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on February 2, 2015 in World News

Checkpoints, Warrantless Searches and Security Theater

Checkpoints, Warrantless Searches and Security Theater Less than three years after the 9/11 attacks struck American commercial aviation carriers, Al Qaeda-inspired terrorists targeted a different kind of transportation system— Madrid’s commuter rail network. Just over a year after that attack, terrorists struck the London bus and subway system. Fearing U.S. transit systems would be next, DHS officials responded by creating Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR) teams, composed of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and Federal Air Marshall (FAM) personnel, augmented by state or local law enforcement organizations. Touted as a means of deterring and preventing terrorism, the VIPR program has… View Article

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on February 2, 2015 in World News

L.A. Officials to Raise $10 Mil for Exec Amnesty Applicants

L.A. Officials to Raise $10 Mil for Exec Amnesty Applicants Los Angeles officials and leaders will attempt to raise $10 million to help illegal immigrants apply for President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty program. According to the Los Angeles Times, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the effort on Friday. The plan is reportedly a “joint effort between the city of Los Angeles and the California Community Foundation, a philanthropy group that often works on immigration issues” and has already raised $5 million for the effort from “organizations including the Weingart Foundation and the California endowment.” The funds will reportedly be distributed to… View Article

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on February 2, 2015 in World News

Is Pedophilia Okay if You’re “Born That Way”?

Is Pedophilia Okay if You’re “Born That Way”? “Now, many experts view it as a sexual orientation as immutable as heterosexuality … a deep-rooted predisposition … that becomes clear during puberty and does not change.” The above idea was expressed with respect to homosexuality decades ago and since has become left-wing dogma. The thinking is that if someone was “born that way,” if the behavior is “natural” for him and he didn’t choose his feelings, how could it be wrong? Yet the opening quoted line wasn’t penned decades ago — it’s only two years old. And homosexuality wasn’t the focus…. View Article

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on February 2, 2015 in World News

Obama Admits U.S. Role in 2014 Ukraine Coup

Obama Admits U.S. Role in 2014 Ukraine Coup And George Soros funded the coup through his front groups The United States took an active part in the February 2014 coup in Ukraine, which installed pro-Western authorities, US President Obama told CNN Sunday. “And since Mr. Putin made this decision around Crimea and Ukraine — not because of some grand strategy, but essentially because he was caught off-balance by the protests in the Maidan and [Ukraine’s then-President Viktor] Yanukovych then fleeing after we had brokered a deal to transition power in Ukraine,” Obama said in an interview. Yanukovych’s decision not to… View Article

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on February 1, 2015 in World News

Man Allegedly Pins Down Ex-Girlfriend, Hits Her, Gets Shot in the Chest

Man Allegedly Pins Down Ex-Girlfriend, Hits Her, Gets Shot in the Chest On January 25, a Maplewood, Minnesota, man allegedly pinned down his ex-girlfriend, punched her in the face, and then got shot when she pressed a gun to his chest and pulled the trigger. 45-year-old Daniel A. Carlson allegedly “threatened to kill” the unnamed 29-year-old woman before attacking. According to the Star Tribune, “Carlson previously rented a room in the woman’s basement,” and the two became romantically involved. In “early January the woman asked [Carlson] to move out and took his key.” When he showed up on January 25,… View Article

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on February 1, 2015 in World News

Wisconsin Judge Orders Cops To Snatch People Off The Street, Force Them Into Jury Duty

Wisconsin Judge Orders Cops To Snatch People Off The Street, Force Them Into Jury Duty A judge in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin ran out of potential candidates for jury duty, so he sent the sheriff to randomly pick up people off the street and force them into jury duty. And under Wisconsin law, it’s perfectly legal. According to WBBH (Fort Myers), Eau Claire County Circuit Court Judge Michael Schumacher was presiding over a case – the specifics of what kind of case have not been made clear, as of this post – when the jury pool ran dry. He then… View Article

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on February 1, 2015 in World News

New regs say passengers cannot fly without biometric ID card

New regs say passengers cannot fly without biometric ID card The ability to travel in the United States is about to become more restrictive as the TSA announces it will soon be enforcing new identification standards in American airports. Beginning in 2016, passengers attempting to pass through a federal TSA checkpoint will be subject to the requirements of the REAL ID Act. To that end, the TSA will put higher scrutiny on travelers’ identities, and will only accept a federal passport or a “REAL-ID” card, which is issued by the states to meet federal requirements. Passengers will not be allowed… View Article

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on February 1, 2015 in World News

Gun Dealer Retains Lawyer for Possible Lawsuit Against Gun Control Group

Gun Dealer Retains Lawyer for Possible Lawsuit Against Gun Control Group Mount Holly, Vermont, gun dealer Bobby Richards has retained a lawyer and is considering a lawsuit over what he claims is defamation resulting from an Everytown for Gun Safety report that wrongly suggested he was selling guns illegally over the Internet. On January 30, Breitbart News reported that Michael Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety had issued an apology for listing Crossfire Arms in Mount Holly, which Richards owns, among other “unlicensed Vermont sellers” in a report. Burlington Free Press reported that Richards “believes Everytown misappropriated his firm’s logo for… View Article

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on February 1, 2015 in World News

Oregon Senators Hope More Democrats Mean More Gun Control

Oregon Senators Hope More Democrats Mean More Gun Control As Oregon’s senate prepares to convene February 2 for a “five-month legislative session,” returning senators who tried but failed at gun control in previous years hope having more Democrats in 2015 means gun control will finally succeed. According to the Associated Press, “proposed gun control measures have hit a roadblock in the senate during the past four years.” But this year, “with more Democrats in there…[things] could be different.” For that reason, gun controllers will be pushing for a ban on private gun sales throughout the state. They will do this… View Article

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