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One of the problems with the cloaking devices developed to date — and it’s a big one — is that they really only work if both the viewer and whatever is being cloaked remain still. This, of course, is not entirely practical, but a difficult problem to solve.
For the first time, researchers have made a cloaking device that works multidirectionally in three dimensions — using no specialised equipment, but four standard lenses. Continue reading “‘Invisibility cloak’ uses lenses to bend light”
STARKE, Fla. — Seven students were taken to the hospital after a semi-truck smashed into the back of a school bus in Bradford County Monday afternoon.
At least one of the Starke Elementary students was seriously injured and two people inside the semi were in serious condition following the crash on U.S. 301 near State Road 200 in Lawtey just after 2:30 p.m., FHP Sgt. Dylan Bryan told First Coast News. All of those injured were taken to UF Health in Gainesville. Continue reading “Naked woman a passenger in truck that slams school bus”
As the tide of war rises again in the Middle East, the military’s rank and file are mostly opposed to expanding the new mission in Iraq and Syria to include sending a large number of U.S. ground troops into combat, according to a Military Times survey of active-duty members.
On the surface, troops appear to support President Obama’s repeated vows not to let the U.S. military get “dragged into another ground war” in Iraq. Yet at the same time, the views of many service members are shaped by a deep ambivalence about this commander in chief and questions about his ability to lead the nation through a major war, according to the survey and interviews. Continue reading “Poll: 70% of troops say no more boots on the ground in Iraq”
ACAPULCO, MEXICO (AP) – Authorities were searching Monday for 57 students reported missing after weekend violence left at least six people dead and 25 wounded in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero.
Twenty-two police officers from the city of Iguala were detained in connection with the incidents, Guerrero state prosecutor Inaky Blanco said. He said they denied responsibility but several had been identified by students. Continue reading “Student protests in central Mexico leave 57 missing, 6 dead and 22 cops arrested”
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped into the UN headquarters in New York on Monday and found it nearly empty. This year, as last year, Netanyahu had arrived after the party had ended. The leaders of the larger countries had addressed the General Assembly last week and left, and Netanyahu found himself speaking to the foreign ministers of Liechtenstein, Iceland and Bahrain. Continue reading “Netanyahu’s empty UN speech with cheering section”
New York Daily News – by Sasha Goldstein
A student was shot and the gunman was taken into custody Tuesday morning at a North Carolina high school, according to reports.
The shooting happened around 7:30 a.m. at Albemarle High School, some 40 miles east of Charlotte, WSOC-TV reported. The student’s condition is unknown.
The school is on lockdown. It’s unclear if the shooter was a student. Continue reading “Student shot, gunman taken into custody after North Carolina high school shooting: report”
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Thus far this election cycle has been a dud. Hardly a sweat is broken in the rarified air of partisan politics punditry. The only consistent factor that can always be counted upon to amuse is the reams of paper wasted on the false promises and prevarication made by the esteemed party regulars. It is easy to simply blame the entrenched incumbents or the current crop of insurgents, but it goes much deeper when an entire nation remains mute in the face of the worse run and most condemnable conduct, coming out of the District of Criminals in decades. The party in power traditionally will suffer huge losses in Congress, while the gang of “pols” out of power will start contacting real estate agents within the beltway. Continue reading “2014 Election Business as Usual”
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Olive Bio-Diesel – by Tracy Turner
When many gentilian Americans read or hear the word Mossad they think of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, perhaps a few think of Haifa and Jaffa. Few think of the Syrian Rebel Army’s leaders as having proof of the Mossad operating in Syria. Any independent journalist running afoul of Haaretz and Reuters runs a high risk of organized harrassment and Morgellons disease infection by Mossad operatives operating with impunity in the U.S. Continue reading “U.S. Mossad Operatives and Operations”
Pittsburgh Post Gazette – by Laura McCrystal / The Philadelphia Inquirer
PRICE TOWNSHIP, Pa. – State troopers perched on rocks and leaned on trees, eyes fixed on the dense woods in front of them.
Police cruisers lined the unpaved roads.
White vans, unmarked SUVs, and armored vehicles sat ready near a pond. Continue reading “Manhunt for Pennsylvania trooper shooting suspect escalates near state forest”
The sister of the suspect in the shooting ambush that killed one Pennsylvania state police trooper and wounded another says she wants “this to be all over” and her brother should “suffer the consequences” if he was indeed the shooter.
