Category: News

Zero Hedge

As we previously commented, when scientists start using phrases such as “the worst drought” and “as bad as you can imagine” to describe what is going on in the western half of the country, you know that things are bad. However, in recent weeks the dreadful situation in California has gone from bad to catastrophic as the U.S. Drought Monitor reported that more than half of the state is now in experiencing ‘exceptional’ drought, the most severe category available. And most of the state – 81% – currently has one of the two most intense levels of drought.    Continue reading “The Drought Goes From Bad To Catastrophic”

Car and Driver

Flush as we are with nutty performance cars at the moment, we should remember that automobiles as quick as thePorsche 918 don’t come along too often. In 2008, the quickest (and fastest) production car we had ever tested was theBugatti Veyron 16.4. It could hit 60 mph in 2.5 seconds and burn the quarter-mile in 10.1 ticks. The Porsche 918 crushes the original million-dollar car with a 2.2-second sprint to 60 mph and a 9.8-second quarter-mile time. To put that in perspective, 0.3 second is about how long it takes you to blink. As acceleration times shrink, their deltas become increasingly larger percentage gains, so the 918’s third-of-a-second edge over the Veyron represents an astounding achievement.    Continue reading “2015 Porsche 918 Spyder Tested: 2.2 Seconds to 60!”

Press TV

The article titled “When Genocide is Permissible” was published by The Times of Israel on Friday, but was removed hours later, the Moon of Alabama website reported.

Written by Yochanan Gordon, who defended the move on hisTwitter page, the article called for committing genocide against the Palestinian civilians in Gaza who have been under a massive Israeli assault in the last 25 days.    Continue reading “Genocide permissible in Gaza: Times of Israel”

Jon Rappoport’s Blog 

This is a call for an immediate, thorough, and independent investigation of Tulane University researchers (see here and here) and their Fort Detrick associates in the US biowarfare research community, who have been operating in West Africa during the past several years.

What exactly have they been doing?

Exactly what diagnostic tests have they been performing on citizens of Sierra Leone?

Why do we have reports that the government of Sierra Leone has recently told Tulane researchers to stop this testing?   Continue reading “What are US biowar researchers doing in the Ebola zone?”

Ammo Land  

After a long fought battle, the Second Amendment Foundation has won its case in Palmer vs. District of Columbia!

The city will now be forced to allow residents from D.C and other states to conceal carry firearms within its boundaries!

Federal Judge Frederick J. Scullin, Jr ruled, “…there is no longer any basis on which this Court can conclude that the District of Columbia’s total ban on the public carrying of ready-to-use handguns outside the home is constitutional under any level of scrutiny.”

We applaud Judge Scullin’s ruling, because the time is long overdue for the city to realize that it is the capitol of the United States, not a police state.    Continue reading “Second Amendment Foundation’s Biggest Victory Yet”

PP Simmons

Democrats have gone into full damage control mode following a vote in the House of Representatives to sue the President of the United States of America for “executive overreach.” The vote was held yesterday, July 30th which was followed by a flurry of emails out of the official DNC/Obama camp HQ begging the acolytes for donations to combat the lawsuit. Interestingly they also mention in the emails that this is a historical first in America… but are they right?

From Abby Witt of BarackObama.com:    Continue reading “House Votes to IMPEACH OBAMA! DNC Goes On FULL Damage Control Mode”

Ammo Land – Michelle Malkin

It is now all the fashionable rage in Washington, D.C., to proclaim solidarity with America’s working poor in front of the cameras — while stabbing them in the back behind closed doors.

Privileged Illinois Democratic Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky and others have taken to Twitter, posting photos of themselves eating tuna sandwiches and buying Ramen noodles to show how much they empathize with minimum-wage workers.

On the other side of the aisle, GOP Rep. Paul Ryan has wrapped himself in a cloak of compassion, putting a cheesy Taylor Swift hand heart around conservatism by proposing government “life coaches” for those in poverty.   Continue reading “Want a Real Anti-Poverty Plan? Stop Amnesty!”

New York Daily News – by ROCCO PARASCANDOLA

It took seven years, but Herminio Pizarro finally has some measure of justice after being beaten senseless by a gang of cops in a stationhouse bathroom.

That measure would be $3 million.

