A police chief in Wisconsin was charged on Thursday with creating accounts on pornographic and dating websites under the name of a local Tea Party advocate to even a score with him, court records showed.
Town of Campbell Police Chief Timothy Kelemen was charged with misdemeanor unlawful use of computerized communication systems in La Crosse County, according to court records. He faces 90 days in jail if convicted.
Kelemen is accused of setting up accounts under the name of Gregory Luce. Luce and fellow Tea Party members allegedly harassed Kelemen's department after the town banned their protest signs on overpasses, a police report filed in a federal court case showed.
The report said Kelemen retaliated by using Luce's personal information to create identities on dating websites, pornography websites featuring homosexual men and HealthCare.gov.
"I'm not denying I did it ... I didn't think it was that big of a deal," Kelemen said in a video posted on the La Crosse Tea Party website, showing an interview with investigators in May. Campbell borders on La Crosse.
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Saturday, July 19, 2014
NEW YORK MAN WHO BROKE UP STREET FIGHT CHOKED TO DEATH BY POLICE
"They jumped him and they were choking him. He was foaming at the mouth”
Eric Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, was tackled by police and immediately placed in a choke following a brief argument outside a local beauty supply store.
Garner, who suffers from asthma, can be heard pleading for help as more officers arrive and begin piling on top of him.
“I can’t breathe!” Garner says repeatedly.
Face first on the ground, Garner begins to lose consciousness as a seperate officer can be seen pressing his face into the concrete.
“Everybody back up!” an officer suddenly screams.
Noticing Garner’s lifeless body, police step back as another officer attempts to wake him.
“There’s something wrong with him,” a woman says.
Likely realizing they just murdered an innocent man, police begin ordering people to step back from the scene.
Eric Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, was tackled by police and immediately placed in a choke following a brief argument outside a local beauty supply store.
Garner, who suffers from asthma, can be heard pleading for help as more officers arrive and begin piling on top of him.
“I can’t breathe!” Garner says repeatedly.
Face first on the ground, Garner begins to lose consciousness as a seperate officer can be seen pressing his face into the concrete.
“Everybody back up!” an officer suddenly screams.
Noticing Garner’s lifeless body, police step back as another officer attempts to wake him.
“There’s something wrong with him,” a woman says.
Likely realizing they just murdered an innocent man, police begin ordering people to step back from the scene.
First Family To Spend Rare Weekend At Camp David
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The family was leaving Friday for the isolated and heavily guarded hideaway in Maryland's Catoctin Mountains. The White House said the family weekend had already been planned and that he would return to the White House on Sunday.
The escape from the White House caps a fierce week of foreign policy eruptions, highlighted by a downed commercial jet liner over Ukraine and Israel's ground offensive into Gaza, as well as maneuvers over how to address a surge of Central American migrants at the U.S. border.
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IG Claims One-third of Finalized Claims Inaccurate
The House Veterans Affairs Committee (HVAC) held a hearing this week to review the VA’s progress in achieving the goal of ending its disability compensation claims backlog by 2015 and explore claims of whistleblower retaliation and “cooking the books” within VBA. At the hearing, Allison Hickey, VA Undersecretary for Benefits, insisted that the claims backlog has been significantly reduced. The VA has set a goal of processing all disability claims within 125 days with 98 percent accuracy. The VA claims that the disability claims backlog has been reduced by 55 percent, from more than 600,000 pending claims beyond 125 days early last year to 275,000 claims today. HVAC Chairman Jeff Miller (Fla.) and Assistant Inspector General for the VA Linda Halliday said they don’t believe the VA’s reported statistics.
Hickey indicated that VA completed a record 1.2 million disability rating claims in 2013, and that the agency is on track to complete more than 1.3 million rating claims this year and pay a total of $67 billion in benefits. Hickey also said that more than 90 percent of the claims are being processed electronically. The IG office also reports that over a two month period, nearly one-third of the adjudicated claims were inaccurate.
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Hickey indicated that VA completed a record 1.2 million disability rating claims in 2013, and that the agency is on track to complete more than 1.3 million rating claims this year and pay a total of $67 billion in benefits. Hickey also said that more than 90 percent of the claims are being processed electronically. The IG office also reports that over a two month period, nearly one-third of the adjudicated claims were inaccurate.
