The Grocery Store RevolutionThe Organic Prepper – by Daisy Luther

Recently I wrote about how to break up with your supermarket and it really got me thinking. I like to say that I avoid shopping at the supermarket as much as possible, but is that really true?  “As much as possible” is pretty vague.  A better way to put it would be “as much as is convenient.”

I went through my pantry and realized, darn it, that we still purchase about 25% of our food at the supermarket. Another 25% or so comes from bulk vendors.  The rest is stuff we grow or buy from local farmers.  So really, as humbling as it is to say this, that can hardly be considered “as much as possible.”   Continue reading “Sow Revolution: Join the Grocery Store Rebellion”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

As the White House plans to spend billions of taxpayer funds to take care of illegal immigrant children who are unlawfully entering the country, some black Americans who live in some of the most dangerous neighborhoods are wondering where they and their children can get refugee status and aid.

On Friday’s Laura Ingraham Show, Elaine, a black woman from Baltimore, expressed her outrage that President Barack Obama is putting the interests of illegal immigrant children above those of American citizens. Though the number of illegal immigrant children unlawfully entering the country has spiked since Obama unilaterally enacted his temporary amnesty program in 2012, the White House has said the primary cause of the border crisis is the rampant gang violence in Central America.   Continue reading “American from Gang-Besieged Baltimore: ‘Where Can I Get Asylum?’”

ACLU, July 10, 2014

SAN FRANCISCO – Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit today challenging the legality of the federal government’s controversial Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) program. The lawsuit, filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of California, the national ACLU, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus, was brought on behalf of five Americans who had their information entered into law enforcement databases for innocent things like taking pictures, buying computers, or standing in a train station, and were then subjected to investigation.   Continue reading “Lawsuit Challenges Government’s ‘Suspicious Activity Report’ Program”

CDC Smallpox photoWSB TV 2 – by Madison Burke

After several exposure scares, the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention is temporarily shutting down two of its labs and suspending the shipment of biological materials between labs as a precaution.

An internal review of the CDC updated Friday showed three incidents of possible exposure to diseases in the past few months, including a cross-contamination of an animal flu and a strain of bird flu. (Via Fox News)   Continue reading “CDC shuts down labs, shipments after contamination scares”

Before It’s News – by N. Morgan

In another stellar move by the police in Georgia, a deputy was trying to shoot a dog, he claimed was charging him and instead, ended up shooting a 10 year old boy in the leg. The boy will not require surgery. Here’s what happened: Coffee County Sheriff Doyle Wooten confirmed that the boy, identified as Dakota Corbitt, was shot. Corbitt was taken to Savannah Memorial Hospital for surgery, but his mother said further examination revealed the bullet did not damage any major arteries. The bullet entered from the back of the knee and exited out of the front of the child’s leg. Corbitt was expected to return to Coffee County early Friday evening. The boy was shot during the arrest of 19-year-old Christopher Barnett. According to investigators, Barnett is believed to be the person who shot a Douglas Police Officer earlier Thursday morning. He is also believed to have been involved in an Armed Robbery that occurred at Flash Foods in the City of Douglas prior to the officer being shot.   Continue reading “Georgia Deputy Tries To Shoot Dog, Hits 10-Year-Old Instead”

policeswatstyleThe Daily Sheeple – by Lily Dane

A Minnesota family is trying to understand why a SWAT team killed their beloved pets during a no-knock raid earlier this week.

From PoliceStateUSA:

At approximately 7:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 9th, the home of Camille Perry and Larry Lee Arman was breached with a battering ram, and strange men charged in with rifles and opened fire on their pets. Continue reading “SWAT Unit Terrorizes Family and Kills Pets Over…Marijuana”

marijuana leaves 21 263x164 10 Great Things About Hemp You Really Need to KnowNatural Society – by Christina Sarich

 

Hemp is a close cousin to marijuana, but it isn’t the same. Both come from the plant Cannabis Sativa L. but industrial hemp contains only about 0.3% – 1.5% Tetrahydrocannabinols (THC) –  the compounds responsible for the ‘high’. Marijuana contains between 5-10%. Aside from this important distinction, here are 10 more great things about hemp you really should know.   Continue reading “10 Great Things About Hemp You Really Need to Know”

Neighborhood Scout

Even the most dangerous cities in America can have relatively safe neighborhoods, as there is more variation in crime within most cities than between cities. But using exclusive data developed by NeighborhoodScout, and based on FBI data from all 17,000 local law enforcement agencies in America, we here report those specific neighborhoods in America that have the highest predicted rates of violent crime per 1,000 neighborhood residents of all. Violent crimes include murder, forcible rape, armed robbery, and aggravated assault. These neighborhoods are the epicenters of violence in America, where social issues are likely to ignite into violence and spread. See our FAQ on how we rank the most dangerous neighborhoods   Continue reading “Top 25 Most Dangerous Neighborhoods in America”

Pirate’s Cove

You should try this, if you have some sort of court order: book a flight, and instead of showing your government issued ID (isn’t that raaaaacist?), show your court order

(Breitbart) Illegal aliens are being allowed to fly on commercial airliners without valid identification, according to the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC). “The aliens who are getting released on their own recognizance are being allowed to board and travel commercial airliners by simply showing their Notice to Appear forms,” NBPC’s Local 2455 Spokesman, Hector Garza, told Breitbart Texas. Continue reading “TSA Claims Illegals Able To Fly Without Verifiable ID”

Electronic Infitada – by Rania Khalek

During the US State Department’s daily press briefing this morning, spokesperson Jen Psaki was asked whether Palestinians in Gaza have a right to defend themselves against Israeli aggression. As of this writing, Israeli bombing has killed more than fifty Palestinians since Monday, including more than a dozen children, and injured an additional 450 in the besieged Gaza Strip.

