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The Telegraph – by Sarah Knapton
A student was forced to drop out of university after a bizarre case of chronic déjà vu left him unable to lead a normal life.
The 23-year-old even stopped watching TV, listening to the radio, or reading newspapers or magazines because he believed he had seen it all before.
Continue reading “‘Groundhog Day’ student trapped in bizarre déjà vu time loop for 8 years”
Four earthquakes shook Irving Tuesday according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The first earthquake shook Irving on Tuesday morning. The USGS reported a magnitude 2.4 earthquake just after 8 a.m.
The epicenter is near the old Texas Stadium site off state Highway 183, near Loop 12 and state Highway 114. Continue reading “Four Earthquakes Reported in Irving, Texas Tuesday”
The forensic analysis on AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman’s body confirmed that there were no traces of gunpowder on his hands. However, experts explained that it does not contradict suicide hypothesis.
Prosecutor Viviana Fein, who leads the investigation of Nisman’s death, said this was not an “unexpected result” and that it “does not rule out the possibility that Nisman had fired the gun himself.” Continue reading “No gunpowder traces found on Nisman’s hands, tests ordered on alleged weapon”
Havana (AFP) – A Russian intelligence warship docked in Havana on Tuesday, a day before the start of historic US-Cuba talks aimed at normalizing diplomatic relations.
There was nothing stealthy about the arrival of the Viktor Leonov CCB-175, which was moored to a pier in Old Havana where cruise ships often dock. But the visit was not officially announced by Cuban authorities. Continue reading “Russian spy ship in Havana on eve of US-Cuba talks”
The media are already analyzing the new proposals President Obama is set to layout this evening in his sixth annual State of the Union address (seventh if you count his unofficial 2009 address). Here at Grabien, we’re also looking at results. Taking a look back at past SOTU promises, How many actually ever materialized?
The numbers aren’t pretty. From 2009 through 2014, we count 112 promises that to date remain unfulfilled. Continue reading “Montage: 112 Unkept Promises from Earlier Obama SOTU Addresses”
Two dozen unvaccinated Huntington Beach High School students have been sent home over three weeks under threat of a measles outbreak. One had actually contracted the disease.
Orange County Health Care Agency Medical Director Matt Zahn authored a measles notification letter informing parents of the single case of the illness. That student was present oh the high school campus January 6-8. Parents were warned measles can be extremely easily spread through the air or direct contact. Transmission can occur just being in the same room as an infected person. Continue reading “High School Sends Unvaccinated Students Home”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
MCALLEN, Texas — In an effort to clean up the image of corruption in law enforcement, a Texas border sheriff has cut ties with the civilian run Crime Stoppers program after its integrity continuously came into question.
Along the Texas border, the Crime Stoppers program is a civilian-run partnership that raises funds to pay rewards for anonymous tips that are called in to law enforcement. Hidalgo County Sheriff Eddie Guerra said he was separating his department from Crime Stoppers after a thorough review of all of the departments in his office. Continue reading “Texas Border Sheriff Ends Partnership with Crime Stoppers”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
MCALLEN, Texas — A Mexican University in the border city of Nuevo Laredo has temporarily shut its doors citing safety concerns after a series of apparent cartel threats.
The Nuevo Laredo campus of Universidad Valle De Mexico (UVM) recently shut its doors down giving little explanation other than citing security concerns, Mexican news outletsreported. However a Tamaulipas law enforcement official confirmed to Breitbart Texasthat the school had closed its doors following a series of cartel threats. This is the second Mexican university to close its doors following cartel threats in recent months. Continue reading “Second Mexican Border University Closes Doors Over Cartel Threats”
In a breathless, Drudge Report-linked headline, the Washington Post reported last week that the “Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty.”
A Huffington Post piece by Rebecca Klein, published 12 minutes earlier, sported a similar headline, “More Than Half Of American Schoolchildren Now Live In Poverty.”
The only problem with these headlines, and the stories beneath them, is that they aren’t true—not even close. Both pieces were triggered by a report from the Southern Education Foundation. Continue reading “Media Misrepresents Poverty Rate of US Children by More Than Double”
Transportation authorities say southbound lanes of Interstate 75 through Cincinnati will be shut down for days after a closed overpass exit ramp collapsed onto the highway, killing one person and injuring another.
Work was going on Monday night to remove an overhead ramp that had recently been replaced by a new one when it pancaked down on top of southbound lanes several miles north of the Ohio River. Continue reading “Part of Ohio Interstate to Be Shut for Days After Collapse”
Hahaha! And…now that we’ve had our false flag, cue the insane warmongerer.
By the way, it amazes me how a U.S. Senator can spend so much time outside his country when his job is to handle the issues of the people INSIDE his country. Oh that’s right, I forgot. Zionist Israel IS his country.
