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How convenient. Wonder if this was all engineered just to get some ships into that area.
ABC News – by MARTHA RADDATZ, DAVID KERLEY and JOSH MARGOLIN
Two U.S. officials tell ABC News the U.S. believes that the shutdown of two communication systems happened separately on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. One source said this indicates the plane did not come out of the sky because of a catastrophic failure. Continue reading “Malaysia Airliner Communications Shut Down Separately: US Officials Say”
Ben Swann – by Annabelle Bamforth
A marijuana decriminalization bill, sponsored by New Hampshire State Representative Adam Schroadter, passed 215-92 on March 12th. The bill, HB-1625, would make possession of up to one ounce of marijuana a minor violation with a maximum fine of $100. Currently possession of any amount of marijuana in NH is punishable by up to one year in jail and fines of up to $2,000.
This bill differs from the one passed by the NH House in January, in which marijuana would be sold at approved dispensaries with a tax of $30 per ounce. In that bill, residents would also be allowed to grow up to six plants at home. Continue reading “NH House Passes Marijuana Decriminalization Bill”
For those who thought that the crisis in the Ukraine is over because it’s been out of the mainstream news for 72 hours, think again.
According to reports, Vladimir Putin has now deployed a massive military force on the Ukraine/Crimea border. Formerly one country, it has now effectively been split in half, spurring condemnation from the United States and Europe. Continue reading “Escalation: Putin Deploys Invasion Force of 80,000 Troops; Border On Lockdown”
Washington Examiner – by SUSAN CRABTREE
Secretary of State John Kerry warned of serious repercussions for Russia on Monday if last-ditch talks over the weekend to resolve the crisis in Ukraine failed to persuade Moscow to soften its stance.
Kerry will travel to London for a Friday meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov ahead of a Sunday referendum vote in the Crimea region to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation. Continue reading “John Kerry: Russia has until Monday to reverse course in Ukraine”
Wall Street bonuses (on average) in 2013 rose 15% to the highest since 2007. As OSC Tom DiNapoli notes, “Securities industry employees took home significantly higher bonuses on average… although profits were lower than the prior year.” In fact, as we noted earlier, profits at the banks fell 30%. Continue reading “Wall Street Bonuses Soar 15% To Highest Since 2007”
For thousands of years, tobacco has been a valuable commodity. In fact, less than 100 years ago, it wasn’t uncommon to go into a small town general store with a bushel of tobacco and walk out with anything you need. Even now, in less developed countries, tobacco is still a valuable barter item. For a smoker, cigarettes, loose tobacco and rolling papers are an obvious prep, but even non-smokers should stock up on tobacco as a low-cost barter item for a real SHTF scenario. In the bellow video you can learn how to grow, store, and use the tobacco to make your own cigarettes. Enjoy Continue reading “Tobacco Preps From Seed to Rolling Your Own Cigarettes”
Sunlight Foundation – by Lee Drutman
In 2009, four years before the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was a widely-debated trade deal, few would have noticed a new issue popping up in a handful of lobbying reports. That year, 28 organizations filed 59 lobbying reports mentioning the then far-off trade agreement. Almost half of those organizations were pharmaceutical companies or associations.
It was an early clue as to which industry would take the most active role in trying to shape the trade agreement while it was still secret from the public. From 2009 until mid-2013 (the time during which the language of the agreement was still reasonably fluid), drug companies and associations mentioned the trade agreement in 251 separate lobbying reports – two and a half times more than the next most active industry (at least measured by lobbying reports). Continue reading “How Big Pharma (and others) began lobbying on the Trans-Pacific Partnership before you ever heard of it”
(Talking Points Memo) — Jon Stewart thinks it’s rich that Sen. Dianne “So The NSA Is Looking At Your Data” Feinstein is accusing the CIA of sneaking onto Senate staff computers and “assassinating” their data.
The comedian roasted the California Democrat on Wednesday’s “The Daily Show” for defending the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programs while railing against the CIA’s alleged monitoring of Senate Intelligence Committee staffers. The agency probably just “reset her home page to MSN” or something, he joked. Continue reading “Jon Stewart Skewers Dianne Feinstein”
FLORIDA (INTELLIHUB) — A two year old in a Florida apartment complex was given a traffic ticket by police for driving her battery powered toy car around the parking lot. The police were responding to another call, but felt that training a toddler to a be a slave in adulthood was more important than whatever disturbance they were called to.
The child, named Za’Dariyah, got no support whatsoever from her parents, who for some reason praised the police officers for their actions. Continue reading “Florida police give ‘ticket’ to 2 year old in battery powered toy car”
(CBS/AP) — An independent commission led by a former U.S. surgeon general has concluded there “is no compelling medical reason” for the U.S. armed forces to prohibit transgender Americans from serving and that President Barack Obama could lift the decades-old ban without approval from Congress, according to a report being released Thursday.
