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White House Makes It Official: It Wants to Keep Snooping on Americans
Post Date: 2017-06-14 06:47:15 by Deckard
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Trump and group of GOP senators don’t want us to have greater privacy protections from unwarranted domestic surveillance. President Donald Trump and allies may complain on Twitter and out loud how the Deep State illegally snooped on him under his predecessor, Barack Obama, but that doesn't mean the White House wants less surveillance authority. The White House and several GOP senators have made it official: They want to make some significant surveillance authorities permanent under law without addressing concerns by civil liberties and privacy advocates that these authorities are being used to collect Americans' data without the use of warrants. What we're talking about is ...
Civil Asset Forfeiture: Another Stealth Tax
Post Date: 2017-06-14 06:37:01 by Deckard
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When you're a government agency, asking for a tax increase is always a hassle. For the most part, taxpayers don't like taxes, and if asked if they want to pay more, they're likely to often say "no." Moreover, when public officials pass tax increases, they may face the wrath of taxpayers at the ballot box.For this reason, governments are always looking for ways to get revenue without having to use tax revenue. After all, if taxes are the government's only source of revenue, this presents a problem. As noted by Ludwig von Mises in Omnipotent Government: The government has but one source of revenue — taxes. No taxation is legal without ...
Prep school math teacher arrested for having sex with students
Post Date: 2017-06-13 11:11:33 by Deckard
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Erin McAuliffe Rocky Mount Police; FacebookA prep school math teacher in North Carolina was arrested for having inappropriate sexual contact with three male students, police said. Erin Elizabeth McAuliffe, 25, is scheduled to make her first court appearance on Monday in Nash County District Court on three counts of sexual activity with a student and one count of indecent liberties with a minor, WNCN reports. McAuliffe, a former math teacher at Rocky Mount Preparatory School, was last employed at the school on May 4 — one day before local police were notified by school staffers of the allegations. Police have said the alleged acts took place off-campus and involved two 17-year-old ...
James Comey Shows Americans That Law Does Not Apply to the Elite
Post Date: 2017-06-13 08:45:44 by Deckard
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James Comey admits to taking official government documents home and then giving them to the NY Times; he directly contradicts his 3 May 2017, under-oath testimony; he publicly conspires with that stooge of a Special Counsel Robert Mueller to stage-manage his testimony; he refused to tell Americans that their president was not colluding with the Russians; he coordinated his public language with Attorney General Lynch to please Clinton, protect that criminal, and fix the 2016 election; and, just after the hearing, is reported to have been offered a $10 million advance/payoff from a New York publisher for a book on Trump. The Senate committee, almost to a man and woman, tried to aid ...
Robert Mueller Stocks Staff with Democrat Donors [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2017-06-13 07:57:18 by HomerBohn
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich sparked a mini-meltdown in the media Monday with a tweet challenging the fairness of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Gingrich, who also appeared on “The Laura Ingraham Show,” pointed to the early hires special counsel Robert Mueller has made. “Republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair,” he tweeted. “Look who he is hiring.check fec [sic] reports. Time to rethink.” He's not wrong about the donations. Four top lawyers hired by Mueller have contributed tens of thousands of dollars over the years to the Democratic Party and Democratic ...
Brave heroic cops kill 5 pound family dog
Post Date: 2017-06-12 15:35:19 by Deckard
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Crazy cops with guns delighted to blast on a little 5-7lb chihuahua doggy on its own front porch while the family was at a funeral, brave little dog scared of the invading goons bit one of them.
The Surveillance State and Big Brother Trump
Post Date: 2017-06-12 13:27:01 by Deckard
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Despite his opposition to surveillance during the campaign, Trump has flip-flopped once again and now supports the surveillance state. His Homeland Security advisor, Tom Bossert, who worked with the Bush administration, penned an editorial for The New York Times this week calling for a reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Section 702 allows for vacuuming up emails, instant messages, Facebook messages, web browsing history, and more in direct violation of the Fourth Amendment. “Cabinet officials and security professionals from different agencies will testify on this matter on Wednesday,” writes Bossert. “President Trump stands with them ...
Lindy: “No Knock Raid” – a song about the drug war’s deadliest tactic.
