Category: News

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

A homeowner in the Houston area of Texas faced a terrifying situation when three armed men burst into his home in broad daylight late last week.

The homeowner was home with one of his roommate’s sons when the suspects burst into the home, held the two at gunpoint and tied them up.

Fortunately, the homeowner was able to escape and get himself to his gun safe when the suspects left the room where the victims were being held.   Continue reading “TX Homeowner Was Tied Up by Home Invaders, Manages to Escape, Shoots Two Suspects”

The Daily Beast – by Gordon G. Chang

Out of sight for a month, young Kim is supposedly ill. But rumors are swirling he’s been deposed—and North Korea’s second most powerful man now feels confident enough to travel South.

Hwang Pyong So must be feeling pretty good about himself right now. At the latest Supreme People’s Assembly meeting, he was made vice chairman of the National Defense Commission. This was after his promotion to director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, making him the top political officer in the military. In a country where there is supposed to be no No. 2 official, he is called the second-most powerful figure.   Continue reading “Has North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Been Toppled?”

The Huffington Post

Growing up in a low income neighborhood in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Marvin Callahan intimately knew the struggle of poverty from a young age. His father went to work every day and his mother stayed home to take care of the children. The family barely scraped by on his meager salary.

Callahan recalls going to Catholic school and having to bring in his tuition in a little envelope each month. His family was only able to pay a fraction of the full price.   Continue reading “This Teacher Gives Money From His Own Pocket To Feed His Hungry First-Graders”

New York Times – by MATT FLEGENHEIMER

Michael R. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City, has had a longstanding fondness for Britain — choosing London as the European home for both his company and charity, trading advice with the city’s mayor, Boris Johnson, and throwing parties at his two-story apartment on Cadogan Square.

On Monday, the affection was returned in earnest: Queen Elizabeth II named Mr. Bloomberg an honorary knight. The announcement cited Mr. Bloomberg’s “prodigious entrepreneurial and philanthropic endeavors, and the many ways in which they have benefited the United Kingdom and the U.K.-U.S. special relationship.”   Continue reading “Bloomberg Named an Honorary Knight”

Yahoo News

WASHINGTON (AP) — An al-Qaida cell in Syria that was targeted in American military airstrikes last month could still be working on a plan to attack the United States or its allies and is “looking to do it very, very soon,” the head of the FBI says.

“Given our visibility we know they’re serious people, bent on destruction,” FBI Director James Comey said.   Continue reading “FBI: Militants may be working on plan to strike US”

BBC News

A fire and explosion at a military explosives facility near the Iranian capital Tehran has left at least two people dead, reports say.

The semi-official Iranian Students News Agency (Isna) said the fire was in an “explosive materials production unit”.

A pro-opposition website reported a huge blast near the Parchin military site, south-east of the capital, but this was not confirmed.   Continue reading “‘Deadly fire’ at Iran military explosives facility”

Let’s make everyone deathly afraid of homeless people, eh? Pitiful!

Daily Mail – by JOSH GARDNER and MICHAEL ZENNIE

This is the first photo of the homeless man who sparked an Ebola alert in Dallas on Sunday after going missing following possible contact with an infected patient.

Michael Lively was the first patient to ride in the ambulance that was used to carry Ebola patient Thomas Eric Duncan to Presbyterian Hospital, Texas.

It is possible that Lively came into contact with Duncan’s Ebola-infected bodily fluids during that ride.    Continue reading “The homeless man who caused Ebola panic in Dallas”

Do Wisconsinites have a constitutional right to privately own a cow, to drink raw milk, and to enter into private contracts with farmers?

October 6th, 2014

Madison, Wisconsin – Petitions for review will be filed with the Wisconsin Supreme Court in three separate cases involving the legality and constitutionality of contracts between farmers, private citizens and private food groups’ rights to acquire raw milk and other fresh sustainably grown and raised foods. Two of the cases, the Zinniker petition and the Grassway petition, will be filed Monday, October 6, 2014. The Vernon Hershberger petition was filed in August, 2014. All three cases are represented by the attorneys of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, Elizabeth Rich and David Cox.   Continue reading “Raw Milk and Food Rights Reach the Wisconsin Supreme Court”

CNN – by Steve Almasy and Ben Brumfield

A second Ebola patient to be treated at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will arrive there early Monday morning, the center said in a statement. The patient is believed to be an American freelance cameraman who worked for NBC.

