G20 Finance Ministers and central bankers pose for the family portrait during the IMF/World Bank 2014 Spring Meeting in Washington April 11, 2014. REUTERS/Joshua RobertsReuters – by Huw Jones

Government leaders are expected to agree in November that the world’s top banks must issue special bonds to increase the amount of capital which can be tapped in a crisis instead of calling on taxpayers to come to the rescue, industry and G20 officials said.

The bonds, known as “gone concern loss absorption capacity” or GLAC, are seen by regulators as essential to stopping the world’s 29 biggest lenders from being “too big to fail”.   Continue reading “G20 edging towards deal on ‘bail-in’ bond cushion for banks”

Video Rebel’s Blog

The National Defense Authorization Act of 2012 did make America a War Zone. It took away our Bill of Rights that had protected us from torture and indefinite detention and guaranteed us the right to a speedy trial, to legal counsel and to a trial by jury. Courts everywhere have said the police are allowed to use pain to force you to comply with an officer’s orders. If you raise your hands to defend yourself from a cop’s blows, you can be arrested and convicted of a felony for resisting arrest. The California Supreme Court even went further and ruled that if we refuse to talk to the police that the authorities can take that as an admission of guilt.   Continue reading “Obama Wants America To Become A Killing Zone”

2014823PIMENTELYahoo News – by Kevin Murphy

(Reuters) – The police chief of a small south Texas town was shot dead during a traffic stop on Saturday, a county sheriff said.

Michael Pimentel died of multiple gunshot wounds suffered in a confrontation with a motorist shortly before noon in Elmendorf, a rural community of about 1,500 people just southeast of San Antonio, said Bexar County Sheriff Susan Pamerleau.   Continue reading “Texas police chief shot dead during traffic stop”

Illinois Herald

August 22, 2014. Oak Park, IL. (ONN) Illinois Republicans went way too far in their desperate attempt to keep the Illinois Libertarian Party off the November ballot. Imagine your doorbell rings and two giant, threatening thugs with guns tell you you’ve committed a crime by signing the Libertarian Party’s ballot access petition. They then force you against your will to sign a document recanting your original petition signature. It happened across Illinois and it’s a Class 4 felony. Illinois Republicans may go to prison. And they may just lose what was going to be a landslide General Election over it.

Continue reading “Illinois GOP sends Armed Thugs to Libertarians Homes”

Independent – by Robert Fisk

“Apocalyptic.” “End-of-days strategic vision.” “Beyond anything we have ever seen.” “An imminent threat to every interest we have.” “Beyond just a terrorist group.” “We must prepare for everything.”

So are they Martians? Alien invaders from Planet X? Destroyer spacecraft from the movie Independence Day? Continue reading “All this talk of an ‘apocalyptic’ threat is simply childish”

Napa quakeLA Times – by LEE ROMNEY, RYAN PARKER

Long rolling temblor pegged at 6.0 by the U.S. Geological Survey shook a wide swath of the Bay Area awake early Sunday.

Centered about nine miles south of wine country’s Napa at 3:20 a.m., the quake was felt as far south as Santa Cruz and into Sonoma County. It was the largest earthquake to strike the Bay Area since the Loma Prieta temblor of 1989, the USGS said.   Continue reading “6.0 quake jolts Bay Area; outages, injuries reported”

AOL – by Steve Holland abd Andrea Shalal

U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

The president ordered the examination of federal programs and funding that enable state and local law enforcement to purchase such equipment, a senior Obama administration official said on Saturday.

Images of police wielding military-style guns and armor have shocked many Americans following clashes that were triggered by the fatal shooting of a black teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police officer in Ferguson two weeks ago.    Continue reading “Obama orders review of U.S. police use of military hardware”

Venezuela Supermarket_Garc.jpgFox News Latino

CARACAS, VENEZUELA –  Venezuela’s food shortage is so bad the country is mandating that people scan their fingerprints at grocery stores in order to keep people from buying too much of a single item.

President Nicolas Maduro says a mandatory fingerprinting system is being implemented at grocery stores to combat food shortages. He calls it an “anti-fraud system” like the fingerprint scan the country uses for voting.   Continue reading “Venezuela Will Begin Fingerprinting Grocery Shoppers To Control How Much Food They Buy”

IPS – by Carey L. Biron

WASHINGTON, Aug 20 2014 (IPS) – The U.S. and Brazilian governments are moving into the final stages of weighing approval for the commercialisation of genetically engineered eucalyptus trees, moves that would mark the first such permits anywhere in the world.

The Brazilian government is slated to start taking public comments on such a proposal during the first week of September. Similarly, U.S. regulators have been working on an environmental impact assessment since early last year, a highly anticipated draft of which is expected to be released any day.   Continue reading “U.S., Brazil Nearing Approval of Genetically Engineered Trees”

Activist Post

Recent studies have shown that police are held almost completely unaccountable by the current systems of governmental oversight. Perhaps this is the reason why you are 9 times more likely to be killed by a law enforcement officer than a terrorist. Rather than wait for bloated bureaucracy or corrupt government to save the day, we as activists have to find our own solutions. Technology is one of these solutions.

As we have seen, the violent crackdown on independent journalism in Ferguson is a sign of a worsening situation in much of America. More than ever, each citizen needs to become a member of the media and record everything that they see during encounters with the police. Continue reading “New Anti Police State App Helps You “See Something, Say Something” in Real-Time”

PharmafundingJon Rappoport’s Blog – by Jon Rappoport

“The suffering of people is all too real, but predators lay a grid of fake reality over it, and make billions of dollars—while they simultaneously avoid paying out billions of dollars as a result of law suits.” (The Underground, Jon Rappoport)

“Muhammad Ali has ‘Parkinsonism?’ Nonsense. He has ‘Hit Too Many Times by Joe Frazier Damage.’ This isn’t a disease or a disorder.” (The Underground, Jon Rappoport)

Let’s say there are a lot of people who take hammers and hit children over the head with them.

