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Article 1 of our Constitution gave the Press the right to reveal,not conceal news of interest to the American People, yet, fear of disclosure of Obama’s true eligibility status has permeated the MainstreamMedia to this day. For almost six years they have been silent on this issue. Even Fox News, though vocally critical of the “Stimulus” plans, “Czar” appointees,etc. will not mention the existence of eligibility lawsuits presently in the courts. Continue reading “America…Our Stolen Country – Session 6”

Yahoo News – by Katie Reilly

NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo renewed his call for national gun control legislation on Saturday as he delivered a eulogy for the top state attorney who was fatally wounded by a stray bullet in Brooklyn earlier this month.

State officials and family members gathered at Brooklyn’s Emmanuel Baptist Church in a private service for Carey Gabay, 43, who was struck in the head at a pre-dawn outdoor celebration on Sept. 7 before the annual West Indian Day parade, an event plagued by violence in recent years.   Continue reading “New York governor calls for national gun control in eulogy for aide”

Reuters

Los Angeles police shot and killed a woman they said was holding a knife during a confrontation on Sunday at an intersection near downtown, authorities said.

Two officers responded around 9:30 a.m. to reports of a woman behaving erratically and holding a blade, police said.   Continue reading “Los Angeles police fatally shoot woman armed with knife”

PIX 11

NEW YORK — President Barack Obama and the leaders of some of America’s closest allies are addressing a major United Nations summit on its last day Sunday as Syria’s conflict threatens to push the stated topic, global development, onto the sidelines.

The global meeting is focused on fixing some of the world’s greatest problems through a 15-year road map to eliminate poverty and hunger. Endorsed by the U.N.’s 193 members, the plan includes fighting climate change.   Continue reading “President Obama speaks at United Nations summit”

Nature World Report – by Kavita Toor

Scientists from the University of Washington have finally achieved what was seen only in sci-fi movies till now. It is true that scientists had to use some very complicated apparatus and many hours to make this brain connection that would typically take two minutes in spoken words.

Despite all this, the research on these brain-to-brain interfaces, is valuable because it might one day allow patients with brain damage who cannot speak to communicate using other means.   Continue reading “Brain-to-brain communication over internet finally a success”

BBC News

Astronomers are gearing up to spot a rare phenomenon, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called “supermoon”.

A supermoon occurs when the Moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth, meaning it appears larger in the sky.

The eclipse – expected to make the Moon appear red in colour – will be visible in North America, South America, West Africa and western Europe.   Continue reading “‘Supermoon’ set to coincide with lunar eclipse”

Pulse Headlines – by Emmanuel Ferreira

After 20 years of being used in Europe, the US approved the use of EMV chip technology in debt and credit cards. This will begin to be applied on Thursday, and it is expected to reduce fraud significantly. EMV stands for Europay,MasterCard, and Visa, the main three companies that created this standard.

Stephanie Erickson, head of authentication and product integration for Visa, told this to NBC News: “In countries that have moved to chip technology, two years after the liability shift date, they see their counterfeit go down 60, 70 percent or more.”

Continue reading “US banks approves use of EMV’s chip on debit and credit cards”

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Business Insider – by Miles Udland

Caterpillar has some bad news.

On Thursday, the industrial giant announced plans for it to cut as many as 10,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan in the face of what it called “a convergence of challenging marketplace conditions in key regions and industry sectors — namely in mining and energy.”   Continue reading “CATERPILLAR WARNS: Bad news is ‘converging’ and now we have to make some major changes”

Breitbart – by John Hayward, September 18, 2015

Even the most energetic free-trade enthusiast can find a few things to be queasy about in Bloomberg Businessweek’s announcement of a major joint venture to build a Chinese bullet train connecting Los Angeles with Las Vegas:

A China Railway Group-led consortium and XpressWest Enterprises LLC will form a joint venture to build a high-speed railway linking Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the first Chinese-made bullet-train project in the U.S. Continue reading “Chinese to Build Bullet Train From LA to Las Vegas”

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Yahoo News

The FBI has arrested a politically prominent Chinese millionaire, the alleged secret source of foreign money in a campaign finance scandal during the Clinton administration, on charges he lied about why he brought more than $4.5 million in cash into the United States over the last two years.   Continue reading “FBI Arrests Chinese Millionaire Once Tied to Clinton $$ Scandal”

ABC News – by MEGHAN KENEALLY

Pope Francis isn’t above sharing the spotlight with others.

The pontiff structured much of his historic speech to Congress by highlighting the work and lives of four Americans.

