The Globe and Mail

Pro-Russian rebels have shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets, a spokesman for Ukraine’s military operations said on Wednesday.

The spokesman said the two were downed near Savur Mogila in eastern Ukraine. No details were known about the pilots.

In Donetsk, pro-Russian separatists are leaving their positions on the outskirts of the east Ukrainian city and retreating towards the city centre, Ukrainian military officials said on Wednesday.   Continue reading “Ukrainian jets shot down by pro-Russian rebels”

"A much larger and more dangerous movement": Right-wing militias thrive post-Bundy -- and the media won't talk about itSalon – by Paul Rosenberg

Three months after the standoff at the Cliven Bundy ranch, the Southern Poverty Law Center has issued a report—”War in the West: The Bundy Ranch Standoff and the American Radical Right“—stating what should have been obvious at the time, but which most media coverage utterly obscured: The standoff was not some quirky, standalone event that spontaneously just happened out of the blue. Rather, it was a highly coordinated event reflecting the threat of a larger militia movement, which in turn has drawn together multiple threads of far-right ideology over the course of the last 40 years. Continue reading ““A much larger and more dangerous movement”: Right-wing militias thrive post-Bundy — and the media won’t talk about it”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

On Saturday, Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) said President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was a “down payment” to the Hispanic community before more grants of amnesty for illegal immigrants.

Speaking at the National Council of La Raza conference in Los Angeles, Gutierrez said that Obama assured him during a White House meeting with Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus last week that he would be as “generous and broad” as he can to “stop the deportation of our people each and every day.”    Continue reading “Luis Gutierrez to La Raza: Obama Assured Steps to ‘Stop the Deportation of our People’”

Chinese President Xi Jinping visits VenezuelaSent to us by Bob.

BBC News

Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed a series of oil and mineral deals with Venezuela.

They include a $4bn (£2.34bn) credit line in return for Venezuelan crude and other products.

The agreements came on the latest stop of a four-country visit to Latin America.   Continue reading “China’s President Xi Jinping signs Venezuela oil deal”

Star Telegram – by Becky Bohror

JUNEAU, Alaska — The companies pursuing a major liquefied natural gas project in Alaska have applied for an export license with the U.S. Department of Energy.

Securing the authorization is seen as critical for the viability of the mega-project, which the companies say would be the largest of its kind ever designed and built.

The filing was made Friday, but it was announced by the companies on Monday. Participants in the project include BP, ConocoPhillips, Exxon Mobil Corp., TransCanada Corp. and the Alaska Gasline Development Corp.   Continue reading “Consortium in Alaska applies for LNG export license”

Xinhua

TEHRAN, July 19 (Xinhua) — The world powers agreed to unfreeze 2.8 billion U.S. dollars of Iran’s frozen assets over the next four months, Press TV reported on Saturday.

“Over the next four months, 2.8 billion dollars will be deposited into Iran’s account in six installments,” senior nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday after the end of the nuclear talks in the Austrian capital Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 group, namely Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States plus Germany.   Continue reading “Iran to receive 2.8 bln USD in frozen assets”

Palestinians pray at funeralNewsweek

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinian militants on Monday after they crossed the border from Gaza through two tunnels, the military said, as the death toll from the two-week conflict passed 500.

With the U.N. Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire, Israeli jets and tanks continued to pound the Gaza Strip through the night.   Continue reading “U.N. Calls for Gaza Ceasefire as Death Toll Tops 500”

Sinkhole Closes Spring Hill IntersectionFlorida Today

The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office says several homes have been evacuated after a massive sinkhole appeared on Saturday, according to FLORIDA TODAY news partner WTSP-TV in Tampa.

The sinkhole is near the roadway at the intersection of Eldridge Road and Van Allen Way in Spring Hill.

It was initially measured at 25 by 25 feet wide and 30 feet deep, but it quickly grew to become 40 by 40 feet wide.   Continue reading “Massive sinkhole threatens Florida neighborhood”

New York Times – by Stanley Reed

LONDON — Severstal, the Russian steel maker, said on Monday that it had agreed to sell two steel facilities in the United States to two of its American rivals, Steel Dynamics and AK Steel, for more than $2.3 billion.

