LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors say the man suspected of buying high-powered rifles used in the San Bernardino terrorist attack had ties to a group of California jihadists. The revelation in a court filing Tuesday says Enrique Marquez Jr. was associated with a group arrested as they tried to fly to Afghanistan to join… via…

Last week Lewis Lukens was deposed as part of the discovery granted to Judicial Watch by U.S. District Court Judge Emmet G. Sullivan in response to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s unsecured, non-government email system. Within the deposition Lukens describes the layout of Clinton’s 7th floor […]…

Orange really IS the new black. A Rasmussen Poll released today shows 50% of the electorate believe Hillary Clinton should continue running for President even if she is under federal indictment. Perhaps even more stunning is that 71% of Democrats think she should keep running if charged with a felony. (Rasmussen) Most continue to believe […]…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors want the former head of the nation’s largest public pension fund sent to prison for four years after he acknowledged accepting more than $200,000 in bribes and trying to steer investments to help an associate. A judge on Tuesday in San Francisco was expected to sentence Federico Buenrostro, former… via…

LONDON (AP) — Renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking may have a good grasp of the workings of the universe, but he says he can’t understand Donald Trump’s popularity. Hawking tells ITV’s “Good Morning Britain” show Tuesday that he has no explanation for the success of the presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee. “He is a demagogue… via…

There was a post up briefly at HuffPo over the weekend claiming that the FBI was ready to seek an indictment of Hillary Clinton. HuffPo has taken down the article by freelance contributor Frank Huguenard with no explanation. Breitbart (a codefendant of mine in bogus lawsuits, including one that claimed we were a RICO enterprise)…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Edward Snowden performed a “public service” in stoking a national debate about secret domestic surveillance programs, but he should still return to the U.S. to stand trial, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a podcast released on Monday. As a National Security Agency contractor, Snowden leaked classified details in 2013… via…

You can’t make this stuff up.  Well, you could – but it wouldn’t be believable. Vinnie Taylor admitted to fraud and being responsible for the 2014 death of one of his clients. via Man Pleads Guilty To Giving Deadly Butt Injections Using Silicone, Super Glue and Cotton Balls — WCHB-AM: NewsTalk 1200

“I looked down at my now sleeping Mom. She was laying there naked faced, no lipstick, her thinning hair completely flattened and messy, and wrapped in a flimsy, faded hospital gown. And, I thought she had never looked more beautiful in her entire life.” via Lessons From The Elderly — Discover

Eric at smokedfishhoney shares a monochrome shot of a decayed US mailbox. via U.S. Mail — Discover