New York Post – by Bernadette Hogan

ALBANY — New York lawmakers want to ban facial recognition technology on all rental properties, arguing it infringes on tenant privacy.

New legislation would outlaw landlords from being able to “obtain, retain, access or use” the machinery on residential premises.  Continue reading “Proposal would ban use of facial recognition at apartment buildings”

American Herald Tribune – by Philip Giraldi

Ron DeSantis, Florida’s new governor, should be really proud of himself. He recently recalled that when he ran for governor “…[he] promised to be the most pro-Israel governor in America and that the first delegation [he] would lead would be to the state of Israel.” When he confirmed that he would be taking his entire cabinet with him as part of a 75-person delegation scheduled to leave for Israel on May 25th, he boasted that “Today I’m pleased to report that I’m keeping that promise. Continue reading “America’s Most Pro-Israel Governor: Ron DeSantis Will Send More Florida Money to Israel”

The Guardian 

Donald Trump has asked for files to be prepared on pardoning several US military members accused of or convicted of war crimes, including one slated to stand trial on charges of shooting unarmed civilians while in Iraq, the New York Times reported.

Trump has frequently expressed interest in such cases, which have become causes célèbre among Republicans and rightwing media including Fox News.  Continue reading “Trump may pardon US soldiers accused or convicted of war crimes – report”

Splinter – by Libby Watson

If you live in California, you have something else to worry about in addition to your rent being too high and your house possibly burning down: long wait times and overcrowding at the emergency room.

According to new data from the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development reported by Kaiser Health News, the number of trips to the ER in the state grew 20 percent from 2012 to 2017. The wait time for patients who are admitted as inpatients is up to five and a half hours, a 15 minute increase over 2012. More startling, however, is that the number of people leaving the ER before the doctor was done treating them has risen 57 percent since 2012.  Continue reading “ER Wait Times in California Are So Bad That Some People Are Just Giving Up”

ABC 7

NEW YORK (WABC) — Texting while walking isn’t only dangerous, but it could soon be a crime in New York.

A new bill introduced by the State Senate would make it illegal for people to cross streets in the state with their eyes glued to their smartphone.  Continue reading “New York State Senate introduces bill to make texting while walking illegal”

The Health Wyze Report – by Sarah C. Corriher

Health conscious people have a tendency to overlook the hazards in their cleaning materials, and manufacturers are not required to accurately list the ingredients of such products. Manufacturers simply do not mention ingredients that they think customers would disapprove of. In other cases, they use vague terms like “brightener”, instead of listing the standard chemical names.  Continue reading “The Toxicity of Dryer Sheets, Fabric Softeners, and Laundry Detergents”

Moms Across America

May 16, 2019, Mission Viejo, CA. Two days ago a Monsanto trial jury awarded the plaintiffs over $2 billion dollars, for the connection between the glyphosate-based herbicide, Roundup, and their cancer. Today, Moms Across America announces that the Impossible Burger* tested positive for glyphosate. The levels of glyphosate detected in the Impossible burger by Health Research Institute Laboratories were 11 X higher than the Beyond Meat Burger. The total result (glyphosate and it’s break down AMPA) was 11.3 ppb. Moms Across America also tested the Beyond Meat Burger and the results were 1 ppb.  Continue reading “GMO Impossible Burger Tests 11x Higher For Glyphosate Weed Killer Residue Than Beyond Meat Burger”

RT

Hollywood action star and former Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was suddenly felled by a flying kick to the back while attending an event in South Africa.

Schwarzenegger was appearing at the Arnold Classic Africa Festival in Sandton, Johannesburg when he was attacked by a man who ran towards him and delivered a jumping high kick to the Terminator’s upper back, causing him to stumble into the crowd of people next to him.  Continue reading “Arnold Schwarzenegger struck by kicking attacker in South Africa”

Weather Channel

Tornado-warned storms continued to rumble through north-central Texas and eastern Oklahoma Saturday afternoon, with several tornadoes reported that destroyed homes and injured several people.

Heavy damage was reported in Abilene from a likely tornado that struck around 5 a.m. CDT. Images posted to social media show structural damage to buildings and utility poles down. Several homes were also damaged.  Continue reading “Tornadoes Destroy Homes, Injure Several People in Texas, Oklahoma”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Yesterday we reported that the Trump administration would be dumping thousands of illegal migrants in Florida due to overcrowding at the border.

Now, we learn that San Diego will receive hundreds of migrant families from South Texas for processing, as the agency struggles to keep up with large numbers of Central Americans who have flooded into the country. The agency said that it was also considering distributing apprehended border-crossers to Detroit, Miami and Buffalo, New York, according to the Globe and Mail.  Continue reading “Not Just Florida: Border Patrol To Fly Thousands Of Illegal Migrants To San Diego”

Yahoo News

A Florida mayor suggested putting immigrants up in Donald Trump’s hotels after administration officials informed leaders they were planning to fly immigrants from the border to two Democratic counties in the state.

“This is irresponsible policy. To bring hundreds of people here every week without providing the necessary resources to house and feed them is inhumane,” Broward County Mayor Mark Bogen said in a statement. “I would suggest that we bring them to the Trump hotels and ask the president to open his heart and home as well.”  Continue reading “Florida Mayor Suggests Putting Immigrants Up At Trump Hotels”

Fox News

May. 17, 2019 – 6:18 – David Coleman defends the College Board’s new ‘environmental context dashboard.’
Continue reading “College Board CEO says students’ SAT scores won’t be changed, new rating provides colleges with context”

The Great Recession

Stocks posted their fourth straight weekly loss across all three headline indices this week, but more important than that they proved convincingly on Friday that the market is as fully intoxicated as I claimed in my recent article, “Hopium Floats.”

The path of indices through the day looked like a side-on view of the flight of my lunatic crow (sole heckler) just before he hits a wall at the end of his day and slides down it to the ground:  Continue reading “Market Loses its Hopium-Induced High, Falls Four Weeks Straight”