Psaki responded by feigning confusion and deflecting the question. The question was posed after Psaki repeatedly invoked Israel’s right to defend itself from Hamas rocket fire.    Continue reading “US State Department rejects Gaza’s right to self-defense from Israeli aggression”

Tommy Ramone, Founding Member of Influential Punk Band, Dies at 62Yahoo Music – by Christopher Morris

Drummer and producer Tommy Ramone, the last surviving original member of the influential New York punk quartet the Ramones, died Friday at his home in the Ridgewood area of Queens, New York. He was 62 and had been in hospice care following treatment for bile duct cancer.

Born Erdelyi Tamas in Budapest, Hungary, and known professionally as Tom or T. Erdelyi, Ramone played on the first three epoch-making Ramones albums, “Ramones” (1976), “Leave Home” (1977) and “Rocket to Russia” (1977). He also co-produced the latter two albums with Tony Bongiovi and Ed Stasium, respectively. He appeared on and co-produced the 1979 live Ramones opus “It’s Alive.”   Continue reading “Tommy Ramone, Founding Member of Influential Punk Band, Dies at 62”

DoD Documents - Military Authorized to Quell Civil Unrest in the U.S.SCG News

First of all, I would assert that it’s never ok to use the military to crush internal unrest. Such measures are the hallmark of dictators and failed states. Some people however, might be inclined to justify the use of military force if the stakes are high enough. Trouble is once you open that door, who is to say where that line gets drawn?

Well, we don’t actually have to ponder that question. The U.S. government has already given us their answer. Unfortunately according to a 2010 Department of Defense document entitled Directive 3025.18, the military is authorized to deploy within the U.S. to quell civil disturbances “when necessary to protect the Federal property or functions.”   Continue reading “DoD Documents – Military Authorized to Quell Civil Unrest in the U.S.”

The Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

Self defense against criminals or self defense against — criminals?  Kurt Hofmann asks the question:

But as a practical matter, does that really make much difference? When you defend yourself against an assailant who happens to be a common criminal, after all, you’re defending your rights from violation, no less than if your attacker–and aspiring rights violator–draws a government paycheck, carries a tax revenue-supplied firearm, and is acting on government orders. Likewise, in resisting a tyrannical government, you are defending yourself from that government–and the hired muscle of said government, from whom you are defending yourself, is no less criminal than the common street thug or rapist.

Continue reading “Is The Second Amendment About Self Defense And Hunting Or Amelioration of Tyranny?”

Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

The setup for this has been occurring for quite a while.  The collectivists on the right have helped the leftists gain strength, but the rate and fury of activity that has been consequential in destabilizing the United States has increased almost beyond comprehension.

The long term evolution of America to a position where such a strategy might stand a greater chance of success began long ago with the move towards urbanization.  The flight from rural America was helped along with family farms bought out by Monsanto and Archer-Daniels-Midland, with low paid migrant workers on those farms, all subsidized by tax payers and rate payers who couldn’t see that there was avery high hidden cost for the low cost of produce.   Continue reading “The Administration Implementation Of The Cloward-Piven Strategy”

Liberty’s Torch – by Francis W. Porretto 

Time was, people could both read plain English and could recognize (and would jeer aside) an attempt to distort it. But time was, people were both better educated and less disgusted with politics than they are today.

A quick question for you, Gentle Reader: In Constitutionally enumerating and separating the powers of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the federal government, what purpose or purposes were the Founding Fathers trying to serve?   Continue reading “War Over The Documents”

Photo By Robin Jerstad / For the Express-News The Free Thought Project

After a 9 hour deliberation, a jury has found  Adrian Perryman, not guilty on all four counts of aggravated assault on a peace officer.

The incident that led to the charges against Perryman happened during the pre-dawn hours of October 26, 2010 in San Antonio, TX.

SAPD’s tactical response unit was executing a no-knock search warrant. The occupants in the house at the time were Perryman, his girlfriend Rebecca Flores, and Flores’s 3 year old grand daughter Savannah.   Continue reading “Man Who Shot at Cops During No-Knock Raid Acquitted on All Charges”

bbfb2181e9901f165f7cd2e150ee121d_MThe New American – by Jack Kenny

A proposed constitutional amendment to abridge the freedom of speech received the endorsement of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 10-8 vote Thursday in an effort to overturn U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission and McCutcheon v. FEC.

The 2010 Citizens United ruling rejected on First Amendment grounds restrictions in the McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act of 2002 on spending for political advertising. In this year’s McCutcheon decision, the high court ruled that limits on how much a donor may contribute in aggregate to candidates for federal office, political parties, and political action committees are also violations of the First Amendment. Both decisions were by 5-4 votes of the justices, with the more conservative Republican appointees voting to strike down the restrictions and the liberal justices, appointed by Democratic presidents, voting to uphold them. Similarly, Thursday’s Judiciary Committee vote was strictly along party lines, with all 10 of the committee’s Democrats voting for the amendment and all eight of its Republican members voting against.   Continue reading “Sen. Judiciary Committee Endorses Amendment to Abridge Free Speech”