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SCOTUS lays off online betting to states
Post Date: 2018-05-14 16:27:53 by Tooconservative
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What were the odds? They turned out to be 6:3 in favor of allowing states to determine if they want legalized online gambling in their state, and the revenue that flows from it. Writing for the six-person majority in Murphy v NCAA/ NJTHA v NCAA, Justice Samuel Alito called the federal Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act passed in 1992 “a direct affront to state sovereignty”: The U.S. Supreme Court acted Monday to bust Nevada’s monopoly on legal sports betting, allowing more states to get in on the action and reap the tax benefits. The court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down a federal law that required states to ban gambling on the outcome of sporting events. The ...
U.S. Hypocrisy Creates Perpetual Enemies and Forever War
Post Date: 2018-05-14 16:22:13 by Deckard
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In foreign policy, Americans like to keep it simple. Good countries versus bad countries. Democracies versus dictatorships. Of course, as Ronald Reagan reminded Americans, we are a “shining city upon a hill,” one of the goodies. What no one seems to ask is whether idealistic Americans have a clear view of the world as it is, or how their worldview affects the United States’ global image. Surely, as the U.S. enters its 17th year of perpetual war, these might be questions worth pursuing. Problem is, the truth can be disturbing. So humor me for a moment and join me on a tour of American hypocrisy and naiveté, from Africa to the South Pacific. Let’s begin with the ...
The Pentagon Can't Account for $21 Trillion (That's Not a Typo)
Post Date: 2018-05-14 16:16:16 by Deckard
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Twenty-one trillion dollars. The Pentagon’s own numbers show that it can’t account for $21 trillion. Yes, I mean trillion with a “T.” And this could change everything. But I’ll get back to that in a moment. There are certain things the human mind is not meant to do. Our complex brains cannot view the world in infrared, cannot spell words backward during orgasm and cannot really grasp numbers over a few thousand. A few thousand, we can feel and conceptualize. We’ve all been in stadiums with several thousand people. We have an idea of what that looks like (and how sticky the floor gets). Advertisement But when we get into the millions, we lose it. It becomes a ...
Trump Is Trying to Save Jobs—in China
Post Date: 2018-05-14 16:05:10 by Deckard
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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said Sunday he has instructed his Commerce Department to help get a Chinese telecommunications company “back into business” after the U.S. government cut off access to its American suppliers. At issue is that department’s move last month to block the ZTE Corp., a major supplier of telecoms networks and smartphones based in southern China, from importing American components for seven years. The U.S. accused ZTE of misleading American regulators after it settled charges of violating sanctions against North Korea and Iran. ZTE, which has more than 70,000 employees and has supplied networks or equipment to some of the world’s biggest ...
Trump to Israel: "It's been a long time coming"; Schumer: I applaud Trump [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2018-05-14 12:51:39 by Tooconservative
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“Thank you, President Trump,” Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed, “for having the courage to keep your promises!” Netanyahu declared the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem as a “great day for Israel, a great day for America,” but also “a great day for peace.”See Also: Make China great again? We must find a way to save Chinese jobs at ZTE, says Trump Trump pre-empted the praise with his own prerecorded speech for the ceremony, declaring that “it’s been a long time coming,” and “that for many years, we failed to acknowledge the obvious”: “This city and this entire nation is a testament to the ...
Make China great again? We must find a way to save Chinese jobs at ZTE, says Trump
Post Date: 2018-05-14 12:14:45 by Tooconservative
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There’s a strategy here, I think, but hoo boy is it weird watching President MAGA tweet about the importance of saving Chinese jobs. Especially when those jobs are at a telecom company which has been accused repeatedly of acting as a surveillance arm of the Chinese government. Members of Congress have been calling ZTE a national security threat since the end of Obama’s first term. The Pentagon has banned military bases from selling the company’s phones and U.S. intel honchos publicly warned American citizens against using them a few months ago. Now here’s Trump, the great protectionist, a man who was threatening China with $100 billion in new tariffs five weeks ago, ...
