A military judge acquitted Army Pfc. Bradley Manning on Tuesday of aiding the enemy, but convicted him of violations of the Espionage Act for turning over a trove of classified data to the website WikiLeaks, in a case where the soldier has been portrayed variously as a traitor and as a whistle-blower.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-31 04:18:102016-04-11 11:18:04Bradley Manning Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy but Guilty of Espionage Violations (+video)
“This is not a silver bullet, this does not solve everything” Representative John Mizuno is quick to point out the limitations of the “Return to Home” program, and he’s one of its staunchest supporters.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-31 04:18:102016-04-11 11:18:04Hawaii Sets Aside $100,000 to Offer its 17,000 Homeless People One-Way Airfare Back to Their Home States (+video)
Hundreds of prisoners have been freed by Islamists in Pakistan after a spectacular assault by extremists on a jail in the western city of Dera Ismail Khan.
Churches across San Antonio are expressing outrage over a proposed anti-discrimination law that would protect LGBT workers but would not provide a religious exemption and would effectively prohibit anyone who opposes homosexuality from holding public office or getting a city contract.
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This frightening picture of two brothers with their hair on end was snapped just minutes before they were struck by lightning at Moro Rock, California, leaving the younger boy with third-degree burns and another man dead.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-31 04:12:522016-04-11 11:18:04How to Know if You’re About to be Struck by Lightning: Amazing Picture of Brothers with Hair on End Minutes Before they Were Hit
There’s an open source airplane being developed in Canada, and now its designers are looking to double down on the digital trends, turning to crowdsourced funding to finish the project.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-31 04:12:092016-04-11 11:18:04First Open Source Airplane Could Cost Just $15,000
The FBI rescued 105 teenagers over the weekend who were forced into prostitution in the largest child sex trafficking sting in U.S. history, which encompassed 76 cities, the agency said Monday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:33:222016-04-11 11:18:05105 Children Lured into Prostitution are Rescued by FBI in Biggest Ever Bust of its Type in U.S. History – 150 Pimps in 76 Cities Who ‘Tortured’ Girls as Young as 13 are Arrested (+video)
Rush Limbaugh wasted no time Monday responding to a published report that he is soon to be dropped by Cumulus Media, the second-largest broadcaster in the U.S.
A nasty fight is brewing among Republicans over a proposal to defund Obamacare. Another intra-party fight is flaring over national security and the war on terror. And yet another is well under way over immigration reform.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:31:512016-04-11 11:18:05Are Republicans Too Divided to Have a Civil War?
Wherever Anthony Weiner goes on the streets of New York these days, he’s surrounded by reporters, microphones and cameras – a crush that would ordinarily signal intense interest in a surging campaign.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:31:072016-04-11 11:18:05Democratic Sex Scandals May Affect Clinton’s Presidential Aspirations (+video)
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is losing part of his arsenal of local leaders as more and more long-time members of his gun-control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns say they aren’t happy with the coalition’s trajectory and want out.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:30:212016-04-11 11:18:06Bloomberg’s Gun-Control Group Loses Mayors Over Deceitful Tactics
Liberal activist and scholar Dr. Cornel West last week called President Barack Obama “the drone president” for his administration’s controversial use of drone strikes.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:29:372016-04-11 11:18:06Cornel West Calls Obama The Drone President (+video)
A judge on Monday ordered the release of sealed documents and transcripts from court proceedings related to the murder case of Chandra Levy, a Washington intern whose disappearance in 2001 drew national headlines and damaged a U.S. congressman’s political career.
Christopher Buckley’s review of Mark Leibovich’s “In This Town,” an exposé of official Washington, uncovers this buried morel on page 330 of the book. In 1974, just 3% of retiring members of Congress became lobbyists. Today, 50% of retiring Senators and 42% of retiring House members stay in DC and become lobbyists.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:25:052016-04-11 11:18:06Half of Retiring Senators Become Lobbyists, up 1,500% in 40 Years
Real estate mogul Donald Trump on Monday blasted former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), saying there was something “mentally wrong” with the New York City mayoral candidate.
In a sharp memo sent this morning to fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill, Senator Jeff Sessions argues that the GOP elite view on immigration–shared by President Barack Obama and Senator Chuck Schumer–is “nonsense.”
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:21:552016-04-11 11:18:07Sessions to Republicans: GOP Elite View on Immigration Is ‘Nonsense’
A website found that 78 percent of female clients aged 18-26 approve of Weiner.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:21:262016-04-11 11:18:07Poll: 78 Percent of Young Women Approve of Weiner (+video)
A majority of Americans would back a ballot initiative legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states, according to a new poll released by Gallup on Monday.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:20:492016-04-11 11:18:07Gallup: Majority Would Back Gay Marriage National Referendum
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler announced the birth of her daughter Monday, saying she is the first baby born with a particular debilitating condition to breathe on her own.
