Members attend the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) annual policy conference in Washington on March 3, 2013. Photo by AFPMondoweiss – by Medea Benjamin 

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is still one of the most powerful lobby organizations in the country, but fortunately, it is starting to lose its iron-clad grip on our policymakers. AIPAC lost the fight to stop Chuck Hagel from being confirmed as Secretary of Defense; it lost the push for the US military to attack Syria, and it is losing its effort to derail nuclear talks with Iran. In the old days, AIPAC bragged that it could, within 24 hours, get the signatures of 70 Senators on a napkin if it really wanted to. This year, AIPAC got stuck at 59 cosponsors for its S.1881 sanctions bill–not enough support to force Senator Harry Reid to bring the bill to the floor or to override a threatened presidential veto.   Continue reading “Israel lobby AIPAC is down, but not out — yet”

Wired – by KIM ZETTER

Police in Florida have offered a startling excuse for having used a controversial “stingray” cellphone tracking gadget 200 times without ever telling a judge: the device’s manufacturer made them sign a non-disclosure agreement that they say prevented them from telling the courts.

The shocking revelation came during an appeal over a 2008 sexual battery case in Tallahassee in which the suspect also stole the victim’s cellphone. Using the stingray — which simulates a cellphone tower in order to trick nearby mobile devices into connecting to it and revealing their location — police were able to track him to an apartment.   Continue reading “Florida Cops’ Secret Weapon: Warrantless Cellphone Tracking”

mexico borderThe Jerusalem Post – by YAAKOV LAPPIN

Israeli defense firm Elbit has been awarded a $145 million contract by the US Department of Homeland Security to construct a series of surveillance towers on Arizona’s border with Mexico, the company announced on Sunday.

The project, called Integrated Fixed Tower Project (IFT), plans to see security posts equipped with radars and cameras that can detect human movement spring up along the American state’s southern frontier. The work is to be carried out by Elbit’s US subsidiary, Elbit Systems of America, which is based at Fort Worth, Texas.   Continue reading “Elbit, an Israeli company, to build surveillance towers on Arizona’s border with Mexico”

feature image number oneNeon Nettle – by Ron Baitley-Simens

A former CIA and civilian pilot has sworn an affidavit, stating that no planes flew into the Twin Towers as it would have been physically impossible.

John Lear, the son of Learjet inventor, Bill Lear, has given his expert evidence that it would have been physically impossible for Boeing 767s, like Flights AA11 and UA175 to have hit the Twin Towers on 9/11, particularly when flown by inexperienced pilots:   Continue reading “Ex-CIA Pilot Gives Sworn Testimony That No Planes Hit The Twin Towers”

Newsmax – by Joe Schaeffer

First lady Michelle Obama will visit China this month with her two daughters and her mother, the White House announced Monday.

“The first lady will be focusing on the power and importance of education, both in her own life and in the lives of young people in both countries” during the March 19-26 trip, her office announced.   Continue reading “Michelle Obama, Mother and Daughters to Visit China”

Ukraine extreme-droiteGlobal Research – by Prof Michel Chossudovsky

According to the New York Times, “The United States and the European Union have embraced the revolution here as another flowering of democracy, a blow to authoritarianism and kleptocracy in the former Soviet space.” ( After Initial Triumph, Ukraine’s Leaders Face Battle for Credibility,  NYTimes.com, March 1, 2014, emphasis added)

“Flowering Democracy, Revolution”?  The grim realities are otherwise. What is a stake is a US-EU-NATO sponsored coup d’Etat in blatant violation of international law.   Continue reading “The U.S. has Installed a Neo-Nazi Government in Ukraine”

credit: starkraving viking.blogspot.comStately McDaniel Manor – by Mike McDaniel

Friday, June 27th, 2014, 0-dark-thiry:  The politicians have made their decision.  By a twist of fate–your file simply happened to be on the top of the stack for no particular reason–you’ll be the first example.  A state police SWAT team pull to the curb in front of your home, leap from their van and rush to your front door.  Two black-clad men pull back a ram and swing it toward your front door, aiming just above the knob, while the rest of the team waits anxiously, their automatic weapons charged and off safe.  Two hope they’ll get the opportunity to shoot.  At least one wants to manufacture the opportunity.   Continue reading “Connecticut: The Coming Storm”