The Donald’s Done – The Deep State Wins Its War On America First
Post Date: 2018-05-14 10:27:25 by Deckard
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The Donald’s action to ash-can the Iranian nuclear deal marks the War Party’s complete and baleful triumph. There is now nothing much left of America First. Trump’s reckless, unwarranted and utterly irrational action will pull Washington ever deeper into an incendiary middle eastern vortex of political and religious conflict that has absolutely nothing to do with the safety and security of the America people. To the contrary, picking a fight with Tehran is an exercise in unprovoked Imperial aggression. The Iranian regime has no means to attack America militarily and has never threatened to do so. Nor has it invaded any other country in the region where it was not invited by a ...
Donald Trump’s Neocon Conversion was Predictable
Post Date: 2018-05-14 09:28:00 by Deckard
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During the election, I wrote a little ebook titled “Donald Trump’s War on Islam.” In addition to pointing out Trump’s pandering to Islamophobia, I wrote about his association with a number of neocons, including Frank Gaffney and John Bolton, who is now his national security adviser. “I think John Bolton’s a good man,” Trump told the Hugh Hewitt Show. “I watched him yesterday, actually, and he was very good in defending me in some of my views, and very, very strong. And I’ve always liked John Bolton. Well, we are thinking about it, Hugh [nominating Bolton as secretary of state]. I will say that. We are thinking about it. I mean, the negative ...
Man attending Route 91: ‘There is multiple active shooters here at the concert’
Post Date: 2018-05-14 09:20:22 by Deckard
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Another eyewitness video surfaces on the Innerweb in which a man mentions how multiple active shooters were possibly firing from the direction of the Mandalay Bay on the night of 1 OctoberLAS VEGAS (INTELLIHUB) — A man who attended the 1 October Route 91 Harvest Music Festival was live-streaming on Facebook from inside the venue during the shooting where he candidly admits that there was more than one shooter outside of the venue near the Mandalay Bay which coincidentally matches other eyewitness accounts reported by Intellihub. “There’s active shooters going on,” the man stated while live-streaming. “Multiple active shooters going on.” “There was multiple ...
New Data Shows Police State Facial Recognition Is WRONG Over 90% Of The Time
Post Date: 2018-05-14 09:12:25 by Deckard
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A police department that relies on facial recognition software has admitted that it has a false positive rate of over 90 percent. What this means is that nearly every person that is marked as a suspect by this system is actually an innocent person who will be interrogated by police, or possibly worse, because they were wrongly identified by this faulty technology. According to a report from the Guardian, the South Wales Police scanned the crowd of more than 170,000 people who attended the 2017 Champions League final soccer match in Cardiff and falsely identified thousands of innocent people. The cameras identified 2,470 people as criminals but 2,297 of them were innocent, and only 173 of ...
Couple Raided by Cops for Facebook Post of LEGAL Morel Mushrooms
Post Date: 2018-05-14 09:07:26 by Deckard
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Darlington, MD — It is a travesty enough when the drug war lays waste to the rights and lives of entirely decent people who’ve harmed no one simply because they choose to ingest a substance deemed illegal by the state. However, because the drug war is such an immoral and barbaric practice, entirely innocent people are also swept up in the dragnet of tyranny and ignorance. Case in point: a couple in Maryland were raided by cops for posting photos of legal morel mushrooms they picked and ate. On Friday, John Garrison and his girlfriend Hope went foraging the mountains for some morel mushrooms. Morels are known to those in the region as being the safest mushroom to hunt for as they ...
School Calls Police on Student Who Made Gun with Legos
Post Date: 2018-05-14 08:57:54 by Deckard
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Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins School officials at Jepsen Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut, called police on a student who made a gun out of Legos, then pointed it at other students. Fox 61 reports that Will Clark, COO of New Haven Public Schools, defended the school’s reaction to the construction of a Lego gun. He said: School leaders and local police partners were able to investigate and resolve the issue internally with use of restorative practices. Appropriate steps were taken at the school level to insure the safety of all students and to impress upon the students the seriousness of engaging in positive peer interactions while avoiding conduct that may ...
Good Lord, Has George Will Finally lost His Mind?
Post Date: 2018-05-13 14:21:18 by no gnu taxes
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Trump is no longer the worst person in government Donald Trump, with his feral cunning, knew. The oleaginous Mike Pence, with his talent for toadyism and appetite for obsequiousness, could, Trump knew, become America’s most repulsive public figure. And Pence, who has reached this pinnacle by dethroning his benefactor, is augmenting the public stock of useful knowledge. Because his is the authentic voice of today’s lickspittle Republican Party, he clarifies this year’s elections: Vote Republican to ratify groveling as governing. Last June, a Trump Cabinet meeting featured testimonials offered to Dear Leader by his forelock-tugging colleagues. His chief of staff, Reince ...
