Monday, February 16, 2015

ISIS Killed a Jordanian

The Islamic State put a captured Jordanian pilot in a metal cage, poured gasoline all over him, set him on fire and filmed it. They then released the video to the world, showing how bad they were. What they DIDN’T think of was what little, poor, broke Jordan would think about it. Jordan’s king is totally pissed about it. He’s declared war on ISIS and says that they will fight until the last round has been sent downrange. ISIS MIGHT want to be concerned that burning the pilot alive was a very bad idea. You see, King Abdulla II is also a military pilot who today led an attack on ISIS:

Oh, he also rides a Harley Davidson:

His queen is totally hot (I forgot to mention, she’s Palestinian):

AND he was trained at Sandhurst, the esteemed British Royal Military Academy. He is specifically qualified in special warfare and has ensured that Jordan has the best equipped and most highly trained special warfare troops in the region AND he is a qualified jumpmaster:

What the King is, is a total warrior, a stud and he leads from the front:

Gee, I wish WE had a leader like that…

Friday, February 13, 2015

FWC Law Enforcement Weekly Report 02/06 - 02/12/2015

[VIDEO] Body Cam Captures Suspect Trying to Shoot Officer, Fortunately He Forgot the Safety!

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[VIDEO] Body Cam Captures Suspect Trying to Shoot Officer, Fortunately He Forgot the Safety

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 12:20 AM PST

An Evansville, Indiana Police Officer is fortunate that a suspect he was chasing didn’t seem to be too familiar with his firearm. The incident began during a traffic stop. After officers removed one of the occupants of the vehicle, he took off running.

If You’re Having a Tough Day, Watch This AWESOME Video! My Stomach Hurts From Laughing So Hard!

32 accused in gold for cash scheme to launder Chapo's drug profits Financial Officer of Los Zetas Captured in Nuevo Laredo...

Borderland Beat

32 accused in gold for cash scheme to launder Chapo's drug profits

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:30 PM PST

Lucio, republished from ICE and DOJ agencies

32 defendants face federal or state charges in Illinois alleging laundering more than $100 million in drug proceeds through cash-for-gold scheme

The full 313 page indictment on second age of this post

CHICAGO — Thirty-one defendants face federal money laundering charges for their roles in a conspiracy that allegedly laundered more than $100 million in drug proceeds for the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel in a cash-for-gold scheme; one other defendant faces state money laundering charges in DuPage County, Illinois.

The federal charges, contained in a criminal complaint, stem from a multi-year money laundering and drug trafficking investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division; and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), together with other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.

Agents this week seized 12 firearms while arresting 12 of the federal defendants. Ten of those defendants were arrested in the Chicago area; two were arrested in Kentucky and Georgia. Four federal defendants, including two of the alleged conspiracy leaders, were already in state or federal custody. Fifteen defendants are fugitives, and several may be in Mexico. Agents also arrested the defendant facing state charges.

Prior to this week’s arrests, in the course of the 3 ½-year investigation, agents seized more than $2.8 million in U.S. currency, 28 firearms, 42 kilograms of cocaine (92 pounds), more than two tons of marijuana, as well as large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine.

Thirty-one defendants were charged with conspiring to launder narcotics proceeds for the Sinaloa Cartel in a 311-page criminal complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court and unsealed Tuesday. The federal defendants arrested Feb. 10 in the Chicago area appeared Tuesday before Magistrate Judge Daniel Martin in U.S. District Court; eight remain in federal custody pending detention hearings scheduled for later this week.

Alleged conspiracy leaders Diego Pineda-Sanchez, 30, and Carlos Parra-Pedroza, 31, were arrested on related money laundering charges in September 2014 while visiting the United States from their native Guadalajara, Mexico. A federal grand jury charged both men by indictment in December 2014 with multiple counts of money laundering based on four of the 49 separate instances of money laundering noted in the complaint filed Monday. That case is currently before Judge Harry D. Leinenweber in U.S. District Court.

These charges were announced by U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon, Northern District of Illinois; with Gary Hartwig, special agent in charge of HSI Chicago; James C. Lee, special agent in charge of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division; and Carl J. Vasilko, special agent in charge of ATF in Chicago. The following agencies also provided significant assistance in this investigation: Drug Enforcement Administration; Cook County Sheriff’s Office; DuPage County Sheriff’s Office; Chicago Police Department; Buffalo Grove Police Department; the Joliet Metropolitan Area Narcotics Squad, and the U.S. Marshals Service. This investigation was conducted under the umbrella of the U.S. Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF).

