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USA Today – by John Myers, KXTV-TV

SACRAMENTO — In what could become one of California’s biggest crises in years, Gov. Jerry Brown declared a statewide drought emergency Friday, an action that sets the stage for new state and federal efforts.

The governor also wants to focus Californians on the possibility of water shortages.

“All I can report to you is it’s not raining today and it’s not likely to rain for several weeks,” Brown said in a news conference in San Francisco. On Thursday, the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center forecast below normal precipitation for two-thirds of California through April.   Continue reading “California governor declares drought emergency”

Jon Rappoport

It’s Senate Bill A8186-2013.

It’s been referred to the education committee twice, most recently a week ago. NY State Senator Margaret Markey introduced it in 2013.

Previously, Markey won a few minutes of fame for introducing a bill that would stop all restaurants from using salt in their meals.   Continue reading “NY State Senator says: psych eval for all little children”

Yahoo News – by Jonathan Saul

LONDON (Reuters) – In recent weeks Russia has stepped up supplies of military gear to Syria, including armored vehicles, drones and guided bombs, boosting President Bashar al-Assad just as rebel infighting has weakened the insurgency against him, sources with knowledge of the deliveries say.

Moscow, which is trying to raise its diplomatic and economic influence in the Middle East, has been a major provider of conventional weapons to Syria, giving Assad crucial support during the three-year civil war and blocking wider Western attempts to punish him with sanctions for the use of force against civilians.   Continue reading “Russia steps up military lifeline to Syria’s Assad – sources”

Fox News – by Allan Muir (Sports Illustrated)

A goalie for America’s Olympic women’s hockey team was forced to repaint her new mask this week to remove a representation of the U.S. Constitution from the back plate.

According to InGoal Magazine, the changes were forced on Jessie Vetter by the International Olympic Committee.   Continue reading “IOC Forces US Goalie to Remove Constitution From Mask for Sochi”

My Fox

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia police are confirming that two students have been shot at a charter school in the city’s Logan section.

WATCH LIVE REPORT SOON: SkyFOX Over Shooting Scene

The shooting is being reported at Delaware Valley Charter High School, located at 5201 Old York Road.   Continue reading “2 Kids Shot Inside Philadelphia High School”

New York Times – by MARK LANDLER and PETER BAKER

WASHINGTON — President Obama, responding to a clamorous debate over the government’s broad surveillance practices, announced on Friday that he will require intelligence agencies to obtain permission from a secret court before tapping into a vast storehouse of telephone data, and will ultimately move that data out of the hands of the government.   Continue reading “Obama Calls for Overhaul of N.S.A.’s Phone Data Collection Program”

Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson

Writing for the Atlantic Council, a prominent think tank based in Washington DC, Harlan K. Ullman warns that an “extraordinary crisis” is needed to preserve the “new world order,” which is under threat of being derailed by non-state actors like Edward Snowden.

The Atlantic Council is considered to be a highly influential organization with close ties to major policy makers across the world. It’s headed up by Gen. Brent Scowcroft, former United States National Security Advisor under U.S. Presidents Gerald Ford and George H. W. Bush. Snowcroft has also advised President Barack Obama.   Continue reading “Think Tank: “Extraordinary Crisis” Needed to Preserve “New World Order””

End of American Dream – by Michael Snyder

Since Barack Obama has been in the White House, high ranking military officers have been removed from their positions at a rate that is absolutely unprecedented.  Things have gotten so bad that a number of retired generals are publicly speaking out about the “purge” of the U.S. military that they believe is taking place.  As you will see below, dozens of highly decorated military leaders have been dismissed from their positions over the past few years.    Continue reading “Why Are Dozens Of High Ranking Officers Being Purged From The U.S. Military?”

Washington’s Blog

But U.S. Is Still Calling for Regime Change

The head of the UN weapons inspectors said that the American case for Syrian government firing chemical weapons was weak, because the rockets can only go 2 miles … but government-held territory is much further away.

Similarly, McClatchy reported yesterday:   Continue reading “Weapons Inspectors: Syrian Chemical Weapons Fired from REBEL-HELD Territory”

Fox News

A North Texas man is trying to clear his name after he was arrested and cited for allegedly violating a city ordinance for holding a homemade sign warning drivers about speed traps.

