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Fox 5 New York – by Joe Toohey
After 146 years of dazzling crowds all over the world, the final performance for the famed circus was held at the Nassau Coliseum.
It’s an institution that goes back to the 1800’s – to the days of PT Barnum, and on Sunday, after nearly a century and half, the Ringling Brothers Circus packed up its tent. Continue reading “Ringling Bros. circus packs up its tent after 146 years”
The Washington Post – by Craig Whitlock and Bob Woodward
The Pentagon has generated almost $6 billion over the past seven years by charging the armed forces excessive prices for fuel and has used the money — called the “bishop’s fund” by some critics — to bolster mismanaged or underfunded military programs, documents show.
Since 2015, the Defense Department has tapped surpluses from its fuel accounts for $80 million to train Syrian rebels, $450 million to shore up a prescription-drug program riddled with fraud and $1.4 billion to cover unanticipated expenses from the war in Afghanistan, according to military accounting records. Continue reading “At the Pentagon, overpriced fuel sparks allegations — and denials — of a slush fund”
The Hill – by Christina Marcos
A growing number of House Republicans are facing physical threats from angry constituents in their districts, leading many to fear for their safety.
In the last few weeks alone, the FBI arrested a man threatening Rep. Martha McSally’s (R-Ariz.) life, a woman pursued Rep. David Kustoff (R-Tenn.) in her car, and Rep. Tom Garrett (R-Va.) heightened security at a town hall event in response to death threats. Continue reading “Republicans fearing for their safety as anger, threats mount”
New York Post – by Nick Fugallo and Max Jaeger
Times Square rampage driver Richard Rojas says he knows he’s crazy — but he can’t put his finger on why.
“I’m not completely sure what’s wrong with me,’’ the killer told The Post in a second jailhouse interview Sunday. Continue reading “Times Square driver: ‘I’m not sure what’s wrong with me’”
The 2016 Collapsed Sub-frame Over-compensate Both Ways Throw The Buick Backwards On The Drivers Side Down a 15 foot Water Diversion Ditch Bust The Rear Passenger Window With The Butt End Of A Buck Knife Climb Out Unhook The Battery And Walk 3/4 Mile Home Barefoot On Gravel Road Challenge. Continue reading “Road Challenge”
MEXICO CITY—“Kill him! Kill him! Kill him,” chanted a mob of roughly 100 angry Mexicans in Cancun, the popular tourist destination on the coast of Quintana Roo, Mexico. “I’m going to decapitate you,” one man shouted at Aleksei Viktorovich Makeev, as the bloodied 42-year-old Russian resident of Mexico fled the interior of his home for a nearby rooftop while the mob pelted him with large rocks and jeered. When Makeev finally collapsed on the rooftop, covered in his own blood—and that of an unarmed teenager whom he stabbed moments before, after the teen attempted to enter the Russian’s apartment—the townspeople finally let him be, as reporters livestreaming from the scene claimed that Makeev had died. Continue reading “Mexican Mob Lynches Russian ‘Nazi’ in Cancun”
Off the Grid News – by Daniel Jennings
Columbiana, Ohio, is the latest city to debate the legality of gardens, even if the two sides can’t agree on what is up for discussion.
Resident Tony Dolan claims that the right to garden on a homeowner’s property is at stake. The Columbiana city council at one point considered a proposal that would have restricted gardens to back yards, although that language was struck. Continue reading “Mayor: Anything Not Permitted Under Law Is Now Banned (And That Includes Gardens)”
Tucson News – by Murphy Woodhouse
In recent months, federal and state officials have cited at least eight Chinese students at the UA for fraudulently obtaining resident hunting licenses, and also seized from them a number of firearms obtained using those licenses.
