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Weber County, UT — Enedina Stanger is a wife, a mother of two, and now, thanks to the state of Utah, a convict. She also suffers from a rare genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlo Syndrome (EDS).
Stanger, who relies on a wheelchair to move around, has been battling EDS for most of her life. Stanger’s EDS causes her excruciating pain because of the disorder’s tendency to cause joint dislocation.
“When that happens there is nothing that we have been able to find that stops those spasms and those cramps,” explains Stanger to FOX 13 News in Salt Lake City.
After countless prescription drugs …read more

Florida State Senator Arthenia Joyner has introduced a proposed constitutional amendment to be considered by the 2016 session of the legislature. It would create a nonpartisan redistricting commission. The existing system, in which the legislature draws the districts but is required not to let partisan considerations sway the plans, hasn’t worked very well. See this story. …read more

Texas has a unique law that requires newly-qualifying parties to notify the state by January 2 of the election year, if they wish to petition during the election year. Petitioning itself can’t start in Texas until March.
The Constitution Party has now filed the notice. The parties that had previously filed it for 2016 are Modern Whig, Reform, Christian, and Veterans. …read more

Henderson, NV — On January 30, 2015, a health food store in Henderson called the police after a disgruntled customer, attempting to return some protein powder, allegedly threatened to rob them. The store described the suspect to police as a black male wearing a black and tan t-shirt who left in an SUV.
As police responded to the call, they quickly stopped the first person they saw, who happened to be Arturo Arenas-Alvarez. Arenas-Alvarez had just pulled up in the shopping center to do some shopping when police drew their weapons and demanded he put his hands in the air and …read more

You know, I seem to remember that Alphabet/Google’s Augmented Reality wearable that it devised a couple of years ago–GLASS–was supposed to be spelled in all-caps. Maybe it’s not anymore ever since it not exactly went on the market and tanked like the Lusitania. Yes, despite what others will tell you, Google Glass (I’ll stop with the capitalization) was an absolute failure of an idea, and I as I’ve said on my science and tech podcast, Sovryn Tech, I don’t see it coming back any time soon.
As a consumer device, anyways. Because now it would appear, if one FCC filing is …read more

Three years ago a couple was stopped by an armed gang and robbed of over $100,000. The facts are not in dispute. The perpetrators are known. And yet the criminals have not been punished, and the property has not been recovered. Why? Because the perpetrators wear badges.
Since late 2012, when Adam and Jennifer Perry were robbed by the Illinois State Police, they have been trying to retrieve their stolen property. It has been a challenge, however, because when “law enforcers” rob you, it’s not (according to them) a crime.
The Perry’s were pulled over for speeding on I-80 in Henry County, …read more

As I’ve stated often on my science and tech podcast, Sovryn Tech, I am ridiculously excited about the recent serious push for and prevalence of Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality technologies and software. The possibility for creating fully interactive communications (as in, more than just text and talking heads via Skype or Hangouts), encrypted virtual communities, and even the opportunity to experience 2D video sources in new environments (like getting to watch those classic movies you love while you are in an equally classic movie theater setting) are things I can’t wait to take part in. It’s an incredible future to …read more

On December 27, John McAfee became a dues-paying member of the Libertarian Party. He lives in Alabama. He had said last week that he will seek the party’s presidential nomination. …read more

North Port, FL — Months after the Herald-Tribune exposed the North Port Police Department for routinely commanding their K-9 dogs to attack people without provocation, the department has done nothing to address the problem. In fact, it defends its officers even in the most egregious cases, including the mutilation of unarmed juveniles.
There is clearly a culture within the North Port PD that encourages and applauds this cowardly form of brutality, as revealed by messages sent between K-9 handlers involving the case of 18-year-old Jared Lemay.
Lemay’s mother had called the North Port PD when she learned that her son was apparently …read more

Rocky De La Fuente is a San Diego businessman who is aggressively seeking a spot on Democratic presidential primary ballots. He has already qualified in nine states, from among the fifteen states in which the deadline has passed. He describes himself as a conservative Democrat.
Federal Election Commission records show that he has donated $10,000 over the past sixteen years to various Republican candidates for federal office, but only $1,000 to Democrats. Among Republicans he contributed to are President George W. Bush in 2004, and California Republican members of Congress Duncan Hunter, Brian Bilbray, and Darrell Issa. …read more