Tag Archive: “Right wing news”

on July 21, 2013 in World News

Rise of the Warrior Cop

Rise of the Warrior Cop, Is it time to reconsider the militarization of American policing?                           On Jan. 4 of last year, a local narcotics strike force conducted a raid on the Ogden, Utah, home of Matthew David Stewart at 8:40 p.m. The 12 officers were acting on a tip from Mr. Stewart’s former girlfriend, who said that he was growing marijuana in his basement. Mr. Stewart awoke, naked, to the sound of a battering ram taking down his door. Thinking that he was being invaded by criminals,… View Article

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on July 21, 2013 in World News

U.S jets drop four BOMBS on Great Barrier Reef

U.S jets drop four BOMBS on Great Barrier Reef after fuel emergency in training exercise Two Marine jets dropped four 500lb bombs on the Great Barrier Reef this week after a fuel emergency meant they could not land while carrying the weapons. The AV-8B Harriers, part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, had been taking part in a training exercise when the pilots realized they were running low on fuel. Each Harrier was forced to drop two bombs on the UNESCO world heritage site, although there was no risk of them exploding, according to defense officials. Emergency: Two Harrier jets,… View Article

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on July 21, 2013 in World News

Welcome to Chicago — now give me that iPhone

Two visitors to Chicago received a rude welcome to the city Friday when one was robbed by a group of city teens and the other was punched while trying to help, officials said. The two visitors – a 15-year-old Florida girl and a 51-year-old Michigan woman – were both walking on the Mag Mile Friday evening when the older woman was robbed of her iPhone by a group of eight juveniles, officials said. The woman who was robbed, who wanted to be identified only by her first name Tammy and did not want her hometown published, said she was visiting… View Article

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on July 20, 2013 in World News

Americans Believe Secularization Bad for America

Pew Study: Americans Believe Secularization Bad for America A Pew Forum survey of 4,006 adults, conducted nationwide from March 21-April 8, 2013, shows that 48 percent of Americans believe a growing number of “people who are not religious” is bad for American society, while only 11 percent say it is a good thing. However, 39 percent say it does not make much difference. The study focused on Christian denominations and those unaffiliated with a religious organization. The survey’s results indicate that 78 percent of white evangelical Protestants say that the growing number of people who are not religious is a… View Article

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on July 19, 2013 in World News

New law ‘allows Obama to take over all media’

                  New law ‘allows Obama to take over all media’ An online radio host is sounding the alarm over a brand-new law he claims grants the federal government massive new powers to saturate Americans with domestic propaganda at U.S. taxpayer expense. “This law allows the federal government to have sweeping power to push television, radio, newspaper and social-media propaganda onto the U.S. public,” warns Michael Evans of America’s Voice Now. “It removes protection for Americans from the ideological diarrhea that will pour forth from this administration like ejected vomit.” Evans is referring… View Article

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on July 19, 2013 in World News

Student booted from U.S. college for favoring English!

Sues school over 9-month suspension for requesting nursing studies not be  conducted in Spanish An Arizona college is being sued for labeling a student a “bigot” and punishing her with a long-term suspension after she requested that English be used in her nursing studies class so she could learn the subject. The action was filed against Pima Community College on behalf of student Terri Bennett, who alleged that school officials created a “learning environment [that] was hostile to her as an English-language speaker The complaint alleges that Bennett repeatedly was thwarted in her work listening to lectures, finishing group studies… View Article

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on July 19, 2013 in World News

Holder, DOJ Won’t Return Zimmerman’s Gun

                      Holder, DOJ Won’t Return Zimmerman’s Gun Although George Zimmerman was found “not guilty” by a jury of his peers in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin, Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to give Zimmerman’s gun back. The Sanford police department confirmed that the DOJ has placed a “hold” on evidence relating to the Zimmerman trial. Officers have been instructed not to return “any pieces of evidence to their owners,” including Zimmerman’s gun. The Daily Mail suggests this is one more sign that “the criminal section of the Justice Department’s… View Article

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on July 18, 2013 in World News

Gun Bans Ahead of New Concealed Carry Law

Chicago Pols Strengthen Gun Bans Ahead of New Concealed Carry Law In the wake of the new concealed carry law passed in Illinois, Chicago’s city fathers are adding more guns to the ban list and setting strict new rules for who can have a gun and what sort of guns they can have. Specifically, the city is renewing a ban on “assault weapons” and “large capacity magazines” within city limits. Illinois was the last state in the union to allow citizens to apply for concealed carry permits, but state legislators also gave local governments, municipalities and counties a ten day… View Article

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on July 18, 2013 in World News

America has no functioning democracy

    One of Germany’s biggest newspapers – Spiegel – reports: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter … in the wake of the NSA spying scandal criticized the American political system. “America has no functioning democracy,” Carter said Tuesday at a meeting of the “Atlantic Bridge” in Atlanta. Many other high-level U.S. officials have also warned that the U.S. is no longer a democracy. Carter also said that the moral authority of of the U.S. has sharply declined due to excessive restriction of civil rights. And – like many other top American officials – Carter also said that Edward Snowden’s revelations do not harm our… View Article

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on July 18, 2013 in World News

NSA Admits It Analyzes More Data Than Revealed

                          NSA Admits It Analyzes More Data Than Revealed As an aside during testimony on Capitol Hill today, a National Security Agency representative rather casually indicated that the government looks at data from a universe of far, far more people than previously indicated. Chris Inglis, the agency’s deputy director, was one of several government representatives—including from the FBI and the office of the Director of National Intelligence—testifying before the House Judiciary Committee this morning. Most of the testimony largely echoed previous testimony by the agencies on the topic… View Article

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