Category: News

UAS Vision

Brazilian company Flight Tech has sold Horus FT-100 mini-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to an African country, in a first for Brazil. The three UAVs will be delivered late this year to the undisclosed customer, with options for more sales in 2015. The deal includes logistical support.

The Horus FT-100 is designed for short range reconnaissance missions and can be used for target acquisition, perimeter security and supporting infiltration and exfiltration, its manufacturer said. In the private sector it can be used for aerial surveying. The aircraft has an endurance of 1-2 hours and an operational range of 10-15 km. It is battery powered, weights 6-7 kg and has a 2.7 metre wingspan. Cruise speed is 33 knots.    Continue reading “Brazil Sells UAS to Africa”

Prison Planet – by Steve Watson

Legislation introduced to the Californian Senate earlier this year mandating ‘kill switches’ on all smart phones has been passed and sent to the Governor’s desk for approval.

Governor Jerry Brown is expected to sign bill CA SB 962 in the coming weeks, meaning that it will be against the law for any supplier or carrier in the State to sell a mobile phone that is not fitted with the technology.

Manufacturers will have until July 1, 2015 to ensure that all their phones are equipped with the means to “render the essential features of the smartphone inoperable when not in the possession of the authorized user.”   Continue reading “‘Kill Switch’ Smart Phone Bill Passes In California”

Mercola – by Mark Sircus Ac., OMD

If you’ve been diagnosed with prostate cancer, your doctor probably ran down a list of confusing treatment options and told you to pick your poison(make a choice among options).

The simplest option when you’ve been diagnosed with prostate cancer is known as watchful waiting, which means doing nothing unless later tests show the cancer is worsening.   Continue reading “Prostate Cancer Treatment Choices”

Breitbart – by David Shapiro

When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to assume that their president, hostile to the principles that formed the nation and determined to act with malice toward its inhabitants by suppressing their rights and enabling its enemies to prosper in their attempts to destroy it, must be confronted, a rational response for the nation is to encumber itself no more with such a president and reject his authority and the acolytes who carry out his wishes.   Continue reading “A Second Declaration of Independence”

CNS News – by Brittany M. Hughes

Court records show that Cristian Alexander Zamora, an illegal alien from El Salvador, was charged and fined for driving without a valid driver’s license in Texas in 2011– which was two years before he and an accomplice allegedly used a machete and a baseball bat to murder a 16-year-old Texas high school student.

Zamora, 22, and 19-year-old Ricardo Campos-Lara, also an illegal alien from El Salvador, are currently awaiting trial in federal court in Houston, for killing Klein Forest High School sophomore Josael Guevara in the Sam Houston National Forest.   Continue reading “Illegal Fined For Driving w/o License Before Allegedly Killing Boy With Machete”

Fukushima Inform

In addition to the citizen scientist sampling network that is under construction the other pillar of the InFORM project is the collection of samples in the open North Pacific and Arctic Oceans.  The first samples for radionuclide analyses were collected by University of Victoria undergraduate student Kathryn Purdon on the first leg of the icebreaker CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier’s annual operations in Canada’s far North.   Continue reading “First InFORM Samples Collected to Track Fukushima Radionuclides”

1 News Junkie

The Missouri Citizen’s Militia is NOW IN Ferguson to protect innocent Americans from the tyrannical ‘police state’ according to the linked facebook post from Aaron Penberthy. Missouri’s Militia was recently at Bundy Ranch protecting innocent Americans from the CORRUPT FEDS who have NOTHING BETTER TO DO THAN TERRORIZE INNOCENT Americans. Straight from the lips of Penberthy on Facebook:

Aaron Penberthy If peaceful protesters get fired upon, it is my duty to uphold the constitution Clay Martin. If innocent families are being attacked, I have no choice but as a human being to go defend.   Continue reading “REPORT: the Missouri Citizen’s Militia is NOW IN Ferguson to protect innocent Americans from the tyrannical ‘police state’”

Military Times – by Tom Vanden Brook

ABOARD MILITARY AIRCRAFT, OVER THE BERING SEA — The military has sent 130 advisers to northern Iraq to plan for the evacuation of refugees under siege by Islamic militants, according to a senior Defense Department official.

The Marines and special operations forces have been sent to the city of Irbil in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq to assess the humanitarian crisis in the Sinjar mountains and ways to end it, said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity because officials were not authorized to speak publicly about the mission.   Continue reading “Pentagon official: 130 advisers heading to northern Iraq”

Marine Corps Times – by Hope Hodge Seck

Climate-controlled caves in Norway will house a new stock of Marine military gear and vehicles in August, and Marines will return unusable equipment to the U.S.

The caves are part of the Marine Corps’ global prepositioning program. Marines and Norwegian troops will unload a maritime prepositioning force ship, the cargo ship Dewayne T. Williams, in Norway’s Trøndelag region in mid-August, according to an Aug. 8 news release. Once the cave is clear, they’ll load some 400 vehicles and 350 containers of equipment.   Continue reading “Marines to load new prepositioning gear into Norway caves”

Concealed Nation – by Brandon

A 31-year-old man tried to rob a gun shop in Canada with the only thing he had; a crossbow. Apparently, he wanted to trade in his crossbow for a new gun because that’s what he demanded from the employee as he was pointing the crossbow at him.

