"What's in your wallet?" B. Todd Jones and Eric Holder also want to know what's in your collection, and invite you to pay for the privilege of reporting on yourself.Examiner – by David Codrea

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released a 60-day notice on Wednesday requesting comments on a proposed change to its Application to Make and Register a Firearm, Form Number: ATF F 1 (5320.1). The notice is published in the Federal Register for Monday, July 22, available online now.

“The form is used by persons applying to make and register a firearm that falls within the purview of the National Firearms Act,” the notice explains. “The information supplied by the applicant on the form helps to establish the applicant’s eligibility.   Continue reading “ATF requests public comments on firearm application form”

Russia’s chief epidemiologist Gennady Onishchenko, head of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare, and Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Yakovenko (right to left) attending the international conference “Global Threats – Global Actions. Promotion of the G8 Summit's Initiatives to Counter Infectious Diseases” held in Moscow. (Wikicommons)IntelliHub – by Janet C. Phelan

As quoted in the Moscow Times, July 20, 2013, Russia’s chief sanitary inspector,Gennady Onishchenko, has accused the U.S. of producing biological weapons in a Georgia at a U.S. Navy facility that is run in concert with the Georgian government.

The facility, the Center Public Health Reference Laboratory (CPHR), is situated on a former Soviet military base and is located on the outskirts of Tbilisi. Here, the U.S. government is conducting activities in violation of the 1975 Biological Weapons Convention, Onischenko told Interfax on Saturday.  Continue reading “Russian Official Accuses U.S. of Biological Weapons Violations”

130720cubanorthkoreamissileWND – by F. Michael Maloof

The recent seizure of a North Korean freighter carrying Cuban, nuclear-capable SA-2 missile components for refurbishment has resurrected the spectre of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, when another communist nation developed nuclear dealings with America’s island neighbor.

Richard Fisher, a military affairs specialist, explained the significance of the shipment, which was captured in the Panama Canal: “North Korea, a country soon to be in a position to export nuclear warhead armed ballistic missiles, now has a missile relationship with Cuba.”   Continue reading “U.S. Faces Brand-New Cuban Missile Crisis”

Nancy PelosiCNS News – by Elizabeth Harrington

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said her party is “blessed with such a great supply of riches” since Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden are rumored to be running for president in 2016.

“They’re both wonderful,” she said Friday. “Aren’t we blessed with such a great supply of riches?”   Continue reading “Pelosi on Hillary, Biden in 2016: ‘Aren’t We Blessed with Such a Great Supply of Riches?’”

Gunner was shot in the neck by an off-duty Texas officer who claimed the boxer attacked him, his wife and his dog. Twelve-year-old Dalton Fitzhenry says Gunner was just curious and sniffing the other dog when officer Mark Condon fired at point-blank range.Live With Dogs

With the number of frequent shootings by police against non-aggressive family dogs, it’s about time we see something being done within the police community. Online magazine Law Enforcement Today has recently published an article warning officers not to shoot loved family dogs.

James P. Gaffney, author of the article, is an LET risk management/police administration contributor to the publication, and served with a metro-New York police department for more than 25 years as a patrol officer, sergeant, lieutenant and executive officer. He brings to light the popular opinion that dogs are not just pets, but “valued family members,” and that the preferred term is now “canine companion.”   Continue reading “Law Enforcement Today Article Advises Police Not To Kill Family Dogs”

Wake Up America – by Susan Duclos

According to investigators,  26 year-old  Audrea Gause, filed a false claim and collected nearly half a million dollars from a national Boston Marathon bombing relief fund.

Gause claimed she had suffered a traumatic brain injury during the Boston Marathon bombings and filed a $480,000 claim with The One Fund Boston, an organization that accepts and distributes money for victims.   Continue reading “Woman Filed And Collected $480k False Boston Marathon Victim Claim”

governmentNatural News – by Mike Adams

Last week, Detroit declared bankruptcy, becoming the largest city in U.S. history to take such drastic action in the face of financial insolvency. A declaration of bankruptcy isn’t what most people think it is, though: it’s not just a statement of “we’re broke!” It’s actually a way for the city to clear its slate of all financial obligations and not pay the retirees it owes.

