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Court Officials Who Jailed a Veteran for Living Off-Grid Were “Just Doing Their Jobs” [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-12-15 10:36:58 by Deckard
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Here’s an entry for the “Job-Doing Hall of Fame.” What if your job meant that you had to go arrest a guy who just wanted to live off the grid on his own land? What if that guy was a veteran? What if his only crime was refusing a service that he was supposed to pay for, like public water or utilities? Is it actually acceptable to go to his place, kidnap him, and hold him against his will for that? If YOU are the person who takes any of those actions, are you to blame if you’re “just doing your job?” Meet Tyler Truitt Tyler Truitt is a veteran who owns two acres of land in Madison County, Alabama. He and his girlfriend live off-grid. They have a clean, ...
Chomsky: Is the American Dream Dead?
Post Date: 2016-12-15 08:09:52 by U don't know me
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Chomsky: Is the American Dream Dead? Why class mobility is a thing of the past. By C.J. Polychroniou December 14, 2016 "Information Clearing House" - "Alternet" - The United States is rapidly declining on numerous fronts -- collapsing infrastructure, a huge gap between haves and have-nots, stagnant wages, high infant mortality rates, the highest incarceration rate in the world -- and it continues to be the only country in the advanced world without a universal health care system. Thus, questions about the nature of the US's economy and its dysfunctional political system are more critical than ever, including questions about the status of the so-called American ...
Napping Child Left in Car While Parents Run Quick Errand, Everyone Loses Their Minds
Post Date: 2016-12-15 08:06:56 by Deckard
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Child services is still hounding this family.A mom, dad, and their preschooler went to Home Depot in Valley Stream, Long Island, last Saturday to get some Christmas lights. The boy fell asleep in the car, so the parents cracked open the sun roof and let him snooze while they ran their errand. A passerby saw the boy and called 911 to report a child in a car, "unconscious." When the parents came out about 20 minutes later (the lights had been hard to find), they found a huge commotion at their car. Cops! Firemen! An ambulance! A fireman had smashed open their rear passenger window and was extricating their son as if the car was on fire. Then, rather than seeing that the boy was ...
14 Signs That There Is A Plot To Use Russia As An Excuse To Steal The Presidency From Trump On December 19th Or January 6th
Post Date: 2016-12-15 05:50:01 by Deckard
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Donald Trump could have the election legally stolen from him on either December 19th when the Electoral College casts their votes or on January 6th when a joint session of Congress gathers to count those votes. The establishment is in full-blown panic mode at this point, and they seem to have settled on “Russian interference in the election” as the angle that they plan to use to try to deny Trump the presidency. As you will see below, there is an all-out effort to try to persuade members of the Electoral College that are supposed to be committed to Donald Trump to cast their votes for someone else instead. And if that doesn’t work, the groundwork is being ...
And the Secretary of State Is… A Fracking Pioneer Who Is Now Steering Geopolitical World Order
Post Date: 2016-12-14 10:10:37 by Deckard
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Not sure yet, but I think that Donald Trump’s stunning campaign run will not be the last time America will be surprised. Political realignment historically happens in the U.S. every 30 or 40 years; it’s like shifting teeth and growing pains. There is every reason to guard carefully the jewel of liberty during this time. The new face of the country is a political unknown; perhaps even a chameleon. The cabinet, who pack the real power behind the throne, are already gearing up to be a potent gang of corporate cronies and Wall Street insiders. But the ace card was announced today. Trump has finally announced that he will name Rex Tillerson, CEO and chairman of ExxonMobil, as the next ...
WATCH – Black Welfare Mom With 15 Kids Issues SICK Welfare Demands to Americans [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2016-12-14 09:22:59 by IbJensen
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Angry Patriot Movement) – As long as welfare has existed, people have abused the privilege. One form of abuse is when low-income families have more children than they can afford and hand the bill to the rest of their community. A new video shows Angel Adams, a Tampa mother of 15 children, 12 of which are living with her, arguing that she cannot afford her kids so “someone needs to be held accountable and they need to pay.” The mom’s financial situation worsened when the baby daddy of ten of her children was arrested, leaving her to fend for herself. Adams blames the system for not giving her the help she needs. The video shows reporters entering a motel room where ...
