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Update to US War Manual Makes it Easier to Defend Killing Journalists
Post Date: 2015-06-25 00:18:23 by nolu chan
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Update to US War Manual Makes it Easier to Defend Killing Journalists Posted on June 24, 2015 by Robert Barsocchini The US has always been a deadly force for journalists. The US invasion of Iraq launched in 2003, for example, as Al Jazeera reports, is the single “deadliest war for journalists” ever waged: “More journalists were killed during the US-led invasion and occupation of Iraq than in any war in history.” Now, as US and EU officials and propagandists regularly denounce the journalism of outlets they don’t like (ie ones that debunk Western propaganda), and the US positions tanks, artillery, trainers, and other equipment and hostile forces on ...
House Rebels Warn of Blowback for Boehner
Post Date: 2015-06-24 22:06:58 by A K A Stone
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The House Freedom Caucus has a secret it wants to share with Democrats. “If the Democrats were to file a motion to vacate the chair and were to vote for that motion unanimously, there probably are 218 votes for it to succeed,” one member of the House Freedom Caucus told CQ Roll Call Tuesday night, as he exited an meeting in the basement of Tortilla Coast. If that’s true, Democrats could certainly use a vote to remove Speaker John A. Boehner as leverage in any number of upcoming battles: the Export-Import Bank, a highway bill, all sorts of spending measures. But absent any real talk from Democrats, the official response from Boehner’s communications director, Kevin ...
They’re Waiting For A Provocative Incident: “Obama Is Trying To Force A Confrontation So That He Has A Pretext To Declare Martial Law”
Post Date: 2015-06-24 21:17:51 by Deckard
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What is the purpose of Jade Helm? How does it relate to the political and economic environment facing the United States? And what are some possible scenarios that may take place in coming months and years? If you think this massive military operation is just another exercise to prepare American soldiers to face a foreign threat on foreign soil, then we urge you to watch the following interview from The Daily Coin with Dave Hodges of The Common Sense Show. Make no mistake, this isn’t about ensuring Americans are safe from terrorists. In fact, all the evidence suggests that certain elements within the U.S. government have come to the conclusion that the terrorists are, in ...
Jim Webb Stands Up For People Who Memorialize The Confederacy
Post Date: 2015-06-24 16:55:17 by redleghunter
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Former Virginia Sen. Jim Webb, a southern Democrat contemplating a run for president, encouraged people on Wednesday to understand the “complicated history of the Civil War” when calling for the removal of the Confederate flag across the country. “This is an emotional time and we all need to think through these issues with a care that recognizes the need for change but also respects the complicated history of the Civil War,” Webb wrote in a post on Facebook. Responding to the shooting in Charleston last week, the governors of South Carolina and Alabama have called for the removal of the flag off the capitol grounds. Responding to the removal of the Confederate ...
Free Speech Under Attack: Cops Ticket Man for Warning Drivers about ‘Speed Trap’
Post Date: 2015-06-24 09:56:41 by Deckard
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Seattle, WA — When it comes to cops and their revenue generating schemes, those who interfere will have their rights trampled. Last Wednesday, Daniel Gehlke interfered — his rights were subsequently trampled. Gehlke witnessed police engaged in an entrapment scheme ostensibly designed for the safety of society, but in reality a means of extracting revenue from the citizenry. “I saw an injustice so I thought I needed to come out and warn people that something was happening. I thought it was a problem,” said Gehlke in an interview with KIRO 7. As a concerned citizen, Gehlke took action and a sharpie and wrote on a lid for a plastic bin to warn ...
Cops Threatened by Suicidal Man with Gun, Became Heroes for Using Compassion, Not Aggression
Post Date: 2015-06-24 09:50:48 by Deckard
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A 78-year-old Leesburg man is dead, shot in the head by police as he brandished a gun while officers approached — or so the tagline would read had this 78-year-old man encountered a different set of officers. In reality, this 78-year-old man, who remains unnamed, did brandish a firearm and did threaten police with it. But the officers who encountered him, showed compassion instead of aggression. Now this 78-year-old man is alive and well and thanking the officers who would have been entirely justified in killing him. Sgt. Mark Davis and Officer Alex Hilton of the Leesburg police department are the two officers who spared the life of this suicidal elderly man that fateful day in ...
