Quartz – by Corinne Purtill

On Sept. 5, 1989, US president George H.W. Bush made a televised speech from the Oval Office announcing his administration’s escalation of the so-called “War on Drugs.” To illustrate the gravity of situation, Bush held up a bag of crack cocaine on live TV—drugs purchased, he told viewers, just steps from the White House where he now sat.

Bush’s speechwriters hit upon the idea of the visual aid days before the speech. The only problem was reality: There weren’t many drug sales in the area immediately around the White House, as University of Baltimore assistant professor Joshua Clark Davis highlighted recently on Twitter.   Continue reading “US agents lured a teen near the White House to sell drugs so George H.W. Bush could make a point”

RT

Many consider it a Christmas classic but radio stations are refusing to play the song ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ because it’s lyrics have run afoul of the #MeToo movement. However fans are now pushing back against the banishment.

The yule-tide favorite was originally recorded for the 1949 film Neptune’s Daughter and it went on to scoop an Oscar in the Best Original Song category. It’s been a feature of the festive season every year since. However its days may be numbered because campaigners allege that it propagates rape culture.   Continue reading “‘PC stuff is getting ridiculous’: Radio stations axe Christmas classic due to #MeToo concerns”

CBC News

Marlboro cigarette maker Altria is in early stage talks to acquire Canadian cannabis producer Cronos, as it seeks to diversify its business beyond traditional smokers, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.

Cronos has not agreed to any deal and there is no certainty it will do so, the people said.

The news comes as Altria is also eyeing a significant minority stake in e-cigarette company Juul, people familiar with the situation have told CNBC.   Continue reading “Altria in talks to buy cannabis company Cronos Group”

The Globe and Mail

Forty days ago, a woman returned to her home on Nova Scotia’s We’koqma’q First Nation to find her 22-year-old daughter, Cassidy Bernard – a new mother of infant twins – dead.

“Her daughter was murdered,” said Paula Marshall, executive director of the Mi’kmaq Legal Support Network.

“Her five-and-a-half month old identical twin girls lay dehydrated in a crib beside her, very seriously ill.”   Continue reading “Canadian federal government introduces $50-million fund for survivors of gender-based violence”

Gov’t Slaves

The body of missing Bay Area broadcaster Ray Taliaferro was found, according to a family member on Sunday evening. The announcement was made on a GoFundMe page funding Taliaferro’s search.

“It is with great sadness that the Taliaferro family has to announce the passing of Ray Taliaferro. His bodywas found in Paducah, Kentucky in a wooded area approximately a mile from where he was last seen,” read the statement.   Continue reading “Bay Area Broadcaster Ray Taliaferro’s Body Found In Kentucky”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

French President Emmanuel Macron may institute emergency tax cuts in an attempt to stem violent protests which have gripped France for three weeks, according to Bloomberg.

The government is increasingly worried that the economy, alongside its own political fortunes, is threatened by demonstrations against fuel taxes that have spiraled into a push-back against Macron’s policies. Continue reading “Macron On Edge As Up To 120,000 Angry “Yellow Vests” Prepare To Storm The Bastille”

Video Rebel’s Blog

“I just hope I get to be rich enough so that one day I won’t have to suck on any more Jewish dicks.”  Marilyn Monroe shortly before her murder.

“Anti-Semitism is a disease–you catch it from Jews”–Edgar J. Steele, some time before his judicial murder.

Matt Lauer was on NBC’s Today show for 20 years. Towards the end of his career he was making $20 million a year. One of the perks of his job was that a button was placed on his desk so the Jewish man could electronically lock his office door and bar the escape of any Gentile woman who refused his advances.   Continue reading “#OriginalMeToo 1913, 1947”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

To honor the death of America’s 41st President George H W Bush, President Trump has declared Wednesday to be a ‘National Day of Mourning’ for his predecessor, who died last night at age 94.

This is the first time since Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 that the stock market will be closed on a regular trading day. A spokesman for the New York Stock Exchange confirmed that markets would close in keeping with tradition.   Continue reading “Trump Declares Wednesday ‘National Day Of Mourning’ For President Bush; Stock Market To Close”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

A majority of “non-citizens,” including those with legal green card rights, are tapping into welfare programs set up to help poor and ailing Americans, a Census Bureau finding that bolsters President Trump’s concern about immigrants costing the nation.

In a new analysis of the latest numbers, from 2014, 63 percent of non-citizens are using a welfare program, and it grows to 70 percent for those here 10 years or more, confirming another concern that once immigrants tap into welfare, they don’t get off it.    Continue reading “Census confirms: 63 percent of ‘non-citizens’ on welfare, 4.6 million households”

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

Still bound and determined that the maritime incident last weekend in the Sea of Azov portends a full-scale war with Russia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called on all NATO nations and other allied states to start relocating warships en masse to the sea to “assist Ukraine” in a conflict.

Poroshenko singled out Germany as  nation that should rush warships to the area, saying that Germany needs to consider where Putin will strike next after taking over Ukraine. He added that he is positive Putin wants the whole country.  Continue reading “Ukraine Urges NATO Nations to Send Warships to Confront Russia”

Washington Post – by Martin Weil

It’s widely accepted that apes are relatives of ours, so a little reflection might suggest that now’s the time for the National Zoo’s infant gorilla to get his flu shot.

And in fact, the zoo’s seven-month-old western lowland gorilla did got his first flu shot last month, according to the zoo.   Continue reading “Gorilla, susceptible like us, to flu, gets his shot at National Zoo”

Tucson.com – by Tim Steller and Caitlin Schmidt

The man accused of killing a deputy U.S. marshal in Tucson on Thursday night previously threatened police officers over a gun they had seized from him, according to a criminal complaint filed Friday.

Beginning April 16, Ryan Schlesinger sent emails to Tucson police officers with messages such as “Release my property or else,” the complaint said.

Continue reading “Man accused of killing deputy marshal threatened Tucson police officers, PCC administrator”

Mises – by Alan Mosley

In May of 2018, Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) wrote an opinion column for USA Today in which he called for significant increases in gun control, following the murder of Gary Jackson, a 28-year old security guard from Oakland, California, whose killer was armed with an “AK-47-style semi-automatic assault rifle.” Swalwell was the prosecutor in the case, and his exposure to Jackson’s autopsy reports emboldened him to seek significant gun control legislation at the federal level. Continue reading “Congressman Threatens to Bomb Gun Owners Who Don’t Submit to Gun Control”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

In what can be described as a monumental step forward in the relentless pursuit of 9/11 truth, a United States Attorney has agreed to comply with federal law requiring submission to a Special Grand Jury of evidence that explosives were used to bring down the World Trade Centers.

The Lawyers’ Committee for 9/11 Inquiry successfully submitted a petition to the federal government demanding that the U.S. Attorney present to a Special Grand Jury extensive evidence of yet-to-be-prosecuted federal crimes relating to the destruction of three World Trade Center Towers on 9/11 (WTC1, WTC2 and WTC7).   Continue reading “For the First Time Since 9/11, Federal Gov’t Takes Steps to Prosecute the Use of Explosives to Destroy WTCs”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

In an extraordinary and sobering report meant to educate the nation on a growing threat, a new military study warns that an electromagnetic pulse weapon attack such as those developed by North Korea, Russia, and Iran could essentially challenge the United States and displace millions.

“Based on the totality of available data,” said the report from the Air Force’s Air University and provided to Secrets, “an electromagnetic spectrum attack may be a threat to the United States, democracy, and the world order.”   Continue reading “Military warns EMP attack could wipe out America, ‘democracy, world order’”