CLEVELAND – An exclusive 5 On Your Side investigation reveals millions of dollars worth of fresh fruits and vegetables are being thrown in the trash in school lunch rooms in Ohio and across the country.
The National School Nutrition Association blames new federal nutrition standards requiring students to take more fresh fruits and vegetables as well as increasing the amount of whole grains.
It’s operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and spends nearly $12 billion dollars a year and insists more students are eating fresh fruits and vegetables and the program is aimed at making students healthier.
The USDA points to a recent study by the Harvard School of Public Health to support its claim, but the same study also shows that 60 percent of fresh vegetables and 40 percent of fresh fruit are being thrown away. (more…)
It is procedurally impossible to be represented by legal counsel at a Grand Jury impaneled to judge your own criminal liability. So it is factually evident Officer Darren Wilson gave testimony to the Grand Jury absent of the presence of legal counsel.
If you follow the outline you’ll note Officer Wilson gave two statements and interviews with county investigators, one statement and interview with federal authorities, and following THOSE then sat down for a 4 hour Grand Jury inquiry. It’s obvious the guy has nothing to hide.
Might as well begin calling this guy “Opie”.
ST. LOUIS • Ferguson police Officer Darren Wilson testified for almost four hours Tuesday in front of a St. Louis County grand jury investigating the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown, a source with knowledge of the investigation said Wednesday.
Wilson was not obligated to testify, and has also spoken with St. Louis County investigators twice and federal investigators once, the source said. The source said that Wilson had been “cooperative.”
Ed Magee, a spokesman for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch’s office, said Wednesday that he would not comment on which witness have testified.
Last month, McCulloch said that an existing grand jury would hear the case. He has said that he would present all the evidence and witnesses to the 12 members of the jury and leave the decision of whether to charge Wilson up to them. Magee told the Post-Dispatch Monday that prosecutors will help navigate legal issues.
He also said that he expected a decision by mid-October, and promised to seek the public release of all evidence. (more…)
The “Daily Caller” is reporting that CNN’s “Crossfire” is being put out of its misery. The revival of the iconic debate show suffering from low ratings and inconsistent airing has been on hiatus since mid-July and is now seeing its staff transferred to a different program. (link)
Gee, who would have seen this coming ?
Information from Pookiesmommie – After a lot of help from Stormyeyesc & Vegasguy, I’m 100% sure we have found Dorian Johnson. (more…)
Just in case anyone was fuzzy on the alliances here, or the motivations of Turkey. Qatar, under pressure from the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Gulf Council to stop the terror support, exiled the first group of Muslim Brotherhood extremists. Erdogan, Obama’s NATO BFF, lays down the red carpet welcome….
TURKEY– Turkey would welcome senior figures from Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood after they were asked to leave Qatar under pressure from other Gulf Arab states, Turkish media quoted President Tayyip Erdogan as saying late on Monday.
A senior Brotherhood official based in London said on Saturday that Qatar had asked seven senior figures from the movement to leave the country after its neighbors pressed it to stop backing the Islamists.
Senior Brotherhood figures would be welcome to come to Turkey if they wished to do so, Turkish television stations quoted Erdogan as telling reporters on his plane back from an official visit to Qatar on Monday.
Qatar and Turkey were the only regional countries to back the Brotherhood after Egypt’s army toppled Islamist President Mohammad Mursi last year following mass protests against him. (more…)
The local news stations who aired the live-streams of the prior Ferguson City Council meeting did not do so today; perhaps because they were ashamed of the publicity upon the city. In addition the live-stream from the actual city feed itself was conspicuously inoperable. Subsequently the only visibility into the event itself was from people using twitter and recording the events inside the chamber. Here’s a sample:
“If Darren Wilson Get Off Y’all Better Bring Every Army Y’all Got, Cause It’s Going Down”
"If Darren Wilson get off y'all better bring every army y'all got. Cause it's going down." pic.twitter.com/pexFCCawbZ
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) September 16, 2014
Numerous residents expressed the same or similar sentiment. Each resident taking turns attacking the City Council for allowing the due process within the Law and Order system.
