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Extremist insurgents in Syria said they cut down a 150-year-old oak tree in Atme which lies on Syria’s border with Turkey, after they accused locals of worshiping it.
“Thank God almighty, the tree… aged more than 150 years has been removed, after people were worshiping it instead of God,” said the pro-militant source on Thursday via his Twitter account named “our call is our jihad”. Continue reading “Syria: Insurgents Cut Down 150-Year Old Tree for Being ‘Worshipped’”
The “secession movement” is currently picking up steam in two unlikely states: Colorado and Maryland. Groups of residents in both states cite leftist agendas and high taxes as reasons for wanting to become independent.
On Friday night, a group called Western Maryland: A New State Initiative met to discuss the secession of Western Maryland. They say their mission is “to form a new state comprised of Maryland’s five western counties.” Continue reading “Secession Movement Growing In Two Surprising States”
USA Today – by Amber Hunt, The Cincinnati Enquirer
CINCINNATI — The customer at the counter is young – mid-20s at most – with a Bluetooth device in his ear and a smartphone in his hand. He’s chatting with a salesman of Rent-N-Roll in Union Township about some shiny wheels he’s interested in buying for his beater in the parking lot.
“That’s a sharp wheel, man,” salesman John Smith assures him. Continue reading “Can’t afford new tires? Now you can rent them”
[Editor’s Note: You can see from the description given below by Dr. Robert McClelland of JFK’s massive exit wound located in the back and on the right side of JFK’s skull, that this exit wound could only be created when a projectile enters from the front and exits from the right rear IF the shooter was located in front of Kennedy and somewhat to his left. That angle of entry and exist can only be created if the head shot came from Secret Service Limo driver William Greer’s gun and not from the Grassy Knoll. The Grassy Knoll is located at least 45 or more degrees to Kennedy’s right. If the fatal head shot had come from the Grassy Knoll, it may have entered the right front, BUT it would have to exit from the left rear. Continue reading “Surgeon in Parkland ER Insists Fatal JFK Head Shot Came From the Front”
A law recently passed there means when you change your car from “factory” to “modified,” they can arrest you. It will be interesting to see if this gets challenged, as I think it should; there were no drugs in this man’s car, nor in his possession. The trooper in the clip says, “We apparently caught him between runs” – oh, really? Conjecture much, Officer Barney Fife? Continue reading “In Ohio, It’s Now A Felony To Modify Your Car”
CNN – by Jim Sciutto and Chelsea J. Carter
Geneva, Switzerland (CNN) — A historic deal was struck early Sunday between Iran and six world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program that slows the country’s nuclear development program in exchange for lifting some sanctions while a more formal agreement is worked out.
The agreement — described as an “initial, six-month” deal — includes “substantial limitations that will help prevent Iran from creating a nuclear weapon,” U.S. President Barack Obama said in a nationally televised address. Continue reading “Obama: Iran nuclear deal limits ability to create nuclear weapons”
The French foreign minister says Iran and six world powers have reached a first stage agreement on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program in return for sanctions relief.
Laurent Fabius made the announcement without further details early Sunday in Geneva, in a fifth day of talks.
In Twitter postings, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European spokesman Michael Mann both said that agreement was reached on preliminary steps to curb Iran’s nuclear program and ease economic sanctions. Continue reading “Diplomats: Iran, Six Powers Reach Nuclear Deal”
KillerMartinis – by Linda Tirado
There’s no way to structure this coherently. They are random observations that might help explain the mental processes. But often, I think that we look at the academic problems of poverty and have no idea of the why. We know the what and the how, and we can see systemic problems, but it’s rare to have a poor person actually explain it on their own behalf. So this is me doing that, sort of. Continue reading “Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, poverty thoughts”
National Review – by Andrew C. McCarthy
Fraud can be so brazen it takes people’s breath away. But for a prosecutor tasked with proving a swindle — or what federal law describes as a “scheme to defraud” — the crucial thing is not so much the fraud. It is the scheme.
