America’s Fastest Spy Plane (SR-71) May Be Back—and Hypersonic

JD Tue, 01/16/2018 - 09:31

For years, Lockheed Martin Corp. has been developing a successor to one of the fastest aircraft the world has ever seen, the SR-71 Blackbird, the Cold War reconnaissance craft that the U.S. Air Force retired almost three decades ago. Lockheed officials have said the hypersonic SR-72—dubbed the “Son of Blackbird” by one trade journal—could fly by 2030.

Soda Tax Sticker Shock Grips Seattle

JD Tue, 01/16/2018 - 09:22

The sign at Costco explaining the jacked-up price of a case of Gatorade has gone viral.

Don't like Seattle's sugary drink tax? Costco invites you to shop outside the city https://t.co/naulQI0rkr pic.twitter.com/91UFSqu3np

James O’Keefe: Twitter’s Censorship Algorithm Targets ‘Breitbart Audience’

JD Tue, 01/16/2018 - 09:02

Twitter’s algorithms for political censorship target language and images — such as “America” and the American flag — associated with Breitbart News’s audience, said Project Veritas President James O’Keefe on Monday.
O’Keefe’s remarks on Twitter came during a SiriusXM Breitbart News Tonight interview with Breitbart News’s Senior Editors-at-Large Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.

McSally Says Dems Should ‘Get Over’ Idea Of Clean Dream Act [VIDEO]

JD Tue, 01/16/2018 - 08:56

Rep. Martha McSally said Monday that Democrats in Congress are wasting their time pursuing a no-strings-attached bill to give legal status to millions of younger illegal immigrants.

She said the Dream Act, which has emerged as the Democrats’ favored replacement for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, is a nonstarter.

IS A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THE SOLUTION TO IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY DEBATE?

JD Tue, 01/16/2018 - 08:54

It may take a government shutdown Friday night to force a solution to all of this.

That’s the sense several members of Congress from both sides of the aisle expressed to Fox News over the weekend as lawmakers and the Trump administration find themselves at odds over government funding and DACA for the fourth time since September.

Here’s the shorthand:

AP ADMITS: TRUMP HAS KEPT MOST OF HIS PROMISES

JD Tue, 01/16/2018 - 08:45

In another indication of the establishment’s bewilderment at a president actually following through on his words, the Associated Press admits that Donald Trump has kept most of his promises.

Martin Luther King’s Family Remind Public: “He Was Murdered By CIA”

JD Mon, 01/15/2018 - 21:04

Dr Martin Luther King’s family have won a civil lawsuit that found various US government agencies guilty of Martin’s murder.

The 1999 trial, King Family versus Jowers and Other Unknown Co-Conspirators, is the only trial ever conducted on the assassination of Martin Luther King.

Washingtonsblog.com reports: The King Center fully documents the case, with full trial transcript (to more fully explain the following summary of trial evidence, here is the best article I’ve found).

Two parents have been arrested after 13 of their children were found shackled to beds inside their home in California

JD Mon, 01/15/2018 - 20:48

Neighbors have expressed their horror after discovering a quiet suburban couple allegedly shackled their 13 children to beds in a filthy room, before a teenage girl escaped, called the police and saved her siblings.

David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, were arrested at their home in Perris, California, on Sunday after their children - aged between two and 29 years old - were found padlocked and chained inside a foul-smelling room, according to police.

Agency that sent false missile alert in Hawaii gets death threats

JD Mon, 01/15/2018 - 19:12

Hawaiians are so mad over the bogus missile alert sent to their phones over the weekend that they’re calling in death threats to the agency responsible, according to a new report.

The threats came in through the agency’s public phone line, a spokesperson for Hawaii’s Emergency Management Agency told Hawaii News Now.

Sex Robot Company Considering Transgender Droids

JD Mon, 01/15/2018 - 18:55

A Californian sex robot company is considering the production and sale of transgender sex robots.

“We do believe there is a market not only for transgender, but for any other sexual preferences of gender,” said Realbotix AI head Guile Lindroth, who added that a transgender sex robot is “not out of our plans,” and would not be “difficult.”

Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Slams Federal Judge’s ‘Offensive’ Comments, Declares DACA Unconstitutional

JD Mon, 01/15/2018 - 18:48

WASHINGTON, DC – Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Sunday criticized a federal judge’s order reinstating DACA as offensive for suggesting that ending DACA is racist. She went on to declare DACA unconstitutional, and unapologetically asserted that her oath of office is to follow the U.S. Constitution.

How Hard Is It To Comply With The Kentucky Medicaid Work Requirements?

JD Mon, 01/15/2018 - 17:59

Kentucky became the first state to implement work requirements for Medicaid eligibility Friday, one day after the Trump administration announced that it would begin granting waivers empowering states to exercise greater control of the administration of Medicaid dollars, in a reversal of long standing federal policy.

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