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KOMO News

WENATCHEE, Wash. – A wildfire fueled by high temperatures and strong winds roared into a Wenatchee neighborhood, forcing more than a thousand people to flee their homes and destroying more than a dozen structures, authorities said early Monday.

The blaze sparked Sunday afternoon was destroying everything in its path and was still burning out of control the next morning, said Rich Magnussen, a spokesman for the Chelan County Emergency Management office.   Continue reading “Homes, businesses destroyed in Wenatchee wildfires”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

While things have normalized since the open thanks entirely to the SNB’s aggressive EUR-buying, CHF-selling intervention (good to see that central banks have read the BIS’ report and have learned from their prior intervention mistakes), earlier this morning we got a snapshot of what happens if and when the SNB, and then the ECB itself, finally lose control when as a result of the Greek crisis the contagion promptly spread a few hundred kilometers west to Italy where as the WSJ reported, “several Italian banks failed to start trading on Monday as fears over a Greek debt default induced many investors to shed peripheral stocks, including Italian, with banks suffering the most.”   Continue reading “Greek Contagion Spreads As Several Italian Bank Stocks Failed To Open”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Just a week ago, we noted the hard-working US government was drawing up plans for “knife regulations.” Well, in The UK it appears to have already begun…

As SHTFPlan.com’s Mac Slavo warns, don’t try to think this one through – the logica fail and sheer volume of absurdity might just make you sick if you do…   Continue reading “With Knife Murders Spiking After Gun Ban, UK Urges “Save A Life – Surrender Your Knife””

Anti-Media – by Claire Bernish

A disturbing report published Wednesday by Human Rights Watch details how the Colombian military callously murdered thousands of innocent civilians and dressed their lifeless bodies in leftist rebels’ uniforms, just to artificially inflate the body count for a period of at least six years. The commander of the armed forces and other senior army brass knew about it the whole time.   Continue reading “Colombian Army Murdered Thousands of Civilians with the Help of US Tax Dollars”

Op Ed News – by Paola Casale

Many think our government is for sale. However, by taking a look at the facts below provided by the Open Secrets, it is easy to understand where they are coming from. Looking back at Friday the 12th, the House voted on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), the controversial bill that gives power to the executive branch to negotiate treaties. TPA limit’s Congress’ ability to better a trade deal by subjecting members of Congress to 90 days of reviewing the trade agreement, prohibiting any amendments on the implementing legislation, and giving them an up or down vote. TPA passed with a mere 219-211 vote with only 218 needed to pass. The real shocker comes from the amount of money each Representative received for a yes vote. In total, $197,869,145 was given to Representatives for a yes vote where as $23,065,231 was given in opposition.   Continue reading “Almost $200 Million Donated to Representatives to Pass TPA”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

Not long after the Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, the gun grabbers crawled out of the woodwork, demanding new legislation to hinder gun ownership for millions of law-abiding Americans (as they are wont to do after every mass shooting). One of the measures that managed to be signed into law as a result of these bleating cries, was the NY SAFE Act, which restricts magazine capacities, demands background checks for ammunition, and forces gun owners to register their “assault rifles,” which are broadly defined. These are a just a few of the draconian demands found in the SAFE Act.   Continue reading “Vast Majority of NY Gun Owners Refuse to Comply with SAFE Act”

The Daily Sheeple – by Joshua Krause

I’m sure many of you remember the death of James Boyd. He was the mentally ill homeless man who was killed by Albuquerque police officers Kieth Sandy and Dominique Perez, back in March of 2014. You may also recall the graphic video of his death, as well as the incriminating recording of comments made by Kieth Sandy before the confrontation, both of which make it clear that James Boyd was murdered by these officers.

For the longest time it seemed like these officers would never face justice for what they did, but that may be about to change. Prosecutor Randi McGinn announced on Monday that she intends to charge the two officers with second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and aggravated battery. The prosecution will lay out their evidence to a judge in August, who will decide if Perez and Sandy should be taken to court.   Continue reading “Albuquerque Cops Who Killed Homeless Man Are Facing Murder Charges”

Raw Story

The Vatican on Friday signed a historic first accord with Palestine, two years after officially recognising it as a state.

