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Jan 02, 2019 — Three counties in the North Country will receive new mobile child advocacy centers.
Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the state will channel $4.5 million dollars of federal money to rural communities to fund this project. The counties of St. Lawrence, Hamilton and Franklin will each receive $250,000 to purchase new mobile centers. Continue reading “New mobile child advocacy centers coming to the North Country”
MONTPELIER, VT. A lawsuit filed by an immigrant rights group says the Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles has forwarded information about immigrant farm workers to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, leading to the arrest and deportation of some of those individuals.
The suit, filed in November by the group Migrant Justice and some of its members with the assistance of the American Civil Liberties Union, says some immigrant farm workers were targeted for deportation after they obtained Vermont drivers’ licenses, Vermont Public Radio reported. Continue reading “Suit says Vermont continuing to feed immigrant info to feds”
A Cleveland hospital has fired a resident after anti-Semitic comments and threats to give the Jewish people “the wrong meds” surfaced on social media.
Lara Kollab was identified as the fired employee behind the comments. She worked as a supervised resident at the Cleveland Clinic from July to September, Cleveland.com reported. Continue reading “Cleveland Clinic fires resident after online threat to give Jews ‘wrong meds’ surfaces”
Aspects of California’s gun confiscation laws broadened on January 1, 2019, as the state added ammunition and certain magazines to the list of items that can be confiscated when firearms are seized.
KRCR reports that Senate Bill 1200, which Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed into law, “adds ammunition and bullet drums to the list of items related to firearms that can be confiscated.” Continue reading “CA Broadens Gun Confiscation Laws to Include Ammunition, Certain Magazines”
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Archive: TWFTT 1-2-19
The Guardian – by Jamie Fullerton
Vietnam has introduced a new cybersecurity law, which criminalises criticising the government online and forces internet providers to give authorities’ user data when requested, sparking claims of a “totalitarian” crackdown on dissent.
The law, which mirrors China’s draconian internet rules, came into effect on 1 January and forces internet providers to censor content deemed “toxic” by the ruling communist government. Vietnam’s ministry of public security said it will tackle “hostile and reactionary forces”, but human rights groups said it was authorities’ latest method of silencing free speech. Continue reading “Vietnam criticised for ‘totalitarian’ law banning online criticism of government”
The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder
The character of a nation is a reflection of the character of millions of individual people, and one of the fastest ways to get a sense of the character of individual people is to visit their homes. It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and if that is true then a home visit has got to be worth a million. Sadly, there is a reason why so many Americans that make a living making service calls in other people’s homes absolutely hate their jobs. Way too often they are confronted with the worst that America has to offer, and many of them end up psychologically scarred for life as a result. For example, the following is from an article in which Lauren Hough described her time as a cable installer… Continue reading “An Inside Look At The Social Decay That Is Eating Away At America Like An Aggressive Form Of Cancer”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Brazil to hold a meeting with President-elect Jair Bolsonaro in Rio de Janeiro.
Benjamin Netanyahu and his family were met by a furious crowd at Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Christ the Redeemer statue on Sunday. People were jeering and hissing at the Israeli prime minister because the popular tourist site was closed to visitors due to security arrangements for his visit, The Times of Israel reported. Continue reading “Netanyahu Booed by Crowd as Rio’s Christ Statue Closed for PM’s Visit”
The Wilson Times – by Tyler Stocks
GREENVILLE — No charges will be filed in a Christmas Eve shooting death that was the result of a domestic incident, the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office reported on Friday.
Pitt County Sheriff Paula Dance said that 44-year-old George Thomas Chance was shot and killed by his son, 20-year-old Gejuan Chance, during a violent domestic dispute that took place about 6 p.m. on Dec. 24. Continue reading “Pitt sheriff: Marine fatally shot his father to stop domestic assault”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Muskogee, OK — An infuriating video was uploaded to social media this week showing multiple police officers attack a disabled veteran in a Walmart. The veteran was pulled from his wheelchair, thrown to the floor and pepper sprayed after asking for the store’s policy on showing identification to purchase alcohol.
