Author: JoeSTP

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The Taliban is currently claiming that militants have shot down a US B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber over Afghanistan, Middle East based news site Muraselon reports, citing official Taliban statements.

Taliban spokesman Qarri Muhammad Yousef Ahmad was cited by the Mideast news source as saying, “Mujaheddin of the Islamic Emirate targeted US B-52 bomber with heavy weapons today early morning in Lar area in Washir district of Helmand province, the bomber went down and all its crew were killed while smoke still rising from the crash site.”  Continue reading “Taliban Claims Shoot Down Of US B-52 Bomber Over Afghanistan”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

The New York Times covered a study on bullet size and suggested that a move away from bigger bullets could result in a reduction in fatalities.

The title of the column–People Kill People; But the Bullets Seem to Matter–makes clear the underlying theme is to introduce the possible benefits of ammunition controls.  Continue reading “New York Times: Next Front for Gun Control Fight Is Smaller Bullets”

Strange Sounds

After millions of dead calves in Nebraska, now thousands of tons of grain lost in Iowa! Flood waters are causing havoc in some mid-western states – Iowa; Illinois; Missouri; Kansas; South Dakota; Minnesota; and Nebraska – and have resulted in an estimated $3 billion in damages so far. The video below by Iowa resident Gracie Newman shows just a fraction of the losses that have been incurred as a result of the unprecedented flooding.

As can be seen from the video, at this location alone, at least five bins have burst, destroying thousands of tons of grain.   Continue reading “Let’s talk about food SHORTAGE: US grain bins collapse under catastrophic Iowa floods”

The Intercept – by Matthew Cole, Kim Ives

MOST OF THE Americans arrived in Port-au-Prince from the U.S. by private jet early on the morning of February 16. They’d packed the eight-passenger charter plane with a stockpile of semiautomatic rifles, handguns, Kevlar bulletproof vests, and knives. Most had been paid already: $10,000 each up front, with another $20,000 promised to each man after they finished the job.

A trio of politically connected Haitians greeted the Americans when their plane landed around 5 a.m. An aide to embattled Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and two other regime-friendly Haitians whisked them through the country’s biggest airport, avoiding customs and immigration agents, who had not yet reported for work.  Continue reading “U.S. Mercenaries Arrested In Haiti Were Part Of A Half-Baked Scheme To Move $80 Million For Embattled President”

The Intellectual Observer

A suspect confronted the court, two other under investigation; reports about another suspect who left for Israel faces the silence of authorities.

The attack to two mosques in Christchurch, a city in eastern New Zealand, has led to the death of 49 people leaving dozens seriously injured. The terrorist, holding a camera on head live-streaming the attack on Facebook, rushed the Al-Noor mosque with a gun and then fled to streets continuing to shoot the passers-by.  Continue reading “The fifth suspect of Christchurch shootings has defected to Israel”

Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan

The Southern Poverty Law Center is fabulously wealthy and getting richer and richer by the year according to their latest tax forms.

From the Free Beacon:

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a far-left nonprofit known for its “hate group” designations, has surpassed a half billion dollars in total assets and now has $121 million parked offshore, according to the group’s most recent financial statements. Continue reading “Southern Poverty Law Center Amasses $518M War Chest, $121M Now Offshore”

Middle East Monitor

Israel’s rabbinate “has been performing genetic testing on Israelis from the former Soviet Union, to check if they are ‘genetically Jewish’ as a condition for marriage registration”, according to Ynet.

The new site reported that “at least 20 couples have come forward after having been asked to undergo the procedure in the past year.”  Continue reading “Israelis ‘undergo Jewish DNA test before being allowed to marry’”

American Digest

I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the lower animals (so-called), and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. For it obliges me to renounce my allegiance to the Darwinian theory of the Ascent of Man from the Lower Animals; since it now seems plain to me that the theory ought to be vacated in favor of a new and truer one, this new and truer one to be named the Descent of Man from the Higher Animals.  Continue reading “The Damned Human Race by Mark Twain”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Researchers behind a recent gun control study admit that the hypothesis for the study “has not been validated.”

The study, which appeared in the British Medical Journal, claims that states with less restrictive gun laws witness higher levels of mass shootings. The researchers behind the study included Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Paul Reeping.  Continue reading “Oops: Hypothesis for Latest Gun Control Study ‘Has Not Been Validated’”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) says firearm confiscation laws portend a way that Democrats and Republicans can “come together.”

CNN reported that Graham has long supported red flag laws, which allow a court to issue firearm confiscation orders for individuals deemed a threat to themselves or others.   Continue reading “Lindsey Graham: Democrats, GOP Can ‘Come Together’ for Gun Confiscation Law”

Middle East Monitor

The US on Thursday offered up to $1 million for information leading to the identification or whereabouts of Osama bin Laden’s son, Anadolu reports.

The State Department described Hamza bin Laden as a “key leader” within al-Qaeda who is growing in prominence within the US-designated terror group.   Continue reading “US offers $1m reward for info on Bin Laden’s son”

Breitbart – by John Binder

President Donald Trump’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is extending a temporary amnesty status for more than 300,000 foreign nationals, a notice from the agency states.

In an announcement on Thursday, Nielsen said DHS would not only continue to comply with a preliminary injunction from last year — in which a federal judge in California blocked Trump’s rescinding of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) — but that the agency would be extending TPS for hundreds of thousands of nationals of Sudan, Haiti, Nicaragua, and El Salvador through January 2020.   Continue reading “Trump’s DHS Extends ‘Temporary’ Amnesty for 300K Foreign Nationals”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

The White House made clear Monday that if the House Democrats’ push to criminalize private gun sales somehow reached the president’s desk, it would be vetoed.

On Monday, Breitbart News reported that the Democrats plan to vote this week on H.R.8, the legislation criminalizing private gun sales. H.R.8 would not have stopped a single mass shooter from the last decade, but it would criminalize a friend who sells a gun to a lifelong friend without first getting government permission.   Continue reading “White House to Veto Democrat Bill Criminalizing Private Gun Sales”

Breitbart – by Dr. Susan Berry

Senate Democrats failed to protect babies from infanticide when they are born alive following botched abortions.

On Monday, the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, S. 311, failed, 53-44, with the requirement of a 60-vote supermajority for approval and only Democrats voting against it.   Continue reading “Senate Democrats Fail to Protect Infants Born Alive After Abortions from Infanticide”

Moon of Alabama

Richard Haass is the president of the Council of Foreign Relations. On Friday, before the failed delivery of fake “humanitarian aid” to Venezuela, he opined that the rejection of the “aid” would justify an intervention based on the dubious doctrine of a Responsibility to Protect (R2P):   Continue reading “Venezuela – No, The “Responsibility To Protect” Does Not Apply”