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Appeals court strikes down Washington, DC gun restriction (must have a "good reason")
Post Date: 2017-07-26 13:44:21 by Hondo68
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© Jason Reed / Reuters Requiring that individuals must have a “good reason” to need firearms for personal protection is a rule designed to defy the Second Amendment, a federal appeals court has decided, striking down the laws intended to curb gun ownership in the US capital. The three-judge panel at the DC Circuit Court of Appeals voted 2-1 against the District of Columbia. Judges Thomas B. Griffith and Stephen F. Williams were in the majority, while Judge Karen L. Henderson dissented.“We are bound to leave the District as much space to regulate as the Constitution allows – but no more,” wrote Judge Griffith in the decision issued Tuesday. “And the ...
They Are NOT Broke—Snopes’ GoFundMe Is a Scam To Fund a Dirty Divorce
Post Date: 2017-07-26 10:33:03 by Deckard
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Snopes is in trouble. According to a self-launched fund raiser, the ostensible fact-checking website, founded in 1994, is on the financial ropes and needs your support to stay open. A GoFundMe for the supposed hoax-debunking site has since been setup and is going viral. If it continues raising money at this current rate, it will easily surpass its goal of $500,000 by the end of the day. While Twitter followers flock en masse to throw money at David Mikkelson, one of the controlling partners in the Snopes business, they’d do well to understand why it is he has no money. Snopes, as a business — is not broke. David Mikkelson — who’s been accused of defrauding the website to ...
Police Were Going To Auction Off Crime Victim’s Car Instead Of Returning It
Post Date: 2017-07-26 09:54:31 by Deckard
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Mary and Clyde Antrim’s Ford Crown Victoria was stolen on June 1 of this year in Pueblo, Colorado. Once recovered, instead of returning the car to Mary, who says she needs it to get to doctors appointments, the police were going to auction it off to make money off the backs of the elderly victims of theft. Being the victim of theft is hard enough. But what happens when you trust the cops to return your stolen property once they recover it? Nothing. They planned to make money by auctioning off someone else’s stolen property. Two wrongs make a right when it comes to agents of the government. As if the police state isn’t already bad enough. “I need my ...
You can't drive drunk in your own driveway, Supreme Court finds
Post Date: 2017-07-26 09:22:03 by Deckard
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The Michigan Supreme Court this week reversed two lower court rulings that a man couldn't be prosecuted for driving drunk in his own driveway. Gino Rea of Northville was arrested in 2014 after a police officer watched him back his vehicle out of, and then back into his garage. His blood-alcohol level was later determined to be three times the legal limit for driving, according to court documents. But an Oakland County Circuit judge dismissed the case, and the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal in 2016, finding that he "was not operating his vehicle in an area generally accessible to motor vehicles." Michigan's law against ...
Teen Harassed By Cops For Mowing Grass, Mauled By Police K9
Post Date: 2017-07-26 07:32:35 by Deckard
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Harris County, TX – (Updates at bottom of article) A video surfaced on Facebook showing an entrepreneurial Houston teenager being harassed by a cop for putting out business cards while his crew was mowing lawns. According to the post, later that day cops “broke into his home and attacked him with dogs,” although this has not been verified. The video begins with an officer telling the young man named Marlin Gipson to “step over here” next to a vehicle which is presumably their lawn work truck. Lawn machinery can be heard in the background as others are going to and from the truck. “When I saw you, you were going from door to door to door,” says the ...
Federal Appeals Court Castigates Kansas Cops for Pot Raid Triggered by Tea
Post Date: 2017-07-26 06:38:01 by Deckard
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One judge notes that police raided a family's home "based on nothing more than junk science, an incompetent investigation, and a publicity stunt."Today a federal appeals court revived a lawsuit filed by Robert and Adlynn Harte, the Kansas couple whose Leawood home was raided in 2012 based on a visit to a garden store and discarded tea leaves that police claimed tested positive for marijuana. While all three members of the 10th Circuit panel agreed that a federal judge erred when he dismissed the Hartes' lawsuit in 2015, each wrote separately. Judge Carlos Lucero best sums up the fiasco that led to the lawsuit in a blistering rebuke of reckless police practices: ...
