Posted on 2010 December 11 by BBVM
Republicans passed over Rep. Jerry Lewis in favor of a veteran Kentucky lawmaker Wednesday to chair the powerful House Appropriations Committee. The party’s steering committee rejected Lewis’s request to waive term limits that bar him from reclaiming the post he held when Republicans last held the majority. The decision deprives Lewis of a position that [...]
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Posted on 2010 November 27 by BBVM
The spy agency has a venture capital arm that is funding an array of companies developing bleeding-edge technologies. Tiny cameras. Hearing devices for the teeth. Wi-fi for refrigerators. These are some of the products made by companies that have caught the eye of In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the Central Intelligence Agency.
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Posted on 2010 November 27 by BBVM
The United States has briefed its key allies, including Britain, France, Germany and Saudi Arabia ahead of the mass release of classified documents by WikiLeaks. Whistleblower website WikiLeaks plans to release around three million leaked documents, including cables sent to Washington from American embassies throughout the world. The website had previously posted online secret details [...]
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Posted on 2010 November 23 by BBVM
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Posted on 2010 May 29 by BBVM
See also: Nature: Shut Down Army’s Human Terrain Program A member of the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command management team in Afghanistan, according to sources, is a “gun runner.” That individual is allegedly listed in an “Federal Bureau of Investigation database” and has “ties to Ahmad Wali Khan Karzai and the drug business.” Another [...]
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Posted on 2010 May 28 by BBVM
Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. If you want me to do something for you, you have a choice of either convincing me via argument, or force me to do your bidding under threat of force. Every human interaction falls into one of those two categories, without [...]
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Posted on 2010 May 28 by BBVM
The California Statewide Direct Primary Election will be held on Tuesday, June 8, and those voters who plan to request a vote-by-mail ballot have until June 1 to do so. In addition to five statewide measures on the June 8 ballot, San Bernardino County voters will have opportunity to vote for the San Bernardino County [...]
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Posted on 2010 May 10 by BBVM
Back in early 2009, when guys like David Kilcullen and Andrew Exum warned that the American drone war in Pakistan could create more terrorists than they kill, they were pilloried by the national security establishment for their views. Since the failed Times Square bombing — a terror attack allegedly in response to the drone strikes [...]
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Posted on 2010 May 1 by BBVM
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Posted on 2010 April 29 by BBVM
It is my privilege and honor to endorse candidate Paul Schrader for the office of Sheriff in San Bernardino County. Our community will be well served by many of Paul’s proposals and recommendations once he takes office. San Bernardino has suffered too long without an election for sheriff. It is time to move forward in [...]
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Posted on 2010 April 29 by BBVM
Last week the Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill that equates recruiting militia members to recruiting gang members. “Recruiting membership in an unauthorized militia or the Ku Klux Klan would be a crime if legislation approved Thursday by the House of Representatives becomes law. ‘This is making unauthorized militias illegal,’ said Rep. Mike Shelton, [...]
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Posted on 2010 April 29 by BBVM
HTML clipboard I first realized the power of intranasal drug delivery after reading a 2005 paper in Nature entitled “Oxytocin Increases Trust in Humans.” In it, the authors–several psychologists, neuroscientists, and economists–reported on a study based on a game that pitted two players against each other–an investor and a trustee. (You may be wondering what [...]
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Posted on 2010 April 29 by BBVM
Have we finally reached the point at which police over-use and abuse of tasers will start resulting in the danged devices being taken away? The Bay Area Rapid Transit police are losing their tasers after a police sergeant attempted to tase a 13-year-old boy on a bicycle whom he was pursuing by car. Oh, and [...]
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Posted on 2010 April 26 by BBVM
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Posted on 2010 April 23 by BBVM
Paul Schrader says he is running for San Bernardino County sheriff because he believes “I can do a better job than what is being done now.” In expanding on that point, Schrader said, “I am more qualified because I have a diverse background in law enforcement. I’ve worked as a supervisor in specialty positions in [...]
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Posted on 2010 April 22 by BBVM
Paul Schrader, candidate for sheriff of San Bernardino County, now has a blog at http://sheriffpaul.wordpress.com
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Posted on 2010 March 15 by BBVM
The questions asked at most of my events and from people all over the county is, what are they hiding, and why is the sheriff and his command staff not open and available to the public. As part of my fresh start approach to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, it will be my duty [...]
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Posted on 2010 March 15 by BBVM
My name is Paul Schrader, and I am running for the position of Sheriff-Coroner of San Bernardino County. My campaign is based on what we call the Fresh Start Initiative. My goal is to bring a Fresh Start to San Bernardino County that the citizens can be proud of, participate in, and see concrete, forward-looking [...]