The report said Department of Defense regulations designed to keep transgender people from joining or remaining in the military on the grounds of psychological and physical unfitness are based on outdated beliefs that require thousands of current service members either to leave the service or to forego the medical procedures and other changes that could align their bodies and gender identities. Continue reading “COMMISSION: ‘No Compelling Medical Reason’ To Exclude Trannies From Military…”
Still trying to appear legit, I guess.
Washington DC – -(Ammoland.com)- After almost a month of pressure by Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) and Moms Demand Action For Gun Sense in America (MDA) to get Facebook to “prohibit the private selling or trading of guns on its platforms,” Facebook announced “new educational and enforcement measures for commercial activities” that essentially restate what a company spokesperson said a week ago when they announced Facebook is not an online retailer and does not sell anything–including guns. Continue reading “NRA Declares Victory over Facebook Response to Gun Control Groups”
Prevent Disease – by MARCO TORRES
There are so many addictive substances in our society that we humans love to portray as evil. We label them as such because of our tendencies and repetition towards anything that is considered to have negative consequences. We are never to be accountable for our actions or behavior–it’s always the drug or plant that is responsible and at fault for all our problems. Out of all the addictive substances we love to demonize, guess which one is rarely if ever a type of substance dependent drug? Continue reading “Out of the 10 Most Addictive Substances, Guess Which One Is Not On The List?”
President Obama, flexing his executive authority once again, plans to order the Labor Department to expand overtime pay requirements to include millions more workers — in a move likely to rankle the business community.
The president plans to make the announcement on Thursday at the White House, a senior administration official confirmed to Fox News. Though the administration has claimed previous executive actions had bipartisan support, officials are acknowledging that this particular move will anger business groups and congressional Republicans. Continue reading “Obama to order expansion of overtime pay for millions of workers”
The Real Agenda – by LUIS R. MIRANDA
The European Union is about to make its threat to punish Russia for invading the Crimea a reality. Community experts are now working on penalties that will realize the warnings shouted out on Thursday by the Heads of State and Government meeting in Brussels.
If Moscow shows no signs of wanting to ease the tension “other sanctions could be imposed this week ,” warned Tuesday the French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius. The measures will be prepared for next Monday, according to EU sources report. Continue reading “European Union Prepares more Sanctions against Russia”
DC Clothesline – by Paul Joseph Watson
Officer who couldn’t wait to “bang down your door and come for your gun” still under investigation
The second amendment activist who brought light to a Facebook conversation in which a Connecticut police officer said he couldn’t wait to “bang down your door and come for your gun,” says he has received threats after the story gained national media attention. Continue reading “Gun Activist Who Exposed ‘Bang Your Door Down’ Cop Receives Threats”
An oil rig worker working off the south-eastern coast of Vietnam claims to have witnessed the crash of the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
In a email sent to his employer, which was acquired, confirmed, and then shared by the ABC journalist Bob Woodruff, the man says, “I believe I saw the Malaysian Airlines plane come down. The timing is right.” Continue reading “Oil Rig Worker: ‘I Saw the Malaysia Airlines Plane Come Down’”
The saw a flurry of activity Tuesday as Crimea prepares for Sunday’s referendum. The surprise news of the day was the Crimean parliament posting a “declaration of independence” to the web.
RT.com
The parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea has adopted an independence declaration from Ukraine which is necessary for holding a March 16 referendum. Continue reading “Crimea ‘declares independence’, airport halts non-Russian flights, Ukraine’s Yanukovych alive”
All Outdoor – by Major Pandemic
After the harassment I took for publishing the Leupold VX-R Hog optic review and not following up immediately with the review of the full Ultimate Hog Hunter Build, I thought I had better get to posting what can be only described as gun porn. Continue reading “Ultimate Lightweight .308 AR Hog Rifle”
The tit-for-tat sabre-rattling and rhetoric continues to build ahead of this weekend’s planned referendum in Ukraine’s Crimea region. This morning has seen 3 new threads beginning with Ukraine’s “live-fire” exercises involving T-64B tanks. This was then followed by warnings from Russia of “consequences” of “unconditionally indulging radical elements” in Ukraine calling US financial aid “illegal” which was swiftly responded to by the State Department exclaiming it “unacceptable” that Russian forces take matters into their own hands and “do not create the right environment for diplomacy.” Not positive… Continue reading “Russia Warns US Against “Illegal” Ukraine Bailout; Ukraine Commences Live-Fire “Drill” With Tanks”
SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo
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Mashable – by Amanda Wills
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