Information Clearinghouse – by Norman Solomon

To the people in control of the Executive Branch, violating our civil liberties is an essential government service. So — to ensure total fulfillment of Big Brother’s vast responsibilities — the National Security Agency is insulated from any fiscal disruption.

The NSA’s surveillance programs are exempt from a government shutdown. With typical understatement, an unnamed official told The Hill that “a shutdown would be unlikely to affect core NSA operations.”   Continue reading “The NSA Deserves a Permanent Shutdown”

Charleston Voice

Bill de Blasio was born Warren Wilhelm, Jr. on May 8, 1961 in New York City and grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Shortly after graduating with a bachelor’s degree from New York University in 1983, he legally changed his name to Warren de Blasio-Wilhelm, adding his mother’s maiden name to his identity. In 2002 he changed his name for a second time and became Bill de Blasio.

De Blasio took his first job in 1984 with the NYC Department of Juvenile Justice. Three years later, having recently earned a master’s degree at Columbia University‘s School of International and Public Affairs, he was hired to work as a political organizer by the Quixote Center (QC), a Maryland-based, Catholic social-justice organization with Marxist leanings.   Continue reading “New York Chooses Socialism (More So)”

MassPrivateI

The Department of Justice (DoJ) will be providing $45 million in a fund to hire police officers to be assigned to public schools nationwide.

A $125 million grant program is expected to add to the 937 law enforcement officers position in public safety resources in 236 cities across the nation.   Continue reading “The DOJ is handing out over $125 million in grants to put police officers in schools across the country”

MassPrivateI

The use of biological markers like fingerprints, faces and irises to identify people is rapidly moving from science fiction to reality. Apple’s latest iPhone, which went on sale this week, can be unlocked with a fingerprint. Users of Android smartphones can unlock their devices with a glance. And the Department of Homeland Security is developing facial recognition technology that would allow it to pinpoint criminals and suspects in large crowds of people with closed-circuit cameras.    Continue reading “Biometric technology has become so commonplace schools and hospitals are using it”

Jordan Bennett WFTV News

OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. — An Osceola County mother is outraged after she said her 8-year-old son was kicked out of class for playing cops with his friends at Harmony Community School and using his finger to simulate a handgun.

Jordan Bennett was suspended from school for the day, but his mother, Bonnie, said she’s now worried her son be labeled as violent with a suspension on his record.   Continue reading “School suspends child for using finger as pretend gun while playing with friends”

Kennedy in Dallas Image 2 (563 X 499)Veterans News Now – by George Beres

The modern American tragedy is that persons with great wealth use it to expand their riches and to further diminish resources of the common person. That is the undeniable conclusion I’ve found after more than a decade studying evidence that has surfaced about the assassination of President John Kennedy, for which the wealthy of corporate America had a major responsibility.   Continue reading “George Beres : The Very Rich Fuel The Modern American Tragedy”

Courthouse News Service – by RYAN ABBOTT 

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (CN) – CACI agents committed war crimes, torturing and humiliating detainees, as part of a defense contract to provide linguistic services, dozens of Iraqi citizens and their families claim in Federal Court.

The surviving Iraqi detainees and representatives from the estates of the dead sued CACI Premier Technology and CACI International under the Alien Tort Claims Act and the Torture Victim Protection Act.   Continue reading “Iraqis Accuse CACI of War Crimes and Torture”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Of course they are foreign terrorists we have been saying that for a long time now. 70% of Syrians support Assad.

(RT) – The Syrian government is fighting against “terrorist groups from 83 countries” as part of its “constitutional right” to protect the country’s people, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem told the UN General Assembly in New York.   Continue reading “Syrian FM to UN: ‘Terrorists from 83 countries fighting in Syria’”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Of course he is not taking his finger off the trigger. Folks, open your Bibles, it is tomorrow’s newspaper. There will eventually be peace talks whether or not what we are starting to witness today is it, the fact remains there will be no peace. It will get close and then1 Thessalonians 5:3.

