Chicago Tribune

Atlanta’s notorious traffic is expected to be more tangled than usual after a massive fire caused a bridge on Interstate 85 to collapse, completely shutting down the heavily traveled highway.

Georgia’s top transportation official said there’s no way to tell when the highway, which carries 250,000 cars a day, can be safely reopened to traffic in either direction following the collapse, which happened Thursday afternoon during rush hour.   Continue reading “Massive fire in Atlanta crumbles interstate bridge during rush hour; none hurt”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

While I am skeptical of where this will lead, it is noteworthy to see that this report comes from NBC and more specifically Chuck Todd.  In a report earlier this week, NBC reported that there were allegations that while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, the quashed investigations into a prostitution and pedophile ring that was operating inside the department in order to avoid scandal and protect high-ranking employees and an ambassador.   Continue reading “NBC News: Documents: Hillary Clinton May Have Killed Investigations into Pedophile Ring at State Dept.”

Fox 5 – by Dave Collins, AP

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether the state should become the first in the country to allow police to use drones outfitted with deadly weapons, a proposal immediately met with concern by civil rights and liberties advocates.

The bill would ban the use of weaponized drones, but exempt police. Details on how law enforcement could use drones with weapons would be spelled out in new rules to be developed by the state Police Officer Standards and Training Council. Officers also would have to receive training before being allowed to use drones with weapons.   Continue reading “Connecticut considering weaponizing police drones”

Anti-Media – by James Holbrooks

As Attorney General Jeff Sessions continues to lament what he views as a blight on society, a new study is showing that states with medical marijuana programs are seeing drastic reductions in opioid-related hospitalizations and overdoses.

From a Reuters article published Tuesday:   Continue reading “Opioid Deaths Plummeting in States with Legal Weed”

The Defensive Training Group

I know, I know….everyone’s an expert in camouflage….except maybe this gal, who graduated from the US Army Ranger School, and is inaccurately identified as USAF in the article:   Continue reading “Camouflage Paint Application….It’s the ‘Little Things’ that Really Hide You…OR Make You Stick Out….”

Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston

President Donald Trump’s former national security advisor, Ret. Gen. Mike Flynn, has reportedly offered his testimony in the investigation into Russian ties to the president in exchange for immunity, a report says.

Flynn has reportedly asked for immunity should his testimony lead to any finding of wrong doing, according to a Thursday report by the Wall Street Journal.   Continue reading “Report: Former Trump National Security Advisor Mike Flynn Offers to Testify for Immunity”

Armstrong Economics

I have warned that governments around the world are engaged in the greatest collection of data in human history, tracking everything we do because they are going broke. This is just the hunt for money pretending to be looking for terrorists. Collecting every phone call, email, and text message is far too much data to ever allow preventative action. They have been limiting cash everywhere. India simply cancelled the currency overnight to eliminate cash. Now, New Zealand banks are being ordered to provide police with customer details on each and EVERY cash transaction over $10,000, claiming this is a crackdown on money laundering and the potential financing of terrorism. Of course, the money laundering really means hiding money from the government to avoid taxes.   Continue reading “Banks Secretly Report All Cash Transactions to the Police”

CNN

West Palm Beach (CNN)President Donald Trump has made visiting his Florida golf courses a near every-weekend habit in the first month of his administration, and his aides are trying to obscure whether Trump is actually golfing during the visits.

One possible reason: Trump was a frequent and vocal critic of President Barack Obama’s golf habit, regularly slamming the former president for playing golf with many pressing issues before the country. Trump even suggested during a 2016 event in Virginia, in a knock on Obama, that if elected he was “not going to have time to go play golf.”   Continue reading “Trump’s aides don’t want to admit the President is golfing”

Popular Science – by Kelsey D. Atherton

The big money of the internet comes from tracking and selling user data to better target ads. Do one search for “power drills” and you’ll be inundated with ads for related products across your whole web experience. Those are targeted ad dollars at work. This is at the core of Facebook and Google’s business models, and for good reason: the amount of money companies spend advertising online is set to outpace money spent on ads on television this year. Internet service providers (ISPs) are eager to get in on the action—once existing privacy protections for users are no longer an obstacle, that is.
Continue reading “The government won’t protect your internet privacy, so here’s how to do it yourself”

Free Thought Project – by Claire Bernish

As would be inevitable, epidemic-level police violence finally crossed the Thin Blue Line on Wednesday, when an off-duty Tennessee sheriff’s deputy in the midst of his birthday celebration was shot and killed — by fellow cops.

Two off-duty female officers with the Chattanooga Police Department were celebrating with Hamilton County Deputy Daniel Hendrix, when he reportedly became distressed, pulled his weapon, and refused to follow commands from officers responding to the quickly deteriorating situation to drop his gun.   Continue reading “Deputy Has Mental Breakdown While Celebrating His Birthday, Cops Show Up and Kill Him”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Hopewell, VA — In the land of the free, walking your child to a classroom is now grounds for police action. Fran Belisle, a mother of two, found this out the hard way at a school Arts Festival last week at which her daughter was performing in the school play, Annie.

“You can still see the bruises on my wrists,” the Chesterfield mother said.   Continue reading “Mom Arrested by School Cops Because Walking Your Child to Class is Not Allowed in a Police State”

Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston

The owners of several Hispanic-owned companies bidding for contracts to build a wall or fence on the U.S. border with Mexico have been swamped with death threats, a report reveals.

Owners of several construction companies in western states such as California and Arizona have reported a campaign of harassment after their names turned up in federal databases. There have been phone and email complaints, rocks thrown at buildings, death threats, and one company even said a company tractor was stolen, The Washington Post reported.  Continue reading “Hispanic-Owned Companies Bidding for ‘Trump Wall’ Contract Receive Death Threats”

KFOX 14

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — A transgender woman detained by federal agents while getting a protective order at the courthouse signed a plea agreement Friday.

Irvin Gonzalez pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry, and as part of the plea agreement, she will face time served.   Continue reading “Irvin Gonzalez enters plea agreement, could face deportation”