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Posted on 2010 March 15 by BBVM
Today I am announcing my decision not to seek the Office of District Attorney of San Bernardino County. From a very early age all I dreamed about was being a public prosecutor. After 17 years as a Deputy District Attorney, I realized my ultimate dream in 1994 when I was elected District Attorney. I ran [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 28 by BBVM
A majority of Americans think the federal government poses a threat to rights of Americans, according to a new national poll. Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government’s become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 28 by BBVM
The Mossberg 590A1 is an ideal platform for personalizing a pump-action shotgun, says Mike Shain of AIMPRO Tactical. Shain is one of several shops that offer action jobs, Magnaporting, accesorization and cleaning, polishing and refinishing of police scatterguns. Vang Comp and Wilson Combat are two others that offer shotgun modifications. For less than $250, Shain [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 25 by BBVM
The Pentagon’s biannual mad-science fair is no more. A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency representative confirmed to IEEE Spectrum that the agency will no longer host its defense-technology showcase. Bummer! The conferences were a favorite among defense and tech media: the latest-and-greatest in gear, gadgets and science, along with Pentagon-themed M&Ms and heaps of free [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 25 by BBVM
SIG Sauer has introduced a variety of new styles to the .380 ACP P238 subcompact, an all-metal frame pistol ideal for concealed carry that’s 5.5 inches long and weighs less than 1 pound. When it was introduced a year ago, SIG offered the P238 only in two-tone or with the corrosion resistant Nitron finish. The [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 24 by BBVM
If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?” The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time. The writing process, started many months ago, was intended to be therapy in the face of the looming realization that there isn’t enough therapy [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 23 by BBVM
The U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, released a new report Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act. This report details “Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the U.S. Department of [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 23 by BBVM
Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General Report, DHS Controls Over Firearms This report addresses the efficacy of the Department of Homeland Security‘s management and oversight of its components to ensure that personnel are sufficiently safeguarding and controlling firearms. It is based on interviews with employees and officials of relevant agencies and institutions, direct [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 22 by BBVM
A federal law taking effect Monday may alter the standard checklist for many Americans as they pack to visit their national parks: insect repellent, snacks, hiking boots . . . double-barreled shotgun. Visitors now can pack heat in any national park from Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve to Everglades National Park, provided [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 2 by BBVM
Posted on 2010 February 2 by BBVM
Craig Monteilh says he lives in danger. He’s been targeted for death by Islamic extremist groups, the Romanian and Mexican mafias and white supremacist groups. One fugitive now wants his head, he claims. Today Monteilh, a 47-year-old fitness consultant, plans to serve papers on the people he says put him in this bind – his [...]
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Posted on 2010 February 2 by BBVM
Havana, February 1 (RHC)—- Firearms owners in Cuba will have a one-time opportunity for registration with police authorities as of February and for two months, it was officially announced over the weekend by the island’s media outlets. The measure is aimed at all residents on the island who own firearms without the corresponding license. As [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 29 by BBVM
Congress is considering proposed legislation to extend the Freedom of Information Act to private prisons that contract with government agencies. At present, the companies that run private prisons say they are not subject to FOIA because they are not public agencies. Read more about H.R. 2450 here. (Private Prison Information Act of 2009)
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Posted on 2010 January 28 by BBVM
International arrest warrants have been requested for George W. Bush, Richard B. Cheney, Donald H. Rumsfeld, George J. Tenet, Condoleeza Rice and Alberto R. Gonzales at the International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. Professor of Law Francis Anthony Boyle of the University of Illinois College of Law in Champain, United States of America, has issued [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 28 by BBVM
Download: Arrest declarationINDIO – A San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputy facing criminal charges for allegedly holding a gun to a man’s head while off duty has been charged with an additional felony for allegedly bringing his service weapon to court on his trial date. Richard Charles Heverly, 43, of La Verne arrived last week [...]
