Winston Churchill once warned that "appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last." When it comes to the crocodile of censorship, history is strewn with defenders who later became digestives. Censorship produces an insatiable appetite for greater and greater speech limits, and today's censorship supporters often become tomorrow's censored subjects. This week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio stopped feeding the crocodile.
A traffic stop because of alleged tinted windows led to a brief chase by Chester PD Officer Michael Brodzinski, who deployed his Taser three times on Wayne Vick (42) who then yelled out in pain from the shocks. Brodzinski then punches Vick in the face twice after being unable to secure his arm behind his back. Vick's supposed non-compliance could have been caused by the electrocution. But rather than use effective pressure points or ju-jitsu techniques taught at the police academies to ensure Vick's compliance, Brodzinski chose to pummel the helpless suspect's face. As a graduate of FLETC and the FBI Defensive Tactics (DT) program, I can attest that US law-enforcement personnel are not taught to punch a prostrate suspect in the face to ensure compliance. Read more
Justin Goodrich (34) was arrested after a road rage incident with Adreana Jemison who claims her child was allegedly subjected to assault during the confrontation in Cheektowaga, NY. In the video, you can see and hear the white supremacist repeatedly shouting racial slurs at Jemison in front of his wife and child, accusing her of throwing objects (later identified as loose change) at his car. In response, Jemison alleges that Goodrich had previously assaulted her child during an earlier encounter. The confrontation escalates with a barrage of expletives and slurs, culminating in Jemison retrieving a snow brush as the two come face-to-face. Soon after the situation deescalates and Jemison leaves while vowing to press charges. Following the incident, Goodrich was immediately terminated by his employer, United Refrigeration, which publicly denounced his actions as "inconsistent with the values and policies of the Company." Map Read more
Many citizens who don't want to explain their employment status pay to rent a position in a fake office, with some even assigning fictitious tasks and organizing supervisory rounds
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I wasn't going to do it, really. After stepping to the edge of nervous collapse of late, I promised, no more Conventional Wisdom Bestsellers. I saw Abundance in an airport and turned away before registering cover art. I had the same plan for Original Sin, the "controversial" book in which CNN's Jake Tapper teams with Alex Thompson of Axios to get real about the media and Joe Biden's health
King of the Hill star Jonathan Joss has died at the age of 59. The actor is best known for his stint as John Redcorn in the beloved cartoon, which ran for 13 seasons between 1997 " 2009. According to reports, he was shot by an unidentified neighbor in Texas after a heated argument'. Read more
MEXICO CITY: In a move likely to stir controversy, Mexico has officially renamed the Liberty Bell "the TACO Bell," the Mexican president announced on Monday. Effective immediately, the landmark will be referred to as the TACO Bell in all Mexican atlases, encyclopedias, and history textbooks, President Claudia Sheinbaum said. In her announcement, she gave Donald J. Trump "full credit" for the name change. "Thanks to Donald Trump, when one thinks of America, one no longer thinks of liberty," she said. "One thinks of TACO."
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The covert operation was described as one for the "history books" by Ukraine's president. In the span of a few hours on Sunday, nearly a third of Moscow's strategic bomber fleet was destroyed or damaged with cheaply made drones sneaked into Russian territory, according to Ukrainian officials. e undertaking by Ukraine's Security Service, codenamed "Spiderweb," involved more than 18 months of painstaking planning and great risk. It was personally overseen by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Eleven people were stabbed in a church-run homeless shelter in Salem, Oregon, directly across from the local police HQ. At least one member of staff at the Union Gospel Mission in Salem is among the wounded following the shocking scenes at around 1900 HRS Sunday. The 11 wounded were rushed to a Salem hospital with "varying types of injuries. The suspect, who is in custody and pictured below, had arrived at the mission the previous night and was about to check into the 150-person ministry again for a second night when he started brawling just as he was supposed to hand his belongings over to staff. Good thing the suspect wasn't armed with a firearm or there would have been fatalities and more injuries, like other typical mass casualty attacks in the US that we are all accustomed to. Read more
The transgender high school athlete whose participation in this weekend's California track and field championships prompted President Donald Trump to threaten to remove state funding reached the podium in all three events Saturday. A.B. Hernandez, a public high school junior in Southern California, took first place in the high jump and the triple jump, and finished in second place in the long jump in the finals. Read more
IDF Supremo Israel Katz said at a Jewish settlement in the West Bank: "They will recognize a Palestinian state on paper, and we will build the Jewish Israeli state on the ground here. The paper will disappear into the trash of history and Israel will flourish and flourish." With those statements, Katz had a clear message for French President Emmanuel Macron "and his friends" who had called the recognition of the Palestinian state "not only a moral duty, but a political necessity." Macron also urged a tougher line from European countries against Israel if it does not respond to the disastrous humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. Emmanuel Macron continues 'talking the talk, but not walking the walk' by simply recognizing Palestine. This past March, the American taxpayer expedited $4bn of military aid to Israel. Read more
A Flathead County jury on Friday found a former Republican political strategist guilty on two counts of stalking based on texts, emails and letters he sent to and about his victim, as well as incendiary flyers he distributed in late 2023 and early 2024. Billings resident Daniel Duffey, 40, appeared in Flathead County District Court on Tuesday for what became a four-day jury trial. Over that time, Flathead County Attorney Travis Ahner and other prosecutors presented evidence that Duffey sent repeated, unwanted messages to the victim, the victim's wife and other members of the couple's family before eventually traveling to the county during their wedding celebrations.
