Category: News

The Daily Beast – by Josh Rogin

Last week, an airstrike from the American-led coalition nearly hit a command-and-control facility affiliated with the Free Syrian Army, the moderate rebels the Obama administration says are America’s “boots on the ground,” according to two opposition leaders. They are asking the Obama administration to please coordinate with them in the future before America bombs its only allies in Syria.

Since U.S. airstrikes against ISIS in Syria began on Sept. 22, there has been no coordination between the U.S. military and its alleged partners on the ground, according to FSA leaders, civilian opposition leaders, and intelligence sources who have been briefed on the U.S. and allied military operation. It’s this lack of communication that led to an airstrike that hit only 200 meters from an FSA facility in the suburbs of Idlib. One source briefed on the incident said multiple FSA fighters were killed in the attack.   Continue reading “America’s Allies Almost Bombed in Syrian Airstrikes”

Yahoo News – by JIM KUHNHENN

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is initiating a program to give refugee status to some young people from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador in response to the influx of unaccompanied minors arriving at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Under the program, immigrants from those countries who are lawfully in the United States will be able to request that child relatives still in those three countries be resettled in the United States as refugees. The program would establish in-country processing to screen the young people to determine if they qualify to join relatives in the U.S.   Continue reading “Refugee plan set up for Central American minors”

Breitbart – by ADELLE NAZARIAN

Following news Tuesday of the first confirmed Ebola case in the United States, Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), who chairs the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, issued a statement calling for the mobilization and amplification of efforts from the United States and the international community to aid West Africa in order to prevent the spread of the deadly hemorrhagic virus:

Communicable diseases do not stop at borders. While the likelihood of a major outbreak in the United States is still very unlikely, with this case, it is more clear than ever that the rapid spread of Ebola in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone presents a clear and present danger not only to West Africa, but to the broader international community. Continue reading “‘Clear and Present Danger’: CA’s Royce Warns on Ebola”

AlterNet – by Andrew Nikiforuk

In the slums of Monrovia, where the Ebola virus has spun out of control, health authorities have now provided citizens with a new version of the 10 commandments.

The alarming protocol speaks volumes about the deadly pace of an evolving epidemic that has unsettled West Africa, and will have global implications if the virus reaches the urban slums of India or China.

Given that barely 18 per cent of infected patients ever make it to a hospital, most Liberians now struggle or die with the disease at home. The sick die in pools of shit, vomit and blood.   Continue reading “The Ten Commandments of Ebola – Where the Choices Can Be Life or Death”

Burlington Free Press – by Sam Hemingway

A Vermont State Police trooper pulled over and later impounded a car in March, never charging the driver with any crime but requiring him to pay the cost of having the car towed away, a newly filed lawsuit claims.

The traffic stop, conducted by Trooper Lewis Hatch, was initiated because snow obscured a small part of the license plate, although that is not a motor vehicle offense, the lawsuit alleged.   Continue reading “ACLU accuses state police of improper stop”

Natural Society – by  Christina Sarich

Alzheimer’s disease is running rampant throughout the modern world now, but even with pharmaceutical companies spending billions on drugs to ‘cure’ it, they have failed miserably. While the use of coconut oil for Alzheimer’s disease is proving beyond beneficial, the answer to really treating this disease may lie in the pineal gland and the decalcification of one of the most important elements of the endocrine system.

For the past few decades, research into treating Alzheimer’s disease has been relegated to an assumption: that it is caused by the lack of the neurotransmitter, acetylcholine. In fact, most pharmaceuticals made to treat Alzheimer’s patients are acetylcholinesterase inhibitors (drugs that inhibit the enzyme that breaks this neurotransmitter down.)    Continue reading “New Insight: Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Pineal Gland Calcification from Fluoride”

Natural Society – by Christina Sarich

Sometimes you have to be wary of the ‘health’ food advice you hear rumored in the blog-o-sphere. While many of the foods touted as ‘healthy’ do indeed offer sound nutrition, even a greater number of them are merely false representations of actual healthy food. This false information will forever circulate with new foods, so we must always work to learn what is truly healthful.

