Town Hall – by Courtney O’Brien

The first day of trials for Abu Khattala, the suspected author of the Benghazi, Libya terror attack in 2012, begins Monday in Washington, D.C. He faces an 18-count indictment and stands by his not guilty plea.

His suspected crimes are described below.   Continue reading “A Benghazi Trial Starts Today in DC”

The Telegraph

Around five years ago, Professor Miroslav Djordjevic, the world-leading genital reconstructive surgeon, received a visit at his Belgrade clinic: a transgender person who had undergone surgery at different clinic to remove male genitalia – and since changed their mind.

That was the first time Prof Djordjevic had ever been contacted to perform a so-called gender reassignment “reversal” surgery. Over the next six months, another six people also approached him, similarly wanting to reverse their procedures. They came from countries all over the western world, Britain included, united by an acute sense of regret.   Continue reading “Sex change regret: Gender reversal surgery is on the rise, so why aren’t we talking about it?”

Infowars – by Jamie White

Following the worst mass shooting in U.S. history that occurred in Las Vegas on Sunday, Hillary Clinton offered her two cents on Twitter saying “we must put politics aside” before immediately calling for gun control.

“Our grief isn’t enough. We can and must put politics aside, stand up to the NRA, and work together to try to stop this from happening again,” Clinton tweeted.
Continue reading “Hillary On Vegas Massacre: We ‘Must Put Politics Aside’ — Immediately Calls For Gun Control!”

The Daily Caller – by Anders Hagstrom

The state of Minnesota has allowed hundreds of police officers to keep their law enforcement licenses even after being convicted of a crime, according to a Sunday report from the Minneapolis Star Tribune.

The Tribune investigated criminal convictions against Minnesota police officers since 1995 and found that of the 534 convicted officers, three-quarters were never disciplined by the state, four-fifths kept their licenses, and more than 140 are still cops. The Minnesota Board of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), which handles law enforcement license removal, blames the inaction on disciplinary boards lacking jurisdiction over certain criminal convictions.   Continue reading “Nearly 150 Minnesota Police Officers Are Convicted Criminals”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As mayors of cities with large Puerto Rican populations continue to advocate for federal assistance to help with the resettlement of hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans who are expected to temporarily seek shelter with friends and families in the US, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency in Florida, allowing state agencies to take extraordinary measures to assist families that will soon be arriving in droves to cities like Orlando and Miami, both of which feature large Puerto Rican populations.

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Scott announced that disaster relief centers will be set up at Orlando International Airport and in Miami to help those seeking refuge in Florida.  Continue reading “Gov. Rick Scott Declares State Of Emergency As 100,000s Of Puerto Ricans Flee To Florida”

Breitbart – by John Binder

The first group of 1,250 mostly male Middle Eastern refugees is expected to soon arrive in the United States from Australia. The transfer of refugees comes after President Trump failed to shutter an Obama-era deal that could bring tens of thousands of the refugees’ family members to the U.S. in years to come.

President Barack Obama signed the Australian-U.S. refugee deal during his last months in office — promising to take 1,250 Middle Eastern refugees off Australia’s hands.   Continue reading “Report: Middle East Refugees to Begin Arriving to U.S. from Australia”

The Daily Caller – by Jack Crowe

A Huffington Post political reporter called on Congress to enact more extensive gun control measures Monday as the death toll continues rising in Las Vegas.

A shooting Sunday night in Nevada is considered the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history.

Jennifer Bendery, a senior HuffPo political reporter briefly recounted the carnage inflicted on concertgoers Sunday night and then quickly pivoted toward a call for legislative progress on gun control.   Continue reading “HuffPo Reporter Calls For Gun Control Hours After Las Vegas Massacre”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While there are still relatively few details about the man responsible for the deadliest mass shooting in US history, or his motive to kill at least 50 people and injure over 400 people, here is what we know so far, courtesy of the Telegraph and other public data sources.

The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in modern US history is believed to be a grandfather who lived in a remote desert home, reports Telegraph’s Leon Watson. Stephen Paddock, 64, was named by police as the perpetrator who left more than 50 dead. He was killed when officers blasted their way into his hotel room. Las Vegas police said they had located “numerous firearms within the room that he occupied.” Las Vegas Sheriff Lombardo said officers had confronted Paddock on the 32nd floor across the street from the concert. “There were at least 8 guns and a number of long rifles in the alleged shooter’s room”, per Las Vegas Police Undersheriff Kevin McMahill.   Continue reading “Who Was Las Vegas Shooter Stephen Paddock And What Was His Motive”

WBFO News

The Buffalo Police Department’s Strike Force and Housing units are the vanguard of Mayor Byron Brown’s campaign against the scourge of guns, drugs and gangs in Buffalo. But the tactics used by officers in the two units have come under fire by members of both the public and the legal community.

These squads are not like regular street cops, who typically respond to calls for service within their districts. Strike Force is deployed in high crime areas and conduct traffic checkpoints. The Housing Unit patrols the city’s public housing projects.   Continue reading “Investigative Post: Buffalo Police tactics described as ‘stalk and frisk’”

Bloomberg

Toymaker Mattel Inc. has announced plans to sell a nursery gadget that will listen to infants and watch over them, record their sleep patterns, and even play a lullaby should they awaken.

Put another way: It eavesdrops on kids.

Skeptics are asking if the device, similar to Amazon.com’s Echo with its Alexa voice assistant, will violate children’s privacy and deepen a trend of surrendering intimate human connections to technology that talks and listens.   Continue reading “Mattel Gadget Listens to Babies, Setting Off Privacy Alarms”

Fox News

A gunman turned a Las Vegas concert into a killing field Sunday night, murdering at least 50 people and injuring more than 400 others in the deadliest mass shooting in modern United States history.

The suspect, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, was identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, a resident of Mesquite. Police initially sought a woman believed to be Paddock’s roommate, Marilou Danley, as “person of interest.” Detectives later made contact with her, and “do not believe she is involved with the shooting on the strip.”   Continue reading “At least 50 dead, more than 400 hurt in Las Vegas concert attack”

Ars Technica

Three years ago, Cody Wilson and his organization, Defense Distributed, released a $1,200 computer-numerically-controlled (CNC) mill called the Ghost Gunner. The machine essentially made home gunsmithing faster, cheaper, and more portable than ever before, but it had a limited scope (no pun intended). Initially, the Ghost Gunner only aimed (OK, maybe some pun intended) to complete unfinished lower receivers for AR-15 semi-automatic rifles.

Today, that scope widens: Wilson and Defense Distributed are now in the handgun business, too.   Continue reading “3D print a serial-free handgun at home with the latest Ghost Gunner update”

Capital Hill Outsider – by Ronnie Herne

The greater question is not “were” Harvey and Irma magnified and steered, but “by whom”?

I cannot tell you 100% that our recent hurricanes were magnified and steered into population centers.  But I can tell you 100%  that they certainly could have been magnified and steered into those population centers.

   Readers here are generally ahead of the curve.  It’s one of the reasons you read here.  A bunch of you have encountered the awkward, somewhat  unfriendly word “Geoengineering”.  It is sometimes written more phonetically as GeoEngineering.   Continue reading “Weather Wars. Weather Weapons. Surprised?”