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Chronic Inflammation: Deadly Prelude to Serious Disease
Besides being potentially deadly, what do diseases as seemingly different as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and Alzheimer's disease have in common?
One word: inflammation.
Increasingly, researchers are pointing their collective finger at this familiar biological process. Cardiologist Chauncey Crandall, M.D., says he now recognizes signs of inflammation that were a prelude to his own heart problems, which were diagnosed at age 48.
He was flying home from a conference when his shoulder started to hurt. “I assumed I had strained it, lifting a suitcase, but now I realize that I had been experiencing pain in every joint in my body for about three months,” recalls Dr. Crandall, author of No. 1 Amazon bestselling the book The Simple Heart Cure and chief of the transplant program at the world-renowned Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic.
One word: inflammation.
Increasingly, researchers are pointing their collective finger at this familiar biological process. Cardiologist Chauncey Crandall, M.D., says he now recognizes signs of inflammation that were a prelude to his own heart problems, which were diagnosed at age 48.
He was flying home from a conference when his shoulder started to hurt. “I assumed I had strained it, lifting a suitcase, but now I realize that I had been experiencing pain in every joint in my body for about three months,” recalls Dr. Crandall, author of No. 1 Amazon bestselling the book The Simple Heart Cure and chief of the transplant program at the world-renowned Palm Beach Cardiovascular Clinic.
Operation We Care Supports Delmarva-Based Troops
SALISBURY – Operation We Care is continuing on after seven successful years supporting Delmarva troops across the world.
On Monday evening, Jeff and Diana Merritt came before the City Council to present their organization Operation We Care as part of the city’s ongoing “Community Organization Presentation.”
Operation We Care collects, sorts, packs and sends care packages to U.S. troops, and the project continues to grow with the support of many people, local businesses and civic organizations.
According to Operation We Care, the project started in 2007 as a grassroots effort by the Eastern Shore Chapter Harley Owners Group to show support and appreciation for the brave men and women around the world protecting the citizens of the United States freedom.
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On Monday evening, Jeff and Diana Merritt came before the City Council to present their organization Operation We Care as part of the city’s ongoing “Community Organization Presentation.”
Operation We Care collects, sorts, packs and sends care packages to U.S. troops, and the project continues to grow with the support of many people, local businesses and civic organizations.
According to Operation We Care, the project started in 2007 as a grassroots effort by the Eastern Shore Chapter Harley Owners Group to show support and appreciation for the brave men and women around the world protecting the citizens of the United States freedom.
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Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl to return to duty with US Army on MONDAY
The US Army confirmed Monday that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is returning to active duty just four weeks on from his return to the United States after five years as a Taliban captive - and will be working behind a desk.
'To use a slang term, he will be working a desk job,' Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for the Pentagon, told ABC News.
'Sgt. Bergdahl is not restricted in any way,' he said, noting Bergdahl will reside in noncommissioned barracks. 'He is a normal soldier now.'
Col. Scott Bleichwell offered a similar description in a phone interview with MailOnline.
'It's an office job within the headquarters - just general office work,' he said.
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'To use a slang term, he will be working a desk job,' Col. Steve Warren, a spokesman for the Pentagon, told ABC News.
'Sgt. Bergdahl is not restricted in any way,' he said, noting Bergdahl will reside in noncommissioned barracks. 'He is a normal soldier now.'
Col. Scott Bleichwell offered a similar description in a phone interview with MailOnline.
'It's an office job within the headquarters - just general office work,' he said.
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A not-so-private plan: Virginia Beach taxpayers fund deal with Chinese
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Another Chinese company plans to invest in the Old Dominion, and Virginia Beach taxpayers will help foot the bill.
Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a few weeks ago Shandong Tranlin Paper Co.’s plan to invest $2 billion in Chesterfield County. Now, China Machinery Engineering Corp. of Beijing plans to partner with a Virginia-based company to build an 18,000-seat arena and sports complex.
The 50,000-square-foot facility will cost an estimated $200 million, but that doesn’t include other costs paid by Virginia Beach, an additional $10 million for other costs, or the land the city is contributing to the deal.
