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CNN – by Annalyn Kurtz

Wal-Mart will pay $82 million for violating the Clean Water Act and other environmental regulations, after dumping pesticides and other hazardous materials down the drain.

The retail giant pleaded guilty to six counts of violating the Clean Water Act — all misdemeanors — in cases filed by federal prosecutors in Los Angeles and San Francisco.Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) also pleaded guilty to separate charges filed in Kansas City, Mo., for improperly handling pesticides that had been returned by customers. Continue reading “Wal-Mart pays $82 million fine for dumping hazardous waste”

BATR – by James Hall

The data mining technology that is integral to the Google AdWords experience is a power tool in creating an individual profile for anyone who surfs the web. The amazing capacity to target specific ads to personal search topics, geographic locations and web history is the harbinger of a total recall on your personality. If the benefits of getting relevant advertisement that maximize sales opportunities were the only purpose of the process, the relatively benign intrusion of a materialistic message might be tolerable to most internet users. However, the bull in the china shop is not merely in the business of making a commercial profit. Google is a wonder creation of the calculate surveillance society. Continue reading “Google and the NSA Connection”

Armageddon Online

Armageddon Online proudly presents… 954 survival books, manuals, guides and more in one place! Topics include: – Natural Disaster Survival, Food and Water Prep – Navigation – General Urban and Wilderness Preparedness – Evasion Techniques – and much more! Opening the files requires ADOBE READER or a web browser with it built in. All of the following 954 files are free to read and download individually. Continue reading “954 Survival Books, Manuals, and Guides”

Living Not Surviving – by Ahmed Serag

In a victory for Maryland concealed carry, open carry, and gun Rights, Carroll County has passed resolution 884-2013, a Second Amendment Preservation Act.

“The Board reasonably believes the MFSA to be “pretended” (unconstitutional) legislation and be it further resolved that the Board, in affirmation of the Second Amendment rights of the citizens of Carroll County, herein direct that Carroll County Government will not authorize or appropriate government funds, resources, employees, agencies, contractors, buildings, detention centers or offices for the purpose of enforcing any element of the MFSA that infringes on the right of the people to keep and bear arms” [Source Legislation] Continue reading “Carroll County Nullifies Maryland Gun Control Legislation With 2nd Amendment Preservation Act”

Bangor Daily News – by Jackie Farwell

SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Dr. Michael Ciampi took a step this spring that many of his fellow physicians would describe as radical.

The family physician stopped accepting all forms of health insurance. In early 2013, Ciampi sent a letter to his patients informing them that he would no longer accept any kind of health coverage, both private and government-sponsored. Given that he was now asking patients to pay for his services out of pocket, he posted his prices on the practice’s website. Continue reading “South Portland doctor stops accepting insurance, posts prices online”

Washington Post – by Jonathan Turley

There were times this past week when it seemed like the 19th-century Know-Nothing Party had returned to Washington. President Obama insisted he knew nothing about major decisions in the State Department, or the Justice Department, or the Internal Revenue Service. The heads of those agencies, in turn, insisted they knew nothing about major decisions by their subordinates. It was as if the government functioned by some hidden hand. Continue reading “The rise of the fourth branch of government”

Veterans Today – by Kevin Barrett [Satire]

According to unconfirmed reports, former Republican presidential candidate and current Senator John McCain has joined al-Qaeda.

Informed sources report that McCain slipped across the Syrian border last night and joined the al-Nusra front, an Israeli-supported al-Qaeda affiliate that is waging war against Syria. Continue reading “McCain Sneaks Across Syria Border, Joins Al-Qaeda”

Kopnomi

The Syria crisis appears to be entering a new phase of deadly maneuvering with fast-paced events between Monday and Tuesday (today).

On Monday, May 27, the European Union lifted an embargo on arming Syrian rebels, allowing member nations to go ahead to provide the arms as they deem fit. Continue reading “Syria escalation(Israel vs Russia): Russia to send in advanced missiles to deter foreign intervention; Israel threatens to strike shipment”

Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten

During much of the United States’ existence, a significant portion of the population lived near the uncivilized frontier. The frontier was a place where the laws of civilization did not reach, where Judeo/Christian morals were not in the ascendancy, a place of danger, where travelers must always be on their guard, where savage tribes held sway, a land often as not immersed in a low level of war, either between the tribes or between a tribe and western civilization, and where a man depended on his wits and weapons, and was not able to depend upon the force of law. Continue reading “Armed Citizens and the Modern Frontier”

CNN

The New York Police Department gave an “all clear” Monday after an unattended, suspicious vehicle prompted authorities to shut the Brooklyn Bridge.

The vehicle was found in the right lane of the Manhattan-bound side of the bridge, mid-span, a police spokesman said. Continue reading “All clear given at Brooklyn Bridge after suspicious vehicle prompts closure”

The Daily Beast

Sen. John McCain Monday became the highest-ranking U.S. official to enter Syria since the bloody civil war there began more than two years ago, The Daily Beast has learned.

