Press TV – by Jim W. Dean

“Israeli spies have damaged the United States more than the intelligence agents of all other countries on earth combined… They are the gravest threat to our national security.” – Admiral Bobby Inman, Former Deputy Director of the CIA

“Life is tough, Pilgrim… and it’s even tougher if you’re stupid”… actor John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima.    Continue reading “NSA penetrated by Israel, and who else?”

WND TV

New-media pioneer Matt Drudge called Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., a “fascist” after she suggested only “real reporters” deserved protection under a new media-shield law.

“Comments from Sen. Feinstein yesterday on who’s a reporter were disgusting,” Drudge tweeted, adding that a “17-year old ‘blogger’ is as important as Wolf Blitzer.”   Continue reading “Matt Drudge eviscerates ‘fascist’ Dianne Feinstein”

World Events and the Bible

America wake up! The legislature in California has just passed SB-374, the Assault Weapons Ban! We sounded the alarm on this bill May 31st, 2013 in our article titled, “SB 374: California Set To Attack Second Amendment By Demanding Gun Registration.” The California Senate and Assembly have both passed this bill, it will now head to the desk of California Governor Jerry Brown. This bill is the first step to confiscation as it requires registration of your arms in addition to branding many of those arms as assault weapons.    Continue reading “SB 374: Assault Weapons Ban Passes, California Legislature Sends Bill to Governors Desk”

Kentucky.com -by Greg Kocher

The alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria thrusts the international spotlight onto the same deadly “nerve agents” stored at Blue Grass Army Depot in Madison County.

Sarin, one of the world’s most dangerous chemical warfare agents, has been identified by the United States as the substance loaded onto rockets on Aug. 21 and shot into the suburbs of Damascus. The Obama administration estimates that more than 1,400 people died.   Continue reading “Chemicals allegedly used in Syria are the type stored by the U.S. in Kentucky”

A medic inspects the damage at Raqqa national hospital, hit by what activists said was a Syrian Air Force fighter jet loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Raqqa province, eastern Syria June 20, 2013.(Reuters / Nour Fourat)RT News

Syrian hospitals as well as medical personnel are being deliberately targeted both by the government forces and the rebels during the ongoing violence in the country, UN investigators say. Under international law, such acts are considered war crimes.

“The deliberate targeting of hospitals, medical personnel and transports, the denial of access to medical care, and ill-treatment of the sick and wounded, has been one of the most alarming features of the Syrian conflict,” the UN Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic said in a report on its findings published on Friday.    Continue reading “‘War crimes against healthcare’: Syrian govt, rebels deliberately target hospitals – UN report”

Fox News

BOSTON –  The in-laws of slain Boston Marathon bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev testified Thursday before a federal grand jury investigating the deadly April 15 attack.

Judith and Warren Russell, parents of Katherine Russell, declined to comment to The Associated Press as they entered the grand jury room in U.S. District Court in Boston.   Continue reading “In-laws of dead Boston Marathon bombing suspect testify before federal grand jury”

The Naegleria fowleri pathogen and life cycle.jpgNOLA – by Benjamin Alexander-Bloch

The St. Bernard Parish water system has tested positive for a rare brain-eating amoeba, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed, about a week after St. Bernard Parish government officials assured the public that the parish was taking every precaution possible to flush out its water system.

The CDC has confirmed the presence of the Naegleria fowleri amoeba in four locations of parish’s water system in Violet and Arabi, the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals said Thursday (Sept. 12).   Continue reading “St. Bernard water system tests positive for rare brain-eating amoeba, CDC confirms”

Bloomberg – by Jesse Drucker

Google Inc. (GOOG) avoided about $2 billion in worldwide income taxes in 2011 by shifting $9.8 billion in revenues into a Bermuda shell company, almost double the total from three years before, filings show.

By legally funneling profits from overseas subsidiaries into Bermuda, which doesn’t have a corporate income tax, Google cut its overall tax rate almost in half. The amount moved to Bermuda is equivalent to about 80 percent of Google’s total pretax profit in 2011.   Continue reading “Google Revenues Sheltered in No-Tax Bermuda Soar to $10 Billion”

Orlando Sentinel – by Adrienne Cutway

Deputies in Clay County are looking for who or what caused a patrol car to catch on fire, and right now, their main suspect is the freshly cut grass the car was parked on.

The so-called spontaneous combustion happened Saturday in Orange Park while the deputy was parked on the side of the road during a traffic stop.   Continue reading “Patrol car spontaneously combusts, grass clippings blamed”

Epoch Times – by Joshua Philipp

Chinese gangs are supplying Mexican drug cartels with chemicals to create meth, fueling an epidemic of drug use in the United States and drug wars in Mexico.

