Archive for July, 2016
Pentagon Sending Hundreds More Troops to Iraq
July 11th, 2016Via: Reuters: The United States is stepping up its military campaign against Islamic State (IS) by sending hundreds more troops to assist Iraqi forces in an expected push on Mosul, the militants’ largest stronghold, later this year. U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter made the announcement on Monday during a visit to Baghdad where he met […]
Disabled Teen Sues TSA, Memphis Airport After Bloody Scuffle
July 11th, 2016Via: CBS: A disabled St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital patient was injured, and then arrested, by security workers at a Memphis International Airport checkpoint, a lawsuit alleges. CBS affiliate WREG-TV reports that 19-year-old Hannah Cohen was flying home to Chattanooga on June 30, 2015, after receiving treatment at Memphis-based St. Jude. Attorneys say Hannah Cohen […]
Delta Plane Mistakenly Lands at Ellsworth Air Force Base
July 9th, 2016Via: Rapid City Journal: A Delta flight Thursday night from Minneapolis to Rapid City mistakenly landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base instead of Rapid City Regional Airport. Flight 2845 had 130 passengers aboard, Delta said. “Delta has contacted the customers of this flight and offered a gesture of apology for the inconvenience,” said a written […]
Tens of Thousands of People Every Year Sent to Jail Based on Results from Ridiculously Flawed Roadside Drug Test
July 8th, 2016“Why are police departments and prosecutors still using them?” The article doesn’t go anywhere near the reason, which is that large Wall Street banks profit from the private gulag system in America: The prison industry as a whole took in over $5 billion in revenue in 2011. According to journalist Matt Taibbi, Wall Street banks […]
Dallas: Multiple Snipers Ambush, Kill 5 Officers, Injure 11
July 7th, 2016Suspect Killed with Explosive Delivered by Robot Via: Los Angeles Times: Police used a “bomb robot” early Friday to kill a gunman after five police officers were killed and seven others wounded in downtown Dallas during a protest over recent police shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana, officials said. “We cornered one suspect and we tried […]
Woman Streams Aftermath of Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting
July 7th, 2016The video advice below isn’t just for black people! The few times I’ve had encounters with cops, they have always rested hands on guns and been ready to draw. I’m as white as can be. Just like the guy below says: Keep your hands up on the steering wheel. If the cop asks to see […]
“Santeria Rituals in the Boardroom”
July 7th, 2016Via: Bloomberg: On the day Maurice Spagnoletti was murdered, his black Lexus sedan was full of balloons. It was June 15, 2011, the day before his wife’s birthday, and he was planning a celebration. Spagnoletti, 57, was the No.?2 executive at Doral Bank in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Once flush, the bank had been almost […]
Brazil: Army Deployed in Rio Before Olympics
July 6th, 2016Via: Guardian: Brazilian troops have begun patrolling Olympic venues in an attempt to reassure athletes and visitors about a public security situation that even the Rio de Janeiro mayor has described as “horrible, terrible”.
USU Students Learn Public Health, Zombie Style
July 6th, 2016Nothing to see here. The zombie theme just, “Keeps the material interesting” for students, etc. Via: U.S. Department of Defense: A course at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences here is teaching students global health care delivery in a unique way that’s sure to be a “thriller.” Students in USU’s family nurse practitioner […]
Autonomous Robots to Begin Delivering Food and Parcels in Europe
July 6th, 2016Via: Bloomberg: The next time you order food using the delivery app Just Eat in London, don’t be surprised if it’s brought to your door by a small, six-wheeled robot. London-listed Just Eat Plc. will join German retail chain Metro AG, logistics company Hermes Group, and U.K. food delivery startup Pronto Technology Ltd., in trialing […]
