Reuters – by LOUIS CHARBONNEAU

The U.N. Security Council on Tuesday rejected a Palestinian resolution calling for an Israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem and the establishment of a Palestinian state by late 2017.

The resolution called for negotiations to be based on territorial lines that existed before Israel captured the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip in the 1967 Middle East war. It also called for a peace deal within 12 months.   Continue reading “Palestinian statehood resolution fails at U.N council, U.S. votes against”

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Michael Snyder:  Should the federal government be spending billions of dollars to pump up Wal-Mart’s profits?  I know that question sounds really bizarre, but unfortunately this is essentially what is happening.  Because Wal-Mart does not pay them enough money, hundreds of thousands of Wal-Mart employees enroll in Medicaid, food stamps and other social welfare programs.  Even though Wal-Mart makes enormous profits, they refuse to properly take care of their employees so the federal government has to do it.  And of course this is not just a Wal-Mart problem.  There are hundreds of other major corporations doing exactly the same thing.  And they will keep on doing it as long as they can because relying on the federal government to take care of their employees allows them to make much larger profits.  This gives these companies an enormous competitive advantage and it distorts the marketplace.  If you love the free enterprise system, you should be aghast at this.  Our big corporations have become the biggest “welfare queens” of all, and Wal-Mart is near the top of that list.   Continue reading “The US Government Spends 2.6 Billion To Pump Up Wal-Marts Profits”

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Be Your Own Leader – by Dana Gabriel

The globalist plan to incrementally merge the U.S., Canada and Mexico into a North American Union has been ongoing for years. While at times, the agenda appears to have seemingly stalled, current efforts to expand the trilateral partnership show that it is alive and once again gaining steam. With NAFTA as the foundation, the renewed push for deeper North American integration continues on many different fronts.   Continue reading “The Renewed Push For Deeper North American Integration”

Tyler StewartAZ Central – by Jennifer Soules and Ken Alltucker

A 24-year-old Flagstaff police officer with less than one year on the job was shot in the face and killed by a 28-year-old man who then turned the gun on himself, police said.

Officer Tyler Stewart encountered a suspect at a home in the 800 block of West Clay Avenue during an investigation of an earlier domestic-violence call, spokeswoman Sgt. Margaret Bentzen said. Robert W. Smith of Prescott, fired several shots at Stewart, who was outside his patrol car, police said. Smith then shot himself dead, according to police.   Continue reading “Flagstaff officer killed by gunman”

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Torrent Freak – by Andy

As the controversy surrounding the The Interview continues, a singer is claiming that after failing to reach terms with Sony, the company put her music in the movie anyway. After receiving not a penny from the movie giant, Yoon Mi Rae is now set to sue. Meanwhile, 1.5 million pirates have downloaded the comedy.

The way things are panning out, the Sony movie The Interview is on course to become one of the most controversial movies of all time.   Continue reading “Sony About to Get Sued for Pirating Music in the Interview”

The Dalles Chronicle – by RaeLynn Ricarte

An international gun control treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly went into effect Dec. 24, but Congress has temporarily blocked U.S. involvement.

“I am grateful that Congress took this step but it is unbelievable to me that, in America, it was necessary,” said Linda Pellissier manager of the Old Mill Bargain Center in The Dalles.   Continue reading “UN gun control treaty enacted”

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Anti-police social media postings have spawned a wave of arrests across the United States in recent days, after the double murder of two New York Police Department officers on Saturday was revealed to be predated by an ominous internet threat.   Continue reading “Cops Crack Down on Anti-police Threats Made on the Internet”

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Thousands of illegals are pouring into Texas in a new border surge, following President Obama’s executive mass amnesty and refusal to deport. It was as predictable as the sunrise — and raises new questions.

Back in late September, Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking with his counterparts from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico, warned that the pause in the border surge of families and unaccompanied minors, then some 50,000 or so in each category for the year, was temporary. “We have to use this time to put in place more efforts, greater efforts to get at the root cause of this, because we know that those numbers may rise again,” Kerry said.   Continue reading “A New Border Surge, A New Normal?”

