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President Obama is a little uneasy with the way journalists have been dragged into the Justice Department’s aggressive pursuit of national security leak investigations. In fact, he has ordered Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct a 45-day review of the department’s guidelines on the issue.
That bit of news was buried in the middle of the president’s hourlong speech today at National Defense University. Continue reading “Obama Orders DOJ Review of Leak Investigations”
The New American – by Jack Kenny
Connecticut’s seven-week-old gun law, passed in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook School in Newtown in December, has been challenged in federal court. A coalition of individuals, gun retailers, sports shooters, and gun rights activists entered a suit in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport Wednesday, asking for a declaration that the law is unconstitutional and both a preliminary and a permanent injunction against its enforcement. Continue reading “Connecticut Gun Law Challenged in Federal Court”
A bill crafted in secret by Connecticut’s chief prosecutor,governor’s office and legislators would prevent the release of some Newtown school shooting investigation records, including crime scene photos and videos and 911 recordings.
A draft of the proposal was released by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s office Wednesday afternoon, a day after the Hartford Courant reported on the efforts to create the bill. Continue reading “Connecticut bill would limit public access to records of Sandy Hook shooting”
New York Post – by JULIA MARSH and MATTHEW
The president of the city firefighters’ union blasted the bike-share program yesterday, calling the placement of the racks a hazard to emergency responders — as the city continued to shuffle racks around in response to community outrage.
“The bike racks present challenges to firefighters and frankly, trying to get around the city now is harder than ever before,” Uniformed Firefighters Association President Steve Cassidy said at a press conference in Manhattan. Continue reading “Firefighters blast bikes in hazard spots”
New York Post – by BOB FREDERICKS
The taxi magnate who said he was subjected to a profanity-laced rant by Mayor Bloomberg has filed a federal lawsuit charging the mayor with threatening him and siccing TLC inspectors on his fleet in retaliation for his opposition to the “Taxi of Tomorrow” plan.
The suit, filed in Manhattan federal court late yesterday, accuses Bloomberg and TLC chief David Yassky of ordering inspectors to dump a blizzard of bogus tickets – totaling about $3.5 million – on cabs operated by Taxi Club Management CEO Gene Freidman. Continue reading “Taxi big adds new charges to suit against Bloomberg after mayor’s profanity-laced tirade”
We got back in town to find one of these taking away a 1/2 block of parking on our street. They are Everywhere! Parking was bad before, now its next to impossible. Not to mention all the added congestion the riders will add to the streets.
New York Post – by Bob McManus
Here come Mike’s bikes!
New York’s long-stalled bicycle-share program kicks off next weekend, Memorial Day, with more than 5,000 of rent-by-the-ride two-wheelers standing by for anyone with a valid credit card and an appetite for adventure. Continue reading “Bike share will make NYC more chaotic and less safe — not that Mayor Bloomberg cares”
Voters in Portland, Oregon solidly defeated a city-wide water fluoridation measure yesterday, with 60% of the voters saying “NO!” to the practice of adding toxic fluoride chemicals to the water.
The result is a huge victory for www.CleanWaterPortland.org and all the men, women and children of Portland who can now rest easier, knowing their tap water is not intentionally poisoned with cancer-causing chemicals derived from industrial waste and mislabeled “fluoride.” Continue reading “Water fluoridation DEFEATED in Portland; citizens overwhelmingly reject dumping toxic fluoride chemicals into the water supply”
A veteran reporter is warning that members of the news media aren’t the only Americans who should be concerned about the privacy of their telephone conversations.
Gregory J. Millman of the Wall Street Journal, who says his telephone records were targeted by the IRS many years ago, writes that the communications of citizens could come to the attention of the government in a number of ways, including by getting a call from someone in whom the government has interest. Continue reading “Veteran Reporter: Nobody’s Data Safe from Feds”
Prosecutors are considering charging Steven A. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors as a criminal enterprise engaged in a long pattern of insider trading in stocks, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Prosecutors may use the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, most commonly associated with prosecutions against the mafia, to move against Cohen’s $15 billion hedge fund company, said the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Continue reading “Prosecutors consider using racketeering law against SAC: source”
RT reported Wednesday on a bizarre spate of respiratory illnesses in Alabama, two resulting in death.
A mysterious respiratory illness has claimed the lives of two people in southeast Alabama, and caused five other hospitalizations. The illness has left health officials baffled, who have no idea what this disease is or where it originated. Continue reading “Mysterious Deaths in Alabama: Could They Be Related to Monsanto’s Bt Cotton Crops?”
Evening Standard – by Peter Allen
The head of the International Monetary Fund arrived in the dock of a Paris courtroom today as she braced herself to be formally charged with embezzlement and fraud.
Christine Lagarde’s humiliation is not only a massive personal blow which could lead to her resignation, but one which will plunge the world’s banking system into further ignominy. Continue reading “Head of the IMF Christine Lagarde in court charged with embezzlement and fraud”
USA Today -by Carolina Jemsby and David Barta
STOCKHOLM — Suburbs of the Swedish capital were engulfed in a fourth night of rioting early today in the country’s worst civil unrest in years, leaving locals shaking their heads and wondering when calm would return to their usually tranquil city.
Since Sunday, hundreds of young residents of the suburbs of Husby, Jakobsberg, Hagsatra, Skarholmenset and others set dozens of cars on fire, damaged buildings — including schools and a police station — and battled with police. There were about 10 arrests, and one police officer was reported injured. Continue reading “Riots rock Sweden’s immigrant suburbs for fourth night”
Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die
A little over a year ago, I did what was once unthinkable, I gave up anything and everything containing high fructose corn syrup. I did it for a big reason: I had come to the conclusion that it was killing me. Those multiple energy drinks a day to go along with my Pepsi habit and 2 candy bar a day routine was rotting out my insides, and I knew it, so I gave them up cold turkey. I haven’t turned back and I have no regrets whatsoever. Continue reading “As Addictive As Cocaine: HFCS – America’s Most Deadly Addiction?”
MIAMI BEACH (CBSMiami) – Sun, sand, music and heightened security pretty much sums up Memorial Day Weekend on South Beach.
The Miami Beach Police Department is currently preparing for the annual holiday weekend party, commonly referred to as Urban Beach Week, by beefing up security as much as possible. Continue reading “Miami: Memorial Day ‘Urban Beach Week’ and the Total Militarized Police State”
Natural News – by Mike Adams
WND – by Bob Unruh
The Organic Prepper
Deadline Live – CBS Miami