Occupy Wall Street protesters march from the United Nations building to Bryant Park on September 17, 2013 in New York City. (AFP Photo / Andrew Burton)RT News

Thousands of Occupy protesters demonstrated in New York City to mark the second anniversary of the movement on Tuesday, just as new figures show that poverty remains steady and the so-called “1 percent” have only grown wealthier.

Small groups of protesters marched near Zuccotti Park, the birthplace of the movement in 2011, while others marched through Washington Square Park and other areas of Manhattan.     Continue reading “2 years after Occupy Wall Street: Poverty persists, economic inequality grows”

A Predator drone operated by U.S. Office of Air and Marine (OAM) (AFP Photo / John Moore)RT News

A growing number of US universities now offer degree programs for students hoping to study the military technology of the future: drones. Flying an unmanned aerial device is now a viable career in a world of growing surveillance and fewer job options.

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida became the first American university to offer postgraduate education in drone warfare this autumn, opening a program that promises students job security right after school – when many of their friends could be moving back in with their parents.   Continue reading “US colleges train students in drone warfare as job opportunities beckon”

CRE - 600 out of 9,000 patients die a year (Image from cdc.gov)RT News

A lack of new antibiotics, coupled with the over-prescription of existing ones, is making many formerly routine diseases untreatable, according to a new report published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

At least two million people in the US are infected each year – and 23,000 of those die – from bacteria that does not respond to treatment by usual or any antibiotics, claims the Antibiotic Resistance Threats in the United States 2013 report.   Continue reading “Drug-resistant bacteria: 23,000 deaths a year in US and getting worse”

Greg Palast

Joseph Stiglitz couldn’t believe his ears.  Here they were in the White House, with President Bill Clinton asking the chiefs of the US Treasury for guidance on the life and death of America’s economy, when the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Larry Summers turns to his boss, Secretary Robert Rubin, and says, “What would Goldman think of that?”

Huh?   Continue reading “Larry Summers: Goldman Sacked”

IMRA

PM Netanyahu’s Remarks at the Start of the Weekly Cabinet Meeting

(Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Media Adviser)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Tuesday, 17 September 2013), made
the following remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting:   Continue reading “PM Netanyahu – 4 steps Iran must carry out (remarks at cabinet meeting)”

Photo: Sebastien Wiertz via FlickrInfowars – by Julie Wilson

A new report by the Daily Mail reveals Facebook users are abandoning the social media giant at an unprecedented rate over privacy concerns.

New research shows Facebook has lost a total of eleven million users, nine million in the US and two million in Britain. Researchers at the University of Vienna analyzed 600 users and found they quit for the following reasons:   Continue reading “11 Million Users Abandon Facebook”

Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die

Former President Bill Clinton disarmed the United States Marines at the Navy Yard in Washington DC back in 1993 when he declared virtually all military bases to be gun-free zones. The interview in the video below with a Marine’s father whose son was at the Navy Yard is telling: “If we had the ammunition, we could’ve cleared that building.” The Marine’s father continues to share that had they had ammunition, they would have been able to prevent the carnage that resulted. I wonder how many lives these gun-free zones have saved? The lives of innocent Americans were surely lost on Monday, September 16th, 2013 as a result of Clinton’s anti-gun legislation.   Continue reading “Clinton Disarmed Navy Yard Marines Back In 1993, Leading To The Deaths Of Innocent Americans”

The Yamal large landing craft (RIA Novosti/Alexey Kudenko)RT News

The Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea will be boosted by another military vessel till the end of September, according to the country’s Black Sea Fleet command.

The large landing ship, Yamal, is set to depart from the port of Sevastopol, Ukraine by the end of the month to join the 10 vessels Russia already has in Mediterranean waters.    Continue reading “Russian Mediterranean fleet to be expanded to 11 warships”

Navy Yard Gunman Practiced Shooting Days Before RampageYahoo News – CHRISTINA NG, LUIS MARTINEZ and SHUSHANNAH WALSHE, ABC

Navy Yard shooter Aaron Alexis practiced shooting at a gun range two days before killing a dozen people, according to the shooting range.

