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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says that JP Morgan has massively manipulated energy markets in California and the Midwest, obtaining tens of millions of dollars in overpayments from grid operators between September 2010 and June 2011. Continue reading “Big Banks Manipulated Energy Markets In California and the Midwest … Ripping Off Tens of Millions of Dollars in 9 Months”
AlterNet – by Rose Bouboushian, Courthouse News
Pittsburgh SWAT officers must face claims that they raided a family’s home, violently dragged a child from the bathtub, and “terrorized” them at gunpoint, a federal judge ruled.
Georgeia Moreno and her family sued Pittsburgh, its police chief and 14 police officers in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Continue reading “Lawsuit: SWAT Officers Dragged 10-Year-Old from Bathtub, Made Him Stand Naked Next to 4-Year-Old Sister, Terrorized Family”
WASHINGTON – Police have arrested a woman in the splattering of green paint inside two chapels at the Washington National Cathedral and are trying to determine if she has any connection to two similar incidents on the National Mall.
Police say 58-year-old Jiamei Tian was arrested Monday inside the cathedral shortly after the paint was found and charged with defacing property. Assistant D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said investigators were hoping to question her about the vandalism on the Mall, including at the Lincoln Memorial, but a language barrier was complicating those efforts. Continue reading “Police: Woman arrested in green paint vandalism at Washington National Cathedral”
Forget “gun control.” That’s old news. The city of Oakland, California now wants to ban any object that could be used as a “tool of vandalism,” including hammers, wrenches, slingshots, shields and presumably anything else with a blunt edge such as garden rakes or sticks.
It’s all part of Oakland’s response to recent protests in which angry mobs of people caused significant damage to local businesses (because angry mobs tend to loot and burn their own neighborhoods first). Continue reading “Oakland to ban hammers, wrenches, tripods, walking canes, shields and other ‘tools of vandalism’ in bizarre Orwellian disarmament push”
Oregon Live – by Laura Gunderson
A jury Friday awarded an Oregon woman $18.6 million after she spent two years unsuccessfully trying to get Equifax Information Services to fix major mistakes on her credit report.
The judgement, likely to be appealed, appears to be one of the largest awarded to a consumer in a case against one of the nation’s major credit bureaus. Continue reading “Equifax must pay $18.6 million after failing to fix Oregon woman’s credit report”
Wake Up America – by Susan Duclos
There have been a massive propane plant explosions in Tavares, Fla., at the Blue Rhino plant in Lake County, near Orlando, late Monday at approximately 11 pm, injuring multiple people, leaving at least 10 unaccounted for and forcing evacuations at least a mile around the scene. Continue reading “Massive Propane Plant Explosions In Florida – July 29, 2013”
Mother Jones – by Mac McClelland
“DON’T TAKE ANYTHING that happens to you there personally,” the woman at the local chamber of commerce says when I tell her that tomorrow I start working at Amalgamated Product Giant Shipping Worldwide Inc. She winks at me. I stare at her for a second.
“What?” I ask. “Why, is somebody going to be mean to me or something?” Continue reading “I Was a Warehouse Wage Slave”
The judge presiding over the case of Army private first class Bradley Manning will announce her verdict Tuesday afternoon from Ft. Meade, Maryland.
Col. Denise Lind, the presiding judge in the court-martial of the United States v. Pfc Manning, said Monday morning that the long-awaited verdict will be delivered at 1 p.m. EDT from the military courthouse at the Ft. Meade Army Base outside of Baltimore. Continue reading “Manning verdict to be announced on Tuesday”
When Detroit filed for bankruptcy, the city’s demands for a Federal bailout promptly rose to the surface and then just as promptly dissipated following a polite but stern rejection by the president, almost too fast and without any fight, according to some. Or maybe that is only how it appeared. According to the NYT, Detroit’s advisors may be looking at a completely different source of Federal “assistance” – a much more indirect one, even if at the end of the day, it is taxpayers who end up footing the bill. Obamacare. Continue reading “Detroit’s Bailout “Plan B”: Obamacare”
In a real world in which you and I must live
fairy tales are dangerous
dangerous because they are untrue
anything which is untrue is dangerous
and it is all the more dangerous when the fairy tale is accepted as reality
simply because it has an official seal of approval
or because ‘honorable’ men announce you must believe it
or because powerful elements of the press tell you the fairy tale is true
Jim Garrison Continue reading “Fairy Tales Are Dangerous”
DEPUTY MAYOR GIBBS, HEALTH COMMISSIONER FARLEY AND HEALTH AND HOSPITAL CORPORATIONS PRESIDENT AVILES LAUNCH NEW PROGRAMS TO HELP FAMILIES EAT BETTER AND ACCESS HEALTHY PRODUCE AT FARMERS MARKETS
Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program Launches in New York City Public Hospitals, Targets Those at Risk of Obesity Continue reading “Wholesome Wave Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program Launches in New York City Public Hospitals, Targets Those at Risk of Obesity”
Some 1,117 detainees have escaped from a prison in eastern Libya. It comes as hundreds of Libyans protest against the killing of a prominent anti-Brotherhood activist, blaming Islamists for his death.
