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Georgia man grows pot. Admits it. Jury sends him home [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2018-07-27 16:13:24 by Hondo68
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DUBLIN, Georgia - This article was written by Bill Torpy for our investigative partners at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and AJC.com. Javonnie McCoy was growing marijuana when the cops came to his middle Georgia home. He was caught red-handed with it. Almost a pound of it, in fact. He admitted it to police, and later he looked jurors in the eye and said, "Yep, it was mine. I used it as medicine." The jurors let him go. He was minding his own business and wasn’t hurting anybody, they reasoned. He just doesn’t belong in prison. The jury’s decision earlier this month in Dublin, Georgia, may have been due to a muddled prosecution of a muddy case. Or it may ...
If It Weren’t for These 8 Myths American Society Would Collapse
Post Date: 2018-07-27 15:17:20 by Deckard
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This article originally appeared on Truth Dig. Our society should’ve collapsed by now. You know that, right? No society should function with this level of inequality (with the possible exception of one of those prison planets in a “Star Wars” movie). Sixty-three percent of Americans can’t afford a $500 emergency. Yet Amazon head Jeff Bezos is now worth a record $141 billion. He could literally end world hunger for multiple years and still have more money left over than he could ever spend on himself.Worldwide, one in 10 people only make $2 a day. Do you know how long it would take one of those people to make the same amount as Jeff Bezos has? ...
Bottom Feeders Dont Pay Their Rent and Wont Leave - So They Call the Police On Me
Post Date: 2018-07-27 13:41:01 by no gnu taxes
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I,m not sure sure what to make of this. The guy with the camera was far less than tactful. However, the deputies looked like clueless buffoons. After all, he is just trying to get freeloaders to lawfully leave and leave his father alone. It reminds me of the the deputy substitutes for Barney Fife on Andy Griffith (yes, below the level of Barney). Long video if you are willing to watch it.
Cop Looking at His Phone Plows Into Cyclist Sitting at a Stop Sign [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2018-07-27 10:17:30 by Deckard
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Peculiar, MO — A rather shocking video was uploaded to YouTube this week by a cyclist wearing a helmet camera who filmed a distracted police officer ram him head on as he waited at a stop sign. Officer Wallace with the Peculiar police department was looking down at his phone while turning left and never saw Joe Fas sitting there on his bicycle. As Fas sat at the stop sign, waiting to turn, his helmet camera showed him looking right and then looking left. All of the sudden, officer Wallace, driving his police SUV, marked unit 396, turns left—into the wrong lane—and slams into Fas who couldn’t get out of the way fast enough. “Whoa! Whoa!” Fas screamed as officer ...
DMV Worker Literally Slept on the Job for Nearly 4 Years
Post Date: 2018-07-27 09:55:52 by Deckard
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An employee responsible for logging changes in address and vehicle ownership at the California DMV slept at least three hours a day at her desk for nearly four years—and still has a job. The woman's 2,200 hours spent napping between February 2014 and December 2017 meant she completed less than half of her expected amount of work and cost the state more than $40,000, according to a worker misconduct report released Tuesday by the state's auditor. Per USA Today, the woman's doctor told the DMV that she was unable to perform her work duties, though a later doctor's note said the opposite. The employee continues to work for the state, per the Sacramento Bee.
CIA/FBI/DOJ Plot To Overthrow The President Of The United States
Post Date: 2018-07-27 09:39:41 by Deckard
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Paul Craig Roberts On July 21, I posted on my website a report on the discovery by John Solomon of The Hill magazine that Lisa Page testified to a congressional committee to the effect that the Russiagate probe conducted by Robert Mueller is a cover-up operation to obscure the criminal use of counterintelligence capabilities to spy on Trump’s presidential campaign and then to sabotage Trump’s presidency. https://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2018/07/21/bombshell-development-lisa-page-reveals-plot-against-trump/ The evidence is overwhelming that CIA director John Brennan, FBI director James Comey, Robert Mueller, James Clapper, Andrew McCabe, Peter Strzok, Deputy Attorney General Rod ...