Ron Martin, 33, was arrested last October after an officer saw him standing in the median on the Eldorado Parkway in Frisco holding a sign that read “Police ahead,” letting drivers know an officer was waiting at the opposite side of a nearby bridge, MyFoxDFW.com reported.     Continue reading “Texas man fights citation after warning drivers of nearby speed trap”

NBC News – by Kasie Hunt and Carrie Dann 

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Thursday that would restore protections in the Voting Rights Act that were struck down by the Supreme Court last year.

National Review – by Jillian Kay Melchior

One in seven of New Mexico’s certified Obamacare navigators had a match in the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database, according to public records obtained by National Review Online.

In total, 38 health-care guides or certified application counselors received their certification despite a match, according to records from the New Mexico Office of the Superintendent of Insurance (OSI), which certifies navigators working with the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange.   Continue reading “Obamacare’s Fishy Navigators”

Business Insider – by DINA SPECTOR

While everyone in the United States was moaning and groaning last week about the insufferably cold temperatures, other parts of the world were intensely frigid too.

Take the small Norwegian island of Lovund, for instance, where thousands of fish were essentially flash-frozen in a bay as the air temperature dipped to -7.8 degrees Celsius (18 degrees Fahrenheit), according to a report from the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).   Continue reading “A Norwegian Bay Was So Cold That Thousands Of Fish Were Flash-Frozen”

Yahoo News – by David Ingram

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A judge on Wednesday upheld subsidies at the heart of President Barack Obama’s healthcare overhaul, rejecting one of the main legal challenges to the policy by conservatives opposed to an expansion of the federal government.

A ruling in favor of a lawsuit brought by individuals and businesses in Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Tennessee, West Virginia and Virginia would have crippled the implementation of the law by making health insurance unaffordable for many people.   Continue reading “U.S. judge upholds subsidies pivotal to Obamacare”

Here are some pictures of the Federal Gov’t helicopter that’s flying over Baltimore today and tomorrow doing research on “background radiation”. You can see the detection pods on the side of the chopper.

From the Baltimore Sun: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/bs-md-helicopter-flyovers-20140114,0,4711846.story   Continue reading “Helicopter Flying Over Baltimore for “Background Radiation Research””

Fox 59

ELKHART, Ind. (January 16th, 2014) – Three people are dead after a supermarket shooting in Elkhart.

The shooting occurred just after 10 p.m. Wednesday night at the Martin’s Supermarket on East Bristol St.

Police responded to a call regarding a man with a gun in the store.   Continue reading “3 dead in Elkhart supermarket shooting”

Fox News

NORFOLK, VA. –  A Navy fighter jet crashed Wednesday in Atlantic waters off Virginia’s coast and the pilot has been rescued, a Navy official said. The crash comes a week after a Navy helicopter plunged into the ocean in the region, leaving three dead.

Cmdr. Mike Kafka, a spokesman for Naval Air Forces Atlantic, said the F/A-18E Super Hornet crashed about 2:35 p.m. about 50 miles off Virginia Beach. He said the pilot ejected and was recovered by a fisherman, and then picked up by a Navy helicopter. Kafka said the pilot was conscious, but he gave no other immediate details about the crash or the pilot’s health.   Continue reading “Navy: Fighter jet crashes off Virginia in Atlantic Ocean, pilot rescued and is conscious”

Bloomberg News – by Ian Katz

China’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries increased $12.2 billion to a record$1.317 trillion in November, data released on the Treasury Department’s website showed.

The figures, scheduled for release at 9 a.m. tomorrow in Washington, were inadvertently posted on the Treasury’s website. Japan’s holdings rose $12 billion to $1.186 trillion, the figures showed.   Continue reading “China’s Treasury Holdings Climb to Record in Government Data”

RT News

Israel bombed two targets in the Gaza Strip as a response to earlier fire from across the border, according to the Israel Defense Forces. Palestinians had fired at Israel after an IDF incursion reportedly took place on the Strip’s eastern border.

Israeli “aircraft targeted two concealed rocket launchers in the northern Gaza Strip,” the IDF stated.   Continue reading “Israel returns fire on Gaza following reports of IDF intrusion”