He then apparently got cold feet and left the shop empty handed, and later turned himself into police claiming responsibility for the armed robbery.   Continue reading “Man Tries To Rob Gun Shop With Crossbow, It Didn’t Work”

Concealed Nation – by Brandon

Today, Smith & Wesson announced a new pistol to their M&P lineup, the M&P 22 Compact. The new design is roughly 15% smaller than the others in the M&P lineup.

James Debney, President and CEO of Smith & Wesson, said, “The new M&P22 Compact gives consumers the opportunity to own and experience a unique tactical sporting pistol engineered
with premium features that have made the M&P line of handguns a leading standard in the shooting sports. Target shooters, recreational shooting enthusiasts or anyone looking to add more excitement to their shooting experience can now enjoy a compact .22 LR semi-automatic pistol with all the adaptability and versatility that are synonymous with the M&P brand.”

Continue reading “Smith & Wesson Announces New M&P 22 Compact Pistol”

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

You mad bro? Yeah, you mad. (Obligatory internet reference).

It looks an anti-gun activist in Georgia is upset that over 40 guns that were purchased in a gun “buyback” (still don’t understand that word) were auctioned off to dealers to be sold back to the general public. Not sure what she expected in Georgia.   Continue reading “Anti-Gunner Gets Mad When Guns Bought in “Buyback” Were Auctioned Off to be Sold to Public”

Reuters – by MARK FELSENTHAL

President Barack Obama is loosening restrictions on lobbyists who want to serve on federal advisory boards, a White House official said on Tuesday, a setback to the president’s efforts to tamp down special interest influence in Washington.

Obama came to office pledging to curtail the sway of lobbyists and banned lobbyists from serving on such panels, which guide government policy on a range of topics ranging from cancer to towing safety.   Continue reading “White House loosens restrictions on lobbyists”

My Fox Houston

Employees at a Texas Walmart made a startling discovery. A teenage boy was apparently living inside the store for several days.

The 14-year-old wasn’t just hiding, he built two secret compounds inside the store, keeping himself out of sight for four days!   Continue reading “Boy found living inside Texas Walmart”

RT

The number of killed and wounded in eastern Ukraine has doubled to 2,086 over the last two weeks, according to the UN’s “very conservative estimates”.

“This corresponds to a clear escalating trend,” UN human rights spokeswoman Cecile Pouilly told Reuters in response to a query.

Over 60 people have been killed or wounded every day, Pouilly added.   Continue reading “Death toll in Ukraine conflict doubles in 2 weeks, reaches 2,086 – UN”

Page Six – by Mara Siegler

Regulars at the Vineyard Golf Club in Martha’s Vineyard were gob-smacked when President Obama unexpectedly strolled onto a nearby green and they were immediately frisked. “There was no warning he was coming,” sniffed a guest.

“There was security on the way in, but no word as to why they were there.” The member added, “While eating, overlooking the golf course, guests had to stand up and be wanded.” One asked if he could finish his hot soup first, and an Obama security man cracked, ominously, “So, you’re not cooperating?”   Continue reading “Golfers frisked as Obama unexpectedly arrives at Martha’s Vineyard club”

Bloomberg – by Filipe Pacheco, Julia Leite and Ney Hayashi

Brazilian stocks and the real whipsawed higher and lower after a plane used by opposition presidential candidate Eduardo Campos crashed in Sao Paulo state.

Campos’s campaign confirmed it couldn’t reach him after a small plane went down in the port city of Santos, while Globo News and Folha de S. Paulo reported that the candidate had died. Campos, who was polling in third place ahead of the October elections, was flying to an event in the city of Guaruja at the time, according to O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper.   Continue reading “Brazil Markets Whipsawed After Candidate’s Plane Crash”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas — Tens of thousands of Central Americans have entered the country illegally since October 2013; most of them will be likely considered “refugees” and ultimately be allowed to remain in the U.S. Consequently, many of the migrants will receive welfare from the federal government, funded by taxpayers. Health and Human Services (HHS) documents, obtained by Breitbart Texas, show that significant federal funds go towards encouraging refugees to enroll in long term welfare programs, and towards administering such benefits directly.    Continue reading “HHS Promotes Cash Assistance and Obamacare for Foreign Refugees”

Wall Street Journal – by LOUISE RADNOFSKY

The Obama administration moved Tuesday to cut off health insurance for up to 310,000 people who signed up through the HealthCare.gov system unless they can provide documents in the next few weeks showing they are U.S. citizens or legal residents.

Those individuals have until Sept. 5 to send in additional information that could confirm they are in the U.S. legally, a condition of using the online insurance exchanges to obtain coverage.   Continue reading “Health Coverage to End Without Proof of Citizenship or Legal Residency”

KHOU 11 News – by Angela Kocherga

EL PASO, Texas — One thousand Texas National Guard members are about to assume their duties on the border but critics question whether their role is either too limited or broad.

Texas Governor Rick Perry called up 1000 troops to work with the Texas Department of Public Safety as a “force multiplier” after the Border Patrol struggled to cope with an influx of unaccompanied children from Central America.   Continue reading “1,000 National Guard members head to Texas-Mexico border”