Silver is the New

Shortly after Russia announced early last week that it would take advantage of the lifting of the Iran sanctions and proceed to deliver an unknown number of S-300 “defensive” surface-to-air missiles, the Kremlin sought to reassure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that any deliveries of these to Iran will not threaten Israel’s security.

Judging by the following video which captures what happens when a launch of a S-300 SAM goes horribly wrong (and the immediate stunned aftermath), he may very well be right.   Continue reading “What Happens When A Russian Surface-To-Air Missile Launch Goes Horribly Wrong”

How would it feel to be a student here? (Image: Weibo.com)Vision Times – by Iris Lu

Chinese students usually face high pressure at school, especially before the college entrance exam or gaokao.

The three-year period for Chinese high school students is a cruel battle, full of tests, scores, and ranking. Many students stress out during this long-term struggle, and some even commit suicide as they can see no other way out.   Continue reading “Terrifying Photos of a Chinese High School: Is This a School or a Jail?”

ban ki-moonCNS News – by Patrick Goodenough

More than five years after President Obama and other leaders agreed on a 2020 goal of raising $100 billion each year from public and private sources to help developing countries deal with climate change, the United Nations wants to see action.

Ahead of Earth Day on Wednesday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is pointing to a meeting next month in New York where he says he will be looking for clear indications from governments and investors as to how the ambitious goal will be reached.   Continue reading “UN Chief Wants Action on $100 Billion Climate Fund”

sandbagsReady Nutrition – by Joshua Krause

When most people think of sandbags, images of flood barriers and military fortifications typically come to mind. However, what most folks don’t know is that sandbags can be used to build more than just temporary structures. With a little more time, resources, and elbow grease, they can form long-lasting freestanding buildings.

When you think about it, the potential was always there. This is a building material that is frequently used by civilians to seal off flood waters. It’s also been used by the military to shelter their soldiers from small arms fire and rocket attacks, as well as reinforcing damaged buildings in war-torn areas. Sandbags are by all accounts, incredibly strong and structurally sound.   Continue reading “How to Build a Sturdy Freestanding House out of Sandbags”

ABC News – by David Rising

Hedy Bohm had just turned 16 when the Nazis packed her and her parents onto a cattle car in May 1944 and sent them from Hungary to the Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland.

After three days and nights in darkness, crammed into the standing-room-only car with babies wailing, the doors were flung open. “An inferno,” is how she remembers the scene she saw.

“The soldiers yelling at us, guns and rifles pointed at us,” she recalled. “Big dogs barking at us held back on their leashes by the soldiers.”   Continue reading “SS ‘Accountant of Auschwitz’ Going on Trial in Germany”

Jon Rappoport

There are several reasons why the medical cartel is too big to fail: the enormous amount of money at stake; its aim to control populations.

In this article, I want to examine a related reason.

Suppose it was discovered that thousands of bridges around the US were in imminent danger of collapsing? Not because maintenance and repair were lacking, not because the materials used to build them were cheap and shoddy. But because the original designs were inadequate and broke basic rules of engineering.   Continue reading “The medical cartel: too big to fail, too evil to expose”

peopleNatural News – by J D Heyes

The trouble with regulating behavior is that the social change artists who want to lord over what people think, say and do are never satisfied. And, they are hypocritical.

Case in point: A British “obesity expert” and researcher, Dr. Sarah Jackson, has a rather authoritarian solution for anyone who jokes about fat people: Put them in jail.   Continue reading “Mocking the obese should be “illegal,” but mocking anti-vaxxers considered media sport”

The Motley Fool – by Sean Williams

When it comes to the polarizing debate of whether or not marijuana should be decriminalized, a slight majority of the American public continues to be in favor of legalizing the drug.

Gallup’s 2014 poll showed that 51% of its respondents were in favor of legalizing marijuana, down from 58% in the year prior, but still decisively ahead of the 47% opposed to its legalization. For added context, in 2004, just 10 years prior, 64% of respondents were opposed to legalizing marijuana, while roughly a third were in favor of decriminalizing it. Similar results were observed in the General Social Survey’s in-person interviews on marijuana, which are conducted every two years. In the GSS poll, 52% were in favor of legalization, while 42% opposed it.   Continue reading “President Obama Crushes the Marijuana Movement With 15 Words”

Photo by AFP/Getty ImagesThe Real Agenda – by LUIS R. MIRANDA

Human Rights Watch, an advocacy organization for human rights reported today that Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank are using Palestinian minors as laborers in agriculture fields, a practice that is contrary to international law.

