Harris County Commissioners hired Texas’ premiere appraisal expert to investigate whether Harris County Appraisal District is fairly assessing home owners and commercial properties.  Harris County Commissioners noticed a disturbing pattern of deep discounts in commercial properties they were purchasing at condemnation for right-of-way (or roads).  There was a perception that the assessed value set by Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD) was often only 35 to 65% of the purchase price when they were purchasing commercial property.  They hired appraisal expert Ted Whitmer to determine the market value of a number of large commercial properties in Harris County.   Continue reading “Harris County Commissioners Investigate HCAD”

Lew Rockwell – by Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD

Modern medicine has spawned great things like open heart surgery and corneal transplants, but it also harms people when its practitioners follow treatment guidelines based on fallacious theories. My grandson became gravely ill when he was 2 months old after his heart and kidneys started to fail. Studies showed that he had an underdeveloped aortic arch that restricted blood flow to most of his body, known as hypoplasia of the transverse aortic arch. A surgeon (a colleague of mine at the University of Washington) operated on him, placing this 10-lb. infant on a heart-lung machine, cooling him to a low temperature and then draining out his blood. With the machine turned off and no blood circulating through the body—for 19 minutes—to obscure what he needed to do, the surgeon enlarged the aortic arch by stitching a (pericardial) patch onto it. Now, three years later, this fortunate child is a healthy, active little boy and is developing normally.   Continue reading “Fallacies in Modern Medicine: HIV/AIDS”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

Breitbart Texas reported this weekend that the Mexican government gave uniforms and assault rifles to hundreds of vigilantes in the country, creating the Rural Police Force. Authorities made the decision in response to the increasingly menacing drug cartels in the country. Recent reports state that vigilantes who did not join the Rural Police Force are resisting the Mexican government’s effort to demobilize them.

The Washington Post reported that over the weekend, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto began to rein in and demobilize vigilantes who did not join the newly-formed Rural Police Force.   Continue reading “Mexican Government Attempts to Disarm Resistant Anti-Cartel Vigilantes”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A May 7th solicitation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture seeks “the commercial acquisition of submachine guns [in] .40 Cal. S&W.”

According to the solicitation, the Dept. of Agriculture wants the guns to have an “ambidextrous safety, semiautomatic or 2 round [bursts] trigger group, Tritium night sights front and rear, rails for attachment of flashlight (front under fore group) and scope (top rear), stock collapsible or folding,” and a “30 rd. capacity” magazine.   Continue reading “Dept of Agriculture Orders Submachine Guns with 30 Round Clips”

Todashev's killer, FBI Agent Aaron McFarlane, here as Oakland cop testifying at a corruption trial, his victim, IbrahThis Can’t Be Happening – by Dave Lindorff

Almost a year after an FBI agent shot and killed, under suspicious circumstances, a crucial witness in the Boston Marathon bombing case during a botched midnight interrogation in an Orlando apartment, serious questions are being raised about the FBI agent who fired seven shots into Chechen immigrant Ibragim Todashev last May 22.

Two investigations, one by the FBI itself and one by the Florida Attorney General’s office, exonerated the FBI in the shooting death, claiming the agent, never identified, had been acting in self-defense, when Todashev allegedly ran at him with a raised broom handle. Continue reading “Agent Who Killed Tsarnaev Pal During Grilling had Brutal, Corrupt History”

Courthouse News Service

PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) A junior high school suspended a student and turned him over to police because of a “doodle” he drew showing a person being hanged, his father claims in court.

Robert Bernard Keller sued the Beaverton Police Department and Beaverton School District in Federal Court. Beaverton is a suburb of Portland.      Continue reading “Student Turned Over to Police for a Doodle”

cinnamon honey 263x165 Two Common Kitchen Items to Combine for Amazing Health BenefitsNatural Society – by Paul Fassa

According to a January 17, 1995 issue of Canadian magazine Weekly World News, honey and cinnamon’s combined effects are proven and recognized as valid for several health issues including cancer and arthritis. But this 1995 hard copy magazine’s news item about honey and cinnamon didn’t get picked up on the Internet until 2006.   Continue reading “Two Common Kitchen Items to Combine for Amazing Health Benefits”

NYPDHuffington Post – by Matt Sledge

NEW YORK — A civil liberties lawyer challenged members of a New York City Police Department oversight board on Wednesday over an apparent city investigation into a leaked stop and frisk memo.

