RT

Israel wants to quash an arrest warrant prepared by a Spanish judge for Benjamin Netanyahu over the deadly 2010 IDF attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that killed ten people.

The Israeli PM and six other former ministers would be arrested if they set foot on Spanish soil.   Continue reading “‘Provocation’: Israel outraged over Spain’s Netanyahu arrest warrant”

MassPrivateI

According to the FCC’s “Open Internet Order” commissioner Ajit Pai, admits broadband providers may soon ban free speech or block speech they don’t approve of! There are currently 34 broadband providers in the U.S.

“The commission ominously warned that ‘threats to Internet openness remain today,’ thatbroadband providers ‘hold all the tools necessary to deceive consumers, degrade content or disfavor the content that they don’t like,’ and that the FCC continues ‘to hear concerns about other broadband provider practices involving blocking or degrading third-party applications,’” FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai said.  

Continue reading “Cablevision, AT&T, Verizon etc., can block content they don’t like”

RT

The Russian plane crash in Sinai, Egypt, was caused by a terrorist attack as traces of explosives have been found in the wreckage of the plane, Federal Security Service director Aleksandr Bortnikov told President Vladimir Putin.

“We can say that that [Sinai plane crash] was a terror act,” Bortnikov told Putin. According to the FSB chief, experts analyzed passengers’ belongings as well as the parts of the plane. “After the examination on all these objects, we have found traces of a foreign-made explosive substance,” Bortnikov said.   Continue reading “Russian plane crash in Sinai a terrorist attack – Russian Security Service”

SOTT – CBS Local

The National Weather Service confirms that a tornado did indeed touch down in Denair Sunday afternoon.

Authorities say the tornado hit near Zeering Road in Denair just before 2 p.m. and then headed east out of town. The tornado damaged some houses and trees, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff’s Department.    Continue reading “Rare tornado hits Central California town, damages buildings”

RT

An angry crowd attacked a police car in Oakland on Sunday after police responded to a sideshow involving around 700 vehicles. There were reports that a police helicopter was shot at. One person was shot dead after pointing a replica gun at officers.

On-the-spot footage posted on YouTube shows how a cheering crowd surrounds the vehicle and start damaging it. A handful of aggressive mobsters are seen kicking the car from both sides with some of them jumping on its roof.     Continue reading “Mayhem in Oakland: Police car smashed, chopper shot at after violent sideshow”

RT

In response to the deadly Paris attacks, the French military has deployed a further 1,000 troops to ensure safety on the capital’s streets. The military deployment comes amid French Defense Ministry’s promises to revise national security strategy.

Parisians have become accustomed to living alongside soldiers in their city since the launch of Operation Sentinelle in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in January, which killed 17 people.   Continue reading “5,000 soldiers patrol Paris as France adapts to ‘militarized’ threat at home & abroad”

L A Times – by Howard Blume

Athorities are investigating the beating by Alameda County sheriff’s deputies of a man accused of ramming patrol cars and leading deputies on a high-speed chase last week that ended in San Francisco, officials said.

The beating of the man, identified as Stanislav Petrov, occurred early Thursday morning and was caught on surveillance video and released on YouTube by the San Francisco public defender’s office, which said it received the footage from someone who operates a security camera in the area.   Continue reading “Police beating after high-speed chase in San Francisco under investigation”

Democracy Now

The recent U.S. deployment of special operations forces to Syria expands a global U.S. battlefield that is at a historic size. This year, special ops have been sent to a record 147 countries—75 percent of the nations on the planet. It’s a 145 percent increase from the days of George W. Bush. And it means that on any given day elite U.S. forces are on the ground in 70 to 90 countries. Those shocking numbers are revealed by our guest, the journalist Nick Turse. For years, Turse has been tracking the expansion of global U.S. militarism for the website TomDispatch and other outlets. His latest book, “Tomorrow’s Battlefield: U.S. Proxy Wars and Secret Ops in Africa,” focuses on one particular American military battlefield that often goes unnoticed. Turse says the U.S. military is now involved in more than 90 percent of Africa’s 54 nations. Continue reading ““Tomorrow’s Battlefield”: As U.S. Special Ops Enter Syria, Growing Presence in Africa Goes Unnoticed”

True Activist – by Sophie McAdam

In February 2014, David Hibbit was diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. He was told he had just 6- 12 months to live, maybe extended to three years if he started chemotherapy. He was never told he had the chance to beat the cancer altogether, but that’s exactly what happened after Hibbit began using marijuana.

Initially, he said he started taking CBD oil “just to help with the side effects of chemotherapy”, which was a “damaging” treatment Hibbit found very difficult to deal with. After 3-4 months of simultaneously treating his tumor with cannabis and chemo, the tumor began to shrink.   Continue reading “Amazing: Swapping Chemo For Cannabis Oil Saved This Man’s Life”

Huffington Post – Reuters

French President Francois Hollande said a state of emergency would be declared across France and national borders shut following a spate of attacks in Paris on Friday evening in which he said dozens were killed and several wounded.

“It is horror,” Hollande said in a brief statement on television, adding that a cabinet meeting had been called.    Continue reading “France’s Hollande Orders Borders Closed, Paris Under First Mandatory Curfew Since 1944”