Post Date: 2017-06-12 13:24:16 by Deckard
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Uploaded on Jun 16, 2011 by ReasonTVNote: This video contains graphic images of violence and mature language. Viewer discretion is advised. “No Knock Raid,” written and performed by Toronto-based musician Lindy, is a searing indictment of one of the most aggressive, ubiquitous, and mistaken tactics in the War on Drugs. Consider only the most recent raid to cause a national outrage: On May 5, 2011, 26-year-old Jose Guerena, who survived two tours in the Iraq War, was shot and killed during a raid on his house by a Pima County, Arizona SWAT team that fired dozens of bullets through his front door. Guerena, married and a father of two, had just finished a 12-hour shift at a ...
City Council Furious Man Has Enough Money To Keep Them From Stealing His Land
Post Date: 2017-06-12 13:16:12 by Deckard
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By Claire Bernish Monty Bennett’s quiet but intense demeanor, overflowing wallet, and stature as a head of a hotel investment company earn as many friends in high places as narrow-lidded grudges, but — love him or hate him — this Dallas businessman sits in the same precarious position as an untold number of ordinary property owners around the country. Eminent domain. Fighting the government to keep your private property is a battle arguably no one should be forced to endure, yet all around the United States, landowners like Bennett — whose ranch, The Lazy W, or officially, East Texas Ranch LP, has been in the family for generations — have been subjected to an ...
The DEA's Warrantless Cash Grab
Post Date: 2017-06-12 11:03:15 by Deckard
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Do you want to know the dirty secret about how the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confiscates suspected drug traffickers' money? The truth is, it's not hard: Agents just go to an airport and wait for cash to drop into their laps. A March report by the Justice Department's inspector general (I.G.) found the DEA seized a whopping $4 billion in cash over the past decade using civil asset forfeiture, mostly from airports, train stations, and bus terminals. Contrary to DEA rhetoric, these seizures have little to do with ongoing criminal investigations and everything to do with bringing in money. In 81 percent of the cases the I.G. reviewed, there were no accompanying criminal ...
U.S. Customs Seizes Combination Locked Travel Bags as Drug Paraphernalia
Post Date: 2017-06-12 10:28:56 by Deckard
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Meanwhile, Tupperware containers, plastic bags, and aluminum foil continue to pour undeterred into this country. Skip Stone started Stashlogix in 2015 in large part to help keep marijuana out of the hands of children. Stone's Boulder, CO-based company began importing discreet, combination-locked travel bags in which people could store their pharmaceuticals, cannabis-infused edibles, and other potentially dangerous products. His products, he tells Reason, were about "giving parents and people an option to be safe and secure." U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) felt much differently. In April, they issued a binding order informing Stashlogix their lock bags were drug ...
NFL legend Earl Campbell still hits hard, compares current NFL to wrestling
Post Date: 2017-06-11 23:01:37 by A K A Stone
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AUSTIN — Earl Campbell, one of the most celebrated football heroes in Texas, leaned on a metal walker and shuffled to the front of his office last week to greet visitors. He said he has had both knees replaced and had four back surgeries and battled substance abuse since his playing career ended three decades ago. Among the most punishing runners in NFL history, Campbell, 61, wants people who consider him a living legend to know he is, indeed, still living. “I haven’t gone nowhere yet,” said Campbell, who starred for the Houston Oilers, earned induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1991 and about a decade ago spent 45 days in a rehab facility for abuse of ...
Makeup Artist Vetoes Idaho's First Lady After Governor Vetoed Cosmetology Licensing Reforms
Post Date: 2017-06-11 18:08:08 by cranky
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What goes around, comes around, governor.Photo courtesy Sherry JaphetWhen the governor called, Sherry Japhet answered. Japhet is a freelance makeup artist from Boise, Idaho. She's worked in the business for more than 20 years, but without a license. That's never been a problem for her. She's landed gigs from coast-to-coast, working on television sets and for fashion magazines. Some of those calls came from Idaho Gov. Butch Otter. Japhet has helped Otter and his wife, Lori, look their best for televised public service announcements and political ads. No more, she says. Japhet, a 41-year old who works as a stand-up comedian, laughed at a request this week that she work her magic ...
