James Hetfield of Metallica performing at the Soundwave Music Festival, in Sydney, Australia The Guardian – by Katie Rosseinsky

An online petition has been launched by animal rights activists to ban Metallica from performing at Glastonbury later this month.

Since it was announced last month that the American heavy metal band would headline alongside Kasabian and Arcade Fire, the booking has been met with controversy, with artists and commentators claiming that their sound was not in keeping with the festival. The storm surrounding Metallica’s booking has now increased, with festival goers taking issue with frontman James Hetfield’s support of bear hunting.

Continue reading “Glastonbury: Animal rights activists launch petition to ban Metallica”

Samuel Curtis “Curt” Johnson III (left) talks with defense attorney Mark Richards before he pleads guilty to fourth-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct Friday in Racine County Circuit Court.Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel – by Bruce Vielmetti

After three years of pre-trial litigation that went all the way to the Wisconsin Supreme Court — twice — a Racine County billionaire who had been facing felony charges he sexually assaulted a girl pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors.

The victim in the case had moved to North Carolina, said she wished the case would be dismissed, and fought legal efforts to make her come to Wisconsin to testify.   Continue reading “Billionaire Johnson heir gets brief jail term in sex assault case”

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Veterans Today – by Preston James

In 1913 The City of London Zionist private Central Bankers successfully hijacked the American Monetary Production and Distribution System.

This was done by use of  stealth, bribery and massive political influence and was completely illegal despite any and all claims to the otherwise.   Continue reading “A Terrible Price to Pay”

Creepy: Slender Man is a prevalent internet myth that has been a viral sensation since it emerged online in 2009Daily Mail – by SNEJANA FARBEROV

An Ohio mother says her 13-year-old stabbed her multiple times to please Slender Man – the same fictional horror character that allegedly inspired a grisly knife attack in Wisconsin last week.

The resident of Hamilton County, who has not been publicly named, told the station WLWT that her daughter was obsessed with the ghoulish Internet boogyman.
Continue reading “ANOTHER knife attack linked to Slender Man: Mother claims her disturbed daughter, 13, stabbed her after becoming obsessed with creepy horror character”

Bob Bergdahl, father of U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl, speaks during a news conference in BoiseYahoo News – by Laura Zuckerman

SALMON Idaho (Reuters) – The father of Bowe Bergdahl, the Idaho soldier released from captivity in a controversial prisoner swap with the Taliban, has received emailed death threats that authorities are investigating, an Idaho police chief said on Saturday.

The first of the death threats sent to Bob Bergdahl at his home near Hailey, Idaho, was received on Wednesday, the same day the city canceled a planned rally celebrating the release of his son, Hailey Police Chief Jeff Gunter said.   Continue reading “Bowe Bergdahl’s father receives death threats: police chief”

XRepublic

We need police to catch murderers, thieves and con men, and so we give them special power — the power to use force on others. Sadly, today’s police use that power to invade people’s homes over accusations of trivial, nonviolent offenses — and often do it with tanks, battering rams and armor you’d expect on battlefields.

In his book “Rise of the Warrior Cop,” Radley Balko recounts the rise of police SWAT teams (SWAT stands for Special Weapons And Tactics) armed with heavy military equipment. SWAT raids began as rarely used methods of dealing with violent situations, like hostage-takings.

Continue reading “Warrior cops on the rise? – Radley Balko discusses baby burned during drug raid and the use of flash grenades”

Video Rebel’s Blog

We have been living for decades under what Catherine Austin Fitts calls the Slow Burn where all of our assets are stolen from us by the Power Elite on Wall Street.  She said Wall Street has stolen $40 trillion from us over the years through fraud and coercion. And they will steal more. She was the former Housing Commissioner in the first Bush administration and had been the managing partner at Dillon Read. Catherine was run out of Washington for being too honest. She once found a single block in San Diego with $20 million in defaulted HUD loans. Not one of the ten fictitious properties even had a postal address. Catherine does not believe that there is a crash coming when one day it all ends. She says the Slow Burn of being robbed by the trillions will continue for a long time.   Continue reading “So What Happens When The Number Of Impoverished Americans Passes 200 Million?”

Gary Schmidt said Judge Patrick Flanagan only objected to four seconds of his ad about opponent Ben Kieckhefer. Las Vegas Review-Journal

RENO — A state judge has ordered an opponent of state Sen. Ben Kieckhefer of Reno to pull a TV ad that says the Republican incumbent supported Democratic U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in his 2010 race against Republican Sharron Angle.

Washoe County District Judge Patrick Flanagan granted Kieckhefer’s request for a preliminary injunction on Friday night, saying the incumbent is “likely to suffer irreparable injury to his career and reputation” from GOP challenger Gary Schmidt’s ads.   Continue reading “Judge orders candidate to pull TV ad tied to Reid”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Following Obama and Putin’s “caught on tape” meeting Vine’d by the French President, we can’t help but wonder if the Russian leaders comments were something akin to “this is not over yet.” With “De-Dollarization” efforts already broadly under discussion, ITAR-TASS reports that Gazprom had signed additional agreements for clients to switch from dollars to euros and renminbi, “nine of ten consumer had agreed to switch.”

Via ITAR-TASS,   Continue reading “90% Of Gazprom Clients Have “De-Dollarized”, Will Transact In Euro & Renminbi”

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ERUSALEM – A Palestinian man was injured late Friday after being hit by an Israeli stun grenade during a wedding in East Jerusalem, a local popular committee spokesman said.

Muhammad Abu al-Hummus told Ma’an that Israeli forces unexpectedly raided the village of al-Issawiya and fired stun grenades while crowds of Palestinians were participating in a traditional wedding march.

One man was hit directly in the forehead with a stun grenade and taken to the hospital, Abu al-Hummus said.   Continue reading “Palestinian wedding interrupted by Israeli stun grenades, 1 hurt”