In a 74-page report, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that Israeli settlements, mostly in the Jordan Valley, employ children as young as 11 years old, mainly in agricultural work for which they typically receive very low wages.   Continue reading “Jewish Settlers Use Palestinian Children As Labor force”

Nearly 400,000 children in Gaza are suffering from psychosocial distress as a result of the 50-day armed conflict in 2014. Photo: UNICEF/Alessio RomenziHuman Wrongs Watch

United Nations officials gathered at the UN Crime Congress under way in Doha, Qatar, on 18 April 2015 called on Member States to take action and implement the new international standards on the elimination of violence against children adopted late last year, stressing that such violence continues to have a devastating effect on children, families, and society as a whole.*   Continue reading “UN Urges States to Act on New Standards to Eliminate Devastating Violence against Children”

Breitbart – by Warner Todd Huston

PBS’ Sesame Street has lent one of its most popular characters to the Department of U.S. Health and Human Services to urge parents to vaccinate their children.

After a winter filled with deadly outbreaks of Ebola and dangerous outbreaks of Measles, an extended discussion on the efficacy of vaccinating children arose that brought regular Americans, doctors, and even celebrities to the national debate.   Continue reading “New Sesame Street Video Features Elmo Saying ‘Get Vaccinated’”

McDonaldNatural News – by Ethan A. Huff

A Michigan woman will spend at least two years in prison for firing a 9mm handgun at employees inside a Grand Rapids McDonald’s restaurant last February. After receiving a McDonald’s cheeseburger that apparently didn’t contain the bacon she claims to have ordered, Shaneka Monique Torres, 30, decided to fire a bullet through the drive-thru window in what media reports are calling a crazy case of “bacon rage.”   Continue reading “McDonald’s customer fires bullets through drive-thru window in deadly junk food induced tantrum”

mapBBC

A “mysterious” disease has killed at least 18 people in the past several days in south-western Nigeria, local officials say.

The outbreak started in the Ode-Irele town, Ondo state, and spread rapidly.

The disease – characterised by blurred vision, headache and loss of consciousness – killed the victims within 24 hours of falling ill.   Continue reading “‘Mystery disease’ kills 18 in Nigeria – officials”

OPB – by Conrad Wilson and Tony Schick

Washington’s Port of Longview says it is in talks with an energy company that last year submitted plans for a crude oil refinery on the Columbia River.

Details of the company’s planned refinery surfaced Wednesday throughpublic records obtained and released by Columbia Riverkeeper.   Continue reading “Refinery Proposed Last Year For Columbia River, Records Show”

Tim McGrawThe Real Revo – by Jim 22

McGraw doesn’t need to defend his decision. He made it and now he owns it. Gun owners across the country have reacted to his choice in their own ways.

He is not going to change anyone’s mind. He has two choices now: Retirement or a long, slow slide into irrelevance. He does not understand that Progressives will not embrace country music, buy his CD’s, or tickets to his concerts.   Continue reading “Tim McGraw Defends His Decision To Play Benefit For Anti-Gun Group”

jackass2Fellowship of the Minds

An Irish Priest is transferred to Iola, Texas.

He rose from his bed one morning. It was a fine Spring day in his new West Texas mission parish. He walked to the window of his bedroom to get a deep breath of the beautiful day outside.

He then noticed there was a jackass lying dead in the middle of his front lawn. So the priest promptly called the local police station. The conversation went like this:   Continue reading “Father O’Malley and the jackass”

Screen Shot 2015-04-14 at 4.14.17 PMThe Libertarian Republic – by Blake Neff

Nearly 150 public school students in Spokane, Wash., have been booted from school for lacking documentation to prove they were vaccinated.

Washington requires all public school children be vaccinated against a variety of illnesses, although parents with religious, philosophical or medical justifications are allowed to obtain a waiver. However, it appears hundreds of students were allowed to go unvaccinated without even receiving those. School officials finally took action Monday, telling hundreds of parents their kids couldn’t come back to class unless they got their shots or a state-approved waiver.   Continue reading “Washington Kicks 143 Kids Out Of School For Not Vaccinating”