The arena is meant to serve as a multi-purpose site with plans to host concerts, sporting events and maybe even circuses. And while Virginia Beach is the most populous city in Virginia, it has no major sports team.
“We are confident this is a successful model and are very excited,” said Valerie Wilkinson, chief financial officer for United States Management LLC, the Virginia-based company that submitted the plan to Virginia Beach for consideration. “This will be a year-round draw that really fits in well with the greater infrastructure of the beach.”
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe announced a few weeks ago Shandong Tranlin Paper Co.’s plan to invest $2 billion in Chesterfield County. Now, China Machinery Engineering Corp. of Beijing plans to partner with a Virginia-based company to build an 18,000-seat arena and sports complex.
The 50,000-square-foot facility will cost an estimated $200 million, but that doesn’t include other costs paid by Virginia Beach, an additional $10 million for other costs, or the land the city is contributing to the deal.
The arena is meant to serve as a multi-purpose site with plans to host concerts, sporting events and maybe even circuses. And while Virginia Beach is the most populous city in Virginia, it has no major sports team.
“We are confident this is a successful model and are very excited,” said Valerie Wilkinson, chief financial officer for United States Management LLC, the Virginia-based company that submitted the plan to Virginia Beach for consideration. “This will be a year-round draw that really fits in well with the greater infrastructure of the beach.”
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State Adds Jobs, Unemployment Rises
Federal and state officials say Maryland added 7,700 jobs in June.
All but 600 of those jobs were in the private secotr.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, along with the Maryland Department of Labor also report the unemployment rate in June rose to two-tenths-of-a-percent from May to 5.8%.
The largest growth of private sector jobs came in health care, leisure and hospitality and retail trade jobs.
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All but 600 of those jobs were in the private secotr.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics, along with the Maryland Department of Labor also report the unemployment rate in June rose to two-tenths-of-a-percent from May to 5.8%.
The largest growth of private sector jobs came in health care, leisure and hospitality and retail trade jobs.
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Hillary’s Greed is Destroying Her Presidential Campaign
Hillary Clinton’s book tour was supposed to be her first step on the road to the White House. Instead her publisher is looking at a $10 million loss on her royalties alone as shelves at every big box book store groan under unsold copies of Hard Choices and instead of answering softball questions about empowering women, she was forced to discuss her defense of a twelve year old girl’s rapist.
And then there was the money question.
Like the rest of their political movement, the Clintons want to be poor in spirit and rich in mansions. They want to play the class warfare game from a private jet. Usually the media lets them get away with it. No one asks Elizabeth Warren how she combines class warfare and a small fortune. But the media hacks holding out for a Warren candidacy began hammering Hillary over her enormous wealth.
And Hillary Clinton responded with off-the-cuff lies. Her “dead broke” gaffe reminded everyone why her husband wasn’t even the embarrassing one in the bunch. At least he could lie convincingly.
Hillary’s problem is that she is the inevitable candidate that no one actually wants. Everyone agrees that she has a lock on the Democratic Party’s nomination and yet no one likes her.
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And then there was the money question.
Like the rest of their political movement, the Clintons want to be poor in spirit and rich in mansions. They want to play the class warfare game from a private jet. Usually the media lets them get away with it. No one asks Elizabeth Warren how she combines class warfare and a small fortune. But the media hacks holding out for a Warren candidacy began hammering Hillary over her enormous wealth.
And Hillary Clinton responded with off-the-cuff lies. Her “dead broke” gaffe reminded everyone why her husband wasn’t even the embarrassing one in the bunch. At least he could lie convincingly.
Hillary’s problem is that she is the inevitable candidate that no one actually wants. Everyone agrees that she has a lock on the Democratic Party’s nomination and yet no one likes her.
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Drilling Companies Claim “Right” to drill over the Rights of Broadview Heights Residents
BROADVIEW HEIGHTS, OH: On July 11, the community group Mothers Against Drilling In Our Neighborhoods, Inc (MADION), filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Bass Energy, Inc. and Ohio Valley Energy Systems Corporation against the City of Broadview Heights. The lawsuit, pending in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, seeks to overturn the City’s Community Bill of Rights Charter Amendment, which bans oil and gas drilling and fracking. Bass and Ohio Valley Energy claim that as corporations holding state permits, they have a “right” to drill within Broadview Heights. Residents see things quite differently.
