Dilma Rousseff UN general assemblyThe Guardian -by Julian Borger

Brazil‘s president, Dilma Rousseff, has launched a blistering attack on US espionage at the UN general assembly, accusing the NSA of violating international law by its indiscriminate collection of personal information of Brazilian citizens and economic espionage targeted on the country’s strategic industries.

Rousseff’s angry speech was a direct challenge to President Barack Obama, who was waiting in the wings to deliver his own address to the UN general assembly, and represented the most serious diplomatic fallout to date from the revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.   Continue reading “Brazilian president: US surveillance a ‘breach of international law’”

FILE - This April 30, 2012 file satellite image provided by GeoEye shows the area around the Yongbyon nuclear facility in Yongbyon, North Korea. The U.S.-Korea Institute at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies said on May 16, 2012, that new satellite imagery showed that North Korea had resumed building work on a reactor after months of inactivity at the site. The GeoEye image shows progress in construction of the containment building for the light-water reactor at the Yongbyon facility, according to the institute, but that the reactor is unlikely to become operational before 2014 or 2015. North Korean scientists have mastered domestic production of essential components for the gas centrifuges needed to build uranium-based nuclear bombs, apparently shutting down one of the few ways outsiders could monitor secretive atomic work, according to evidence gathered by two American experts, The Associated Press reports Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. (AP Photo/GeoEye, File)Yahoo News – by FOSTER KLUG

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean scientists are able to build crucial equipment for uranium-based nuclear bombs on their own, cutting the need for imports that had been one of the few ways outsiders could monitor the country’s secretive atomic work, according to evidence gathered by two American experts.

The experts say material published in North Korean scientific publications and news media shows that Pyongyang is mastering domestic production of essential components for the gas centrifuges needed to make such bombs. The development further complicates long-stalled efforts to stop a nuclear bomb program that Pyongyang has vowed to expand, despite international condemnation.   Continue reading “US experts: NKorea can likely build key nuke parts”

SKorea rejects Boeing, says F-15 not good enoughYahoo News – by Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Tuesday rejected Boeing Co.’s bid to supply 60 fighter jets in the country’s largest-ever weapons purchase even though it was the sole remaining bidder, and said it would reopen the tender.

Boeing had offered its F-15 Silent Eagle, but South Korean critics have said the warplane lacks state-of-the-art stealth capabilities and cannot effectively cope with North Korea’s increasing nuclear threats.   Continue reading “SKorea rejects Boeing, says F-15 not good enough”

Bullet Proof DieselAmmoLand

MESA, Ariz. –-(Ammoland.com)- The owners of Bullet Proof Diesel are encouraging their employees to bring guns to work.

“If people were going to come in here and cause harm knowing that half the people in here may be armed I think it would make them think twice about it,” said Ken Neal with Bullet Proof Diesel.   Continue reading “Mesa Business Owners at Bullet Proof Diesel, Encourage Guns At Work”

Gun Rights Policy ConferenceAmmoLand

U.S. Representative Steve Stockman (R-TX) will be among the speakers at the 2013 Gun Rights Policy Conference at the Marriott Hotel Houston, Tex. Airport hotel, an event that will also feature several national gun rights leaders.

Congressman Stockman will speak during the annual awards luncheon.   Continue reading “28th Annual Gun Rights Policy Conference – Next Weekend”

Florida's Herpes-Infected Rhesus Monkey ProblemTake Part – by Andri Antoniades

If any state in the union best represents the dangers of invasive species, it’s Florida. The Sunshine State is home to what’s been a raging Burmese python invasion for some decades. And its Cuban tree frog problem isn’t doing the ecosystem any favors either.

But the state has a new issue: invasive Rhesus monkeys—with herpes.  Continue reading “Herpes-Infected Monkeys Invade Florida”

Marlon BrownHuffington Post

The family of a Florida man run over by police has released the video of his death in an attempt to start an independent investigation.

Marlon Brown, 38, of DeLand, was killed when a patrol car ran him over on May 8. He was reportedly running from police after he was pulled over for not wearing a seatbelt, ABC News reports. In the video released this week, officer James Harris gets out of the patrol car and tells another responding officer, “I think he’s underneath the f–king car.”   Continue reading “Marlon Brown’s Family Releases GRAPHIC VIDEO Of Florida Officer Running Him Over”

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Now that Starbucks has urged its customers to leave their guns at home, the founder of the organization Defend Louisiana, State Rep. Jeff Thompson is suggesting that conservatives take their business to coffee shops that are “friendly to gun owners and respect the Second Amendment.”

“The home of the most expensive cup of coffee is apparently now the home of the most dangerous as well,” Thompson wrote in a posting on the Defend Louisiana website.  Continue reading “Founder of Defend Louisiana Will Boycott Starbucks”

The Dissenter – by Steve Horn

Just a few days after a video first posted on “The Dissenter” went viral – depicting a demobilized student sitting face-down on the ground being punched in the kidney by a plain-clothed New York Police Department (NYPD) officer — City University of New York (CUNY)’s faculty and staff union voted “yes” unanimously on a resolution condemning both the six arrests and accompanying police repression.  Continue reading “CUNY Union Condemns Police Repression at Petraeus Protests, CUNY Responds”

The Blaze – by Jason Howerton

The South Carolina school district currently utilizing a U.S. history textbook with a disputed interpretation of the Second and Third Amendments responded to TheBlaze’s exclusive report in great detail on Wednesday.

