Author: Paul

Want China Times

Beijing confirmed that the PLA Navy will launch a joint naval exercise with the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean Sea early next year, reports the state-run Global Times.

The announcement was made after Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defense minister, visited China and Pakistan.

Russia is apparently seeking support from its security partners to establish a new alliance against US influence from the Far East to Europe. It also allows China a chance to demonstrate its naval power on the Mediterranean Sea, considered traditionally Western waters for centuries.   Continue reading “Russia, China plan for 2nd naval exercise in Mediterranean”

Eric Palmer

Curious how far the insurgent U.S. State Department will push Russia before they decide to cut this off?

The FAA checked the production of two details for the American Boeing company. It was a landing gear beam for the Boeing 737 and a wing chord for the Boeing 787-9. Federal agency auditors observed the stamping preparation process in department No. 21 and also studied documentation in the advancement of contractual agreement. Continue reading “Titanium”

My San Antonio – by Kolten Parker

SAN ANTONIO — A DWI case against a South Texas appeals judge who failed a field sobriety test in July was dismissed last month, the McAllen Monitor reported Wednesday.

Nora Longoria, a 13th Court of Appeals judge, was pulled over last July while going 69 mph in a 55 mph zone in the Rio Grande Valley city. Longoria, who failed a field sobriety test but refused a Breathalyzer, showed an officer her judicial badge and asked him to let her go home, the Express-News reported after the July arrest.   Continue reading “DWI charge against South Texas appeals judge who failed field sobriety test dismissed”

Barrack Obama was out jogging one morning along the parkway when he tripped, fell over the bridge railing and landed in the creek below.

Before the Secret Service guys could get to him, 3 kids who were fishing pulled him out of the water. He was so grateful he offered the kids whatever they wanted.

The first kid said, ‘I want to go to Disney World & Barrack said, ‘No problem, I’ll take you there on Air Force One.’   Continue reading “3 kids fishing”

Rick Rozoff – by Slobodan Lekic, Stars and Stripes

BRUSSELS: NATO and Afghanistan on Tuesday formally launched the new training and advisory mission that will take over from departing alliance combat troops on Jan. 1.

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg announced the long-anticipated decision during a meeting of alliance foreign ministers in Brussels.   Continue reading “Afghan War: 3,400 NATO Troops Killed, 30,000 Wounded, More To Come”

CBS Miami

TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) — Florida’s Capitol will have a new holiday decoration this year.  The Satanic Temple will be among its nativity scenes and secular presentations.

It’s for Festivus, a non-commercial festival “for the rest of us,” is close to coming back as a 6-foot stack of empty beer cans.

The Florida Department of Management Services this week approved the proposed holiday display from the Satanic Temple, which a year ago was rejected because the agency said its proposal was “grossly offensive.”   Continue reading “Satanic Temple Approved For Florida Capitol Holiday Display”

Prevent Disease – by DAVE MIHALOVIC

Some of the top medical procedures in the world involve either radiating, poisoning or surgical removal of human tissue. To medical professionals, the solution is to eliminate the problem in the fastest way possible, regardless of the short or long-term consequences. Think twice before you decide to commit to any of these procedures. There is always an alternative.   Continue reading “7 Of The Top Medical Procedures Whose Risks Far Exceed Any Benefit”

Continue reading “Tactical Dogs”

RT

Fishermen and the environment of Niger Delta continue to suffer the consequences of a massive Shell oil spill in the Niger Delta – one of the worst in years. The oil giant says 1,200 barrels had been recovered as of Tuesday.

Traveling to the affected areas of the Niger Delta in Nigeria, Reuters witnessed the devastation in the delta which covers 20,000 km² within wetlands of 70,000 km².   Continue reading “Nigerian communities reeling from massive Shell oil spill”

Odd Stuff Magazine

Yes the future is here and we can see so many devices and gadget doing amazing work. I want these gadgets badly and I know you want it to.

Virtual Shopping Center   Continue reading “The future is here … these advancements are staggering”

Raw Story, Reuters

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday the Justice Department was launching a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died after New York police put him in a chokehold.

Earlier on Wednesday, a New York grand jury decided not to charge a white police officer who applied the chokehold as police tried to arrest Garner in July in the New York borough of Staten Island on suspicion of illegally selling cigarettes.   Continue reading “Justice Dept. announces civil rights investigation into Eric Garner’s death”

Concealed Nation

This guy looks sad because his ‘victim’ was able to defend herself.

An Alabama man was surprised when his intended victim pulled out a shotgun and began firing at him. The man, 55-year-old Horace Johnson, went to the house of a woman with whom he had a previous relationship with and threatened to kill her.

According to AL.com, the woman was ready with a shotgun and when Johnson started walking up to the house, she fired a few shots and hit him on the side of his neck. Johnson then retreated in his vehicle and once he was down the street, dialed 911 to report his injuries. Oh how quickly the tables can sometimes turn.   Continue reading “Man Is Shot By Woman He Was Stalking Then He Dials 911 To Come And Save Him”

Prevent Disease – by Mae Chan

People with the worst vitamin D deficiency are highly susceptible to illness and suffer respiratory infections than those with sufficient levels. Vitamin D supplementation could reduce flare-ups of lung disease by more than 40% in patients who are deficient, say researchers.

We know that in the absence of vitamin D from sunlight, disease increases more than 1000 percent. Data from systematic reviews of several population-based studies shows that more than a third of populations worldwide may suffer from low levels of vitamin D.   Continue reading “Vitamin D Reduces Lung Disease By More Than 40 Percent”

Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

Could rapidly falling oil prices trigger a nightmare scenario for the commodity derivatives market?  The big Wall Street banks did not expect plunging home prices to cause a mortgage-backed securities implosion back in 2008, and their models did not anticipate a decline in the price of oil by more than 40 dollars in less than six months this time either.  If the price of oil stays at this level or goes down even more, someone out there is going to have to absorb some absolutely massive losses.  In some cases, the losses will be absorbed by oil producers, but many of the big players in the industry have already locked in high prices for their oil next year through derivatives contracts.    Continue reading “Plummeting Oil Prices Could Destroy The Banks That Are Holding Trillions In Commodity Derivatives”

RT

The US Air Force will begin a court-martial in January in the case of a nuclear missile launch officer charged with drug use and obstructing justice following a criminal probe that exposed an exam-cheating scandal involving nearly 100 nuke officers.

According to the Associated Press, Second Lt. Nicole Dalmazzi of the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana is believed to be the first nuclear launch officer, or missileer, charged amid the drug investigation that was made public last January on the same day US Department of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited Malmstrom, one of three nuclear-missile land bases in the country.   Continue reading “Nuclear missile launch officer to be court-martialed on drug, obstruction charges”