In November 2012, Broadview Heights voters overwhelmingly adopted (67%) the Community Bill of Rights, codifying their constitutional right to local self government, their rights to clean air and water, and the right to a sustainable energy future. The City Charter Amendment prohibits new wells from being drilled in the City as a violation of those rights. The initiative was driven by City residents and members of the local community group MADION.
The national Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) offered in May to defend Broadview Heights, without charge, in the event of a legal challenge to the Charter Amendment. To date the city has not accepted the offer. According to Attorney Terry Lodge, representing the community group, "The oil companies hope to capitalize on the city's well-known hesitation to put on a real defense of the charter amendment, and that probably explains why they've kept quiet about the lawsuit. So, the citizens are stepping forward to enforce a law that they initiated and passed."
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In November 2012, Broadview Heights voters overwhelmingly adopted (67%) the Community Bill of Rights, codifying their constitutional right to local self government, their rights to clean air and water, and the right to a sustainable energy future. The City Charter Amendment prohibits new wells from being drilled in the City as a violation of those rights. The initiative was driven by City residents and members of the local community group MADION.
The national Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) offered in May to defend Broadview Heights, without charge, in the event of a legal challenge to the Charter Amendment. To date the city has not accepted the offer. According to Attorney Terry Lodge, representing the community group, "The oil companies hope to capitalize on the city's well-known hesitation to put on a real defense of the charter amendment, and that probably explains why they've kept quiet about the lawsuit. So, the citizens are stepping forward to enforce a law that they initiated and passed."
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FBI: Allentown gang members put out hit on NJ cops
Law enforcement officers in one New Jersey city are on high alert after a warning issued by the FBI.
According to bureau sources, G-Shine Blood gang members from the Allentown area put out orders to kill law enforcement officers to retailiate against recent shootings involving a Jersey City police officer and a Bloods gang member.
Authorities said G-Shine Blood gang members KI and Rooster have "given the green light to kill law enforcement officers in response for killing a homie in Jersey City."
Both gang members are originally from the Pink Houses in Brooklyn, New York, and now live in the Allentown area, sources said.
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According to bureau sources, G-Shine Blood gang members from the Allentown area put out orders to kill law enforcement officers to retailiate against recent shootings involving a Jersey City police officer and a Bloods gang member.
Authorities said G-Shine Blood gang members KI and Rooster have "given the green light to kill law enforcement officers in response for killing a homie in Jersey City."
Both gang members are originally from the Pink Houses in Brooklyn, New York, and now live in the Allentown area, sources said.
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Wanted man found to be in possession of substitute body fluid
Brian P. Parran, 29 of Prince Frederick was placed under arrest for an open warrant through Parole and Probation.
A search of Parran revealed a condom filled with dark yellow liquid substance tied to the button of his shorts to be used in a drug test.
Parran was transported to the Calvert County Detention Center to be presented before a Commissioner on local charges prior to being transported to the Maryland Division of Corrections in Jessup.
Obama administration cries racism to cover for unpopular policies
Have you heard the one about the black attorney general who sits down with a black reporter from ABC News to talk about America’s first black president? “Sure is a lot of racism,” says the AG. Rim shot.
Yeah, not a very funny joke. But that’s the point — it’s not a joke. It actually happened last week.
Eric H. Holder Jr., the first black man ever to hold the post of attorney general, sat down with senior Justice Department reporter Pierre Thomas for an interview.
“There’s a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that’s directed at me [and] directed at the president,” he said. “You know, people talking about taking their country back. I can’t look into peoples’ hearts, look into peoples’ minds, but it seems to me that this president has been treated differently than others There’s a certain racial component to this for some people.”
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Yeah, not a very funny joke. But that’s the point — it’s not a joke. It actually happened last week.
Eric H. Holder Jr., the first black man ever to hold the post of attorney general, sat down with senior Justice Department reporter Pierre Thomas for an interview.
“There’s a certain level of vehemence, it seems to me, that’s directed at me [and] directed at the president,” he said. “You know, people talking about taking their country back. I can’t look into peoples’ hearts, look into peoples’ minds, but it seems to me that this president has been treated differently than others There’s a certain racial component to this for some people.”
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