When the Machinery of Death Fails By Paul Huebl Christa Pike committed a crime of almost unimaginable cruelty and evil. Her guilt was never seriously in question. She was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. For three decades, she fought a losing battle through the courts until every avenue of appeal had seemingly been exhausted. It is difficult to argue against the death sentence imposed for such a monstrous crime. But what followed raises a question far more troubling than the original verdict: How many times should the government be permitted to try to kill the same condemned human being? For years, Christa Pike lived beneath the terrible shadow of an approaching execution. Government officials assured her that she would die. The date was set, the executioners were preparing, and the machinery of death was ready. Imagine the psychological torment of those final days. The calendar itself becomes an instrument of torture. Days dissolve into hours, hours surrender to minutes, and ...

  Wars are inevitable. They have been erupting throughout human history with the regularity of a ticking clock. Civilizations rise, governments fall, armies march, and millions die. Anyone who believes America is somehow immune to the next catastrophe has been enjoying peace for far too long. The question isn't whether another devastating war will come. The question is whether you and your family will survive it. Something is happening within our military that deserves serious attention. I don't know precisely what prompted the apparent preparations for a worst-case scenario involving an all-out war on multiple fronts, potentially leaving millions dead. The planning reportedly envisions catastrophic shortages of everything from food and drinking water to fuel, medicine, and electricity. Military installations are being told to prepare for 90 days of self-sufficiency. If that is indeed the order, somebody in Washington is contemplating a nightmare that most Americans haven't...

  By Paul Huebl | CrimeFileNews.tv Los Angeles politicians have discovered another way to reach into motorists’ wallets. This time, they are installing 125 automated speed cameras throughout the city, handing a lucrative contract to a private corporation, and creating a computerized traffic enforcement system that can issue fines without a police officer ever witnessing the alleged violation. Naturally, City Hall is selling the program as a lifesaving public safety measure. Nobody disputes that excessive speed can kill innocent people. But invoking public safety does not give politicians a free pass to create expensive enforcement programs without answering serious questions about due process, financial incentives, government accountability, and political influence. The cameras are coming, the money is enormous, and motorists had better understand exactly what they are dealing with. FOLLOW THE MONEY The Los Angeles City Council approved a contract with American Traffic Solutions, I...