Then came the face of the Ferguson residents, Anthony Shahid:
RT @kodacohen: Anthony Shahid confronts @SteveStenger during STL County Council meeting. #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/qtL2zY8qYK
— Antonio French (@AntonioFrench) September 17, 2014
The progressive view of society is grounded upon diminishing the individual in favor of a collective. Everyone deserves a trophy for participation regardless of their contribution. Nationalism, or pride in differentiation is bad; globalism or pride in the collective is good.
To that end progressives infect popular culture and entertainment with the same diminishment intentions.
Hollywood Inc. is constantly selling the narrative that people -if left alone to their own devices- are inherently sexist, racist, nativist, et al. A modern utopia for the left is a place where everyone looks, acts and sounds the same. A place where asexual beings can reproduce, everyone’s collective rights are inscribed in universal laws; inherent biology or nature is removed, and your value in their ‘freedom’ is defined by your willing symbiosis.
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While the Obama administration fawn praise upon Qatar, quite the opposite is happening from Egypt, Saudi Arabia and UAE who are turning up the heat on the Qatari willful blindness to extremist Islamists.
Egypt’s Fattah El-Sisi is like a wolverine on the hunt of the Muslim Brotherhood. In a surprisingly honest article from the Associated Press, they outline not only the current round of Brotherhood members leaving, but also the Al Jazeera reporters and another possible 120 extremists being expelled. In the irony of the article note the direction of flight for the extremists: Malaysia, Turkey and, wait for it, Great Britain.
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will hunt down exiled Muslim Brotherhood leaders and seek their arrest, a top official said Sunday, after Qatar ordered them to leave its territory despite initially hosting group members following the ouster of Egypt’s Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last year.
The tiny Gulf nation’s expulsion of the Brotherhood, branded a terrorist organization by Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, signals it is moving to mend a diplomatic rift triggered by its support of the group. Analysts described the move as a political victory for Egypt’s current leadership.
Minister of Interior Mohammed Ibrahim said that Qatari authorities gave Brotherhood leaders one month to leave the country, and reporters for the Doha-based Al-Jazeera Egypt channel two months to leave. It was not immediately possible to confirm the ultimatum with Qatari officials, who rarely comment on the issue. (more…)
Discovery in this lawsuit could be interesting….
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that a Florida woman can pursue her lawsuit alleging the government invaded her privacy in the scandal over former CIA director David Petraeus.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said Jill Kelley of Tampa can move ahead with claims that the FBI and Defense Department violated her privacy when officials leaked information about her to the news media.
The ruling does not deal with the merits of the case, but as the lawsuit proceeds, it could reveal more about the role various government agencies played as the scandal unfolded two years ago.
In 2012, Kelley complained to the FBI when an unknown person sent her harassing emails. Her complaint triggered a criminal investigation that led agents to Paula Broadwell, who was Petraeus’ biographer and had been having an affair with him. (more…)
The hidden story behind the mid-East events continues to unfold. As previously discussed Egypt’s Fatah El-Sisi requested the assistance of the Saudi royals, Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz, and The Arab Gulf Council, in pressuring Qatar to stop their support for the Islamic Jihad and terrorists.
The UAE and Saudi’s respect the stability El-Sisi is delivering, and last week agreed to assist the stability objective. A quiet conversation with Qatar led to the announcement that several members of Muslim Brotherhood leadership were being dispatched from the region. Now, today…
(Egypt Independent) Gamal Abdel Sattar, a Muslim Brotherhood preacher, said that former International Cooperation Minister Amr Derag was deported to Turkey five days ago, while Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, who has the Qatari nationality, will remain in Doha.
Abdel Sattar added that there are six other Brotherhood figures leaving Doha to destinations to be determined within hours.
Another source said they would first go to Turkey and then leave, so as not to embarrass Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his party before the opposition. (link)
The safe-haven in Turkey, albeit temporary, should be seen for what it is. Further evidence of Erdogan’s support for the radical jihadist elements, aka ISIS. There is no doubt Erdogan has an ultimate ideology in general agreement with the Islamic State.
Egypt’s El-Sisi has asked Interpol for assistance in intercepting the terrorists as they leave Qatar. Hopefully they are: a.) willing, and, b.) successful. (more…)