Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

Los Angeles, CA — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies opened fire on a biting dog after responding to a call of a teen house party early Thursday morning — but a bullet ricocheted and killed a 17-year-old boy, who was trying to save the dog from gunfire.

Reports say the sheriff’s department received calls about the party and arrived on scene at an apartment complex around 3:47 a.m., local time; but a pit bull sprinted from inside the residence — biting one of the responding deputies on the leg.   Continue reading “Cops Trying to Kill a Dog, Kill Innocent Boy Who Tried to Save It Instead”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As more Democrats have started to question why former Attorney General Loretta Lynch was never investigated for obstruction following a suspicious meeting with former President Bill Clinton, it appears the Senate Judiciary Committee has finally decided to act.

The Washington Times reported Friday that the committee has launched a formal investigation into Lynch’s attempts to shape the FBI’s probe into Hillary Clinton, and whether she mishandled classified information on her private email server.   Continue reading “Senate Judiciary Committee Opens Probe Into Loretta Lynch”

The Federalist Papers – by Kimberly Morin

Because being molested by the most useless federal organization in the United States isn’t enough when you fly anywhere in the United States, the federal government now wants to infringe upon your privacy even further.

The Department of Homeland Security is now working with some airlines (probably coercively) to use facial recognition scanning so they can keep track of regular, innocent Americans who may fly out of the country. They used to only use this type of technology at an attempt to track people who may overstay their visas and possibly even suspected terrorists but apparently Americans are on the menu now as well, according to Slate:   Continue reading “DHS Illegally Testing Facial Recognition Scans on Americans”

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WCAX

SAN DIEGO (AP) – A former Mexican lawmaker arrested at the California border was charged Thursday with working for the Sinaloa drug cartel, whose once-powerful kingpin, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was extradited to the United States in January.

Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez, a former representative in the Sinaloa state legislature, was charged Thursday in federal court in San Diego with conspiracy to distribute 11 pounds (five kilograms) of cocaine in the United States between January 2013 and January 2017.  Continue reading “Ex-Mexican lawmaker arrested at US border on drug charges”

Legal Information Institute

Federal reserve notes, to be issued at the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System for the purpose of making advances to Federal reserve banks through the Federal reserve agents as hereinafter set forth and for no other purpose, are authorized. The said notes shall be obligations of the United States and shall be receivable by all national and member banks and Federal reserve banks and for all taxes, customs, and other public dues. They shall be redeemed in lawful money on demand at the Treasury Department of the United States, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, or at any Federal Reserve bank.

Continue reading “12 U.S. Code § 411 – Issuance to reserve banks; nature of obligation; redemption”

Fox 10

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Johnny Depp has asked a crowd at the Glastonbury Festival when was the last time an actor assassinated a president. The remarks came during a segment Thursday in which Depp was speaking about President Donald Trump.

He asked the question at the annual festival that celebrates the performing arts.

The 54-year-old “Pirates of the Caribbean” star followed by saying that he is not an actor, but someone who lies for a living.   Continue reading “Johnny Depp: ‘maybe it’s time’ to assassinate a president”

Mass Transit – by Erin Baldassari

June 21–OAKLAND — BART’s governing board on Thursday will consider adding the four-county transit district to the growing list of local jurisdictions refusing to enforce federal immigration laws.

The proposed policy, dubbed “Safe Transit,” would prohibit BART from spending any money or resources on enforcing federal immigration laws, and it would forbid BART employees, including its police officers, from questioning riders about their immigration status, except if that cooperation is required by federal or state laws, or through a court order.   Continue reading “CA: BART Board to Consider Adopting an Immigration Sanctuary Policy Thursday”

Ars Technica – by David Kravets

A Rhode Island legislative committee has approved a bill that would greatly expand the surveillance state through the deployment of license plate readers. For the first time in the US, these devices would be attached along Rhode Island highways and roads for the stated purpose of catching uninsured motorists from any state.

The House Corporations Committee approved the bill on a 7-2 vote earlier this week. The legislation spells out that the contractor for the project would get 50 percent of the fines paid by uninsured motorists ensnared under the program. The state and the contractor would each earn an estimated $15 million annually. Fines are as high as $120.  Continue reading “Rhode Island bill sees highway surveillance cams ticketing uninsured motorists”

NBC News

A caught-on-camera road rage incident between a motorcyclist and a driver on a Southern California freeway led to a chain-reaction crash, sending an innocent person to the hospital Wednesday, authorities said.

The crash occurred before 6 a.m. on the southbound 14 Freeway near Newhall in Santa Clarita. The passenger who shot the video said he started recording when a gray sedan inadvertently cut off a passing motorcyclist.   Continue reading “Road Rage Caught on Camera: Motorcyclist Kicks Sedan Before Multi-Car Crash”

Reason – by Eric Boehm

Cronyist-in-chief Donald Trump promised in December that he would do whatever was necessary to keep Carrier, an HVAC manufacturer, from laying off employees at an Indiana factory and shifting those jobs to Mexico.

