Homeland Security Newswire

The worldwide spread of a serious infectious disease could result in pandemic-related deaths of 700,000 and annual economic losses of $500 billion, according to a study in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. Victoria Fan, an assistant professor in the Office of Public Health Studiesat the Myron B. Thompson School of Social Workat the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, is lead author of a new study which applied a theoretical model to calculate the expected number of deaths and economic losses in rare pandemic scenarios.   Continue reading “Worst-case global pandemic scenario: 700,000 dead, $500 billion in economic losses”

Free Thought Project – by Rachel Blevins

Independence, KS – The man who should be celebrated as a hero for saving his wife, daughter, and at least 30 strangers from an armed gunman during an attempted robbery, is now recovering from a gunshot wound after police arrived at the scene and shot him.

Mike Becker, 31, told the Kansas City Star that he grabbed his handgun and rushed to the local Dollar General after he received a call from his wife saying that she, their 4-year-old daughter, and several other customers in the store were being threatened by a man with a gun.   Continue reading “Hero Dad Saves 30 People From Gunman – Cops Show Up And Shoot HIM”

The New Observer

Israeli foreign minister Naftali Bennett will visit Poland this week to register the Jewish state’s official objection to a new law forbidding reference to “Polish death camps”—although the law is modeled directly on Israel’s own law making Holocaust revisionism illegal.

The move is, alongside the mass expulsion of African invaders currently underway in Israel (while the Israel-supporting Jewish lobbies in all European nations demands that the invaders stay in those countries), one of the more blatant examples of Jewish Supremacist hypocrisy of late.   Continue reading ““Holocaust Law”: Free Speech Banning Israel Objects to Free Speech Banning Poland”

Daily Caller – by Grace Carr

Delaware is considering adopting a policy that will let young students in school choose whatever name, gender, or race they want under a veil of school protection mandating that the parents not be informed of these decisions unless the student explicitly wishes the parent be included.

Drafted by Delaware Gov. John Carney, the anti-discrimination policy states that children from K-12 can choose their own name, identify with whatever race or gender they feel most comfortable with, and even access hormone blockers necessary to transition without the consent of their parents. Regulation 225 “Prohibition Of Discrimination” also indicates that students will be able to join any sports team they choose and can use bathrooms and showers according their chosen identity.  Continue reading “This Policy Will Let Kids In School Choose Whatever Gender Or Race They Want Without Their Parents’ Knowledge”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

Colts Linebacker Edwin Jackson and his driver were allegedly killed by a drunk driving, previously deported illegal alien Sunday morning near Indianapolis. The suspect fled the scene on foot after crashing into their vehicle. Indiana State Police officers arrested the reported driver later that morning.   Continue reading “NFL Colts Linebacker Allegedly Killed by Twice-Deported Illegal Alien Drunk Driver”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Christopher Coons (D-DE) will roll out an immigration bill on Monday which omits funding for a southern border wall, provides a path to citizenship for more “Dreamers” than President Trump has agreed to, and calls for a study to determine whether addition border security measures are needed, according to the Wall St. Journal.

The bipartisan bill aims to provide a compromise between Republicans and Democrats in order to pave the way for a budget deal before the federal government runs out of money on Friday.   Continue reading “McCain, Coons To Introduce Immigration Bill Without Wall”

USA Today

SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico’s high school juniors would be required to apply to at least one college or show they have committed to other post-high school plans as part of a new high school graduation requirement being pushed by two state lawmakers.

The proposal is scheduled for its first legislative hearing on Thursday. If it eventually becomes law, New Mexico would be the first state to require post-high school plans of students, said Jennifer Zinth, who is the director of high school and STEM research at the Education Commission of the States, a Denver-based group that tracks education policy.  Continue reading “New Mexico bill would force high school students to apply to college”

RT

A majority of Democrats now have a favorable view of former President George W. Bush — and three times as many Democrats have “a great deal” of trust in the FBI as Republicans do.

Oh, how easily people forget. It would be difficult to find a greater indicator of the fickle nature of politics or the hypocrisy of the party faithful than these two polls.  Continue reading “Democrats love George Bush & the FBI now. What happened?”

RT

A new study from advocacy group Tax Justice Network reveals that Switzerland is the world’s most-corrupt country, with a “high secrecy score of 76.” It’s followed by the US and the Cayman Islands.

“Switzerland is the grandfather of the world’s tax havens, one of the world’s largest offshore financial centers, and one of the world’s biggest secrecy jurisdictions or tax havens,” said the group’s report ‘Financial Secrecy Index — 2018 Results’.  Continue reading “Switzerland & United States are the world’s most corrupt nations – report”

Mail.com

CHICAGO (AP) — Five years after the largest mass closure of public schools in an American city, Chicago is forging ahead with a plan to shutter four more in one of the city’s highest-crime and impoverished areas.