VICTORY! State Disbands Cops Who Robbed Innocent People’s Life Savings, Victims Reimbursed
Post Date: 2016-12-13 13:31:24 by Deckard
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One of the worst states engaging in civil asset forfeiture, better known as “policing for profit,” suffered a blow in its campaign to rob innocent people of their cash and assets. After withering criticism and a lawsuit it couldn’t win, Iowa’s “Drug Interdiction Team” was disbanded on December 6. “The so-called “interdiction” unit’s key focus was to stop vehicles traveling along Interstate Highway 80 suspected of being involved in drugs or other crimes. It was a part of the Iowa Department of Public Safety and had become a target in recent years from critics who alleged the team used unconstitutional practices to seize private property for ...
Police Kill 73-year-old Unarmed Grandpa with Dementia Then Lied About Him Having a Gun
Post Date: 2016-12-13 13:22:45 by Deckard
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Bakersfield, CA — At 12:30 am on Monday morning, Bakersfield police shot and killed 73-year-old Francisco Serna as he stood in his driveway. Immediately following the shooting, police released details noting that Serna was killed for ‘brandishing a gun.’ However, early Tuesday morning, we’ve now learned that there was never a gun and police fabricated that vital piece of information. When police arrived on scene, they fired multiple shots at Serna, hitting and killing him. According to Serna’s family, he was in the beginning stages of dementia and occasionally experienced delusions. Serna’s oldest son told the LA Times that Serna had difficulty ...
"Qualified Immunity": What Cops and Slave Overseers Have in Common
Post Date: 2016-12-13 05:51:41 by Deckard
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The late Kelly Thomas, following his fatal encounter with the slave overseers of the Fullerton PD. Michael Slager, the former North Charleston, South Carolina police officer killed an unarmed man and then attempted to frame the victim, will not be convicted of murder. Nor is he likely to be convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter. Slager’s jury deadlocked because a single member of the panel insisted that he could not “in good conscience” vote to convict Slager of criminal homicide. This is not because the facts of the case are in dispute. Slager was captured on video fatally shooting unarmed, 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back as he fled a traffic stop, and then ...
Electoral College to Determine if “Trump is Fit to Serve as President” on News of "Russian Hacks"
Post Date: 2016-12-12 13:37:36 by Deckard
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In a development with the shocking potential to upend the U.S. presidential election, ten Electoral College electors have requested further insight into President-Elect Donald Trump’s alleged ties to Russia to determine “whether Mr. Trump is fit to serve as President of the United States.” Led by Christine Pelosi, daughter of Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi, the group of ten electors penned an open letter to Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, stating: “Allegations that Donald Trump was receiving assistance from a hostile foreign power to win the election began months before Election Day. When presented with information that the Russian government was ...
There’s a Psy-OP, All Right, But It Isn’t “The Russians”
Post Date: 2016-12-12 13:14:32 by Deckard
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Daisy Luther Enough with “the Russians” already. This “Russian Disinformation” and “Russian Hacking” stuff is getting more ridiculous by the day. First, don’t let the irony escape you that most, if not all, of the pundits breathlessly blaming the Russians for “fake news” and “election interference” are the very ones who were saying that Hillary Clinton was a shoe-in for president. They’re the ones who were providing her campaign with questions in advance, and allowing her people to approve/disapprove of articles. Secondly, many of the entities blamed for spreading “Russian propaganda” were the ones with the ...
Cop Goes to Wrong House and Kills Innocent Father of 3 — Will Not Face Charges
Post Date: 2016-12-12 13:09:32 by Deckard
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Stockbridge, GA – In a travesty of justice, a Henry County grand jury decided that a cop who went to the wrong house responding to a 911 call and killed the homeowner, an innocent father of three, will not be charged. According to CBS 46:A grand jury review determined that Sergeant Patrick Snook will not face charged and found the shooting to be justified. William David Powell was shot by officers who thought they were responding to a home on the 600 block of Swan Lake Road in Stockbridge where shots had been fired. The incident happened during the early morning hours of June 9. Responding to a 911 call in June, Henry County police arrived at the wrong house and shot ...