A Bronx jury Thursday granted the multimillion-dollar award to the former state correction officer who says he still hasn’t fully recovered from the Aug. 4, 2007, beatdown at the 40th Precinct stationhouse after a confrontation at a street fair.   Continue reading “Bronx jury awards $3M to man who was beaten by cops in stationhouse bathroom in 2007”

New York Daily News – by BARBARA ROSS, CORKY SIEMASZKO

The NYPD has been hit with a federal lawsuit by a Brooklyn family that claims cops bullied a diabetic teen who was denied insulin while falsely locked up on attempted murder charges.

Richard Gonzalez’s family said the only evidence cops had to tie the 14-year-old special-ed student to an April shooting at Foot Locker in Bushwick were eyewitnesses who told them the gunman was named “Richie.”   Continue reading “Diabetic Brooklyn teen denied insulin after being falsely arrested on attempted murder charges: suit”

New York Daily News – by Erin Durkin

A massive anthrax attack will hit the city Friday — or at least that’s what 1,500 staffers from a dozen city agencies will hear first thing in the morning, setting off the biggest surprise emergency response drill the city has ever attempted.

Preparing for the possibility of a biological attack, the workers — aware they’re participating in a drill — will respond to calls starting at 5:30 a.m. and scramble to set up 30 sites around the five boroughs, handing out drugs to combat the deadly agent.   Continue reading “City will participate in massive drill Friday to prepare against possible anthrax attack”

NBC New York

The city medical examiner has ruled the death of Eric Garner, the 43-year-old father whose death in police custody sparked national outrage, a homicide, saying a chokehold killed him.

The medical examiner said compression of the neck and chest, along with Garner’s positioning on the ground while being restrained by police during the July 17 stop on Staten Island, caused his death.   Continue reading “Medical Examiner Rules Eric Garner’s Death a Homicide, Says He Was Killed By Chokehold”

Survivalist – by David D’Eugenio, Founder, Co-owner HomeSafety Academy

Hoboken Patch – by Mike Pignataro

There has been a heightened awareness of infants left alone inside hot cars after a rising number of deaths nationwide this summer.

Multiple reports on Wednesday afternoon indicated a baby may have been in distress inside a locked vehicle in Hoboken.

The Hoboken Ambulance Volunteers Corps quickly responded and smashed the car’s window to get access.   Continue reading “Hoboken EMTs Smash Car Window to Save Baby…Doll”

Israel 21 C – by Abigail Klein Leichman

As the most severe Ebola epidemic on record spreads through central Africa, infecting and killing hundreds of citizens and foreign aid workers, and raising the specter of outbreaks all over the world, an Israeli research team is working with survivors to develop antibodies against the lethal virus.

Dr. Leslie Lobel tells ISRAEL21c that he and fellow principal investigator Dr. Victoria Yavelsky have spent many years studying native immunity to Ebola and another equally lethal Equatorial African virus, Marburg, at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Center for Emerging Diseases, Tropical Diseases and AIDS.   Continue reading “On the Trail of an Ebola Cure”

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Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

McALLEN, Texas – A Mexican drug trafficker who assaulted a U.S. Border Patrol agent and sent him to the emergency room got his assault charges dismissed in exchange for pleading guilty to drug trafficking charges.

Earlier this week Miguel Angel Andrade went before U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez where he pleaded guilty to driving a vehicle loaded with more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana when he was arrested in the area known as La Rosita, Texas.   Continue reading “Mexican Drug Trafficker Assaults Border Patrol Agent, Gets Charges Dismissed”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas–As unaccompanied minors continue to illegally cross the Texas-Mexico border, President Obama’s Health and Human Services (HHS) has been quietly releasing them onto U.S. soil. A total of 30,340 unaccompanied minors have already been released from federal custody and placed into foster homes, according to HHS’ Office of Refugee and Resettlement (ORR). While many migrants have been released in border states like Texas and California, others have been set free in Alaska.    Continue reading “Feds Fly Unaccompanied Minors to Alaska”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

HOUSTON, Texas–Junior Anzaldua was raised on a plot of land owned by his family on the U.S.-Mexico border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector. Illegal immigrants regularly pass through the brush-covered rural property after swimming across the Rio Grande River. While taking Breitbart Texas on a tour of the land, Anzaldua claimed that his family no longer lives there because the increasing flow of migrants has made it too dangerous.

“You can hear people talking [here]. You can hear people yelling,” he told Breitbart Texas, referring to the illegal immigrants who pass through.   Continue reading “Border Resident: I Can Hear Illegals ‘Talking’ and ‘Yelling’ on My Property”