School officials are pitching the new closures around Englewood, a neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, to make way for a new $85 million school they insist will better serve students and reverse low enrollment. But some parents, students and activists are skeptical, saying they’re still reeling from the 2013 closures and the latest plan will make things worse, including the displacement of hundreds of mostly black and poor teenagers.  Continue reading “After closing record schools, Chicago’s new plan draws fury”

Mail.com

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 5:40 p.m. Rebels under siege on the outskirts of Damascus are pounding the Syrian capital with rockets and mortar shells, a barrage that state media says has killed one person and wounded 13.

The SANA news agency said Monday that “armed groups” were firing into Damascus from the eastern Ghouta suburbs, one of the last remaining opposition-held pockets in the capital region. Government forces pounded the suburbs with airstrikes on Monday. Syrian activists say at least 28 people have been killed.   Continue reading “The Latest: Syria rebels shell capital, 1 killed”

Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston

More Americans than ever have decided to ignore the NFL’s biggest game by finding other things to do than to tune in and watch Super Bowl LII and most cite the NFL’s refusal to stand to honor the country during the playing of the national anthem as their reason.

Veterans are especially unhappy with the National Football League’s constant indulgence of anti-American protests during the nation’s song. But millions of others are just as upsetat the protests, Fox News reported.   Continue reading “Americans Turning Off Super Bowl in Droves: Bars, Bowling Alleys, Veterans Boycotting”

Yahoo News

HONOLULU (AP) — The FBI is investigating four Honolulu police officers who are accused of forcing a man to place his mouth on a urinal inside a public restroom, according to the police department’s top official.

Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard said another officer reported the suspected misconduct after the officers responded to a complaint Sunday afternoon of a person trespassing in the restroom.   Continue reading “Hawaii police officers accused of making man touch urinal”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

FBI Supervisory Special Agent W. Joseph Astarita is facing several charges related to the attempted murder and coverup of shots he took at LaVoy Finicum as he exited his vehicle after dodging a roadblock setup by the FBI and Oregon State Police on January 26, 2016.  However, it is coming to light now that the FBI did not want the police to wear their standard body cameras at the roadblock.

First of all, Astarita’s trial is to begin sometime this month.  He was indicted, but unlike those that were arrested that fateful day in January and held for nearly 2 years facing trials in which they were both acquitted and had dismissed because the prosecution was violating the law and their rights, he was allowed to walk on after entering a not guilty plea and was not held on bail.
Continue reading “FBI Didn’t Want Body Cams At Roadblock Where LaVoy Finicum Was Killed”

The Great Recession

The sweet grande dame of the central bankster world sees nothing but the brightest future to the furthest horizons for the markets she has been nurturing with her benevolent “wealth effect,” as one of her close colleagues called it. While Grandpa Greenspan routinely warns now that stock and bond markets are in bubbles, Grandma Yellen says,

I don’t want to label what we’re seeing as a bubble. But I would say that asset valuations are generally elevated.… For the stock market, the ratio of price to earnings…is near the high end of its historical range. If we look at for example of commercial real estate and other assets, we’re seeing high valuations. 

Continue reading “Grandma Yellen Pats Markets on the Head and Sends them off to Bed … with a Warm Glass of Poison”

The Organic Prepper

What would happen if the Earth’s magnetic poles literally flipped upside down? If north was south and south was north? Would it just be our compasses going awry or would this result in a catastrophic end for the citizens of Planet Earth? Would a pole shift be the end of humanity?

It depends on who you ask.   Continue reading “What Would Actually Happen In a Magnetic Pole Shift?”

New York Daily News – by Shayna Jacobs

Blame it on the alcohol?

Police stole $30,000 worth of booze as part of an illegal seizure at a Bronx restaurant — along with $10,000 in cash from the owner’s adjacent business, a lawsuit charges.

Rolando Feliz says he watched as cops from the 50th Precinct hauled off his entire stock of suds and spirits, from Corona and Negro Modelo to Patrón Silver and Hennessy — 124 cases in total.  Continue reading “NYPD cops take $30G worth of booze, $10G in cash from Bronx business owner during weapons search”

News Sentinel – by Michelle Malkin

It’s elementary. Education control freaks will use any excuse to crack down on the competition. With two million K-12 students now educated at home (including our 9th-grade son), the temptation to exploit the most marginal cases of alleged child abuse by home-schoolers has proven irresistible to statist politicians and government apologists.

Take the case of David and Louise Turpin’s 13 starving children, reportedly found tethered to their beds after one of the siblings escaped and contacted police. The Turpins’ “house of horrors” in Riverside County, California, grabbed international headlines last week — and lured a parade of publicity hounds. Former neighbors in Texas claimed they suspected physical abuse by the parents but did nothing at the time. These thirsty fame-seekers will, however, be appearing on “Dr. Phil” later this week to slurp up their 15 minutes of leechdom.   Continue reading “Home schooling is not a crime”