“At the same time, I don’t want my brother to sit and rot in jail,” Tiffany Frein, 18,told the Scranton Times-Tribune. Continue reading “Sister of suspect in Pennsylvania trooper ambush says she wants manhunt to end”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A gunman opened fire during a protest on the Ethiopian Embassy grounds on Monday, according to a video of the incident, but no injuries were reported.
A spokesman for the U.S. Secret Service said it had detained a possible shooter after a report at about 12:15 p.m. EDT that shots were fired near the embassy in northwest Washington, D.C.
Witnesses said the gunfire took place inside the embassy compound during a protest against the Horn of Africa nation’s government. Continue reading “Man opens fire during Ethiopian Embassy protest in Washington”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu compared his country’s recent bombing campaign in Gaza to the U.S.-led strikes against militants in Iraq and Syria, saying Hamas and the Islamic State group share the same goal of world domination.
Addressing the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, Netanyahu accused Hamas of committing “the real war crimes” in Gaza by using Palestinian civilians as human shields. It was an angry response to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ speech to the U.N. last week in which he accused Israel of conducting a “war of genocide” in Gaza. Continue reading “Netanyahu: Hamas, Islamic State Group Share Creed”
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To love a small child, seen and unseen,
Honest and transparent love
Innocence held up today as a rare treasure
Such beauty of simplicity
Toys in a sandbox of contentment.
In a world that always becomes more difficult
Where stress climbs long steps up to questionable monuments,
Things built by human hands
Where satisfaction always takes wing in the end Continue reading “A Small Child Waits”
A monster truck fitted with tractor-sized wheels has crashed into a crowd during a show in the Netherlands near the German border, killing two people and injuring 18 more, six seriously.
Video footage of the incident on Sunday showed the truck veering off course after driving over the top of a row of cars, then knocking down a guardrail and driving into a group of onlookers. Continue reading “Monster truck kills three and injures a dozen more at event in the Netherlands”
CASTRO VALLEY, CA — A small family winery has closed its doors after being fined $115,000 for allowing volunteers to help in the wine-making process.
“There’s just no money left; they’ve taken everything,” said Jim Smyth, one of the owners Westover Winery.
Unbeknown to the Smyth family — and many other California business owners — it is illegal in the state to use unpaid volunteers at a for-profit business. Continue reading “Family-owned California winery fined $115,000 for using volunteers; put out of business”
U.S.-led air strikes hit grain silos and other targets in Islamic State-controlled territory in northern and eastern Syria overnight, killing civilians and wounding militants, a group monitoring the war said on Monday.
The aircraft may have mistaken the mills and grain storage areas in the northern Syrian town of Manbij for an Islamic State base, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. There was no immediate comment from Washington. Continue reading “U.S-led raids hit grain silos in Syria, kill workers: monitor”
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The concept of Übermensch, is a German term generally associated with a superman. This Overman concept is much more than a school of thought viewpoint. It is a nightmare of untold propositions. Paul Kurtz is editor-in-chief of Free Inquiry. He states, “There is no word in the English language that adequately conveys the meaning of secular humanism. Secular humanism is not a religion; it represents a philosophical, scientific, and ethical outlook. I have accordingly introduced a new term, eupraxsophy, in order to distinguish humanistic convictions and practices from religious systems of faith and belief. Continue reading “NWO Overman is the Eupraxsophy of Transhumanism”
CNN – by Ralph Ellis and Joe Sutton
Fifteen people, many of them teenagers and some as young as 11, were shot early Sunday morning at a Miami nightclub, Miami-Dade police reported.
Police spokeswoman Frederica Burden said the victims ranged in age from 11 to 25 and were taken to area hospitals.
Several victims were released from hospitals Sunday afternoon and a person who’d earlier been listed as critical was upgraded to critical but stable, police said in a news release. Continue reading “15 people, many teenagers, wounded in Miami nightclub shooting”
C-Net – by Michelle Star
First Coast News
Military Times – by Andrew Tilghman with Gina Harkins, David Larter, Stephen Losey, Hope Hodge Seck, Michelle Tan and Jeff Schogol
Fox News Latino
Haaretz – by Barak Ravid
Fox News
Yahoo News – by Ian Simpson
ABC News
The Guardian
Police State USA