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Reuters

More than a dozen state governors refused on Monday to accept Syrian refugees after the Paris attacks, part of a mounting Republican backlash against the Obama administration’s plan to accept thousands more immigrants from the war-torn country.

Leading Republican presidential candidates called on President Barack Obama to suspend the plan to accept 10,000 Syrian refugees in the coming year and some Republican lawmakers began moves in Congress to try to defund the policy.   Continue reading “U.S. Republicans seek to shut door on Syrian refugees after Paris”

Reuters

French President Francois Hollande called on the United States and Russia to join forces to destroy Islamic State in the wake of Friday’s attacks across Paris, and announced a wave of measures to combat terror in France.

In a somber speech to both houses of parliament after the coordinated suicide bombings and shootings that killed 129, Hollande said he would increase funds for national security, strengthen anti-terror laws and boost border controls.   Continue reading “Vowing to destroy terrorism, France seeks global coalition against Islamic State”

Reuters

Islamic State warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.

The video, which appeared on a site used by Islamic State to post its messages, begins with news footage of the aftermath of Friday’s Paris shootings in which at least 129 people were killed.   Continue reading “Islamic State threatens attack on Washington, other countries”

Green Med Info – by Sayer Ji

What if millions of medical diagnoses, procedures, and treatments were based on, at best, questionable scientific evidence, but still performed daily, the world over, in the name of saving patients lives or reducing their suffering? A new JAMA review indicates this may be exactly what is happening. 

A concerning new review published in the Journal of the American Medical Association online ahead of print on the topic of overuse of medical care, i.e., health care for which “risk of harm exceeds its potential for benefit,” finds that many commonly employed medical procedures, to which millions are subjected to each year, are based on questionable if not also, in some cases, non-existent evidence.    Continue reading “Astounding Number of Medical Procedures Have No Benefit, Even Harm – JAMA Study”

Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten

Gun sales are at record levels.  In the last six months, gun sales, as reflected by the National Instant Check system, have hit record highs for each of the six months.  It is almost certain that 2015 will be the highest year on record for private gun sales in the United States.  But when national polls ask how many households own guns, the numbers appear to be the same or dropping.  How do we reconcile this seeming contradiction?  The answer is likely in a Zogby Analytic question asked in February of 2015.  From prnewswire.com:   Continue reading “Why Record Guns Sales are Not Showing in National Gun Ownership Polls”

Press TV

French President Francois Hollande wants to increase a 12- day state of emergency announced following the Paris attacks to three-months, say parliamentary sources.

The president’s move will increase the state of emergency to cover an upcoming UN climate conference to be held in Paris on November 30, an unnamed source told AFP Sunday.   Continue reading “France to extend state of emergency for 3 months: Sources”

The Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

Greenfield, IN – A cop that apparently has a decent sense of humor had his fun spoiled by The Indiana Supreme Court, who decided that he could not have a vanity license plate that said “OINK,” on his vehicle. Corporal Rodney Vawter of the Greenfield Police Department was told that vanity licence plates are not covered by free speech.

According to Justice Brent E. Dickson, who ruled on the case, the constitution “restricts government regulation of private speech” but it “does not regulate government.”   Continue reading “Irony? Court Violates Cop’s Free Speech, Ruling that His License Plate Can’t Say ‘OINK’”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Dykes

Another day, another very important bill being passed by the Senate. This one almost makes sense, but then it doesn’t… considering no nation on Earth can claim sovereign ownership of a celestial body in space, that is.

On Tuesday, the Senate passed the Space Act of 2015 which is being hailed as a way to encourage the private space industry. Part of the bill legalized space mining, allowing companies the property rights to any resources that they might extract from asteroids out there. The Daily Caller noted that a bunch of think tanks concluded the lack of this bill was a major hurdle to space-based industry development. “This bill will keep America at the forefront of aerospace technology, create jobs, reduce red tape, promote safety, and inspire the next generation of explorers,” Chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, Congressman Lamar Smith, said in a press release. Continue reading “Senate Passes a Bill to Legalize Asteroid Mining, Amended It to Ban Alien Enslavement”

NORML – by Paul Armentano

Over twelve percent of federal drug prisoners are incarcerated for marijuana-related violations, according to data compiled by US Bureau of Prisons and the United State’s Sentencing Commission and published by the US Bureau of Justice Statistics

Of the 94,678 federal inmates incarcerated for a drug violation as their most serious offense, 12.4 percent (11,533 persons) are serving time for violating marijuana laws. Most marijuana offenders are imprisoned for trafficking violations. The average length of prison time for those incarcerated for marijuana-related offenses is 88 months.   Continue reading “Report: One In Eight Federal Drug Prisoners Serving Time For Marijuana Offenses”

The American Mirror – by Olaf Ekberg

The Greensboro, North Carolina police department wants to make residents safer by disarming them.

The department held a turn-in Saturday and invited citizens to sign a “non-violence” pledge and hand over their guns.

” … gun owners may safely turn in unwanted firearms. Police employees will accept handguns, rifles, shotguns, and ammunition at the event. This is not a buy-back program. No cash will be given in exchange for weapons voluntarily surrendered to police,” the city said in a news release announcing the program.   Continue reading “NC police department urges residents to turn in their guns”

Star Tribune – by Paul Walsh and Libor Jany

A man suspected of assault was shot on a north Minneapolis street by a police officer early Sunday while allegedly hindering emergency responders from aiding his victim.

The shooting ignited a chaotic scene of shouting and taunting bystanders who believed the man was handcuffed before police opened fire.   Continue reading “Anger builds after police shoot assault suspect in Minneapolis”

RT

At least 10 people have been killed and 32 injured as a train derailed and caught fire in Eckwersheim near Strasbourg in France, according to officials.

A high-speed TGV train derailed in Eckwersheim in the Bas-Rhin department of Alsace in northeastern France mid-afternoon on Saturday.   Continue reading “At least 10 killed as French high-speed train derails & catches fire near Strasbourg”

CNN

Meanwhile, at least one American is among the Paris death toll, now at 129 people, officials said. The U.S. victim was Nohemi Gonzalez, 23, of El Monte, California, a junior studying design in Paris for a semester while enrolled at California State University, Long Beach, the school said.   Continue reading “Paris attacks: ISIS claims responsibility in 129 deaths; Belgium makes arrests”

Reuters

President Barack Obama will hold a meeting at the White House on Friday with experts from both political parties to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said on Friday.

The meeting will include four former Secretaries of State -Henry Kissinger, James Baker, Colin Powell and Madeleine Albright – among others.   Continue reading “Obama to meet with experts on Pacific trade deal: White House”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Having exposed the world yesterday to the 2-mile long line of tankers-full’o’crude heading from Iraq to the US, several weeks after reporting that China has run out of oil storage space we can now confirm that the global crude “in transit” glut is becoming gargantuan and is starting to have adverse consequences on the price of oil.

While the crude oil tanker backlog in Houston reaches an almost unprecedented 39 (with combined capacity of 28.4 million barrels), as The FT reports that from China to the Gulf of Mexico, the growing flotilla of stationary supertankers is evidence that the oil price crash may still have further to run, as more than 100m barrels of crude oil and heavy fuels are being held on ships at sea (as the year-long supply glut fills up available storage on land). The storage problems are so severe in fact, that traders asking ships to go slow, and that is where we see something very strange occurring off the coast near Galveston, TX.   Continue reading “Something Very Strange Is Taking Place Off The Coast Of Galveston, TX”