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“The Zionist regime is an illegitimate and bastard regime,” Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday said of Israel, whose existence Tehran does not recognize.
Khamenei also criticized the United States for its close relations with Israel.
“The Americans have the highest indulgence towards the Zionists and they have to. But we do not share such indulgence,” AFP quoted Khamenei as saying. Continue reading “Khamenei: Zionist regime is an illegitimate and bastard regime”
Charlotte, NC –-(Ammoland.com)- Thanks to your efforts, Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), sent a letter to President Obama opposing the ratification of the U.N. Arms Trade Treaty. Continue reading “Four More US Senators Say ‘NO’ to UN Arms Trade Treaty”
At least 19 North Korean sailors were killed when a naval vessel sank during “combat duties” off the east coast last month, state media said, a rare admission by the impoverished and reclusive country.
South Korean media said the ship sank during a drill killing “scores”. Continue reading “North Korea sailors killed when ship sinks during ‘combat duties’”
A Los Angeles billboard portraying a U.S. solder and a Muslim woman as a couple has tongues wagging across the country, especially because many don’t understand the ad’s connection to the sleep aids it’s selling.
The SnoreStop ad is meant to suggest its sleep aid products can keep couples together. The billboard features the hashtag, #betogether, and the slogan, “Keeping you together.” Continue reading “Billboard featuring US soldier, Muslim woman stirs controversy”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who has led the effort in the Senate to pass new gun control legislation, said she does not plan to try again in the wake of the shooting at the Los Angeles International Airport Friday where a TSA agent was killed.
Feinstein said that passing a gun reform bill through Congress was simply not possible, after a bill failed this year following the shooting at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school. Continue reading “Feinstein: ‘Gun owners and gun people’ have a ‘hammerlock’ on Congress”
The Daily News – by Neal Mccluskey , Williamson Evers AND Sandra Stotsky
The Common Core — effectively national math and English curriculum standards coming soon to a school near you — is supposed to be a new, higher bar that will take the United States from the academic doldrums to international dominance.
So why is there so much unhappiness about it? There didn’t seem to be much just three years ago. Back then, state school boards and governors were sprinting to adopt the Core. In practically the blink of an eye, 45 states had signed on. Continue reading “Stop the rush to the Common Core”
Excerpted from The Hill: The Senate’s No. 3 Democrat Charles Schumer (N.Y.) endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Saturday as he urged her to make another run for the White House.
Schumer announced his endorsement at the Iowa Democratic Party’s Jefferson Jackson dinner Saturday, declaring his “full and unwavering support” for the former secretary of State and New York senator three years before the 2016 election. Continue reading “She ‘Will Vanquish The Tea Party’: Chuck Schumer Formally Endorses Hillary Clinton For President”
Before It’s News – by Mort Amsel
Eastern Libya has declared an autonomous regional government with an official ceremony, challenging the country’s weak central government that failed to assume unifying power over rebels and various tribes since the 2011 war toppled Muammar Gaddafi.
Leaders of an autonomy movement met on Sunday in the small town of Ajdabiya to launch the government under the name of Barqa, or Cyrenaica as it is also known, supporters said. Continue reading “East Libya Declares Self-Government”
Before It’s News – by Monica Davis
The oil regions of the Middle East are slated for a major upheaval. A recent discovery by an Israeli oil company found as much as 3.5 billion barrels of oil in Israel That, combined with natural gas reserves discovered off the country’s coast will change the power dynamics in the Middle East and around the world.
One news outlet points out that this discovery is a major game changer: ”If WEC’s estimates for Israel stand, the economic balance of power between the Jewish state and surrounding Muslim countries will shift dramatically.” Continue reading “Israeli Oil Discovery Will Change Face Of Middle East video and pictures”
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Continue reading “Mom’s Demand Founder Declared EVERY GUN an assault weapon”
More Monmouth Musings- by Art Gallagher
He’s finally saying it.
