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Here Are the Retail Stores Taking Hits, Closing Hundreds of Locations (Trump: MAGA)
Post Date: 2017-04-15 20:19:59 by Deckard
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For the retail industry's brick-and-mortar stores, the realities of online shopping and changing tastes have driven down sales, causing hundreds of locations to close their doors.So what's the status of the stores making headlines these days? Here's a quick guide:Abercrombie & Fitch: The preppy classic clothing store is closing 60 U.S. stores during the 2017 fiscal year as leases expire, CNBC reported. This follows the closing of 53 domestic shops last year and likely won't be the end of it. The company has more than 700 locations, and half of them have leases that will be up for renewal by the end of fiscal 2018, lending the option to more closings.Aeropostale: The teen ...
Trump Won’t Release White House Visitor Logs; Legal Fight Already Underway
Post Date: 2017-04-15 19:55:28 by Deckard
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Reversing a policy of the Obama era, the Trump administration announced Friday that it will not release records on visitors to the White House, claiming that doing so would present “grave national security risks and privacy concerns.” Photo by Diego Cambiaso Under the new policy, logs of people entering the White House to lobby or meet with the president or his aides will not be made public until five years after President Donald Trump leaves office. Watchdog groups on the left and right quickly denounced the decision, arguing it casts a shroud on whom the president is meeting with and what groups are trying to influence him. “This new secrecy policy undermines the rule ...
Baseball Trivia
Post Date: 2017-04-15 18:10:31 by no gnu taxes
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I had this dream last night. The Astros were playing the Dodgers. A batter for the Dodgers hit a high fly ball down the right field line. It was a fair ball and barely cleared the wall. However, a fan trying to catch the ball muffed it and the ball fell back into the field of play. An outfielder for the Dodgers caught it. A home run, right? Yet in my dream an umpire ruled an out. Was my dream correct?
Wisconsin Says You Can’t Buy Kerrygold Butter Until A Bureaucrat Tastes It For You
Post Date: 2017-04-14 22:46:21 by Deckard
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It may well be the Platonic Ideal of Butter. But folks in Wisconsin will never know because some apparatchik on the sixth floor of the Department of Agriculture has not yet spoken.Wisconsin law forbids the sale of any butter unless it has first been sampled and “graded.” This is not to ensure the product is not contaminated or otherwise dangerous. It is not even to determine whether it has nutritional value. It is, rather, a mandatory taste test in which a government “connoisseur” must assess whether a butter has “fine and pleasing” flavor or tastes too “acidic.”This bureaucrat must evaluate its aroma and texture and affix a letter grade. That grade ...
CIA Director Accuses Wikileaks Of Being A "Hostile Intelligence Service" (And so Donald Trump flips on yet another issue.)
Post Date: 2017-04-14 14:19:25 by Deckard
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And so Donald Trump flips on yet another issue. One day after the President reversed his core stance on a broad range of policies including the US Dollar, interest rates, the futures of Janet Yellen, the Ex-Im bank, the obsolescence of NATO and whether China is a currency manipulator, on Thursday afternoon he took aim at Wikileaks and Julian Assance, when CIA Director, Mike Pompeo, in his first public appearance since taking the top intel post in the Trump administration, called the whistleblower organization a "non-state hostile intelligence service" abetted by state actors like Russia. "It's time to call out WikiLeaks for what it really is: A non-state hostile ...
Cop Ignores ‘Beware of Dog’ Signs, Enters Yard, Kills Family Dog — Over a Parking Spot
Post Date: 2017-04-14 13:25:15 by Deckard
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Weslaco, TX — Americans, it seems, are increasingly becoming desensitized to police violence — to the point that unarmed fathers being gunned down in front of their children barely registers as a blip on the nightly news radar. According to newspaper editors, however, “stories about animal abuse often generate more responses from upset readers than articles about violence directed toward humans.” Reports from police agencies support the claim that “shooting a dog brings more heat down on an agency than an officer-involved shooting of a human.” One would think that because the stigma associated with police officers shooting dogs is often worse than police ...