USA Today – by Mike Snider

If all you want for Christmas is some online video gaming, you may feel like you got coal in your stocking.

Online game networks Xbox Live and PlayStation Network were knocked offline much of Christmas Day in an apparent DDos (distributed denial of service) attack.

Taking credit for the takedown: a group called Lizard Squad, which previously claimed credit for August attacks on the PlayStation Network and online games World of Warcraft and League of Legends.   Continue reading “PlayStation Network, Xbox Live offline due to attacks”

CNN – by David Shortell and Sarah Jorgensen

Seven men have been arrested in connection with alleged threats made toward police officers since Saturday afternoon, when two NYPD officers were shot in the head from behind while sitting in their patrol car, New York City police said.

Police said in a statement Wednesday that they have assessed hundreds of online postings and calls to 911 and pressed the public to continue to report any suspicious activity.   Continue reading “NYPD: 7 arrested for allegedly posting, phoning in threats to officers”

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Washington Post – by Lena H. Sun

As many as a dozen scientists may have been exposed to the Ebola virus at a lab of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, agency officials said Wednesday.

The potential exposure took place Monday when scientists conducting research on the virus at a high-security lab mistakenly put a sample containing the potentially infectious virus in a place where it was transferred for processing to another CDC lab, also in Atlanta on the CDC campus.   Continue reading “CDC reports potential Ebola exposure in Atlanta lab”

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Kurt Nimmo: RT and the International Business Times in Australia will cover it, but The New York Times and The Washington Post won’t touch it with a ten foot pole.
Former Proteus Airlines boss Marc Dugain believes the mysterious disappearance of MH370 on March 8, 2014 was the work of the United States military.   Continue reading “Did The US Military Shoot Down Malaysian Airline MH370?”

Seattle PI – by Keith Riddler

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Federal officials in Idaho in a battle with a Texas oil company over what is believed to be a profitable natural gas field in Payette County plan to offer five parcels for competitive leasing by April.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management on Monday opened a 30-day public comment period about the proposed lease sale that will offer 6,350 acres to potential drilling in southwest Idaho.   Continue reading “BLM plan to hold Idaho oil and gas lease sale”

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Progressives Today – by Michael Strickland

VIa 2nd Amendment Action Center:

“Gabby Giffords came to Oregon on October 21st, 2014. The event was private, but media was allowed in. YouTuber Daylight Disinfectant made his way in and filmed the entire thing…Obama appointed D.A. Amanda Marshall makes fun of “2nd Amendment enthusiasts”, then they start to talk about removing the privacy of folks who have been through the current background check system and turning the records over to the federal government. Multnomah County Commissioner Judy Shiprack then talks about having the state legislature address the “administrative rule” that the Oregon State Police have in effect where they destroy most background check records after 5 days. Failing that, State Representative Barbara Smith-Warner suggests that they administrative rule simply be changed. Apparently it’s a problem to these people that the records are not made public or made available to the federal government.” Continue reading “You Won’t Believe What These Anti Gun Folks Are Openly Saying…”

Gang members threaten to shoot up NYPD station houseNew York Post – by Shawn Cohen and Kenneth Garger

The NYPD set up SWAT teams at two Bedford-Stuyvesant police precincts Tuesday night — after a confidential informant told cops about overhearing a gang plot to “shoot it out” at the station houses.

Four Emergency Services Unit officers, outfitted with helmets and assault weapons, were stationed at the 79th precinct. Another two were at the 81st.

The beefed up security was prompted by a confidential informant, who told cops of overhearing a member of the Baltimore-based Black Guerrilla Family talking with fellow gang members about plans to “shoot it out with police” at the two precincts, law enforcement sources told The Post.   Continue reading “Gang members threaten to shoot up NYPD station house”