Trump Taps More Banksters
Post Date: 2016-12-12 13:03:40 by Deckard
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Donald Trump will turn to the guys who took down the economy for economic advice. From Bloomberg: President-elect Donald Trump turned to some of Wall Street’s biggest names to create a panel of business leaders that will give him strategic advice on the economy after he takes office, including two financiers with deep Democratic roots. Blackstone Group LP Chief Executive Officer Steve Schwarzman will chair the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum, which will begin meeting with Trump in February, according to a statement Friday from his private equity firm. JPMorgan Chase & Co. CEO Jamie Dimon and BlackRock Inc. CEO Laurence Fink, major donors to Democratic politicians, will ...
Watchdog Discovers Toy Dolls Are Recording Your Conversations And Uploading Them To Police
Post Date: 2016-12-12 10:36:21 by Deckard
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By Claire Bernish When giving gifts this holiday season, be strongly advised that certain toys will upload your child’s unique voice and personal information — to the same military and law enforcement database which helps authorities identify criminals. Indeed, these toys — which could record any conversation occurring nearby, and also fish for specific information from unwitting children — constitute the latest in surveillance by home appliances and gadgets known collectively as the Internet of Things. And this insidious, extraneous spying has several watchdog groups sounding alarm bells in a complaint filed with the Federal Trade Commission. Genesis Toys’ My ...
Regulation Nation: Where Independence Is Illegal Without A Permit
Post Date: 2016-12-12 10:28:54 by Deckard
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These days, you need permission from the government to do just about anything, including feeding yourself or others. Do you own a car? Every year, you must go down to the DMV and pay the government for permission to drive it.Do you own a business? You must register it and pay an annual fee to operate it.Do you want to renovate your home? You must pay the government to come and tell you if you’re allowed to, how you are allowed to, and to check it afterward to make sure you complied with all of their rules.Do you want to swap your homemade goodies for someone else’s homemade goodies? You’re supposed to get permission from the government to do it, and they’d also like you ...
Senate Quietly Passes The "Countering Disinformation And Propaganda Act"
Post Date: 2016-12-11 14:41:30 by buckeroo
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While we wait to see if and when the Senate will pass (and president will sign) Bill "H.R. 6393, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017", which was passed by the House at the end of November with an overwhelming majority and which seeks to crack down on websites suspected of conducting Russian propaganda and calling for the US government to "counter active measures by Russia to exert covert influence … carried out in coordination with, or at the behest of, political leaders or the security services of the Russian Federation and the role of the Russian Federation has been hidden or not acknowledged publicly,” another, perhaps even more dangerous and ...
Trump: I don't need daily briefings
Post Date: 2016-12-11 11:32:23 by buckeroo
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President-elect Donald Trump said he does not need to receive the presidential intelligence briefing every day, suggesting in an interview aired Sunday that such briefings are repetitive and he is happy to rely on those around him on matters of intelligence and national security. Trump has been given the daily intelligence briefing just a handful of times since winning the White House last month, alarming some in the national security community. But those briefings do not always change day to day, Trump told “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace in an interview taped over the weekend. And when he does receive the briefing, Trump said he always instructs those offering him the ...
Trump WANTS the Dakota Access pipeline and will review Obama administration's decision to sideline crude oil project after months of protests
Post Date: 2016-12-10 22:16:25 by packrat1145
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A spokesman for Donald Trump said Monday that the president-elect is in favor of building the Dakota Access pipeline, and will revisit the Obama administration's decision to halt construction until it can be routed around land owned by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe. The company behind the project had sought an easement to begin construction. But following months of sometimes violent protests, on Sunday the Army Corps of Engineers said it would find another path for the pipeline. Trump spokesman Jason Miller said the crude oil conduit is 'something that we support construction of, and we'll review the full situation once we're in the White House and make an appropriate ...
No, The Shooting Of a Knife-Armed Reno Teen Isn’t “Sparking Debate”
Post Date: 2016-12-10 21:52:07 by Gatlin
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No, The Shooting Of a Knife-Armed Reno Teen Isn’t “Sparking Debate” Posted at 4:52 pm on December 9, 2016 by Bob Owens Let’s turn to the CBS News story Reno officer’s shooting of knife-wielding teen sparks debate to see how media hacks are attempting to turn a school resource officer’s very measured response to a violent student armed with two knives into a fake news scandal. A school police officer in Nevada faces new questions about shooting a knife-wielding student. Cellphone video captured the moment at Hug High School in Reno. Police said the teen ignored orders to drop a pair of knives and threatened other students. But there’s a debate over the ...