The mass jailbreak occurred at Koyfiya prison in the eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, according to security official Mohammed Hejazi. Continue reading “Benghazi jailbreak: Over 1,000 prisoners escape in Libya amid protests”
If you had a question about how to protect yourself from a criminal known to break into houses in your neighborhood, would you ask him how to protect your home and then take his suggestions, or would you be suspicious he might be answering them in a way that would make your home even easier to encroach?
If you had a question about the honesty and integrity of a person in an authority position, would you ask that person to investigate himself and then accept his findings? (I mean, if you were a normal person, not if your name is Barack or Eric.) Continue reading “GMO Re-Education: Monsanto, Dow and Biotech Firms Unite to Launch Disinformation Site”
Seated on a stool before an audience packed with spooks, lawmakers, lawyers and mercenaries, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer introduced recently retired CENTCOM chief General James Mattis. “I’ve worked with him and I’ve worked with his predecessors,” Blitzer said of Mattis. “I know how hard it is to run an operation like this.”
Reminding the crowd that CENTCOM is “really, really important,” Blitzer urged them to celebrate Mattis: “Let’s give the general a round of applause.” Continue reading “Shocking ‘Extermination’ Fantasies By the People Running America’s Empire on Full Display at Aspen Summit”
Google has prevented Press TV from accessing its Youtube page since Thursday, causing a large number of viewers and subscribers to contact the channel to find out what has happened.
“We have not been able to upload any new videos since early Thursday,” said Press TV newsroom director, Hamid Reza Emadi, adding that Google has disabled the channel’s account without giving any explanation. Continue reading “Google disables Press TV Youtube account”
Toronto police Chief Bill Blair says people “have every right to be concerned” after an 18-year-old man armed with a knife on a downtown streetcar was shot repeatedly and killed by police this weekend — an incident captured by amateur video.
Blair said he has seen the video, which was posted online. Continue reading “Toronto police chief promises answers after streetcar killing”
Livingston Daily – by Lisa Roose-Church
3:50 p.m. UPDATE –– An Oceola Township man was arraigned this afternoon after a more than seven-hour police standoff and the alleged choking of his girlfriend.
Michael George Porr, 43, is charged with assault with intent to commit great bodily harm less than murder, interfering with electronic communication, interfering with a crime report, and animal cruelty. Continue reading “Livingston County, Michigan man arraigned after 7-hour police standoff”
Free North Carolina – by Old Sarge
Many of you have claimed, stated, and otherwise mentioned the idea that there are so-called “oathkeepers” in the ranks of the military, who will eventually “wake up”, and throw off the shackles of the regime, and America and the Constitution will be restored complete with rainbows, chocolate rivers and children playing with gumdrop smiles. Continue reading “Oathkeepers in the ranks of the military will eventually wake up and throw off the shackles of the regime?”
Common Dreams – by Jacob Chamberlain
Thousands of fast food workers went on strike in branches across seven U.S. cities on Monday in what could be the largest strike of its kind in U.S. history.
The workers are protesting unlivable wages and are calling for a nationwide living wage of $15 dollars an hour.
“A lot of the workers are living in poverty, you know, not being able to afford to put food on the table or take the train to work,” said Jonathan Westin, director of Fast Food Forward, who has been organizing fast-food workers in New York City. Continue reading “Largest Fast Food Workers Strike Hits Seven Cities Across US”
Huffington Post – by David Moye
It’s hard enough being a parent these days without having your kids taken by a tow truck driver.
And it’s even worse when you’re slapped with child abandonment charges as a result.
That’s the parental predicament being faced by Victor Ruiz, who cops say parked his car in a no-parking zone outside his Houston apartment Thursday and left his two young daughters in the car while he took his groceries inside. Continue reading “Victor Ruiz Arrested After Tow Truck Tows Away Kids”
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