McCain, one of the fiercest critics of the Obama administration’s Syria policy, made the unannounced visit across the Turkey-Syria border with Gen. Salem Idris, the leader of the Supreme Military Council of the Free Syrian Army. He stayed in the country for several hours before returning to Turkey. Both in Syria and Turkey, McCain and Idris met with assembled leaders of Free Syrian Army units that traveled from around the country to see the U.S. senator. Inside those meetings, rebel leaders called on the United States to step up its support to the Syrian armed opposition and provide them with heavy weapons, a no-fly zone, and airstrikes on the Syrian regime and the forces of Hezbollah, which is increasingly active in Syria. Continue reading “John McCain Slips Across Border Into Syria, Meets With Rebels”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael

Is the coming financial collapse going to be inflationary or deflationary? Are we headed for rampant inflation or crippling deflation? This is a subject that is hotly debated by economists all over the country. Some insist that the wild money printing that the Federal Reserve is doing combined with out of control government spending will eventually result in hyperinflation. Others point to all of the deflationary factors in our economy and argue that we will experience tremendous deflation when the bubble economy that we are currently living in bursts. Continue reading “Will It Be Inflation Or Deflation? The Answer May Surprise You”

John Dryden Daily Herald – by Susan Sarkauskas

A Batavia High School teacher’s fans are rallying to support him as he faces possible discipline for advising students of their Constitutional rights before taking a school survey on their behavior.

They’ve been collecting signatures on an online petition, passing the word on Facebook, sending letters to the school board, and planning to speak at Tuesday’s school board meeting. Continue reading “Constitutional Warning lands Batavia teacher in hot water”

The Daily Beast – by Terry Greene Sterling

For more than 22 years, Debbie Milke has sat on Arizona’s death row, convicted of killing her only child. Known locally as Death Row Debbie, Milke and her lawyers have argued for years that she was the victim of a crooked cop with a history of lying under oath. Finally, the courts took notice. And Death Row Debbie could be free in a matter of days. Continue reading “Death Row Debbie Milke Could Soon Be Free”

Huffington Post – by Lucy Sherriff

Eton College asked 13-year-old boys competing for a scholarship to pretend to be Prime Minister and justify the army shooting dead 25 protesters as a “necessary and moral” decision, it has emerged.

The public school set the question as part of an exam to win one of 14 King’s Scholarships, which is worth one tenth of Eton’s £10,689 termly fees. Continue reading “Eton College’s Exam Asks Boys To Justify The Army Shooting Protesters Dead”

RT News – by Pepe Escobar, May 24, 2013

Forget it; the Global War on Terror (GWOT) is not becoming more “democratic” – or even transparent.

US President Barack Obama now pledges to transfer the responsibility of the shadow ‘Drone Wars’from the CIA to the Pentagon – so the US Congress is able to monitor it.

Until virtually yesterday the Obama administration did not even recognize in public the existence of the shadow ‘Drone Wars’. Continue reading “The entire globe is a battlefield for Pentagon”

Refreshing News- by Pooja

A school board in Canada has launched an investigation after school staff strip-searched 28 tenth grade students after a cell phone went missing during a final exam.

The students at Cap-Jeunesse high school north of Montreal were told to place their phones on the teacher’s desk to prevent cheating during a math test. When one phone went missing, teachers ordered the strip search. Continue reading “28 grade 10 students in Quebec stripped search due to a missing cell phone during an exam”

Lone Star Watchdog

It is a national disgrace that are veterans are ignored by our government. Many returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan are in need of follow up care for injuries sustained in combat. Obama’s sequester cuts have further defunded the VA. That means more war veterans who were wounded in combat will not get the care they need. Many will die waiting for approval from the VA. Many Veterans are homeless in need of mental health treatment. Continue reading “Why Say No To Amnesty? Illegal Aliens Get Better Government Care While War Veteran’s Needs Are Ignored.”

Lone Star Watchdog

The IRS should be eliminated because it has used a tax system that exploits class warfare and used by every President to go after their political enemies. The most obvious case of abuse was with the famous boxer Joe Lewis who had been robbed ruthlessly by this agency that is the collection arm of the Federal Reserve Bank.

Now President Obama is now being grilled and rightly so for using the IRS to harass the Tea Party movement and other patriot groups trying to silence and shut them down to send a chilling effect not to challenge the White House. Continue reading “Beware of the “Fair Tax” Scam Solution While they Call for the End to the IRS”

Lions of Liberty – by John Odermatt

A former Southwestern Pennsylvania Judge is facing a slew of drug and theft charges, according to a Grand Jury Presentment. The charges stem from a Grand Jury investigation that began as a result of repeated requests by Judge Paul Pozonsky to have drug evidence brought to him and left in his chambers. In some instances the drugs were never returned and even when drug evidence was returned seals were broken, drugs were missing, and some drug baggies had been filled with baking soda. Continue reading “Felony Friday: Pennsylvania Judge Facing Drug and Theft Charges”