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Breitbart – by Matthew Boyle

Some comments from Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), made during a radio interview this week, seem to make it appear as though he supports President Barack Obama’s move to open relations again with Cuba.

“The 50-year embargo just hasn’t worked,” Paul said in an interview on with Tom Roten of News Talk 800 WVHU in Huntington, West Virginia. “If the goal is regime change, it sure doesn’t seem to be working, and probably, it punishes the people more than the regime because the regime can blame the embargo for hardship.   Continue reading “Rand Paul: Let’s ‘Co-Opt Cuba,’ Force Open Elections With The Power Of Trade”

Yahoo News

Under the threat of terrorist attacks from hackers and with the nation’s largest multiplex chains pulling the film from its screens, Sony Pictures Entertainment took the unprecedented step of canceling the Dec. 25 release of the The Interview.

The cancellation, announced Wednesday, was a startling blow to the Hollywood studio that has been shaken by hacker leaks and intimidations over the last several weeks by an anonymous group calling itself Guardians of Peace.   Continue reading “Feds Link Hack to North Korea as Sony Cancels ‘The Interview’ Release”

Yahoo News – by Jeff Sneider, The Wrap

The shockwaves from the Sony hack have finally reached Hollywood’s development community, as New Regency has pulled the plug on its Steve Carell movie Pyongyang, which Gore Verbinski had been prepping for a March start date, an individual familiar with the project has told TheWrap.

Based on the graphic novel by Guy Delisle, Pyongyang is a paranoid thriller about a Westerner’s experiences working in North Korea for a year.   Continue reading “Steve Carell’s North Korea Movie ‘Pyongyang’ Canceled in Wake of Sony Hack”

Alt-Market – by Brandon Smith

As I write this, the news is saturated with stories of a hostage situation possibly involving Islamic militants in Sydney, Australia. Like many, I am concerned about the shockwave such an event will create through our sociopolitical structures. However, while most of the world will be distracted by the outcome of this crisis (for good or bad) for at least the week, I find I must concern myself with a far more important and dangerous situation.   Continue reading “IMF Now Ready To Slam The Door On The U.S. And The Dollar”

The Anti-Media – by SM Gibson

On December 31, 2003, Khaled El-Masri was seized by Macedonian border officials after being mistaken as a member of al-Qaeda. El-Masri was held in Macedonian custody for 23 days before being “rendered” (an extrajudicial transfer of a prisoner) into the hands of the CIA.

After receivership of Khaled, the CIA put him through a process that the Agency refers to as “capture shock”. El-Masri, a German citizen, was subjected to being stripped, hooded, shackled, severely beaten and sodomized with a suppository. The man was then drugged and taken to a secret detainee facility located in Afghanistan called the “Salt Pit”.   Continue reading “Oops, CIA Abducts & Tortures Wrong Guy”

Stars and Stripes – by DAVID DISHNEAU

The U.S. military is testing a new cruise-missile defense system by launching a blimp-like airship near Baltimore.

Wednesday’s event at Aberdeen Proving Ground gives the region its first look at JLENS, short for Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System.   Continue reading “Military airships getting a Baltimore-area test”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

On Tuesday, the Senate confirmed Sarah Saldana, who has said she would implement President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty and believes that illegal immigrants who qualify for it have a “right” to citizenship, to head Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency tasked with enforcing the country’s immigration laws.

She was confirmed by a 55-39 vote.   Continue reading “Senate Confirms New ICE Chief Who Believes Some Illegals Have a ‘Right’ to Citizenship”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

MCALLEN, Texas — Almost 200 Americans have been kidnapped in Mexico this past year; 79 of those kidnappings took place just south of the Texas border in the Mexican State of Tamaulipas, according to an FBI interview with Breitbart Texas.

While the Mexican government continues to praise their security campaign in Tamaulipas, shootouts, kidnappings, extortions and highway robberies continue to plague the border state.   Continue reading “FBI: 199 Americans Kidnapped in Mexico in 2014”

The Hill – by Elise Viebeck

People without insurance are running out of time to avoid the hefty ObamaCare penalties that the IRS will be handing down in 2016.

