Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

It was back in June 2011 when we first hinted that the time of Odious Debt is rapidly approaching.

As a reminder, this is what Odious Debt is: In international law, odious debt is a legal theory which holds that the national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, should not be enforceable. Such debts are thus considered by this doctrine to be personal debts of the regime that incurred them and not debts of the state. In some respects, the concept is analogous to the invalidity of contracts signed under coercion.   Continue reading ““Odious Debt” Has Finally Arrived: Greece To Write Off “Illegal” Debt”

prison fence public domainThe Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

By now everyone in America knows the name “Eric Garner.” What few people know about, is the man who filmed his demise at the hands of the NYPD. 22-year-old Ramsey Orta caught the infamous footage on his cell phone, and the day after Eric Garner’s autopsy report came out, he was arrested by the NYPD for carrying an unregistered firearm. Then last February he was arrested again for selling drugs to an undercover cop. Orta has since claimed that these arrests are in fact, acts of vengeance and harassment perpetrated by the NYPD.   Continue reading “Man Who Filmed Eric Garner Death Is in Prison, Fears He May Be Poisoned by Guards”

Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos

Royal Dutch Shell filed a complaint in a federal court in Alaska on Tuesday to stop a team of Greenpeace activists who’ve boarded a drilling vessel they say threatens to wreak havoc in the Arctic.

Six campaigners with the environmental organization boarded the drilling rig, which is being hauled by a separate vessel, on Monday approximately 750 miles northwest of Hawaii. The rig, the Polar Pioneer, is slated for drilling operations in the Chukchi Sea this summer.   Continue reading “Shell Files Suit to Stop Campaigners Protesting ‘Environmentally Ruinous Conduct’”

Go to Goodwill and buy a pair of size 14-16 men’s work boots.
Place them on your front porch, along with a copy of Guns & Ammo Magazine.
Put four giant dog dishes next to the boots and magazines.
Leave a note on your door that reads ……

Bubba,

Me and Marcel, Donnie Ray and Jimmy Earl went for more ammo.  Be back in an hour.    Continue reading “How To Install A Southern Home Security System”

SHTF Plan – by Jeremiah Johnson

Good Day to you, SHTF readers!  We’ve just concluded several pieces on home defense.  At the behest of Sixpack and Talon 1776 who requested pieces on clandestine movement techniques and offensive operations (repectively), I present this article for a precursor.  The best foundation for offensive operations in general is rooted in sound intelligence, and sound intelligence is not only found: it is made.   Continue reading “A Green Beret’s Guide To Developing Local Intelligence Networks: “Allies and Assets””

AllGov – by Noel Brinkerhoff

Local police departments are becoming increasingly susceptible to ransom demands made by hackers who gain control of law enforcement files and render them inaccessible. In the latest such incidents, police have given in to the demands and paid hundreds of bitcoin in ransom.

In Tewksbury, Massachusetts, police agreed to pay $500 in bitcoin last December to a hacker who infected the department’s electronic files with the CryptoLocker ransomware virus.   Continue reading “Illinois and Massachusetts Police Pay Bitcoin Ransom to Hackers”

opium-siteJon Rappoport

The Guardian reports statistics on opium agriculture in Afghanistan (“Former Blackwater gets rich as Afghan drug production hits record high”):

“…the US counternarcotics mission in Afghanistan stands out: opiate production has climbed steadily over recent years to reach record-high levels last year.”

“Far from eradicating the deep-rooted opiate trade, US counternarcotics efforts have proven useless, according to a series of recent official inquiries. Other aspects of the billions that the US has poured into Afghanistan over the last 13 years of war have even contributed to the opium boom.”   Continue reading “Afghanistan Mission accomplished: more heroin for the world”

smartgridThe Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Melton

The smart grid isn’t coming. It’s already here.

Everywhere people’s houses are being fitted if they already haven’t with smart electric meters and smart water meters. These meters communicate real-time usage data via radio frequency (which comes with its own set of health problems).

Essentially, consumption of utilities in your home is being big brother tracked and traced at all times on the smart grid.   Continue reading “California Water Authorities Using Smart Meter Data as Evidence to Impose Fines”

SOTT – by Heather Nolan, The Times-Picayune

About 420 gallons of oil spilled into the Mississippi River near Convent after a multi-ship collision around 4 p.m. Monday (April 6), according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

Coast Guard officials said the Privocean, a 751-foot bulk carrier, broke free from its mooring, drifted downriver and struck the Texas, a 98-foot towing vessel. The Texas was moored at the time.   Continue reading “Three ship collision causes oil spill and closes Mississippi river”

In this Feb. 27, 2015, file photo, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md...Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican Rand Paul on Tuesday officially announced on his website that he will run for U.S. president in 2016, hours before an event in his home state of Kentucky where he is expected to formally launch the campaign.

“I am running for president to return our country to the principles of liberty and limited government,” he said in a posting at www.randpaul.com.   Continue reading “Republican Rand Paul announces 2016 presidential run on website”

Huffington Post – by Nick Visser

The West is running on empty.

For nearly 15 years, the Colorado River Basin has been plagued by drought. Stretching from the Rockies to southern Arizona, the basin provides water for more than 40 million people in California and the Southwest through a series of reservoirs. But the water is disappearing… fast.

Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir in terms of capacity, dropped to its lowest levels since it was filled in the 1930s last year. Lake Powell, 180 miles upstream, is below 45 percent of capacity, and story-high “bathtub rings” — emblems of drastically low water levels — are now a permanent fixture.   Continue reading “These Photos Of Drought In The Colorado River Basin Are Beautiful And Depressing”

The room was full of pregnant women with their husbands.

The instructor said, “Ladies, remember that exercise is good for you. Walking is especially beneficial. It strengthens the pelvic muscles and will make delivery that much easier. Just pace yourself, make plenty of stops and try to stay on a soft surface like grass or a path. ”

“Gentlemen, remember — you’re in this together. It wouldn’t hurt you to go walking with her. In fact, that shared experience would be good for you both.”   Continue reading “Walking on grass”

Mock 'dirty bomb' drill will bring more than 200 soldiers, airmen, police and fire officials to RichmondRichmond Standard – by Mike Aldax

A “dirty bomb” will be located in Richmond on Saturday, April 11, and more than 200 soldiers, airmen, local law enforcement and firefighting personnel will descend upon the city in order to defuse the situation — as part of an emergency response exercise, thankfully.

The daylong exercise, hosted by the El Cerrito Police Department, will take place at the facility shared by Richmond and El Cerrito fire departments at 3506 Cutting Blvd., the California National Guard announced Friday.   Continue reading “Mock ‘dirty bomb’ drill to bring hundreds of soldiers, airmen, police and fire officials to Richmond, California”

RIA Novosti / Vitaliy AnkovRT

Russian scientists have created a new biological material they called “bone cement”, which after 3D printing into a fracture or a crack, completely dissolves over time, while in its place the human body regenerates the missing part of the bone tissue.

The new substance based on biological hydroxyapatite was created by scientists of the Russian National Research Nuclear University’s affiliate in the Siberian city of Seversk, Tomsk region.   Continue reading “Russian scientists create ‘bio-cement’ for human bones”