EFF – by David Greene

A few weeks ago we fought a battle for transparency in our flagship NSA spying case, Jewel v. NSA. But, ironically, we weren’t able to tell you anything about it until now.

On June 6, the court held a long hearing in Jewel in a crowded, open courtroom, widely covered by the press. We were even on the local TV news on two stations. At the end, the Judge ordered both sides to request a transcript since he ordered us to do additional briefing. But when it was over, the government secretly, and surprisingly sought permission to “remove” classified information from the transcript, and even indicated that it wanted to do so secretly, so the public could never even know that they had done so.   Continue reading “UNSEALED: The US Sought Permission To Change The Historical Record Of A Public Court Proceeding”

Police officer is holding with a rifle ShutterstockPhilly.com – by DANA DiFILIPPO

A SOUTHWEST Philadelphia woman claims cops trying to subdue a neighbor’s unruly pit bull blasted their guns at the animal – and hit her.

In a lawsuit filed Monday in Common Pleas Court, Kristen Kelly said that at least one of the six bullets two officers fired at the dog on Aug. 5, 2012, hit her in the leg on her block on Etting Street near Reed. Continue reading “Lawsuit: Cops trying to subdue dog shot woman”

javier-vega-cropped-internal.jpgFox News – by Jana Winter

RAYMONDVILLE, Texas — Two illegal immigrants from Mexico who were charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of an off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent in front of his family in Texas have been arrested and deported numerous times, police sources told FoxNews.com.

One suspect has been arrested no fewer than four times for entering the U.S. illegally, according to federal court records. The other has been deported twice after entering the U.S. illegally, sources said.   Continue reading “Suspects in murder of Border Patrol agent arrested and deported numerous times”

HomelessThe Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

As they say, you can always judge a society by how they treat their weakest members. So I shudder to think of how future generations will judge our society. We’ve become a nation that discards our poor like they are trash, and anyone who doesn’t “fit in” is segregated from the herd.

The police are now fining homeless folks for any arbitrary offense they can think of, and city councils across the country are making it illegal to sleep in public. They’ve gone so far as to make it illegal to camp, or even sit or lay down in certain public areas. Worst of all, many cities are making it illegal, or prohibitively expensive to give food to the homeless. According to an interview from The Independent, with a former police chief involved in a charity dedicated to feeding the poor:   Continue reading “It’s Official: Being Poor in America Has Been Outlawed”

RIKERS ISLANDHuffington Post – by Christopher Mathias

A scathing report released Monday details the “culture of violence” imposed upon teenage inmates at New York City’s Rikers Island, the second largest jail facility in the U.S. The report, a product of a two-and-a-half-year investigation by the Justice Department, describes the “rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force” by guards and the overreliance on solitary confinement as a means of punishment.

It also offered a grim reminder that Rikers Island has become a de facto psychiatric hospital from hell.   Continue reading “Rikers Island, NY Has Become A De Facto Psychiatric Hospital From Hell”

farmNatural News – by Julie Wilson

Martha Boneta, operator of a small family farm in Paris, Virginia, achieved success not only for her business but also for small farmers and property owners across the state when the “Boneta Bill” finally became law on July 2.

Despite efforts from local and state government officials, including Fauquier Zoning Administrator Kimberley Johnson, who accused Boneta of violating zoning ordinances, HB-268 passed, which protects traditional farming and agricultural practices against over-regulation on the county level. Continue reading “Small family farmer fights back against over-reaching government forcing her off her land”

Preparing to Hunker Down in Place Backdoor SurvivalBackdoor Survival – by Gaye

For the past week, I have been giving a lot of consideration to what I would personally do if there was even the slightest hint of an Ebola pandemic in the United States.  You would think that the process I engage would be easy since I live on an island that is only accessible by ferry, private vessel, or small aircraft.  But, as with all things, preparedness, there are always unique circumstances that come into play in any disaster and a pandemic is no different.   Continue reading “Preparing to Hunker Down in Place”

The IRS Will Be Stifling Free Speech in ChurchesJohn Birch Society – by Art Thompson

In this week’s analysis behind the news video, JBS CEO Art Thompson discusses how the IRS agreed on July 17 to monitor church sermons for political content as part of an agreement made with the Freedom From Religion Foundation; how tax collection in the United States has always been rife with corruption; how our original Constitution prevented the the imposition of the federal income tax; how our original Constitution provided for U.S. Senators to be chosen by state legislatures, not by a popular vote of the people; and how we need to get back to a truly independent Senate that represents the state legislatures, repeal the income tax, and thereby get back to our original system of financing the government.

Continue reading “The IRS Will Be Stifling Free Speech in Churches”

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Every production phase or civilization or other human invention goes through a so called transformation process. Transitions are social transformation processes that cover at least one generation. In this article I will use one such transition to demonstrate the position of our present civilization and its possible effect on stock exchange rates.

