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Thailand’s coup leaders say the national constitution has been suspended and a night-time curfew is now in place across the country.
“In order to run the country smoothly, (coup leaders have) suspended the constitution of 2007, except for the chapter on the monarchy,” said a statement read out on Thailand’s national television on Thursday. Continue reading “Thai army suspends constitution, issues curfew: Coup leaders”
I had to write and call My Congressman because the VA would not mail my Diabetic or Insulin to me and let me run totally out. It was three months in a row. I have no transportation and a home bound veteran. I and another Vet went to the patient Relations cause he was having the same issues and someone in the VA cut off his Nitro Tablets HEART ATTACK PILLS, and cut some of his medications back cause without any test the doctor was just Carbon Copied Previously medications and refills without a appointment. Continue reading “My Experience at Houston,Tx VAMC Center”
President Barack Obama’s administration may allow military enlistment by thousands of immigrants living in the country illegally, a top U.S. Department of Defense official said Monday.
Jessica L. Wright, the department’s acting undersecretary for personnel and readiness, described the immigrants, known as DREAMers, as “some of the best and brightest in America that we could capitalize on.” Continue reading “U.S. mulls letting young illegal immigrants enlist”
The Weekly Standard – by MARK HEMINGWAY
A new poll suggests that finding employment, particularly for the long-term unemployed, continues to be a struggle for Americans. The poll, conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of Express Employment Professionals, asked questions of 1,500 unemployed adult Americans last month.
“This survey shows that millions of Americans are at risk of falling into the trap of prolonged unemployment, and it should give policymakers a greater sense of urgency to focus on the singular goal of creating jobs,” said Bob Funk, CEO of Express and a former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, in a release. “We can take heart that in these difficult times the American spirit of confident hopefulness endures, but we can’t accept this status quo—not for our country, not for our unemployed neighbors.” Continue reading “Poll: 47% of Unemployed Have ‘Completely Given Up’ Looking for a Job”
21st Century Wire – by Andrew McKillop
More than any other technological development, the internet has revolutionised the concept of ‘plurality of opinion’, which is essential for any free and advanced society.
The rise and rise of independent media online is certainly one of the most positive social developments in all of modern times, but like a bumb steer in the pen, the big networks and papers will still be kicking up dirt for a while to come. Continue reading “Pass Me the Twinkies and the AK47: Mainstream Media Lost in a ‘D-Generation’”
MIAMI, FL — A torturous “punishment” session turned fatal for a mentally-ill prisoner, when prison guards forced him to stand in a tiny shower stall while being blasted by scalding hot water until his skin began to shrivel away from his body and he died. Fellow inmates say he begged for his life before collapsing in the shower. Continue reading “Man Cooked To Death In Scalding Shower As Punishment By Prison Guards”
The Main Stream media interpretation of the Watergate episode is a fantastic and grotesque distortion of historical truth. Now, in my new book with my co-author Mike Colapietro, I correct the historical record to show how a weakened Nixon was taken down in a coup de ‘etat led by Gen. Alexander Haig, You will learn who really planned, pushed and executed the Watergate break-in and why there is no “deep throat”. Also revealed is how Nixon brokered a pardon from Gerald Ford before Nixon resigned and what was said in the famous 18 ½ minute erasure in the White House Tapes. Continue reading “Secrets of Watergate Revealed”
Common Dreams – by Jon Queally
Once secret video recordings of a Guantanamo detainee being force-fed by his U.S. captors must be released to lawyers for review, a U.S. federal judge ordered on Wednesday.
The ruling marks the first time the US government has been ordered to give detainees’ lawyers videotapes of force-feedings and follows a protracted battle by the legal teams trying to defend those imprisoned at the off-shore prison against abuse. Continue reading “Judge to US Govt: Hand over Secret Video of ‘Torturous’ Force-Feedings”
The Daily Mail – by RICHARD SHEARS and TARA BRADY
The co-pilot of missing flight MH370 made a call from his mobile phone while the aircraft flew low over the west coast of Malaysia, it was revealed today as the U.S. denied reports the plane landed at a military base on the remote island of Diego Garcia.
Investigators have learned that the call was made from Fariq Abdul Hamid’s mobile phone as the Boeing 777 flew low near the island of Penang, on the north of Malaysia’s west coast.
The New Straits Times reported the aircraft, with 239 people on board, was flying low enough for the nearest telecommunications tower to pick up Fariq’s signal. Continue reading “Investigators reveal MH370 co-pilot tried to make a call from his mobile phone after the aircraft ‘vanished’ but ‘was abruptly cut off’ as U.S. deny reports the plane landed at their remote military base”
Senate: Which Groups Are We At War With? Admin: That’s Classified
The Senate’s Committee on Foreign Relations held a hearing today on renewing the Authorization for the Use of Force (AUMF) in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Senators repeatedly asked representatives from the Department of Defense which groups we are at war with. And the DOD refused to answer. Continue reading “Defense Department Refuses to Tell Senate Which Groups We’re At War With”
Lew Rockwell – by Andrew P. Napolitano
What if the federal government is shameless? What if it personifies the adage of do as I say and not as I do? What if it does the very things it prosecutes others for doing? What if it has written laws and enacted procedures so that it can spy and kill, while it charges others with doing just that?
