Southwestern Electric Cooperative with its headquarters in Greenville, Illinois has served the state of Illinois with a notice of impending disconnect over unpaid power bills. The Cooperative is declining to name the Illinois state agencies and buildings which will be affecting by the shut off, but the disconnect notice reportedly includes 70 separate individual account numbers. On the degree of delinquency a representative for the cooperative noted: Continue reading
Category Archives: North America
"World Terror Day" Does Not Happen as "Anonymous" Predicts, Mass Shooting Occurs Anyways
Mainstream news reporting suggests that "World Terror Day" events as predicted by "Anonymous" to happen on November 22nd did not come to pass. Brussels, Belgium however remains locked down due to government claims of an imminent threat. There was further a mass shooting at the playground "Bunny Friend Park" in New Orleans, Louisiana with at least 17 victims wounded (archived). No suspect in the Bunny Friend Park mass shooting has yet been named, and no motive for the shooting has been supposed by the local authorities at this time.
Obama at ASEAN: Money Overwhelms Ideas
President Hussein Bahamas
At a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations United States President Barack Hussein Obama told a group of young Asian leaders to avoid flaws in the political system which elected him president twice (archived). Chief among the problems Obama sees in the United States political system is that "money overwhelms ideas" even though his campaigns in pursuit of elected office were never starved for funding.
As a United States president elected to his final term under the current constitutionally imposed term limits, Obama's re-election campaign "Obama for America" still operates as a "community organizing project" under the name "Organize for Action" actively engaged in shaping political conversation in the United States. This organization in its present incarnation is chartered as a 501(c)(4) non-profit allowed to lobby for legislation but disallowed from endorsing any particular candidate for office as a part of its transition after the 2012 election. In spite of this "Organize for Action" still runs barackobama.com and the handle @barackobama on Twitter. "Organize for Action" has further been linked to recent outbreaks of racial unrest in the United States.
Barack Hussein Obama could not be reached for comment on how he feels about his own participation and victory in this electoral system. The one which allowed him to triumph over so many ideas through his raw power of accessing lots of money.
Colorado Springs Drops Police Fitness Tests After Suit
After a judge's ruling in a discrimination suit, the Colorado Springs police department has dropped physical fitness tests for police officers (archived). The ruling comes after a discrimination lawsuit was brought upon the department by 12 female officers over the age of 40 who were moved from patrol to desk duty after failing the physical fitness test. The suit will now move to federal court and Colorado Springs police chief Pete Carey hopes to to able to resume evaluating officer physical fitness next year. In the interim the 12 officers party to the suit will be moved back to patrol.
US Supreme Court to Weigh Total Pre-Trial Asset Freezes
This week the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Luis v. United States in which the United States Department of "Justice" is arguing it may seize all of a defendant's assets including those with no possible "criminal taint" before a case goes to trial (archived). The Department of "Justice" is arguing that it may seize any property which could later be used to satisfy a judgement even though doing so completely obliterates the defendant's ability to mount a credible defense. The Department of "Justice" tried to use this argument against foreign national Kim Dotcom, and it was rejected by the local courts in New Zealand who recognized that actual justice and fair trials depend on the defendant having an opportunity to challenge the prosecution's allegations.
Yik Yak Use Leads To Arrest
A teenager studying computer engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla was reportedly arrested at his residence hall and rendered under the cover of darkness to the Boone County Jail in Columbia, Missouri. The teenage student is alleged to have posted text to the so called anonymous local message board app "Yik Yak" which the police are alleging was a "criminal terroristic threat" (archived). In a blog post today operators of the "Yik Yak" platform confirmed that they cooperate with law enforcement agencies and share information. It appears the civil unrest in Columbia, Missouri and at the Mizzou campus is continuing to escalate in spite of Monday's resignation of President Tim Wolfe. Numerous examples of conflict between students and faculty trying to continue the academic business of the university are emerging in local media, including that of professor of nutrition Dr. Dale Brigham whose attempt to resign his position after student uproar over his decision to dare holding class and an exam on Wednesday is not being recognized by the University (archived). Continue reading
Preet Ups the Charges for Coin.mx Operators
Preet Bharara's office announced another round of charges for the operators of Coin.mx with the latest charges relating to a hack of JP Morgan and others (archived).
Wolfe Resigns At Mizzou Surrendering To Pressure
Tim Wolfe, president of the University of Missouri System, tendered his resignation at an emergency board of curators meeting. The football team is anticipated to resume organized team activities and compete in a game against Brigham Young University on Saturday.
Mizzou and Yale Experience Acute Unrest
Two major American Universities have been thrust into a state of unrest due to activism in the name of "social justice" and "diversity" late this fall semester. Yale University's crisis was triggered by duelling emails concerning Halloween costumes, while trouble at the University of Missouri began with a isolated incidents of drunks using racial slurs and has escalated into a series of boycotts hindering campus services. Continue reading
Man Convicted as Serial Killer Over Circumstantial Evidence
Charles Severance was convicted of three murders involving prominent Alexandria, Virginia residents which occurred over more than a decade in spite of the entirely circumstantial nature of the evidence against him and the existence of credible alternative suspects (archived, archived). The first murder to occur for which Severance has been convicted was that of Nancy Dunning, a real estate agent and wife of James Dunning, a former Alexandria sheriff. Her husband the former sheriff was a suspect for a long time though he was never charged in a crime.
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