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Gulf Times – Reuters/Beijing/Dubai
Qatar will become the Middle East’s first hub for clearing transactions in the Chinese yuan, in a step that could over the long run help Gulf oil exporting countries reduce their dependence on the US dollar.
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China’s Doha branch has been appointed as the clearing bank for yuan deals in Qatar, China’s central bank said on Tuesday. Continue reading “Qatar to become Middle East clearing hub for China’s yuan”
The US Mint has just issued an alert to Primary Dealers across the US that Silver Eagle inventories, which according to the Mint began today at over 2 million ounces, are now SOLD OUT as of 12:30pm EST.
*Updated 1:45 pm EST
The Mint has reportedly sold through over 2 million ounces in less than 2 hours! Continue reading “US Mint SOLD OUT of Silver Eagles! 2 Million Coin Surplus Sold in Under 2 Hours”
Common Dreams – by Andrea Germanos
Opium poppy cultivation levels in Afghanistan are at a record high, though the U.S. government has spent over $7 billion to stop it, a federal watchdog states in a new report.
In a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Attorney General Eric Holder and US AID head Rajiv Shah, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John F. Sopko writes: “Despite spending over $7 billion to combat opium poppy cultivation and to develop the Afghan government’s counternarcotics capacity, opium poppy cultivation levels in Afghanistan hit an all-time high in 2013.” Continue reading “$7 Billion US Eradication Effort Delivers Record High Poppy Crop in Afghanistan”
Nov 5 (Reuters) – Israel said on Wednesday it supported attempts by neighbouring Cyprus to carry out natural gas exploration offshore, in spite of objections from Turkey challenging the endeavour.
Cyprus, a member of the European Union, has discovered sizeable gas deposits south of the island towards Israel, which has made massive hydrocarbon finds in the past decade. Continue reading “Israel says backs Cyprus gas exploration in east Med”
Wall Street Journal – by Kris Maher
A West Virginia University freshman who did most of her campaigning out of her dorm room became the youngest state lawmaker in the nation Tuesday.
Republican Saira Blair, a fiscally conservative 18-year-old, will represent a small district in West Virginia’s eastern panhandle, about 1½ hours outside Washington, D.C., after defeating her Democratic opponent 63% to 30%, according to the Associated Press. A third candidate got 7% of the vote. Continue reading “West Virginia Elects America’s Youngest State Lawmaker”
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A woman seen on surveillance video putting up a fight while being abducted off a Philadelphia street was found safe outside Baltimore on Wednesday, and the man who snatched her was arrested, police said.
Carlesha Freeland-Gaither was spotted in Jessup, Maryland, with the man in a car with a broken-out back window and was rescued soon after, police said. The man was nabbed after he stepped out of the car, police said. Continue reading “Woman abducted on Philadelphia street found safe”
As 3-D printed guns have evolved over the past 18 months from a science-fictional experiment into a subculture, they’ve faced a fundamental limitation: Cheap plastic isn’t the best material to contain an explosive blast. Now an amateur gunsmith has instead found a way to transfer that stress to a component that’s actually made of metal—the ammunition.
Michael Crumling, a 25-year-old machinist from York, Pennsylvania, has developed a round designed specifically to be fired from 3-D printed guns. His ammunition uses a thicker steel shell with a lead bullet inserted an inch inside, deep enough that the shell can contain the explosion of the round’s gunpowder instead of transferring that force to the plastic body or barrel of the gun. Crumling says that allows a home-printed firearm made from even the cheapest materials to be fired again and again without cracking or deformation. And while his design isn’t easily replicated because the rounds must be individually machined for now, it may represent another step towards durable, practical, printed guns—even semi-automatic ones. Continue reading “The Bullet That Could Make 3-D Printed Guns Practical Deadly Weapons”
SOUTH BOSTON (WHDH) –Boston Health officials said 140 students and 10 staff members at Condon Elementary in South Boston have contracted the norovirus.
A robocall from the principal of the school went out yesterday saying that many had come down with the illness over the last few days.
“We believe this is norovirus – which is a highly contagious stomach virus with symptoms that include diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach pain that last, on average 1-2 days,” Robby Chisholm said on the call. Continue reading “Norovirus confirmed at South Boston’s Condon Elem.”
The most common excuses I hear when people tell my why they can’t eat healthy, non-GMO food is that they “can’t” cook or that they “don’t have time” to cook.
It’s a sad disservice that our schools have decided that home economics class is no longer necessary. Whether you are male or female, the ability to put together a nourishing, tasty meal on a budget can’t be overrated. We’ve all got to eat, right? My kids have been cooking since they were 9 years old. (Uh-oh, someone call the child abuse hotline! She’s making her children slave over a hot stove!) Continue reading “99 Healthy Meals and Snacks for People Who Can’t Cook”
Daily Mail – by Sophie Jane Evans
The parents of Michael Brown are set to speak at a United Nations human rights conference in Switzerland next week – three months after their son was shot dead by a police officer.
Michael Brown Senior and Lesley McSpadden are scheduled to address the 53rd Session of the United Nations Committee Against Torture in Geneva on November 12 and 13.
