Society and Liberty

Couple of federal government political leaders, also including Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, been apprehended at a demonstration in opposition to Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline development inside Burnaby, B.C. May as well as NDP Kennedy Stewart, participated in protests Friday, opposing building and construction for the government authorized Trans Mountain Pipeline extension. May, the MP for Saanich – Gulf Islands, stood up together with protesters by the entrance of a Kinder Morgan work site. She was actually arrested about midday but quickly discharged within a 1/2 hour. She stated, she’s has been arrested for civil contempt regarding, obstructing the roadway. This is definitely not a criminal infraction. ” I have never before put my signature on a line that said ‘signature of accused,’ but my rights have been read to me and I will return to court on June 14,” she informed press reporters soon after the release. May pointed out she is without a doubt free so as...

SOURCE:  MOTHERBOARD Craigslist announced early Friday morning that it would no longer host personal ads of any kind, in response to a bill that’s meant to curb sex trafficking—but will harm consenting sex workers, instead, according to groups like the ACLU and the Center for Democracy and Technology. Wednesday, the senate voted overwhelmingly to pass a bill mashup of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA) and the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA). The bill will make websites like Craigslist, as well as social networks like Facebook and Twitter, more liable for what their users say and do on their platforms. Two days after the vote to pass it, we’re already seeing the repercussions. The classifieds site’s been in operation since 1995, with personals ads—including “casual encounters,” “misc romance,” “strictly platonic,” and various “seeking” sections—as a central part of the forums. When you click on any of these sections today, you’ll see a state...

Donald Trump maintains his intention to prohibit most transgenders from serving in the Army .  The president signed on Friday a memorandum, veto, which has been frozen in the courts since last December, but refers to a new policy recommended by the Pentagon that also represents a serious blow to the weakest link in the country, the LGTB community.  The Department of Defense states that people who are going through a transition process, and therefore need relevant medical treatment, including surgery, “are disqualified for military service except certain limited circumstances.” The US is preparing to end a serious setback both  for transgenders who wish to join and for those already in the Army  , who remain in limbo (about 13,000, according to the most recurrent estimates, less than 1% of the total). The Administration of Barack Obama announced in June 2016 that the transgender military could serve openly – creating a program to carry out and p...

President Donald Trump declares that he executed a $1.3 trillion spending Budget Bill and “in the nick of time”, preventing a “federal government closure”, this decision came just hrs after claiming he was thinking about a veto. Donald Trump has been noticeably rattled, considering that the package deal does not feature any type of safeguards with regard to “Dreamers” migrants, and also does not offer sufficient funds for the Mexican border wall structure that he so wanted and promised. “We ended up asking for 74 miles worth of wall, we get 110. Not exactly what we wanted where we wanted,” said budget director Mick Mulvaney Thursday. “But generally speaking, we think this is a really, really good immigration package,” he said. Yet, President Trump is injecting serious bucks right into armed forces spending, which this guy made sure was incorporated within the bill. President Trump pointed out that “my highest duty is to keep America safe” and also that  they authorized this ...

A former Playboy model said sorry to Melania Trump with regard to a 10-month affair she kept with COMMANDER IN CHIEF Donald Trump, he offered her cash, right after the two made love. In the course of a press conference with CNN’s Anderson Cooper that broadcast Thursday evening, Karen McDougal claimed Trump attempted to pay her immediately after their initial sex-related rendezvous in a cottage in the Beverly Hills Hotels and Resort during 2006. ” Well, after we had been intimate, he, he tried to pay me. And I actually didn’t know how to take that,” she said. “But I looked at him and I said, ‘That’s not me. I’m not that kind of girl.”‘. She cried en route going home, but really did not think she will ever see Trump again, however, not long after, she consented to continue additional rendezvous with him when he called her, she claimed. McDougal consistently detailed Trump as being “very charming” as well as “sweet.”. McDougal pointed out she carried on this romantic relationship w...

SOURCE:  MATT AGORIST @ FREE THOUGHT PROJECT New York, NY — Currently, within the city of New York, it is against the law to smoke a cigarette on mass transit, in public restrooms and restaurants, businesses, libraries, sports arenas and gyms, zoos, bars, and parks, and a myriad of other places. These smoking bans are upheld by police who enforce them and they can and will use extreme force to make sure you comply. Now, however, lawmakers want to have police go after people who dare to smoke and walk at the same time. On Thursday, a Queens Democrat proposed legislation to the New York City Council to ban smoking while walking. Seriously. “In a perfect world, every smoker would have the self-awareness to realize that smoking and walking down a crowded sidewalk subjects everyone behind you to breathing in the fumes,” City Councilman Peter Koo said in a statement. “Unfortunately, we’ve all had the experience of getting stuck behind a smoker while walking ...

An armed male took captives inside a grocery store within southern France Friday, murdering 2 and also wounding 12 others, authorities explained, shooting earlier on policeman. A representative with state authorities service pointed out that “the attacker was still in the supermarket but it was unclear if there were people inside with him.” PM Edouard Philippe stated all details indicated that this “seems to be a terrorist act.” France has actually gone on elevated alert,  given the past Islamic fanatic assaults throughout 2015 as well as 2016 which murdered over 200 individuals. The assailant initially let loose 6 shots on policeman who have been on their way back from working out close, to the urban area of Carcassonne on Friday early morning, pointed out Yves Lefebvre, executive secretary general for SGP Police-FO police forces union. One law enforcement officer got a shoulder wound, however this “was never serious”, Lefebvre explained. The suspect at that point headed ...