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  • Snowflakes Set Buildings On Fire At UC Berkeley Over Milo Yiannopoulos

    02/01/2017 9:50:32 PM PST · by TigerClaws · 67 replies
    Published on Feb 1, 2017 Cry baby liberals upset about hearing a different opinion destroy college campus @ UC Berkeley
  • At least 17 bomb threats called in to JCCs nationwide in third wave of harassment

    02/01/2017 6:53:55 AM PST · by Read Write Repeat · 10 replies
    JTA ^ | January 31, 2017
    At least 17 Jewish community centers across the United States were targeted with bomb threats in the third wave of such mass disruption this month. Paul Goldenberg, the director of Secure Community Network — an affiliate of the Jewish Federations of North America that advises Jewish groups and institutions on security — said the threats were called in late Tuesday morning. Some of the messages were live, he confirmed. “[I]n the past we know that the numbers can grow exponentially,” he said, adding that perpetrators have been “leveraging technologies to make mass calls.” Goldenberg confirmed that threats had been called...
  • Acting Attorney General Orders Justice Dept. Not to Defend Refugee Ban

    01/30/2017 3:48:13 PM PST · by Alter Kaker · 176 replies
    NY TIMES ^ | 1/30/2017 | Mario Apuzzo and Eric Lichtblau
    WASHINGTON — Acting Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, a holdover from the Obama administration, ordered the Justice Department on Monday not to defend President Trump’s executive order on immigration in court. “I am responsible for ensuring that the positions we take in court remain consistent with this institution’s solemn obligation to always seek justice and stand for what is right,” Ms. Yates wrote in a letter to Justice Department lawyers. “At present, I am not convinced that the defense of the executive order is consistent with these responsibilities nor am I convinced that the executive order is lawful.”
  • Iran tests ballistic missile in defiance of UN resolution, US officials say

    01/30/2017 8:26:08 AM PST · by ColdOne · 34 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | 1/30/17 | Lucas Tomlinson
    <p>Iran conducted a ballistic missile test in yet another apparent violation of a United Nations resolution, U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday.</p> <p>The launch occurred at a well-known test site outside Semnan, about 140 miles east of Tehran, on Sunday.</p>
  • Water restrictions imposed at Pittsburgh VA hospital

    01/29/2017 8:03:38 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 14 replies
    washingtontimes ^ | Sunday, January 29, 2017 | Associated Press
    Dr. Brooke Decker, the hospital’s director of infection protection, said the restrictions include no use of the water supply for drinking, showering, bathing or washing hands. Portable hand-washing stations have been set up and bagged ice and bottled water are being provided. Legionnaire’s disease killed at least six Pittsburgh VA patients and sickened 22 others in 2011 and 2012.
  • Secret Service vague on action taken against agent [Kerry "Won't Take a Bullet" O'Grady]

    01/25/2017 5:41:14 PM PST · by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC · 82 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 1/25/2017 | Susan Crabtree
    The agency said it has taken "appropriate action" ... but has not indicated whether she has been placed on administrative leave, which would be forced leave with pay, a common first disciplinary step when the Secret Service is taking a behavioral incident seriously. COMPANION ARTICLE: Secret Service agent who suggested she wouldn't take 'a bullet' for Trump expelled from group for retired agents
  • 2 walk up to unmarked sheriff's car in DeWitt, open fire as detective sits alone

    01/24/2017 4:08:09 AM PST · by Behind Liberal Lines · 28 replies
    Post Standard Syracuse NY ^ | 01.23.17 | Caitlyn O'Toole
    SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- An Onondaga County sheriff's detective conducting surveillance outside Springfield Garden Apartments in DeWitt was injured Monday night from glass that shattered as two males opened fire on his vehicle, Onondaga County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Jon Seeber said. The on-duty, undercover detective was sitting in his unmarked vehicle in a parking lot on the north side of the apartment complex on Caton Drive at 6:28 p.m. Monday when two "unknown male suspects" approached him and began firing at his vehicle, Seeber said. Glass shattered as bullets from what appeared to be handguns sprayed the police vehicle, police said.
  • FBI sub-machine gun stolen from California agent's car