A high-ranking federal official told the Star his agency has no evidence of “malicious intent” by the eight students. Nevertheless, the purchases reveal what officials say is a potentially troubling vulnerability in federal and Arizona firearms laws, which exempt international students and other nonimmigrant visa holders with hunting licenses from prohibitions on gun ownership. Continue reading “Feds seize guns of 8 Chinese students at University of Arizona”
I wasn’t a member of the ‘Army of Northern Virginia’ so I did NOT surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, neither did my horse … and Lee had ‘no authority’ or right to surrender for me!
General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson: Continue reading “General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson”
The New York Times – by Tamar Lewin
Nearly 40 years after the world was jolted by the birth of the first test-tube baby, a new revolution in reproductive technology is on the horizon — and it promises to be far more controversial than in vitro fertilization ever was.
Within a decade or two, researchers say, scientists will likely be able to create a baby from human skin cells that have been coaxed to grow into eggs and sperm and used to create embryos to implant in a womb.
Continue reading “Babies From Skin Cells? Prospect Is Unsettling to Some Experts”
The Hacker News – by Mohit Kumar
WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, detailing a spyware framework – which “provides remote beacon and loader capabilities on target computers” – allegedly being used by the CIA that works against every version of Microsoft’s Windows operating systems, from Windows XP to Windows 10.
Dubbed Athena/Hera, the spyware has been designed to take full control over the infected Windows PCs remotely, allowing the agency to perform all sorts of things on the target machine, including deleting data or uploading malicious software, and stealing data and send them to CIA server.
Continue reading “WikiLeaks Reveals ‘Athena’ CIA Spying Program Targeting All Versions of Windows”
U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs says there’s an almost one in three chance of Canada’s housing market going bust in the near future.
The warning comes with a fairly large proviso, however, in that the bank’s view a housing “bust” is based on the equivalent of a house price decline of as little as five per cent. A larger correction is on the table but in Goldman’s eyes, even a relatively minor drop of five per cent would qualify. Continue reading “Canada’s housing boom has 30% chance of going bust, Goldman Sachs says”
The Federalist Papers – by Brittany Soares
One month ago, Zero Hedge reported that barely a quarter into 2017, (annualized) year-to-date retail store closings have already surpassed those of 2008.
According to the Swiss bank’s calculations, approximately 2,880 store closings were announced YTD, more than twice as many closings as the 1,153 announced during the same period last year. Continue reading “These 11 Iconic Retailers Are The Next To Go Bust”
San Diego Tribune – by Jeff McDonald
District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has been ordered to return more than $100,000 seized from a medical marijuana businessman and his family, 15 months after drug agents raided the company and didn’t charge anyone with a crime.
Superior Court Judge Tamila E. Ipema issued the order late Friday, almost six weeks after lawyers representing San Diego businessman James Slatic argued that the money must be returned. Continue reading “DA ordered to return money to medical marijuana distributor and family”
Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger
The following dystopian excerpts come from today’s UK Independent article titled, Theresa May to Create New Internet that Would Be Controlled and Regulated by Government:
Theresa May is planning to introduce huge regulations on the way the internet works, allowing the government to decide what is said online.
Continue reading “UK Government Moves Aggressively to Censor and Control the Internet”
For nearly four years, Amy Fabbrini and Eric Ziegler of Bend, Oregon, have been fighting to prevent Oregon Department of Human Services’ Child Protection Services from terminating their parental rights to their children.
The agency has deemed the couple “incapable” of parenting. CPS claims that the couple cannot provide for their children because they are believed to be intellectually limited. Continue reading “Oregon Couple Labeled “Incapable” Parents by Social Workers – 2 Day Old Baby Kidnapped”
President Trump’s choice to represent the United States at the Vatican, Callista Gingrich, has one especially prominent achievement as a Catholic: She is responsible for her husband, former House speaker Newt Gingrich, converting to Roman Catholicism in 2009.
“When Newt became a Catholic, it was one of the happiest moments of my life,” she said in a 2012 interview with The New Yorker. Continue reading “Callista Gingrich Nominated As Ambassador To The Vatican”