To be sure, it is the fraud — the individual false statements, sneaky omissions, and deceptive practices — that grabs our attention. As I’ve recounted in this space, President Obama repeatedly and emphatically vowed, “If you like your health-insurance plan, you can keep your health-insurance plan, period.” The incontrovertible record — disclosures by the Obama administration in the Federal Register, representations by the Obama Justice Department in federal court — proves that Obama’s promises were systematically deceitful. Continue reading “The Scheme behind the Obamacare Fraud”
Tech Crunch – by Darrell Etherington
Sleeper agents are among the most sinister spy assets: they lie in wait, wolves in sheep’s clothing, and then deliver a critical blow when activated. The NSA has 50,000 of those waiting for the literal push of a button, according to the latest batch of leaked Snowden documents, as seen by Dutch daily evening newspaper NRC. But these aren’t people, like Keri Russel and Matthew Rhys in The Americans – these are computers, infected with malware and untroubled by conscience or the risk of going native. Continue reading “NSA Has 50,000 ‘Digital Sleeper Agents’ Via Computer Malware, Says Latest Snowden Leak”
New York Daily News – by ROCCO PARASCANDOLA AND THOMAS TRACY
A 24-year-old Jewish man was pummeled in Borough Park on Friday and cops are trying to figure out if it was a hate crime, another vile example of the “knockout game” — or both.
Police charged Amrit Marajh, 28, with punching Shmuel Perl around 2:45 a.m. on 18th Ave. Continue reading “Suspect in Brooklyn man’s beating charged with assault as a hate crime, cops investigate whether attack part of brutal ‘beatdown’ game”
Opposing Views – by Andy Kossak
Is it possible for a politician who admitted to smoking crack cocaine and was reportedly heard threatening to kill someone to be more liked than the President of the United States? According to the latest polls and surveys, the answer is yes.
Based on the latest poll done by Forum Research, Rob Ford, the foul-mouthed, irascible Toronto mayor continues to enjoy a 42 percent job performance rating, while a CBS poll released this week had President Barack Obama’s approval rating at an all-time low of just 37 percent. Continue reading “President Obama Is Less Popular Than Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, Polling Shows”
Scientific American – by Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News
Only about half of the prescription drugs and other newly emerging contaminants in sewage are removed by treatment plants.
That’s the finding of a new report by the International Joint Commission, a consortium of officials from the United States and Canada who study the Great Lakes. Continue reading “Only Half of Drugs Removed by Sewage Treatment”
As tens of millions stand to lose their health insurance benefits over the coming months, mainstream establishment mouthpiece CNN has been investigating why there are so many poor and under-insured Americans.
In an investigative report titled The Obamacare ‘scandal’ you haven’t heard about CNN journalist John Blake thinks he’s figured it out.
It’s not that the government has created an air of learned helplessness, or shipped jobs to foreign countries through restrictive legislation and taxes, or that Americans have seen their purchasing power decrease exponentially making it impossible for them to meet their basic needs. Continue reading “CNN: If You’re Christian, It’s Your Fault That People Don’t Have Health Insurance”
Before It’s News – by Susan Duclos
On Thursday I wrote about Ernie Wayne Tertelgte, who insisted in court that the law had no right to try or arrest him for fishing without a license because he belongs under natural and universal law where he is entitled to feed himself and fend for himself.
The comments and support for Ernie has been overwhelmingly in his favor, people called the courts, the papers, even some saying this man should be up for president because he “gets it.” Continue reading “UPDATE – Arrested For Feeding Himself Man Found Guilty!”
SF Gate – by SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A powerful storm system that has caused hundreds of accidents across the Western U.S. has marched eastward with predictions of widespread snow, freezing temperatures and gusty winds.
The fierce weather has caused at least eight deaths and prompted advisories Saturday afternoon in New Mexico and Texas. Continue reading “Powerful storm system blasts US West; 8 killed”
TEXARKANA, Texas (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Texas woman reportedly has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors on charges that she sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Shannon Guess Richardson, 35, was charged in June with two counts of mailing a threatening communication and one count of making a threat against the president of the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas said in a news release at the time. Continue reading “Report: Plea Deal For Texas Woman Accused Of Sending Ricin-Tainted Letters”
LSU Reveille – by John Ryan McGehee
For the past few weeks, all I have heard discussed at length with any semblance of passion is our embarrassing defeat at the hands of Lucif — ahem, Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide. Students are acting as though the world has ended.
When there are quite literally thousands of horrible things happening on the planet at this moment, it is incredible that people pay attention to, much less attend, football games. Not to bash football or our Athletic Department, which, by the way, actually gives money back to the University. Continue reading “Opinion: Students are worried about the wrong things”
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Ben Swann – by Kristin Tate
Educate Yourself 
Liberals Unite
SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo
CBS New York