Methamphetamine, which goes by several other names including meth, crystal, and ice, gives its users a several-minute rush if injected, and a feeling of euphoria if snorted or swallowed. It is also extremely addictive, and causes severe paranoia and violent behavior.  Continue reading “Chinese Gangs Fuel Meth Scourge in US, Mexico”

Richard Stengel is shown. | ReutersPolitico – by JOE POMPEO and DYLAN BYERS

Richard Stengel, the top editor of Time magazine for the past seven years, is planning to step down as managing editor for a new job at the U.S. Department of State, sources familiar with the situation tell POLITICO and Capital New York.

If confirmed, Stengel will serve as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, the role responsible for leading “America’s public diplomacy outreach, which includes communications with international audiences, cultural programming, academic grants, educational exchanges, international visitor programs, and U.S. Government efforts to confront ideological support for terrorism,” according to the State Department’s website.   Continue reading “Richard Stengel leaving Time for State Department”

Great Depression HeadlinesThe Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

The more things change, the more things stay the same.  The Great Depression actually started in 1929, but as you will see below, as late as 1933 the Associated Press was still pumping out lots of news stories with optimistic economic headlines and many Americans still did not believe that we were actually in a depression.  And of course we are experiencing a very similar thing today.  The United States is in the worst financial shape that it has ever been in, our economic infrastructure is being systematically gutted, and poverty is absolutely explodingContinue reading “They Denied That We Were In A Depression In 1933 And They Are Doing It Again In 2013”

Ayman al-ZawahriMail.com

CAIRO (AP) — Al-Qaida’s leader on Friday marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks by calling on Muslims to strike inside the United States, with big attacks or small, using any opportunity they can to “bleed” America financially.

In an audio message released two days after the 12th anniversary of the attacks, Ayman al-Zawahri said America is not a “mythic power” and that the mujahedeen — Islamic holy warriors — can defeat it with attacks “on its own soil.”   Continue reading “Al-Qaida leader calls for attacks inside US”

Sen. Charles SchumerLA Times – by David G. Savage

WASHINGTON — Journalists and bloggers who report news to the public will be protected from being forced to testify about their work under a media shield bill passed by a Senate committee Thursday.

But the new legal protections will not extend to the controversial online website Wikileaks and others whose principal work involves disclosing “primary-source documents … without authorization.”   Continue reading “Bill to protect journalists clears Senate panel”

A Walmart bakery worker.(AFP Photo / Robyn Beck)RT News

The California Senate approved raising the state’s minimum wage on Thursday to $10 an hour by 2016, one of the highest rates in the nation.

The state Senate passed AB10 by a party-line vote, 26-11, approving a gradual minimum wage jump from $8 to $10 over two years.    Continue reading “California set for historic minimum wage raise while DC rejects ‘living wage bill’”

RT News

The NSA used ‘man in the middle’ hack attacks to impersonate Google and fool web users, leaks have revealed. The technique circumvents encryption by redirecting users to a copycat site which relays all the data entered to NSA data banks.

Brazilian television network Globo News released a report based on classified data divulged by former CIA worker Edward Snowden on Sunday. The report itself blew the whistle on US government spying on Brazilian oil giant Petrobras, but hidden in amongst the data was information the NSA had impersonated Google to get its hands on user data.    Continue reading “NSA masqueraded as Google to spy on web users – report”

Arming Terrorists and Disarming Americans AmmoLand – by Max McGuire

New Jersey –-(Ammoland.com)- As a prospective military strike against the Syrian regime dominates the headlines, we are reminded by administration officials that any military action will not include boots on the ground and will not be focused on regime change.

In a turn of events mimicking an episode from the Twilight Zone, once-hawkish Republicans are advocating non-intervention and their peacenik colleagues across the aisle are actually supporting a military strike in the Middle East.   Continue reading “Arming Terrorists and Disarming Americans”

The Moskva missile cruiser (RIA Novosti/Vitaliy Ankov)RT News

The Russian Navy intends to build its presence in the Mediterranean Sea – particularly in the area close to Syrian shores – to up to 10 battleships, announced Admiral of the Fleet Viktor Chirkov.

“The task is crystal clear: to avoid a slightest threat to the security of the state. This is a general practice of all fleets around the world, to be there when a tension level increases. They are all going to act on operational command plan of the offshore maritime zone,” Chirkov told journalists on Friday. “Russia will be building up its Mediterranean fleet until it is deemed sufficient to perform the task set.”    Continue reading “Russia to expand Mediterranean fleet to 10 warships – Navy chief”