Dear President Trump...
Post Date: 2017-04-14 11:11:03 by Deckard
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2 Georgia police officers fired after videos show man being punched, kicked during traffic stop
Post Date: 2017-04-14 09:57:55 by Deckard
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Two Georgia police officers have been fired today after videos surfaced online showing a man being punched and kicked during a traffic stop, police said. The Gwinnett County Police Department in Lawrenceville, Georgia -- about 30 miles outside of Atlanta -- called the videos "shocking" and "disturbing" and announced today that two officers had been fired and that criminal investigations had begun. The first video to surface shows an officer kicking a handcuffed man in the head as he lays in the middle of a major roadway during a traffic stop. That officer, identified as Master Police Officer Robert McDonald, was terminated today, police said. A second video discovered ...
Cop Who Killed 6yo Autistic Boy Had History of “Satisfying His Sexual Desires” ON-DUTY
Post Date: 2017-04-14 07:33:55 by Deckard
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Marksville, LA — The officer-involved wounding of Christopher Few and the murder of his son Jeremy Mardis has taken a perverse and bizarre turn, if prosecutors of former Marksville, Lousiana Police Officer Norris Greenhouse, Jr. are to be believed. Marksville law enforcement officer, Derrick Stafford, was recently convicted of manslaughter and attempted manslaughter in the shooting that led to Mardis’ death, and Few’s close brush with death. Now it’s Greenhouse’s turn to be tried for second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder. In a recent court filing, Greenhouse was accused by prosecutors of having a habit of abusing the authority implicit in his badge ...
Will Grigg Was a Mighty Voice for Justice and Liberty (dead at 54)
Post Date: 2017-04-13 19:44:44 by Hondo68
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William Norman Grigg died this afternoon. He was a journalist, broadcaster, editor, musician, father, husband, and a self-described Christian Individualist. He was also my hero. Will’s main beat was stories about individual victims of the state: particularly Americans who have been unjustly imprisoned or wrongfully assaulted by government officers. His research for each article was exhaustive. From his home in Idaho, he traveled all around the northwest to get the story in person. He would get to know each subject personally, and seek face-to-face interviews with their powerful persecutors. His tireless work has saved several innocent lives from being slowly drained away in prison. He ...
8-year-old learns to drive on YouTube, heads to McDonald's
Post Date: 2017-04-13 14:10:57 by Stoner
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An 8-year-old Ohio boy with a craving for a cheeseburger drove himself and his 4-year-old sister to McDonald’s Sunday night after learning how to drive by watching YouTube videos. Police arrived at the McDonald’s in East Palestine, Ohio, around 8 p.m. Sunday after receiving multiple calls from people who saw the young boy driving, the Weirton Daily Times reported. According to authorities, the children headed to McDonald’s after their parents fell asleep early. During the mile and a half road trip, the 8-year-old obeyed all traffic laws and drove “effortlessly” through downtown, East Palestine Patrolman Jacob Koehler told the Times. “He didn’t hit a ...
GOP Congressman Prefers Bull Shit to Clean Water
Post Date: 2017-04-13 08:44:05 by Willie Green
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Republican’s Bill OKs Farmers Fouling Water Supplies… and You Can’t Take Them to Court Either A Washington state congressman wants to put cow manure in its place—in drinking water. And if you don’t like it, well, tough luck. Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) wants to make sure animal manure isn’t included in a 1976 federal law that regulates how solid waste and hazardous waste is disposed of. This is a satellite view of a giant Texas feedlot and its collector pond near Amarillo. It’s one mile from corner to corner. The photo is part of a series by photographer Mishka Henner. He is represented by the Bruce Silverstein Gallery in New York. Newhouse introduced the ...
North Miami Cop Who Shot Behavioral Specialist Arrested Ten Months After Incident
Post Date: 2017-04-13 06:25:58 by Deckard
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Faces felony attempted manslaughter and misdemeanor culpable negligence charges. Ten months after shooting an unarmed behavioral specialist trying to defuse a situation involving police confronting one of the specialist's unarmed developmentally disabled residents, Officer Jonathan Aledda has been charged with attempted manslaughter, a third degree felony, and culpable negligence, a misdemeanor, the Miami-Dade County state's attorney announced as they issued a warrant for Aledda's arrest. NPR reports Aledda was arrested but offers no details on the arrest. According to the state attorney, Aledda was "not in a position to correctly assess the situation or in a position to ...
