The Coming Corporate "Crime Wave"

In a recent appearance before Congress, Deputy Attorney General Sally Quillian Yates declared that the US Department of Justice is going to ratchet up its prosecution of individuals employed in corporations as part of a larger push against “white collar crime.” There is no doubt that such prosecutions will be very popular to a large section of voters, given that presidential candidates like Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Martin O’Malley, along with Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren pretty much have declared thatnearly all American businesses are part of a massive criminal conspiracy that must be brought down by federal authorities.

Within the next year, we should expect to see mid-level business and finance executives doing “perp walks” in front of the news media, as federal prosecutors will charge them with various “economic crimes” in hopes that they will implicate their superiors.All of us by now know the drill and in a time of anemic economic growth complete with business failures, it won’t be hard to find scapegoats.

Everyone Is “Guilty”

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THE TRUE TALE OF MISTY, STORMY, AND MAYBE THE WORST NOR’EASTER OF THEM ALL

The deluge lasted three long days and stretched across five high tides right at the time of the full moon. More than 90 percent of Chincoteague Island flooded. The water ran six feet deep at times on Main Street in downtown Chincoteague. The island’s chicken industry was destroyed–an estimated 350,000 birds died in the storm. Chincoteague’s famous ponies suffered horribly as well. By the time the rain stopped, more than 100 of them had died.

The culprit was the Ash Wednesday storm of March 6 to 8, 1962.

The most famous of Chincoteague’s ponies managed to survive the storm. A pregnant Misty was living at that time on the Beebe Farm in Chincoteague. Floodwaters did, in fact, reach her barn, but before that happened Ralph and Jeannette Beebe moved Misty into the kitchen of their home. She stayed there for three days. The aerial photo here shows how things looked at the Beebe Farm during the flooding.

Weather experts rank the Ash Wednesday storm among the Top 10 of the 20th century. Forty people died along the coast between North Carolina and New York. Another 1,000 were injured. The NASA facility on Wallop’s Island in Virginia suffered more than $1 million in damage. Here is the Wikipedia page on the storm.

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State Makes It Legal To Shoot Cops In Self-Defense If They Violate Your Rights

Is it ever legal to shoot cops? A growing number of states are passing laws that say that yes, in fact, sometimes it is well within a citizen’s rights to shoot a police officer.

Other states have already ruled in favor of citizens shooting police officers in self-defense, (even hip-hop legend Tupac walked after shooting two cops in self-defense) now, in the state of Indiana, if a police officer initiates aggression without cause in someone’s home, violence can be used against them in self-defense – including using lethal force.

The new law was drafted to “recognize the unique character of a citizen’s home and to ensure that a citizen feels secure in his or her own home against unlawful intrusion by another individual or a public servant.”

This should hardly be seen as profound. In the past, self-defense was viewed as a human right. The Bill of Rights does not grant rights to the citizenry of the United States, it recognizes natural rights. One of those rights — a veritable law of Nature — is the right to resist.

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Virginia executes convicted serial killer after appeals fail

JARRATT, Va. (AP) — A 49-year-old convicted of murdering three people in Virginia and California nearly three decades ago was executed on Thursday after a series of last-minute appeals failed.

Alfredo Prieto was pronounced dead at 9:17 p.m. at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. Prieto was injected with a lethal three-drug combination, including the sedative pentobarbital, which Virginia received from the Texas prison system.

Prieto, wearing glasses, jeans and a light blue shirt, did not resist and showed no emotion as he was strapped to the gurney.

“I would like to say thanks to all my lawyers, all my supporters and all my family members,” he said, before mumbling, “Get this over with.”

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They Had A Million Dollar Idea About Better Day Care In Urban Slums

You can't blame Taylor Scobbie for being nervous. His team was a finalist for the $1 million Hult Prize.

The challenge — issued by the Clinton Global Initiative and the Hult Prize Foundationlast September — was for undergraduates or MBA students to design a project that would provide quality education to 10 million children under age six in urban slums by 2020. There were six teams that made it through to the last round, chosen from more than 20,000 applicants.

Each team had eight minutes to present its project to a panel of judges that included Nobel Laureate Muhammed Yunus and the former prime minister of Australia, Julia Gillard.

The ideas were impressive: a laundry center that doubles as a library where parents and children in South Africa can learn together while their washing is done; or"talking stickers" to put on household items so a low-cost hand-held electronic scanning device can make the objects talk, sing and read to children.

Team IMPCT's idea is to find investors who can help improve informal day care centers in urban slums, adding more educational efforts and increasing enrollment. The process will also turn local caregivers into small business owners who operate a franchise of sorts.

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Montgomery Co. board of elections accused of voter suppression, ‘secret phone calls’

ROCKVILLE, Md.– Maryland state lawmakers say they want the Montgomery County Board of Elections to reverse its decision to move two early voting centers.