Two are universally known — President Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. — while two others may prompt a flurry of Google searches. Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and known socialist, and Thomas Merton, a U.S. Catholic writer.   Continue reading “Read Pope Francis’ Historic Speech to Congress”

AP – by MATTHEW BROWN and MATT VOLZ

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Before the applause faded from the U.S. government’s announcement that there would be no endangered species protections for the greater sage grouse, the criticism began over wide-reaching federal conservation plans meant to protect the bird’s habitat across 11 Western states.

The land-use plans were released Tuesday after Interior Secretary Sally Jewell said additional federal protections weren’t needed for the ground-dwelling bird that’s seen its habitat shrink due to oil and gas drilling, grazing and other human activity.   Continue reading “With no protections for Western bird, focus is on land-use”

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Newsmax

Hillary Clinton — believing leaks by President Barack Obama staff’s triggered the federal probe of her private email account — ripped into the commander in chief, telling him, during a tense meeting, “What I want for you to do is call off your f–king dogs, Barack!”    Continue reading “Hillary Screams at Obama: ‘Call Off Your F-ing Dogs’”

NBC News – by Phil Helsel

A Tucson scrap yard cutter was killed when he cut into a military bomb that exploded, authorities said.

The employee who was killed was not identified. A Tucson police officer was flagged down at around 12:45 p.m. local time (3:45 p.m. ET) and told of an explosion at Tucson Iron and Metal, Tucson police said.   Continue reading “Man Killed While Cutting Into Military Ordnance at Tuscon Scrap Yard”

Fox News

JERUSALEM –  Israel has set up a joint mechanism with the Russian military to coordinate their operations in Syria and avoid any accidental confrontations, a senior Israel military official said Thursday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of military regulations, said that teams headed by each of the militaries’ deputy chiefs will hold their first meeting in two weeks and will discuss coordination of aerial, naval and electromagnetic operations around Syria.   Continue reading “Israeli military says it is coordinating operations with Russia in Syria”

Reuters – by NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI

At least 310 pilgrims were killed on Thursday in a stampede at Mina, outside the Muslim holy city of Mecca, where some two million people are performing the annual Haj pilgrimage, Saudi authorities said.

At least 631 others were injured in the crush, which occurred when two large groups of pilgrims arrived together at a crossroads on Street 204 at the camp city at Mina, a few kilometers east of Mecca, the Saudi civil defense said.   Continue reading “More than 300 pilgrims die in stampede in worst Haj disaster since 2006”

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Free-Man’s Perspective – by Paul Rosenberg

* Before anything else, I need to clarify my meaning: There are “activists” whom I respect and support. (Ernie and Donna Hancock leap to mind, as do several Bitcoin “activists.”) I divide these people from the activism of my title, because these people act, encourage, and teach directly, not through third parties.   Continue reading “Why I’m Opposed to Activism*”

Ars Technica – by David Kravets

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is trying to turn copyright law on its head: in this instance, with the mug of a macaque monkey named Naruto, whose selfies went viral and have been seen around the world.

PETA filed suit Tuesday, asking the courts to declare Naruto the rightsholder and hence an owner of property: a copyright.   Continue reading “PETA wants court to grant copyright to ape that snapped famous selfie”

Fox News

The Pentagon said Tuesday that it was reviewing what it called an “unsafe” intercept of an Air Force reconnaissance plane by at least one Chinese jet over the Yellow Sea last week.

Pentagon spokesman Peter Cook said that the American RC-135 was intercepted by a Chinese fighter approximately 80 miles east of northeastern China’s Shandong Peninsula on Sept. 15. Cook said there was no indication that the planes came close to colliding, but the crew of the American plane reported that one of the Chinese jet’s maneuvers appeared to be unsafe.    Continue reading “Chinese fighter jet makes unsafe intercept of Air Force plane over Yellow Sea, Pentagon says”

New York Daily News – by Jason Silverstein

A veteran Florida sheriff’s deputy and a suspect have died after a shooting and subsequent standoff at a motel after a procedural step in a domestic violence investigation went awry, police said.

Deputy Bill Myers went to meet 33-year-old suspect Joel Dixon Smith around 8:20 p.m. near the Cotton & Gates law firm in the panhandle town, Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley said at an afternoon news conference. The suspect was meant to turn over his guns as part of a domestic violence injunction, but instead Smith opened fire on the 64-year-old lawman, authorities said.   Continue reading “Florida sheriff’s deputy, suspect killed after shooting related to ‘domestic violence case’: cops”