What if the feds recently indicted five low-level Chinese military officers for spying on American corporations? What if the feds accused these officers of using their computers in Beijing to hack into computers in Denver that are not owned by the federal government but by well-known and wealthy American corporations? What if these corporations are rich enough to install digital protections and procedures to insulate themselves from hackers? What if when Google and Apple and Facebook were hacked, they protected themselves from their hackers at no expense to the taxpayers? Continue reading “Another Week of Government Lawlessness”
Freedom in Our Time – by William Norman Grigg
The right to buy weapons is the right to be free. – A.E. van Vogt, “The Weapon Shops of Isher”
The presence of a single, non-violent citizen openly carrying a firearm is sufficient to cause panic in people habituated to the evil idea that only state functionaries should be armed. So acutely alarmed do such people become that their first reaction is to call the police, thereby inviting the intervention of additional armed strangers who – owing to the indoctrination they’ve received, and the “qualified immunity” they enjoy – are immeasurably more dangerous than the first. Continue reading “Eeek! An Armed Citizen!”
The Central Intelligence Agency has the right to keep secret a draft history of its involvement with the ill-fated Bay of Pigs invasion more than five decades ago, a split federal appeals court panel ruled Tuesday.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled, 2-1, that the CIA can withhold the volume about the 1961 operation against Cuba in its entirety under a Freedom of Information Act exemption that protects government agencies’ interest in receiving candid advice. Continue reading “CIA wins secrecy for Bay of Pigs history”
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Be Your Own Leader – by Dana Gabriel
As an extension of the North American Leaders Summit which was held in February, the defense ministers from the U.S., Canada and Mexico quietly met last month to discuss continental security issues. During the conference, they addressed shared defense and security challenges. This includes threats posed by cyber attacks and transnational criminal organizations. The North American security relationship has evolved with Mexico being increasingly viewed as a valued part of the continental defense team. The U.S., Canada and Mexico are building the framework for greater cooperation on common security issues. They are expanding security arrangements and are further establishing new institutions at a continental level. The trilateral defense ministers meeting, which received very little media attention is part of the process of integrating military planning and coordination into a North American security perimeter.
Continue reading “Trilateral Defense Ministers Meeting Continues to Build North American Security Framework”
These intellectual midgets cannot win a debate on the weight of its merit. Nor can they convince their opponents of which they speak is correct. So it always boils down to attacking the opponent with baseless attacks. So as to deflect the obvious, that their ideas, or ideologies, are moot.
These creatures will stop at nothing to have their way. All the more reason for us to pull out ALL the stops, at finishing them off. When the time comes …and it can’t come soon enough for me, as I am sure you’d agree. When the “race card” is played, it’s a sign of desperation, and weakness. Continue reading “Do You Oppose Gun Control? Eric Holder Knows That You are a Secret Racist”
The NYPD is the biggest police force in the country, with over 34,000 uniformed officers patrolling New York’s streets, and 51,000 employees overall — more than the FBI. It has a proposed budget of $4.6 billion for 2013, a figure that represents almost 15 percent of the entire city’s budget.
NYC’s population is a little over 8 million. That means that there are 4.18 police officers per 1,000 people. By comparison, Los Angeles, the second largest city in the U.S. with 3.8 million people, has only 9,895 officers–a ratio of 2.6 police per 1,000 people. Continue reading “Nine Terrifying Facts about America’s Biggest Police Force”
Even while Michale Bloomberg’s anti-gun groups celebrate their “victory” in getting Chipotle to ban guns from their stores, a story out of Durham, NC reminds us why these so called “gun free zones” are actually doing more harm than good.
At 9pm on Sunday night the “The Pit Authentic Barbecue” in Durham was robbed at gunpoint when 3 masked men entered the restaurant through the back door. Continue reading “NC Restaurant Posts “No Guns” Sign and Then Gets Robbed at Gunpoint”
Huffington Post – by Gerry Smith
NEW YORK — When news broke in February that streaming giant Netflix would pay Comcast for direct access to the cable company’s broadband network, some experts said it marked the beginning of the end of net neutrality.
Yet a new report says that such deals are far more widespread than many realized at the time.
Continue reading “Net Neutrality Fans Aren’t Going To Like This Report”
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WBEZ 91.5 – by Chip Mitchell
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Lew Rockwell – by Roger Stone
Washington’s Blog
Politico – by Josh Gerstein
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