“The drug trade is driven by money earned at the expense of countless devastated lives and ravaged communities,” said U.S. Attorney Zachary T. Fardon. “These charges reflect the tireless work of federal, state and local authorities to stop not only those individuals who make that destructive business possible, but profitable.”

“Chicago is a hub for narcotics money laundering, with dirty money changing hands all too often in public parking lots throughout the city and suburbs,” said Hartwig. “Criminals are turning to sophisticated trade-based schemes to launder their money and cover their tracks. But these arrests should serve as a stern warning to those doing business with drug traffickers — you will ultimately pay the price.”

Lee added, “IRS Criminal Investigation is committed to fighting the war on drugs. IRS CI brings, and will continue to bring, its financial expertise to disrupt and dismantle the Sinaloa Cartel’s drug trafficking organization.”

The complaint alleges that Pineda-Sanchez, Parra-Pedroza, and 29 associates laundered more than $100 million in drug proceeds since 2011 for the Sinaloa Cartel. The defendants’ money laundering activities on behalf of the Sinaloa Cartel spanned throughout the Unites States, including; Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Georgia, California, Texas and North Carolina. Pineda-Sanchez and Parra-Pedroza are high-ranking Mexico-based money brokers who allegedly used a network of individuals in Chicago, Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles to launder illicit drug proceeds through a gold-based scheme.

According to the complaint, Pineda-Sanchez, Parra-Pedroza and others routinely directed U.S.-based members of their organization to collect narcotics proceeds, then use this money to purchase scrap and fine gold from local businesses, and ship that gold to refineries based in Florida and California. The refineries in turn transmitted the cash value of the gold to Parra-Pedroza and other co-conspirators in Mexico.

As part of the undercover law enforcement operation, HSI Chicago collected more than $4.5 million in drug proceeds from 38 different money couriers on 49 occasions between June 2013 and August 2014.

The complaint details several instances in which Parra-Pedroza warned a confidential informant, who was working with law enforcement, of the dangers of losing drug money entrusted to the organization. In one such instance, Parra-Pedroza told the informant about unidentified Mexican associates who had coerced a man to accept responsibility for losing their drugs or money by “cut[ting] his fingers off.”

The money laundering complaint charges Pineda-Sanchez, Parra-Pedroza, and the following co-defendants with one count each of conspiring to commit money laundering:

Jose Abel Mendoza-Parra, 22, Maria Loera-Alvarado, 36, Alma Lorena Ortiz de Rosas Vera, 38, Luis Armando Acosta-Vizcarra, 43, and Teodocio Caro, 54, of Mexico;

Juan Carlos Nunez-Galvez, Gabriel Salcedo, 53, Jose Hernandez-Ochoa, 28, and Jose Sanantonio, 28, of Berwyn, Illinois;

Mario Herrera, Pedro Saucedo-Palominos, 42, Casmiro Isias-Padilla, 37, Efren Mota, 48, Tomas Salgado-Reyna, 30, Federico Barrera-Perez, 45, Omar Lopez-Cabrera, 32, and Joel Estrada, 27, of Chicago;

· Luis Reyna-Tellez, 19, and Hector Chavez-Cuevas, 36, of Cicero, Illinois;
· Ernesto Ruiz-Ramirez, 25, of Joliet, Illinois;
· Valentin Rodriguez, 37, of Markham, Illinois;
· Harranah Samori, 42, of Matteson, Illinois;
· Oscar Acosta, 36, Melrose Park, Illinois;
· Emmanuel Diaz, 28, of Naperville, Illinois; Anthony Leiva, 53;
· Alfonso Nevarez, 40, of Northlake, Illinois;
· Felix Lemus-Guevara, 29, of Georgia;
· Virgil Durbin, 47, of Kentucky;
· Pedro Urquiza-Osorio, 53, of Texas; and
· Oscar Montes-Lamas (deceased).

Jaime Cabadas-Barajas, 30, of Chicago, faces one count of state money laundering charges in DuPage County.

If convicted, the defendants charged with federal money laundering face a maximum of 20 years’ imprisonment and a $500,000 fine or twice the gross gain or loss resulting from the charged offense.

The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Peter M. Flanagan and Ryan P. Fayhee, and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Minnie D. Yuen.

The public is reminded that complaints contain charges and are not evidence of guilt. The defendants are presumed innocent and are entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

SInaloa Cartel Gold for Cash Money Laundering Scheme 32 defendants-Chivis Martinez

Financial Officer of Los Zetas Captured in Nuevo Laredo

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 02:11 PM PST

Translated for Borderland Beat from a Proceso article by Otis B Fly-Wheel

Federal Forces detained Humberto Dominguez Lara, presumed financial operator for the Cartel of Los Zetas in the states of Nuevo Leon, Zacatecas, Tamaulipas and Coahuila.

