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With fracking and shale oil production putting increasing pressure on OPEC, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi issued bold and startling remarks to the Middle East Economic Survey, announcing OPEC is prepared to let oil prices fall to $20 a barrel.
“It is not in the interest of OPEC producers to cut their production, whatever the price is,” said Naimi. “Whether it goes down to $20, $40, $50, $60, it is irrelevant.” Continue reading “Saudi Oil Minister: $100 Barrels of Oil May Be Gone Forever”
The assassination of two police officers in New York City on Saturday; and the deadly attack on a Tarpon Springs, Fla. police officer one day later have boosted the toll of police deaths to 114 for 2014. More than half of the officers killed were attacked in some way. And the year is not over yet.
As of early Tuesday, 114 police officers were listed on the 2014 Honor Roll of Heroes compiled annually by the Officer Down Memorial Page (ODMP). That’s already more than the 105 officers who died in 2013. Continue reading “114 Police Killed on Duty in 2014; 46 Were Shot to Death”
Yahoo News – by Jordan Zakarin
After a month of leaks, embarrassment, and terrorist threats — not to mention an admonishment from President Obama himself — Sony has reversed course and will release The Interview on Christmas Day in a limited number of theaters.
The Alamo Drafthouse, an independent theater chain based in Austin, confirmed to Yahoo Movies that it will screen the Seth Rogen-James Franco comedy about assassinating North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. The Plaza theater chain in Georgia also tweeted that it would be showing the film. Continue reading “‘The Interview’ Will Play in Select Theaters on Christmas Day”
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Key North Korean websites were back online Tuesday after an hours-long shutdown that followed a U.S. vow to respond to a cyberattack on Sony Pictures that Washington blames on Pyongyang. The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the U.S. government was responsible for the shutdown in one of the least-wired countries in the world. Continue reading “North Korean websites back online after shutdown”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Birth certificates, food stamps, fake ID’s and even sexual services are all for sale in various Facebook pages from the Texas border.
With names like La Pulga Online (No Rules) La New Pulga Online, Las Milpas FB Estate Saale, and RGV Flea market the Facebook groups allow members to post various items for sale. While most of the items for sale in those groups deal with garage sales and so forth, various individuals have been advertising all sorts of government documents as well as other illicit activity. Xanax pills, marijuana, cocaine, human smuggling and other border illicit activity are all on sale in some of the Facebook groups. Continue reading “Facebook Pages Near Texas Border Selling Fake US Birth Certificates”
Illegal immigration increased while deportations decreased last fiscal year.
According to Department of Homeland Security statistics released over the weekend, the Border Patrol apprehended 485,651 illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2014 compared to 420,789 in fiscal year 2013.
On the other hand, according to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removed 315,943 illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2014, which was down from 368,644 illegal immigrants deported in fiscal year 2013. Continue reading “DHS Stats: Deportations Down, Illegal Immigration Up”
NYPD Cop killer Ismaaiyl Brinsley was using a traffic app called Waze to track law enforcement’s movements, NYC Alerts tweeted on Monday. According to an available screenshot, Brinsley was tracking two officers who were almost 4 miles away from him in Staten Island at 10:44 PM EST since the beginning of December. He thanks a friend of his on Instagram for pointing out the app is not “updated in real time” so it’s not that “reliable.” Continue reading “NYPD Cop Killer Used App to Track Police Movements Since Early December”
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea experienced sweeping and progressively worse Internet outages extending into Monday, with one computer expert saying the country’s online access is “totally down.” The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the U.S. government was responsible.
President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. government expected to respond to the hacking of Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., which he described as an expensive act of “cyber vandalism” that he blamed on North Korea. Obama did not say how the U.S. might respond, and it was not immediately clear if the Internet connectivity problems represented the retribution. The U.S. government regards its offensive cyber operations as highly classified. Continue reading “North Korea experiencing severe Internet outages”
Prior to the crash of 2008 global trade was rocking. It was a boon for shipping companies around the world who are responsible for moving raw materials, commodities and consumer products from one country to another. Wall Street, of course, had devised a way to track all of this movement and often pointed to the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) as the primary indicator for health in the global trade business.
The index itself tracks the cost of transporting one metric ton of raw materials from one place to another.The numbers behind the BDI can essentially be translated into the cost of moving that cargo. Continue reading “Chart Points To Massive Slow Down: “This Is The Biggest Collapse In The ‘Trade’ Indicator Since Records Began””
Activist Post – by Bernie Suarez
As we approach the end of another year let’s remember that humanity is now subjected to yet another full year of spraying with metal particles. Not just humanity but all the poor creatures on earth are being sprayed; every plant and every tree, the bees and birds, the soil and all the little creatures that live in it, even the fish and inhabitants of the sea are suffering as aluminum, sulfur, barium and other toxic metals pile on everywhere altering the pH of the soil, contaminating the water and attacking the very essence of life on earth.
