The Scientist – by Shawna Williams

Research on dangerous pathogens has been suspended at an Army lab at Fort Detrick in Maryland after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found biosafety lapses there, the Frederick News-Post reported August 2. A spokesperson for the US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) tells the newspaper that no disease-causing materials have been found outside authorized areas at the site.  Continue reading “CDC Shuts Down Army Lab’s Disease Research”

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POOLER, Ga. — (WJCL) – A man in Pooler says he was changing his tire July 8, when he was thrown to the ground and arrested for not showing officers his ID.

The man, 74-year-old Jack Shaw, now faces several charges including terrorism threats and aggravated assault on a police officer. And, he’s angry.  Continue reading “74-year-old arrested in Pooler while changing his tire”

Natural News – by Ethan Huff

It’s apparently now a digital “crime” to try to hold police officers accountable for their behavior, as tech overlords like Facebook and Twitter ratchet up their censorship efforts against liberty-centric pages like Police The Police and Free Thought Project – both of which, prior to being axed, emphasized the importance of law enforcement accountability.  Continue reading “Police state tyranny continues as Facebook bans pages that criticize dirty cops for brutality and planting drugs”

Reason – by Zuri Davis

A Georgia police officer was fired in June following disturbing allegations about his contact with several women.

WTVC reports that least four women came forward to accuse Sergeant Scott Martin of the Ringgold Police Department of sinister behavior. Police Chief Dan Bilbrey called for an internal investigation into the claims in June. The subsequent investigation, which can be viewed here, uncovered a pattern of stalking, sexual advances, and abuse of authority by Martin.  Continue reading “A Georgia Cop was Fired for Stalking and Harassing Women”

Fox 13

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — A false alarm of shots fired caused panic at Valley Fair Mall Tuesday night and forced the mall to close early, West Valley City Police said.

Officers did make arrests, but not from the false alarm call.

Multiple stores and restaurants went on lockdown after reports of shots fired, witnesses on the scene told Fox 13. West Valley City Police spokesperson Roxeanne Vainuku said officers responded to a possible active shooter situation, and even called for assistance from neighboring agencies, including the Unified Police Department.  Continue reading “‘People were in a full-on panic’: Valley Fair Mall evacuated after false alarm of shots fired”

The Great Recession

On June 12, I wrote,

The market is moving into waiting mode as the Fed’s next FOMC meeting where they have the opportunity to live up to the rate-cutting hopes they’ve raised come next week. As it does, it is forming that topping pattern that keeps repeating at this level. Continue reading “And That’s How it All Came Down”

ABC News

Thousands of people who were crowded into a packed Times Square fled in panic late Tuesday after a motorcycle backfired and caused fears over a possible active shooter. The response came just days after two mass shootings in Texas and Ohio killed 31 people.

The Crossroads of the World was packed with tourists and revelers at about 10 p.m. on a warm night in New York City, when a few passing motorcycles backfired and people thought they were hearing gunfire.  Continue reading “Panic erupts in Times Square when motorcycle backfiring causes false alarm”

The Epoch Times – by Clifford Humphrey

On July 31, the New York State Board of Regents initiated a cultural revolution. The politically progressive board—which supervises all public schools in the state—voted unanimously to declare war on the “complex system of biases and structural inequities … deeply rooted in our country’s history, culture, and institutions.”

They concluded from a swath of social science studies that traditional methods of education perpetuate a culture of racism and a system of inequity. The only solution, they believe, is to incorporate into education an emphasis on “sociopolitical consciousness” that will lead to “sociocultural responsiveness” in order to supplant the dominant framework.  Continue reading “New York’s Cultural Revolutionary Education Reforms”

Middle East Eye

Battle plans for a possible future invasion of Gaza have been partially revealed, with the Israeli military outlining a strategy for a high-intensity campaign to damage civilian infrastructure and weaken Hamas, while still leaving it able to govern.

Israeli army chief Aviv Kochavi’s predecessor, Gadi Eizenkot, presided over the killing of nearly 200 Palestinian protesters in Gaza’s Great March of Return, but was still criticised as being too leftist.  Continue reading “Gaza battle plans show the Israeli military is on a dark path”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

It was almost ten years ago that we first profiled the most important trading desk in the world: not one situated in any of the (increasingly empty) massive trading floors of the world’s commercial banks located in either the financial district, midtown or Connecticut, but the one inside the 9th floor of 33 Liberty Street, the home New York Fed, the one which is also known in trader folklore as the “Plunge Protection Team.”   Continue reading “Meanwhile, Inside The Plunge Protection Team: Chaos”

NBC News

The FBI will join Dayton police in investigating this past weekend’s mass shooting, with authorities focused on the killer’s “violent ideologies,” officials said Tuesday.

Federal and local authorities have thus far stopped short of calling the murder of nine people, in Dayton’s downtown entertainment district early Sunday morning, a terrorist act by Connor Betts, 24.  Continue reading “FBI investigating the ‘violent ideologies’ of Dayton shooter”

AOL

Walmart (WMT) CEO Doug McMillon said the retailer will be “thoughtful and deliberate” in its responses following the mass shootings and the renewed debate around gun violence.

“As it becomes clear that the shooting in El Paso was motivated by hate, we’re more resolved than ever to foster an inclusive environment where all people are valued and welcomed. Our store in El Paso is well known as a tight-knit community hub, where we serve customers from both sides of the border. Continue reading “Walmart CEO responds to shootings: ‘We’ll be thoughtful and deliberate in our responses’”

Press TV

Marking the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Japan’s Hiroshima, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States’ legacy of targeting civilians lives on 74 years after it became the only country to ever drop a nuclear bomb.

“74 yrs after US became first & ONLY regime to deploy a nuclear weapon—on a city, designed to maximize casualties—it is STILL targeting civilians,” Zarif tweeted on Tuesday.  Continue reading “US legacy of targeting civilians alive since Hiroshima: Zarif”

The Advocate – by Lea Skene

First it was an active shooter situation inside a Baton Rouge Walmart, then a shooting that left one person injured near the customer service counter — but ultimately, authorities said, it was just an argument between two store patrons that involved guns drawn but no shots fired.

With the country “on edge” after recent mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, law enforcement officers swarmed the store amid the panic Tuesday in case the incident turned out to be something far worse, East Baton Rouge Sheriff Sid Gautreaux said.  Continue reading “Sheriff: No gunfire at Baton Rouge Walmart, but argument prompts panic in ‘nation on edge’”

MassPrivateI

Slowly but surely fire departments are being turned into surveillance centers all in the name of public safety.

Fire departments from Iowa to New York are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on security packages that are designed to restrict public access and monitor the public. Continue reading “Firehouses Are Being Turned Into Surveillance Centers”