Wasserman Schultz’s IT Aide Arrested At Airport After Transferring $300k To Pakistan From House Office
Post Date: 2017-07-26 03:17:23 by nolu chan
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Wasserman Schultz’s IT Aide Arrested At Airport After Transferring $300k To Pakistan From House Office Luke Rosiak Investigative Reporter The Daily Caller July 25, 2017 Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s top information technology (IT) aide was arrested Monday attempting to board a flight to Pakistan after wiring $283,000 from the Congressional Federal Credit Union to that country. He attempted to leave the country hours after The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group revealed that he is the target of an FBI investigation, and the FBI apprehended him at the airport. Credit union officials permitted the wire to go through, and his wife has ...
Cop Forces K9 to Maul Man for Several Minutes—For Napping in a Park
Post Date: 2017-07-25 13:28:21 by Deckard
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Wilkes-Barre, PA — A city park is supposed to be a place where citizens can find refuge, enjoy a sunny day, or have a picnic. But what happened in Wilkes-Barre, PA could hardly be considered idyllic. Bystanders and onlookers watched in horror as Wilkes-Barre police allowed their K9 maul a homeless man who was reportedly only taking a nap. Joshua Fought said he woke up to find a police officer apparently intimidating his elderly female friend. He yelled at the officer to get the dog away from her, and quickly found himself locked in the dog’s powerful jaws. The attack, which was caught on video, prompted Fought to speak out about what happened to him in his hometown. On this past ...
In Sebastopol, Spirit Works Distillery is maturing whiskey with music
Post Date: 2017-07-25 12:54:49 by Deckard
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There are more than 300 casks of whiskey aging in the Spirit Works Distillery barrel house, each uniquely crafted — different mash, different age, different American white oak barrels.But there are 12 reserved in a different section of the room, stacked against a wall to the left of the entrance to the cavernous hall. Six have headphones stretched across their rounded sides, blaring music from playlists selected by Spirit Works’ employees. The other six, the “control barrels,” sit adjacent to them in silence. These barrels are part of what the distillery has dubbed its “Music Barrel Experiment.” The idea is to find out whether the musical vibrations’ ...
This 54-Year-Old Woman Was Kicked Out Of Her House For Living Off-Grid
Post Date: 2017-07-25 11:07:14 by Deckard
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Although it’s impossible to be certain, it is estimated that between 180,000 and 250,000 people in the United States are living off-grid, disconnected from public utilities and using only self-reliant systems. One highly controversial off-gridder in Cape Coral, Florida, Robin Speronis, a 54-year-old widow, has gained national attention for fighting her local government to stay off-grid. Speronis’s off-grid story, as reported by Bloomberg, began in 2010 when her husband died of a degenerative neurological condition at age 84. Caring for him until his death left Speronis low on funds and in mortgage default. Despite zero prior experience outdoors or camping, Speronis ...
TSA Wants All Comic Con Comic Books Searched
Post Date: 2017-07-25 10:49:06 by Deckard
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from the no-superheroes-in-airports deptI thought writing about San Diego Comic Con being censorial assholes would be the strangest story we'd write about Comic Con this year, but leave it to airline security to come up with an even more bizarre story. Apparently United Airlines (because of course it would be United) put up a sign at the airport in San Diego telling people that all books needed to be removed from checked bags. A Twitter user named Adi Chappo tweeted a picture of the sign at the airport: United, being United, responded that the TSA was demanding that all comic books from San Diego Comic Con could only go in carry on luggage. Chappo asked for more detail and United ...
Woman "slapped" squad car before police shooting
Post Date: 2017-07-25 09:03:28 by Deckard
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A woman approached the back of a Minneapolis police car and "slapped" it shortly before an Australian woman was shot and killed by an officer, according to a search warrant filed by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. The search warrant obtained by Minnesota Public Radio doesn't specifically say that the woman was Justine Damond, but: "Upon police arrival, a female 'slaps' the back of the patrol squad ... After that, it is unknown to BCA agents what exactly happened, but the female became deceased in the alley." News of the warrant came hours after personnel records for the officer who fatally shot Damond were publicly ...
Policing for Profit: Jeff Sessions & Co.’s Thinly Veiled Plot to Rob Us Blind
Post Date: 2017-07-25 05:43:46 by Deckard
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“Laws are no longer made by a rational process of public discussion; they are made by a process of blackmail and intimidation, and they are executed in the same manner. The typical lawmaker of today is a man wholly devoid of principle — a mere counter in a grotesque and knavish game. If the right pressure could be applied to him, he would be cheerfully in favor of polygamy, astrology or cannibalism. It is the aim of the Bill of Rights, if it has any remaining aim at all, to curb such prehensile gentry. Its function is to set a limitation upon their power to harry and oppress us to their own private profit.”— H.L. Mencken Let’s not mince words. Jeff Sessions, the ...
