A former NSA analyst and Bush-era whistleblower says the intelligence community ‘hoovered metadata’ on a range of people, including high-ranking military officials, lawmakers and diplomats. Russ Tice also made another allegation. “They went after judges,” Tice says. “One of the judges is now sitting on the Supreme Court that I had his wiretap information in…

The State of Nevada Department of Public Safety’s Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security received a federal grant recently from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for more than $3-million. This is an increase over last year’s total by nearly $700,000. The funding is to help enhance authorities in the preparation, prevention, and response…

Reno’s Mayor Bob Cashell asked the City Council, to begin drafting regulations for medical marijuana dispensaries, after Governor Sandoval signed legislation last week legalizing them. However, the Council voted to wait before determining where dispensaries are to be located. Furthermore, the council also voted to do more research and drafting before proposing any regulations. They need figure out how…

We were in 3rd Grade at Margaret Keating School when Mrs. Damm told us how man came to have fire. While I don’t recall the tale word-for-word, I have cobbled several versions of the story together, recreating what was passed down to us… Coyote had no need for fire. So he seldom concerned himself with it,…

The Common Core State Standards Initiative is an education plan designed to bring each U.S. state’s curricula into alignment with each other nationwide. This sounds very Progressive and worse yet — 45 states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense  have adopted the standards. Admittedly, I am not an overly smart man, but…

What sort of stupid moron’s are you Californian’s electing as state lawmakers? I’ll enlighten you. From CSN News: “A proposed law introduced in the California State legislature would allow public school children to use bathrooms designated for members of the opposite sex, if that students’ “gender identity” differed from the students biological sex. Assembly Bill 1266 introduced by Democratic…

Goldfield was the site on September 2nd, 1906 of a lightweight championship fight that lasted 42 rounds. It featured Joe Gans and Oscar “Battling” Nelson. The fight started about three that afternoon, and temperatures in the boomtown soared past 100 degrees. The two battled long and hard, but, finally, in the 42nd round, Nelson was…

Thanks to the news agency Reuters, we have now have a good idea what country leads the world in requesting data from Internet, cell phone and other techie companies. At 30,128 requests in 2012, the U.S. made more twice the requests by the United Kingdom, number two country on the list of ten. “Even if…

Once again California Congresswoman and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi showed her real-self to the public.  It came while explaining her disapproval of the Frank Bill, prohibiting abortions during the final four months of pregnancy, with exceptions for when the life of the mother is at risk. When asked how she balances her dislike for…

This week, both Senator’s Harry Reid and Dean Heller tried to get a “Nevada voice” on the Southern Border Security Commission. But the senate refused to hear the amendment. A voice is what is not what’s needed – it’s a fence that’s being demanded. But that’s the problem with those in Washington D.C., they’re going…