Cohen willing to testify that Trump approved 2016 meeting with Russians
Post Date: 2018-07-27 07:40:13 by Jameson
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President Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen is willing to testify to Special Council Robert Mueller that Trump was aware of an infamous June 2016 meeting with Russian operatives at Trump Tower before it happened. Cohen claims Trump knew and approved of the meeting where Russians offered “dirt” on then-candidate Hillary Clinton — despite Trump’s repeated denials that he was aware it took place. Cohen was present when Trump was informed by his son, Donald Trump Jr., that the offer had been made, the source said. President Trump claimed he “didn’t know anything about the meeting” because “nobody told me” about it. During the ...
Trump's right: The economy is doing well and he deserves some credit
Post Date: 2018-07-27 06:37:52 by Gatlin
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Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump thinks he's overdue some credit for steering the strongest economy on the planet -- and he's probably right. Fresh from a trip to the Midwestern heartlands, the President is making the very best possible case for his administration as the pace heats up ahead of the midterm elections. He's belting out a strong economic message with a fervor that Democrats have yet to match this election cycle. Presidents usually get too much blame when the economy is doing badly, since downturns are often caused by outside shocks or cyclical factors, but that also gives them a chance to crow when things are going full steam ahead. Trump is not the kind ...
North Korea hands over the possible remains of American war dead
Post Date: 2018-07-27 06:24:47 by Gatlin
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Osan Air Base, South Korea (CNN)A US Air Force plane carrying what is believed to be the remains of US troops killed during the Korean War some 65 years ago arrived in Osan Air Base in South Korea on Friday morning. Troops from various nations serving in South Korea under the United Nations Command presented an honor guard before the plane, as white-gloved troops in different uniforms descended the ramp of the US Air Force C-17, carefully holding cases wrapped in the UN flag. The cases were transferred to silver minivans waiting on the runway. The C-17 had left Osan Air Base earlier Friday to fly to the city of Wonsan, North Korea, before completing the return journey, the White House ...
Ross Ulbricht's Murder-for-Hire Charges Dropped by U.S. Attorney
Post Date: 2018-07-27 05:39:20 by Deckard
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While the Silk Road founder's reputation has already been sullied by the untried accusations, the feds give up on those charges after Supreme Court declines to hear Ulbricht's appeal on his original conviction and sentencing.Having reported on Ross Ulbricht's prosecution since the beginning, I've found a startlingly large number of people who didn't follow the case closely believe his life sentence without parole for acts connected with launching the darkweb sales site Silk Road was because he was convicted for attempting to pay for the murder of people who'd stolen from or threatened him. FreeRoss.org That's not true; such charges were no part of the crimes he ...
‘Stand Your Ground’ Did Not Kill Markeis McGlockton
Post Date: 2018-07-27 05:31:51 by Deckard
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Michael Drejka’s decision to shoot was inconsistent with Florida’s self-defense law.Markeis McGlockton and Michael Drejka both overreacted during their brief, fatal encounter in the parking lot of a Florida convenience store last week. McGlockton overreacted by pushing Drejka to the ground, and Drejka overreacted by drawing a pistol and shooting McGlockton in the chest. Although it is hard to see how Drejka's use of lethal force could have been justified, Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri declined to arrest him, claiming his hands were tied by Florida's Stand Your Ground law. But that is not true, and Gualtieri's misrepresentation of the law has renewed misguided ...
5 Ugly Truths About Women That Young Men Need to Recognize
Post Date: 2018-07-26 14:33:19 by no gnu taxes
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I love women. Not in the social justice warrioresque "We must praise women as strong, capable CEOS and STEM graduates who can do anything men can do, but in heels" way, but in an old-school way. It's easy to respect a mother who watches out for her children, a wife who is loyal to her husband, or a sister who cares for her brother. I love a beautiful woman. I love a sexy woman. I love a woman who gives off that amazing feminine energy. As a man, being around a woman like that is just good for your spirit. All that being said, this is not about the more wonderful traits of women. To the contrary, it's the kind of warning about women that fathers used to give their sons, ...
New Cohen Tape Surfaces a Bigger Trump Fish [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2018-07-26 13:38:47 by Jameson
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Allen Weisselberg knows far more than the president’s former lawyer. About two months before Election Day in 2016, Donald Trump and his former lawyer (and self-described “fixer”) Michael Cohen were chatting about how to convince a former Playboy model, Karen McDougal, to keep quiet about what she described as a long-term affair with the presidential candidate. “We’ll have to pay,” Cohen said, according to a recording of the conversation that CNN obtained and broadcast Tuesday night. “Pay with cash,” Trump appears to respond. “No, no,” Cohen says. Earlier in the conversation Cohen suggested that he “open a company for the transfer ...