(Video, Haaretz) – U.S. President Barack Obama said at the end of his White House meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday that the United States has not given up the option of a military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities.   Continue reading “Obama to Iran: We Won’t Take The Military Option Off The Table”

NYC Mayor Candidate De Blazio Takes Flak Over Pro-communist BackgroundThe New American – by William F. Jasper

A week ago, President Obama publicly threw his support to Bill de Blazio (shown in suit), the Democratic Party candidate for New York City mayor, joining Hollywood activists Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Harry Belafonte — along with Bill and Hillary Clinton, George Soros, and a host of veteran “Progressives” who are endorsing the former NYC councilman and public advocate.   Continue reading “NYC Mayor Candidate De Blazio Takes Flak Over Pro-communist Background”

The six-and-a-half minute chase was uploaded online Monday morning.National Post

A six-minute video posted online Monday morning shows a terrifying high-speed confrontation in New York as a black SUV was chased by dozens of motorcyclists before the SUV’s driver was pulled out of his vehicle and beaten in front of his wife and child.

Sunday’s confrontation appears to have started after the Range Rover made contact with a motorcycle. After the apparent collision, dozens of riders stopped and surrounded the SUV — and the driver took off, running over several bikes in the process.   Continue reading “Video shows violent high-speed chase through New York City as motorcycle gang surrounds SUV, attacks driver”

Expert Explores Link Between Federal Data Mining and Common CoreThe New American – by Alex Newman

In an exclusive studio interview with The New American magazine’s Dr. Duke Pesta, Heartland Institute Education Research Fellow Joy Pullmann outlined the crucial link between the Obama-backed “Common Core” nationalization of schooling, the federally funded tests that go with the standards, and the vast data-gathering apparatus being erected by the administration to gather private information on U.S. students. The Common Core assessments, which have already been adopted by about four in five state governments, are a key element underpinning the entire scheme, she explained.   Continue reading “Expert Explores Link Between Federal Data Mining and Common Core”

Kenyan army soldiers light candles during a 24-hour prayer vigil for victims of the Westgate mall massacre near the Westgate Mall on September 28, 2013 in Nairobi. Photo/AFPEscaped to Tel Aviv and London.

Daily Nation – by FRED MUKINDA

Did the masterminds of the Westgate terror escape within an hour of launching the attack? Could the terrorists who remained behind to continue the senseless killing and repulse security forces also slip away unnoticed?   Continue reading “Hard questions emerge over handling of terror attack”

Examiner – by Peter Trapasso, September 30, 2013

Chicago train crash [Monday] has left at least 33 people injured in what was possibly deliberate. A train that was not in service hit a full one while it was waiting in a Forest Park CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) station. According to United Press International on Sept. 30, although it was likely a mechanical failure, which caused this accident, they cannot yet rule out that it was done on purpose.   Continue reading “Chicago train crash: At least 33 injured in possibly deliberate crash”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Following Pope Francis’ demand that the Vatican Bank review its procedures, Reuters reports that the bank islikely to close all accounts held by foreign embassies, following concerns about large cash deposits and withdrawals by the missions of Iran, Iraq and Indonesia, according to people with knowledge of the situation. The private bank IOR has around EUR7.1 billion in assets but is concerned it could be “an unwitting vehicle for money laundering and other illicit finances.”   Continue reading “Vatican Bank To Shut All Embassy Accounts To Halt Money Laundering”

Violent: One police officer was filmed repeatedly striking Mr Castellani with a baton as his colleagues wrestle with himDaily Mail – by TED THORNHILL

A man was left needing hospital treatment after police punched and kneed him, struck him with batons – and set a police dog on him that bit his neck and head.

David Connor Castellani, 20, was charged with aggravated assault after the incident, but is suing Atlantic City police for using excessive force.   Continue reading “Security footage shows six police kicking and beating a man before setting a dog on him, despite not appearing to resist arrest”