Heidi Peterson could not believe what was in her Detroit home when she returned after being away for a year.
A woman named Missionary-Tracey Elaine Blair was living there.
Blair refuses to leave the home, and Peterson doesn’t have the means go elsewhere.
In a bizarre twist involving legal issues, both women are living in the same house: owner and alleged squatter.
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has created an anti-smuggling possee to target drug and human smuggling because the federal government has failed to protect the border.
The newly-formed posse will be armed and scattered throughout western Pinal County, where trafficking has been known to take place.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said the posse will work with the county’s SWAT team in the desert to fight against Mexican drug cartels.
Read more at KTAR
Happy 237th anniversary to the United States Navy. Activated October 13, 1775.
Univision reveals additional operations aside Eric Holder’s failed Fast and Furious.
Guest Editorial
BY ELENA LOPEZ | OCTOBER 10, 2012
Here Are Five Things You Didn’t Know About Operation Fast and Furious
The Spanish-language Univision News aired a “bombshell” hour-long report on their investigation into Operation Fast and Furious, revealing brand new evidence of international weapons smuggling by the U.S. government.
Univision News took on the job that the mainstream media in the U.S. has failed to do thus far.
They also displayed extremely disturbing images of the bloody carnage that occurred as a result of the misguided program.
Here are some things you didn’t know about Operation Fast and Furious and other gun-walking operations.
Read more at Sonoran News
By JAMES DAO
Published: October 7, 2012
With nearly half of all suicides in the military having been committed with privately owned firearms, the Pentagon and Congress are moving to establish policies intended to separate at-risk service members from their personal weapons.
The issue is a thorny one for the Pentagon. Gun rights advocates and many service members fiercely oppose any policies that could be construed as limiting the private ownership of firearms.
But as suicides continue to rise this year, senior Defense Department officials are developing a suicide prevention campaign that will encourage friends and families of potentially suicidal service members to safely store or voluntarily remove personal firearms from their homes.
Read more a New York Times
The Government Accountability Institute released a blockbuster study today on the issue of foreign donations in American politics, and in particular, the Obama campaign. The study determined three key findings:
1. The absence of the industry-standard CVV and unknown use of AVS anti-fraud security for online credit card donations.
2. The presence of a branded, major third-party owned website (Obama.com) redirects its 68% foreign traffic to a campaign donation page.
3. Active foreign solicitation using indiscriminate email solicitations and exposure to social media.
The branded site, Obama.com, was created in Shanghai, China, by an Obama bundler, but its present registration information is hidden.
If this story seems like a re-run, that’s because the Obama campaign also disabled the credit card verification system for online donations four years ago.
The deadline to register to vote in the November 6 election is tomorrow. To ensure your eligibility to vote, you should go to the County Recorders office at 110 East Cherry Avenue in Flagstaff. Call (928) 779-6585 for more information.
Visit by FBI prompted by photographer taking pictures near a refinery.
A man who snapped photos of a brewing storm last month received a visit Friday from an FBI Agent, inquiring why he would want to take such photos.
Michael Galindo explained that he was simply volunteering for the National Weather Service.
And FBI Agent David Pileggi seemed to be satisfied with that response.
But Galindo was left wondering whether he now has a permanent FBI file.
“He told me, ‘you’re not a threat and you are doing a public service but just be careful next time,’” Galindo said in a telephone interview with Photography is Not a Crime.
Read more at Pixiq
WILLIAMS—The Williams Cub Scout Pack 140 will hold its first annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Monday, October 8 at the Williams United Methodist Church on 2nd Street and Sherman.
Funds from the dinner will be used for awards, program items and sending the boys to Boy Scout camp.
Salad and garlic bread and a dutch-oven cooked desert are part of the fare. Coffee, tea and punch will be available. The cost is a free will donation to the event.
Event organizers ask that you approach the church using 2nd street.
WASHINGTON D.C.—California representative Laura Richardson has submitted H.R. 6566—the Mass Fatality Planning and Religious Considerations Act—to prepare for mass deaths in the US including manmade and terrorist attacks. Ms. Richardson states that the act is pursuant to the powers of Congress under Article I, Section 8, Clauses 11 and 182 of the United States Constitution.
Govtrack.us estimates a 1% chance of passage of the legislation. The bill has no cosponsors.
According to the legislation, the government finds:
(1) Emergency preparedness often plans for how to prepare and provide for survivors of a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster, but fails to plan for how to prepare for and respond to mass fatalities that result from such an incident.
(2) Funeral homes, cemeteries, and mortuaries could be overwhelmed should mass fatalities arise from a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster.
(3) Different religions have different customs surrounding death; for example, the Jewish and Muslim religions call for burial of the deceased not later than 48 hours after death.
The act would amend Section 504 of the Homeland Security Act (6 U.S.C. 314) by adding:
`(c) Preparedness for Mass Fatalities- In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall provide guidance to and coordinate with appropriate individuals, including representatives from different communities, private sector businesses, non-profit organizations, and religious organizations, to prepare for and respond to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster that results in mass fatalities.’.
Section 314 of Title 6 deals with the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA. The Administrator refers to the administrator of FEMA.
Many web sites across the Internet are linking this legislation with the high volume purchase of ammunition by government agencies.
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