If not, they’ll act to get emergency legislation passed that would add new voting sites — effectively blunting the change by the majority-Republican elections board.

State Sen. Richard Madeleno, D-Montgomery County, says the elections board could avoid further controversy by abandoning its plans to close the Marilyn Praisner Community Recreation Center in Burtonsville and the Jane Lawton Community Recreation Center in Chevy Chase.

The fight began over a decision by the county elections board to close the two early voting sites in Chevy Chase and Burtonsville and instead open sites in Brookeville and Potomac.

James Shalleck, the Republican chairman of the elections board, told a Montgomery County Council committee on government operations that the decision was made to add “geographic diversity” to the county’s nine early voting sites.

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Henry Dumas Wrote About Black People Killed By Cops. Then He Was Killed By A Cop

"A young black man, Henry Dumas, went through a turnstile at a New York City subway station," wrote Toni Morrison in the invitation to a posthumous book-launch party she threw for the writer in 1974, six years after he died. "A transit cop" — who was white — "shot him in the chest and killed him. Circumstances surrounding his death remain unclear. Before that happened, however, he had written some of the most beautiful, moving and profound poetry and fiction that I have ever in my life read."

In the nearly 50 years since Henry Dumas was killed, not much more has come to light about what happened on the night of his death. No witnesses came forward to testify. Police records were lost in a bureaucratic shuffle. Harlem, where Dumas moved as a young man after growing up in rural Arkansas, had erupted in large-scale protests over the police killings of black and brown men several times before the writer was killed. But Dumas' death hardly made the news. With so little information to draw from, it's as if the last pages of his life were torn out.

Dumas' final scene echoed a theme he turned to again and again in his writing: violent confrontations between white men and black men. The work he left behind — short stories that range from hard realism to science fiction, an almost finished novel, volumes of poetry, and even a few accompaniments to the work of the mystical jazz legend Sun Ra — contains bitingly sharp depictions of racial tension in America that, in an almost unbelievably eerie way, speak to his own fate.

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OC Police and Fire Personnel Kept Busy Today

There may have been some major weather today but Ocean City police and fire personnel were kept busy with some other incidents including this Boardwalk joy ride and vehicle fire near 45th Street.

Posted by The Dispatch on Friday, October 2, 2015

Man Charged With Setting Fire In Liquor Store During Riots

A man has been charged in a federal criminal complaint with setting a fire in liquor store during Baltimore's riots.

A criminal complaint filed Sept. 24 and unsealed Thursday charges 21-year-old Darius Raymond Stewart with malicious destruction of a commercial building.

According to the affidavit filed with the criminal complaint, looters set fires inside the store in the Penn North neighborhood on April 27.

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At 'Checkpoint Of The Stars,' Texas Sheriff Takes A Pass On Pot Cases

A federal inspection station on Interstate 10 in the West Texas desert earned the nickname "checkpoint of the stars" for all the entertainers who kept getting busted there. In the past six years, Willie Nelson, Snoop Dogg, Nelly and Fiona Apple were all arrested for possession of marijuana.

These days, though, after a decision by a local lawman, everyone from personal pot smokers to medium-size marijuana traffickers can avoid jail.

The Sierra Blanca Border Patrol checkpoint was once the bane of pot smokers driving from Los Angeles to Texas. Green-suited federal agents and their uncanny drug dogs would make 20 to 30 busts a day.

"I had two little buds (of marijuana) wrapped up in my Dopp kit in my suitcase in the trunk of the car," recalls Austin writer and filmmaker Al Reinert, who was busted at the checkpoint two years ago. "The Border Patrol guys never would have found it if the dogs hadn't sniffed it out."

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'Allah' to join 'God' at U.S. military base?

Mikey Weinstein, president of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, is ratcheting a battle with the authorities serving at Marine Corps Base Hawaii who placed a “God bless” sign on public lawns, telling chiefs in an email he now wants messages that read “Yehweh bless” and “Allah bless” alongside.

AS WND reported, Weinstein took umbrage with a “God bless the military” sign that’s stood in plain view on base property since September 11, 2001. MRFF aide Blake Page wrote to Col. Sean Killeen to say “this sign is a brazen violation of the No Establishment clause of the Constitution,” and should be moved. Weinstein, meanwhile, said the sign rightly belongs on chapel grounds at the military base, rather than on property not affiliated with worship.

The military base said it was looking into the complaint – but Weinstein has hiked the stakes.

