Mexican Border City Calls for UN Peacekeepers

Just yards away from El Paso, Texas, violence engulfs a city of 1.5 million November 18, 2009 The Trumpet Mexico’s business leaders are pleading for the United Nations to send peacekeepers to prevent the border city of Ciudad Juarez from falling into complete chaos. Locked in a deadly war with organized crime, the Mexican Army is unable to protect the safety of its citizens. Will El Paso’s sister city be the first domino to fall in a long line of Mexican cities that are teetering on the edge of lawlessness? Photo: Mexican soldier stands guard as seized marijuana and cocaine are incinerated in Ciudad Juarez, November 5. (Jesus Alcazar/AFP/Getty Images) Could blue-helmeted soldiers soon be patrolling the U.. » read more

What did SPLC teach Oregon police? (with video)

Nov. 16, 2009 Oregon Firearms Federation alerted its members about the Southern Poverty Law Center training Eugene police: The Southern Poverty Law Center, which considers opposition to draconian gun control laws to be "crackpot," has sent one of their "experts" to Eugene to teach police from multiple agencies about "Hate in America Today- a National Overview of Far Right Domestic Terrorism."    Courtesy Oleg Volk, A Human Right You will recall that in the brave new world of Obama, "right wing terrorists" include gun owners, Constitutionalists, military veterans and supporters of limited government. Here's the EPD news release. Among other things, it says: The session examines the wide variety of hate groups currently active in the United States -- their history, activities and leaders.. » read more

Mississippi Sheriff’s Association cancels Sheriff Mack speech (Updated with comment)

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Alleged Fort Hood shooter paralyzed from waist down, lawyer says

"Alleged Fort Hood shooter paralyzed from waist down, lawyer says" Another 911/Reichstag event that seems to be orchestrated by the folks in the DOD and DHS to push up 'anti-terror' budgets and aid in passing the Patriot Act that is just too conveniently sitting in the Senate for renewal.   --- KH **************************8   Nov. 13, 2009 STORY HIGHLIGHTS "It appears he won't be able to walk in the future," Nidal Malik Hasan's attorney says Lawyer, retired Army Col. John Galligan, said he spent an hour with Hasan on Thursday A family member whom Galligan did not identify was also present during the meeting Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused Fort Hood gunman, is paralyzed from the waist down, his lawyer said Friday.. » read more

Sicilian police arrest Mafia boss

Nov. 15, 2009 A Mafia boss has been arrested after 15 years on the run, in what police describe as "one of the hardest blows" to the Sicilian crime group. Domenico Raccuglia had been convicted in absentia for murder and other crimes and now faces three life sentences. He was arrested in an apartment in a tiny town near Trapani, where he is believed to have had his Cosa Nostra power base, police said. He was convicted of killing a rival's son, whose body was thrown into acid.. » read more

British bishop Richard Williamson to go on trial in Germany for Holocaust denial

Nov. 10, 2009   British Holocaust-denying bishop Richard Williamson faces trial in Germany for an outspoken TV interview in which he denied that the wartime extermination of the Jews took place. The ultra-conservative Catholic cleric was hit with a fine of nearly £12,000 today by a court for his comments made to a Swedish television interviewer - but he refused to pay it. Because Holocaust denial is a crime in Germany - and because he gave the interview while on German soil - he was prosecuted in Regensburg, near to the birthplace of Pope Benedict XVI, where he gave the interview.   Accused: Roman Catholic bishop Richard Williamson (centre) arriving at Heathrow airport in London in February this year Under the German legal system, he was served with an ‘order of punishment’ informing him of the penalty.. » read more

An Interview With PEER's Jeff Ruch--Pt 2

Nov. 8, 2009 I intersperse today's focus on the aftermath of the House vote on health care with this interview that shifts focus back onto the Obama Administration.  Although the underlying subject matter is the environment and public health, the focus on openness, transparency, accountability, freedom from corporate influence, and fulfilling the promise of the 2008 campaign have application to virtually every issue in the book. Part one of this interview discussed issues in general.  It ended with PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch saying that Obama Administration stalling on whistleblower issues, "adds to the sense they don't have a policy, and without a policy, nobody is empowered to make decisions and so it almost operates as a de facto continuation of a third Bush term.. » read more

The Conflicting Interests of Public Safety and Police Unions

Gary Chadwick November 7th, 2009 at 6:22 PM We here in the City of Miami have a situation with the Police Unions and the newly elected Mayor trying to oust OUR POLICE CHIEF OUT. Since he has been in the position he has fought to make a department crippled with misconduct, and so much more to turn for the better. Both for the citizens and the good and proper members of LAW ENFORCEMENT’S best interests! Since he has been CHIEF the Police Unions have done their best to stop him and get rid of him (PBA FOP ect. Goggle it).CHIEF JOHN TIMONEY has served the public well in many locations since he was young and did the proper job of climbing the ranks.. » read more

Comment to The Conflicting Interests of Public Safety and Police Unions

Gary Chadwick November 7th, 2009 at 6:22 PM We here in the City of Miami have a situation with the Police Unions and the newly elected Mayor trying to oust OUR POLICE CHIEF OUT. Since he has been in the position he has fought to make a department crippled with misconduct, and so much more to turn for the better. Both for the citizens and the good and proper members of LAW ENFORCEMENT’S best interests! Since he has been CHIEF the Police Unions have done their best to stop him and get rid of him (PBA FOP ect. Goggle it).CHIEF JOHN TIMONEY has served the public well in many locations since he was young and did the proper job of climbing the ranks.. » read more

Donut-Burners Taser-Torture Rescuer

Nov. 4, 2009 After a fire erupted in his family’s home in Kent, Ohio, 19-year-old Michael “Mikey” Bartlett, Jr. suffered two sets of injuries, both of them avoidable. His ear, head, back, and arm were burned as a result of his efforts to get his friends and family to safety. Once outside, Mikey suffered electro-shock torture at the hands of armed tax-feeders who were otherwise content to stand in subsidized stupefaction and watch the fire without bestirring themselves to help the victims.. » read more

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