The detention happened this Tuesday past in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas in an operation in which elements of the Army, the PGR, and the Federal Police participated.

In a communication, the Federal Governments Security Cabinet said that Dominquez Lara paid members of his criminal group and acted as responsible for the management of economics, resources, and proceeds of illicit activities.

In addition to the arrest of Dominguez Lara, his aide Daniel Lopez Lozano was arrested, and in both cases it was not necessary for the forces to discharge their weapons, according to a statement.

During his detention the forces secured, 20 kilos of Marijuana, two pistols, a fragmentation grenade, $174,000, and a vehicle.

The detained and the secured objects were put at the disposition of SEIDO of the PGR.

Original article in Spanish at Proceso

Son of Osiel Cardenas pleads guilty in Texas Federal Court

Posted: 12 Feb 2015 06:24 PM PST

Lucio republished from My San Antonio

BROWNSVILLE — The son of infamous Mexican drug lord Osiel Cardenas pleaded guilty Wednesday to attempting to slip military-grade ammunition past U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Brownsville and into Matamoros, Mexico.

Osiel Cardenas Jr., 23, also known as “Mini Osiel,” pleaded guilty in federal court to trying to export on December 31, 2014, several hundred rounds of of rifle bullets to Mexico in a black 2015 Cadillac Escalade, including 290 rounds of 9mm ammunition and 161 rounds of .223mm ammunition.

In addition, authorities found 29 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition and a pair of .233mm rifle magazines, which are designated as defense articles on the U.S. Munitions List. Cardenas Jr. also had more than 14 grams of marijuana hidden in his underwear.

Ammunition and firearms are highly valued by organized crime groups, but mostly illegal for citizens in Mexico to possess. Texas, with its many gun stores, has proved a source of illegal weapons funneled to Mexico.

Cardenas Jr., who is a U.S. citizen, had pleaded not guilty last week. He made no comments Wednesday during the proceeding before U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen. His sentencing is scheduled for May at which time he faces up to 10 years in prison.

His father, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, 47, was convicted in 2009 on drug trafficking and money laundering charges and was the former leader of the Gulf Cartel.

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UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL: CLIMATE CHANGE DEMANDS A TRANSFORMATION OF WORLD ECONOMIES???

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UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL: CLIMATE CHANGE DEMANDS A TRANSFORMATION OF WORLD ECONOMIES

Posted: 10 Feb 2015 10:00 PM PST

The central tenet of international socialism/communism is to gain unassailable political power by managing the world’s resources for the benefit of collective society; a society governed by “enlightened elites” that are necessary for sustaining the Earth’s resources for future generations.

Unfortunately, as we have seen in the past, the socialist/communist model devolves into totalitarianism where the state centrally plans outcomes for the “population units” under its control – even to the extent of eugenically cleansing “undesirables” from the populations. Where “freedoms” are granted and controlled by the state and individuals needs are subservient to the needs of the collective.

So what should we make of a United Nation’s official openly stating that the primary goal of climate change is to transform the world economy and “intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history.” For those who are unfamiliar with the language of high-level international panels, commissions, and institutions – the economic development model of which this official speaks is “capitalism,” where freedoms are inalienable, God-given, and the individual is supreme over the collective. (i.e. the government works for the people, the people do not work for the government)

In her own words, Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change …

First time the world economy is transformed intentionally

Chritiana Figueres - UNRIC Press Briefing

The Top UN Climate Change Official is optimistic that a new international treaty will be adopted at Paris Climate Change conference at the end of the year.

However the official, Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of UNFCCC, warns that the fight against climate change is a process and that the necessary transformation of the world economy will not be decided at one conference or in one agreement.

"This is probably the most difficult task we have ever given ourselves, which is to intentionally transform the economic development model, for the first time in human history", Ms Figueres stated at a press conference in Brussels.

"This is the first time in the history of mankind that we are setting ourselves the task of intentionally, within a defined period of time to change the economic development model that has been reigning for at least 150 years, since the industrial revolution. That will not happen overnight and it will not happen at a single conference on climate change, be it COP 15, 21, 40 - you choose the number. It just does not occur like that. It is a process, because of the depth of the transformation."

Lima Draft

The so called 'Lima draft', which was adopted in December 2014 at the UN Climate Conference in Lima (Peru) will be subject of further negotiations by members states, starting in Geneva next week. Two rounds of negotiations are expected before the Climate Change Conference convenes in Paris in December.