When we consider the characteristics of the phases of a social transformation we may find ourselves at the end of what might be called the third industrial revolution. Transitions are social transformation processes that cover at least one generation (= 25 years). A transition has the following characteristics:   Continue reading “New stock market crash, a pattern?”

CDC Concerned About Airborne Transmission of Ebola VirusDC Clothesline – by Paul Joseph Watson

Despite repeated assurances that the Ebola virus cannot be transmitted via airborne particles, the CDC is concerned about that very outcome and has directed airline staff to take steps to prevent the spread of “infectious material through the air.”

While Ebola is highly contagious, the risk of a full blown pandemic has been downplayed by health authorities because, according to our current understanding of the virus, Ebola, “is not airborne and is transmitted through contact with bodily fluids, including sweat and blood.”

Continue reading “Airborne? CDC Now Confirms Concerns of Airborne Transmission of Ebola”

FedBizOps

Solicitation Number: HSFE70-14-I-0006

Agency: Department of Homeland Security
Office: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Location: Logistics Branch

: Added: Jan 10, 2014 11:54 am

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking to augment its market research with a Request for Information (RFI) to be used in the formulation of the requirement with feedback from waste removal industry vendors that can potentially provide either dumpster service and/or bio-medical waste collection and removal services during emergency response events within the Continental United States (CONUS) area of responsibility.    Continue reading “FEMA Request for Dumpster & Bio Medical Waste Removal Services”

altGun Owners of America

Pat yourselves on the back!

As you will recall, GOA rallied gun owners several times over the past couple of months in opposition to Operation Choke Point.

Well, faced with a devastating barrage from the Second Amendment community, the Obama administration has staged a hasty retreat on its plan to shut off credit for gun stores through “Operation Choke Point.”   Continue reading “Obama Administration Retreats on “Choke Point””

arntzenebolaaTruthstream Media – by Aaron Dykes and Melissa Melton

Media coverage is now focusing on the experimental Ebola treatments being given to two American Ebola patients who contracted it while caring for victims in Africa — the site of the world’s deadliest outbreak.

But that Ebola treatment was developed by a leading bioengineering scientist from the University of Arizona who was caught on camera “joking” about wiping out humanity. Dr. Charles Arntzen suggested the use of a “better” genetically engineered virus during a post-lecture Q&A focused on over-population issues, citing the 2011 Hollywood film ‘Contagion.’   Continue reading “Scientist Working on Gov’t Ebola Drug Joked About Culling Population with GMO Virus”

WND – by Leo Hohmann

Shootings and killings barely make the news in major American cities, but in a rural county outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, residents are alarmed by a recent wave of violent crime and they’re looking for answers from their sheriff.

Harnett County Sheriff Larry Rollins didn’t hesitate to give a straight answer. When called upon at a prayer vigil Monday night, he urged them to get armed and get serious about defending their homes.   Continue reading “Sheriff: Pack heat to stop bloody crime wave”

New York Times – by MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and MICHAEL WINERIP

Even on the most violent cellblocks at Rikers Island, the beatings were astonishing in their severity. Two inmates were strapped to gurneys, taken to a clinic in a mental health unit and beaten so badly by correction officers that blood splattered the walls and witnesses described feeling sick to their stomachs.

Several witnesses, including civilian staff members, were so appalled that, in a rare occurrence at Rikers, they came forward to tell investigators what they had seen on that night in December 2012. The New York City Department of Investigation referred the case for prosecution twice, and The New York Times reported details of the assaults in an investigation into brutality by guards last month.    Continue reading “No Charges for Rikers Officers in 2012 Beatings of 2 Inmates”

ATT00004He is Edward “Ed” Mezvinsky, born January 17, 1937.
Then you’ll probably say, “Who is Ed Mezvinsky?”

Well, he is a former Democrat congressman who represented
Iowa’s 1st congressional district in the United States House
of Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977.

He sat on the House Judiciary Committee that decided
the fate of Richard Nixon.

He was outspoken saying that Nixon was a crook and a disgrace to
politics and the nation and should be impeached.   Continue reading “Do You Know This Guy?”

Mail.com

KENTWOOD, Mich. (AP) — A 9-year-old boy repeatedly stabbed by a 12-year-old at a Michigan playground ran screaming to his home and collapsed bleeding on his porch before dying at a hospital a short time later, witnesses and police said Tuesday.

Witnesses said the 12-year-old boy went to a nearby home after the Monday evening attack on Michael Conner Verkerke, called 911 and calmly turned himself in, then tried to flag down officers when they arrived.   Continue reading “Boy dies after playground stabbing by 12-year-old”