RIP Will Grigg (An important anti-police-state voice is stilled.)
Post Date: 2017-04-13 06:06:22 by Deckard
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Will Grigg, full name William Norman Grigg, passed away at the age of 54 today after a series of hospitalizations. He was much too young to leave us.Will was a dedicated voice for liberty, and a prolific writer and blogger on the subjects of police misconduct and police militarization. An archive of the many articles he wrote for LewRockwell.com is here. He also appeared on our Mises Weekends show discussing the growing police state.Will was a gentle soul but an indomitable spirit. He will be missed.Pro LibertatePoster Comment:Mr. Grigg was a champion of liberty and spoke out eloquently against the encroaching police state.
J. Geils, ‘Centerfold’ musician, found dead in Groton home
Post Date: 2017-04-12 13:50:40 by Deckard
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GROTON, Mass. — John Warren Geils Jr., the artist known professionally as J. Geils and part of the rock group The J. Geils Band, was found dead in his Groton, Massachusetts, home. The 71-year-old was found unresponsive by police around 4 p.m. Tuesday after they responded to his home for a well-being check. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Foul play is not suspected at this time. “A preliminary investigation indicates that Geils died of natural causes,” police said in a statement. The J. Geils Band was founded in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts, while Geils, whose full name was John Warren Geils Jr., was studying mechanical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic ...
DEA Just Admitted It Lets Drugs Into Communities & Pushes Them on Citizens
Post Date: 2017-04-12 13:16:50 by Deckard
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When Richard Nixon decided to bring the War on Drugs into full force, he signed Reorganization Plan No. 2, in 1973, which established the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). For decades, the DEA has carried out a war on people as it enforces the senseless, unjust prohibition of arbitrary substances. Government ruins countless lives – locking people in cages for years or life, tearing apart families – for victimless “crimes” such as possessing cannabis or other “illicit” drugs. In a glaring example of hypocirsy, however, the DEA is teaching Americans a telling lesson —you’re not supposed to sell or possess substances that are deemed illegal by the ...
WATCH: Cop Uses Facebook Live to Brag About Killing Dogs, Beating People & Breaking the Law
Post Date: 2017-04-12 13:06:55 by Deckard
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Yazoo City, MS — A cop in Yazoo, Mississippi, has an apparent affinity with livestreaming his dereliction of duty to Facebook. Clearly having no forethought about any chance of being caught in his unprofessional — and illegal — acts, this cop appears to love the attention he gets from bragging about his dirty police work to his Facebook fans. The disturbing video of the two officers starts out with them bragging about killing a dog. The officer who is doing the livestreaming, Officer Facebook Live, is apparently so hungry for likes and shares that he could not care less about bragging to the public about him and his partner’s puppycide. “Man, we shot the shit ...
Cop Suspended After Video Appears to Show Him Attacking Jaywalker
Post Date: 2017-04-12 11:22:43 by Deckard
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A Sacramento police officer has been relieved of his duties after cell phone video appeared to capture him tackling and beating a jaywalker, authorities said.In the video, a young black man and the white officer seem to be exchanging words in the middle of a suburban street.Read: Cops Face Excessive Force Allegations After Female College Student is Body-Slammed at BarThen the unidentified officer appears to lunge at the man, throwing him to the asphalt, where he straddles him and beats him in the face.A neighbor videotaped the altercation with her cell phone, and her screams and sobs can be heard on the footage."Why you doing him like that!?” yells Naomi Montaie, who posted ...