You will be made to care… about the Confederate Battle Flag
Post Date: 2015-06-23 23:39:46 by Gatlin
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By this time everyone has seen the news that the political correctness army has scored another victory and gotten Republicans from Nikki Haley to Lindsey Graham to call for the removal of the Stars and Bars from public grounds at the state house. (Yes, I know… the “Stars and Bars” is not technically the same as the Battle Flag but you’ll bear with me today for that as a generic salute to Southern pride.) You never know what’s going to happen in the heat of an election season when the eyes of politicos are on the polls and spines grow weak under pressure from the tide. The timing, of course, is no accident. Liberal, progressive forces will never miss an opportunity ...
Not so fast? Haley could face tough battle in push to remove Confederate flag
Post Date: 2015-06-23 22:24:31 by Gatlin
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South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, after joining with other state leaders in calling for the Confederate flag to be removed from Statehouse grounds, could be in for a drawn-out legislative battle. Under the state's own rules for even touching that Confederate flag, any changes are easier said than done. “I would be shocked if there wasn’t considerable or even vehement opposition from legislators, particularly from small rural towns,” William Gaston, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told FoxNews.com. On Monday, Haley, surrounded by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the grounds of the state Capitol. Her ...
Oh My: Trump Is In Second Place In NH, Poll Finds
Post Date: 2015-06-23 20:11:28 by A K A Stone
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Donald Trump — yes, that Donald Trump — is edging every single GOP candidate running for president in an early primary state except for one, a new Suffolk University poll finds. He’s polling at 11 percent overall in New Hampshire, and thus only trails the nominal frontrunner, Jeb Bush, by three percentage points:
Matt Bevin calls for removal of Jefferson Davis statue from Kentucky capitol as retailers dump Confederate flag merch
Post Date: 2015-06-23 19:58:17 by A K A Stone
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Is this bolder than what Haley did or not as bold? Davis may not hold the same cultural currency as a symbol of southern pride that the flag does, but Haley had less to lose in making her move than Bevin does. She’s the term-limited governor of South Carolina; he’s the GOP nominee for governor in Kentucky. If there’s a broader southern backlash coming to all of the criticism of Confederate iconography this past week, he’ll pay for it more than she will. Hard to believe Bevin would have picked this fight without the enormous political cover he got yesterday from Haley, Tim Scott, Lindsey Graham, and a variety of presidential candidates who backed her decision. She ...
Mitch McConnell Calls On Kentucky To Move Jefferson Davis Statue
Post Date: 2015-06-23 18:51:11 by Willie Green
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WASHINGTON -- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R) called on his home state of Kentucky to consider moving its statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the prominent perch it now commands at the state legislature to a Kentucky history museum. McConnell's advice Tuesday came in response to a question about the significant number of leaders of the southern rebellion against the United States who are honored with statues and portraits in the U.S. Capitol. Just behind McConnell as he spoke was a large portrait of former South Carolina Sen. John C. Calhoun, one of the more virulent racists to grace the Senate, and a leading advocate of war with the U.S. He famously said ...
Blockage sought of I-65 Nathan Bedford Forrest statue
Post Date: 2015-06-23 17:20:53 by Willie Green
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Tennessee Democrats have already called on the removal of a Nathan Bedford Forrest bust from the Tennessee state Capitol building.Now, a Nashville Democrat — one who is running for mayor of Nashville — says she is seeking to block a long-criticized privately owned Nathan Bedford Forrest statue on land near Interstate 65 so that it can no longer be seen from the highway.Metro At-large Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Megan Barry said in a media release Monday that she has spoken to Republican Gov. Bill Haslam about restoring trees and brush along Interstate 65 via private funds to block views of the statue from the interstate.Meanwhile, Metro Councilman Jerry Maynard, who is a ...
The Myth of Black Confederates [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2015-06-23 16:10:38 by Pericles
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The Myth of Black Confederates LAS professor rejects myth that blacks fought for rebels in large numbers. Patrick R. Cleburne, a prominent general in the Confederate Army of Tennessee, could see what was happening in the South in late 1863. Southern troops were outnumbered, soldiers were demoralized, and the institution of slavery was collapsing. So on January 2, 1864, Cleburne rode through a sleet-driven night in northern Georgia to present an audacious proposal to nearly a dozen Confederate generals. He proposed that the Confederate States of America offer freedom to military age male slaves who were willing to fight for the South. “Most of the generals denounced him,” says ...
