Bloomberg – by Hans Nichols

President Barack Obama is targeting Iran’s currency for the first time under sanctions authorized yesterday as the U.S. increases economic pressure on the Islamic Republic to halt its nuclear program.

Obama signed an executive order that would impose penalties on “foreign financial institutions that knowingly conduct or facilitate significant transactions for the purchase or sale of the Iranian rial,” according to a statement yesterday from White House press secretary Jay Carney. It was the ninth executive order that Obama has signed sanctioning Iran, which will hold presidential elections June 14.   Continue reading “Obama Authorizes New Iran Sanctions Targeting Currency”

McClatchy – by Sheera Frenkel

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel’s military fumed Monday over the discovery that the U.S. government had revealed details of a top-secret Israeli military installation in published bid requests.

The Obama administration had promised to build Israel a state-of-the-art facility to house a new ballistic-missile defense system, the Arrow 3. As with all Defense Department projects, detailed specifications were made public so that contractors could bid on the $25 million project. The specifications included more than 1,000 pages of details on the facility, ranging from the heating and cooling systems to the thickness of the walls.   Continue reading “U.S. publishes details of missile base Israel wanted kept secret”

BernankeLeavingBilderberg2008Raw Story – by Ben Quinn, The Guardian

Heads of big tax-avoiding firms set to attend secretive group’s four-day summit being held near Watford

George Osborne and his Labour shadow, Ed Balls, are on a list of those attending this week’s UK summit of the secretive Bilderberg group alongside the heads of Amazon and Google, both of which are under unprecedented political pressure over their companies’ aggressive tax avoidance policies.   Continue reading “Amazon and Google chiefs join other corporate tax avoiders at annual Bilderberg confab”

Electronic Frontier Foundation – by JILLIAN C. YORK

We knew it would happen.  After months of anticipation, Jordanian authorities have initiated a ban on news sites that have not yet registered and been licensed by the Press and Publications Department, effectively blocking more than 300 news websites.  According to local media organization 7iber (which means “ink” in Arabic):   Continue reading “Jordan Takes a Disappointing Turn Toward Censorship”

Bilderberg Meetings

61st Bilderberg conference to take place on 6-9 June 2013 in Hertfordshire, UK

Hertfordshire, 3 June 2013 – The 61st Bilderberg meeting is set to take place from 6 until 9 June 2013 in Hertfordshire, UK. A total of around 140 participants from 21 European and North American countries have confirmed their attendance. As ever, a diverse group of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and the media have been invited.    Continue reading “Bilderberg 2013 Attendee List”

KLFY News

LANCASTER, Calif. Nearly 3,000 people from some 700 homes were under evacuation orders Monday as a wildfire north of Los Angeles kept growing, feeding on old, dry brush, some of which hadn’t burned in decades.

The blaze had burned about 35 square miles in the mountains and canyons of the Angeles National Forest, destroying at least six homes and damaging 15 more.    Continue reading “Thousands ordered to flee massive blaze outside L.A.”

State Police Lt. Paul Vance addresses a horde of news people a day after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown.Hartford Courant

Newtown massacre: Still no report

Who made the state police king? Why do they continue to drag their feet in releasing a final report on the investigation into the devastating Dec. 14 shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School? Who gave that agency the authority to decide what the public should know and when they should know it?   Continue reading “Six Months On, And Still No Sandy Hook Report?”

1011 – by Steve Ross

Hunter Spanjer says his name with a certain special hand gesture, but at just three and a half years old, he may have to change it.

“He’s deaf, and his name sign, they say, is a violation of their weapons policy,” explained Hunter’s father, Brian Spanjer.   Continue reading “Grand Island Preschooler Asked to Change the Sign for His Name in School”

World Events and the Bible – by Brandon Ward

WEB Notes: This is not a surprise to many of us, but it is sombering to see nonetheless. The state of California is well on their way to usurping the United States Constitution and your right to bear arms. The first step to confiscation is registration and this is exactly what they are calling for with this bill just passed by the California State Senate. This is not an official law at this time, however, it appears that this bill will become law shortly.   Continue reading “SB 374: California Set To Attack Second Amendment By Demanding Gun Registration”

High winds snapped a power pole on Highway 81 near El Reno, Okla., on Friday as tornadoes rolled into the area.USA Today – by Robin Webb and Michael Winter

Officials were preparing to survey the damage Saturday morning after tornadoes hit the Oklahoma City metro area Friday, killing at least 5 people and injuring 50.

The storm, the second fatal one to strike the region in 11 days, spawned several tornadoes, toppled cars and left commuters trapped on an interstate highway during Friday’s evening rush. Law enforcement officers and Red Cross workers planned to head to hard-hit areas after dawn to assess the damage.   Continue reading “5 dead after tornadoes, floods strike Oklahoma”

A customer inspects a 9mm handgun at Rink's Gun and Sport in the Chicago, suburb of Lockport, Illinois in this June 26, 2008 file photograph. REUTERS/Frank Polich/FilesYahoo News

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois (Reuters) – Illinois lawmakers on Friday approved a measure that permits residents to carry concealed guns, which if signed by the governor would make some form of carrying a concealed weapon legal in all 50 states.

Illinois is the only state in the nation to ban most people from carrying a concealed gun outside the home and lawmakers are up against a deadline to approve a bill after a federal appeals court struck down that ban as unconstitutional.   Continue reading “Illinois lawmakers approve concealed guns bill”

Daily Caller – Josh Peterson

A federal judge in California ordered Google to comply with an FBI national security investigation after the search giant launched a protest against the bureau’s request.

U.S. District Judge Susan Illston rejected Google’s petition to modify or throw out 19 national security letters (NSL) related to federal government investigations due to the broad nature of the petition, CNET reported Friday.   Continue reading “Judge orders Google to comply with FBI national security investigation”

Breitbart – by Joel B. Pollak

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) declined Friday afternoon to meet a Senate Finance Committee deadline for answering detailed questions about the origins of the IRS scandal. The questions had been submitted jointly nearly two weeks ago by Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT).   Continue reading “IRS Ignores Senate Deadline to Answer Questions about Scandal”

Infowars – by Kit Daniels

President Barack Obama will soon sign an international arms trade treaty previously rejected by the United States Senate.

The United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) establishes regulations for international arms sales. Categories of firearms listed in the treaty includes tanks, artillery, and small arms such as handguns. The U.N. General Assemblypassed the treaty on April 2nd with a vote of 153-4, with the United States voting in favor. Obama intends to sign the treaty on June 3rd.   Continue reading “Obama to Sign U.N. Firearms Treaty Rejected by Senate”

Dear Senator Wyden and Team,

The fact that you work in an office and I work outside speaks to the fact that you and your team probably have no clue how bad the project to modify the upper atmosphere has become in southern Oregon, east of the Cascades. In fact, it is making us sick.  YES. SICK. Many people are complaining of colds that do not go away, of upper respiratory tightness, frequent headaches, “brain fog” and a background fatigue.    Continue reading “Letter to Sen. Wyden: We are being Sprayed on a Daily Basis!”

FBI Ill. Man admits selling cocaine to 2 judges St Louis Today – by Paul Hampel

BELLEVILLE • Embattled St. Clair County Circuit Judge Michael N. Cook, who faces federal drug and gun charges, resigned from the bench Wednesday.

Chief Judge John Baricevic said he had received a letter from Cook’s attorney, Tom Keefe, notifying him of the decision.   Continue reading “Judge facing heroin, gun charge resigns from St. Clair County Court”