AlterNet – by William Dotinga

Killing not a cure for depression, family says.

A California sheriff’s deputy needlessly Tasered and then shot a man to death after his father called 911 seeking help for his son’s depression, the family claims in court.

Parents and two brothers of the late George I. Ramirez sued Stanislaus County, its sheriff’s department, Sheriff Adam Christianson, and Deputy Art Parra Jr. in Federal Court.   Continue reading “Cops Taser Then Shoot Man to Death After Family Calls 911 for Help for His Depression”

solitary confinement via Fer Gregory / ShutterstockRaw Story – by David Edwards

Two civil rights groups have sued the state of Mississippi for alleged human rights abuses at one of the state’s for-profit prisons.

A class-action lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) describes how a “perpetual state of crisis at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility puts inmates at a “grave risk of death and loss of limbs.”   Continue reading “Mississippi sued over for-profit prisons that risk imates’ ‘death and loss of limbs’”

Breitbart – by BEN SHAPIRO

Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says that Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, who has threatened to take the city into bankruptcy over its unsustainable finances, is bluffing. “I think he’s using it, at this point, judiciously to make sure that he can use it as leverage more than anything else,” Bing told the press. “He said to me, more than once, ‘[bankruptcy] is not where I want to go, but at least it’s on the table, and if I have to go there, nobody’s gonna like it.’”   Continue reading “Detroit Mayor: Let’s Force Employees to Live in City Limits for 7 Years”

Syria Report

Major reports by two Turkish daily newspapers detail the arrest of twelve suspects linked to the Reyhanlı bombings on May 11 in which 51 people were killed and 140 injured. The 12 suspected Al-Qaeda members were arrested in Adana, southern Turkey and anti-terrorist police seized among other items, 2 kilograms of the sarin nerve agent.

Zaman reports that the dawn raid took place on Monday, 27 May following intelligence gathered on the cell.   Continue reading “Chemical Weapons Found in Turkey Al-Qaeda Raid”

Reuters

(Reuters) – Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR.N) said it appointed former CIA Director David Petraeus as chairman of the newly created KKR Global Institute, which will study the investment implications of global macroeconomic, social and geopolitical issues.

Petraeus will also support KKR’s investment teams in the diligence process, particularly in considering investments in new geographies, KKR said on Thursday.   Continue reading “KKR names former CIA head Petraeus as chairman of new institute”

The Sydney Morning Herald – by Peter Mitchell, Tom Hays and Raphael Satter

US prosecutors have announced what they say is the biggest international money laundering prosecution in history – a $US6 billion ($A6.2 billion) trail that allegedly includes $US36.9 million ($A38.4 million) deposited in Westpac Bank accounts.   Continue reading “Westpac caught up in world’s biggest money laundering sting”

During-the-scheme-parents-are-secretly-monitored-by-maternity-staff-to-judge-their-parenting-skillsExpress – by Ben Borland

PARENTS are being secretly judged on their views on race and diversity while in hospital with their newborn babies under the SNP Government’s latest assault on family life.

In a further twist, the same health board is asking children – some of them still at nursery school – to rate their parents or carers on a scale of 1-10.   Continue reading “Scotland: State snoops checking out new parents”

starve monsantoThe Organic Prepper

Monsanto seems intent on taking over the food supply of the entire world.  Their sterile, toxic seeds are in every corner of the globe.  Hungary recently made headlines for burning 1000 acres of fields of GMO crops to the ground. Dozens of nations have banned, or at the very least, regulated, GMO crops and products.  The heat is on the monolithic seed corporation, and it’s time to turn the temperature up even more in North America.  The federal government has made no secret of their support of Monsanto, so it’s up to us, the consumers, to starve them out.   Continue reading “10 Ways to Starve a Multi-National GMO Conglomerate”

wheatNatural News – by Mike Adams

The genetic apocalypse we’ve been warning about for years may have already begun. The USDA just announced they found a significant amount of genetically engineered wheat growing in farm fields in Oregon. As the USDA announced yesterday, “…test results of plant samples from an Oregon farm indicate the presence of genetically engineered (GE) glyphosate-resistant wheat plants.”   Continue reading “GMO genetic pollution alert: Genetically engineered wheat escapes experimental fields planted across 16 states”

Since the Christian Science Monitor doesn’t allow comments in its articles, I emailed them the following letter, in the hopes they’ll clarify what it is they are babbling about.