Exclusive — Ted Cruz: Obamatrade Enmeshed in Corrupt, Backroom Dealings
Post Date: 2015-06-23 12:27:09 by redleghunter
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Both President Obama and Republican leadership are pressing trade promotion authority, also known as TPA, or “fast-track.” Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) both oppose it. As a general matter, I agree (as did Ronald Reagan) that free trade is good for America; when we open up foreign markets, it helps American farmers, ranchers, and manufacturers. But TPA in this Congress has become enmeshed in corrupt Washington backroom deal-making, along with serious concerns that it would open up the potential for sweeping changes in our laws that trade agreements typically do not include. Since the Senate first voted on TPA, there have been two material changes. First, ...
Two Florida Cops Caught On Video Beating, Kicking, Tasering and Pepper Spraying Innocent Man
Post Date: 2015-06-23 10:47:24 by Deckard
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A South Florida banker was accosted by police officers for seems to be no reason at all. The police officers did not expect that their brutal assault against Noel Carter, 30, of Hollywood Florida, would be captured on video by a passerby. But that is exactly what happened. The video shows Carter being kicked repeatedly by an Orlando police officer. Now, Carter is asking for criminal charges to be filed against that officer as well as a second who was involved in the assault. Last week Carter requested that the State Attorney file battery charges against the officer. In that affidavit, Carter said that he was kicked at least a half-dozen. He noted that a second officer involved himself in ...
Students Call for Removal of Jefferson Davis Statue from UT Campus
Post Date: 2015-06-23 10:35:50 by Willie Green
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In the wake of a national conversation on confederate symbols, which led South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to announce Monday that the confederate flag would be taken down from the state Capitol building, some are bringing attention to the confederate symbols still standing here in Austin. The president of University of Texas at Austin, Greg Fenves, met Monday with student leaders who are demanding a statue of Jefferson Davis be removed from the school's campus. Davis owned dozens of slaves and was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War. "We just believe the statue represents a history of racism and intolerance, and it has no place on this campus, which is a ...
S.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans on Mother Emanuel shooting
Post Date: 2015-06-23 00:12:59 by A K A Stone
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Chris HaireI'm not sure how this story was missed, but the division commander of the S.C. Sons of Confederate Veterans, Leland Summers, released a statement on the Emanuel AME Church shooting last Wednesday. In it, he expressed sympathy for the victims and their families, noted there were black Confederate soldiers, and proclaimed there is no connection between the Confederate flag and the Mother Emanuel shooting. Here's what Summers said in its entirety: On the night of June 17, 2015, an attempt was made to break the spirit of all South Carolinians. The deranged mind of a horrendous individual, entered Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, and took the lives of nine admirable ...
Three Female Soldiers Begin Second Attempt at Army Ranger School
Post Date: 2015-06-22 23:02:13 by GarySpFC
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Three of the original female soldiers to volunteer for U.S. Army Ranger School on Monday took another shot at completing the traditionally all-male infantry course. All three of the women, who haven’t been identified, passed the Ranger Physical Fitness Assessment, the first obstacle and a requirement to enter the physically and mentally challenging two-month course, according to Col. William Butler, deputy commandant of the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia. This was the second time the three female officers passed the event that many male soldiers don’t get through. It’s 49 push-ups in two minutes, 59 sit-ups in two minutes and six chin-ups to strict ...
Donald Trump: More Jobs Can Help Heal Racial Rift
Post Date: 2015-06-22 22:40:32 by A K A Stone
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One way to help heal the racial divide in America is bringing more jobs home from overseas, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Monday.
"One of the things that you have got to do is get the country working again. Create jobs," the billionaire businessman told Fox News Channel's "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren." "Take jobs away from China. Take jobs away from Mexico and all the other places that are taking our jobs."
He went on to call Obama's Trade Promotion Authority "a disaster for jobs in our country. We should not have it ... The fact is Obama is not a negotiator. The last person I want negotiating for me is President Obama."
