Sunday, June 3, 2012

Serpent-handling preacher dies after being bitten by snake� - NY Daily News

Serpent-handling preacher dies after being bitten by snake� - NY Daily News: Wolford was profiled in the Post last year for his unconventional ways of testing faith. He believed that the Bible says Christians must handle serpents to test their faith in God.

“Anybody can do it that believes it,” he told the Post last year. “Jesus said, ‘These signs shall follow them which believe.’ This is a sign to show people that God has the power.”

And if you stop believing for one second god gets you 

‘Zombie apocalypse’: Horror movie genre becomes twisted, real-life news headlines - NY Daily News

‘Zombie apocalypse’: Horror movie genre becomes twisted, real-life news headlines - NY Daily News

Sunday, May 20, 2012

How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing 'Terrorists' - and Letting Bad Guys Off the Hook | Rick Perlstein | Politics News | Rolling Stone

How FBI Entrapment Is Inventing 'Terrorists' - and Letting Bad Guys Off the Hook | Rick Perlstein | Politics News | Rolling Stone: The guy who convinced the plotters to blow up a big bridge, led them to the arms merchant, and drove the team to the bomb site was an FBI informant. The merchant was an FBI agent. The bomb, of course, was a dud. And the arrest was part of a pattern of entrapment by federal law enforcement since September 11, 2001, not of terrorist suspects, but of young men federal agents have had to talk into embracing violence in the first place. One of the Cleveland arrestees, Connor Stevens, complained to his sister of feeling "very pressured" by the guy who turned out to be an informant and was recorded in 2011 rejecting property destruction: "We're in it for the long haul and those kind of tactics just don't cut it," he said. "And it's actually harder to be non-violent than it is to do stuff like that." Though when Cleveland's NEWS Channel 5 broadcast that footage, they headlined it "Accused Bomb Plot Suspect Caught on Camera Talking Violence."

Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban

Congressmen Seek To Lift Propaganda Ban

Arrested Protester Charges Mistreatment After Police Raid Apartment � CBS Chicago

Arrested Protester Charges Mistreatment After Police Raid Apartment � CBS Chicago: Kris Hermes, of the National Lawyers Guild said: “There is absolutely no evidence of molotov cocktails or any other criminal activity going on at this building.”

A tenant who agreed to host the out-of-town protesters says the police did seize his home-brew making equipment, including buckets, beer bottles and caps.

“If anybody would like some, I would like to offer them a sip of my beer,” said William Vassilakis.

2 more activists charged related to NATO summit - Yahoo! News

2 more activists charged related to NATO summit - Yahoo! News: The Cook County State's Attorney's office charged Senakiewicz, 24, of Chicago, with falsely making a terrorist threat. Mark Neiweem, 28, of Chicago, is charged with attempted possession of explosives or incendiary devices. Both men were arrested Thursday.