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Archive: TWFTT 2-20-19

CNBC

The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a win Wednesday to a former heroin addict who argued that Indiana’s seizure of his $42,000 Land Rover amounted to an excessive fine for a drug conviction.

In a unanimous holding, the justices for the first time incorporated the 8th Amendment’s protection against excessive fines to the states. Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who delivered the court’s opinion, wrote that the safeguard is “fundamental to our scheme of ordered liberty.” Continue reading “Supreme Court says states can’t impose excessive fines”

CNN

The head of the US Food and Drug Administration says that if states don’t require more schoolchildren to get vaccinated, the federal government might have to step in.

Nearly all states allow children to attend school even if their parents opt out of vaccines. These vaccine exemptions are especially popular in Washington state, where a measles outbreak started last month that has now sickened at least 67 people in four states. And New York has been working to contain its largest outbreak in decades, which began in October and has sickened more than 200 people.   Continue reading “FDA chief: Federal government might step in if states don’t change lax vaccine laws”

Oregon Live – by Douglas Perry

Children are our future — and a group of Oregon lawmakers wants the future to be now.

They’re pushing a bill that would amend Oregon’s constitution to lower the voting age in the state from 18 to 16. They hope to put it before voters in 2020.   Continue reading “Oregon lawmakers seek to lower voting age in state to 16, so teens can ‘protect their future’”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

The ugly Houston PD drug raid that resulted in four injured officers and two dead “suspects” just keeps getting uglier.

Officers swore a confidential informant purchased heroin from 59-year-old Dennis Tuttle in the house he shared with his wife of 21 years, Rhogena Nicholas. They swore the CI told them the house was filled with heroin packaged for purchase.   Continue reading “Fatal Houston PD Drug Raid Apparently Predicated On Drugs A Cop Had Stashed In His Car”

RT

Legendary cowboy actor and all-American tough guy John Wayne has posthumously infuriated social justice types, after a 1971 interview resurfaced in which the ‘True Grit’ actor criticized racial equality and homosexuality.

Speaking to Playboy magazine almost 50 years ago, Wayne unleashed a series of statements that would have him fired, sued, tarred and feathered if he uttered them in 2019. Wayne referred to “healthy, lusty sex” between a man and a woman as “wonderful,” but called homosexuality “perverted,” dismissing the Oscar-winning ‘Midnight Cowboy’ as “a love story about two f*gs.”   Continue reading “John Wayne posthumously bashed for 1971 ‘white supremacist’, ‘homophobic’ Playboy interview”

Breitbart – by Sean Moran

Former first lady and former Vice President Joe Biden tied for the Democrats’ favorite 2020 presidential candidate in a poll released on Tuesday.

Twenty-five percent of Democrat voters said that they would either back Obama or Biden for the Democrat nomination, even though neither Democrat has declared their candidacy for president in 2020, according to a Hill-HarrisX poll released on Tuesday.   Continue reading “Poll: Michelle Obama, Joe Biden Top Contenders for 2020 Democrat Nomination”

97X – by Michaels

Hey, the good thing about getting into a shootout with a stormtrooper is you know they’ll miss.

The California Highway Patrol tried to pull over a Ford Mustang for speeding on Sunday night, but the driver sped off. He wound up pulling over on a side street and he and his passenger ran away on foot, but the cops quickly tracked them down.   Continue reading “Police get into a Standoff with a Life-Size Stormtrooper Statue”

PEW – by Rebecca Beitsch

Just as more people fly during the holidays and drive during rush hour, the demand for electricity peaks at predictable times.

Flights and some toll roads cost the most when demand is highest. Now California wants residents to get used to the same dynamic when it comes to purchasing electricity.   Continue reading “Crank Up the A/C, Crank Up the Cost: States Consider ‘Surge Pricing’ for Power”

Independent

Michael Flynn was among the White House officials who pushed a potentially unlawful project to share “highly sensitive” nuclear technology with Saudi Arabia despite the objections of ethics and national security officials, Trump administration whistleblowers claim in a new report.

Both Republicans and Democrats have expressed fears that Riyadh could develop nuclear weapons if the US know-how were transferred without legally-required safeguards.   Continue reading “Trump administration ‘considering transfer of nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia’ despite national security officials’ fears”

It’s no secret that the media giant Google is the hegemon on the Internet nowadays. Millions of new users continue to register on corporation-controlled sites every day, leaving almost complete information not only about themselves, but about their friends and families. However, many users do not care about their data security. Should anyone be worried about this at all?   Continue reading “Google is watching you”

Hayat Tahrir al-Sham group, which controls most part of the demilitarized zone in Idlib province, fully conforms to its internationally recognized status of a terrorist organization. In fact, HTS members use two methods of pressure and influence on civilian population usually applied by terrorists: intimidating those who doubt and killing those who resist.   Continue reading “Tahrir al-Sham. Death and fear on the streets of Idlib”

The Organic Prepper

Have you ever had a sudden financial emergency?

Maybe you lost your job. Maybe your car broke down and requires an expensive repair. Maybe one of the family has had a medical emergency with large, out-of-pocket expenses.

Whatever the reason, the steps you should take are basically the same.  While I hope that you have an emergency fund to cushion the blow, even if you don’t, there are things you can do.   Continue reading “What to Do When You Have a Financial Emergency”

Times of Israel

AP — Israel’s founding fathers, who etched a commitment to encouraging Jewish immigration into the declaration of independence, might be surprised to find that, seven decades later, the state is relying on Christians to fulfill that promise.

What was once a strictly Jewish-funded mission is increasingly being bankrolled by evangelical Christians. Israel’s Christian allies now fund about a third of all immigrants moving to the country, according to a tally by The Associated Press.   Continue reading “Christians emerge as key patrons for Jews moving to Israel”

Campus Reform – by Katie Anderson

Folsom Lake College notified the local police after finding a poster of a cartoon frog, stating that “hate has no home on our campus.”

An FLC faculty member found the sheet featuring Pepe the frog on their office door earlier in February. The school informed the Los Rios, California Police Department about the incident so it would “be on heightened alert for any signs that this may be part of a larger trend or pattern,” according to an email sent to the school community and obtained by Campus Reform.   Continue reading “Calif. college calls the POLICE…over a cartoon frog”