Dubbed “unstable” by the people who know him, Brian Wood, one of the two officers involved in the November 1st, 2015 death of rancher Jack Yantis, is on the loose, and the police themselves have issued a warning about approaching him.  Wood has had problems with excessive force in the past, which led to a lawsuit over his manhandling of a 78-year old man.  I have a unique policy proposal: refuse to hire cops that have been fired for excessive force, or who have a history of roughing up the elderly.  It Wood had been barred from employment with law enforcement, Yantis might still be alive.  LibertyFight and CopBlock have been thoroughly covering this story.

Blue privilege does have its limits, it seems.  Postal worker Glenn Grays was almost hit by an unmarked car full of plainclothes cops that was driving recklessly through NYC.  He yelled at the car, which apparently angered the sensitive cops in the careening car, and they turned around and arrested him.  “Stop resisting” is heard on the video, a phrase that is not infrequently followed by an unprovoked police beat-down.  They toss him in their unmarked paddy wagon and immediately rear-end another car as they drive away.  Geniuses, these. CBS

Military.  Rev. Christopher John Antal, having become disgusted with the needless death of drone strikes, as well as Obama’s dangerous nuclear weapon policy, has submitted his resignation from the army.  Let’s hope more follow in his footsteps.

The Senate has begun debates over the reauthorization of NSA spying programs. And we all know what the outcome will be, once these “debates” have concluded.

A record 40.8 million people have been displaced by war. 8.6 million in 2015 alone, have of which is due to Middle Eastern conflicts.

The FBI has a massive, secret biometric database it’s been building for the past 8 years, and doesn’t want the surveillance party ruined by privacy laws

What’s more immoral: smoking marijuana, or jailing someone for smoking marijuana? I can’t believe Drug Warriors have the gall to claim the moral high ground.

Historic lawsuit challenges Facebook’s biometric collection bonanza

Overreacting to Putin is a lucrative business for U.S. Army.  They’ve got to justify all that spending on war goodies somehow.

Arakansas cops steal $20k from innocent man because only the guilty run around with $20k in cash.  Ah, the logic of Drug War minions.

Blue privilege quickly goes to the head apparently: Cop calls innocent men “shitheads”, snatches phone once he realizes he’s being recorded.  Classy

There’s nothing progressive about Austin giving Uber the boot.  What’s so horrible about allowing the citizens of Austin to directly vote on the matter with their own money?

Ten Ways Israel is Just Like Saudi Arabia

The laws of chemistry conspire against delicious coffee. Freeze yer beans.

This missile base is located in Romania, but a second will go live in Poland in 2018.  By encircling Russia with these missile bases, US is deliberately provoking a reaction.  If Russia does strike, or some small incident is blown out of proportion and a series of retaliations occur, let it be known that the fault will lie with the US, not Russia, for inciting the most easily-avoidable major war in modern times. Reuters

Forbes.  Gifting the leftovers of the Warfare State to the minions of the Prohibition State.  The solution is the end the War on Drugs, which provides the excuse the rampant militarization of local cops.

They do it, and will continue to do it, because there are no consequences.  Cop Block

Federal judge in Florida is weighing whether to release those as well. Daily Beast

From The Guardian: “A former Republican member of the 9/11 commission, breaking dramatically with the commission’s leaders, said Wednesday he believes there was clear evidence that Saudi government employees were part of a support network for the 9/11 hijackers and that the Obama administration should move quickly to declassify a long-secret congressional report on Saudi ties to the 2001 terrorist attack.

The comments by John F Lehman, an investment banker in New York who was Navy secretary in the Reagan administration, signal the first serious public split among the 10 commissioners since they issued a 2004 final report that was largely read as an exoneration of Saudi Arabia, which was home to 15 of the 19 hijackers on 9/11.

“There was an awful lot of participation by Saudi individuals in supporting the hijackers, and some of those people worked in the Saudi government,” Lehman said in an interview, suggesting that the commission may have made a mistake by not stating that explicitly in its final report. “Our report should never have been read as an exoneration of Saudi Arabia.”

What, again, was this entire War on Terror about, if our government protects the one foreign power known to have been involved in 9/11?  Perpetual war is the health of the State.

US spent $750 million on education in Afghanistan and is unsure if it even made a difference

Military Labs Are Too Careless With Deadly Diseases: Report

CDC also mishandling bioterror germs

America’s Unregulated Shampooer Menace

Pentagon Prepares for War in Space

Seven Ways School Has Imprisoned Your Mind

The irony behind Obama’s fear of artificial intelligence

No, You Don’t Have an Obligation to Vote

How Austin, TX, drove out Uber and Lyft

Why Brexit Would Be a Boon to Donald Trump

Society Is Messing With Your Sleep