A quick visual summary of today's lessonsExaminer – by Kurt Hofmann

Although the vast majority of the carnage from the terrorism that paralyzed the Boston area for most of last week was committed with bombs, rather than guns, it would be a mistake to believe that these events will not weigh heavily in the gun rights/”gun control” debate. St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner predicted last week, for example, that a push for “gunpowder control” would be one of the results, and within hours, rabidly anti-gun U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) fulfilled that prophecy.   Continue reading “‘Gun control,’ and the lessons of Boston”

Macleans

The brothers suspected to have carried out the Boston Marathon bombings earlier this week were caught on camera at a convenience store on the night of April 18—but they didn’t rob a 7-Eleven in Cambridge as has widely been reported, says company spokeswoman Margaret Chabris.

Chabris told Maclean’s that a 7-Eleven location at 750 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge did experience a robbery last night, but the Tsarnaev brothers are not the suspects. She said widely released surveillance photos that feature Dzhokhar Tsarnaev do not resemble the interior of any 7-Eleven location in the area.   Continue reading “Tsarnaev brothers didn’t rob a 7-Eleven: spokeswoman”

Islamic-antisemitismAtlas Shrugs

Earlier I posted that the Boston Jihad Bomber’s “only American friend” had his throat slit. I said, “I think this case should be reopened in light of the Boston jihad. Throat slitting is a jihad speciality”

What I didn’t know was that all three vicitms were Jewish. We know that under Islam, slaughtering Jews is the most  desired of all kufar murder.“I killed my Jew!”   Continue reading “Propaganda Alert: Boston Jihad Bomber Eyed in Jewish Triple Murder on September 12, 2011”

This handout picture taken by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on April 17, 2013 shows Juan Carlos Lentijo, the leader of the IAEA Division of Nuclear Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology, inspecting the unit four reactor building of the crippled TEPCO Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Fukushima prefecture (AFP Photo/IAEA)RT News

It could take 30 to 40 years to fully decommission the devastated Fukushima nuclear plant due to complexity of the task, UN nuclear watchdog IAEA has reported. However, the plant’s infrastructure may not last that long.

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspection last week of the ruined Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma has exposed certain bottlenecks in the plan to clean up the nuclear disaster. A statement by the IAEA released Monday criticized TEPCO’s progress on the cleanup.   Continue reading “Fukushima decommissioning to last for up to 40 years – IAEA”

FBI agents search homes for the Boston Marathon bombing suspects in Watertown, Massachusetts April 19, 2013. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)RT News

High-ranking FBI officials will face questioning by US lawmakers over whether they failed to spot red flags surrounding slain Boston bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev.

The officials will appear before the Senate Intelligence Committee in a closed hearing later on Tuesday.   Continue reading “Senate to grill FBI over Boston bombings intel failures”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

The surge in gun and ammo purchases that began after Sandy Hook and continued through the Senate’s failed gun control vote appears to have picked up steam again following the Boston Marathon bombing.

For example, at the Syracuse Gun Show on the New York State Fairgrounds last weekend, so many people showed up that some had to wait in line more than two hours just to get into the gun show. Those that waited did so on a windy day, amid sleet and snow flurries.   Continue reading “Gun, Ammo Sales Surge After Boston Marathon Bombing”

An online sales tax likely wouldn't hurt the appeal for online shopping.The Hill – by Brendan Sasso and Bernie Becker

Legislation that would empower states to tax online purchases cleared a key hurdle in the Senate on Monday after winning an enthusiastic endorsement from President Obama.

Senators advanced the bill in 74-20 procedural vote on Monday evening, just one vote short of the backing it received in a test vote last month. Twenty-six Republicans joined Democrats in moving forward with the bill.   Continue reading “Internet sales tax advances after Obama endorsement”

Anthony Bologna (center). (Image from facebook.com)RT News

Two New York City Police officers will not face charges after the Manhattan District Attorney decided that widely circulated videos of them punching and pepper-spraying protesters amounted to insufficient evidence that they had done so.

Anthony Bologna, the now-infamous NYPD inspector, was filmed in September 2011 spraying a group of female Occupy Wall Street protestors who had already been isolated and immobilized by a screen held by other officers. The video, which received well over a million views online and was skewered on late night television, became emblematic of the brutality endured by OWS demonstrators who found themselves on the receiving end of aggressive police tactics.   Continue reading “No charges for NYPD cops filmed punching, pepper-spraying Occupy protesters”

Express – by Dan Townend

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a man holding a can of inflammable liquid was engulfed by flames after apparently being Tasered by a policeman.Andrew Pimlott, 32, has life-threatening injuries and is in the burns unit at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, England.   Continue reading “Man Tasered by police engulfed in fireball”

Be Your Own Leader – by Dana Gabriel

In March, the Canadian government introduced a bill that would bring about sweeping changes to its copyright and trademark laws. This includes giving more power to customs and border protection agents without any judicial oversight. The move is intended to prevent counterfeit goods from entering the country, but has been criticized for being less about protecting Canadians and more about caving to American demands. With the U.S. dictating global intellectual property standards, the new legislation represents the return of ACTA and would pave the way for Canada to ratify the controversial international treaty.    Continue reading “The Return of ACTA: U.S. Dictating Canada’s Intellectual Property Laws”

TsarneevGlobal Research – by Craig Murray

Will Eric Holder and the US Department of Justice pay attention?

There are gaping holes in the official story of the Boston bombings.   Continue reading “The Boston Bombings and the FBI: “Official Tsarnaev Story Makes No Sense””

TL in Exile – by TL Davis

The one thing more humiliating than being caught by the authorities in an attempt to fight back against a corrupt and illegal system of government is to be caught not making the attempt.

There is no doubt in my mind that every single law restricting ownership of firearms is an illegal law. I can argue that case by case if needed, with a few moments to check my notes. A great resource, however, can be found here. It is an exhaustive look at the Second Amendment as related to U.S. v Miller. Most notable are the arguments made in favor of the United States. The logic and references made there are convoluted and entirely void of references to the founders who made their sentiments known time and time again on where the right rested. It rests with the individual.   Continue reading “A System Adrift”

Lew Rockwell – by Joel Poindexter

There’s really no other word that would accurately describe the behavior of the many agencies that stormed through Boston and its suburbs this week. Thousands of State and local police, sheriff’s deputies, FBI SWAT employees, Homeland Security Shock Troops, and National Guard soldiers conducted a massive search – virtually none of it in compliance with the 4th Amendment – in search of a single teenager. They practically ordered an entire city “locked down” and were presumably prepared to begin arresting residents who refused to comply with what amounted to martial law.   Continue reading “Totalitarian”