USA Today

An Arizona jury on Thursday found former Mesa police officer Philip “Mitch” Brailsford not guilty of second-degree murder charges in the 2016 shootingof an unarmed Texas man who was on his knees begging for his life.

Eight jurors deliberated for less than six hours over two days, finding Brailsford not guilty of the second-degree murder charge as well as the lesser charge of reckless manslaughter.

The packed courtroom in Maricopa County Superior Court was quiet after one of Judge George Foster’s clerks read the verdict.   Continue reading “Ex-officer found not guilty in shooting death of Daniel Shaver”

Ron Paul Institute – by Richard Galustian

For over a year, the United States has been disengaged from Libya’s turmoil, with President Donald Trump declaring America had “no interest” in its interminable civil war.

That all changed Friday December 1st, when the President abruptly announced a rethink in a meeting with the head of Libya’s UN-backed Government National Accord, Fayez Sarraj to declare his “commitment to helping the Libyan people realize a more stable, unified, and prosperous future.”   Continue reading “Libya – Trump Jumps Back In”

Daily Mail

Chinese web users are enthused over a new product that claimed to be a China-made ‘quantum of invisibility cloak’.

Amateur video emerged on Weibo showing a man disappears in front of the camera as he holds a transparent-looking table cloth in front of him.   Continue reading “Chinese web users amazed by transparent cloth”

Daily Mail

Retirement communities built on golf courses, thoroughbreds in race horse stables and other usually serene sites were engulfed by flames as Southern California’s wildfires raced towards San Diego on  Thursday night.

Since breaking out on Thursday afternoon in Bonsall, The Lilac Fire has torched 4,100 acres, taking with it 65 individual structures.

They included the Rancho Monserate Country Club community in Fallbrook which Lilac consumed in a matter of hours.    Continue reading “Fast-moving wildfire engulfs semi-rural San Diego area”

MuckRock – by JPat Brown

Nearly 50 years before President Trump’s controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capitol of Israel, a SECRET Central Intelligence Agency report had already declared the issue of the city’s ownership a “stumbling block” which could sink the entire peace process, and worse, one “without prospects” for a solution.   Continue reading “1971 SECRET CIA report declared Jerusalem was “an issue without prospects””

Yahoo News

AZTEC, N.M. (AP) — The Latest on a shooting at a New Mexico high school (all times local): 11:50 a.m. Authorities say heroes helped save lives during a deadly shooting at a New Mexico high school.

San Juan County Sheriff Ken Christesen told reporters Friday that a substitute teacher heard the gunshots Thursday morning at Aztec High School but didn’t have a key to lock the door to the computer lab.   Continue reading “The Latest: Sheriff: Heroes saved lives in school shooting”

The Hill

Two Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured in clashes along the Gaza Strip’s border with Israel that came in the wake of President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.

The Associated Press reports that more than 35 Palestinians were injured and that 30-year-old Mohammed Al-Masri was killed by live fire in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Agence France-Presse also reported a second Palestinian was killed in “anti-Trump clashes” in Gaza Friday.   Continue reading “Two Palestinians killed in Gaza clashes following Trump’s Jerusalem decision: report”

Free Thought Project – by Jack Burns

St. Paul, MN — On September 23rd, Desiree Collins, a 52-year-old St. Paul resident, learned the hard way what can happen when a K9 officer loses control of his dog. St. Paul police officer Thaddeus P. Schmidt claims he lost control of his K-9, Gabe, when it attacked Collins, ripping her arm into shreds. The entire incident was caught on the body cameras of the officers involved.

Collins was attacked by Gabe near a dumpster along the 600 block of Van Buren Avenue. The woman can be heard in a long and sustained scream. “Ow!…Oh!”, she shouted. The pain must have been intense as her eyes seemed to show the fear and horror she was experiencing.   Continue reading “52yo Woman Torn to Shreds by K9 as Cops Admit She’s Innocent”

Activist Post – by Catherine Frompovich

Air is one of the PRIMARY elements of life; without it for about three minutes, we cannot survive.  If air is such an important biological and functional life component, why are weather geoengineers messing around with it?

They’re not, according to ‘official source’ denials.   Continue reading “Do You Know What We Are Breathing In From Weather Geoengineering Efforts?”

Breitbart – by John Binder

In President Trump’s historic immigration speech in Phoenix, Arizona during the 2016 presidential election, the then-candidate promised that amnesty for illegal aliens would never be considered until illegal immigration was ended, a border wall was constructed, and pro-American immigration reforms were enacted.

During the speech, Trump made clear that American workers would see benefits with pro-American immigration reforms before illegal aliens were given a pathway to legal status to permanently remain in the United States.   Continue reading “Trump’s 2016 ‘Phoenix Promise:’ No Consideration of Amnesty Until ‘Illegal Immigration Is Memory of The Past’”

Export of Thermal Imaging Equipment or related accessories (such as manuals) is strictly regulated by the US Department of State in accordance with the guidelines of the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). It is a major crime to ship or carry US manufactured thermal imaging devices outside the borders of the United States, punishable by fines and prison sentences. Ignorance of these regulations will not hold up in court. By purchasing thermal imaging equipment from TNVC, you attest that you will not attempt to export or carry this thermal imaging equipment outside the borders of the United States. Also, it illegal to allow a non-US Citizen to look through US Thermal Imaging Equipment, even on US soil. Again, this is a crime punishable by fines and prison sentences.   Continue reading “I ran across this on a night vision website”

Yahoo News

A father fatally shot an armed robber who threatened him and his family at a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in San Antonio, Texas.

Officers told Fox San Antonia that 19-year-old Andrews Herrera was killed after he approached Carlos Molina, 32, just before 9 p.m. Wednesday. Molina was eating at the fried chicken chain with his family when Herrera demanded that he hand over his property and threatened his children with a gun, police say.   Continue reading “Father Fatally Shoots Robber Who Pointed Gun at His Children in Popeyes”

The Virginia Pilot – by Ryan Murphy

NORFOLK – The colors were raised, the watch was set and on Saturday at 11:56 a.m., the fast-attack sub Washington officially became the USS Washington and was commissioned into the U.S. Navy.

Construction on the sub started in Newport News in September 2011.

In March 2015, it was christened the Washington. The “USS” designation may not seem like much to the average civilian, but for Cmdr. Gabriel Cavazos, it’s the culmination of years of construction work and many months of effort from his crew.   Continue reading “USS Washington joins Navy’s submarine fleet in commissioning ceremony at Naval Station Norfolk”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Euclid, OH — Once again, the cops from what is now becoming one of the most infamous departments in the country are in the spotlight. This time, the Euclid police department beat a man so severely that they literally broke his face and he had to be hospitalized. Also, after they arrested him, two officers were caught on the dashcam expressing their disappointment that they didn’t kill him.

Tensions between police and citizens in Euclid, Ohio have come to a head recently after police killed an unarmed 23-year-old man over a marijuana roach and officers were seen on video pulverizing another man over a suspended license, and, as TFTP reported last week, beating the hell out of an innocent man after mistaking his colostomy bag for a weapon.   Continue reading “Cops Brutally Beat Man then Express ‘Regret’ for NOT Killing Him”