Information Liberation- by Chris

An Austin, Texas man’s lawful failure to identify lead a DPS trooper to physically assault him, falsely arrest him, then charge him with “resisting arrest,” despite video showing he did nothing of the sort.
In May of 2012, after letting someone go during a routine traffic stop, DPS Trooper Chancy Davis saw a truck with two men in it parked in front of a window tinting business, which he evidently felt was suspicious. David approached the vehicle and demanded the men provide him with ID. They refused, which evidently led the officer to throw a fit.   Continue reading “Man’s Lawful Refusal To ID Leads Cop To Assault Him, Charge Him With Resisting Arrest”

U.S. Navy safety swimmers stand on the deck of the Virginia class submarine USS New Hampshire after it surfaced in the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe...Yahoo News – by Andrea Shalal

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Navy is mapping out how to expand its presence in the Arctic beginning about 2020, given signs that the region’s once permanent ice cover is melting faster than expected, which is likely to trigger more traffic, fishing and resource mining.

“The Arctic is all about operating forward and being ready. We don’t think we’re going to have to do war-fighting up there, but we have to be ready,” said Rear Admiral Jonathan White, the Navy’s top oceanographer and navigator, and director of the Navy’s climate change task force.   Continue reading “U.S. Navy eyes greater presence in Arctic”

Ukraine Accuses Russia of 'Invasion' Over Airport BlockadeStrat Risks

KIEV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s interior minister accused Moscow’s military of blockading an airport near a Russian naval base on Friday and armed men took control of another airport in Ukraine’s Crimean capital of Simferopol.

In a Facebook post, Arsen Avakov called the seizure of the Belbek international airport in the Black Sea port of Sevastopol a “military invasion and occupation.” He added: “It is a breach of all international agreements and norms.”   Continue reading “Ukraine Accuses Russia of ‘Invasion’ Over Airport Blockade”

Campus Reform – by Katherine Timpf

A new policy at Tennessee State University (TSU) will force students and faculty to “wear and display” official identification badges — complete with tracking technology — at all times on campus or risk punishment.

As of March 1, being caught on campus not wearing the new ID “may result in employee disciplinary action, student judicial action or removal from University property,” according to a release published by the school.   Continue reading “University policy will force students to wear trackable identification at all times”

Arseniy YatsenyukHang the Bankers – by Clark Kent

A reshuffled Ukrainian Parliament installed following a coup last week has voted to appoint Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the new prime minister of the country. Yats, as Victoria Nuland, the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. State Department, called him, is a natural choice. He is a millionaire former banker who served as economy minister, foreign minister and parliamentary speaker before Yanukovych took office in 2010. He is a member of Yulie Tymoshenko’s Fatherland Party. Prior to the revolution cooked up by the State Department and executed by ultra-nationalist street thugs, Tymoshenko was incarcerated for embezzlement and other crimes against the people of Ukraine. Now she will be part of the installed government, same as she was after the last orchestrated coup, the Orange Revolution.   Continue reading “Central banker appointed as Prime Minister of Ukraine”

BBC News

A man who tried to rob a bookmakers in Glasgow while armed with a cucumber has been jailed for 40 months.

Gary Rough brandished the vegetable, which was covered in a sock, at a female worker at the Ladbrokes shop in Shettleston and demanded cash.

Shortly after she refused, the 28-year-old was pinned to the ground by an off-duty police officer and arrested.   Continue reading “Gary Rough jailed over robbery bid with cucumber”

HSNW

Governor Jay Inslee of Washington State yesterday signed legislation which will offer college financial aid to students brought into the United States illegally by their parents. California, Illinois, Texas, and New Mexico have passed similar legislations. The measure represents a shift in the position of State Senate Republicans: last year, the GOP-controlled Senate blocked a similar measure,called the Dream Act of Washington State, but earlier this month the Senate passed its own version of the bill, which the the governor, a Democrat, signed.   Continue reading “Washington State offers college financial aid to children of undocumented immigrants”

organic winemaker pesticide france prisonOff the Grid News – by Daniel Jennings

Organic farming apparently is now a crime in at least one country, as organic winemaker Emmanuel Giboulot could face up to six months in prison and a $41,250 fine because he refused to spray the vines at his family’s organic vineyard with a pesticide.

Giboulot, of France, is being prosecuted for “failing to apply an insecticide treatment to his vineyard” last July, The Guardian reported. Officials from France’s agriculture ministry ordered Giboulot to spray a pesticide called Pyrevert on his vines because they suspected the plants were infested with the cicadelle, or leafhopper. The leafhopper can spread a disease called flavescence dorée, which can kill vines.   Continue reading “Organic Winemaker Faces Prison For NOT Using Pesticides”

AFP Photo/Mandel NganRT News – by Eric Draitser

Over the last decade, America has quietly expanded its military presence throughout Africa in an attempt to counter Chinese and other emerging nations’ influence, while consolidating control over critical strategic resources and trade routes.