Zero Hedge – by  Tyler Durden

While it has gotten to the point where the propaganda is so bad on both sides of the Ukraine crisis, that any numbers thrown about are ridiculous, made up gibberish more fabricated than anything the Chinese Department of Truth or US Bureau of Labor can possibly goalseek, it is worth pointing out that according to AP, Ukraine’s ambassador to the UN said 16,000 Russian troops are now deployed in the Ukraine. This was “revealed” at the third emergency Security Council session meeting in the last four days, shortly after Ukraine’s fugitive president requested Russian soldiers in the strategic Crimea region “to establish legitimacy, peace, law and order,” Russia’s U.N. ambassador said Monday, contradicting the president’s own comments last week.   Continue reading “As Russian Troops In The Ukraine Hit 16,000, US Department Of Defense Orders Them To Go Home”

One World of Nations – by Neo

One of the most “prophetic,” films that I have seen come out of Hollywood is The Matrix. In many ways this film is playing out in real time among us. We truly are the “battery” to the fractional ponzi schemes of the FIAT world of banking. Many of us have chosen the red pill in taking a stand for the restoration of freedom apart from the debt driven slavery being imposed on humanity.    Continue reading “The Red pill or the Blue….”

Snow falls in front of the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2014 in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo / Mark Wilson)RT

Weather continues to cause trouble in the United States, as yet another powerful snowstorm is blanketing the mid-Atlantic region and the East Coast on Monday.

Much like previous storms, the latest is cancelling flights, clogging up roads, and knocking out power from Maryland and Washington, DC, to states as far south as Arkansas and Texas.

In DC, as much as 10 inches of snow is expected to drop in some areas, causing the federal government to close its doors for the day alongside schools. According to Reuters, Congress delayed votes as a result of the weather, though the Supreme Court was still expected to hear its scheduled arguments.    Continue reading “March snowstorm pummels East Coast, shuts down federal government (PHOTOS)”

Daily Record – by Peggy Wright

A Morris Catholic High School honor student and athlete who claims her parents threw her out of their Lincoln Park home when she turned 18 has taken the highly unusual step of suing them for immediate financial support and to force them to pay for her college education.

Private high school senior Rachel Canning, a cheerleader and lacrosse player who has aspirations to be a biomedical engineer, filed a lawsuit last week in the Family Part of state Superior Court in Morristown that seeks a judge’s declaration that she is nonemancipated and dependent as a student on her parents for support.   Continue reading “Morris Catholic senior sues her parents”

Senator McCain Says, "We're All Ukrainians"The New American – by Jack Kenny

If Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) had been elected president, we might now be hearing an address from the Oval Office beginning with the salutation, “My fellow Ukranians.”

That would be us he would be addressing, because the senior Senator from Arizona has said “We’re all Ukranians” in response to the Russian invasion and takeover of parts Crimea. In an interview published in Time magazine’s political blog, named (appropriately enough) “Swampland,” McCain stopped short of calling for U.S. and NATO “boots on the ground” to counter Russian aggression in the disputed territory, but he did say the United States needs to “take certain measures that would convince Putin that there is a very high cost to actions that he is taking now.” Continue reading “Senator McCain Says, “We’re All Ukrainians””

Red Ice Creations

Russia takes over Ukraine’s Crimea region – Western Media

As Russia is moving in troops in Crimea be careful of the western mainstream media as the anti-Russian outlets are continuing to bash anything that Russia and Putin is doing. Don’t forget that there is MUCH more behind what is going on that you see on the TV and read in reports. Russian satellite states have been a battleground ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union.   Continue reading “Russia takes over Ukraine’s Crimea region – Western Medias Anti Russian Blitz Continues”

BillMarble-CopBlockCop Block – by Tom Rotta 

Late on January 14, 2014, a retired teacher, a community involved, beloved man who spent over 35 years of his life teaching kids in the Custer, Michigan area, was shot in the chest by a state trooper and summarily died. The original news reports, which did not surface until about 10 hours later, were sometimes conflicting of what happened.