Filed under: Civil Liberties, Guns, Prison Industrial Complex | Tagged: Arden Wiltshire, California Highway patrol, Indio, La Verne, Larson Justice Center, prisons, Rancho Cucamonga, Richard Heverly, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, West Valley Detention Center | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 2010 January 28 by BBVM
Havana, January 28, (RHC)—The anniversary of the birth of Cuba’s national hero, José Julián Martí Pérez, was widely celebrated across the island today. Visitors and Cubans from all over the country laid wreaths in homage to Marti at different locations. Last night thousands of young university students carried out their traditional torch light march from [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 27 by BBVM
Vital evidence which could solve the mystery of the death of Government weapons inspector Dr David Christopher Kelly will be kept under wraps for up to 70 years. In a draconian – and highly unusual – order, Lord Hutton, the peer who chaired the controversial inquiry into the Dr Kelly scandal, has secretly barred the [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 27 by BBVM
The goal of the exam is to explain to people the correct use of personal arms. Becoming a gun owner – for hunting, civil use, or self-defense – will now be only possible after passing an examination – a process similar to the one a person undergoes to obtain their driver’s license, for example. The [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 27 by BBVM
A United Nations report says the US has been violating basic human rights by kidnapping and holding terrorism suspects in secret detention centers during the past nine years. The US is among dozens of countries that have kidnapped suspects, four independent UN rights investigators said in a year-long study based on flight data and interviews [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 25 by BBVM
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Chief Nate Harper said three plainclothes officers have been reassigned during an internal investigation into the beating of an 18-year-old student violinist from the city’s Pittsburgh Creative and Performing Arts 6–12. Police charged Jordan Miles, 18, with assault and resisting arrest Jan. 11 because, they said, he fought with [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 23 by BBVM
[ You allow your police to form labor unions, then think you can ever be free from crime? Or free at all? Stupid Merikins. ] For the first time in American history, a majority of union members are government workers rather than private-sector employees, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced on Friday. In its annual [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 22 by BBVM
The director of a company which sold a bomb-detecting device to 20 countries, including Iraq, has been arrested. ATSC‘s Jim McCormick, 53, was detained on Friday on suspicion of fraud by misrepresentation, Avon and Somerset police said. He has since been bailed. It comes after a BBC investigation alleged the ADE-651 did not work. Earlier, [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 22 by BBVM
A British company has developed a water cannon which could be used to prevent pirates from boarding commercial ships at sea, the BBC reported. The BBC said on its website on Friday that the Dasic Marine company, which specializes in manufacturing devices to clean marine equipment, has already started the production of the cannons that [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 21 by BBVM
In January of 2008, a man with an American accent appeared at a passport office in the popular West Java tourist resort of Bogor, Indonesia, and applied for an Indonesian passport. But his inability to speak Bahasa Indonesia triggered the suspicion of passport officials, who subsequently discovered that his Indonesian birth certificate was faked. He [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 20 by BBVM
BOGOTA – The leaders of the right-wing AUC (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia) militia federation infiltrated the highest levels of Colombia’s DAS intelligence agency (Departamento Administrativo de Seguridad) by the beginning of the 1990s, El Tiempo newspaper reported Monday, citing sources in the Inspector General’s Office. AUC founder Carlos Castaño Gil and his brother Fidel Castaño [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 19 by BBVM
PRESS RELEASE January 19, 2010 ELECT PAUL SCHRADER FOR A “FRESH START” Paul Schrader has announced his candidacy for sheriff of San Bernardino County in the June 2010 election. Mr. Schrader has 27 years of law enforcement experience at city, county and federal levels. He currently works as a Deputy Sheriff Bonus One with the [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 19 by BBVM
A Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. sales executive and a former Secret Service official were among 22 officials at companies that supply law enforcement and the military who were charged with violating U.S. anti-bribery laws. Amaro Goncalves, vice president of sales at Smith & Wesson, and R. Patrick Caldwell, chief executive officer of Protective Products [...]
Filed under: FBI, Guns, Military Industrial Complex, Prison Industrial Complex | Tagged: Amaro Goncalves, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Neil Schwartzman, Paul Pluff, Protective Products Of America, R. Patrick Caldwell, Secret Service, Smith & Wesson | Leave a Comment »
Posted on 2010 January 18 by BBVM
He’s five foot-two, and he’s six feet-four, He fights with missiles and with spears. He’s all of thirty-one, and he’s only seventeen, Been a soldier for a thousand years. He’a a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain, A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew. And he knows he shouldn’t kill, And he knows [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 12 by BBVM
This article is taken from Murray Newton Rothbard‘s introduction to Vices Are Not Crimes: A Vindication of Moral Liberty by Lysander Spooner. It is also available in PDF along with the full Spooner essay. We are all indebted to Carl Watner for uncovering an unknown work by the great Lysander Spooner, one that managed to [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 12 by BBVM
In a study that runs counter to emergency-care protocols in some regions of the United States, researchers have found that gunshot patients who undergo spine stabilization before being transported to the hospital are twice as likely to die as those who are taken directly. The problem appears to be delay, researchers report in the January [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 12 by BBVM
What would you think if a long-time gun control advocate ended up shooting someone? Might the word “hypocrite” come to mind? It did for me, and apparently for many others. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports North Carolina state senator R. C. Soles shot one of two intruders who attempted to break into his house. But it [...]
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Posted on 2010 January 12 by BBVM
Gerald Celente in Wikipedia Trends Research Institute Trends Journal
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