C. Figueres - UNRIC Press Briefing

The current draft is 39 pages including options, sub-options and brackets. The negotiators in Geneva have until 13 February to "manage and streamline" the draft. According to Ms Figueres, there are a lot of differences now in comparison to the run up to the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change in 2009, during which a successor treaty to the Kyoto protocol on limiting CO₂ emissions was last attempted. She pointed out that with one year to go there already is a draft, whereas there was none until the start of the Copenhagen Summit.

Four goals

Figueres, however, pointed out that the legal treaty is only one of four important parts of the process. In addition to the treaty, there are the current Climate Change actions from now and until 2020, the financing packages and the so-called Intended National Determined Contributions (INDCs). These are the actions that countries intend to take under a global agreement from 2020 and have to be publicly outlined before the start of the conference. It is expected that all major economies will deliver their plans in time: the US, China, and the European Union have already shown their cards.

Maximum level of ambition

Ms Figueres went on to say that the sum total of the national contributions are not expected to be enough to limit the increase of world temperature to 2ºC.

"That is not a discovery, that is not a breaking news item. We need to get to the maximum level of ambition of collective INDCs because what we are going to have to do all of the time is to close the gap between what science tells us where we have to be and where we actually are….But the point is will we be at the end destination? I would argue, yes."

Christiana Figueres was appointed as the new Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2010, and was reappointed for a second three year term in July 2013.

Source: Figueres: First time the world economy is transformed intentionally

The United Nations is an insular, self-serving, and corrupt body whose members states’ votes collectively outweigh the United States and the majority of whom want to disadvantage America and plunder her resources. As we can plainly see, the United Nations is comprised of cowards who fail in their primary mission – to protect individuals against state-sponsored wholesale murder and ethnic cleansing – as well as those continuing to seek to make the United Nations the center of a New World order, with guaranteed funding and the ability to breach the sovereignty of individual member states.

How can this body watch hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people die without lifting a finger – making speeches filled with rhetorical flourishes – while little boys are buried alive and little girls are raped?

How can anyone believe the “science” put forth by this body when they have been caught in innumerable lies and instances of fudging the numbers; all excused in the name of raising awareness and funding for their own benefit? Consider that millions have died or suffered horribly when the pseudo-science surrounding DDT led to the banning of DDT almost world-wide; resulting in pestilence and disease.

Bottom line …

And the worst thing is that the President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, is every bit an “internationalist” and believer that America’s colonialism was the proximate cause of the world’s ills. Conveniently forgetting that it was the Europeans who developed and perfected the colonialization model that lead to so much of the world’s problems.

Even today, I received a comment from a reader who essentially labeled me a “denier” and a “skeptic.” A reader who apparently lacks the understanding that science is not performed by consensus and driven by political agendas. A reader who apparently lacks the understanding that science is controlled skepticism – changeable at any time when a hypothesis or other understanding is falsified by new “evidence.’

The real existential threat to America, and the world, comes from things we can do nothing about: fluctuations in the Sun’s solar energy, asteroid strikes, unmanageable mutating viruses, and the type of global climate change that would see us entering another ice age cycle thousands of years in the future.

And the one existential threat that promises to change our society beyond recognition and belief: political corruption. Political agendas that drive conflict for conquest and self-gain. Political agendas that are designed to enslave major portions of the populace. And political agendas that continue to elect false leaders who act as Judas Goats, leading our nation and people down the road to hell – paved with good intentions or not.

-- steve

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

HERE YOU WILL SEE THE NEATEST NEW INVENTIONS, SOME GREAT IDEAS!!!!!!

HERE YOU WILL SEE THE NEATEST NEW INVENTIONS, SOME GREAT IDEAS!!!!!!

Traffic lights with countdown indicators...

A pen that lets you scan and write in any color...

Wall outlets with USB ports for chargers...

Wall outlets with a built-in night light...

Wall outlets with extension cords built into the wall...

Small tiles you can attach to your keys, wallet, computer, or pretty much anything. If you lose anything, you can then look up their location on your Smartphone...

Fresh pizza vending machines...

Benches that you can turn to always have a dry seat...

Power strips that you can expand and rotate...

Mug that catches any drips...

Parking garages with lights showing open spaces...

Stairs with slides...

Build your own 12-packs of soda...

How to stop littering...

Back pack with hood...

Device that charges your phone from hot or cold drinks...

Solar powered charger...

Water fountains with built-in water bottle filling station...

Subways where you can pay by recycling...

Device to lift the Pringles up...

A fun way to clean...

A hair brush that is easy to clean...

Ear buds that won't tangle...

USB rechargeable batteries...

Packing tape that is easy to open...

Bike racks that don't take up sidewalk space...

Caution signs that are funny...

Movie theater screens in the bathroom so you don't miss anything...

Theater bean bag seats...