After these initial reports, which included neighbors and professionals he worked with telling us what a friendly and professional person he had been throughout his career, the public waited for some official word from the Michigan State Police, who were investigating the case concerning their own state trooper. The trooper’s name, James Luttrull, was withheld until the Prosecutor’s report came out over three weeks later, which found the trooper’s killing of Bill Marble justified. During this time, FOIA requests were ignored to get information to the public, the video provided cost over $100 and took over a month to procure.   Continue reading “Michigan State Trooper Shoots Retired Teacher in His Own Home”

7 Mistakes That Would Get Somebody Killed in a Real Zombie ApocalypseThe Organic Prepper

(Warning: Spoiler Alert!)

I don’t watch much TV, but my guilty pleasure is AMC’s The Walking Dead. Lots of the preppers I know love watching this show and shouting out advice and criticism – it’s like our version of watching “the big game”.

I have to tell you, watching from a prepper/survival point of view, it seems like this season that the main characters are just muddling along, tempting the writers to kill them off. They definitely aren’t surviving based on any real skills or planning.   Continue reading “The Walking Dead: 7 Mistakes That Would Get Somebody Killed in a Real Zombie Apocalypse”

High flyers: A team of Hungarian scientists have managed to engineer the first 'flock' of drones that can fly as a coordinated group (pictured). The collection of 10 copters can fly in formation, follow a leader and change flight patterns without human inputDaily Mail – by SARAH GRIFFITHS

Flying robots that can ‘think’ for themselves are already being developed, which some people fear will be able to snoop on and attack people living below.

And now a team of Hungarian scientists have managed to engineer the first ‘flock’ of drones that can fly as a coordinated group.   Continue reading “The drones that flock like BIRDS: Robots fly in formation and navigate without being remotely controlled”

Mail.com

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews rallied Sunday in the streets of Jerusalem, blocking roads and paralyzing the city in a massive show of force against plans to require them to serve in the Israeli military.

The widespread opposition to the draft poses a challenge to the country, which is grappling with a cultural war over the place of the ultra-Orthodox in Israeli society. The issue of army service is at the core of that struggle. Since Israel’s founding in 1948, the ultra-Orthodox, who make up about 8 percent of Israel’s 8 million citizens, largely have been allowed to avoid military service, compulsory for most Jewish men, to pursue their religious studies. Older men often don’t work and collect welfare stipends while continuing to study full time.   Continue reading “Ultra-Orthodox rally in Israel against draft bill”

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A freshwater channel that separates Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas is a premier Midwestern tourist attraction and a photographer’s delight, offering spectacular vistas of two Great Lakes, several islands and one of the world’s longest suspension bridges.

But nowadays the Straits of Mackinac is drawing attention for something that is out of sight and usually out of mind, and which some consider a symbol of the dangers lurking in the nation’s sprawling web of buried oil and natural gas pipelines.   Continue reading “Sunken Great Lakes oil pipeline raises spill fears”

lapel cameraThe Free Thought Project

A picture is worth 1000 words, but a video is worth millions, and could even be worth lives. On-officer cameras are not some new space-age technology, but cops using them is very new.

Cops in Rialto, California have implemented this technology and have had some heartening results. They’ve seen a 60% reduction in use of force instances and an 88% reduction in officer complaints!   Continue reading “LAPD to Be Equipped with Lapel Cameras by the Summer”