The accord, a treaty covering the life and activity of the Church in Palestine, was the first since the Vatican recognised the Palestinian state in February 2013.

The treaty, which took 15 years of negotiations to complete, was agreed in principle last month and bitterly condemned by Israel as a setback for the peace process.   Continue reading “Vatican signs historic accord with Palestine”

NEO – by Tony Cartalucci

Unbeknownst to the general public, their elected politicians do not create the policy that binds their national destiny domestically or within the arena of geopolitics. Instead, corporate-financier funded think tanks do – teams of unelected policymakers which transcend elections, and which produce papers that then become the foundation of legislation rubber stamped by “legislators,” as well as the enumerated talking points repeated ad naseum by the corporate-media.

Such a policy paper has been recently written by the notorious US policy think-tank, the Brookings Institution, titled, “Deconstructing Syria: Towards a regionalized strategy for a confederal country.” The signed and dated open-conspiracy to divide, destroy, then incrementally occupy a sovereign nation thousands of miles from America’s shores serves as a sobering example of how dangerous and enduring modern imperialism is, even in the 21st century.   Continue reading “US To Begin Invasion of Syria”

Las Vegas Review Journal – by Jeff German

Citing a lack of candor by the government in its court papers, a federal judge has ordered the return of $167,000 seized from a Hawaiian man’s motor home during a traffic stop near Elko.

State and local law enforcement officers stopped Straughn Gorman twice within 50 minutes in January 2013 as he was driving the motor home west on Interstate 80 between Wells and Elko, according to court documents.   Continue reading “Judge orders return of $167,000 seized by authorities on the highway”

Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown

Extortion 17 was the call sign of a chinook helicopter carrying 17 Navy SEALs, who were a part of SEAL team six (who allegedly took out Osama bin Laden), along with a few Army Rangers, National Guard Pilots and at least 7 unknown Afghan soldiers. In a recent book, author and former Navy JAG officer Don Brown had outlined things about the largest one-day loss of life in the Afghan ware that many simply refuse to report on. In an exclusive interview, Brown, told Freedom Outpost that is looking at all of the relevant evidence that his conclusion is that American Special Forces in Afghanistan have, in essence, been under the command of the Afghan government. Continue reading “Extortion 17 Bombshell: America’s Special Forces are Under Command of Foreign Entities”

New York Daily News – by Doyle Murphy

A California cop blasted a police K-9 after the dog bit him, authorities said.

The Richmond officer, who isn’t the animal’s handler, fired in self-defense,police told NBC.

The dog, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, apparently escaped from a caged police cruiser about 7 a.m. on Tuesday and attacked the cop in the station’s parking lot, authorities say.   Continue reading “California cop, bitten by police K-9, shoots dog”

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Activist Post

Police and Child Protective Services in Maryland twice removed the Meitiv children, 10 and 6, from their parents for child endangerment because they played alone at a nearby park.

The generation that grew up as latchkey kids is now being called “free range” parents if they let their children play outside unattended. And they’re being charged with neglect.   Continue reading “Free Range Parents Cleared: CPS Declares Kids Playing Outside Alone is Not Neglect”

Activist Post – by Amanda Warren

With another recent mass shooting having taken place last week in Charleston, South Carolina – such a crisis is the perfect opportunity for the President to yet again stop just short of using the “C-word” – confiscation. Or “C” for the gun Control he promoted.

Before any victims were even in the ground, he exploited the tragedy for politicized gun control agendas.    Continue reading “Police Killed More Americans In 2014 Than All U.S. Mass Shootings Combined”

Want China Times

The United States Pacific Command has stationed more than 1,200 special forces troops in the Asia-Pacific along with the latest advancements in weapons technology to contain China’s rising presence in the region, reports the Beijing-based Sina Military Network.

The article points to comments made by the US defense secretary, Ashton Carter, during his recent 10-day tour of Asia-Pacific countries and attendance at the 14th Asia Security Summit in Singapore, during which he stressed the importance of the Asia Pacific to US interests, insisting that Washington is determined to create an atmosphere of trust, assist in resolving territorial disputes and ensure stability and safety in the region.   Continue reading “US stations 1,200 special forces in Asia-Pacific”