The connection between the hammer blows and the damage couldn’t be more obvious. Hammer-blow; skull; damage.    Continue reading “Staged reality of the medical cartel”

ABC News – by Robert Burns

At least 34 sailors are being kicked out of the Navy for their roles in a cheating ring that operated undetected for at least seven years at a nuclear power training site, and 10 others are under criminal investigation, the admiral in charge of the Navy’s nuclear reactors program told The Associated Press.

The number of accused and the duration of cheating are greater than was known when the Navy announced in February that it had discovered cheating on qualification exams by an estimated 20 to 30 sailors seeking to be certified as instructors at the nuclear training unit at Charleston, South Carolina. Students there are trained in nuclear reactor operations to prepare for service on any of the Navy’s 83 nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers.   Continue reading “AP NewsBreak: Navy Kicks out 34 for Nuke Cheating”

SNAFU! – by Solomon

We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
President Barack Obama.

Check this out from TheState.com   Continue reading “The real militarization of police comes in joint exercises, not in gear.”

Freedom Outpost – by Fred DeRuvo

The immediate problem in Ferguson, MO has to do with the potential of martial law being called there. A few days ago, I thought, “well, that’s obviously what they want!” However, since then, I’ve paid attention to what leaders in the UN are saying and, as it turns out, I’m thinking martial law is only a step on the ladder. The final step may well be giving the UN permission to insert itself into the situation in Ferguson so that they will be able to call the shots with the Obama administration. I wrote about that and the article – Ultimate Gameplan: Obama Defers to United Nations to Remove America’s Sovereignty – on another site.

Continue reading “Ferguson: It’s Not Just About Martial Law but Handing America’s Sovereignty Over to the UN”

ABC News

Fourteen former federal police officers have gone on trial on charges of using excessive force in a 2012 shooting attack that wounded two CIA agents, Mexico’s national security commissioner said Wednesday.

Monte Alejandro Rubido said there was no evidence the police officers had acted on orders from an organized crime gang, saying the attack on the diplomatic vehicle was a case of mistaken identity.   Continue reading “Mexico: 14 Police on Trial for US SUV Shooting”

Here’s the translation of another article from La Voz de Houston. The original article in Spanish is at the end of the attachment. The EFIO are really pushing the “for the children” meme again.

Few: A large number of the Central American children, who have crossed the border into the United States alone, come fleeing extreme violence and expecting refuge in this country. However, of the tens of thousands who have arrived since October last year, only two children have [attained asylum]. The reason is that the process is complicated and requires very specific tests and a legal representative who can handle it.   Continue reading “Border Crisis – What are the chances of getting asylum in the US?”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

With no Instagram #selfie image or YouTube clip as proof (yet), The White House issued a statement proclaiming that today, in violation of its previous commitments and international law, Russian military vehicles painted to look like civilian trucks forced their way into Ukraine…and that Russia has no right to send vehicles, persons, or cargo of any kind into Ukraine, whether under the guise of humanitarian convoys or any other pretext, without the express permission of the government of Ukraine. Furthermore, the actions “only amplifies international concerns about Russia’s true intentions…for which it will bear additional consequences.” If that sternly-worded email was not enough, President Obam took time away from the course on Martha’s Vineyard to chat with Angela Merkel and then issued a joint statement somewhat sheepishly noting that this is “further provocation” and represents a “dangerous escalation.”   Continue reading “White House Accuses Russia Of Painting Military Vehicles White; Merkel Agrees “Actions Represent Dangerous Escalation””

Yahoo News – by Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal

EDGARTOWN Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama has ordered a review of the distribution of military hardware to state and local police out of concern at how such equipment has been used during racial unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.

The president ordered the examination of federal programs and funding that enable state and local law enforcement to purchase such equipment, a senior Obama administration official said on Saturday.

Images of police wielding military-style guns and armor have shocked many Americans following clashes that were triggered by the fatal shooting of a black teenager, Michael Brown, by a white police officer in Ferguson two weeks ago.   Continue reading “Obama orders review of U.S. police use of military hardware”

Quartz – by Max Nisen

Sears is an icon of American retail. It’s been around since 1893 and served as a staple for many consumers for much of that time. But in recent years, under the stewardship of CEO Eddie Lampert, it’s turned into a money pit. Today, it announced a quarterly loss of  more than $500 million. Last quarter, it lost more than $400 million. And the long-running decline is accelerating.   Continue reading “Sears has lost nearly $1 billion so far this year and it’s just getting started”

Featured photo - U.S. Military Bans The InterceptThe Intercept – by By Ryan Gallagher

The U.S. military is banning and blocking employees from visiting The Intercept in an apparent effort to censor news reports that contain leaked government secrets.

According to multiple military sources, a notice has been circulated to units within the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps warning staff that they are prohibited from reading stories published by The Intercept on the grounds that they may contain classified information. The ban appears to apply to all employees—including those with top-secret security clearance—and is aimed at preventing classified information from being viewed on unclassified computer networks, even if it is freely available on the internet. Similar military-wide bans have been directed against news outlets in the past after leaks of classified information.   Continue reading “U.S. Military Bans The Intercept”