Honest to Paws – by Evelyn H. Armstrong

If you own a smartphone, chances are you use a few different messaging apps to keep in touch with friends. One of the most popular is Snapchat. It’s a great way to quickly capture and share moments, usually alongside a clever observation or with some emojis tacked on to it. Snapchat users may share all kinds of things, but the best snaps are ones that involve funny and adorable pets!

The images these pet owners caught on Snapchat are cute on their own, sure. But what truly sets them apart from the crowd are their hilarious captions. See if you can make it to the bottom of this list without tearing up from laughter!   Continue reading “20 Hilariously Goofy Animal Snapchats That Are Nearly Impossible Not To Laugh At”

The Organic Prepper

Over the past few years, here in America….

Contaminated water caused a complete loss of municipal services in both Ohio and West Virginia, resulting in almost a million people vying for the stock in local stores.

A freak confluence of storms caused a “Superstorm” that took out power to much of the Eastern Seaboard, including New York City and the coastal parts of New Jersey. Nearly a year later, some families were still without electricity to their homes. Continue reading “The First 10 Things Every New Prepper Should Do (Some of Them Are Free!)”

The Atlantic – by Conor Friedersdorf

A rising generation of Americans has never known peace.

Very soon, in Iraq or Afghanistan or Syria or Somalia or Libya or perhaps elsewhere, an 18-year-old man or woman will be deployed by the United States military to risk his or her life in a War on Terror that began before they were even born.

Already, every single spring, roughly 3.5 million high-school graduates reach adulthood with no memory of a time when their country wasn’t waging multiple wars. Continue reading “Congress May Declare the Forever War”

Orlando Sentinel

Four young children were discovered dead at a west Orlando apartment complex late Monday, nearly 24 hours after a standoff that began when an Orlando police officer was shot responding to a domestic violence call.

The gunman was also found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a closet when SWAT officers entered the apartment at about 9 p.m., Orlando Police Chief John Mina said at a news conference just before midnight.   Continue reading “4 children, gunman found dead nearly 24 hours after Orlando standoff began”

Q13 Fox

WHIDBEY ISLAND, Wash. — It’s time to get out that tinfoil hat.

A mysterious object was spotted by a local photographer over the skies of Whibey Island early Sunday morning, leading to lots of speculation and questions, but no solid answers.  Continue reading “Missile launch? Lens flare? Mysterious object spotted over Whidbey Island raises questions”

Fox News

The violent gang MS-13 has infiltrated a predominantly Hispanic school in Maryland, bringing terror and the campaign to recruit young students, with teachers calling the situation a “ticking time bomb.”

William Wirt Middle School in Riverdale has reportedly become a battleground after the gang established its presence at the school.   Continue reading “Teachers reportedly fearful after MS-13 infiltrates Maryland school”

The College Fix – by Andrew Johnson

The University of Denver recently suspended a freshman student for fall quarter 2018 for having allegedly used several slurs frequently in everyday conversation, with the school saying that the behavior violated its harassment policy by creating “a hostile environment of divisiveness and disrespect.”

The student, meanwhile, has denied any wrongdoing in the matter, and a campus watchdog group has raised serious concerns about the university’s approach to the controversy.   Continue reading “University suspends student after ‘some people said that other people said that she said offensive things’”

Yahoo News

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended their historic meeting with a Singapore by signing a joint statement. The document promised “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula” without detailing exactly what that would entail.

“President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un conducted a comprehensive, in-depth, and sincere exchange of opinions on the issues related to the establishment of new U.S.-DPRK relations and the building of a lasting and robust peace regime on the Korean Peninsula,” the statement said, using the North’s acronym for Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.  Continue reading “Trump and Kim sign joint statement promising ‘complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula’”

Vigilant Citizen

YouTube will display links to Wikipedia and other “fact-based” sites along videos about “conspiracy theories”.

After demonetizing thousands of channels (many of which were “truther” and “conspiracy”-related), YouTube is now taking further steps to fight undesirable videos. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki announced this week that the video platform will soon begin displaying links to “fact-based” sites alongside conspiracy videos. Called “information cues”, these snippets of information will link to “reputable” articles in order to combat “hoaxes” and “fake news” stories (gotta use lots of quotation marks to highlight mass media’s biased vocabulary).   Continue reading “YouTube Will Fight “Conspiracy” Videos Using Wikipedia”

“When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation, since the hand that gives is above the hand that takes… Money has no motherland; financiers are without patriotism and without decency; their sole object is gain.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The New York Times reports that the United Nations is pulling its staff from the besieged Yemeni port city of Al Hudaydah as a massive assault on the country’s only major humanitarian lifeline appears imminent. 

UN staff have played a key role in delivering foreign aid through what is now one of the besieged country’s only humanitarian access points to the outside world, through which 80% of all humanitarian aid flows.    Continue reading “UN, Red Cross Evacuate Staff From Yemen Port City Ahead Of “Imminent” US-Saudi Coalition Assault”

Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan

Billionaire George Soros lamented the rise of President Donald Trump and nationalist movements in Europe in an interview shared Saturday in the Washington Post, saying “everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.”

From The Washington Post:

George Soros, the billionaire investor and liberal donor, sat in his hotel suite by Lake Zurich this week, lamenting the turn much of the world has taken in recent years: “Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong.” Continue reading “George Soros: ‘Everything That Could Go Wrong Has Gone Wrong’”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. open internet rules expired on Monday, handing sweeping new powers to internet providers to block, throttle or offer paid “fast lanes” for web traffic, but a court battle remains ahead.

The Federal Communications Commission repealed the 2015 Obama administration’s landmark net neutrality rules in December by a 3-2 vote, sparking a firestorm of criticism on social media websites, opposition from internet firms like Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), and protests among Democrats in the Republican-controlled Congress.   Continue reading “U.S. net neutrality rules expire, court battle looms”

NPR

By a 5-4 margin, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a controversial Ohio voter-purge law.

It’s known as the “use-it-or-lose-it” law, and it’s the most aggressive voter-purge system in the country. The state currently strikes voters from the registration rolls if they fail to vote in two consecutive elections — and if they fail to return a mailed address confirmation form.

Those challenging the law said it violated the National Voting Rights Act, which says that a state cannot strike someone from the rolls for failure to vote. The emphasis is to get more people to vote — and not have them purged.   Continue reading “Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Ohio Voter-Purge Law”