Severstal invested heavily in the two locations in an international expansion drive before the financial crisis and is now trying to cut costs in an effort to stem losses.   Continue reading “Russia’s Severstal to Sell U.S. Plants to American Steel Makers”

More Than 100 Homes Evacuated After Train DerailsNBC News

Two people were injured and more than a hundred homes were evacuated due to a diesel spill from a train derailment in Wisconsin, according to fire officials.

Slinger Fire Department Chief Rick Hanke said three engines and 10 railcars derailed Sunday night. He said trains from Canadian National Railway Co. and Wisconsin & Southern were involved and that officials are investigating the cause.   Continue reading “More Than 100 Homes Evacuated After Wisconsin Train Derailment”

Gov. Rick PerryBrownsville Herald – by JACOB FISCHLER

Texas Gov. Rick Perry plans to activate the Texas National Guard, he’ll announce at a 2 p.m. news conference in Austin today, state Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa, D-McAllen, said.

Hinojosa did not have details of the effort, but an internal memo from another state official’s office said the governor planned to call about 1,000 National Guard troops to the Rio GrandeValley — at a cost of about $12 million per month.   Continue reading “Perry to send National Guard troops to border”

50-calSHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

The border is completely safe. So say President Barack Obama, Representative Nancy Pelosi, Senator Harry Reid and others who support the wave of illegal immigrants entering the United States.

A new report from the southern border, however, suggests otherwise.

Shots rang out Friday night in Rincon Peninsula, Texas, forcing U.S. border patrol agents to take cover. The shots originated from south of the Rio Grande River and according to Border Patrol sources they came from a high-powered .50 caliber rifle.   Continue reading “Report: Mexican Drug Cartels Lay Down High Powered Suppressing Fire For Crossing Immigrants”

ABC News – by TAMI ABDOLLAH and SARAH RANKIN

Max Steinberg and Nissim Sean Carmeli grew up in America. But they both developed a passion for Israel.

The young men’s love of Israel ultimately led them to join the Israel Defense Forces, and they ended up fighting for the Jewish state in the Gaza Strip this week.

On Sunday, Steinberg, 24, and Carmeli, 21, were killed there. They were among 13 Israeli soldiers and 65 Palestinians killed Sunday during the first major ground battle in two weeks of fighting between Israel and Hamas.   Continue reading “2 Americans Killed in Fighting in Gaza Strip”

Food Freedom USA

Seems the food NAZI’s in Michigan are on the war path once again. This time it is dairy, eggs, and cheese. 
There comes a time when resistance is more than necessary, resistance becomes your duty! If the government can just walk in and destroy your property without compensation and you keep to a pacifist, liberal, warm and fuzzy mindset, the slave masters have accomplished their goal of  total control and have enslaved you. Continue reading “Michigan Food Seizure by Stealth, Welcome to Amerika”

ABC News – by TINA CHEN, MARK CRUDELE and JOSH MARGOLIN

A Staten Island man who died as New York City police were trying to take him into custody appears to have suffered a heart attack, the NYPD said.

Eric Garner, who was 6-foot-3 and roughly 350 pounds, died Thursday as police struggled to arrest him, according to the NYPD.

Garner was arrested in Staten Island after he was allegedly seen selling “loosie” cigarettes, police said. Garner was known for selling individual cigarettes for 50 cents each in his Staten Island neighborhood.   Continue reading “Man in Cop Chokehold Had Heart Attack, NYPD Says”

Wall Street Journal – by TAMER EL-GHOBASHY

As Israel continued its deadly assault on the Gaza Strip, Hamas militants sneaked into the country on Saturday and killed two soldiers, delivering the worst blow to the Israeli military on its side of the Gaza border in years.

After sunset, loud Israeli artillery barrages were beginning in the north.

The morning attack, along with another later in the day that the military said it foiled, highlighted what Israel is coming to see as a security threat more dangerous than the Islamic militant group’s arsenal of rockets.   Continue reading “Hamas Fighters Infiltrate Israel Through Tunnel and Kill Two Soldiers”