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Drone Spotted Over Austin at SXSW | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER While interviewing actor Daniel Sunjata, Infowars spotted a drone hovering over Austin’s famous Sixth Street during the SXSW festival. Could this be an ominous indicator of what’s to come? As reporter Darrin McBreen notes, Congress has already signed a bill allowing the Federal Aviation Administration to permit the use of drones – […]
FBI’s ‘National Security Letters’ Demands Ruled Unconstitutional | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Eyder Peralta A federal judge in California ruled today that the FBI cannot secretly demand data from banks and phone companies in national security cases. The judge said orders that keep those requests secret violate the First Amendment. NPR’s Carrie Johnson filed this report for our Newscast unit: “The demands known […]
Robber Gets More Than Bargained For When He Held Up Armed Senior Citizen | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Robber Confronts 81-Year-Old Man and Demands ‘Everything You Got’… What He Had Was a .38-Caliber Revolver THE JEENYUS CORNER By Jason Howerton As he was driving home on Sunday night, 81-year-old Florida resident James Stevens said he knew something was amiss after he realized a 2010 Kia had been following him for about 20 minutes. […]
Brooklyn neighborhood on police lockdown following protest | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER Police intervened when more than a hundred people joined in a candlelit vigil in the East Flatbush neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, where 16-year-old Kimani Gray was shot 11 times by police on Saturday. Brooklynites on Twitter reported that police followed the march and searched apartment buildings in the neighborhood without warrants, […]
Large Crowd Of Nearly 300 Attend Constitutional Carry Hearing In Upstate South Carolina | THE JEENYUS CORNER
Marshall D. Culpepper THE JEENYUS CORNER *Last Updated 11:55am 3/12/2013 Around 300 people were on hand for the Constitutional Carry Act Hearing in Greenville, SC. The hearing was held in the Greenville County Council chambers yesterday evening. Citizens were able to voice their support or concerns over proposed legislation that would allow South Carolina residents […]
Coming Out: Is SC Ready for its First “Openly Gay” Senator | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Joshua Cook Move over Sen. Lee Bright and Sen. Tom Davis, Bruce Carroll aka @GayPatriot is “coming out” to challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham in 2014. This is not a publicity stunt like Stephen Colbert running for president of South Carolina-this is the real deal. Today Politico.com reports, “Bruce Carroll announced his […]
Seattle Bar Bans Preemptively Bans Google Glasses | THE JEENYUS CORNER
THE JEENYUS CORNER By Jonathan Ore A Seattle bar has pre-emptively banned Google Glass from its premises, generating mixed reactions online, but also raising questions about whether they will present a privacy concern when used in public spaces. The 5 Point Café made its intentions clear with a post on its Facebook page last week: […]