On Thursday, Carrier announced it will lay off 600 workers in Indiana and shift those jobs to Mexico.

While the decision is understandably devastating for the people who will lose their jobs, it’s heartening to know that the government’s influence over the economy does not extend so far that the president can point his finger and tell CEOs how high to jump.   Continue reading “Carrier Will Move Jobs to Mexico, Despite Trump’s Promise to Keep Them in Indiana”

ABC News

New Jersey authorities are looking for a police officer after he skipped out on his trial on charges that he helped gang members in police investigations.

The Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office says it is searching for 49-year-old Keith German after the Asbury Park patrolman failed to show up in court Tuesday. The trial went on without him. German’s lawyer isn’t commenting.   Continue reading “Police looking for patrolman who skipped out on his trial”

World Events and the Bible

In Chapter 5 we discussed “The Timing of Satan’s Appearance” and provided scriptural documentation as to when we might expect to see Satan cast from Heaven to earth. In Chapter 6 we are going to discuss “The Hour of Temptation” which is the portion of time Satan will be on earth, from the time he is cast from Heaven until the Return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. As we will learn, Satan will be on earth for the entire Tribulation and we will uncover the length of the Tribulation as well.   Continue reading “The Timeline Of The Tribulation: Chapter 6 – The Hour Of Temptation”

St. Louis Post-Dispatch – by Christine Byers and Nassim Benchaabane

ST. LOUIS • An off-duty officer was wounded by “friendly fire” as police looked for suspects after a stolen vehicle fled police and crashed late Wednesday.

The injured off-duty officer was treated at a hospital released on Thursday. The suspect was also treated, and released into police custody.   Continue reading “Off-duty St. Louis officer injured by ‘friendly fire’ after police chase of stolen car”

RT

A federal appeals court has ruled that members of the US Navy can now, in a US court, pursue their lawsuit which alleges that they were exposed to radiation while providing aid after the nuclear crisis in Fukushima, Japan.

On Thursday, the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled in favor of the sailors who were exposed to dangerous levels of radiation while providing humanitarian aid after an earthquake destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.   Continue reading “USS Reagan crew can sue Japanese company over Fukushima nuclear disaster – court”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

Just when you thought air travel couldn’t get any more invasive, authoritarian and downright miserable, the Department of Homeland Security and two U.S. carriers are determined to prove you wrong.

Yesterday, Harrison Rudolph, a law fellow at the Center on Privacy & Technology at Georgetown Law, wrote a very troubling article at Slate titled, DHS Is Starting to Scan Americans’ Faces Before They Get on International Flights. Here’s some of what we learned:  Continue reading “Certain U.S. Airlines Are Testing Mandatory Facial Recognition Scans on Americans Flying Abroad”

Life Site News – by Claire Chretien

SALEM, Oregon, June 20, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Oregon Right to Life (ORTL) declared victory Tuesday because a bill allowing dementia and mentally ill patients to be starved to death was sent to a House committee that’s already closed for the legislative session, effectively killing the anti-life bill.

Senate Bill 494 was written in such an insidious way, said Gayle Atteberry, ORTL’s executive director, that its text can be difficult for lay people to understand. She called it the most “devious bill” she’d ever seen.   Continue reading “Victory: Oregon bill allowing dementia patients to be starved fails to pass”

New York Times – by JONATHAN MARTIN and MATT FLEGENHEIMER

WASHINGTON — The House Democratic leader, Nancy Pelosi, strolled before the cameras on Thursday with defeat at her back once more, projecting a well-worn swagger — brash, defiant, more than a little off key — as she insisted that her moment had not passed.

“I think I’m worth the trouble,” she told reporters, parrying renewed questions from Democrats about her stewardship after yet another Republican congressional candidate, this time in Georgia, found success by making Ms. Pelosi and her adopted hometown, San Francisco, the centerpiece of a campaign.

Continue reading “Nancy Pelosi Tells Democratic Critics, ‘I Think I’m Worth the Trouble’”

Waking Times – by Phillip Schneider

It has been rumored for years that Monsanto plans to take over the cannabis industry with genetic engineering just as they’ve taken over the corn and soy industries. Although they have always denied having any intentions to do so, at this point it is unlikely that anybody really believes them. In contrast, many in the cannabis sphere are prepared to resist any kind of GMO takeover of marijuana by Monsanto or any of their cohorts.

Evidence is mounting, though, which points strongly to the notion that Monsanto does indeed plan to take control of the cannabis plant, and it doesn’t look good for medical users, or anyone planning on getting into the industry.   Continue reading “Monsanto and Bayer are Maneuvering to Take Over the Cannabis Industry”