Trump said real unemployment ...
Karl Rove Says the Only Way to Stop the Violence Is to Repeal Our Second Amendment
Post Date: 2015-06-22 10:14:34 by Deckard
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Apparently the only people Mr. Rove wants to have guns are criminals who commit mass shootings and the government. Via The Daily Caller: WALLACE: How do we stop the violence? ROVE: I wish I had an easy answer for that, but I don’t think there’s an easy answer We saw an act of evil. Racist, bigoted evil, and to me the amazing thing is that it was met with grief and love. Think about how far we’ve come since 1963. The whole weight of the government throughout the South was to impede finding and holding and bringing to justice the men who perpetrated the [Birmingham] bombing. And here, we saw an entire state, an entire community, an entire nation come together, grieving as one ...
Big list of drug-induced killers
Post Date: 2015-06-22 09:05:11 by cranky
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As WND has reported, Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof was a known drug user who was caught with the powerful mind-altering narcotic Suboxone when apprehended by police during an incident on Feb. 28. Suboxone is used to treat addiction to opioid drugs such as heroin. It’s adverse effects include anxiety, irritability, depersonalization, confusion, suicidal thoughts and irrational, sometimes violent behavior. Other drugs linked to mass killers have more often been geared toward treating mental illness. According to a data set of U.S. mass shootings from 1982-2012 prepared by Mother Jones magazine, of 62 mass shootings carried out by 64 shooters, the majority of the shooters (41) ...
Red-light camera company CEO confesses to bribing Ohio Democrats.
Post Date: 2015-06-22 07:04:48 by CZ82
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Red-light camera company CEO confesses to bribing Ohio Democrats. By: Moe Lane (Diary) | June 19th, 2015 at 06:00 PM | 9 As well as using the Ohio Democratic party as the bagman. A former chief executive officer of the red-light camera company Redflex has pleaded guilty to bribing Columbus elected officials – including Council President Andrew Ginther – through the Ohio Democratic Party to install the cameras and keep them operating in the city. Karen L. Finley, 55, of Cave Creek, Ariz., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery,according a press release from Carter M. Stewart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio. Imagine that. ...
Man Accused of pushing jogger into traffic; told police he 'hates white people'
Post Date: 2015-06-21 20:13:55 by A K A Stone
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(Cincinnati, OH)--A man who told police he "hates white people" is accused of pushing a female jogger into traffic and pulling a knife on her. Police said that Rodney Arnold, 34, shoved the jogger into Montgomery Rd. at Langdon Farm Rd. May 11. They said he pulled out a knife and showed it to her, causing her to believe her would seriously hurt her. The victim was able to get away and get help. Arnold was later arrested, and the alleged victim was able to positively identify him in a lineup. Arnold is charged with assault, aggravated menacing, and ethnic intimidation. He is held in the Hamilton County Justice Center. His bond is set at $90,000.
Movement Grows To Make June 27 ‘National Burn The Confederate Flag Day'
Post Date: 2015-06-21 14:34:27 by Willie Green
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The battle flag of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, which is the flag most commonly referred to as the Confederate flag, has long been a symbol that divides the country. While its display has always been contentious, renewed anger arose after Dylann Roof, a 21-year-old male who posed with the flag several times in his manifesto, went into Charleston’s Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and murdered nine innocent people over their race. The furor over the flag was more pronounced due to the fact that it still flew high over South Carolina’s capital, less than a two-hour drive away from the massacre, even as other flags throughout the country were ...
The Life Changing Effects of Magic Mushrooms and Why the Government Keeps this from You [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2015-06-21 13:05:19 by Deckard
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The pursuit of knowledge and advancement of medical research are among the many victims of the War on Drugs. Just as marijuana prohibition is now being dismantled under the juggernaut of reason, so too will the prohibition of psychedelics. For thousands of years, cultures around the world have explored the mystical experience provided by psychedelic substances, using mescaline, ayahuasca, and magic mushrooms for religious ceremony and healing purposes. In the 1940s, western medicine began realizing the potential for psychedelics to treat addiction and psychiatric disorders. Tens of thousands of people were treated effectively, and psychedelic drugs were on the fast track to becoming ...
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