Continue reading “To Get Mental Health Help For A Child, Desperate Parents Relinquish Custody”

Every town bigger than 250 people has a Climate Action and Resilience plan. Deborah Tavares says to read it as it IS what they plan in the area you live or plan to move to.

What will you face? See links at the bottom to listen to Deborah Tavares cover known gov’t doc facts:

This is what we face in Oregon based on Oregon’s Resilience Plan:   Continue reading “Oregon Resilience Plans”

NCPR

Jan 02, 2019 — Three counties in the North Country will receive new mobile child advocacy centers.

Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the state will channel $4.5 million dollars of federal money to rural communities to fund this project. The counties of St. Lawrence, Hamilton and Franklin will each receive $250,000 to purchase new mobile centers.   Continue reading “New mobile child advocacy centers coming to the North Country”

Bradenton Herald

MONTPELIER, VT.  A lawsuit filed by an immigrant rights group says the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles has forwarded information about immigrant farm workers to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, leading to the arrest and deportation of some of those individuals.

The suit, filed in November by the group Migrant Justice and some of its members with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union, says some immigrant farm workers were targeted for deportation after they obtained Vermont drivers’ licenses, Vermont Public Radio reported. Continue reading “Suit says Vermont continuing to feed immigrant info to feds”

Fox News

A Cleveland hospital has fired a resident after anti-Semitic comments and threats to give the Jewish people “the wrong meds” surfaced on social media.

Lara Kollab was identified as the fired employee behind the comments. She worked as a supervised resident at the Cleveland Clinic from July to September, Cleveland.com reported.   Continue reading “Cleveland Clinic fires resident after online threat to give Jews ‘wrong meds’ surfaces”