'Good girl' cheerleader charged with killing, burying newborn
Post Date: 2017-07-24 21:56:42 by Hondo68
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Brooke Skylar Richardson (Warren County Jail) An 18-year-old Ohio cheerleader was charged with reckless homicide after the remains of her newborn baby were found in her backyard, according to reports.Brooke Skylar Richardson was charged Friday after evidence showed the child “was born alive and was not a stillborn baby,” according to Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell, reports Fox 5 New York. The newborn’s remains were discovered last week in the backyard of her Carlisle, Ohio, home, reports the Dayton Daily News. The baby’s remains were reportedly discovered because of a tip from a doctor's office. The prosecutor's office is reportedly still ...
Veterans Turn To Marijuana To Ditch ‘Cocktail Of Drugs’ From The VA
Post Date: 2017-07-22 11:54:27 by Deckard
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Proposals to loosen federal restrictions on marijuana and open up access to cannabis products for veterans are gaining bipartisan traction despite uncertainty from the Trump administration. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a measure July 13 that would let doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs give patients approval to access medical marijuana in states where it is legal. A proposal from Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz seeks to reschedule marijuana, currently classified as a Schedule I substance alongside heroin, as a substance recognized by the federal government as having therapeutic value, reports the Los Angeles Times. Building bipartisan momentum for ...
Did Elon Musk just confirm that the moon landings were faked?
Post Date: 2017-07-22 11:45:29 by Deckard
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Mother should I trust the government?-Pink Floyd, Mother Elon Musk just announced that SpaceX abandons propulsive landing plans for Red Dragon mission to Mars. In my opinion, we should not be surprised. NASA supposedly used propulsive landing for the Apollo missions to the moon...in 1969. I ask you to please click the following hyperlinks to read three articles, carefully, watch one 3-1/3 minute video, closely, and then draw your own conclusions about the Apollo Moon landings that we are told occured nearly 50 years ago. First, an article from RT, today: SpaceX abandons propulsive landing plans for Red Dragon mission to Mars “The reason we decided not to ...
New Hampshire Decriminalizes Simple Marijuana Possession, Foundation to Nullify Federal Prohibition
Post Date: 2017-07-22 10:07:58 by Deckard
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CONCORD, N.H. (July 20, 2017) – A bill to decriminalize marijuana possession was signed into law by Gov. John Sununu on Tuesday. This represents a step towards nullifying the unconstitutional drug war in the Live Free or Die State. Along with 11 bipartisan co-sponsors, Rep. Robert Cushing (D-Hampton) introduced House Bill 640 (HB640) to end criminal penalties for simple marijuana possession by “allowing offenders to pay fines by mail will result in less time and resources spent on such cases, allowing police and courts to spend more time and resources dealing with serious crimes.” The New Hampshire Senate approved an amended version of HB640 on May 11 by a 17-6 margin. ...
White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer Resigns After Trump Shakeup
Post Date: 2017-07-21 20:45:23 by Deckard
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WASHINGTON — Sean Spicer, who has been one of the best-known faces of the Trump administration in its first half-year, resigned as press secretary on Friday. "It's been an honor & a privilege to serve @POTUS @realDonaldTrump & this amazing country. I will continue my service through August," Spicer tweeted about two hours after the news first broke. His sudden departure came shortly before President Donald Trump named Anthony Scaramucci, a transition official in the Trump campaign and longtime Wall Street financier, as named White House communications director. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, who was promoted to press secretary on Friday, read a statement from the ...
First of Its Kind ‘Food Sovereignty’ Law Just Legalized Local Food Trade WITHOUT Govt
Post Date: 2017-07-21 20:29:33 by Deckard
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Raw milk? Free Range Eggs? Organic Vegetables? No Problem. State's 'Food Sovereignty' Law just legalized their food trade once again.Maine has taken a bold step toward freedom, becoming the first state in the U.S. to enact a ‘food sovereignty’ law giving communities power to regulate their local food economy. The bill, titled An Act To Recognize Local Control Regarding Food and Water Systems, was passed unanimously by the state Senate and signed into law by Governor Paul LePage. “LePage signed LD 725, An Act to Recognize Local Control Regarding Food Systems, Friday legitimizing the authority of towns and communities to enact ordinances regulating local food ...