Clashes Erupt Nationwide as Leftists Crash ‘March Against Sharia’
Post Date: 2017-06-11 11:09:54 by HomerBohn
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(Zero Hedge) Clashes have broken out between members of purportedly “anti-fascist” leftist groups and conservatives gathering to protest genital mutilation, honor killings and other practices associated with Sharia law, as part of the a nationwide “March Against Sharia.” Seattle police were forced to use pepper spray on leftists gathering to protest the march after a group of protesters confronted the marchers. The intermittent scuffles eventually forced officers to use bikes to push people back in an effort to keep the two groups separated, the Seattle Times reported. SPD bike cops created a barricade on north side of protest, separating “march Against ...
Trump's tantrum: President says he WON'T go ahead with state visit to UK unless he is guaranteed a rapturous welcome from the British people
Post Date: 2017-06-11 09:56:38 by cranky
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Trump gave UK leader Theresa May the news in a call in the past few weeksHe doesn't want to visit while British public are likely to protest his presidencyThe remark came as a shock to May, said a source close to her who was presentPresident Donald Trump has called off state visits to the UK until the British people are prepared to meet him with open arms.The commander-in-chief told UK prime minister Theresa May in a phone call that he didn't want to visit the UK if there were going to be large-scale protests against him - likely meaning his visit will be indefinitely postponed. The call was made at some point in recent weeks, shocking the British leader an insider close to her ...
After finding his doppelganger, Kansas City man is freed from prison
Post Date: 2017-06-10 07:07:38 by cranky
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“Ricky” on the left; Richard Jones on the right. In prison for a crime he adamantly denied committing, Richard Anthony Jones repeatedly heard from others that there was another prisoner who looked just like him.Not only were they doppelgangers, but Jones was told that he and the other man shared the same first name.Jones never ran across the man, but the lawyers he passed the information on to began digging into his case and came to the conclusion that Jones was indeed an innocent man.On Wednesday, they made their case to a Johnson County judge, and on Thursday Jones walked free after serving nearly 17 years in prison for a 1999 robbery in Roeland Park.Not only did he bear an ...
DoJ no longer sharing lawsuit payouts with activist groups
Post Date: 2017-06-08 14:32:24 by Anthem
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An important — and expensive — incentive for legal action involving the Department of Justice will come to an abrupt end. The DoJ announced this morning that it would end the practice of crafting settlements to lawsuits that resulted in significant financial awards to activists groups, a practice that had flourished in Barack Obama’s administration. A memo from Attorney General Jeff Sessions rejects this policy, saying any punitive and restorative damages collected in lawsuits should go to American taxpayers: In a memo sent to 94 U.S. attorneys’ offices early Wednesday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said he would end the practice that allowed companies to meet ...
Cops Torture Innocent Disabled Man with a Taser, Break His Hip
Post Date: 2017-06-08 10:41:02 by Deckard
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Syracuse, NY — Brad Hulett (39) is arguably one of the unluckiest men who’s ever lived. When he was 12, he was hit by two trains, and permanently disabled, and a portion of his brain was removed. At 27, he was run over by a truck. Both accidents left him permanently disabled. The train accident caused his left side to be practically useless. His brain surgery caused his skull to appear dented when half of his brain was removed. The man vs. truck incident resulted in constant back pain, aggravated most by standing. But it wasn’t until he had a run-in with Syracuse police officers that his luck, once again, took a turn for the worse. Officers were called to the bus where he ...
Cop Breaks 17-Year-Old Girl's Jaw at Library, Suspended 40 Hours
Post Date: 2017-06-08 08:17:54 by Deckard
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A police officer working off-duty at an Ohio public library broke a 17-year-old girl's jaw while removing her from the premises, a lawsuit filed by the girl's mother this week alleges. The incident occured last November. According to the lawsuit, Officer Kevin Jones first complained that the girl's headphones were too loud, then told her to "shut the fuck up" after her phone rang, and finally declared that she had to leave after he saw her put her feet up on a chair. The teenager, referred to in the complaint as J.G., and her 11-year-old brother, referred to as D.J., settled first in the children's section of the library, according to the lawsuit, but moved to the ...