Trump’s Ten Lies: A Response to the Iran Nuclear Agreement Speech
Post Date: 2018-05-13 12:14:55 by Deckard
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After listening to Trump’s speech explaining his decision to pull out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear agreement with Iran, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Trump’s speech contained "over ten lies." Khamenei didn’t go on to name the lies. So, what were the lies Trump told? Lie #1 "The Iranian regime is the leading state sponsor of terror"The United States has long known that its ally, Saudi Arabia, and not its enemy, Iran, is the leading state sponsor of terror. All recent attempts to link Iran to terrorism have failed. Even America’s own reports on terrorism don’t list Iran as the leading ...
The 2017 Statistics Just Came Out... And The "War On Cops" Is Officially A Myth
Post Date: 2018-05-13 12:03:01 by Deckard
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Authored by Carey Wedler via TheAntiMedia.com, Though right-wing commentators continue to decry the ‘war on cops,’ the latest data released by the country’s top law enforcement undermines that alarmist narrative. According to the FBI’s annual Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted report, released this week, there were fewer police deaths in 2017 than in 2016. In 2016, 118 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty while in 2017, that number was 93. More telling is the type of death the officers suffered. Last year, 46 officers were killed “feloniously” on the job while 47 died in accidents. As the FBI’s press release noted, “Both ...
Revolt: Three EU nations block resolution meant to "embarrass and isolate" the White House [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2018-05-13 11:22:43 by Tooconservative
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Preparations are underway for the grand opening of the new United States embassy to Israel in Jerusalem. While the President won’t be able to attend as he prepares for his summit with North Korea, Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump have arrived to do the honors along with a number of other delegates. But not everyone is quite so thrilled with this development, particularly in some parts of the European Union. They were preparing to put forward a resolution condemning the embassy move, delivering a statement which was explicitly designed to “embarrass and isolate the Trump administration” ahead of the ceremony. That nasty little poison pill fell apart this weekend, however, when ...
Obama's Spy Within The Trump Campaign ID'd By Internet Sleuths!
Post Date: 2018-05-13 09:37:26 by Tooconservative
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There are very few reasons for anyone to believe that Barack Obama was some sort of saintly, atypical political operative. In fact, in his absence from Washington, we are just now getting a good look at the democrat’s slimy trail. Well, to be fair, he really isn’t absent from Washington, having bought a home in the suburbs and hired a team of politicos to “keep tabs” on the Trump team…but that’s for another time. Earlier this week, we heard one of the most disheartening stories of American insurrection that we have heard in a long time. According to new reports, the Obama administration had planted a spy within the Trump 2016 ...
Cops Now Kidnapping and Caging People for Leaving Their Cars Running
Post Date: 2018-05-12 23:55:45 by Deckard
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Sacramento, CA – In a bizarre case that shows the increasing overreach of the police state in the United States, their oversight has apparently grown to the point where officers are targeting drivers who leave their cars running while they walk into a convenience store to make a purchase. A recent incident was caught on cell phone recording as bystanders tried to make sense out of the scene that led to Craig Williams being arrested, even though it appeared that he has done nothing wrong. It did not seem to matter to the arresting officer that he was on private property and had not been called to the scene as no crime had been committed. He simply saw that Williams left his car running ...
Cop Savagely Beats His Own Daughter at School, No One Tries to Stop Him, Gets Paid Vacation
Post Date: 2018-05-12 15:18:30 by Deckard
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Disturbing surveillance camera footage has been released that shows a police officer confronting his daughter after she was sent to the principal’s office for disrespecting her teacher—and his response is so violent that it has even led to criticism from advocates of corporal punishment. Footage from the incident, which occurred in March, shows Officer Raymond Emilio Rosario entering the school office. Moments later, his 14-year-old daughter entered, and he immediately slapped her across the face and then hit the back of her head. Surprisingly, the officer’s violent actions didn’t seem the faze the office secretary who never moved from her seat. Rage continued ...