Cops Go to Wrong Home, Execute Innocent Man With Bullet to Back of His Head—No Indictment
Post Date: 2018-07-26 12:40:35 by Deckard
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Southaven, MS — One year ago, police responding to a call of domestic violence went to the wrong home and killed an innocent husband. Now, TFTP has just learned that the officers involved in the killing will not be charged. The officers were brought to a grand jury by District Attorney John Champion who attempted to get them indicted on charges of homicide. However, the grand jury irresponsibly failed to return an indictment. “The grand jury was given all of the evidence and they decided not to indict,” Champion said. “From my perspective, the case is closed at this point.” “Everything about this is wrong. I am outraged. Shame, shame on the police department, ...
Student with banned Trump shirt to get apology, $25,000 from school district
Post Date: 2018-07-26 11:36:35 by Deckard
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A federal judge in May granted a temporary restraining order, barring Hillsboro's Liberty High School from preventing senior Addison Barnes from wearing his pro-border wall T-shirt to school for the rest of this school year. Barnes graduated in June. (Court document) The principal of Liberty High School in Hillsboro has agreed to apologize to a student who was told to go home or cover up his "Donald J. Trump Border Wall Construction Co.'' shirt in January. Addison Barnes, an 18-year-old senior, was suspended for wearing the shirt backing Trump's immigration and Homeland Security policies. He then sued the high school, the principal and the Hillsboro School ...
Good Cop Charges Police Chief with a Felony and Is Immediately Fired
Post Date: 2018-07-26 09:02:56 by Deckard
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New Holland, OH — New Holland Police Sergeant Brad Mick was doing his job of trying to fight crime in the city of New Holland, and for his dedication to duty, he was fired. This good cop was relieved from duty because the alleged criminals he went after were part of the thin blue line. Mick dared to call out corruption in his own department by executing a search warrant and filing charges against the mayor, the current police chief, and the former police chief. He was then immediately fired — but not before he tried to seek protection from termination. According to the Fayette Advocate, Mick filed what is commonly known as a “whistleblower protection ...
Trooper helps save unresponsive newborn after birth outside police station
Post Date: 2018-07-26 07:13:41 by Gatlin
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BLACKMAN TWP., MI - Andrew Paielli and state trooper Ronnie Tucker shared an emotional embrace for the second time Wednesday, July 25 at the Michigan State Police Jackson Post. Their first hug came after Tucker and other officers helped Paielli save the life of his newborn baby, Hanna Paielli, after her dramatic birth outside the police station Monday, July 23. "I'm extremely grateful for everyone that helped," Andrew Paielli said. Tucker became emotional when he saw and held Hanna on Wednesday in a reunion at the MSP Jackson Post. "It's amazing," Tucker said. "I don't think there's words that can describe what it ...
A Summer-of-Snitches Subversion: City Helps Teen Rather Than Shut Down Unlicensed Hot Dog Stand
Post Date: 2018-07-26 06:28:18 by Deckard
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When he grows up and gets that food truck, though, he'll probably have a very different experience.A teen in Minneapolis has been running a hot dog stand, partly to raise money and partly because he likes having his own business. Jaequan Faulkner, 13, started his own little pop-up venture two summers ago, according to the Minneapolis Star Tribune. This summer he hit a snag. Someone called the Minneapolis Health Department and complained about the kid with the unlicensed hot dog stand. It's been that sort of summer, with snitches finding the dumbest reasons to call the cops and other authorities on other people, often kids and teens. Faulkner's story has a happy ending, ...
Pipeline Company Hit With $40 Million Retroactive Tax After Applying for Tariff Exemption
Post Date: 2018-07-26 06:21:42 by Deckard
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Unsurprisingly, the bureaucratic, cronyist process for getting an exemption is not in fact protecting American steel jobs.After being denied a special exemption from President Donald Trump's tariff on steel, a Texas-based pipeline company will have to pay what the company's chief operating officer calls an "unjust retroactive tax" of $40 million. When Trump ordered his 25 percent steel tariffs in early March, Plains All American GP applied for an exemption because it had placed a major order for steel pipes in December 2017—part of the company's ongoing construction of a 550-mile crude oil pipeline system across New Mexico and western Texas. The Commerce ...