In an emailed statement, a spokesman for Greenville County Schools confirmed that Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville, S.C., has received “several emails and phone calls” expressing concern over how the textbook, “The Americans,” defines the Second Amendment.   Continue reading “S.C. School District’s Detailed Response to TheBlaze’s Exclusive Report on ‘Widely Adopted’ Textbook With Flawed 2nd Amendment Definition”

Mayor Bloomberg says he’s not concerned about city’s income inequality because it means that super wealthy want to live in New York. ‘I we could get every billionaire around the world to move here, it would be a Godsend,’ he said.Daily News – by Mara Gay

If only there were more billionaires.

“They are the ones that pay a lot of the taxes, and we take the tax revenues from those people to help people throughout the entire rest of the spectrum.”

Bloomberg, whose $32 billion net worth puts him 10th on the Forbes list of the world’s wealthiest people, has talked up the value of billionaires before.   Continue reading “Mayor Bloomberg: Stark differences between the city’s rich and poor are largely because so many billionaires want to live in New York”

Gilberton Police Chief Mark Kessler listens as Gilberton Mayor Mary Lou Hannon makes a recommendation to suspend him Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013 in Mahanoy Plane, Pa. A small-town Pennsylvania police chief’s profanity-laced Internet tirades about the Second Amendment and liberals have earned him a measure of notoriety _ and now, his bosses intend, a pink slip. Gilberton Borough Council members say they plan to fire Mark Kessler, nearly two months after voting to suspend the only full-time member of the town's police force. MANDATORY CREDIT Photo: Republican-Herald, David McKeownSF Gate – by MICHAEL RUBINKAM, Associated Press

GILBERTON, Pa. (AP) — A small-town Pennsylvania police chief’s profanity-laced Internet tirades about the Second Amendment and liberals have earned him a measure of notoriety — and now, his bosses intend, a pink slip.

Gilberton Borough Council members said Thursday night they plan to fire Mark Kessler, nearly two months after voting to suspend the only full-time member of the town’s police force.   Continue reading “Town plans to fire foul-mouthed Pa. police chief”

CCDL Softail Springer Motorcycle RaffelAmmo Land – by Scott Wilson Sr.

WoodBridge, CT –-(Ammoland.com)- Gun Rights Supporters across Connecticut will unite this coming Saturday for a combination Motorcycle and Automobile Poker Run.

This fund is to finance the legal challenge against (PA 13-3) and restore the rights taken away from Connecticut citizens.

Connecticut Citizens League President ‘Scott Wilson’ extended an invitation to all that wish to overturn the massive gun control act (PA 13-3) that passed earlier this year.    Continue reading “Connecticut Citizens Defense League 2nd Amendment Poker Run & Motorcycle Raffel”

ABC News – by COLLEEN SLEVIN and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

Colorado’s flooding shut down hundreds of natural gas and oil wells in the state’s main petroleum-producing region and triggered at least two spills, temporarily suspending a multibillion-dollar drilling frenzy and sending inspectors into the field to gauge the extent of pollution.

Besides the possible environmental impact, flood damage to roads, railroads and other infrastructure will affect the region’s energy production for months to come. And analysts warn that images of flooded wellheads from the booming Wattenberg Field will increase public pressure to impose restrictions on drilling techniques such as fracking.   Continue reading “Colorado Flooding Triggers Oil Spills, Shutdowns”

Germs Gone Wild: The Horrific Secrets of Plum IslandTruTV – by MICHAEL BRAVERMAN

What Is on the Island?

Lurking in the dark waters of Long Island Sound is a mysterious place known as Plum Island. Just ten miles off the coast of Connecticut, this tiny speck of land has long been rumored to be the epicenter of top-secret biowarfare research. The U.S. government acknowledges that the island is home to a scientific facility. Its stated purpose is to study animal-borne diseases. But investigators are beginning to uncover startling new facts about this forbidding place. Insiders and ex-employees have come forward to tell their stories. From security breaches in germ labs, to escaped diseases and potential mass epidemics, this is the real Plum Island story.   Continue reading “Germs Gone Wild: The Horrific Secrets of Plum Island”

Gothamist

An estimated one thousand people marched from the United Nations through the Upper East Side yesterday to demand a Robin Hood Tax and protest the growing inequality gap.

At least a dozen protesters were arrested as the march blocked traffic. An NYPD spokesman said the department did not have a specific number of arrests, but one of the detainees was New York State Senator Brad Hoylman, per this Getty photo.   Continue reading “A Thousand New Yorkers March For Tax On Wall Street”

OWS_anniversary_2.jpgThe Village Voice – by Anna Merlan

Occupy Wall Street’s terrible twos began this morning with a familiar set of scenes: protesters holding signs. Protesters glaring at cops. Cops glaring at protesters. Dozens of metal barricades lining the streets between them. Everyone pausing to look in unison at the Hipster Cop and his improbably tight pants. After a rowdy first anniversary last year that began on the wrong foot with some two dozen arrests, this morning’s march looked downright serene by comparison. The only real moment of tension came on the steps of Wall Street’s National Federal Hall Memorial, when the police and park rangers decided together, in a seemingly impromptu sort of way, that only one side of the monument’s broad stone steps could be used for free speech purposes.   Continue reading ““The First Amendment Steps Are Over There:” With a Heavy Police Presence, Occupy’s Second Birthday Begins”