With the help of a Saint Louis University law professor, they have set up an online page, dubbed ‘Ferguson To Geneva’, on which they are collecting donations for their travel expenses. Continue reading “Michael Brown’s parents to speak at UN”
The gun-control movement in Washington, launched after the mass murder of first graders in Newtown, Connecticut, won an historic victory Tuesday as returns showed Initiative 594 winning statewide, with a top-heavy majority in populous King County.
Initiative 594, designed to close the “gun show loophole,” took 60 percent of the vote across Washington and nearly 75 percent of the vote in King County. It led from Whatcom County at one end of the state to Asotin County at the other. Continue reading “Washington voters choose gun control; huge majority in Seattle area”
Now that the Republirats will be in control of both the Senate and the House, do you think they will overturn Obama’s threatened amnesty executive order? Or for that matter, any of the other millions of infringements on our Bill of Rights?
They do have the power to overturn any executive order, as referenced here: Continue reading “Congress Can Overturn Executive Orders”
Sent to us by the author, Russ Michaud
There is a feeling in the country that things are changing for the worse; the government is deep in debt, politicians are just looking out for themselves, and society as a whole is beginning to fray. For a variety of reasons it appears that the good old days are winding down and harder times are coming. A lot of folks look at our high-tech lifestyles and realize that if critical functions were removed they would be utterly helpless to fend for themselves. Living without the internet seems unimaginable to many; just think if they lost electricity, or grocery stores, or running water…
As the bad news continues to come in there are a lot of folks preparing for a life without some or all of our modern conveniences. There’s a variety of books, blogs, and TV shows discussing how this might be possible. Of course there are many unknowns when planning for disaster, such as what happens, how long it lasts, your living situation, location, and financial circumstances. One thing that you will always need, no matter what happens, is access to clean water. Even a disaster that only lasts for a few days could become deadly if it leaves you without water. Continue reading “Top of the List”
“The Norwegian people have very little experience dealing with minorities… So we have a BIG “job to do” in bringing minorities to them, according to Ervin Kohn.
Kohn is the President of The Jewish Community in Oslo and the Deputy Director at the Norwegian Center Against Racism.
The question is, since when did Norwegians decide they needed an organization to solve the “problem” of racism in their country? After all, isn’t Norway a homogenous country? Continue reading “Norway is TOO WHITE… According to the President of Jewish Communities in Oslo…”
Time for a break from the Ebola hoax. Let’s discuss something more pleasant: death.
As time passes, I begin to see things in advance. For example, people will die. People I know and people my friends and family know.
It’s not unexpected. Every human has a tendency to die, eventually, for one reason or another. It may be ill-conceived, but there it is. Continue reading “Let’s have one Death Day for everybody all at once”
Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten
Sometimes a victim manages to take a gun from a victim. Less often, an attacker takes a gun from the victim. In this case, the attacker took the gun, tried to shoot the victim, but missed. It started when the aggressor attacked a neighbor. From thenewsstar.com:
According to the police report, Smith began banging the victim’s head on the concrete saying repeatedly, “I’m going to kill you.” The victim reported losing consciousness as Smith gained his keys.
The second victim grabbed his pistol, and drove across the street to aid his neighbor. The area is fairly rural, so the houses are not close. Continue reading “LA: Attacker takes Gun, Shoots, Misses, uses Car”
Eight felony counts, including voting fraud and perjury, should have landed a Democrat senator in jail for 90 days. Instead he received a slap on the wrist – being released from the jail without seeing as much as the inside of a cell.
State senator Roderick Wright turned himself in on late one Friday evening and released 70 minutes later after being processed and booked, according to Nicole Nishida, the spokeswoman for Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Continue reading “70 minutes in jail: ‘VIP treatment’ for CA senator convicted on 8 felony counts”
Voters in Denton, Texas approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, on Tuesday, making the city the first in Texas to outlaw the controversial gas-extraction process.
The ban is likely to garner legal challenges, but, for now, supporters celebrating the landmark vote in a state famous for oil and gas development.
“Denton, Texas is where hydraulic fracturing was invented,” said Bruce Baizel, Earthworks energy program director, according to Reuters. “If this place in the heart of the oil and gas industry can’t live with fracking, then who can?” Continue reading “Fracking banned in its birthplace: Texas town votes to outlaw hydraulic fracturing”
Water in the world’s largest aquifers is being pumped out at greater rates than can be replenished naturally. NASA says this poses a greater threat to US food supplies and global security than previously thought.
Groundwater in the globe’s largest aquifers – the US High Plains, California’s Central Valley, China and India – is being depleted at alarming rates according to new analysis by the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). The majority of the aquifers lie under the world’s great agricultural regions – and 80 percent of the world’s fresh water usage is in growing crops – meaning their reduction poses a serious threat to the world’s food supply. Continue reading “NASA: Major droughts threaten food supply, global security”
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Wired – by Andy Greenberg
WHDH 7 News – by Dan Hausle
The Organic Prepper
Seattle PI – by Joel Connelly
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