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Living Lies – by Neil Garfield
Hat Tip Bill Paatalo
You are right, Bill. You can’t make this stuff up. But somehow judges still don’t want to believe it. How can you be attorney in fact for a nonexistent entity? Continue reading “Law Firm Admits Absence of Creditor”
The internet has been flooded with hilarious memes, after it was revealed President Donald Trump is eyeing up the island of Greenland.
Two sources told the Wall Street Journal that Trump has repeatedly asked his advisers with ‘varying degrees of seriousness’ if it would be possible for the U.S. to acquire the autonomous Danish territory for its resources and geopolitical significance. Continue reading “‘Trump wants to buy Greenland? Let’s make him find it on a map first’”
The Coroner who examined the body of Connor Betts, the 24-year-old man who shot and killed his sister, her boyfriend and seven others, before he himself was shot and killed by police in downtown Dayton earlier this month,was found to have cocaine, Xanax, alcohol and anti-depressants in his system, raising more questions about the role that mental health – and specifically, substance abuse – played in one of the latest high-profile mass shootings, according to the Washington Post. Continue reading “Dayton Shooter Had Cocaine, Alcohol & Antidepressents In His System During Attack”
Common Dreams – by Jake Johnson
Civil liberties groups and privacy advocates raised alarm Thursday after the Trump administration called on Congress to reauthorize an NSA mass surveillance program that was exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The New York Times, which obtained the Trump administration’s request to Congress, reported that “the administration urged lawmakers to make permanent the legal authority for the National Security Agency to gain access to logs of Americans’ domestic communications, the USA Freedom Act.” Continue reading “Alarm as Trump Requests Permanent Reauthorization of NSA Mass Spying Program Exposed by Snowden”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Tinton Falls, NJ — Roberton Fullerton and his daughter Bobbi Rene Fullerton had committed no crime, had harmed no one, and were in their own home when police officers came to the door, ordered them to their knees at gunpoint and shot their two dogs. While apologists continue to claim “if you do nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about,” this case — like so many others before it — proves them entirely wrong. Now the taxpayers of Tinton Falls will be held liable for the officers’ actions in the form of a lawsuit. Continue reading “Innocent Father and Daughter Held at Gunpoint on Knees as Cops Shot Their Dogs—Lawsuit”
This is a big one. It’s so big, in fact, that many people will want to turn their backs on it and pretend it doesn’t and couldn’t exist. But it’s real. It does exist.
No killing of innocent people can be called a “negligible statistic.” But what label do you apply when an entire government stands by and does nothing, while millions of people die? Continue reading “Lone shooters, terrorism, and semantics”
On Thursday Democrat presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren tweeted a video clip in which she pledged “executive action in every corner” for gun control.
Warren said, “40,000 Americans died last year from gun violence.” Warren’s claim is actually a loose reference to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers for 2017–the most recent numbers–which show 39,773 people died in a firearm-related death. Continue reading “Elizabeth Warren Pledges ‘Executive Action in Every Corner’ for Gun Control”
WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib on Friday rejected an offer by Israel to let her travel to the West Bank, saying she would not visit her family there because the Israeli government had imposed “oppressive conditions” to humiliate her.
Tlaib, a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives who has been critical of Israeli policy toward the Palestinians, had planned to make an official visit to Israel along with fellow Democrat congresswoman Ilhan Omar from Minnesota. Continue reading “U.S. Rep. Tlaib refuses Israel’s ‘oppressive conditions’ for West Bank visit”
Authorities are looking to question a tall, thin white man seen pushing a shopping cart near the Fulton Street subway station, where two rice cookers were found Friday morning.
A third rice cooker was found next to a trash can in Chelsea, though an investigation is ongoing as to whether all are connected. Authorities did say all three devices were the same make and model. Continue reading “NYPD Seeks Man With Shopping Cart After 3 Rice Cookers in Manhattan Spark Rush-Hour Scare”
The self-driving freight truck startup TuSimple has been carrying mail across the state of Arizona for several weeks.
UPS announced on Thursday that its venture capital arm has made a minority investment in TuSimple. The announcement also revealed that since May TuSimple autonomous trucks have been hauling UPS loads on a 115-mile route between Phoenix and Tucson. Continue reading “UPS Has Been Delivering Cargo in Self-Driving Trucks for Months And No One Knew”
A pair of suspicious pressure cookers shut down a subway station in lower Manhattan on Friday morning, according to sources and police.
Authorities urged straphangers to avoid the Fulton Street subway station because of the suspicious packages, which were reported by a 911 caller. Continue reading “Pair of pressure cookers shut down Lower Manhattan subway station”
Oath Keepers – by Stewart Rhodes
Public Notice: Oath Keepers Will NOT be Participating in the August 17, 2019 “End Domestic Terrorism” Rally in Portland, OR
I wish I didn’t have to do this, but it must be done. I must make it clear that Oath Keepers will not be participating in the “End Domestic Terrorism” rally scheduled for this Saturday, August 17, 2019, which is being organized by Joe Biggs and the Proud Boys. Continue reading “Oath Keepers Will NOT be Participating in the August 17 Rally in Portland, OR”
French Jewish settlers marched through Hebron, in the occupied West Bank yesterday waving Israeli flags and claiming that the entire region belongs to Israel.
Pro-settler news outlet Arutz Sheva reported that more than 1,200 French Jews participated in the march, saying: “There’s only one flag from the Jordan to the sea – the flag of Israel.” Continue reading “French Jews march through Hebron, claiming all West Bank belongs to Israel”
One of the most powerful, searing renditions of the national anthem ever recorded, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic Woodstock anthem, almost never happened.
In his memoir, Hendrix’s drummer, Mitch Mitchell, admitted that the band “hadn’t rehearsed … or planned to do ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ at Woodstock.” Continue reading “Fifty years ago, Jimi Hendrix’s Woodstock anthem expressed the hopes and fears of a nation”
Protecting your home is a Constitutional right. Now more than ever, people are exercising that right across America. That’s because there has been a rise in gang-related activity throughout the southeast coast of the United States. Due to this rapid growth in violence, the best way to exercise your 2nd Amendment right to protect your family is to get one of the 5 best home defense shotguns for 2019. Continue reading “5 Best Home Defense Shotguns For 2019”
‘There is no barrier for U.S. Treasury yields going below zero. Zero has no meaning, beside being a certain level.’
There is some $15 trillion in government debt that now yields less than zero, and former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan believes there’s no reason why U.S. government bond yields couldn’t join much of the developed world in the subzero world. Continue reading “Ex-Fed boss Greenspan says ‘there is no barrier’ to Treasury yields falling below zero”
Who would ever have thought it would be liberal students and activists leading the charge to have an anti-racism mural removed from public view at an institute of education?
That is the absurd situation that has arisen at one San Francisco high school, where an ongoing campaign to remove murals depicting the life of George Washington has resulted in a decision to have the art hidden from view. The school had earlier even considered destroying the work completely. Continue reading “Peak PC logic: To shield students from ‘offensive’ image, activists opt to censor anti-racist mural”
Over the weekend in Germany, three women were sexually assaulted and a senior citizen was sent to the hospital after she was beaten. Two Afghan migrants have been arrested while the three other suspects remain at large. Continue reading “Germany: Multiple women sexually assaulted, senior citizen beaten – all by migrant men”