Jerusalem (AFP) – US Senator John McCain on Monday urged the deployment of international ground forces to combat jihadists in Syria and Iraq, as he toured the Middle East with a Senate delegation. Continue reading “McCain urges ‘boots on the ground’ to combat IS”
U.S. Representative Louie Gohmert (R-TX) was appointed chairman of the House Subcommittee for Natural Resources Oversight and Investigations. This subcommittee has, among other responsibilities, oversight of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Gohmert received the committee chairmanship despite his recent historic challenge to House Speaker John Boehner earlier this month.
“It is an absolute privilege to represent the Lone Star State, more specifically east Texas, in the capacity of subcommittee chairman of such a relevant and responsible subcommittee,” Chairman Gohmert told Breitbart Texas. “This administration has hindered the United States’ ability to produce and manage our own vast resources, but I am really looking forward to helping the federal government become more responsible.” Continue reading “Gohmert to have Oversight on BLM”
Breitbart – by Chriss W. Street
China’s Shanghai futures market crashed by the maximum 10 percent, and trading was suspended on January 19th, while Shanghai Composite Index fell by 7.7 percent. Both events were the worst day of trading since shortly after the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy launched the financial crisis six years ago.
Such an event in the U.S. would be epic, because Americans have 70 percent of household wealth in financial assets, but in China, 75 percent of household wealth is in real estate. If a real estate crash took place in China, it could set off the type of “black swan” event to cause an ugly international panic. Continue reading “Collapse of China’s Real Estate Could Be Next Financial “Black Swan” Disaster”
For the first time on the West Coast, a federal border enforcement helicopter fired warning shots from the air at a boat en route to Catalina Island, bringing an apparent drug smuggling operation to a halt, authorities said Monday.
The shots were fired about 11p.m Saturday from a Blackhawk helicopter operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Air and Marine using a mounted bolt-action rifle aimed by a crew member, according to a news release from the federal agency. Continue reading “Border Enforcement Helicopter Fires Warning Shots at Panga Off SoCal Coast; 3 in Custody”
WASHINGTON — At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped their officers with radar devices that allow them to effectively peer through the walls of houses to see whether anyone is inside, a practice raising new concerns about the extent of government surveillance.
Those agencies, including the FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service, began deploying the radar systems more than two years ago with little notice to the courts and no public disclosure of when or how they would be used. The technology raises legal and privacy issues because the U.S. Supreme Court has said officers generally cannot use high-tech sensors to tell them about the inside of a person’s house without first obtaining a search warrant. Continue reading “New police radars can ‘see’ inside homes”
The Washington Post – by Rosalind S. Helderman
Many members of Congress are reserving their guest passes to Tuesday’s State of the Union address for victims of gun violence to serve as an emotional and visual example of the need for President Obama’s gun-control agenda.But Rep. Luis V. Gutierrez will use his invite to highlight another topic expected to get a mention in Obama’s speech — immigration.
Gutierrez announced Monday that he’s invited Gabino Sanchez, a South Carolina man who is fighting deportation from the United States, to attend the speech. Gutierrez has been working on behalf of Sanchez to help him secure legal residency in the United States, accompanying him to three Immigration and Customs Enforcement appointments. Continue reading “Gutierrez invites illegal immigrant to attend State of the Union”
Walker like all other potential presidential candidates must first travel to Israel to get their blessing to run. The Zionist States of America. Unfrigginbelievable…
Journal Sentinel – by Patrick Marley
Madison — Gov. Scott Walker said Monday he would likely take a trade mission this year to Israel, a move that could spur interest from key constituencies and donors as the Republican governor considers a run for president. Continue reading “Scott Walker likely to lead trade mission to Israel”
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday called for an anti-terror alliance with Arab countries to boost cooperation and information-sharing in the wake of deadly attacks and arrests across Europe.
EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said Monday that “we need an alliance. We need to strengthen our way of cooperating together.” Continue reading “EU calls for anti-terror alliance with Arab countries”
RICHMOND, Va.- (Jan. 19, 2015) A bill introduced in the Virginia assembly would take the next step in stopping illegal federal kidnapping under the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act.
Virginia stood alone and passed the first bill in the country addressing detention provisions written into the NDAA in 2012. That law forbids state agencies, in some situations, from cooperating with any federal attempts to exercise the indefinite detention provisions written into sections 1021 and 1022 of the National Defense Authorization Act. Continue reading “Virginia’s New Anti-NDAA Detention Bill Turns the Table on Feds”
I picture him in a shadowy room, stretched out in a plush leather chair with a cup of steaming coffee on the table next to him. His hands are steepled at his mouth as he studies in meditative silence the bank of muted screens before him. Flickering across those screens are pundits, press conferences, and live reports from war correspondents. He killed the sound a minute before. He doesn’t need to hear the words. He understands the message all too well.
The West is closing in.
I’ve heard Vladimir Putin referred to as The Chessmaster. I’ve never sat at the board with the man so I can’t say for certain this is apt. But it does seem like the Russian leader’s moves of late have been carefully thought-out and even more carefully executed. Continue reading “Crisis Point: Putin, The West, and the Game Being Played”
NBC DFW – by Ben Russell
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KTLA – by Melissa Pamer
USA Today – by Brad Heath
Yahoo News – by Lorne Cook
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