Ashoka Mukpo was diagnosed with Ebola on Thursday. He left Liberia on a specially-equipped plane Sunday and was headed to Nebraska, the network reported.   Continue reading “Ebola-infected American to arrive at Nebraska Medical Center”

RT

In yet another move that violates NATO’s historic pledge not to extend the military bloc “one inch further to the east,” NATO’s new secretary-general apparently sees no limitations for the 28-member organization.

In an apparent attempt to take advantage of the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, where a civil war in the east threatens to tear the country apart, new NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg paid a visit to NATO member Poland, where he reiterated calls for a rapid reaction “spearhead” force that could launch a military offensive within days.   Continue reading “‘NATO can deploy wherever it wants’, new chief claims”

RT

US Vice President Joe Biden has made the latest in a series of chastening apologies, after the United Arab Emirates expressed “astonishment” at his Thursday remarks. Biden called US allies “the biggest problem” in fighting terrorism in the Middle East.

Biden called Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince and Deputy Defense Minister Mohammed bin Zayed on Sunday to reaffirm the allies’ shared perspective on terrorism, the official Emirates news agency WAM reported.    Continue reading “Humbled Biden apologizes to UAE after accusing it of terrorism funding”

Mail.com

ARTESIA, N.M. (AP) — Trailers have been set up for a school at a federal immigration detention center in an isolated New Mexico desert town. A basketball court and a soccer field have been installed. And detainees are pleading their cases over a video link with judges in Denver.

Officials say that the facility, billed as a temporary place to house women and children from Central America who were among a wave of immigrants who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border illegally this year, could remain open until next summer.   Continue reading “New Mexico immigration lockup draws criticism”

Mail.com

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana aid worker threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group said in a June letter that he’s afraid to die and is saddened by the pain his captivity must be causing his family, his parents said Sunday.

In a statement released to media, Ed and Paula Kassig said their 26-year-old son, Abdul-Rahman Kassig, thanked them for their strength and commitment. And he appeared to try to prepare them for his death.   Continue reading “Indiana aid worker says in letter is afraid to die”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — People can’t plead ignorance of the law to excuse a violation. The first case of the new Supreme Court term Monday tests whether there’s a double standard when it comes to the police.

A case from North Carolina turns on whether an officer’s mistaken belief about a state law still can justify a traffic stop that led to the discovery of cocaine. The justices are beginning their fifth year together, and Chief Justice John Roberts is at the start of his 10th year at the head of the high court.   Continue reading “High court begins term with case on police actions”

Natural Society – by Christina Sarich

Will the crazy GMO-creations ever come to a halt? Are our crops not enough for biotech? GM mosquitoes developed by Oxitec, a UK company, were already released in other countries as a means to control disease. The company is also trying to release them in the Florida Keys, while working to release GM olive flies in Spain. But it gets even more bizarre – now Oxitec wants to release GM moths in New York.

GeneWatch UK has been following Oxitec’s moves and has noted that the company’s GM experiments have not undergone environmental assessment risks at all. The company is a spin off from a multinational seed company, with deep ties to Syngenta. Oxitech claims to be in the business of pest control, but another theory is that they are in the business with other eugenicists for pest creation.   Continue reading “First GMO Mosquitoes: Now Oxitec Wants to Release GMO Moths in New York”

Reuters – by Daniel Wallis

The conductor of a Union Pacific freight train and an engineer on board were injured on Sunday when it crashed into a tractor-trailer that was stuck on tracks in northern Louisiana, a spokesman for Union Pacific said.

Two locomotives and 17 rail cars were derailed by the collision in Mer Rouge, said spokesman Jeff DeGraff. Two of the cars were carrying argon, a non-flammable refrigerated gas, and a three-block evacuation was put in effect in the area.   Continue reading “Two injured as freight train derails in north Louisiana”

Fox News

IGUALA, Mexico –  A clandestine grave on the outskirts of a Mexican city where police clashed with student protesters a week ago contained 28 bodies but the remains are too damaged for immediate identification, state officials said.

Guerrero State Prosecutor Inaky Blanco said he could not say whether any of the dead could be some of the 43 college students reported missing after the violent confrontation in Iguala, located about 120 miles south of Mexico City.   Continue reading “Mexico officials claim 28 mutilated bodies found in mass grave”