At issue is a memo that allegedly hamstrings the ability of investigators on the Civil Complaint Review Board to investigate stop and frisks that occur when police are issuing summonses for minor violations, such as public consumption of alcohol.   Continue reading “NYPD Oversight Board Challenged Over Stop And Frisk Leak Investigation”

FILE PHOTO.(Reuters / Athit Perawongmetha)RT News

A ruptured oil pipe near the city of Glendale, Los Angeles County, has caused a massive leak as 50,000 gallons of crude oil spilled onto streets, which is knee high in some places, the Los Angeles Fire Department reports.

The leak from a 20-inch pipe was first reported at around 12:15 am local time. The oil line was remotely shut off, the Los Angles Fire Department (LAFD) said in a press release. The oil spill has covered approximately a half-mile area, and is knee deep in some spots. The leak, which was sprung near 5175 W. San Fernando Rd., has spill has affected some commercial businesses.    Continue reading “‘Knee Deep’: 50,000 gallons of oil spills on LA streets”

Coronado HillsLA Times – by TONY PERRY, VERONICA ROCHA AND JILL COWAN

Brush fires broke out Wednesday in more than half a dozen spots in northern San Diego County and spread at a dangerous pace as hot, dry, erratic winds, backed by record temperatures, raked Southern California for a second day.

Elsewhere, crews battled flames in Lompoc, Santa Paula, North Hills, Long Beach and Anaheim.

Continue reading “Brush fires break out and spread in northern San Diego County”

Yahoo Shine – by Joanna Douglas

Now that Illinois has become the 50th state to legally allow some degree of concealed weapons, several Chicago designers are ready to cash in on the change, coming up with creative and stylish ways for interested parties to hide their firearms.

According to a Gallup poll released last year, 23 percent of gun owners are women — up 13 percent from 2005. A quick Web search turns up a large variety of handbags designed to conceal weapons, but the new trend adds fashionable apparel to the mix.   Continue reading “Fashion Designers Taking Advantage of Gun Laws”

After 35 years of marriage, a husband and wife came for counseling. When asked what the problem was, the wife went into a tirade, listing every problem they had ever had in the years they had been married.

On and on and on: neglect, lack of intimacy, emptiness, loneliness, feeling unloved and unlovable, an long laundry list of unmet needs she had endured.   Continue reading “A Visit to The Marriage Counselor”

Graphic video: Cat saves young boy from stray dog attackKMOV News 4

A video showing a household cat saving a young boy from a stray dog attack is gaining steam across the web after the child’s father posted a video of the incident to YouTube.

Roger Triantafilo says his son was riding his bike when a dog came out of nowhwere and attacked him. Within seconds the family’s cat jumped into action and ran the dog off before any more damage could be done.   Continue reading “Cat saves young boy from stray dog attack”

Every year the French have a 4 day celebration in Normandy complete with American uniforms, tanks, jeeps and guns.  They still honor the Americans who died there.

June 6, 2013, the 69th anniversary of “D-Day”, the largest invasion  ever attempted, where 200,000 Americans stormed the beaches at Normandy to begin the final push to defeat Nazi Germany in WWII. D-Day marked the turning point in WWII in Europe. Today, European heads of state make it a point to recall and honor the sacrifices of those who landed in Normandy , as do our Presidents….well, most of them….    Continue reading “God Help Us!”

Mail.com

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A young boy who survived an 11-story fall from a Minneapolis high-rise has been dubbed “the miracle baby” and was recovering in a hospital Wednesday.

Fifteen-month-old Musa Dayib suffered a broken spine and ribs as well as a concussion and a punctured lung. Musa’s relatives believe he slipped through the railing of his family’s apartment balcony Sunday evening.   Continue reading “Boy survives 11-story fall from Minnesota building”