Police Devise New Revenue Scam by Citing People Who Forget to Press Crosswalk Button
Post Date: 2017-07-21 20:13:28 by Deckard
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Police devise plan to ticket pedestrians who forget to press the crosswalk button in their latest attempt to bolster revenue while real crime goes unsolved.Police in Boulder, CO are planning a crosswalk blitz next week. Pedestrians should prepare to be cited if they forget to press the crosswalk button. We wish we were kidding. According to KDVR’s Fox31, Boulder police will be stationed at the following intersections; Broadway and Spruce Arapahoe and Folsom Broadway and Canyon 30th and Arapahoe Mohawk and Baseline We at TFTP have noticed an uptick in stories of police brutality, harassment, and civil rights violations at crosswalks, but we are learning from Boulder’s ...
‘Oh, he just died’: Teens mock drowning man in disturbing video
Post Date: 2017-07-21 11:27:16 by Deckard
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Five teens filmed and mocked a disabled man as he drowned in Florida, but as disturbing as the footage is, it doesn’t appear that any laws were broken, according to officials. Jamel Dunn, 32, drowned in a retention pond July 9 as the group of teens reportedly watched and laughed in Cocoa, Florida. It was not until three days later that his body was discovered, according to Florida Today. Soon after Dunn’s body was recovered, a video surfaced on social media that depicted his final moments, authorities said. Modal TriggerJamel DunnGoFundMe The horrifying footage recorded by one of the teens shows Dunn struggle as he screams for help in the water. Police said that the teens told ...
Body Camera Video In Minneapolis Dog Shooting Released
Post Date: 2017-07-21 11:03:47 by Deckard
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MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – We’re getting a new perspective tonight of the moment a Minneapolis police officer shot two family pets in a homeowner’s backyard. The body camera video shows the officer’s point of view while responding to a burglary alarm on July 8. It happened at 38th and Queen Avenue north. Despite the camera footage, the dogs’ owners still have questions for police about how the shooting unfolded. Video from a body camera shows an emotional exchange between 18-year-old Courtney Livingston and officer Michael Mays. “Are they OK? “I don’t know, I have blood all over my house and they’re both walking that I know of,” Mays and ...
Court Rules That Employees Can’t Be Fired For Medical Marijuana
Post Date: 2017-07-21 09:29:05 by Deckard
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This week, The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that businesses can not fire employees for using medical marijuana if they have a legal prescription. Under the ruling, employees will be able to sue for handicap discrimination if they are fired for their medical marijuana use. The ruling came in the case of Christina Barbuto, a former employee of Advantage Sales and Marketing, who said she was fired because she tested positive for marijuana, despite the fact that she was legally allowed to use the drug under state law. Barbuto was prescribed cannabis by her doctor to help with complications caused by Crohn’s disease. When Barbuto was fired, she was ...
Court Says Gov't Has To Do More Than Say It Doesn't Believe The Property Owners If It Wants To Keep The Cash It Seized
Post Date: 2017-07-21 09:21:31 by Deckard
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from the so-much-for-the-K-9-unit-as-star-witness dept The federal government thought it had laid an easy claim to someone else's cash, but the DC Court of Appeals is telling the government it's not quite as easy as it makes it out to be. The court lets everyone know things aren't entirely normal with the first sentence of the opinion [PDF]: This is a civil-forfeiture case, which is why the plaintiff is the United States of America and the defendant is a pile of cash. From that starting point we arrive at two sets of claims. First, the government's: The government claims that the cash is subject to forfeiture because it is connected to the “exchange [of] a ...
Megyn Kelly’s Bad News Just Keeps On Coming. She’s Screwed.
Post Date: 2017-07-21 06:57:11 by IbJensen
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(Angry Patriot) – Megyn Kelly can bring in huge guests, but she cannot bring in viewers. NBC backed the wrong horse in this race. Her show Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly has steadily declined in viewers each week since it premiered last month. Kelly’s show hit a new low in viewers last Sunday as the magazine-style show struggles to stay relevant (via The Hill). The show’s failure is not due to a lack of resources. NBC paid tens of millions to hire Megyn Kelly, and have arranged top-billing guests for her to interview each week. In her first week on air, Kelly was able to land an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Since then she has interviewed Infowars host ...
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