Experts Say Keep Amazon’s Alexa Away From Your Kids
Post Date: 2018-05-12 11:31:39 by Deckard
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Source: The Intercept What’s the best way to keep adults from questioning the use of a deeply problematic product? Get them started when they’re too young to question anything. Amazon has a new addition to its line of voice-commanded artificial intelligence Alexa assistants, marketed for use by children as young as 5 years old, who can barely grasp a box of juice, let alone digital privacy. Now, a coalition of children’s privacy and psychology advocates are warning parents away from Amazon’s latest, cutest device, saying it could normalize surveillance and harm children’s mental development. The Echo Dot for kids is ...
President Trump featured on Israeli coin
Post Date: 2018-05-12 11:05:16 by Deckard
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JERUSALEM (NBCNC) – An Israeli organization has minted a coin bearing President Donald Trump’s image to honor his decision to move the American embassy to Jerusalem.The Mikdash Educational Center said Wednesday that the “Temple Coin” featured Trump alongside King Cyrus, who 2,500 years ago allowed Jews to return to Jerusalem from their exile in Babylon.A representative from the center said that they wanted to honor President Trump on the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence.The Mikdash Educational Center has minted 1,000 biblical half-shekel coins that can be purchased with a minimum donation of $50. The coin can’t be used as currency. It has a diameter of ...
[Brit] Police threaten to arrest people who mocked tiny cannabis bust
Post Date: 2018-05-12 10:51:37 by Tooconservative
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Police officers have threatened to arrest and ban Facebook users who mocked their tiny drug bust online. West Yorkshire Police shared a post about a ‘small’ amount of cannabis they seized from a young man in Walton colliery nature park on Thursday. Many commenters were quick to poke fun at the Wakefield officers, with one writing: ‘Hope you manage to nail Pablo Escobar this afternoon.’ While another one added: ‘Is he looking for a 0.2gs of cannabis to steal and smoke?’ Police Inspector Martin Moizer wrote in a Facebook post: ‘***Cannabis Seized**** Many commenters mocked the Wakefield officers (Picture: Facebook/West Yorkshire Police – Wakefield ...
NRA taking Governor Cuomo, New York to court over 1st Amendment violations
Post Date: 2018-05-12 09:15:49 by Tooconservative
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The National Rifle Association appears to be sailing into some uncharted legal waters this week with a lawsuit targeting the Governor of New York and the state’s Department of Financial Services (DFS). The NRA claims that recent “regulatory” actions and advisories issued to banks doing business in New York represent a violation of the group’s First Amendment rights. While attacking the NRA is a proven winner politically for liberals like Cuomo (who is currently engaged in a primary battle, faces a general election in November and has 2020 presidential aspirations), the Governor may have gone too far this time and run afoul of the law. (NRA-ILA) The National Rifle ...
Fitzgerald officer of the deck pleads guilty at court-martial
Post Date: 2018-05-12 09:04:40 by Tooconservative
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WASHINGTON — The junior lieutenant in charge of navigating the USS Fitzgerald when it collided with a commercial vessel pleaded guilty Tuesday to dereliction of duty and acknowledged her role in the deaths of seven sailors last year. Lt. j.g. Sarah Coppock cried during her court-martial at the Washington Navy Yard. She was sentenced to forfeit half of her pay for three months – an additional month on top of the two she forfeited as her nonjudicial punishment. She also received a letter of reprimand. “Not a day goes by where I haven’t thought about what I could have done differently,” she said. “There is nothing I can do now but take responsibility.” ...
Rulers, ‘Foolers,’ and Shooters: They’re Closing the Cage in Plain Sight
Post Date: 2018-05-11 20:26:09 by Deckard
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A picture that has been around awhile depicts Homo sapiens society at its finest…as it truly is. There are four “tiers,” so to speak, with the politicians, royalty, and rulers occupying the uppermost level, followed by the clergymen and religious swamis on tier two, and then the gendarmes/police/soldiers on tier three. The bottom tier is occupied by the people, supporting the other three tiers upon their back. The caption is “We rule you [Leaders], we fool you [Religious Heads], we shoot you [the “Enforcer” class]. These “tiers” are to be found in every nation, among every people and tongue. It is not a new concept: these three levels of nabobs have ...
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