All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff

Japan’s government has agreed to give Washington $3 billion to facilitate the downsizing of the U.S. Marine force on Okinawa.

The longstanding American military presence on Okinawa has been a sore point for many Japanese living on the strategic island, which has been under U.S. control since World War II.

Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera to sign an amendment to the 2009 Guam International Agreement (pdf), which calls for removing 4,000 Marines from the island.   Continue reading “Japanese Government Agrees to Spend $3 Billion to Boot U.S. Marines out of Okinawa”

Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, Brunei Aug. 2013CTV News

BALI, Indonesia — Talks on a trans-Pacific trade pact are forging ahead with hopes of meeting a year-end deadline, officials said Saturday, despite U.S. President Barack Obama’s absence due to the government shutdown.

Obama had intended to thrash out issues with leaders of the 11 other trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, member countries on the sidelines of the Asian-Pacific regional summit in Bali on Monday and Tuesday.   Continue reading “U.S. pushing Trans-Pacific Partnership agenda despite government shutdown”

01-phishingPatriot Net Daily – by Adam Levin

Here’s a scary scenario. You’re innocently surfing the Web, maybe on an unfamiliar site, not paying close attention. Suddenly your computer screen fills with illegal pornographic images of minors. You try to navigate away, but a warning screen branded by the National Security Administration’s Internet Surveillance Program pops up with the message: “Your computer has been locked due to suspicion of illegal content downloading and distribution.”   Continue reading “The 5 Deadly Clicks: The Links You Should Never Touch”

Wake Up America – by Susan Duclos

We’ve heard quite a bit about the national park closures and veterans being locked away from their memorials, both the national memorial for WW II vets and now the Vietnam veterans physically removed from the Vietnam memorial.

What we haven’t heard much about is how offgriders, people that live on campgrounds, in rvs in the backcountry, or on houseboats in the marinas, some of which pay very good money to live there, are being made homeless, kicked out of their very homes.   Continue reading “Offgriders Kicked Out Of Homes On Lake Mead By Obama Administration”

playing tagThe Daily Sheeple – by Kimberly Paxton

As you know, having children “running in packs” just won’t do, so a school system in Grand Rapids, Michigan is determined to put a stop to such unruly behavior.

“Tag” will no longer be allowed for the young students of the Zeeland Public School system.   Continue reading “Tag Banned!!!! Kindergarten Playground Now Safe from Children “running in packs””

An image grab taken from a video on September 22, 2012, shows the so-called Free Syrian Army’s Riad al-Asaad (C) reading a statement from an undisclosed location in Syria.Press TV

Conflicting reports coming out of Syria suggest that the man who established the so-called Free Syrian Army (FSA) has been probably killed in a military operation in Syria’s western province of Latakia.

According to Lebanon’s al-Akhbar newspaper, Riad al-Asaad was killed at a village in Latakia during the government forces’ military operations against foreign-backed militants.    Continue reading “Free Syria Army founder probably killed in military operation”

40-False_Flag_ExposedAmerican Free Press – by Victor Thorn

Once restricted merely to conspiracy circles, the term “false flag attack” became part of the popular lexicon during the recent Syrian chemical weapons debacle. Former Representative Ron Paul (R-Tex) referred to allegations that the Syrian government had used sarin gas as a false flag before adding, “The group most likely to benefit from it is al Qaeda.” But even though Muslim revolutionaries were most likely involved in the use of chemical weapons, the source of these heinous attacks can be traced to familiar players.   Continue reading “U.S. False Flag Exposed; World Isn’t Buying Syria Story; ‘Peace President’ Fomenting War; ‘Kerry a Liar,’ Says Russia”

People look at laptop computers in a cafe in Beijing on May 29, 2013France 24

AFP – China is employing two million people to keep tabs on people’s Internet use, according to state media, in a rare glimpse into the secret world of Beijing’s vast online surveillance operation.

Many of the employees are simply performing keyword searches to monitor the tens of millions of messages being posted daily on popular social media and microblogging sites, the Beijing News said.   Continue reading “China pays 2 million people to monitor Internet”

CNBC – by Dan Mangan

It’s a batting average that won’t land the federal marketplace for Obamacare into the Healthcare Hall of Fame.

As few as 1 in 100 applications on the federal exchange contains enough information to enroll the applicant in a plan, several insurance industry sources told CNBC on Friday. Some of the problems involve how the exchange’s software collects and verifies an applicant’s data.   Continue reading “99% of Obamacare applications hit a wall”

Investment Watch

As the government shutdown moves into its fifth day, both houses of congress meet in unusual weekend sessions. The House returns at 10am ET to continue work on several mini-funding measures. The Senate returns at noon ET for additional debate.

The House is working on a series of small funding bills for specific parts of the government, including veterans’ benefits, nutrition assistance for low-income women and children and emergency and disaster recovery funding.   Continue reading “Something Fishy: Emergency Funding For FEMA: Government Shutdown”

Trust Act signedHuffington Post

WASHINGTON — California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a bill on Saturday limiting the state’s cooperation with federal immigration authorities, a rebuke of a major Obama administration enforcement policy that has led to record deportations from the state.

As the Congress stalls on immigration reform, action continues in the states, and advocates and politicians in California hope they can serve as an example of how to do it right.

“While Washington waffles on immigration, California’s forging ahead,” Brown said in a press release after signing the legislation into law. “I’m not waiting.”   Continue reading “Trust Act Signed In California To Limit Deportation Program”

Gov. Jerry Brown walks through the Capitol.Pat Dollard

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Friday that will allow children in California to have more than two legal parents, a measure opposed by some conservative groups as an attack on the traditional family.

Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) said he authored the measure to address the changes in family structure in California, including situations in which same-sex couples have a child with an opposite-sex biological parent.   Continue reading “California’s Looney Democrats Sign Bill To Allow Children More Than Two Legal Parents”

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2013, file photo U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel boards his plane at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route to South Korea. Saturday, Oct. 5, 2013, the Pentagon ordered most of its approximately 400,000 furloughed civilian employees back to work. The decision by Hagel is based on a Pentagon legal interpretation of a law called the Pay Our Military Act. That measure was passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama shortly before the partial government shutdown began Tuesday, Oct. 1. The Pentagon did not immediately say on Saturday exactly how many workers will return to work, but use the term "most". (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Yahoo News – by Robert Burns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is bringing back to work at least 90 percent of the estimated 350,000 defense civilian employees who were furloughed in the partial government shutdown. The move takes a big bite out of the impact of the political impasse in Washington that has left the government without a budget.

The decision announced Saturday by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is based on a Pentagon interpretation of a law called the Pay Our Military Act. That measure was passed by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama shortly before the partial government shutdown began Tuesday.   Continue reading “Pentagon: Most furloughed civilians ordered back”

ObamaClosesGrandCanyon100513Amy Ridenour’s National Center

The Grand Canyon is closed.

Not really, but the federal government has cut off access to this grand work of nature.

It’s part of a pressure campaign to convince the American people that it really can’t do without a bloated federal government.

Unfortunately for President Obama’s propaganda efforts, with 83% of federal employees still reporting for work, and Social Security, Medicare and food stamp transfers still being made, most Americans aren’t missing Big Government.   Continue reading “Obama Closes Grand Canyon, Proves His Administration Doesn’t Care About the Little Guy”

mtrushmoreFreedom’s Lighthouse

How can anyone think these people should be running the country?

Not only is the Obama Administration barricading the World War II Memorial to keep 85-90 year old Veterans out, they are putting cones up on public highways to keep people from taking pictures of Mt. Rushmore during the Government Shutdown! So, blocking scenic viewing areas along a highway is necessary because of a Government Shutdown? If your goal is spite it is. Exactly what you expect a bunch of Chicago thugs to do.   Continue reading “Report: Unbelievable! Obama Admin Blocks Off Highway Viewing Areas to Prevent Photos of Mt. Rushmore – 10/5/13”

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Media is reporting on a shooting that occurred this week at the Capitol involving an alleged woman who “rammed a black Infiniti sedan into security posts near the White House and then drove toward Capitol Hill.”

This woman was report to have been suffering from “post-partum depression following the recent birth of her daughter.”   Continue reading “5 Facts Regarding the Capitol Shooting No One is Talking About”

New York Times – by NICHOLAS KULISH and ERIC SCHMITT

NAIROBI, Kenya — A Navy SEAL team targeted a senior leader of the Shabab militant group in a raid on his seaside villa in the Somali town of Baraawe on Saturday, American officials said, in response to a deadly attack on a Nairobi shopping mall for which the group had claimed responsibility.

The SEAL team stealthily approached the beachfront house by sea before exchanging gunfire with militants in a predawn firefight that was the most significant raid by American troops on Somali soil since commandos killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, a Qaeda mastermind, near the same town four years ago.   Continue reading “U.S. Says Navy SEAL Team Stages Raid on Somali Militants”

Four years ago when this picture was taken of my son and myself, I still held out hope that the alternative media could rescue this country from the tyrants that have hijacked our government. I had this picture made into a poster where it is now displayed just outside my office where I write and broadcast. The picture formerly symbolized the hope that I held out for the next generation. Today, this picture represents what has been lost and what may never be recovered. It also serves as a reminder of my parental responsibility to adequately prepare my son for what lies ahead as he prepares to become a citizen in the New World Order. The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

Four years ago when this picture was taken of my son and myself, I still held out hope that the alternative media could rescue this country from the tyrants that have hijacked our government. I had this picture made into a poster where it is now displayed just outside my office where I write and broadcast. The picture formerly symbolized the hope that I held out for the next generation. Today, this picture represents what has been lost and what may never be recovered. It also serves as a reminder of my parental responsibility to adequately prepare my son for what lies ahead as he prepares to become an unwilling citizen in the New World Order.   Continue reading “What Are We Leaving Our Children?”

Century Link – by CHARLES BABINGTON – Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A rare flash of bipartisanship Saturday served as a cruel tease to those hoping Congress is moving toward reopening the government and averting an unprecedented default on the federal debt in less than two weeks.

Only two days after House Speaker John Boehner raised hopes by telling colleagues he won’t let the nation go into default, key members of both parties conceded that no one has presented a plausible plan for avoiding it. Instead, they continued to bicker and to ponder the chasm between two warring parties, each of which seems convinced it’s on the winning side morally and politically.   Continue reading “Bipartisan vote on back pay belies shutdown chasm”

Hollywood_Stuntz_screenshot_times_square.jpgThe Village Voice – by Anna Merlan

Update, 10:15 a.m.: More information has emerged on a Brooklyn man alleged to be the founder of Hollywood Stuntz. Jump to the end for that, and another video of a possible Stuntz ride.

Earlier this week, a disturbing video began circulating of a brutal incident between a man named Alexian Lien and multiple members of a motorcycle crew called the Hollywood Stuntz. Continue reading “After SUV Attack, the Internet Thinks All Hollywood Stuntz Motorcycle Gang Members Are “Pussy” “Terrorists” Who Deserve to Die”