Category: News

CounterPunch – by Paul Craig Roberts

If there were any doubts that Western “leaders” live in a fantasy make-believe world constructed out of their own lies, the G-7 meeting and 70th anniversary celebration  of the Normandy landing dispelled the doubts.

The howlers issuing from these occasions are enough to split your sides.  Obama and his lap dog Cameron described the Normandy landing on June 6, 1944, as “the greatest liberation force that the world has ever known” and took all the credit for the US and Britain for the defeat of Hitler.  No mention was made of the Soviet Union and the Red Army, which for three years prior to the Normandy landing had been fighting and defeating the Wehrmacht.   Continue reading “The Lies Grow More Audacious”

The Hill – by Christina Marcos

The House voted Wednesday to rebuke President Obama by passing a resolution authorizing a GOP lawsuit against his use of executive power.

The 225-201 vote fell along party lines, with five Republicans voting against the measure. No Democrats supported it.

The lawsuit is a direct response to GOP frustration with Obama’s wide-ranging use of executive power.   Continue reading “House votes to sue Obama”

NBC Philadelphia – by Vince Lattanzio and Dan Stamm

Federal agents arrested six Philadelphia Police narcotics officers as part of an ongoing corruption probe and accused the group of swiping more than half a million dollars’ worth of money, drugs and other items over a period of years.

“Unfortunately a very small percentage minority of police officers continue to toss their oath aside and act like the very criminals they sworn to bring to justice,” said U.S Attorney Zane David Memeger.   Continue reading “6 Philadelphia Narcotics Officers Stole Half a Million Dollars From Suspects: Feds”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On July 29 Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Chris Murphy (D-CT) introduced legislation encouraging states to “[seize] firearms when adjudicating or responding to domestic violence situations.”

Called the Domestic Violence Gun Homicide Prevention Act of 2014, the bill works by “[granting] incentives to states that match or exceed current federal domestic violence gun prohibitions.”   Continue reading “Senate Democrats’ Bill Puts Foot in the Door for Gun Confiscation”

JRN – by Amy Burke

MILWAUKEE – Cargill will close its Milwaukee beef harvest facility on Friday, the company said in a release today.

The company — which provides food, agriculture, financial and industrial products and services — employs approximately 600 people.

Officials said the closure of the facility results primarily from the tight cattle supply brought about by producers retaining cattle for herd expansion.     Continue reading “Cargill to close Milwaukee beef harvest facility, 600 jobs affected”

RT

There are more than 10 independently operated private militia groups patrolling the border between Texas and Mexico, ignoring calls from Customs and Border Patrol to back off and inviting criticism from local lawmakers.

In a new report by the San Antonio Express-News, the newspaper obtained more than 30 photographs from unnamed members of the militia, showing numerous individuals sporting semi-automatic rifles, masks, camouflage and tactical gear.   Continue reading “Private militias patrolling US-Mexico border raise concerns”

Public Health Agency of Canada

SECTION I – INFECTIOUS AGENT

NAME: Ebola virus

SYNONYM OR CROSS REFERENCE: African haemorrhagic fever, Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF, Ebola HF), filovirus, EBO virus (EBOV), Zaire ebolavirus (ZEBOV), Sudan ebolavirus(SEBOV), Ivory Coast ebolavirus (ICEBOV), Ebola-Reston (REBOV), Bundibugyo ebolavirus (BEBOV), and Ebola virus disease ^(1, 2).   Continue reading “Ebola Virus – Pathogen Safety Data Sheet”

Activist Post – by James Hall

For an economy to grow and create actual wealth, innovation is a bedrock component in the development of enhanced prosperity. Prosperity is an intriguing concept. Simply making and accumulating money falls short of establishing a successful economic model. This recent report illustrates a prime example. Facebook stock soars, as company briefly passes IBM in market value. 

By most measures, Facebook is dwarfed by IBM: With about 7,000 employees, ten-year-old Facebook is on track to garner $12 billion in sales this year. The 103-year-old IBM has more than 400,000 workers and sold almost $100 billion of computer hardware and software in 2013.