Reno School Cop Shoots Teen Victim of Bullying in the Chest—District Praises Cop for ‘Protecting Children’
Post Date: 2016-12-10 19:59:19 by Deckard
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A school police officer at Hug High School in Reno, Nev., shot a 14-year-old boy who had a knife on him as the boy was trying to escape a crowd that had formed to see an anticipated beat-down of the boy, the teen's family's lawyer, David Houston, told the AP. The attorney described the boy as emotionally distressed and said he had already been hit when he was trying to escape. He was shot in the chest by an officer who has not been identified but who has been placed on paid administrative leave. "Those kids were alerted there was going to be a beat-down at a specific time and a specific location. They had amassed with their cellphones for the purpose of filming it," ...
Muslim Teen Who Reported NYC Subway Harrassment Found Safe (No kidding?)
Post Date: 2016-12-10 15:56:20 by IbJensen
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NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y. -- The Muslim teen who said she was verbally attacked by three drunk men on a New York subway last week and had been reported missing Friday has been found, CBS New York reports. Nassau County Police didn’t say where Yasmin Seweid, 18, has been the last few days, but her family told WCBS-AM that she was safe. Seweid was last seen leaving her New Hyde Park home on Wednesday, police said. She was wearing a black jacket, blue sweater, black yoga pants and black head scarf and carrying a bag of clothing. Last Thursday, Seweid told WCBS-TV that she was on the subway heading home from a school event when she was verbally attacked by the men, who she said made ...
A "Soft Coup" Attempt: Furious Trump Slams "Secret" CIA Report Russia Helped Him Win
Post Date: 2016-12-10 15:31:03 by nolu chan
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A "Soft Coup" Attempt: Furious Trump Slams "Secret" CIA Report Russia Helped Him Win by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge Dec 10, 2016 9:11 AM Overnight the media propaganda wars escalated after the late Friday release of an article by the Washington Post (which last week admitted to using unverified, or fake, news in an attempt to smear other so-called "fake news" sites) according to which a secret CIA assessment found that Russia sought to tip last month’s U.S. presidential election in Donald Trump’s favor, a conclusion presented without any actual evidence, and which drew an extraordinary, and angry rebuke from the president-elect’s camp. “These ...
Navy Won’t Remove ‘Midshipman’ Title Because It’s Enshrined In The Law As A Rank
Post Date: 2016-12-09 23:31:46 by nolu chan
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Navy Won’t Remove ‘Midshipman’ Title Because It’s Enshrined In The Law As A Rank Jonah Bennett on December 9, 2016 The Daily Caller Navy officials confirmed this week they don’t intend to change the title “midshipman” as part of the overall effort to make job positions in the service gender-neutral. The goal of the job title review Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus initiated back in January is to make women feel more included now that they have access to all combat roles, but the reason midshipman will remain in its current state is because the name is a rank stipulated by the law, Capital Gazette reports. [...] In late September, the Navy announced ...
‘Drug War has Failed’ Governor to Pardon Thousands of People Convicted for Pot
Post Date: 2016-12-09 13:46:13 by Deckard
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Montpelier, VT — Those members of government who are willing to challenge the status quo and stand against injustice are few and far between. Those members of government who not only stand against injustice but take action to reverse are all but entirely mythical. However, Vermont governor Peter Shumlin is one of those people. Peter Shumlin just announced one of the boldest moves by a politician in recent history — he is going to pardon thousands of people whose lives were ruined by the war on drugs. “Today I am announcing an effort using the Governor’s pardoning power to expedite our move to a saner drug policy and criminal justice system,” the Governor said on ...
If Trump’s Really a Populist, He’ll Fight Against the Destructive AT&T-Time Warner Merger
Post Date: 2016-12-09 13:17:50 by Deckard
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Dangerous consolidation of the media is a trend that has been discussed by many people on many occasions, and many of us by now have heard the stat that in the U.S. just six media giants control 90% of all TV, news, radio and film. Now that Comcast is set to buy Time Warner, the situation is about to get that much worse. Many people write about the struggle between “liberty” and “tyranny,” including myself, but these may not be the most effective terms to use in order to explain the troubling situation we face to a wider audience. Unfortunately, when people hear the words “liberty” the knee-jerk reaction for many is to associate it with ...
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