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JUST IN: Oregon sheriff releases the names of Umpqua Community College shooting victims

JUST IN: Oregon sheriff releases the names of Umpqua Community College shooting victims http://cbsn.ws/1YVA5rH

Pemberton Park to Host Inaugural Pumpkin Tour Friday, October 23

Registration Open for Pumpkin Submissions

Salisbury, MD – Get into the Halloween spirit with Pemberton Park's Pumpkin Tour on Friday, October 23. The inaugural event features a jack-o-lantern lit tour through the trails of Pemberton Park at dusk along with other Halloween festivities.

Enter A Pumpkin

Schools, classes, businesses, families and groups are encouraged to enter a pumpkin into the Pumpkin Tour. Be creative! The tour welcomes pumpkins of all shapes, sizes and designs!

• Registration: Open Now - October 21 
• Drop Off / Set Up: Pemberton Park, Friday, October 23, 5 - 5:30 p.m.
• Ages: All ages welcome!
• Details: Pumpkins will be voted on by those taking the tour. Prizes will be awarded in several categories including Best Overall Pumpkin, Spookiest Pumpkin and more. 
• Registration Fee: $5 Per Pumpkin

Registration is available through October 21 at the Wicomico Youth & Civic Center Box Office (500 Glen Avenue, Salisbury; M-F, 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) or online at www.PembertonPark.org. For more information, contact Allen Swiger at 410-548-4900 x108 oraswiger@wicomicocounty.org. 

Take The Tour

The tour will take place on Friday, October 23 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. All ages are welcome to walk the tour and participants are encouraged to vote for their favorite pumpkins. Entry to Pemberton Park on the evening of the tour is $10 per car. Free candy and games will be provided for children. Food, hot cocoa and glow necklaces and bracelets will be available for purchase.

Oregon Shooting: 'Heroic' Veteran Chris Mintz Was Shot 7 Times

An Army veteran was shot seven times while trying to save other students during the deadly Oregon community college rampage, according to his aunt.

Chris Mintz "tried to protect some people," his aunt Sheila Brown told NBC News in a telephone interview. "We were told he did heroic things to protect some people."

She said that Mintz was shot seven times and had been in surgery since the shooting that left 10 dead, including the gunman.

Originally from Randleman, North Carolina, Mintz served about 10 years in the Army. He had just started college, Brown said. He was shot in the back, abdomen and hands, and had two broken legs, she added.

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Delmarva Power Disconnects Power to Part of Ocean City, Md.

Electrical service was restored around 4 p.m. today (10/2/15) to the portion of Ocean City, Md., that was affected by severe flooding that submerged Delmarva Power's electrical infrastructure. For safety reasons, Delmarva Power had to de-energize service to an area south of North Division Street and Baltimore Avenue until the flood waters receded. If significant flooding occurs in other Maryland and Delaware coastal communities, then there is the possibility that similar de-energizing of electrical equipment could occur in order to ensure the safety of customers and emergency services personnel. Delmarva Power will continue to monitor this situation and work closely with our emergency services partners throughout this severe weather event.

America...Our Stolen Country-Session 6 By Robert Quinn

To America....Land That I Love 

Sept.27,2015

Article 1 of our Constitution gave the Press the right to reveal,not conceal news of interest to the American People, yet, fear of disclosure of Obama's true eligibility status has permeated the MainstreamMedia to this day. For almost six years they have been silent on this issue. Even Fox News, though vocally critical of the "Stimulus" plans, "Czar" appointees,etc. will not mention the existence of eligibility lawsuits presently in the courts. Bill O'Reilly of Fox News claimed he saw a valid Obama birth certificate but had to retract his claim when informed that what Fox actually viewed was a fraudulent "Certification of Live Birth", which, even had it been legitimate, would have been a limited document whichcould not be used by anyone seeking the Presidency but remember-this was a fraudulent document. Obama, as a former Constitutional teacher, knew that this document, if legal, could allow someone to vote or drive a car,but not drive our Nation! That would have required a valid,long-form "Certificate of Live Birth", a document which Obama would have known yet he never offered nor even mentioned its existence. Bill O'Reilly also said that two Hawaiian newspaper clippings reporting Obama's birth in Hawaii there-by confirmed his eligibility. In reality, three years after O'Reilly had been advised that, in 1961, anyone could have prepared an Hawaiian limited or even invalid birth certificate and have had the Newspapers publish it. O'Reilly, to this day, continues to address this issue with dismissal or sarcasm. To constantly use the term "birthers" in a sarcastic, derogatory manner when referring to Defenders of our Constitution, shows a closed mind at work. This from a man who ends each nightly program with "we're looking out for you". A mockery of TRUTH.