Egypt’s interim government was accused of attempting to return the country to the Mubarak era on Monday, after the country’s interior ministry announced the resurrection of several controversial police units that were nominally shut down following the country’s 2011 uprising and the interim prime minister was given the power to place the country in a state of emergency.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:19:082016-04-11 11:18:07Egypt Restores Feared Secret Police Units
A Maine man who was terrifyingly dragged from his tent and attacked by a polar bear while camping in Canada has serious injuries but is improving in a Montreal hospital, according to his wife.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:17:292016-04-11 11:18:08Man Dragged From Tent and Violently Attacked by Polar Bear Remains in Critical Condition with Broken Jaw and Serious Neck Injuries but Health is Improving
Propane explosions at the Blue Rhino LP gas plant rocked the Tavares area on Monday night, injuring eight people.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-30 03:00:242016-04-11 11:18:09Massive Explosions Rock Propane Plant; Watch Raw Video Here
Today on “This Week,” Glenn Greenwald – the reporter who broke the story about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs – claimed that those NSA programs allowed even low-level analysts to easily search the private emails and phone calls of all Americans – including the President.
https://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.png00Joe Millerhttps://joemiller.us/wp-content/uploads/logotext.pngJoe Miller2013-07-29 02:01:182016-04-11 11:18:09Another Shocking Revelation of NSA Snooping: Powerful Tool Exists to Give Low-Level Analysts Immediate Access to all Your Email, Phone Calls (+video)
Bradley Manning Acquitted of Aiding the Enemy but Guilty of Espionage Violations (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, Video /by News EditorA military judge acquitted Army Pfc. Bradley Manning on Tuesday of aiding the enemy, but convicted him of violations of the Espionage Act for turning over a trove of classified data to the website WikiLeaks, in a case where the soldier has been portrayed variously as a traitor and as a whistle-blower.
Hawaii Sets Aside $100,000 to Offer its 17,000 Homeless People One-Way Airfare Back to Their Home States (+video)
/4 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Chris Tanaka“This is not a silver bullet, this does not solve everything” Representative John Mizuno is quick to point out the limitations of the “Return to Home” program, and he’s one of its staunchest supporters.
Pakistani Taliban Prison Attack Frees Hundreds of Inmates
/1 Comment/in Featured, International /by Jason BurkeHundreds of prisoners have been freed by Islamists in Pakistan after a spectacular assault by extremists on a jail in the western city of Dera Ismail Khan.
San Antonio Proposal Could Bar Christians From City Council
/1 Comment/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Todd StarnesChurches across San Antonio are expressing outrage over a proposed anti-discrimination law that would protect LGBT workers but would not provide a religious exemption and would effectively prohibit anyone who opposes homosexuality from holding public office or getting a city contract.
How to Know if You’re About to be Struck by Lightning: Amazing Picture of Brothers with Hair on End Minutes Before they Were Hit
/1 Comment/in Featured, The Offbeat /by News EditorThis frightening picture of two brothers with their hair on end was snapped just minutes before they were struck by lightning at Moro Rock, California, leaving the younger boy with third-degree burns and another man dead.
First Open Source Airplane Could Cost Just $15,000
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by JASON PAURThere’s an open source airplane being developed in Canada, and now its designers are looking to double down on the digital trends, turning to crowdsourced funding to finish the project.
Ted Cruz: D.C. Republicans ‘Scared’
/14 Comments/in Featured, News /by Tal KopanSen. Ted Cruz believes Republicans can defund “Obamacare” if they stand together, but he said “scared” Republicans are standing in the way.
105 Children Lured into Prostitution are Rescued by FBI in Biggest Ever Bust of its Type in U.S. History – 150 Pimps in 76 Cities Who ‘Tortured’ Girls as Young as 13 are Arrested (+video)
/3 Comments/in Featured, Video /by HAYLEY PETERSONThe FBI rescued 105 teenagers over the weekend who were forced into prostitution in the largest child sex trafficking sting in U.S. history, which encompassed 76 cities, the agency said Monday.
Limbaugh Responds to ‘Stations Dumping Him’ (+audio)
/0 Comments/in Featured, News /by Joe KovacsRush Limbaugh wasted no time Monday responding to a published report that he is soon to be dropped by Cumulus Media, the second-largest broadcaster in the U.S.
Are Republicans Too Divided to Have a Civil War?