    01/22/2017 7:02:57 PM PST · by ColdOne · 40 replies
    foxnews.com ^ | 1/21/17 | foxnews
    The FBI announced Friday that a sub-machine gun was stolen out of an agent’s car earlier this month outside San Francisco. ADVERTISEMENT The San Francisco Chronicle described the gun as a Heckler & Koch MP5 10 mm. The report said an ammunition magazine and bulletproof vest were also taken from the special agent’s vehicle.
  • Schools scramble to hire bilingual aides as more refugee students arrive

    01/22/2017 3:05:33 PM PST · by artichokegrower · 37 replies
    Sacramento Bee ^ | January 21, 2017 | Loretta Kalb
    A surge of refugees to the Sacramento area has transformed San Juan Unified into the local epicenter for students from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Iraq and Syria. As a result, the district has hired non-credentialed bilingual instructional assistants who speak Arabic, Farsi, Dari, Pashto and Ukrainian to help newcomers understand classroom lessons.
  • Protesters descend on ‘DeploraBall’ [lots of photographs]

    01/20/2017 4:22:22 AM PST · by COBOL2Java · 10 replies
    WTOP [Washington DC] ^ | January 19, 2017 9:59 pm | Michelle Basch | @MBaschWTOP
    WASHINGTON — Protesters, including the DisruptJ20 organization, descended on the pro-Trump “DeploraBall” event Thursday night outside the National Press Club. A large police presence was on hand, and pepper spray was used on some protesters.
  • Scientists Needn't Get A Patient's Consent To Study Blood Or DNA

    01/19/2017 6:48:39 PM PST · by MtnClimber · 6 replies
    National Public Radio ^ | 18 Jan, 2017 | ROB STEIN
    The Obama administration has dropped a controversial proposal that would have required all federally funded scientists to get permission from patients before using their cells, blood, tissue or DNA for research. The proposal was eliminated from the final revision of the Common Rule, which was published in the Federal Register Wednesday. The rule is a complex set of regulations designed to make sure federally funded research on human subjects is conducted ethically. The revision to the regulations, set to go into effect in 2018, marks the first time the rule has been updated in 26 years. The initial proposal that...
  • Anti-Trump protesters are pepper-sprayed by cops during violent clashes at 'Deploraball' party for

    01/19/2017 8:23:58 PM PST · by Morgana · 96 replies
    dailymail.uk ^ | January 19, 2017 | Liam Quinn For Dailymail.com
    Anti-Trump protesters are pepper-sprayed by cops amid violent clashes in Washington DC before the Donald's inauguration Anti-Trump protesters have been seen clashing with police and being pepper-sprayed in Washington DC. A massive crowd of those who are against the president-elect gathered outside the National Press Club, which was holding the 'DeploraBall' - a celebratory event organized by Trump supporters from the 'alt-right'. Hundreds of demonstrators were on the street outside the press club, many chanting and holding signs. Videos shot by people in the protest showed the anti-Trump crowd confronted and was confronted by pro-Donald fans. Scroll down for video
  • Trooper Shot in ‘Ambush’ Attack on Arizona Highway; Passerby Fatally Shoots Suspect

    01/12/2017 12:33:28 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 49 replies
    ktla ^ | 01/02/2017
    An armed passerby fatally shot a suspect who had opened fire on a trooper in an apparent ambush attack as the law enforcement officer, who was responding to a shots fired call, stopped to investigate a car crash along Interstate 10 near Tonopah on Thursday. The incident started shortly before 4:30 a.m. with a 911 call from a driver east of California who said somebody shot at his car from the median, television station KPHO in Phoenix reported. According to Col. Frank Milstead, the director of DPS, the trooper was responding to the shots fired call when he came upon...
  • China calls for peace as it sends aircraft carrier, warships through Taiwan Strait

    01/11/2017 5:25:50 AM PST · by Ciaphas Cain · 8 replies
    New York Daily News ^ | January 11, 2017 | Associated Press
    BEIJING — China said Wednesday it was committed to promoting peace and stability in Asia, even as it sent an aircraft carrier battle group through the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island.
  • Wait–Obama Said We Haven't Been Attacked By Foreign Terrorists In Eight Years?

