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Firefighter Close Calls

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Did you see the Detroit FD movie “Burn”? If so, you know the story of FF Brendan Milewski, who on August 13, 2010, had his lie change forever. He was operating at a building fire and was hit with a massive chunk of limestone, and that basically exploded his seventh thoracic vertebra. He now lives the rest of his life as a T6 Paraplegic. Fortunately, his city takes care of Firefighters injured in the line of duty….forever. Nope.   Continue reading “THEY HAVE YOUR BACK? Don’t Count On It.”

Who What Why – by Dave Lindorff, Russ Baker and Milicent Cranor

In the six months since the Boston Marathon bombing, the FBI has by all appearances been relentlessly intimidating, punishing, deporting and, in one case, shooting to death, persons connected, sometimes only tangentially, with the alleged bombers.

All of these individuals have something in common: If afforded constitutional protections and treated as witnesses instead of perpetrators, they could potentially help clear up questions about the violence of April 15.  And they might also be able to help clarify the methods and extent of the FBI’s recruitment of immigrants and others for undercover work, and how that could relate to the Bureau’s prior relationship with the bombing suspects—a relationship the Bureau has variously hidden or downplayed.   Continue reading “Feds Accused Of Harassing “Boston Bomber” Friends, And Friends Of Friends”

Anti-War – by Ivan Eland

Sending a shock wave through the U.S. military-industrial complex, NATO ally Turkey passed up the usually dominant American defense industry in favor of an obscure Chinese defense company for a contract on a long-range missile defense system. Unlike the American Patriot system, the Chinese system, produced by China Precision, is not easily compatible with existing NATO air defense systems, and China Precision is even under US sanctions for selling technologies that the US government says could help Syria (Turkey’s new nemesis), Iran, and North Korea develop unconventional weapons. One would think that Turkey would have made sure its primary security guarantor – the United States – was happy, given that a civil war is raging in neighboring Syria and occasionally spilling into its territory. Yet the US quest to be “Big Man on Campus” and retain “influence” in Europe after the Cold War has allowed its NATO allies to get away with even more then they did back then.   Continue reading “Turkey’s Arms Purchase Should Jolt US Alliance Policies”

The BRAD BLOG – by BRAD FRIEDMAN 

One of the world’s largest ATM manufacturers and, formerly, one of the largest manufacturers of electronic voting systems, has been indicted by federal prosecutors for bribery and falsification of documents.

The charges represent only the latest in a long series of criminal and/or unethical misconduct by Diebold, Inc. and their executives over the past decade.

According to Cleveland’s Plain Dealer, a U.S. Attorney says the latest charges are in response to “a worldwide pattern of criminal conduct” by the company….   Continue reading “Diebold Charged With Bribery, Falsifying Docs, ‘Worldwide Pattern of Criminal Conduct’”

Yahoo News

Oslo (AFP) – A Norwegian man who purchased $24 worth of bitcoins and then promptly forgot about it for four years, was able to buy an apartment in central Oslo thanks to the massive appreciation of the virtual currency.

In 2009, Kristoffer Koch was doing research on encryption and on a whim decided to invest a small sum in the recently created bitcoins — a means of payment over the Internet.   Continue reading “Norwegian man buys flat with forgotten $24 bitcoin investment”

The New Yorker – by ANDY BOROWITZ [SATIRE]

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — Responding to the firestorm of controversy over its spying on European allies, the head of the National Security Agency said today it would do everything in its power to avoid being caught doing it in the future.

“There are two important jobs for every spy agency: spying on people and avoiding detection,” said the N.S.A. chief General Keith Alexander. “Unfortunately, at the N.S.A. we have only done the first job well.”   Continue reading “N.S.A. Promises to Stop Getting Caught Spying on Allies”

RT News

The White House is currently evaluating whether to end surveillance programs allegedly targeting the leaderships of allied nations such as Germany.

This follows criticism from Senator Dianne Feinstein, the Senate Intelligence Committee’s chairwoman, who said that she was “totally opposed” to the collection of intelligence on US allies, and said that such surveillance of foreign heads of state would cease immediately.   Continue reading “White House considers halt to surveillance of allied leaders”

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

According to the NRA-ILA, the last primary lead smelter in the United States will close down its operation in December.

This means the US will lose its capability to produce lead ammo completely within its borders from the process of mining to production of commercial cartridges.   Continue reading “Last U.S. Lead Smelter to Close in December Due to EPA – Might Affect Ammo Production”

RT News

Senator Rand Paul doesn’t want government officials to receive any sort of special treatment, and a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution courtesy of the Kentucky Republican could accomplish just that.

Sen. Paul’s office announced on Monday that the lawmaker introduced a Constitutional amendment in Washington last week “that would hold government officials to the same standard as the American people.”   Continue reading “Rand Paul proposes constitutional amendment barring government officials from being above the law”

Breitbart – by JON DAVID KAHN

Whoever believes that Britney Spears’ music isn’t powerful, need think again. Chart toppers like “Hit Me Baby One More Time” and “Oops I Did it Again” have proven to be effective weapons when blasted at approaching Somali Pirates who reportedly retreat at the mere sound of the songstress.

Rachel Owens, 34, a merchant navy officer on huge super tankers off the east coast of Africa says music is a really effective way of deterring the pirates and their high-speed skiffs: “Her songs have been chosen by the security team accompanying our tankers because they thought the pirates would hate them most. These guys can’t stand Western culture or music, making Britney’s hits perfect.”   Continue reading “Britney Spears Music Used To Scare Off Somali Pirates”

I thought we were broke.

Chron

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Some four-footed military heroes will be honored at a South Texas installation where many of the animals are trained.

Dedication ceremonies are scheduled Monday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for the first national monument honoring war dogs that died in service to America.   Continue reading “Military dogs honored with monument in San Antonio”

Press TV – by Kevin Barrett

Extremism Online – by J B Campbell

This writer and the Obama gang want violent revolution.  On that goal we are agreed.  Obama wants it because he’s a Communist.  I want it because I’m an anti-Communist.  Only violence will determine anything because Communists and anti-Communists cannot co-exist.  One must kill the other or be killed by the other.  We saw that in Russia and we saw it in Germany and we saw it in China, Korea, Vietnam and Cambodia.  I saw it in Rhodesia.  The Communists defeated the anti-Communists everywhere because America was on the Communist side.  America is Communist and has to be destroyed by American anti-Communists.     Continue reading “Communist America”

Irish Independent – by JESSE HAMILTON AND JIM BRUNSDEN

The biggest US banks would be required to hold enough easily sold assets to survive a 30-day credit drought under proposed new Federal Reserve liquidity rules.

The Federal Reserve liquidity coverage ratio proposal, approved unanimously at a meeting in Washington, goes further than the Basel III measure adopted in January and calls for earlier implementation than the EU.   Continue reading “US banks are told to be prepared for 30-day crisis”

KRMG – by Rick Couri

Neighbors say Michael Guzzo never showed any signs of being a violent man.

But that changed quickly when he took a pump shotgun and murdered four of his neighbors and two of their dogs before killing himself.

Police think the entire incident happened because Guzzo was mad about the dogs barking.   Continue reading “Man kills four neighbors, two dogs, and himself over loud barking”