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on June 4, 2015 in World News

Hit & Run Driver Not Guilty… Because He Was too Drunk to Realise

Hit & Run Driver Not Guilty… Because He Was too Drunk to Realise A Canadian judge has ruled a man was not guilty of committing a hit and run, because he was so drunk he didn’t even realise he’d hit anyone. Trevor Clarke, 37, of Ottawa, Canada, was four times over the drink-drive limit when he hit a cyclist in 2012, causing traumatic brain injury and memory loss to nurse Jennifer Leonard, 45. Clarke hit her with his truck and continued driving. He was tried for impaired driving causing bodily harm, of which he was found guilty, and for the… View Article

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on June 4, 2015 in World News

NAACP Refuses to Help Aspiring Black Cop Fight Legally-Owned Firearm Felony

by AWR Hawkins NAACP Refuses to Help Aspiring Black Cop Fight Legally-Owned Firearm Felony Breitbart News previously reported that Steffon Josey-Davis, a young black man aspiring to be a cop in New Jersey, was pulled over for a routine traffic violation in 2013 and thereafter charged with a second-degree felony for a having a legally owned gun in his glove compartment. Davis told the policeman the gun was in the compartment when he was pulled over, and the officer took the gun without any mention of charges. Davis was an armed guard for Loomis at the time. Yet because the… View Article

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on June 4, 2015 in World News

CBS/NYT Poll: Majority Oppose Obamatrade

CBS/NYT Poll: Majority Oppose Obamatrade A majority of Americans think trade restrictions are necessary to protect American jobs and oppose giving President Barack Obama fast-track authority to negotiate trade deals that Congress can approve or reject but not amend. Establishment Republicans and Democrats are feverishly working to get Obama’s Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) through Congress, which would enable deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) to be fast-tracked. When a CBS/New York Times poll asked whether respondents favored or opposed “giving the president authority to negotiate international trade deals that Congress can only approve or disapprove but not change,” 55% opposed… View Article

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on June 4, 2015 in World News

Rubio, Graham Refuse to Answer Whether They Read Obamatrade Before Voting on It

Rubio, Graham Refuse to Answer Whether They Read Obamatrade Before Voting on It Only two GOP presidential candidates currently in the U.S. Senate publicly admit to have read the Obamatrade agreement prior to voting on it: Sens. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) Cruz voted for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Pacific Rim trade deal. Sens. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) —the other two Senate Republicans who have announced they’re running for president—refuse to answer, through spokespersons, whether they’ve gone to the secret room to read… View Article

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on June 3, 2015 in World News

B.C. may go private for more complex surgeries

B.C. may go private for more complex surgeries Critics says money should be go to opening some of many unused hospital operating rooms By Rob Shaw, Vancouver Sun he B.C. government is considering expanding the types of surgeries it funds at private clinics, as critics demand it instead spend that money on opening unused operating rooms in public hospitals. The Health Ministry said in a policy paper that it is considering allowing private clinics to do surgeries that require up to three-days of post-operative in-patient care, using public money. Currently, the government only allows day surgeries at private facilities, when… View Article

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on June 3, 2015 in World News

Ontario Liberals set to remove Hydro One oversight ahead of sell-off

Ontario Liberals set to remove Hydro One oversight ahead of sell-off by ADRIAN MORROW Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is poised to pull the iron curtain over Hydro One, ensuring one of the largest privatizations in the province’s history will unfold in secret. The Liberals’ omnibus budget bill is expected to pass a final vote in the legislature Wednesday. The legislation, which will allow the government to start selling off the Crown corporation on the stock market later this year, contains a raft of clauses that remove public oversight of the company. The bill strips the provincial auditor-general, financial accountability officer,… View Article

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on June 3, 2015 in World News

Actor Robert Duvall Says He May Vote for Rand Paul

Actor Robert Duvall Says He May Vote for Rand Paul “Maybe…” THX 1138 star says by Adan Salazar & Mikael Thalen Acclaimed Hollywood actor Robert Duvall has hinted he may be voting Libertarian in the next presidential election, specifically noting he could possibly back Kentucky Senator Rand Paul. Appearing on the Howard Stern radio show Tuesday, the famed Godfather star revealed he is leaning libertarian for the upcoming 2016 election, and outright rejected the democrat establishment and its darling Hillary Clinton. “What are you gonna do with the big election coming up?” Stern asked Duvall, changing subjects from Caitlyn Jenner… View Article

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on June 3, 2015 in World News

Self-defense in the UK Is Illegal

Self-defense in the UK Is Illegal The only fully legal self-defence product … is a rape alarm by New American | Bob Adelmann British citizens seeking advice on what’s legal to use for self-defense found some answers at www.askthe.police.uk, a website sponsored and operated by the government’s Police National Legal Database. Question 589: Are there any legal self-defence products that I can buy? Answer: The only fully legal self-defence product … is a rape alarm. There may be other products, according to the website, but they haven’t been fully tested and “if you purchase one you must be aware …… View Article

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on June 3, 2015 in World News

Senator: Use RICO Laws to Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics

Senator: Use RICO Laws to Prosecute Global Warming Skeptics That’s right — a sitting U.S. Senator is suggesting using RICO laws should be applied to global warming skeptics by Weekly Standard | MARK HEMINGWAY Writing in the Washington Post, Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democratic Senator from Rhode Island, offered a curious suggestion for dealing with global warming skeptics: In 2006, Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia decided that the tobacco companies’ fraudulent campaign amounted to a racketeering enterprise. According to the court: “Defendants coordinated significant aspects of their public relations, scientific, legal, and marketing… View Article

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