Yes, chemtrails spraying is this big a deal and as another year goes by the globalists and their military industrial complex marches forward with their insanity to control the weather, deliberately engineering a much cooler planet by literally blocking our sunlight and dumping enough toxic metals all over the planet to explain the destruction and slow death of many crops (i.e. food supply), all to the benefit of companies like Monsanto and the U.S. government. Continue reading “These 15 Arguments Will Destroy Chemtrails Deniers”
The Associated Whistleblowing Press released portions of draft text proposed by the United States for the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) this week, revealing some alarming provisions that indicate how tech companies have been involved in influencing a secret international deal. The language of the leaked treaty shows provisions that could impact privacy online, and net neutrality—with no public consultation or opportunities for open debate. What is dispiriting is some of the language of these Internet regulations almost certainly comes from tech companies, who have joined the many other lobbyists fighting for their special interests behind closed doors. Continue reading “It Doesn’t Matter Who Does the Lobbying: Trade Agreements Aren’t the Place for Internet Regulations”
Dollar Vigilante – by Jeff Berwick
One of the reasons I live in Anarchapulco is because Western media gets almost no play down here. Typically the days conversation ranges from how beautiful and wonderful of a day it is to when is the next fiesta (invariably it is at least every week).
However, in my role of Dollar Vigilante a big part of my job is paying attention to what is going on in the world… and watching and reading US media always leaves me flabergasted. Continue reading “I’m Having Trouble Focusing On What I Am Supposed To Be Scared Of”
Breitbart – by Charlie Spiering
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is asking New Yorkers to put aside political debates, protests about police fairness and anger directed at political figures for now.
“I think it’s important that regardless of people’s viewpoints that everyone recognizes the time to step back and just focus on these families,” said de Blasio during a speech at the Police Athletic League Luncheon in New York City on Monday afternoon. Continue reading “Mayor Bill De Blasio Urges New York City To Put Aside Politics and Protests, For Now”
Now that President Obama granted 5 million illegal immigrants amnesty via an executive decree, legions of undocumented aliens are scurrying about finding ways to prove that they have been in the USA long enough to qualify for the deportation reprieve.
The illegals must prove that they were here since Jan. 1, 2010, which is a challenge since most have avoided setting up accounts and are paid under the table so there are limited employee records. Continue reading “Illegal Aliens Search to Find Ways to Prove Residency”
For the first time, more immigrants illegally crossing the southern border of the United States came from countries other than Mexico. Central Americans from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras accounted for 239,229 of the FY 2014 apprehensions while the number of Mexican nationals being apprehended during the year was 229,178.
The numbers reflect a continuing change in the demographics of illegal immigrants according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report obtained by Breitbart Texas. The apprehension of Mexican nationals actually fell by fourteen percent compared to FY 2013. However, the apprehension of what DHS refers to as OTMs (Other Than Mexicans) rose by sixty-eight percent. The OTM apprehensions were predominately from Central America. Continue reading “More Illegal Aliens from Other Nations Crossing Southern Border than Mexicans”
Russia is planning to ignite a war in Israel in an alleged contingency plan to trigger a direct military conflict between Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. A French official has revealed the plan as Russia‘s weapon against the U.S. and theEuropean Union amid increasing sanctions on Moscow.
According to WND, the official, who has requested his identity to remain unknown, said Russia’s plan to start a war in Israel was borne out of Russia’s increasing isolation due to Western sanctions. In the past week, the U.S. and European Union issued tighter sanctions to target the Russian economy and pressure Moscow to pull out its troops in Crimea. The new sanctions include restrictions on investments including tourism and Russian Black Sea oil and gas exploration.
Over the last several months, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party have repeatedly exhorted the People’s Liberation Army to “be ready to win a war.” Xi has repeatedly called for greater military modernization, increased training, and enhanced overall readiness of the Chinese army, navy, and air force.
These repeated calls have alarmed China’s neighbors from New Delhi to Washington. The question on everyone’s mind: what is all this preparation for? Continue reading “China’s leader is telling the People’s Liberation Army to prepare for war”
AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. Border Patrol agents apprehended eight previously convicted criminal illegal aliens who had secretly crossed the porous U.S.-Mexico border in recent days. The aliens all had previous convictions for serious crimes, including sexual offenses and violent crimes, or had known affiliations with violent gangs. The arrests took place in the Tucson Sector, which covers the border areas in Eastern Arizona.
According to a statement released by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), all of the criminal aliens have been processed “for prosecution and/or removal proceedings in accordance with Tucson Sector prosecution guidelines.” Continue reading “Eight Violent Criminal Aliens Caught in One US Border Sector”
The teenage son of Mayor Rahm Emanuel was the victim of a robbery outside the mayor’s Lakeview home Friday night, a spokesperson from the mayor’s office confirms.
Police were called to the 4200 block of North Hermitage at 10:05 p.m. Friday for a report of a robbery on the street where there would normally already be a police presence. Continue reading “Mayor Emanuel’s Son Robbed Outside Family’s Lakeview Home”
A new threat against Sony came tonight on Pastebin.com from a group identifying itself as Anonymous. Is it legit? They’re telling Sony now to release “The Interview” or else– more hacks coming from their databases. The letter threatens both Sony and CEO Michael Lynton. So now what? Release, don’t release. It’s as if “The Interview” were a serious political movie. It’s not. I can’t believe so many people are fighting over it. Meanwhile, on amazon, “Team America” is up to number 179 and rising. Paramount and the “South Park” are getting a good laugh. Continue reading “Sony Gets a New Threat– “Anonymous” Says Hackers Aren’t Korean, Release Film Or More Hacks Coming”
Breitbart – by Wynton Hall
CNS News – by Ali Meyer
Yahoo News
Breitbart – by Tony Lee
Breitbart – by Kerry Picket
Yahoo News – by Eric Tucker
SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo
EFF – by Maira Sutton
Breitbart – by Robert Wilde
Breitbart – by Bob Price
IB Times – by Reissa Su
Breitbart – by Sarah Rumpf
CBS Chicago – by Mike Krauser
ShowBiz – by Roger Friedman