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As the United States prepares to deploy more robust missile defenses in the Pacific, China has begun re-engineering many of its long-range ballistic missiles.
Federal officials and policy analysts say the move appears to be designed to halt US actions in the area, according to a report in the The New York Times. Continue reading “China re-engineers ballistic missiles to carry multiple warheads”
No boots on the ground in Syria?
CNN – by Barbara Starr, Laura Smith-Spark and Ray Sanchez
U.S. Special Operations forces killed a key ISIS commander during a daring raid in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday — securing intelligence on how the terror organization operates, communicates and earns money, U.S. government officials said.
Continue reading “Abu Sayyaf, key ISIS figure in Syria, killed in U.S. raid”
On Thursday, the U.S. House voted 221-202 to block a measure that would have permitted the Pentagon to consider allowing young immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally, but who were granted temporary legal status by President Obama’s immigration executive order, to enlist in the military. Although the provision to let DREAMers serve in the military had the support of several Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee, it floundered on the House floor with 221 Republicans voting to block considering DREAMers for military service. 20 House Republicans joined 182 Democrats in supporting allowing DREAMers to serve in the military. Continue reading “House Republicans Pass Measure To Prevent DREAMers From Serving In The Military”
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LiveLeak by Tahir Sultan
Apart from documents that have outlined supposed terrorist threats, like Al-Qaeda, and their connection to US intelligence agencies, like the CIA, there are a number of whistleblowers that have come out adding more fuel to the fire. Because not many are even aware of these documents, letting people know about a truth that can be hard for people to accept, let alone ponder the possibility is very important. It’s just one aspect of the veil that’s been blinding the masses for quite some time now. Continue reading “US Intelligence Officer: “Every Single Terrorist Attack In US Was A False Flag Attack””
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to death for his role in the 2013 bomb attack on the Boston Marathon – an attack that killed three people, left more than 260 wounded and stunned the country.
In April, the same jury at a federal court in Boston found Tsarnaev guilty on 30 charges relating to the attack. Continue reading “Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death”
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Global Research – by Ronda Hauben
“The U.S. effort in Benghazi was at its heart a CIA operation, according to the officials who briefed on intelligence.” WSJ, Nov 1, 2012
Hillary Clinton, the US Secretary of State, finally appeared before the US Senate and House Foreign Relations Committees on Wednesday, January 23, after a long delay. She was asked many questions by the Congress about what had happened in Benghazi on September 11 and how this could happen. The problem with the responses she gave to these questions was that she focused on the narrative presented in the State Department Report that had been released a month earlier, and which is deeply flawed. Continue reading “The Benghazi Affair: Uncovering the Mystery of the Benghazi CIA Annex”
GLENDALE, Colo. — A Glendale business tackled city officials head-on in a last ditch effort to save their rug store. Authentic Persian and Oriental Rugs, located at 550 South Colorado Boulevard, has been a Glendale business for 25 years.
More than a hundred packed the Glendale City Council Chambers for a public hearing on whether or not to reaffirm the Urban Renewal Authority’s power to exercise eminent domain. Continue reading “Glendale authorizes use of eminent domain to acquire property of long-time business”
Folks who live around York County, South Carolina are a patriotic bunch. They drive pickup trucks and they fly American flags – and sometimes they do both – at the same time.
And that’s the sort of behavior that got 18-year-old Peyton Robinson in a bit of hot water with administrators at York Comprehensive High School.
Peyton drove his pickup truck to school on Wednesday with Old Glory and the POW-MIA flag hoisted in the truck bed. Continue reading “Old Glory to keep on trucking after school reverses ban”
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Yahoo Finance – by James Callan
Shares of Kohl’s Corp. tumbled the most in about 2 1/2 years after the retailer reported quarterly sales that trailed analysts’ estimates.
Kohl’s dropped as much as 10 percent to $66.73 as of 9:30 a.m. in New York, the biggest intraday decline since November 2012. The stock was the worst performer on Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, which was up 0.7 percent. Continue reading “Kohl’s Shares Tumble After Sales Trail Analysts’ Estimates”
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – by Andrew Goldstein
As many as 10 train cars derailed this morning in Hazelwood, Allegheny County emergency officials said.
The incident was reported around 10 a.m. near the 4100 block of Second Avenue, officials said.
It wasn’t immediately clear if there were any injuries or what the train was carrying. Some of the rail cars were on their side, and their wheel sets separated from the cars. Continue reading “Freight train derails in Hazelwood, PA”
Liberty-hating northeastern Democrats are taking another run at your Second Amendment rights by targeting the supply of ammunition.
This time, they are proposing registration scheme that would drive up the price of selling ammunition online and create a database of ammunition purchasers in the Department of Justice: Continue reading “New Jersey Democrat Pushes Federal Ammunition Registration Scheme”
WASHINGTON, May 14 (UPI) — Chuck Rosenberg, a top official at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will replace Michele Leonhart as the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Rosenberg, who will become the Acting Administrator of the DEA on Monday, is currently the chief of staff to FBI Director James Comey. Continue reading “Top FBI official Chuck Rosenberg to become new DEA administrator”
Reuters – by PATRICK RUCKER AND JARRETT RENSHAW
The commuter rail route where an Amtrak train left the track on Tuesday was not governed by an advanced safety technology meant to prevent high-speed derailments, investigators said on Wednesday.
A system called “positive train control” (PTC) automatically slows or even halts trains that are moving too fast or heading into a danger zone. Under current law, the rail industry must adopt the technology by the end of this year. Continue reading “Derailed Amtrak train lacked latest U.S. safety controls”
Reuters – by PATRICIA ZENGERLE AND MARK HOSENBALL
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on Wednesday that would end spy agencies’ bulk collection of Americans’ telephone data, setting up a potential showdown with the U.S. Senate over the program, which expires on June 1.
The House voted 338-88 for the USA Freedom Act, which would end the bulk collection and instead give intelligence agencies access to telephone data and other records only when a court finds there is reasonable suspicion about a link to international terrorism. Continue reading “House votes to end spy agencies’ bulk collection of phone data”
In one of her most dramatic interviews to date, International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the Associated Press that Israel must provide her information on alleged 2014 Gaza War crimes or she may be forced to decide whether to launch a full criminal investigation based solely on information likely provided to her by human rights critics of Israel.
In the interview, which broke early Wednesday Israel-time but took place in New York on Tuesday leading up to a major speech by Bensouda to the UN Security Council, the ICC Prosecutor said that neither Israel nor the Palestinians had provided any official information to date. Continue reading “ICC prosecutor urges Israel to provide information for Gaza war crimes probe”
Police in Massachusetts offered some words of wisdom Monday night: Getting drunk and chasing bears through the woods with a dull hatchet is “not advised.”
The North Adams Police Department posted on Facebook that a “Davy Crockett” wannabe was taken into “protective custody” after police found him chasing a bear through the woods with a hatchet. Continue reading “Police: Don’t chase bears with hatchet while drunk”
If you get your cell phone service from either Sprint or Verizon, then you may be due for a refund.
The two companies have agreed to settle complaints that they charged customers for services they did not order, PIX11 reported.
As WTIC reported, Sprint and Verizon partnered with vendors that sold premium text services that delivered horoscopes, trivia and scores. The problem is that some customers who had not signed up for the service were being billed the nearly $10 monthly charge. Continue reading “Refund may be in order for Verizon, Sprint customers”
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