Fatal car accidents increase on 4/20, a counterculture holiday celebrating marijuana
Post Date: 2018-07-25 12:55:13 by Gatlin
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Driving while high can impair driving, though not as much as driving while drunk Driving while high can impair driving, though not as heavily as driving while drunk. This stoner holiday may be a good time to stay off the roads. April 20 has been deemed a counterculture celebration of marijuana, during which marijuana enthusiasts synchronize mass consumption of the drug at 4:20 p.m., but it may have the unintended effect of leading to more deadly traffic accidents, a recent study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found. There have been 1.3 million drivers involved in 882,483 crashes causing 978,328 fatalities in the 25 years since the concept of “4/20” (whose origins are ...
Meathead in Wonderland
Post Date: 2018-07-25 08:46:39 by Deckard
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Rob Reiner, affectionately known as Meathead, is traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind, a dimension where Russians skulk in the shadows and plot the destruction of our “democracy.” Here’s a recent tweet by Mr. Reiner. Rob Reiner @robreiner It’s this simple: The United States of America was attacked by a foreign enemy power and our President refuses to defend us. I do believe Meathead has found the rabbit hole. In the Wonderland of Hollywood’s making Donald Trump is in cahoots with Russians. He takes orders directly from Vladimir Putin. There is zero evidence of this, but that’s not really a ...
'Pay with cash' – Trump on tape
Post Date: 2018-07-25 07:36:31 by Jameson
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Donald Trump is heard on a newly released recording discussing with attorney Michael Cohen how to purchase the rights to former Playboy model Karen McDougal’s story about their alleged affair. On the tape from September 2016, Cohen can be heard explaining to the then presidential candidate how he would finance the purchase of the rights to McDougal’s story. Trump interrupts Cohen to ask: “What financing?” Cohen tells Trump: “We’ll have to pay,” after which Trump says: “Pay with cash.” According to court filings, the government obtained as many as 12 audio recordings after FBI raids on Cohen this year. Click for Full Text!
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Trump Derangement Syndrome on Nitrous
Post Date: 2018-07-25 07:21:33 by Deckard
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As a journalist I understand completely why so many people rightly loathe the media. It is because the media no longer understand – or just doesn’t give a damn – about the difference between conveying facts and attempting to force-feed its opinions to you – these opinions presented with the most insolent certainty, formed in such a way as to make it clear that anyone reading who harbors a secret doubt is not merely a doubter but a denier; i.e., a malicious and vile person who must be dealt with.It’s the sort of thing which leads to fists and worse.Well, here we go again.Bloomberg – the organ of billionaire leftist Michael Bloomberg – is practically ...
Trump tapping $12B to help farmers affected by tariffs [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2018-07-24 15:00:56 by Gatlin
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The government announced a $12 billion plan Tuesday to assist farmers who have been hurt by President Donald Trump's trade disputes with China and other trading partners. The plan focuses on Midwest soybean producers and others targeted by retaliatory measures. The Agriculture Department said the proposal would include direct assistance for farmers, purchases of excess crops and trade promotion activities aimed at building new export markets. Officials said the plan would not require congressional approval and would come through the Commodity Credit Corporation, a wing of the department that addresses agricultural prices. "This is a short-term solution that will give President ...
‘Not Coming for Your Guns?’ Since Parkland Shooting, 26 States Have Passed 55 Gun Control Laws
Post Date: 2018-07-24 12:52:29 by Deckard
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As politicians and anti-gun rights activists continuously chant, “we don’t want to take your guns,” behind the scenes — in only the last five months — politicians have been working overtime to limit your right to bear arms. These laws are all a reaction to the tragic shooting in Parkland, Florida and, like most politicians always do, they are not letting this tragedy go to waste. Since the tragic shooting in Florida in February, the Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence has recorded a whopping 55 new gun control measures in 26 states. “The politics have shifted dramatically,” said Robin Lloyd, the government affairs director at Giffords. As the ...
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