Continue reading “Corporatism Stifles Innovation”

Jon Rappoport

Remember the name “Pine Gap.” It lies at the heart of this story.

I’ve always thought Australians were more blunt and forthright than Americans. I don’t know if that’s true, but the current debate about total surveillance in the Land Down Under is cutting to the bone.

The government wants to tax the Australian people so it can use giant telecoms to collect wall to wall “metadata” on them. (Pay us so we can spy on you.)   Continue reading “Australia, ‘better slave than dead’”

Continue reading “10 Cats Who Are Outsmarting Everybody”

Vos iz Neias

Washington – The United States has agreed to re-supply Israel with ammunition, after Israeli military officials made its request today to the U.S. Defense Dept.

The U.S. will give access to the Billion Dollar stockpile of American weapons stored in Israel, CNN reported.   Continue reading “Washington – Defense Officials Say U.S. Re-Supplying Israel With Ammunition”

Mail.com

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Americans are wary of granting refugee status to children crossing the U.S. border to flee strife-torn countries in Central America, and most in an Associated Press-GfK poll say the U.S. does not have a moral obligation to accept asylum seekers generally.

The new poll found 53 percent of Americans believe the United States has no moral obligation to offer asylum to people who escape violence or political persecution, while 44 percent believe it has that responsibility.   Continue reading “Poll: Americans cool to border-crossing children”

US News – by Steven Nelson

The dreaded Ebola virus has spread from the jungle into major cities in West Africa, and at least one American congressman believes it’s time to ban citizens of the three hardest-hit countries, as well as foreigners who recently visited them, from entering the U.S.

Rep. Alan Grayson, D-Fla., requested the travel ban in a Tuesday letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and Secretary of State John Kerry.   Continue reading “Congressman: Close Border to Ebola Countries”

National Review – by Ryan Lovelace

The House supplemental appropriations bill aimed at addressing the border crisis before the August recess would allow more unaccompanied alien children to stay in the U.S., increase the immigration bureaucracy, and add to existing immigration-court backlogs, according to an internal NumbersUSA analysis obtained byNational Review Online.

In its analysis of the bill, NumbersUSA, a group that advocates for less immigration, argues that the bill would create a new hearing process — a “235B” proceeding — for unaccompanied alien children (UAC) who do not express a credible fear of persecution, are not victims of trafficking, and do not volunteer to return to their country of origin (which presumably will include a great deal of them). The 235B proceeding must be completed before the standard removal process would begin.   Continue reading “Report: House Border Bill Could Make It Easier for Unaccompanied Children to Stay Here”

Infowars

A measure in the Senate purportedly designed to deal with an influx of around 120,000 illegal immigrants has cleared a key procedural hurdle.

Formal debate on the legislation will begin following a 63 to 33 vote. The bill will provide $2.7 billion in emergency funding for the federal government to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants.   Continue reading “Senate Border Bill Moves Forward”

The New American – by Thomas R. Eddlam

The Intercept has published a 166-page manual of how the federal government puts people on the “no-fly list” and monitors American citizens. Obtained from whistleblower Edward Snowden, the information on the Glenn Greenwald-founded website revealed that the Obama administration has lowered the legal threshold for warrantless government surveillance of American citizens.

The federal manual explains the standard of evidence for spying on Americans:   Continue reading “The Intercept Publishes Government Plan to Spy on You”

The Organic Prepper

This might be stating the obvious, but in the event of an EMP, things will not be the same, no matter how great your generator is.

Aaron Dykes of Truthstream Media wrote an excellent article about the extreme likelihood of a catastrophic event that could take out our power grid:   Continue reading “The Big Blackout: Why I’m Going Low-Tech to Prep for an EMP”

RT

The new round of American economic sanctions imposed against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis will only further worsen relations between Washington and Moscow, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

“Washington will gain nothing from such decisions except for further complication of Russian-American relations and the creation of an unfavorable atmosphere in international affairs, where the cooperation between our countries often plays a key role,” the statement by the ministry reads.   Continue reading “Moscow: US will feel ‘tangible losses’ from ‘destructive, myopic’ sanctions”