In our Nation's history, only one "Commander-in-Chief" has deliberately refused to produce a valid "Certificate of Live Birth" to confirm his eligibility. His name...Barack Obama.A man whose National Allegiance is unknown to the American people, is governing us and our military and determining our future survival or demise, yet, his ineligibility is quietly kept secret from us by most of the Media. Only organization like World Net Daily and a few others, to their credit, bring this issue to the forefront. Obama's actions have caused both active and retired military to become plaintiffs(quietly ignored by the Media) in lawsuits against him, all asking one thing:"prove that you were eligible". An easily satisfied request for a legitimate Presidential claimant. Obama's response, when heard is "sue me". Having his lawyers use every resource available to block access to any personal documents, Obama's disgraceful deceiving of these Servicemen and women has put their freedom and futures in harm's way for attempting to protect the integrity of our Constitution. There are three million members in the U.S. Armed Forces; all obligated to produce valid documentation of birth did so excepting Barack Obama. 'nuff said?

Another example of Media silence was their failing to advise America that no Hawaiian hospital ever claimed to have been Obama's birth hospital. Please allow that to sink in. To be able to say a particular hospital was the one in which the first Afro-American President was born would bestow prestigious honor on that hospital. The only proof Obama ever offered was fraudulent and/or ineligible documents which he then withdrew from public scrutiny as challenges to their validity increased. Also, many offers of free financial assistance to Obama to help minority students trying to meet tuition expenses(a project which Obama espoused repeatedly) were not even acknowledged by him. Why...because each offering came with one requirement of Obama, a requirement that he dared not accept...that he allow document experts to examine his birth certificate documents for their validity. A simple condition....except for one trafficing in fraudulent documents. To disclose would have meant to expose himself and to expose himself would depose him from office....and worse! Major contributors whose offers were completely ignored by Obama included: Globe Magazine $100.000; Birther Summit $15,000; Donald Trump,who offered $5,000,000 and then raised it to $50,000.000; yes, you are looking at the correct amount! So much for Obama trying to help minority students.

The Media treats Obama's birth certificate issue as a non-issue instigated by racial bigots or misguided ones. Obama could have resolved this issue very easily by producing a valid "Certificate of Live Birth"(had any existed) for about $50.00 in mailing costs but he opted to spend over 4 million dollars so far to prevent any disclosure of such a document.Fifty dollars vs millions. Why would anyone spend so much to avoid disclosure? For one reason....disclosure would be followed by exposure and end Obama's criminal attempt to overthrow our Nation's Constitution.If Bill O'Reilly, on any of his late night shows in which he had Obama as a guest, simply asked him, why he allowed and used fraudulent, ineligible documents to pass as valid documents Obama's deception would have been exposed at that time.

I believe most Democrats and Republicans and Media Outlets have always considered Obama ineligible for the office of President, but,those having initially accepted his deception are now too embarrassed to retract their words. For example, Bill O'Reilly of Fox News has personally received copies of all the letters (30) which I've written on this issue; letters which were all factual, not conjectual nor racist. While he never responded to any of them (no problem-I only write to reach as many as possible and hope they find value in my letters), he certainly cannot claim to have been unaware of the points mentioned or cited in those letters, so when he responded to others also challenging Obama's eligibility (not counting space aliens) with a dismissive comment I thought to myself:"I watched O'Reilly's show in the past for helpful enlightenment on this issue but now feel that it has morphed into an entertainment vehicle. By suppressing damning facts about Obama, O'Reilly is both helping to keep Obama's deception alive and our Nation to slowly die. 

"TO SIN BY SILENCE WHEN THEY SHOULD PROTEST MAKES COWARDS OF MEN.'......... Abraham Lincoln.

Assateague: “What do the horses do during really bad storms?”

Assateague Island National Seashore

The most frequently asked question yesterday was “What do the horses do during really bad storms?” Well, in all honestly, its business as usual until instinct kicks in and tells the horses to move to higher ground. And don’t worry, Assateague actually has higher ground!

Away from the beach and bay, toward the center of the island, there are high dune ridges that create natural “bluffs” that are 10 feet or more above sea level. These ridges support the growth of maritime forests, which provide shelter from the elements. If the weather conditions get very bad, the horses and other wildlife move toward these areas and remain there until the weather passes. Up until the weather is really bad, the horses will shelter among the vegetation in lower lying areas, just as N2BHS (Carol’s Girl), N2BHS-M (Susi Sole), and N9BM-E (Yankee) [from right to left] were doing yesterday when the winds were gusting up to 36 miles per hour and the rain was falling sideways.

'Hero' Umpqua Community College Student Chris Mintz Speaks After Being Shot 7 Times

The student and Army veteran who witnesses say charged the shooter at a community college in Oregon is alert and awake at the hospital as he recovers.

Chris Mintz, 30, was shot seven times during the Thursday rampage, but he says his main concern is about the others who were injured.

"I just hope that everyone else is OK," he told ABC News this morning.

"I'm just worried about everyone else.”

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