Year: 2019

Reason – by Brian Doherty

Gun control advocates love to hate District of Columbia v. Heller, the 2008 case in which the Supreme Court recognized that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to arms. They may be protesting too much. Federal courts in the decade since have found many restrictions on the right to own and use weapons perfectly congruent with that decision. Heller merely says the government can’t enforce laws that prevent (most) Americans from possessing commonly used weapons in their homes for self-defense. Continue reading “What Is a ‘Well Regulated Militia,’ Anyway?”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Over 40 years ago, scientists from 50 nations pivoted on a longstanding “global cooling” thesis that was going to blanket the earth in ice, and instead adopted what was then called the “CO2-climate problem” which would lead to theories on global warming, rising tides and economic catastrophe.

“Now, four decades later, a larger group of scientists is sounding another, much more urgent alarm,” according to Bloomberg.  Continue reading “11,000 Experts Propose Final Solution To Global Warming: Just Kill Billions Of People”

RT

US actions to bolster its ‘illegal presence’ in Syria violate international law, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Tuesday.

The statement comes shortly after Turkish media reported that two new American military bases are under construction in the oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province. Continue reading “Moscow slams illegal US presence in Syria amid reports of new military bases being built in oil-rich province”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

The biggest bank in Europe is in the process of imploding, and there are persistent rumors that the final collapse could happen sooner rather than later.  Those that follow my work on a regular basis already know that this is a story that I have been following for years.  Deutsche Bank is rapidly bleeding cash, they have been laying off thousands of workers, and the vultures have been circling as company executives desperately try to implement a turnaround plan.  Unfortunately for Deutsche Bank, it may already be too late.  And if Deutsche Bank goes down, it will be even more catastrophic for the global financial system than the collapse of Lehman Brothers was in 2008.  Germany is the glue that is holding the EU together, and so if the bank that is right at the heart of Germany’s financial system collapses, the dominoes will likely start falling very rapidly.  Continue reading “The Deutsche Bank Death Watch Has Taken A Very Interesting Turn”

Airsoft Station

If you’re like a lot of people, you probably think Airsoft guns and BB guns are one in the same. Sorry to burst your bubble, but there are significant differences between the two. The confusion usually revolves around the fact that Airsoft guns are often mistaken as BB guns. However, as mentioned earlier, they are not the same thing. Let’s jump into a brief history lesson to help us better understand the differences between Airsoft guns and BB guns.  Continue reading “Airsoft Gun vs. BB Gun – What’s the Difference?”

EFF – by Joe Mullen

Unless Congress stops it, foreign police will soon be able to collect and search data on the servers of U.S. Internet companies. They’ll be able to do it without a probable cause warrant, or any oversight from a U.S. judge. This is all happening because of a new law enforcement deal between the U.S. and the United Kingdom. And while it seeks to exclude purely domestic correspondence between U.S. citizens and residents, plenty of Americans’ data will get swept up when they communicate with targeted individuals located abroad. Continue reading “Congress, Remember the 4th Amendment? It’s Time to Stop the U.S.-UK Agreement.”

Middle East Eye – by Morgan Strong

Israel is around the same size as New Jersey, one of the smallest US states and which contributes nearly $30bn to the US federal budget – very little of which is returned through federal programmes.

A portion of that money ends up in Israel. Indeed, all 50 states rely on some return of their federal taxes for infrastructure, highways, healthcare, education and other programmes. When a portion of that money is used for other purposes – such as aid to Israel – the citizens suffer the consequences.  Continue reading “US underwrites Israel’s economy, while Americans suffer”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The American Farm Bureau (AFB) warned Wednesday that farm bankruptcies are entering a parabolic move.

The farm crisis, as we’ve pointed out, is only accelerating and will likely be on par with the farm disaster that was seen in the early 1980s.  Continue reading “The Next Shoe In The Farm Crisis Drops: Bankruptcies Soar 24%”

Yahoo News

(Reuters) – A suspected undocumented immigrant was shot and killed in Sunland Park, New Mexico on Monday after he fired at the U.S. patrol officers who were investigating a possible illegal border crossing, officials said.

The Customs and Border Protection officers were investigating in an area close to the border between the United States and Mexico, which is when they encountered the suspect and chased him on foot, the New Mexican state police said in a statement posted online. Continue reading “U.S. border patrol officer kills suspected undocumented immigrant”

The Great Recession

This Cat apparently does have nine lives, and it’s already used seven of them. After six consecutive quarters in which Caterpillar’s earnings failed to meet plummeting expectations, Cat’s stock started to die each time then took a dead-cat bounce back to life. After its seventh quarterly fail in October, it only climbed higher. Continue reading “Caterpillar Keeps Climbing Even on a Downgrade”

Yahoo News

Mexico City (AFP) – At least three women and six children from an American Mormon community based in northern Mexico have been killed in an ambush, a relative of the victims said on Monday.

Julian Lebaron said his cousin was on her way to the airport when she was attacked and shot in her car along with her four children in Rancho de la Mora, an area notorious for drug traffickers and bandits of all kinds.  Continue reading “At least nine American Mormon community members killed in Mexico”

Independent

Scientists in China have been condemned for using live pigs as crash test dummies, leaving them dead or painfully injured.

Seven young animals were killed after being strapped onto sleds and slammed into a wall at 30mph.  Continue reading “Live pigs killed and ‘mangled’ as scientists in China use them as crash-test dummies”