President Trump, With Respect, Start Ruthlessly Purging The U.S. General Officer Corps
Post Date: 2017-04-12 07:32:23 by Deckard
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President Trump: Last time we discussed your refusal to abide by the Constitution’s hard-and-fast war-making provision, a decision that merits — as it did for most of your post-1945 predecessors — impeachment proceedings. Waging war in the manner you did in Syria is the work of an absolute monarch or a dictator, not that of a popularly elected president of this republic. Today, we must discuss a topic that has been covered in this space on multiple occasions; namely, the need for you to immediately purge — via forced retirement — scores of your general officers. The American fetish for treating these officers as god-like wonders is baseless and must be curtailed to ...
Airline Thugs drag passenger off of overbooked flight
Post Date: 2017-04-10 12:09:32 by Willie Green
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Videos posted to Facebook and Twitter show a passenger on United Airlines Flight 3411 being dragged from the plane before takeoff at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. Audra D. Bridges posted one video to Facebook at 7:30 p.m. Sunday that appears to show three officers speaking with the man seconds before grabbing him and pulling his from his seat. The man screams as he is dragged down the aisle of the plane that was scheduled to fly to Louisville, Ky. The Courier-Journal reported that a United spokesperson confirmed in an email Sunday night that a passenger had been taken off a flight in Chicago. "Flight 3411 from Chicago to Louisville was overbooked," the ...
Donald Trump’s Pick For Top Economic Adviser Is Pro-Immigration, Pro-Outsourcing
Post Date: 2017-04-10 08:48:15 by Stoner
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President Donald Trump has picked an economic advisor who believes in growing the nation’s economy by importing workers and consumers, and by expanding free-trade outsourcing, despite Trump’s “buy American, hire American” campaign promises. Kevin Hassett is slated to become chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors if he is approved by the Senate’s banking committee. If Hassett is confirmed, that will be a win for the corporatist, business-first faction in Trump’s White House, which fights for influence in the Oval Office against the populist, America-first faction that helped Trump win the election in November. The Axios news site used three bullet points ...
The Debt Crisis Of 2017: Once Their Vacation Ends, Congress Will Have 4 Days To Avoid A Government Shutdown On April 29
Post Date: 2017-04-10 06:35:22 by HomerBohn
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April 2017 could turn out to be one of the most important months in U.S. history that we have seen in a very long time. On April 6th, Donald Trump attacked Syria on the 100th anniversary of the day that the U.S. officially entered World War I, and now at the end of this month we could be facing an unprecedented political crisis in Washington. On Friday, members of Congress left town for their two week “Easter vacation”, and they won’t resume work until April 25th. What this means is that Congress will have precisely four days when they get back to pass a bill to fund government operations or there will be a government shutdown starting on April 29th. Up to this point, there ...
‘Brave’ Cop Protects Society By Smashing Tiny Woman’s Face in the Ground
Post Date: 2017-04-09 17:28:05 by Deckard
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Ft. Collins, CO — Bystanders at Barstool Sports Bar near Colorado State University were treated to a front-row seat at what could easily be described as a World Wrestling Federation (WWF) takedown of a fragile woman by what could be characterized as a bully cop. But, of course, police see the altercation differently. You decide. When the video (taken by a bar-goer) begins, a woman can be seen arguing with a Ft. Collins police officer. But when one looks closely, the officer can be seen positioning his hands on the woman in such a way as to be able to effect a near perfect body slam. And flawless it was. The seemingly fragile woman who was dressed in a party dress and high heels was, as ...
BREAKING REPORT – Petraeus Working Behind the Scenes With McMaster to Put Troops on the Ground in Syria
Post Date: 2017-04-09 12:42:17 by Deckard
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According to a report by independent journalist, Mike Cernovich, current National Security Advisor, H.R. McMaster is manipulating intelligence reports given to President Trump regarding Syria. Via Mike Cernovich: McMaster is plotting how to sell a massive ground war in Syria to President Trump with the help of disgraced former CIA director and convicted criminal David Petraeus, who mishandled classified information by sharing documents with his mistress.As NSA, McMaster’s job is to synthesize intellience reports from all other agencies. President Trump is being given an inncurate picture of the situation in Syria, as McMaster is seeking to involve the U.S. in a full scale war in ...
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