/5 Comments/in Featured, News /by Byron YorkA nasty fight is brewing among Republicans over a proposal to defund Obamacare. Another intra-party fight is flaring over national security and the war on terror. And yet another is well under way over immigration reform.
Democratic Sex Scandals May Affect Clinton’s Presidential Aspirations (+video)
/7 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Doug McKelwayWherever Anthony Weiner goes on the streets of New York these days, he’s surrounded by reporters, microphones and cameras – a crush that would ordinarily signal intense interest in a surging campaign.
Bloomberg’s Gun-Control Group Loses Mayors Over Deceitful Tactics
/4 Comments/in Featured, News /by Barnini ChakrabortyNew York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is losing part of his arsenal of local leaders as more and more long-time members of his gun-control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns say they aren’t happy with the coalition’s trajectory and want out.
Cornel West Calls Obama The Drone President (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Melanie HunterLiberal activist and scholar Dr. Cornel West last week called President Barack Obama “the drone president” for his administration’s controversial use of drone strikes.
Judge Orders Chandra Levy Court Documents Unsealed (+video)
/0 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Greg SeabyA judge on Monday ordered the release of sealed documents and transcripts from court proceedings related to the murder case of Chandra Levy, a Washington intern whose disappearance in 2001 drew national headlines and damaged a U.S. congressman’s political career.
Half of Retiring Senators Become Lobbyists, up 1,500% in 40 Years
/3 Comments/in Featured, News /by MIKE FLYNNChristopher Buckley’s review of Mark Leibovich’s “In This Town,” an exposé of official Washington, uncovers this buried morel on page 330 of the book. In 1974, just 3% of retiring members of Congress became lobbyists. Today, 50% of retiring Senators and 42% of retiring House members stay in DC and become lobbyists.
Trump: Something ‘Mentally Wrong’ with Weiner (+video)
/3 Comments/in Featured, Video /by News EditorReal estate mogul Donald Trump on Monday blasted former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), saying there was something “mentally wrong” with the New York City mayoral candidate.
Sessions to Republicans: GOP Elite View on Immigration Is ‘Nonsense’
/2 Comments/in Featured, News /by Daniel HalperIn a sharp memo sent this morning to fellow Republicans on Capitol Hill, Senator Jeff Sessions argues that the GOP elite view on immigration–shared by President Barack Obama and Senator Chuck Schumer–is “nonsense.”
Poll: 78 Percent of Young Women Approve of Weiner (+video)
/8 Comments/in Featured, News /by EMILY STANTONA website found that 78 percent of female clients aged 18-26 approve of Weiner.
Gallup: Majority Would Back Gay Marriage National Referendum
/6 Comments/in Featured, News /by Justin SinkA majority of Americans would back a ballot initiative legalizing gay marriage in all 50 states, according to a new poll released by Gallup on Monday.
Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler: Daughter ‘Miracle’
/2 Comments/in Featured, Kathleen's Korner /by Tal KopanRep. Jaime Herrera Beutler announced the birth of her daughter Monday, saying she is the first baby born with a particular debilitating condition to breathe on her own.
Egypt Restores Feared Secret Police Units
/0 Comments/in Featured, International /by Patrick KingsleyEgypt’s interim government was accused of attempting to return the country to the Mubarak era on Monday, after the country’s interior ministry announced the resurrection of several controversial police units that were nominally shut down following the country’s 2011 uprising and the interim prime minister was given the power to place the country in a state of emergency.
Unmanned Aerial Drone to Search for Bigfoot
/1 Comment/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Drew ZahnThe hunt for Bigfoot is getting serious now. Or at least the technology is…
Man Dragged From Tent and Violently Attacked by Polar Bear Remains in Critical Condition with Broken Jaw and Serious Neck Injuries but Health is Improving
/0 Comments/in Featured, The Offbeat /by Daily Mail Reporter and Associated PressA Maine man who was terrifyingly dragged from his tent and attacked by a polar bear while camping in Canada has serious injuries but is improving in a Montreal hospital, according to his wife.
Massive Explosions Rock Propane Plant; Watch Raw Video Here
/0 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Wesh.comPropane explosions at the Blue Rhino LP gas plant rocked the Tavares area on Monday night, injuring eight people.
Another Shocking Revelation of NSA Snooping: Powerful Tool Exists to Give Low-Level Analysts Immediate Access to all Your Email, Phone Calls (+video)
/3 Comments/in Featured, Video /by Kari ReaToday on “This Week,” Glenn Greenwald – the reporter who broke the story about the National Security Agency’s surveillance programs – claimed that those NSA programs allowed even low-level analysts to easily search the private emails and phone calls of all Americans – including the President.