Makeup Artist Vetoes Idaho's First Lady After Governor Vetoed Cosmetology Licensing Reforms
Post Date: 2017-06-08 08:11:34 by Deckard
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When the governor called, Sherry Japhet answered. Japhet is a freelance makeup artist from Boise, Idaho. She's worked in the business for more than 20 years, but without a license. That's never been a problem for her. She's landed gigs from coast-to-coast, working on television sets and for fashion magazines. Some of those calls came from Idaho Gov. Butch Otter. Japhet has helped Otter and his wife, Lori, look their best for televised public service announcements and political ads. No more, she says. Japhet, a 41-year old who works as a stand-up comedian, laughed at a request this week that she work her magic on Idaho's first lady for an upcoming television appearance. ...
Clearwater officer fired after investigation reveals use of unnecessary force on 13-year-old
Post Date: 2017-06-08 08:05:46 by Deckard
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CLEARWATER — When Michael Leonardo and two backup officers arrived at the youth shelter on the morning of April 2, the 13-year-old boy was still simmering from a fight.He'd calmed down in the time it took the Clearwater police officers to respond to reports that he was kicking walls and screaming in the shelter after a dispute with a roommate. They arrested him on a battery charge and led him outside with his hands cuffed behind his back. The prospect of going back to juvenile detention had riled him up again, and he cursed at the officers, according to an internal investigation. But that behavior didn't warrant what happened next, Chief Dan Slaughter said Wednesday. ...
Beware the Car Options (Another Gentle “Nudge” )
Post Date: 2017-06-08 07:48:49 by Deckard
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Whatever their failings, machines generally don’t second-guess you. Turn them on, turn them off. Point them in a certain direction. Command them to move or spin or do whatever it is they were made to do and – assuming they are not broken – they will usually do it.And won’t try to nudge you to do what they think is best.Electronic gadgets, on the other hand . . . .They pre-empt and nudge. Do things you didn’t ask them to – and won’t do things you want them to. They turn on – and off- at random, according to their own lights. They are not broken, either.Which means, of course, they can’t be fixed. They seem to literally ...
Kansas lawmakers reject Brownback’s ‘experiment,’ force taxes higher
Post Date: 2017-06-07 10:02:51 by Willie Green
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Just how spectacularly has Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback’s (R) radical economic “experiment” failed? Enough to lead a Republican-led legislature in a ruby-red state to force taxes higher. The Wichita Eagle reported overnight on GOP officials in Kansas embracing the one policy contemporary Republicans almost never even consider. Lawmakers rolled back Gov. Sam Brownback’s signature tax policy over his objections Tuesday night, forcing into law tax increases to fix a budget shortfall and provide more money for schools. The legislation ends the “march to zero” income tax cuts that Brownback heralded for much of his time as governor…. The increases are expected to ...
Trump Proposes Major Overhaul of Outdated U.S. Air Traffic Control System
Post Date: 2017-06-07 08:28:28 by Deckard
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And believe it or not, his proposal isn't half bad.President Trump, in a speech Monday, promised to replace the current government-owned and operated air traffic control system with a private "self-financing, non-profit organization" relying on user fees, not taxes, to fund itself. The idea is not new. Canada, the U.K., and Germany are among the roughly 50 countries that privatized air traffic control. It has been a long-fought goal of libertarians like Bob Poole, senior transportation analyst for the Reason Foundation (the nonprofit that publishes this website). Poole has argued since the 1970s the "high-tech 24/7 service business" that is air traffic control ...
NSA Leaker is Anti-Trump, Islamic Society of North America Supporter
Post Date: 2017-06-07 06:58:20 by HomerBohn
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Reality’s a bitch. For real. The 25-year-old woman who stole “Top Secret” documents from the National Security Agency and leaked them to The Intercept appears to be a supporter of Bernie Sanders and other progressive icons, such as Bill Maher and Michael Moore. Reality Leigh Winner’s apparent social media footprint also shows that she is a supporter of other liberal causes, including the Women’s March and the Islamic Society of North America, the Muslim civil rights group. How does someone so full of poison get top secret security clearance? Does anyone responsible for vetting check social media? Additionally, she pledged her allegiance to Iran in the case ...
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