Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Troy, OH — It is a sad fact that in many states — in the land of the free — police still use taxpayer resources to hunt down, kidnap, and even kill people for attempting to sell a plant to willing customers that has never killed anyone, ever. Illustrating the insanity of the drug war, cops in Troy, Ohio, who appear to be addicted to waging a war on this plant, recently spent taxpayer dollars to bust a man they thought was selling weed, but who actually sold them flowers because he knew the cop was undercover.   Continue reading “Man Owns Undercover Cop Trying to Bust Him for Weed, Sells Him Flowers Instead of Pot”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

President Trump is “reconsidering” his strategy to pull US forces out of Syria following an “eye-opening trip to Iraq” the day after Christmas, Bloomberg reports.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who sits on the Senate Armed Forces Committee – a harsh critic of Trump’s announced pullout, said earlier Sunday that he would try to change Trump’s mind during a private lunch since the Islamic state isn’t quite defeated in the region as the President had previously stated.   Continue reading ““The President Is Reconsidering”: Syria Pullout On Thin Ice After Lunch With Lindsey Graham”

The Register – by Kieren McCarthy

Analysis ISPs should be paid to provide slower internet speeds to poor people.

That’s the extraordinary upshot of a meeting between an ISP industry group and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US.   Continue reading “Poor people should get slower internet speeds, American ISPs tell FCC”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In a video announcement and email to supporters sent Monday morning, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren announced that she was officially launching an exploratory committee to seek the 2020 Democratic nomination, making her the first candidate to officially announce in what’s expected to be a “long and crowded” primary, according to the New York Times.

In her video, Warren leaned on the anti-Wall Street themes that have become a hallmark of her political career since she was elected to the Senate in 2013 after defeating moderate Republican incumbent Scott Brown. Prior to that, she had been a bankruptcy law professor at Harvard.   Continue reading “Elizabeth Warren Announces Plans For Presidential Run”

Hub Pages – by Ralph Lopez

Due to the persistence of surviving crew members and the continual emergence of new revelations, the national veteran’s group American Legion has passed Resolution 40 calling for Congress to “publicly, impartially, and thoroughly” investigate the attack by Israel on an American ship in 1967, in which 34 American sailors were killed and hundreds of others were wounded. The resolution comes despite a veil of government secrecy which keeps key documents on the attack classified more than 50 years later. [NSA USS Liberty documents]   Continue reading “American Legion Joins VFW in Calling for Congressional Investigation of Israel’s Attack on USS Liberty.”

The Weather Channel

After a late-December respite from the bitter chill in the central and eastern United States, colder temperatures are likely to return for the beginning of the new year and intensify by February, according to the latest outlook from The Weather Company, an IBM Business.

Temperatures are expected to be below average overall from the South to the mid-Atlantic from January through March 2019. Temperatures are forecast to be near-average or slightly colder from the Southwest to the central Plains, Midwest and Northeast.   Continue reading “January-March 2019 Temperature Outlook: Cold in East, South; Mild in Northwest”

Mashable – by Johnny Lieu

A suspected malware attack affected major U.S. newspapers over the weekend.

In what was initially thought to be a server outage, the attack delayed distribution of Saturday’s Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune, according to the Times.

On Saturday afternoon, the company suspected that the attack had originated from outside of the U.S., but didn’t reveal any further detail about its origins or what evidence led to the belief it came from overseas.   Continue reading “Malware attack stops major U.S. newspapers from publishing”

Yahoo News

Washington (AFP) – A US judge who ruled earlier this month that Obamacare is unconstitutional has said the health care law can stand while his decision is appealed.

In a stay order issued Sunday, Texas-based Judge Reed O’Connor said that while he was confident his ruling would be upheld, it should not take effect until the outcome of an appeal is known “because many everyday Americans would otherwise face great uncertainty.”   Continue reading “US judge says Obamacare can stand while appeal is heard”

Dayton Daily News

NEW VIENNA — A former New Vienna police chief accused of misusing donations for a police K-9 was indicted by a Clinton County grand jury.

Clinton Brown was indicted Dec. 18 on theft in office, a fourth-degree felony, according to the Ohio Auditor’s Office.   Continue reading “Former New Vienna police chief indicted for misusing K-9 donations”

The Organic Prepper

In this world, there are two kinds of people. You can be a consumer or you can be a producer.

Neither one is inherently good or bad – these are just descriptive terms. You can produce 100% of your own food and have a terrible heart, one that rejoices in the misfortune of others. You can never produce a single thing in your whole life and be kind and generous. This article isn’t meant to demonize consumers or set producers up on a pedestal.   Continue reading “How to Be a Producer In a Nation of Consumers”

The Sequin Gazette – by Felicia Frazar

Police say a man arrested with a gun talking about going to a church to fulfill a prophecy wasn’t targeting a local church, and didn’t even know what city he was in.

The man was arrested after a witness reported seeing a man carrying a gun about 7 a.m. on Sunday in the 2400 block of West Kingsbury Street, Seguin Police spokesperson Tanya Brown said.   Continue reading “Police: Armed man talking about prophecy wasn’t aware of what city he was in”

Rolling Stone – by Peter Wade

Supervisors at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, provided fake green cards and Social Security numbers to undocumented employees, according to a report in the Washington Post. Anibal Romero, a lawyer representing five immigrants who were undocumented while working at the Trump property, told the newspaper that he turned the fraudulent documents over to the FBI.   Continue reading “FBI Reportedly Has Fake Green Cards Given to Undocumented Immigrants Working at Trump Golf Course”

Haaretz

The Russian-Jewish billionaire Oleg Deripaska is examining investment opportunities in Israel. Deripaska, 36, one of the youngest billionaires in the world, arrived in his private jet last Thursday for a quick visit to Tel Aviv, accompanied by his friend Lord Nathaniel Rothschild of London.

The two men announced that they were exploring possibilities for a joint venture to promote educational and technological projects in Israel. Deripaska said during his visit that he believes there is a huge potential for implementing Israeli technological innovations in Russia and other world markets.    Continue reading “Russian Billionaire Takes a Local Interest”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

“Your cash is not wanted here”, a growing number of retailers and restaurants throughout the US and UK are telling customers. But are reasons being given by companies for the new “cashless” approach — speed, efficiency, and the safety of store employees — valid enough to require something as utterly and downright unAmerican as rejecting cash?

We think not, and unfortunately the trend of “cash not welcome here” establishments is growing, to the point that lawmakers are beginning to take note and could introduce legislation barring the practice, as Massachusetts has done already, and as the New Jersey State House could be set to do next. According to a Federal Reserve survey conducted in 2017 cited in The Wall Street Journal, cash represented 30% of all transactions in America, with 55% of those being under $10.   Continue reading “Retailers Rejecting Customers’ Cash As More Ban Paper Money”

Philly.com – by Danielle Paquette, Washington Post

“Inescapable.”

“It’s a constant stressor.”

“I see no way out.”

What do professors, real estate agents, farmers, business executives, computer programmers, and store clerks have in common? Continue reading “‘I see no way out’: Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common”