The United States, like its allies Britain and France, has long maintained influence and indirect control in Africa through financial institutions such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and African Development Bank. It has exerted political influence using aid organizations such as USAID and NGOs like the National Endowment for Democracy, Freedom House and others.   Continue reading “US expands military net over Africa, checking China’s influence”

NATO moving east, building 'Roman Empire' in Europe – FM Živadin JovanovićVoice of Russia

NATO’s first act of illegal “humanitarian” aggressive war called “Operation Deliberate Force” in 1995 against the Republic Srpska which it got away with and emboldened it to later carry out “Operation Allied Force”, the merciless brutal air campaign against civilian targets in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The fact that NATO was allowed to get away with these acts of aggressive war and that the US/NATO architects were allowed to carry out such scenarios emboldened the “alliance” even further and has led to the recent global expansion by NATO and the scores of “regime change” and “resource wars” presented as “humanitarian interventions”. The scenario is almost identical every time and is currently being played out in Ukraine. On the 15 year anniversary of the aggression on Yugoslavia, in an exclusive interview, the Voice of Russia spoke to the last Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Živadin Jovanović.   Continue reading “NATO moving east, building ‘Roman Empire’ in Europe – FM Živadin Jovanović”

Voltaire Network

The European Commission announced having “freed up” Syria’s frozen assets, in order to fund the destruction of Syrian chemical weapons.

This unilateral decision runs counter to the OPCW resolution, adopted 15 November 2013, which highlights Syria’s financial inability to pay for their destruction and creates a special international fund as a substitute.   Continue reading “European Commission seizes frozen Syrian assets”

"The War is Worth Waging": Afghanistan's Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural GasGlobal Research – by Prof Michel Chossudovsky

The 2001 bombing and invasion of Afghanistan has been presented to World public opinion as a “Just War”, a war directed against the Taliban and Al Qaeda, a war to eliminate “Islamic terrorism” and instate Western style democracy.

The economic dimensions of  the “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT) are rarely mentioned. The post 9/11 “counter-terrorism campaign” has served to obfuscate the real objectives of the US-NATO war.   Continue reading ““The War is Worth Waging”: Afghanistan’s Vast Reserves of Minerals and Natural Gas”

Truth Dig

Lest we forget that religion can provide a powerful cover for those looking to abuse the trust of believers, The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports that a local archdiocese built a lavish addition to an archbishop’s retirement home two years after closing a school for alleged lack of funds.   Continue reading “Newark Archbishop Gets $500K Home Upgrade After Parish School Closure”

IPS – by Carey L. Biron

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 2014 (IPS) – An estimated 400 million acres of farmland in the United States will likely change hands over the coming two decades as older farmers retire, even as new evidence indicates this land is being strongly pursued by private equity investors.

Mirroring a trend being experienced across the globe, this strengthening focus on agriculture-related investment by the private sector is already leading to a spike in U.S. farmland prices. Coupled with relatively weak federal policies, these rising prices are barring many young farmers from continuing or starting up small-scale agricultural operations of their own.   Continue reading “Half of U.S. Farmland Being Eyed by Private Equity”

Reuters UK

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s 340,000 barrels-per-day El Sharara oilfield has been completely shut down since Thursday night due to violent clashes with protesters, the state-run National Oil Corporation said on Saturday.

The key El Sharara field located in the remote south has been repeatedly closed by armed groups and protesters as a way to pressure Libya’s weak central government into political and financial demands.   Continue reading “Protesters shut Libya’s El Sharara oilfield in setback for government”

artical-imageAydinlik

In what has become a routine occurrence in Turkey, riot squad police attacked demonstrators, citizens and tourists alike in an attempt to suppress a protest against the recently-passed internet law.

Turkey continues sizzling with anti-government protests. The most striking in recent history began In June 2013 over plans to demolish the only remaining tree-filled area in Taksim, Istanbul. Nine months and several government scandals later, a similar feeling is in the air, this time over the internet censorship implemented by President Abdullah Gül on 18 February.    Continue reading “Istanbul and Ankara Internet Protests Suppressed”

Truth Dig

Failing to win a mandate from Venezuelans in elections over the last few years, the leaders of the country’s mainstream, U.S.-backed opposition are exploiting discontent among the population in an effort to topple the democratically elected government, sociologist Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya writes.   Continue reading “‘What You Should Know About the… Protests in Venezuela’”

Alt Thai News

February 23, 2014 (ATN) – Coordinated grenade and gun attacks have been carried out across Thailand by the regime ofUS-backed Thaksin Shinawatra and his nepotist proxy, sister Yingluck Shinawatra in an attempt to quell growing dissent that now includes rice farmers once considered the foundation of the regime’s support. Among those dead and maimed were children. A grisly attack in the eastern province of Trat left scores maimed and a five-year old girl dead. A similar attack carried out in Bangkok left many maimed along with a woman and 12 year old boy dead.   Continue reading “Thailand: Regime Terror Campaign Intensifies”