The victim, 36-year-old Jason Williams was attempting to purchase champagne for
New Year’s Eve at the Muskogee Walmart when employees asked to see his identification as well as the identification of his family members who were with him. Because his family members were not purchasing anything at all, Williams asked to see the policy that required family members to produce identification. Continue reading “Disabled Veteran Ripped from Wheelchair, Pepper Sprayed for Questioning Walmart ID Policy”
Journal Sentinel – by Bruce Vielmetti
Lynn Sarver turned a scary start to her New Year into an act of compassion.
The Waukesha nurse awoke shortly after 5 a.m. Tuesday to find a man sleeping on her dog’s bed — along with Benton, her 130-pound Boerboel, a South African mastiff. Continue reading “Woman finds strange man sleeping in bed with her dog”
Police in Australia responded to reports of a man screaming “why don’t you die?” by dispatching multiple units to a home in Perth.
But officers were soon told to stand down when they found a man who “had only been trying to kill a spider”, according to the police log published online. Continue reading “Australian man screaming at spider ‘why don’t you die?’ triggers full police response”
A clinical trial called “Ambrosia” seeks to discover the long-sought Fountain of Youth – and some scientists believe they’ve found it in the blood of young people.
Unlike most clinical trials, people actually paid to participate instead of the other way around. Patients over the age of 35 ponied up $8000 to take part in the experiment where they get transfusions of young blood, run by Dr. Jesse Karmazin. Continue reading “Vampire Science Believes “YOUNG BLOOD” Is the REAL Fountain of Youth”
A hacking collective known as The Dark Overlord announced on New Year’s Eve that it had broken into the computer systems of a law firm and obtained files related to the September 11 attacks – threatening to publicly release a large cache of internal files unless a hefty ransom is paid, according to Motherboard.
Dark Overlord’s demands targeted several insurers and legal firms, including Lloyds of London, Silverstein Properties and Hiscox Syndicates. It is unclear what exact files were stolen by the group, however the hacking collective tweeted “We’ll be providing many answers about 9.11 conspiracies through our 18.000 secret documents leak from @HiscoxComms and others.” Continue reading ““Pay The F*ck Up”: Hackers Threaten To Dump Secret 9/11 Attack Files If Bitcoin Ransom Not Met”
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A group of about 150 migrants attempted to breach a San Diego border fence on New Year’s Eve, and some began throwing rocks at responding U.S. border agents who deployed pepper spray and tear gas on the crowd, authorities said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the group was attempting to climb over and under the San Diego border fence. When agents and officers responded, about 45 migrants turned back to Mexico, according to the agency. Continue reading “Border agents fire tear gas at migrants attempting to cross border illegally”
The Jamestown Sun – by Jack Dura
MANDAN, N.D. – Mandan and North Dakota officials say he’s a “prolific and persistent requester” who inundates local government with requests for open records and attorney general opinions.
“It’s because every time I turn over a rock, I find something else and it leads me to two more rocks,” Jordan said. “I turn over those rocks, and there they are.” Continue reading “Frequent open records requests by Mandan man catch government’s attention”
New year, new state laws.
A slew of new state laws take effect with the turn of the calendar — ranging from minimum wage changes to pink hunting gear to a mandatory cursive writing curriculum. One state will even begin paying people to relocate for remote work. Continue reading “2019 welcomes pink hunting vests in Illinois, cursive writing in Ohio and more new state laws”
New York Post – by Caleb Parke
A few Kentucky cops went viral for mourning the loss of a truckload of doughnuts.
The driver of a Krispy Kreme doughnut truck noticed his vehicle was smoking on New Year’s Eve, so he called 911.
And while the driver was able to safely escape before fire crews arrived and flames engulfed the truck, the doughnuts didn’t make it. Continue reading “Cops grieve Krispy Kreme doughnuts lost in NYE truck fire: ‘No words’”