    01/11/2017 5:51:20 AM PST · by Kaslin · 45 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | January 11, 2017 | Matt Vespa
    resident Obama mentioned in his farewell speech that no foreign terrorist organization has planned and executed an attack on the homeland. Because of the extraordinary courage of our men and women in uniform, and the intelligence officers, law enforcement, and diplomats who support them, no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland these past eight years The president has been laying it on thick over the past week with this claim. On January 4, at Fort Myer in Arlington, President Obama addressed members of the military in a farewell ceremony, where he reiterated the...
  • Federal Judge Orders Homeland Security to Produce “Preservation Requests” for Email

    01/10/2017 12:54:25 PM PST · by heterosupremacist · 2 replies
    Full title. Federal Judge Orders Homeland Security to Produce “Preservation Requests” for Email Records for Secretary Jeh Johnson, Top DHS Officials (Washington DC) – Judicial Watch announced that a federal court judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to produce this week any “preservation requests” for emails sent to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Chief of Staff Christian Marrone, and General Counsel Stevan Bunnell. The order from U.S District Court Judge Randolph Moss came in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit seeking agency records in the personal email accounts used by the four top...
  • Large Brawl At Mall Leads To Pandemonium At Westfield Culver City

    01/09/2017 9:34:18 AM PST · by Jack Black · 73 replies
    CBS LA.com ^ | 1/12/17 | - unattributed by CBS -
    CULVER CITY (CBSLA.com) — A large fight at the Westfield Culver City mall Saturday led to pandemonium at the facility, officials said. The mall, formerly known as the Fox Hills Mall, was unable to handle a brawl between as many as 50 juveniles. Culver City Police were dispatched to handle the brawl. A SWAT team was also dispatched. Reports of a male with a gun, or an active shooter on scene, appeared to be erroneous. After police arrived, teens running through the mall appeared to set off panic among some shoppers. There were no reports of arrests or injuries. The...
  • OPD officer shot multiple times outside Walmart in Pine Hills area, witness says (update: LEO died)

    01/09/2017 5:48:41 AM PST · by sheikdetailfeather · 150 replies
    WFTV ^ | 1-9-2016 | WFTV
    PINE HILLS, Fla. - According to a witness at the scene, a female Orlando police officer was shot numerous times by a man wearing a security uniform. Dozens of police vehicles descended on the area around the intersection of Pine Hills Road and North Lane, just south of Royal Oaks and Pineview apartments on a report of an officer-involved shooting Monday. The shooting reportedly happened at a nearby Walmart. We have an officer shot and suspect(s) at large. Officer transported to hospital. — Orlando Police (@OrlandoPolice) January 9, 2017 "(The shooter) was an average looking dude, he walked by me,...
  • Machete attack civic center San Francisco

    01/06/2017 10:55:23 PM PST · by Duke of Milan · 30 replies
    Twitter ^ | 01/07/2017 | Stephan Gray
    https://twitter.com/stephansonic "some guy with a machete just attacked a guy in the civic center @SFBART station by the market & 7th entrance"
  • Attacked for serving his country: Soldier, 19, was beaten by '15 men who spotted his army jacket[tr]

    01/03/2017 7:21:32 AM PST · by kevcol · 74 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | January 3, 2016 | James Wilkinson
    A soldier who was gifted with a plane ticket to see his widowed mother on Christmas saw his holiday turn to horror when he was left with severe facial injuries by a gang in Philadelphia, his family said. . . . Freni, his mom and girlfriend were strolling through Philadelphia after the parade when they the large group of young men walked by them and made 'derogatory' comments about Freni's jacket, she said. She says that one of those men then hit Freni, and the others leaped in to attack him as well.