Rookie Cop Reportedly Berated, Called ‘A Rat’ For Arresting Off-Duty Officer

  (David Schepp)   Toronto police officer Andrew Vanderburgh felt he was doing the right thing more than two years ago when he arrested an off-duty fellow officer for drunk driving. But after the Nov. 28, 2009 arrest, Vanderburgh was “harassed and berated” by fellow officers for seemingly violating an unwritten code among officers to remain [...]

Six army battalions called up under Israeli emergency orders

ShareThis Six army battalions called up under Israeli emergency orders –Knesset approves IDF request to call up a further 16 battalions if needed 02 May 2012 The IDF has issued emergency call up orders to six reserve battalions in light of ‘new dangers’ on the Egyptian and Syrian borders. And the Knesset has given the [...]

Meridor: Iran never called to wipe out Israel

ShareThis Meridor: Iran never called to wipe out Israel –Deputy PM admits Ahmadinejad was misquoted, never said Israel must be wiped off the map 17 Apr 2012 Minister of Intelligence and Atomic Energy Dan Meridor told Al Jazeera that Iran never vowed to “wipe Israel off the map,” as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly [...]

NYPD Surveillance of Students Called ‘Disgusting’

ShareThis NYPD Surveillance of Students Called ‘Disgusting’ 25 Feb 2012 At Columbia University and elsewhere, the fear among students that the New York Police Department might secretly be infiltrating their lives has spread beyond the Muslim student population to others who find the reported tactics “disgusting,” as one teenager put it. The NYPD surveillance of [...]

Storm Activity on Sun Heats Up in Area Called ‘Benevolent Monster’ by Scientists

Associated Press November 3, 2011 WASHINGTON — After years of quiet, the sun is coming alive with solar storms in a big way. The sun shot off a flare Thursday afternoon from a region that scientists are calling a “benevolent monster.” Scientists at the federal Space Weather Prediction Center say that area is the most [...]