Here are 10 foods that, while said to be good for us, really aren’t that healthful at all. Many of these foods actually hurt us.    Continue reading “Nutrition Nonsense: 10 ‘Health Foods’ that Are Killing You”

Alert Net – by Ari LeVaux

Evidence continues to accumulate that sugar is a sweet road to obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and other maladies. As the dangers of sugar have unfolded there has been an increase in the production and consumption of sugar substitutes, five of which are currently FDA-approved. A recent study published in Nature adds to a growing set of concerns about these artificial sweeteners by presenting evidence that they, like sugar, can cause diabetes as well. The Israel-based research team presented evidence that artificial sweeteners cause this outcome by disrupting the balance of microbes that live in the body’s gut.    Continue reading “Latest Scientific Evidence Should Be Death Blow to Artificial Sweeteners”

Natural News – by Tony Isaacs

According to reports, there are now about 25 or more cases, and counting, of a new “polio-like” outbreak in California children. Disease control officials have yet to determine the cause of the outbreak and they are looking for a new virus. Perhaps one direction they should take a look at is polio and other childhood vaccinations.

Initial reports have indicated that the children being affected by the new disease have all been vaccinated against polio. The scenario of children vaccinated against polio and other illnesses coming down with a “polio-like” illness is all too familiar. Look for example at what happened in India when widespread polio vaccinations were used to reportedly eradicate polio from India.    Continue reading “Could polio or other vaccinations be behind the new “polio-like” Illness outbreak in California?”

RT

High schools in North Carolina and Kentucky were placed on lockdowns after two separate shooting incidents that left one student injured at each school.

Police and SWAT teams flooded into Fern Creek High School in Louisville, Kentucky after reports of shots fired Tuesday afternoon. At least one student was injured and taken to the hospital, and the parents have been notified, police said.   Continue reading “Two school shootings on the same day leave two students injured”

ABC News – by Don Thompson

California will become the first state that allows family members to ask a judge to remove firearms from a relative who appears to pose a threat, under legislation Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday he had signed.

The bill was proposed by several Democrats and responds to a deadly rampage in May near the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Supporters had said such a measure could have prevented the attacks, winning out over critics who said it would erode gun rights.   Continue reading “Gov. Jerry Brown Signs California Gun Restriction”

Washington Post – by J. Freedom du Lac, Sarah Larimer and Elahe Izadi

UPDATE: The Dallas-Fort Worth CBS affiliate is reporting that a patient who was being evaluated for Ebola has tested positive for the virus. According to Reuters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the case — the first time Ebola has been diagnosed in the United States.

The CDC will host a press conference at its Atlanta headquarters at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Reuters reported. A CDC spokesperson declined to comment to The Washington Post.   Continue reading “Report: CDC has confirmed an Ebola case in Texas”

Morning Call – by Laurie Mason Schroeder and Peter Hall

State police confirmed Tuesday that they had found two pipe bombs Eric Frein left behind in the woods, and say they’ve had a credible sighting of him within the last 24 hours.

Lt. Col. George Bivens said that the search area for Frein remains the same, several miles along the Pike and Monroe County border, but that police are also checking up on tips related to other areas that he has been known to frequent.   Continue reading “Police find pipe bombs in Eric Frein search area”

The Telegraph – by Raf Sanchez

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Mail.com

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. (AP) — Ernest Satterwhite was a laid-back former mechanic with a habit of ignoring police officers who tried to pull him over — an act of defiance that ultimately got him killed.

The 68-year-old black great-grandfather was shot to death after a slow-speed chase as he parked in his own driveway, by a 25-year-old police officer who repeatedly fired through the driver’s side door.   Continue reading “Officer kills man through car door in his driveway”