Yesterday afternoon at Bachstadt’s Tavern in North Middletown Governor Chris Christie urged the enthusiastic crowd of several hundred to “vote Republican from the top of the ballot to the bottom. I don’t want to serve another day with a Democratic legislature.” Continue reading “Christie: “I don’t want to serve another day with a Democratic Legislature””
WASHINGTON — The union representing airport screeners for the Transportation Security Administration says Friday’s fatal shooting of an agent at Los Angeles International Airport highlights the need for armed security officers at every airport checkpoint.
“Every local airport has its own security arrangement with local police to some type of contract security force,” said J. David Cox Sr., president of the American Federation of Government Employees, which represents the screeners. “There is no standardization throughout the country. Every airport operates differently. Obviously at L.A. there were a fair number of local police officers there.” Continue reading “TSA union calls for armed guards at every checkpoint”
Bloomberg – by Alan Bjerga and Tim Catts
Local police will increase their presence at U.S. airports, as Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport reopened and air traffic returned to normal the day after a gunman killed a Transportation Security Administration officer.
Enhanced security at Los Angeles will remain for the foreseeable future, said Patrick Gannon, the airport police chief, who didn’t give details. Passengers should feel safe with the additional resources, Gannon said. Continue reading “Airport Police Presence Boosted After Officer Killed”
Shots fired on homecoming weekend at North Carolina A&T State University prompted a brief campus lockdown after a 21-year-old man was wounded by a bullet fired from a “considerable distance,” authorities said.
Greensboro Police Department said in a statement released overnight that “one or more” suspects fired shots near McCain Hall on campus about 10 p.m. Saturday and one of the rounds struck 21-year-old Divine Eatman. Continue reading “1 shot at North Carolina A&T State University”
Today, Denver reeks less of bureaucratic smoke and more of weed.
The mile-high municipality has decided that a recently proposed law to ban the odor of marijuana throughout the city, even in people’s backyards, may have been a little hasty. Continue reading “Denver Amends Law: Will Allow Backyard Toking”
Off the Grid News – by John Evans
Voters in Sunnyvale, California will decide next week on a strict new gun control measure that has already set off both sides of the debate on gun laws in the United States.
The ballot initiative, known as Measure C, would affect gun possession and ammunition sales. Gun owners would have to report firearm theft to the police within 48 hours, lock up guns at home, get rid of ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, and provide a thumbprint when purchasing ammo. Gun dealers would also have to keep records of ammunition sales, according to The San Francisco Chronicle. Continue reading “All Gun Owners Must Provide Thumbprint If California Town Passes Measure”
The Steady Drip – by Sam Sewell
Going Postal
http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/blum.asp
The husband of Senator Dianne Feinstein chairs a company that brokers sales of USPS facilities.
It was recently learned that the United States has entered into a contract with one firm to sell 56 buildings that currently house U.S. Post Offices. The government has decided that it no longer needs these buildings (many of which are located on prime land in towns and cities across the country). Continue reading “Going Postal”
Occupy Corporatism – by Susan Posel
The new Personal Belief Exemption (PBE) form is available for Californians who want to opt out of vaccinations for their children.
Jonathan Fielding, director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) explains that the new rule will make parents “take a careful look” before they opt out of vaccinating their child. Continue reading “California Parents Incriminated For Not Vaccinating Children”
Boiling Frogs – by Sibel Edmonds
The Steady Drip – by Sam Sewell
Former basketball player describes visit to his friend’s private island: ‘Just normal people, drinking cocktails and laughing’
theguardian.com, Saturday 2 November 2013 09.08 EDT
Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, is a “good guy”, a “good-hearted kid” who offers the best tequila to his guests on his private island, according to the former basketball player Dennis Rodman. Continue reading “Dennis Rodman: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a ‘good-hearted kid’”
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USA Today – by Brian Tumult
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High Times – by Mike Adams