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on February 28, 2015 in World News

Anti-terrorism bill C-51 ‘dangerous’ legislation, 100 academics say

Anti-terrorism bill C-51 ‘dangerous’ legislation, 100 academics say Conservatives proposed bill under fire for giving sweeping powers, no enhanced oversight More than 100 academics are urging the government to drastically alter C-51, the Conservatives’ proposed anti-terrorism legislation, arguing it is far too broad and doesn’t come with safeguards to protect Canadians’ privacy rights. The group, made up mainly of law professors from across Canada, have signed an open letter arguing the proposed bill has major problems that threaten Canadians’ privacy and freedom of speech. Anti-terrorism bill allows withholding of key information on security certificates Intelligence oversight review still not done 4… View Article

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on February 28, 2015 in World News

Hungary Prime Minister rejects immigration, multiculturalism

Hungary Prime Minister rejects immigration, multiculturalism Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has condemned liberalism and multiculturalism and promised to battle rising immigration, saying it is turning his country into a “refugee camp.” “(A Hungarian) does not want to see throngs of people pouring into his country from other cultures who are incapable of adapting and are a threat to public safety, to his job and to his livelihood,” The Associated Press quoted Orban as saying during his annual state of the nation speech in the capital Budapest on Friday. “The Hungarian man is, by nature, politically incorrect. That is, he… View Article

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on February 28, 2015 in World News

California Infant Dies after 8 Vaccines

California Infant Dies after 8 Vaccines, Family Gets Him Back from Hospital Cremated Parents in California are distraught after losing their infant son after being vaccinated. He died in his sleep and was taken to the hospital already deceased. Hospital staff ruled his death as sudden infant death syndrome. The couple was told an autopsy was required to be performed on their son. After returning home, waiting to get an update, they never received one. Numerous phone calls were made to get answers. Weeks went by. Finally, they received verbal confirmation and told their son was best not to be… View Article

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on February 28, 2015 in World News

Outrage as six-year-old boy is forced to eat lunch alone behind a screen

Outrage as six-year-old boy is forced to eat lunch alone behind a screen after his parents dropped him off late to school First-grader Hunter Cmelo was forced to sit alone behind a cardboard divider to eat his lunch after he was late to school in Grants Pass, Oregon His family said the boy was humiliated and went home in tears His grandmother shared an image of the punishment to Facebook and the school started receiving hundreds of threats and complaints The principal has now met with the parents and the district has agreed to stop using the divider Parents have… View Article

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on February 28, 2015 in World News

How a jab plunged my life into madness

How a jab plunged my life into madness BBC newsman Malcolm Brabant says yellow-fever vaccination led him to believe he was the Devil Malcolm Brabant’s face – round, ruddy, full-featured, and crowned by a bald dome – is immediately recognisable. For 30 years he has been an award-winning member of the BBC’s team of foreign correspondents, bringing wars, natural disasters, political stand-offs and occasionally something a bit more cheerful into our living rooms on the evening news. If the countenance is familiar, though, his current location isn’t. His usual on-screen sign-off is ringing in my ears — “Malcolm Brabant, BBC… View Article

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on February 28, 2015 in World News

North Carolina Legalizes Prostitutes For Politicians

North Carolina Legalizes Prostitutes For Politicians North Carolina’s State Ethics Committee has just opened up a major problem for their state — they just made it legal for lobbying firms to purchase prostitutes to service politicians. The Committee’s determination that sex had no value and that sex between a lobbyist and politician was nothing to report or in any way questionable means that a major loophole has opened up for lobbying firms. Now lobbying firms can hire people with the explicit goal to seduce and fornicate with politicians in order to garner favor. In other terms, lobbying firms can hire… View Article

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on February 28, 2015 in World News

More Giant Craters Appear In Siberia, Scientists Nervous To Investigate

More Giant Craters Appear In Siberia, Scientists Nervous To Investigate In the middle of last summer came news of a bizarre occurrence no one could explain. Seemingly out of nowhere, a massive crater appeared in one of the planet’s most inhospitable lands.Early estimates said the crater, nestled in a land called “the ends of the Earth” where temperatures can sink far below zero, yawned nearly 30 metres in diameter. The saga deepened. The Siberian crater wasn’t alone. There were two more, ratcheting up the tension in a drama that hit its climax as a probable explanation surfaced. Climate change had… View Article

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on February 28, 2015 in World News

Alleged Missouri Gunman Ignored Firearm Ban

Alleged Missouri Gunman Ignored Firearm Ban On February 27, Joseph Jesse Aldridge allegedly shot and killed four of his cousins and three others in Tyrone, Missouri. On February 28, the Springfield News-Leader reported that Aldridge was barred from gun possession via a 2008 “federal gun charge.” According to the News-Leader, the gun conviction also involved drugs, and Aldridge “pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm while using marijuana.” He was sentenced to 21 months in prison and ordered “to participate in a mental health counseling program” and “a substance abuse treatment program” thereafter. However, as history demonstrates, even a complete prohibition… View Article

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on February 28, 2015 in World News

Rand Paul On His CPAC Straw Poll Win

Rand Paul On His CPAC Straw Poll Win: ‘Constitutional Conservatives Have Spoken’ Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a likely 2016 GOP presidential candidate, thanked participants at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) for handing him a victory in the 2015 CPAC straw poll. “I am humbled by the enthusiastic support and encouragement I received this week at the Conservative Political Action Conference,” Paul said in a statement. Our party is filled with constitutional conservatives who have chosen to stand with me for a third consecutive straw poll victory. Since President Ronald Reagan, the Conservative Political Action Conference has been the gold… View Article

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on February 28, 2015 in World News

Florida Man Kills Alleged Intruder, Inspires Neighbor to Purchase Gun

Florida Man Kills Alleged Intruder, Inspires Neighbor to Purchase Gun On February 27, a North Lauderdale, Florida, homeowner shot and killed an alleged home intruder trying to break into the house. According to the Sun Sentinel, the homeowner saw the suspect trying to break into the storage shed in the backyard. The suspect then allegedly transitioned to the house, and the homeowner “fired multiple shots,” killing him. Neighbors say there has been an uptick in people climbing fences for mischief, and a home in the neighborhood was recently burglarized, but police indicate crime in 2014 was less than 2013. This… View Article

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