They must be on some kind of mind-altering substance, as evidenced by this article:   Continue reading “Christian Science Monitor Staff Taking Drugs?”

Isfahan nuclear facility - AP - 2005Haaretz – by Amos Harel

Article co-written by retired generals James Cartwright and Amos Yadlin states that it would be preferable for the U.S., rather than Israel, to carry out an attack on Iran.

A theoretical scenario for a military assault on nuclear sites in Iran by the end of this year was published on Wednesday by two former senior officers from Israel and the United States. The officers state that the international community must first exhaust non-military efforts to pressure Iran and conclude that, if an attack is necessary, it is preferable to come from America rather than Israel.   Continue reading “Israel and U.S. generals draw up theoretical scenario for attack on Iran”

Reuters – by Naveen Thukral and Risa Maeda

SINGAPORE/TOKYO, May 30 (Reuters) – A strain of genetically modified wheat found in the United States fuelled concerns over food supplies across Asia on Thursday, with major importer Japan cancelling a tender offer to buy U.S. grain.

Other top Asian wheat importers South Korea, China and the Philippines said they were closely monitoring the situation after the U.S. government found genetically engineered wheat sprouting on a farm in the state of Oregon.   Continue reading “Japan Cancels U.S. Wheat Order on GMO Fear”

Abdulbaki Todashev, the father of Ibraghim Todashev, attending the press conference at the RIA Novosti Agency.(RIA Novosti / Alexander Natruskin)RT News

Ibragim Todashev, who was killed by the FBI during a questioning, was shot six times, once in the crown of his head, photos shown at a press conference in Moscow reveal. His father suspects it could have been a kill shot.

“I can show you the photos taken after the killing of my son. I have 16 photographs. I just would like to say that looking at these photos is like being in a movie. I only saw things like that in movies: shooting a person, and then the kill shot. Six shots in the body, one of them in the head,” Abdulbaki Todashev said at the press conference at RIA Novosti news agency in the Russian capital.   Continue reading “Kill shot? Photos show Boston bombing suspect’s friend took FBI bullet to top of head”

ReutersHow convenient, a plea bargain with a life in prison sentence.  More likely he’ll get a new identification and be sent on his next assignment, provided he doesn’t get killed first.

RT News

The American soldier behind one of the worst atrocities during the war in Afghanistan, which resulted in the deaths of 16 villagers during a nighttime rampage, has agreed to plead guilty in a deal designed to avoid the death penalty.   Continue reading “US Army sergeant behind Afghanistan atrocity makes bid to avoid execution”

Reuters / Kacper PempelThis could almost be laughable if the subject wasn’t so serious.  With the Federal Reserve printing more and more worthless fiat currency with “QE to Eternity” and the continual daily theft of our natural resources combined with an endless influx of illegal insurgents, it is not a matter of if, but when the dollar finally collapses.    Continue reading “Dollar could be in danger as the world’s currency”

Activist Post – by Stephen Lendman

Israel gives chutzpah new meaning. War on humanity defines its agenda. It’s partnered with Washington’s war on Syria.

It’s heading perhaps toward greater intervention. It warned Russia about supplying Syria with sophisticated defensive anti-aircraft missiles. It said Israel will react in response. More on that below.   Continue reading “Israel Threatens Russia”

nra protect your rightsRight Wing News – by John Hawkins

When Jared Marcum was suspended from school and arrested for wearing a NRA “Protect Your Rights” t-shirt, it drew national attention. Afterwards, the liberal bullies at Logan County Schools who thought they could get away with picking on a 14 year old kid started to become a lot more reasonable.   Continue reading “After Student is Suspended and Arrested for Wearing NRA “Protect Your Rights” Shirt,100 Students Wear Shirt to School”