Last week Hamilton County, OH Municipal Court Judge Bernie Bouchard was deciding cases in his courtroom when the overwhelming odor of marijuana caused him to stop the proceedings. “This courtroom has an overwhelming smell of marijuana,” the judge said. “So whomever has it, if you want to give it up right now it’s going to…
By Casey Harper A 74-year-old volunteer cop has received the maximum sentence for killing an unarmed black man. A Tulsa County judge sentenced Robert Bates to four years in prison Tuesday for fatally shooting Eric Harris in April of 2015. Bates, who is white, was serving as a volunteer deputy during an illegal gun sales sting,…
By Saagar Enjeti Two American service members were injured in separate instances over the weekend in Iraq and Syria. Both were engaged in advise and assist missions with indigenous forces fighting Islamic State when they were hit by “indirect fire.” Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis insisted they were not present on the front lines or engaged in “active combat.” When pressured…
By Blake Neff The “playbook” for Trump University employees has been revealed as part of a massive trove of documents that were unsealed Sunday by court order. The playbook reveals the aggressive sales tactics used by the seminar program to convince people to part with thousands of dollars. An on-going class action lawsuit against Trump University,…
North Korea doesn’t have an independent media; so when an editorial runs praising Donald Trump, that’s basically the tyrannical government endorsing him. Trump supporters must be scratching their heads at the notion that one of the U.S.’s most aggressive enemies is hoping their man becomes president. After all, they believe Trump to be a man…
By Andrew Follett The study, published late last week, generated results that don’t support its conclusions, according to a leading radiation researcher. Dr. Rodney Croft, the director of the Australian Centre for Electromagnetic Bioeffects Research, argues in an article published by a medical news site Monday that the study exposed the mice to far more radiation than cell phones actually…
By Guy Bentley New research suggests women earn less than men because they opt for jobs with more flexibility but less pay. From the White House to feminist lobby groups, a chorus of voices claims the gender pay gap is due to rampant sexism in the workplace, with women earning just 78 cents on the dollar…
By Russ Read Reports from the AIDS-Free World’s Code Blue Campaign have alleged that French peacekeepers in Africa engaged in several cases of sexual abuse of local girls, ranging from forced oral sex to bestiality. The allegations are based on the testimony of 98 women and girls living among U.N. peacekeepers, also known as the Blue Helmets due…
By Andrew Follett Scotland’s socialist government announced Monday that it is considering a permanent ban of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, which would effectively end thousands of new job prospects. The ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) government literally reshuffled its cabinet early this month to move a minister who mildly supported fracking away from its energy department. “Unless it can be proven beyond doubt…
By Russ Read A series of air strikes targeting a hospital in the Syrian city of Idlib Monday left over 250 people killed or injured, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Initial reports claim that the eight strikes were conducted on the Syrian National Hospital, a health department facility and the city’s municipal stadium by what appeared to…