Tulsa World – by Samantha Vicent

The Okmulgee County District Attorney has moved to disqualify one of the area’s two district judges from hearing all cases prosecuted by his office, saying the judge has a bias against law enforcement witnesses.

Defense attorneys told the Tulsa World they are outraged by the move, contending the judge has rightly questioned the truthfulness of police testimony.

In a motion filed Monday, District Attorney Rob Barris contends District Judge Kenneth Adair has found that officers’ statements were false in four felony drug-related cases and used that conclusion to make rulings in favor of the defendants in each.

Continue reading “Okmulgee County DA wants judge removed from all pending criminal cases for challenging truthfulness of police testimony”

Both communist and nazi agitators were shipped in to hijack this event.  Both are totalitarian ideologies that cannot exist in our free Republic under our Bill of Rights, which is our common law, complete with maxims and procedures.

Quit trying to get our people to accept national socialism as an alternative to communism. Both will be shot out of this country, and maybe then we will finally at last live in peace, free of fanatics, of all sorts.

CNN

As attitudes about marijuana shift around the world, researchers are warning parents that it’s risky to keep it around children, especially those who are too young to know what it is.

The number of children who were admitted to emergency rooms for unintentional marijuana intoxication increased by 133% in France over an 11-year period, according to a new study.

Continue reading “133% leap in children admitted to ER for marijuana, study finds”

The Great Recession

August is a sultry month for stocks as markets thin out during the dog days of summer. Everyone leaves investing for a break from the heat. Statistically, August is the worst month for overall stock performance, while September delivers more of whatever August sends its way or brings its own dark surprises. After that, October loves a surprise and is the worst for having the most major crashes.

As markets now slide into their toughest time of the year, they also also face a major war of words that may quickly become more than words. The days of market calm appear now to have ended. $500 billion worth of supposed US market “value” just cascaded into oblivion last week. (Over a trillion worldwide. Of course, it could reappear tomorrow.)   Continue reading “Wars and Rumors of Wars: Fire and Fury Signifying Nothing?”

The Organic Prepper

If you’ve been paying attention to the news lately, you may be feeling on edge.  You may feel as though time is running out for you to get your preparedness supplies and emergency food in order. You may be new to prepping, and feeling like there’s too much to accomplish.  The stress in our country is at peak level.  We’ve listened to the war drums beat louder. We’ve witnessed riots breaking out in cities across America. We’ve watched the bumbling efforts of officials to respond to natural disasters and potential pandemics. Threats are everywhere, and you may be in the situation where you need to build an emergency food supply fast.   Continue reading “How to Build a 30-Day Emergency Food Supply…Fast”

KOMO News

SEATTLE – Police and a small group of counter-protesters clashed in downtown Seattle on Sunday.

The counter-protesters carrying signs opposing hate and the KKK marched on Westlake Park on Sunday to meet a smaller group at a pro-Trump “Freedom Rally.” Most were peaceful, police said.

A small number of the counter-protesters were dressed black, and some were carrying pieces of wood and other potential weapons. Police responded with lines of bicycle officers, pepper spray and blast balls. Police made three arrests.   Continue reading “Blast balls, pepper spray: Protesters, police clash in downtown Seattle”

Valley Central

EDINBURG, Texas — Police found 17 undocumented immigrants inside of a locked tractor-trailer in Texas on Sunday morning, according to Edinburg Police Department police Chief David White.

Police say the undocumented immigrants may have been locked inside of the tractor-trailer for eight to nine hours, according to Edinburg police Assistant Chief Oscar Treviño. They did not require medical attention.   Continue reading “Texas police find 17 undocumented immigrants inside locked tractor-trailer”

Washington Post – by Cleve R. Wootson, Jr.

Lexington, Ky., Mayor Jim Gray doesn’t have to watch footage of the violent protests in Charlottesville over the weekend to know how divisive Confederate monuments can be.

At family reunions and holiday dinners his whole life, he has heard about his great-uncles fighting each other in the Civil War’s Battle of Shiloh. Two were on the Union’s side. One fought for the Confederacy.   Continue reading “In the wake of Charlottesville protests, a Kentucky mayor wants to remove Confederate statues”

Yahoo News

Marijuana’s popularity among American adults is on the rise — and use of the recreational drug is expected to continue to increase, according to several surveys.