Consumers face a Feb. 15, 2015, deadline to buy insurance, after which those without coverage could be hit with fines of $325 per adult or 2 percent of family income, whichever is higher.   Continue reading “ObamaCare fines loom for uninsured”

Breitbart – by DJ Beir

AUSTIN, Texas — The United States has seized more than a million dollars from a Swiss bank branch in Texas, alleged to belong to a Mexican official involved in a bribery scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that the funds were the result of bribes paid by government contractors to Homero De La Garza Tamez, currently the Secretary of Social Development for the Mexican State of Tamaulipas.

In a statement Friday, U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson said that during Tamez’s time as the director of the state Institute for Housing and Urban Development, he systematically rigged bidding for government contracts.   Continue reading “US Seizes $1.1 Million in Texas from Mexican Official in Corruption Probe”

Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson

Alarmed residents who reported low-flying black helicopters with their lights turned off buzzing downtown Dallas last night were witnessing U.S. Special Forces drills intended to allow troops to get a feel for “realistic urban sites”.

“Twitter users reported seeing blacked-out helicopters flying in low, close formations with no lights,”reported NBC-DFW. Infowars readers also contacted us to say they had witnessed the choppers.   Continue reading “Black Helicopters Descend on Dallas For Special Forces Drill”

Yahoo News – by Audrey Mcavoy

HONOLULU (AP) — Lava from a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island is on course to reach a shopping center with a gas station and a supermarket in seven to 10 days, officials said.

Lava is about 1 mile from the shopping center in the small town of Pahoa, Hawaii County Civil Defense Director Darryl Oliveira said Monday. The shopping center also contains a hardware store, pharmacy and auto repair shop.   Continue reading “Hawaii lava on course to hit gas station, stores”

CNS News – by Terrence P. Jeffrey

The Census Bureau reported in a study released this week that 65 percent of American children lived in households taking aid from one or more federal program as of the fall of 2011.

“Almost two-thirds (65 percent) of children,” said the Census Bureau, “lived in households that participated in at least one or more of the following government aid programs: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), Medicaid, and the National School Lunch Program.”   Continue reading “65 Percent of Children Live in Households on Federal Aid Programs”

Variety – by Brent Lang

The Sony hackers have threatened a 9/11-like attack on movie theaters that screen Seth Rogen and James Franco’s North Korean comedy “The Interview,” substantially escalating the stakes surrounding the release of the movie.

The attackers also released the promised “Christmas gift” of files. The contents of the files are unknown but it’s called “Michael Lynton,” who is the CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment.   Continue reading “Sony Hackers Threaten 9/11 Attack on Movie Theaters That Screen ‘The Interview’”

Breitbart – by Daniel Nussbaum

A man in San Francisco pulled off an expertly camouflaged heist when he robbed a bank wearing a Santa costume during the annual SantaCon celebration on the weekend, when thousands of people were similarly dressed up and in the streets.

According to San Francisco Weekly, the unidentified Santa walked into a bank on the 400 block of Sutter Avenue at around 1 pm on Saturday, handed the teller a note, and simply walked out with an undisclosed sum of money.    Continue reading “Santa Robs Bank During S.F. SantaCon”

Breitbart – by Sarah Rumpf

Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will “actively explore” running for President in 2016, according to announcements that he posted on his Facebook and Twitter accounts on Tuesday.

Bush began his announcement talking about spending the holidays with his family. He said that he had been having conversations with them “about the future of this nation,” and because of these conversations and “thoughtful consideration of the kind of strong leadership I think America needs,” he had “decided to actively explore the possibility of running for President of the United States.”   Continue reading “Jeb Bush Announces He Will ‘Actively Explore’ Running for President”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A former supervisor of the federal agency tasked with watching over federal agents along the Texas border will spend three years and one month in prison for running an enforcement unit that falsified and backdated investigations that were either not completed or were never done.

On Monday, 49-year-old Eugenio Pedraza, the former McAllen supervisor for Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General went before U.S. District Judge Andrew Hannen who handed down the sentence.   Continue reading “Homeland Security Supervisor Sentenced for Falsifying Border Investigations”

ABC News

It’s lights out for several government buildings in Washington. Authorities are blaming a blown transformer and a construction mishap.

The State Department says a power line serving its headquarters was severed in a construction accident Monday morning. Emergency generators allowed some staff to keep working, but others were sent to work from different offices or home.   Continue reading “Several US Government Buildings Lose Power”