What are the largest financial obligations the city facing? Pensions. $3.5 billion worth of pensions, to be exact.   Continue reading “Warning to all police, firefighters, schoolteachers: Most government pensions to be confiscated within a decade”

Freedom Outpost -by Tim Brown

Catrina Engle is just a simple mother of four and wife to her husband. On the evening of March 3, 2013 she was leaving the Mission, Kansas Post Office and had just placed two of her children, ages 4 and 2, in her minivan when she was approached by Officer Michelle Pierce and ordered to render her identification without reason. From that point on the day turned into a tragedy for her as she was arrested and a body cavity search was conducted out in the middle of the public by Officer Pierce. What was her crime? Apparently her kids put a couple of pebbles in the mailbox and though the Post Officer was closed, she tried to get someone to help her and when they wouldn’t she was in a loud conversation on her cell phone in the lobby with her husband before leaving. Full dashcam footage follows.   Continue reading “Mission, KS Police Arrest & Cavity Search Mom After Toddlers Drop Pebbles in Mail Slot”

NBC News – by Gil Aegerter

A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck central New Zealand near the capital on Sunday, prompting flights in and out of the nearby airport to be suspended, according to local reports.

Nevertheless, initial reports indicated damage was light. The Pacific tsunami warning center did not issue a tsunami warning.

One News reported on its website that all flights in and out of Wellington Airport were suspended indefinitely amid fears of damage to equipment.   Continue reading “6.5 earthquake strikes near Wellington, New Zealand”

Rare – by James S. Robbins

Would you trust thousands of low-level Federal bureaucrats and contractors with one-touch access to your private financial and medical information? Under Obamacare you won’t have any choice.

As the Obamacare train-wreck begins to gather steam, there is increasing concern in Congress over something called the Federal Data Services Hub. The Data Hub is a comprehensive database of personal information being established by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to implement the federally facilitated health insurance exchanges. Continue reading “Move over NSA, here comes the Obamacare Big Brother database”

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas meet in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 19, 2013.Press TV

Iran Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Araqchi says Tehran is against the resumption of talks between Israel and Palestinians as Tel Aviv is incapable of dialogue.

The Israeli regime’s structure is based on occupation and therefore it is incapable of negotiating and reaching an agreement with Palestinians, Araqchi said on Sunday.    Continue reading “Israel incapable of negotiation with Palestinians: Araqchi”

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AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Government troops fired mortar rounds that slammed into a main market in a town in northern Syria on Sunday, killing at least 20 civilians, activist groups said.

The mortar shells struck the town of Ariha, which is held mostly by opposition fighters, a few hours ahead of iftar, the meal that breaks the dawn-to-dusk fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.   Continue reading “Mortar shells hit market in Syria, killing 20”

APFree Beacon – by CJ Ciaramella

Confidential tax records of several political candidates and campaign donors were improperly accessed by government officials, but the Justice Department declined to prosecute any of the officials involved, even in one “willful” violation of the law, an IRS watchdog reported.

In a July 3 letter to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R., Iowa), the Treasury inspector general for tax administration (TIGTA) J. Russell George acknowledged that government officials had illegally accessed tax records of candidates and donors in four instances since 2006.   Continue reading “DOJ Declines to Prosecute Officials Involved in Tax Record Scandal”

BIN OVER THEIR HEADS: Pioneer Supermarket in Brooklyn sells plastic barrels that customers use to ship food to family members in the Caribbean.New York Post – KATE BRIQUELET and ISABEL VINCENT

Food stamps are paying for trans-Atlantic takeout — with New Yorkers using taxpayer-funded benefits to ship food to relatives in Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Welfare recipients are buying groceries with their Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards and packing them in giant barrels for the trip overseas, The Post found.

The practice is so common that hundreds of 45- to 55-gallon cardboard and plastic barrels line the walls of supermarkets in almost every Caribbean corner of the city.   Continue reading “NY food stamp recipients are shipping welfare-funded groceries to relatives in Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Haiti”