The increase in popularity, along with more permissive attitudes toward marijuana use, may be due in part to its changing legalization status in many parts of the country, experts say.    Continue reading “Marijuana’s Popularity Among US Adults Continues to Grow. Here’s Why”

Free Thought Project – by Rachel Blevins

Just one month after YouTube deleted a video of the United States air-dropping weapons to ISIS and claimed that it contained “violent or graphic content,” the video platform is now being criticized for implementing a new artificial intelligence program to monitor “extremist” content that is deleting videos that document U.S. war crimes.

The monitoring organization Airwars.org recently reported that its YouTube account had been targeted, just one week after YouTube published a new blog post announcing that it is “developing and implementing cutting-edge machine learning technology designed to help us identify and remove violent extremism and terrorism-related content in a scalable way.”   Continue reading “YouTube is Now Purging Evidence of War Crimes—Labeling it as ‘Extremist’ Content”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

As if there weren’t enough geopolitical and social stress points in the world to fill a lifetime of “sleepy, vacationy” Augusts, late on Friday night President Trump spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him that he’s preparing to order an investigation into Chinese trade practices next week, according to NBC. Politico confirms that Trump is ready to launch a new trade crackdown on China next week, citing an administration official, a step that Trump delayed two weeks ago under the guidance of his new Chief of Staff Gen. Kelly, but now appears imminent. It is also an escalation which most analysts agree will launch a trade war between Washington and Beijing.   Continue reading “Trump Warns Xi: Trade War With China Begins Monday”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the detention of three teens suspected of being gang members.

The lawsuit, filed against U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions and several federal immigration agencies alleges three teenagers are unlawfully detained on “suspicion of being gang members without substantiation,” the New York Times reported.  Continue reading “ACLU Sues ICE for Arresting Suspected Alien Teen Gang Members”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign released its first television advertisement on Sunday, a 30-second spot that attacks Democrats and touts the accomplishments of his first seven months in office.

The ad’s release comes amid intense criticism of Trump’s response to the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, where a planned rally by white supremacists led to violence that killed a counter-protester.   Continue reading “President Trump’s reelection campaign releases television ad”

Detroit Metro Times – by Michael Jackman

In federal court today, attorneys responding to a suit naming Gov. Rick Snyder as a defendant argued that the state of Michigan, which has been so intimately involved with Detroit Public Schools for almost 20 years, has no responsibility to ensure students in the district are able to learn to read.

The suit, brought by seven Detroit schoolchildren in September of last year,charged Gov. Snyder, the members of the Michigan Board of Education, and various other state officials with failing to provide an opportunity to learn.
Continue reading “Attorneys in federal court: Detroit Public School kids have no right to literacy”

Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

More than 68,000 doctors received payments in excess of $46 million — in the span of just 29 months — from goliath pharmaceutical corporations pushing opioid painkillers, researchers in a groundbreaking investigation of Big Pharma’s and the epidemic of legal and illicit opiates plaguing the United States.

Money to push opioids found one doctor in 12, and the rampant destruction wrought upon countless American families forced to cope with loved ones dependent on prescription painkillers, or on heroin sought when those ran out, proves circumstantially the dollars did their job.   Continue reading “Damning Investigation Shows Big Pharma Bribed 68,000 Doctors to Push Deadly Opioids”

NEO – by Tony Cartalucci

The United States has issued a provocative threat to North Korea of “fire and fury.” Following it up, the Guardian would report in its article, “Trump on North Korea: maybe ‘fire and fury’ wasn’t tough enough threat,” further threats being made:

Donald Trump has issued another provocative warning to North Korea, suggesting that his threat to unleash “fire and fury” on the country was not “tough enough”. 

The US president told reporters that North Korea “better get their act together or they’re going to be in trouble like few nations ever have been in trouble in this world”.  

Continue reading “Continuity of Agenda: Trump’s “Fire and Fury” Brewed Under Bush, Obama”