By Michael Krieger: You gotta love America. In the same week that the entire world witnessed how U.S. polices forces have been transformed into paramilitary organizations, a woman is arrested in a South Carolina supermarket for cursing in front of her children.
Yep, this is not a joke. Apparently, under North Augusta law “disorderly conduct” includes if a person “utters, while in a state of anger, in the presence of another, any bawdy, lewd or obscene words or epithets.” Sounds like one of those ridiculous laws that remains on the books but isn’t really ever enforced. Except in North Augusta, where apparently police have nothing better to do.
The Huffington Post reports that:
Mom Danielle Wolf was grocery shopping at a Kroger store in North Augusta, South Carolina when she was arrested for disorderly conduct after cursing in the presence of her two daughters, WJBF News Channel 6 reports.
According to the incident report from the North Augusta Department Of Public Safety, Wolf yelled at her children, told them to “stop squishing the fucking bread,” and used “similar phrases multiple times.” Another woman at the store then approached the mother and asked her to stop using that language with her children.
Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert note that as the Empire collapses, they’ve killed all the boogeymen and yet blood for oil has not helped create escape velocity. They also discuss what the return of humpback whales and great white sharks to the waters off Manhattan can tell us about the end of a monoculture in fiat currencies where the dollar has reigned supreme.
By Clint Carpentier: I’m gonna keep this short. One of my neighbors is an older guy, a widower. He’s been in and out of the hospital for the better part of a decade. A couple of years ago, his wife died of lung cancer. He’s a good guy, keeps to himself, happy to chat in the driveway if both parties have the time; his son lives in a trailer across the park, divorced with shared custody.
Being an older guy, with aches and pains, it was only a matter of time, and I’ve been steeling myself for the news since he told me his wife had passed. Men typically don’t live much more than a few years after the death of their spouse, and his body was already giving up the ghost. Well, I don’t think the time has come just yet, but we’ve certainly just had a scare.
PeoplePowerTelevision: The longstanding relationship between Wall Street and the White House has often been described as a "revolving door," with both camps benefiting from the connection. All the Presidents' Bankers: The Hidden Alliances that Drive American Power offers an inside look at the political and economic web spun between these two giants.
6oodfella: Oooh, a trendy hashtag game. Can I play?
The enforced mercantilism to substitute community gratitude is having an adverse consequence on our psyche. Morris
Stefan Molyneux responds to comments made by Thunderf00t in response to the recent "Defending Adam Carolla: The Young Turks Rebutted!" video involving Ana Kasparian.
DoctorRandomercam: Come at me, feminists. Blow a clarinet at me and I will blow a fuckin bassoon.
"Israel warned a civilian population to leave their houses and take shelter somewhere else, that somewhere else was a school of the United Nations, the very United Nations which brought the so-called State of Israel into existence, the very united nations where Israel still has a seat as a member state, the very United Nations that has passed hundreds of condemnatory resolutions, some of them mandatory chapter 7 security council resolutions, which have all been completely ignored. Moreover, this is the fourth United Nations Building that Israel has bombed and destroyed in the last two weeks!" George Galloway MP
Paul Elam: Robin Williams was one of the greatest entertainment artists of modern times. A brilliant comic and Oscar winning actor, he had a multi-generational impact on a society that fell in love with his work. By accounts of those close to him, he was a loyal friend, a generous and often troubled soul. His life ended tragically at the age of 63, when he hanged himself alone in a bedroom in his California home. Lame-stream media coverage of the event has been expectedly shallow and sensational, leaving many more questions than answers for those who actually want to know what took the great entertainer down, and ultimately took him out.
By Michael Krieger: President 'Kill List' Obama has once again proved his irrelevance and uselessness by failing to say anything meaningful on the disturbing events of the past week. In fact, he only decided to address it personally and publicly yesterday after being heavily criticized for issuing a press release about the party he attended in Martha’s Vineyard as civilians in Missouri clashed with a paramilitary police force.
Despite Obama’s complete apathy, there are some Congressmen forcefully speaking out against the trend from “both sides” of the increasingly meaningless Republican and Democrat divide. The most noteworthy thus far appears to be Democrat Rep. Hank Johnson of Georgia’s 4th Congressional district. In fact, he has sent a Dear Colleague letter to fellow representatives of his intention to introduce the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act in September when Congress returns from recess.
The Hill reports that:
A Democratic congressman from Georgia is drafting legislation to limit a Pentagon program that provides surplus military equipment to local law enforcement.
Rep. Hank Johnson is pushing the legislation amid the situation in Ferguson, Mo., where an armed police presence has taken to the streets after mass protests over a police shooting.
“Our main streets should be a place for business, families, and relaxation, not tanks and M16s,”
