KUOW – by Patricia Murphy

Tacoma, WA – Chinese soldiers have landed in Washington – but don’t be alarmed.

Eighty members of the People’s Liberation Army are in the state this week learning about disaster response. They’re working alongside troops from Joint Base Lewis McChord as well as personnel from the National Guard and state and federal agencies.   Continue reading “Historic First: Chinese Troops At JBLM For Disaster Relief Drills”

Rense.com – by Wolfgang Halbig

CT FOIA REQUEST – ALLOWING PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN AND 1ST GRADE BATHROOMS INSIDE THE SANDY HOOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAVE KEY LOCKS SUCH AS KAITLIN ROIGS CLASSROOM 12. DID YOU AUTHORIZE THAT?

To: <bill.halstead@newtown-ct.gov>,

Bill:

You are the Fire Marshal and Certified Fire Inspector therefore I am assuming that you conducted the annual fire inspections at the Sandy hook Elementary School on 12 Dickenson Drive, Sandy Hook, CT.   Continue reading “Halbig’s FOIA Letter To The Fire Marshal For Sandy Hook”

RT

Whistleblowing organization WikiLeaks has published a trove of classified audio files indicating that the Bush and Obama appointees engaged in misappropriation of funds in a program intended to help disabled people find jobs.

WikiLeaks had 30 hours of audio recordings related to a billion-dollar corruption scandal “with links to the White House,”the organization said in a tweet on Monday.   Continue reading “WikiLeaks releases audio accusing Obama & Bush administrations of corruption”

Seattle PI

DETROIT (AP) — Governors across the U.S. have threatened to stop accepting Syrian refugees following last week’s attacks in Paris, even as experts counter they lack legal authority to block the relocations.

Meanwhile, President Barack Obama, whose administration recently pledged to accept about 10,000 Syrian refugees, argued Monday that the United States needs to allow them because many are fleeing terrorism.   Continue reading “Experts say states lack legal authority to block refugees”

Anti-War – by Jason Ditz

Intelligence in the lead-up to Friday evening’s terrorist attacks in Paris was not nearly so scarce as had initially been indicated, and several nations, including Iraq and Israel, appear to have been passing France intelligence on the matter in the days leading up to the attack.

According to the Times of Israel, French Jewish security officials were informed of an “impending large terrorist attack” in France on Friday morning, There was considerable speculation in the lead-up that France’s Jewish community would be among the targets.   Continue reading “French Jews Warned Friday Morning of ‘Impending Large Terrorist Attack’”

Sputnik

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Former State Secretaries Madeline Albright, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, James Baker, as well as former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen will participate in the meeting.

“The President [Obama] will convene a meeting here at the White House where he will be joined by a bipartisan group of some of the most prominent voices of national security and diplomacy in both parties to discuss the strategic importance of setting rules of the road for global trade in the Asia Pacific,” Earnest said.

Continue reading “Obama to Meet Former State Secretaries to Set Rules for TPP Deal”

CBC News

British Columbia man Arthur Topham has been convicted of promoting hatred against Jews through his website, RadicalPress.com, which the Crown said demonized Jews and forwarded anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.

On Thursday, a jury in Quesnel, B.C. agreed, convicting Topham of one count of communicating statements that wilfully promote hatred against Jews.   Continue reading “Arthur Topham convicted of promoting hatred against Jews on website”

Rense.com – by Stephen Lendman

Throughout four-and-a-half years of conflict, Russia has gone all-out to resolve it diplomatically – in stark contrast to Washington, wanting endless war continued, no matter the devastating human toll.

Obama bears full responsibility for horrific carnage and mass displacement, using ISIS and other takfiri terrorists, imported foot soldiers from scores of countries, supplemented since September 2014 by US air attacks on Syrian infrastructure and other government targets, aiming to replace Assad with a Western-controlled puppet, eliminate an Israeli rival and isolate Iran.   Continue reading “US Rejects Russia’s Syrian Peace Proposal”

Press TV

America’s unconditional support for Israel is driven largely by its influence on the US electoral process, a  political activist from California says.

“The military assistance and the economic aid and the help that the United States gives in the United Nations to protect Israel with its veto power… comes largely from domestic politics, not because this benefits the United States,” Paul Larudee, co-founder of the Free Palestine Movement, said on Thursday.   Continue reading “Israel largely controls US electoral process: Activist”

News Forage

Congressmen in Brazil, one of the most violent countries in the world, are proposing to dramatically loosen restrictions on personal gun ownership, bringing the country much closer to the American right to bear arms.

The politicians say the measures are necessary to allow embattled citizens the right to defend themselves from criminals armed with illegal weapons. But opponents say the move will only increase the country’s toll of nearly 60,000 murders in 2014.   Continue reading “Brazil Seeks To Copy U.S. Gun Culture “to allow embattled citizens the right to defend themselves from criminals”

Free Thought Project – by Andrew Emett

Kissimmee, FL — Charged with felony child abuse and battery, another school resource officer has been caught on surveillance video aggressively using excessive force against a student. Although the teen never made a violent or threatening gesture towards the officer, the recently released video clearly shows the cop assaulting the student before throwing him to the ground and nearly breaking his wrist.   Continue reading “Video Shows Cop Attack a Non-violent 13-yo in School Lobby as His Mom Watched”

WSWS – by Andre Damon

On Monday evening, an American Airlines flight from Miami, Florida to Barbados was boarded by a paramilitary police unit wielding assault rifles, who demanded that passengers put their hands on their heads as they were forced off the flight.

Large sectors of the airport were effectively placed under lockdown during the operation. The gates of terminal cafes and restaurants were closed, leaving patrons locked inside by iron bars as police SWAT teams decked out in body armor and toting assault rifles swept through the terminal.   Continue reading “Paramilitary police in Miami force passengers to leave plane at gunpoint”