Monthly Archives: May 2015

A Cleveland police officer was found not guilty on Saturday in the shooting deaths of an unarmed black man and a woman after a high-speed car chase in 2012, one in a series of cases that have raised questions over … Continue reading →

Islamic State fighters have killed at least 400 people in Syria’s ancient city of Palmyra, most of them women and children, Syrian state television said on Sunday. It said it was quoting residents inside the city, which is known as … Continue reading →

Former Navy SEAL and Lone Survivorauthor Marcus Luttrell has put his name on a line of ammunition. Luttrell’s Team Never Quit partnered with PNW Arms and Sinterfire to roll out frangible, lead-free ammo in a wide variety of calibers. “The … Continue reading →

Originally published in The Forward Observer. One participant in the Southern Mountains’ Revenue Wars’ of the late 19th and early 20thcenturies stands out. He has been described as the most famous man of whom you’ve never heard. He epitomizes Appalachia’s … Continue reading →

An attack on an inflatable dam holding back precious stores of water on Alameda Creek let loose nearly 50,000,000 gallons of water, enough to serve 500 families for an entire year, said the Alameda County Water District (ACWD). “This is … Continue reading →

From the first sudden, and quite dramatic, appearance of the fanatical Islamic group known as ISIS which was largely unheard of until a year ago, on the world’s stage and which promptly replaced the worn out and tired al Qaeda … Continue reading →

Civil liberty restrictionists like to say that the restrictions are worth it if they halt even one act of terrorism. What happens if they halt no acts of terrorism? From Michael Krieger at libertyblitzkrieg.com: FBI agents can’t point to any … Continue reading →

Mitch McConnell staged an epic gamble over U.S. spying powers — and lost. The Republican leader pledged to keep senators in Washington through the weekend to finish work on expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, but Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) … Continue reading →

The fall of Damascus and Baghdad, or large slices thereof, into the rapacious hands of the Islamic State, is no longer a debatable subject of strategic forecasts. Today, the capital cities of Syria and Iraq are within the Islamists’ grasp. … Continue reading →

Did you know that if you took every single penny away from everyone in the United States that it still would not be enough to pay off the national debt?  Today, the debt of the federal government exceeds $145,000 per … Continue reading →

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A judge has halted the approval of gas drilling operations in North Carolina until a higher court weighs in on the legality of the appointment of several boards that manage state resources and the environment. Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens’ … Continue reading →

China tried to electronically jam U.S. drone flights over the South China Sea in a bid to thwart spying on disputed island military construction, U.S. officials said. Global Hawk long-range surveillance drones were targeted by the jamming in at least … Continue reading →