Free Edgar Steele

On September 4, 2014, early afternoon, a California mortuary notified Mrs. Cyndi Steele that her husband Edgar was dead.  Since that time, specific circumstances regarding Mr. Steele’s death are being confirmed. This web site and the Edgar Steele Defense Fund (ESDF) will release more information as it becomes available.

Mrs. Steele contacted the ESDF Board, saying she was utterly devastated by this information, and is furious that no Victorville representative contacted her in the last few days regarding his failing health and did not even call her regarding the death of her husband. It was cruel to allow the mortuary to make the call.   Continue reading “Government Murders Edgar Steele – Can They Get Away With It?”

Featured photo - The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before PublicationThe Intercept – by Ken Silverstein

A prominent national security reporter for the Los Angeles Times routinely submitted drafts and detailed summaries of his stories to CIA press handlers prior to publication, according to documents obtained by The Intercept.

Email exchanges between CIA public affairs officers and Ken Dilanian, now an Associated Press intelligence reporter who previously covered the CIA for the Times, show that Dilanian enjoyed a closely collaborative relationship with the agency, explicitly promising positive news coverage and sometimes sending the press office entire story drafts for review prior to publication. In at least one instance, the CIA’s reaction appears to have led to significant changes in the story that was eventually published in the Times. Continue reading “The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication”

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The DOJ Inspector General released a report on the FBI’s use of National Security Letters (NSLs)—the controversial (and unconstitutional) surveillance instruments used to gather personal information of Americans without any prior oversight from a judge. In a little-noticed passage buried in the report, the IG describes how NSLs have been used on journalists in the past, and indicates that the FBI can currently circumvent the Justice Department’s media guidelines to do so in the future. Continue reading “The FBI uses secret National Security letters to go after journalists”

dogsHuffington Post – by Arin Greenwood

Odin and Rorschach are pit bull brothers who live in Arizona, where they like to do everything together: Play, hike in the desert, take adorable siestas all piled up on top of each other.

And it’s lucky they get to do all these things as a pair.   Continue reading “Pit Bull Brothers’ Visible Scars Tell Story Of Horrific Past Abuse, But Their Futures Are Bright”

Wall Street Journal – by Rani Molla

The recent events in Ferguson, Mo., have raised questions about shootings by police in the U.S. and homicides that are ruled justifiable. Unfortunately, it’s nearly impossible to answer some of those questions due to incomplete data.

The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program collects data from the more than 18,000 law enforcement agencies to provide statistics about crime and law enforcement in the U.S. From this program, for example, we know that there were 14,827 homicides and non-negligent manslaughters in 2012, the latest year for available data. But, it isn’t required that agencies submit justifiable homicide data—submitted as the Supplementary Homicide Report—to participate in the program. This makes the largest database of justifiable homicides in the U.S. very incomplete.   Continue reading “Why the Data on Justifiable Homicide Just Won’t Do”

Washington Post – by Donna St. George and Ovetta Wiggins

At Julius West Middle School in Rockville, Md., all doors are locked after the morning bells ring. Those who arrive once the schoolday begins must buzz to get in, and they are video-recorded as they speak into an intercom.

It’s but one of many examples of how schools have boosted security as the school year begins across the region and across the country.   Continue reading “Security measures increase as schools open for new year in a new era”

idiotFellowship of the Minds

America: A Country Run by Idiots

1. If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for being in the country illegally, you live in a country run by idiots.

2. If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion, you live in a country run by idiots.    Continue reading “11 ways to know when you live in a country run by idiots”

Chuck Norris NRA Trigger The VoteIs That Baloney?

Chuck Norris, known for his kick butt, take no prisoners movies and TV shows, is partnering with the National Rifle Association to launch a new effort called “Trigger the Vote.” I bet you can’t guess what that’s about.

The group’s aim is to promote a national voter registration drive to elect men and women who support our individual liberties and will work to protect the constitutional rights, especially those of the 2nd Amendment, of American citizens.   Continue reading “Chuck Norris Launches His Campaign “Trigger The Vote” to Defeat Anti-Gun Liberals”

These are snippets from various forums I visit:

MICHIGAN

Anyone in Michigan having your garden die off? Last year this time every good thing was growing great. Within 3 days all is dead. Ours is 3/4 acre? Everything died. Talked to some other people same thing. Everything was normal and it just died off, like late fall. Even pumpkins! We know the weather and have had a garden for a long time. No bugs, no other symptoms. I asked my mother about this and she said she cannot remember a time since she was child. This garden is old. Last year I had so much stuff I couldn’t give it away. The only thing that did well was beans, and they also stopped all activity.   Continue reading “Gardeners Reporting Gardens Dying Within 1-3 Days”

Picture released by the Metropolitan Police of Palmira SilvaSky News

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an 82-year-old woman was beheaded in broad daylight in a suburban back garden.

Palmira Silva, a widow believed to be of Italian descent, was found at an address in Edmonton, north London just after 1pm after police received reports of a man with a knife in Nightingale Road.   Continue reading “Woman Found Beheaded In Back Garden Named”

The New York Times – by Russ Buettner and David W. Chen

The night Hurricane Sandy struck, Jayme and John Galimi swam out the front door of their home in Broad Channel, Queens, into the rising waters of Jamaica Bay with their five children, the youngest clinging to his father’s back.

Almost two years later, all seven remain jammed into a three-bedroom rental. Their debt is mounting. They applied to a federally funded New York City program for help rebuilding, but that devolved into an unending loop of lost documents, aborted meetings and frustrating exchanges with temporary workers handling their application.    Continue reading “Storm Recovery Program in New York City Was Mired by Its Design”

NYPD unveils cop body camerasNew York Post – by Shawn Cohen and Rebecca Harshbarger

Smile, you’re on cop camera!

The NYPD on Thursday unveiled new cameras that officers will wear on their heads and shirts as part of a sweeping pilot program to test out the new technology.

Commissioner William Bratton on Thursday showed off the hands-free recording devices, which the department had been ordered by a judge to use as part of a federal lawsuit against stop-and-frisk.   Continue reading “NYPD unveils cop body cameras”