Author: Jim

Reuters

Japanese air force jets are scrambling at a record pace to counter Chinese fighters intruding into its air space along its southern flank and Russian bombers and spy planes probing its northern defenses, the Defence Ministry said on Tuesday.

Chinese fighter flights have increased in and around the energy-rich East China Sea, where Japan and China both lay claim to a group of islets.   Continue reading “Japan says jets scrambling at record pace to counter Chinese, Russian intrusions”

The Chosun Ilbo

China has deployed Dongfeng-21 medium-range ballistic missiles at Mt. Baekdu that target Japan, the official International Herald Leader reported on Sunday.

The newspaper claimed it “analyzed” China Central Television footage of a nuclear arms and missiles corps in training in northeastern China to arrive at the conclusion. But since it is an official publication, the news is more likely to be a government plant than an investigative scoop.   Continue reading “China Deploys Nuclear Missiles at Mt. Baekdu”

CBC News

People who receive flu vaccines year after year can sometimes show reduced protection, an effect that Canadian infectious disease specialists say muddies public health messages for annual flu vaccine campaigns.

During the 2009 H1N1 pandemic, researchers at the B.C. Centre for Disease Control originally thought seasonal flu shots from 2008 might offer extra protection against the new pandemic strain. They were puzzled to find instead, seasonal flu vaccination almost doubled the risk of infection with pandemic flu.   Continue reading “Flu vaccine paradox adds to public health debate”

IB Times – by Athena Yenko

Continue reading “NATO Readies Forces On Short Notice As Russia Stations 3000 Ground Forces, 39 Ships, 45 Submarines”

Reuters

Israel’s foreign minister called Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan an “anti-Semitic bully” in a meeting with Israeli ambassadors on Wednesday and said Europe was being cowardly in not taking him on.

In an address to Israeli envoys based in Europe and Asia, Avigdor Lieberman, the leader of far-right party Yisrael Beitenu, was withering about Erdogan, a staunch critic of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians.   Continue reading “Israeli foreign minister calls Erdogan ‘anti-Semitic bully’”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian state energy giant Gazprom to cut supplies to and through Ukraine amid accusations, according to The Daily Mail, that its neighbor has been siphoning off and stealing Russian gas. Due to these “transit risks for European consumers in the territory of Ukraine,”Gazprom cut gas exports to Europe by 60%, plunging the continent into an energy crisis “within hours.” Perhaps explaining the explosion higher in NatGas prices (and oil) today, gas companies in Ukraine confirmed that Russia had cut off supply; and six countries reported a complete shut-off of Russian gas. The EU raged that the sudden cut-off to some of its member countries was “completely unacceptable,” but Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller later added that Russia plans to shift all its natural gas flows crossing Ukraine to a route via Turkey; and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak stated unequivocally, “the decision has been made.”   Continue reading “Russia Cuts Off Ukraine Gas Supply To 6 European Countries”

Awww Poor Jamie Dimon ..

Reuters – by TANYA AGRAWAL AND DAVID HENRY

JPMorgan Chase & Co, the biggest U.S. bank by assets, reported a 6.6 percent drop in quarterly profit as legal costs exceeded $1 billion in the wake of government probes, leading Chief Executive Jamie Dimon to claim banks were “under assault.”

JPMorgan agreed in November to pay $1 billion in penalties over its conduct in foreign exchange markets. Investigations into that and other areas of the bank’s business, including alleged manipulation of Libor interest rates, are continuing.   Continue reading “JPMorgan hit by legal costs, Dimon says banks ‘under assault’”

The Intercept – by Glenn Greenwald

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DEKALB COUNTY, GA – The mother of a Papa John’s delivery driver tells Channel 2 Action News her daughter had no choice but to defend herself when a man held a gun to her head.

Pizza delivery drivers can sometimes get targeted by criminals out to make a quick buck. Now, all the drivers at a metro Atlanta Papa Johns are talking about the danger one of their own faced Sunday night when a man with a gun forced her to the ground.   Continue reading “Papa John’s delivery driver shoots robbery suspect”

CBC

Police in Indiana have charged a couple after finding cellphone videos showing the woman’s 12-month-old daughter putting a handgun in her mouth.

Police in Evansville said they discovered the videos after a man, 19, was arrested for trying to sell a handgun to an undercover officer.

Police say the man and the girl’s mother, 22, can be heard encouraging the toddler to say “pow,” and that no one tried to stop her as she put the gun in her mouth.   Continue reading “Indiana couple charged after video shows tot putting gun in mouth”

The Patriot Post

Moving crews have packed up desks, lamps, chairs, office supplies and other personal items of numerous Democrat Senate and House offices now vacated after November’s election. But in a suite of offices located directly across from the Senate Floor, there were relics from the list of bills that passed the U.S. House and sat without action inside Harry Reid’s office. Somewhere in that stack likely sits an anti-gun treaty signed by Secretary of State John Kerry.

To his credit, outgoing-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likely knew the United Nation’s Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) (full text here) would never meet the two-thirds majority requirement for ratification. But as of Christmas Eve, the treaty has gone into effect internationally.   Continue reading “UN Moves Forward With Anti-Gun Treaty”

Hacked – by GIULIO PRISCO

Come And Take Texas (CATI) invites everyone concerned about gun rights to attend the event being held on January 13th at the Austin, Texas Capitol. From 8am-6pm attendees will be visiting all representatives to express their desire to have The Constitutional Carry Bill HB 195 passed. And staying true to being the front line for gun rights, CATI has purchased the Ghost Gunner machine and will be manufacturing firearms on location at the Capitol.   Continue reading “Gun Rights Hacktivists To Fab 3d-Printed Guns At State Capitol”

Notice no mention of RADIATION POISONING in this entire article. How stupid does the MSM think we are? This is literally the canary in the coal mine dropping dead in its cage.

CBC

Scientists are trying to figure out what’s behind the deaths of seabirds that have been found by the hundreds along the Pacific Coast since October.

Mass die-offs of the small, white-bellied grey birds known as Cassin’s aucklets have been reported from British Columbia to San Luis Obispo, Calif.   Continue reading “Cassin’s aucklets seem to be starving to death on Pacific Coast”