Authorities have also determined that he was armed with a shotgun and at least one handgun he took from a guard he shot.   Continue reading “Navy Yard Gunman Practiced Shooting Days Before Rampage”

Video Rebel’s Blog

Larry Summers (Samuelson) had to withdraw his nomination to succeed Ben Bernanke as Federal Reserve Chairman for the same reason that Barack Obama could not blow Syria off the map using doctored evidence as his justification. The people said No to war. Americans had figured out that Al Qaeda was committing atrocities against Christian and Muslim civilians in their name. We can find hundreds of videos of the mercenaries beheading civilians and even firing chemical weapons but the administration and the media cannot produce even one of the Syrian Army doing the same.   Continue reading “Janet Yellen’s Options At The Federal Reserve Are Limited By People Saying No”

Biden’s niece busted after roommate disputeNew York Post – by Tara Palmeri and Jamie Schram

Joe Biden’s art-dealer niece went on a violent rampage at her luxury Tribeca apartment Tuesday — throwing punches at police officers and flailing “frantically” as cops wrestled her into handcuffs, sources said.

Caroline Biden, 26, went wild at about 9:15 a.m., “screaming at the top of her lungs” after her roommate confronted her about unpaid rent at their $3,500-a-month digs, sources said.   Continue reading “Biden’s niece busted after roommate dispute”

Gunman's Path to D.C. Emerges, But Questions RemainNBC Washington

The gunman who killed 12 people and injured eight Monday in a mass shooting at the Washington, D.C., Navy Yard said in a recent incident that he could hear people talking to him through the walls, floor and ceiling of his motel rooms, and believed persecutors were keeping him awake by talking to him and sending vibrations into his body.

Aaron Alexis, 34, of Fort Worth, Texas, displayed troubling signs of mental illness less than two months ago, according to a Rhode Island police report obtained by NBC New York’s Jon Dienst.   Continue reading “In Aftermath of Navy Yard Shooting, Questions Remain About Gunman”

In this late Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013 photo, workers monitor the situation inside the central control room at No. 4 reactor of Kansai Electric Power Co's Ohi nuclear power plant in Ohi, Fukui prefecture, western Japan.(AP Photo/Kyodo News)The Daily Star

TOKYO: The operator of the leaking Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday that it dumped more than 1,000 tons of polluted water into the sea after a typhoon raked the facility.

Typhoon Man-yi smashed into Japan on Monday, bringing with it heavy rain that caused flooding in some parts of the country, including the ancient city of Kyoto.

The rain also lashed near the broken plant run by Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO), swamping enclosure walls around clusters of water tanks containing toxic water that was used to cool broken reactors.   Continue reading “Over 1,000 tons of Fukushima water dumped after typhoon”

A fish dealer waits for customers at a fishery market in central Seoul September 13, 2013. REUTERS-Lee Jae-WonReuters – by Ju-min Park

Lee Gui-ja, a South Korean housewife, will not be preparing traditional pollack pancakes for Thanksgiving celebrations this week due to worries the fish may be contaminated by radiation from Japan’s leaking Fukushima nuclear reactor.

Japan has sought to reassure the international community that the facility is under control but South Korea has banned fishery imports from the affected region.

Even though the vast majority of frozen pollack comes to South Korea from Russian waters, sales of fish have plunged before South Koreans mark the main annual holiday this week.   Continue reading “Radiation fears push pancakes off the Korean holiday menu”

Bushcraft and Survival Skills

While we all want to do our best to prepare for a coming crisis, and many of us realize the city is perhaps the worst place to live, very few people are really prepared to pack up the old Winnebago and head for the hills. Most Americans, whether they’re aware or not, are going to stay in the cities.

This is not a hasty decision for most people. Most of us depend on the city for our livelihood, and we can be better prepared by continuing to live in the city, earn a good income, and make preparations for exiting the city at the appropriate time or by staying in the city and living off existing supplies.   Continue reading “Urban Survival: Surviving in the City”

B Swann

The story is a long way from coming into focus. The little we do know about Monday’s tragic mass shooting at a Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. is stirring a national debate.

First, here’s the back-story. It was September 16th, around 8:20 A.M. when 34 year-old Aaron Alexis opened fire inside a Navy facility. According to the FBI, he was a contract employee who had legitimate access to the Navy Yard and used a valid pass.

Alexis reportedly killed 12 people ranging in age from 46 to 73. Alexis was killed by police in a gun battle. He reportedly entered the facility with a shotgun purchased legally at a local gun shop.   Continue reading “Navy Shooter Taking “Mass Murder Suicide Pills”?”

Canada Free Press – by Judi McLeod

With no room for opposing views or questions, Seattle University is planning to host a talk, complete with a book signing and reception for Angela Davis, on October 17.  The event is sponsored by the Center for the Study of Justice in Society.

There is no justice for Catholics in any of Angela Davis’ books.  Like all Communists, it’s Angela’s way or the highway.    Continue reading “Catholic University to Welcome Communist Leader”