Category: News

Borderland Beat – by Chivis

Though not directly related to Mexican drug war news, none the less, it is an example of  technology meeting criminality and an element that will be used in the future.  In this case Ulbricht made a couple of dumb mistakes as he initiated his internet drug market, which resulted in his identity being discovered, but overall he developed a sophisticated operation in 13 countries.  In his 2 1/2 year run he managed sales topping 1.2 Billion USD. One wonders what took so long to shut the operation down, A Forbes magazine reporter wrote about the website and his pot transaction from the website over a year ago…Paz, Chivis   Continue reading “End of Silk Road: Simple Errors Tripped up “Largest” Internet Drug Market”

The Washington Free Beacon – by Bill Gertz

China last week conducted a test of a maneuvering satellite that captured another satellite in space during what Pentagon officials say was a significant step forward for Beijing’s space warfare program.

The satellite capture took place last week and involved one of three small satellites fitted with a mechanical arm that were launched July 20 as part of a covert anti-satellite weapons development program, said U.S. officials familiar with reports of the test.   Continue reading “China Testing New Space Weapons”

As Obama recently finished his dictatorial orders on the Affordable Care Act aka Obamacare, I was given this piece of paper today by my supervisor at work. He stated that it was required by law that every company makes sure that all employees signed a statement saying that they received a copy of this to show what healthcare options we had and that these are what the company can offer us. (Sounds like Mommy government spoon-feeding me)

Requiring me to sign a statement saying that I have received a copy? What’s next? The government telling companies to make me sign a statement to make sure I received a copy on appropriate work attire aka dress code and what my options are? Seriously?   Continue reading “Obamacare already trying to be Pushed through at the Workplace, Yet No One Wants It”

The Western Center For Journalism
In a scathing indictment of the Obama regime, a recent Daily Telegraph column offers an international perspective of America’s current predicament. According to Con Coughlin, a global security expert and defense editor at the United Kingdom-based paper, the superpower status long enjoyed by the U.S. is quickly deteriorating. Most of that blame, he notes, lies with Barack Obama.

Calling the devolution into a federal government shutdown “humiliating,” Coughlin wrote that this represents just the latest in a series of missteps by the 44th president.   Continue reading “U.K. Paper: U.S. No Longer Superpower Thanks To Obama”

Breitbart – by Wynton Hall

Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) took to Twitter to brag that his state’s Obamacare online exchange, Access Health CT, received 28,000 visitors on day one–and took just 167 insurance applications. That works out to a 0.59% conversion rate of visitors to enrollees.

Connecticut’s low percentage of actual Obamacare enrollees contradicts the narrative offered by the Obama Administration that the widespread technical malfunctions experienced on Obamacare’s grand opening was the result of massive demand from Americans seeking to sign up.   Continue reading “Dem Brags His State Enrolled 126 Out of 28,000 Visitors to Obamacare Site”

Info Wars – by Paul Joseph Watson

The so-called “government shut down” and the furloughing of thousands of non-essential federal employees has not prevented the opening of a $2 billion dollar NSA spy center in Utah which will snoop on Americans’ private emails, Google searches and phone calls.

As we highlighted yesterday, the shut down will only affect the tiny amount of services government provides that Americans actually like.   Continue reading “Government ‘Shut Down’ Doesn’t Prevent Opening of $2 Billion NSA Spy Center”

Bible.org

During those final days of the collapsing Marxist experiment in the Soviet Union, Soviet novelist Chingiz Aitmatov retold the following story, which has been paraphrased here.

On one occasion, so it was narrated, Stalin called for a live chicken and proceeded to use it to make an unforgettable point before some of his henchmen. Forcefully clutching the chicken in one hand, with the other he began to systematically pluck out its feathers. As the chicken struggled in vain to escape, he continued with the painful denuding until the bird was completely stripped.   Continue reading “Lesson of the Plucked Chicken”

Examiner – by Joe Newby

On Tuesday, the liberal New Republic published an article that was a not-so-subtle suggestion that Barack Obama use military force against the Tea Party in the same manner Boris Yeltsin used it against hardliners in his government nearly 20 years ago.

“What is a president in a presidential constitutional republic to do when faced with an intransigent, bull-headed faction among his people’s representatives?” Julia Ioffe wrote.   Continue reading “Liberal New Republic suggests Obama use military against Tea Party”

Huffington Post

Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a statewide ban on indefinite detentions into law Tuesday, prohibiting compliance with provisions of federal law.

After receiving overwhelming bipartisan support in the California State Assembly, Brown approved AB 351, in effect banning any state assistance with federal enforcement of “indefinite detention” of vaguely defined “enemy combatants,” including American citizens, without due process, as outlined in the the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act.   Continue reading “Jerry Brown Signs California Ban On Indefinite Detentions”

Global Research – by Prof Peter Dale Scott

“I know the capacity that is there to make tyranny total in America, and we must see to it that this agency [the National Security Agency] and all agencies that possess this technology operate within the law and under proper supervision, so that we never cross over that abyss. That is the abyss from which there is no return.”   – Senator Frank Church (1975)

I would like to discuss four major and badly understood events – the John F. Kennedy assassination, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11. I will analyze these deep events as part of a deeper political process linking them, a process that has helped build up repressive power in America at the expense of democracy.   Continue reading “The Doomsday Project and Deep Events: JFK, Watergate, Iran-Contra, and 9/11”

Economic Policy Journal- by Chris Rossini

Just about every single media outlet has been plastered with “shutdown” propaganda. It’s so thick that you can almost feel their fear, which is Americans may not really give a sh*t.

I know that in my circle, I haven’t heard even the slightest peep about it. Not even for conversation’s sake. No one has said, “Hey did you hear about….?”   Continue reading “Shutdown-palooza Is Sickening”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Agricultural business giant Monsanto Co. reported worse-than-expected losses for its fiscal fourth quarter on Wednesday, due to lower sales of its genetically engineered seeds.

The company forecast for fiscal 2014 also came in below Wall Street expectations, and it revealed plans to buy farming software and data firm The Climate Corporation. The combination sent shares lower in morning trading.   Continue reading “Monsanto loss widens, announces $930M acquisition”

The Weekly Standard – by JERYL BIER