Sun Times – by Chad Merda

It’s no secret that the Secret Service has had some issues protecting the White House of late, and at a hearing Wednesday morning in front of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, had a rather unique solution.

“Would a … moat … water, six feet around, be kind of attractive and effective?” Cohen asked Joseph Clancy, the acting director of the Secret Service.   Continue reading “Secret Service: Moat around White House ‘may be’ effective”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Just a week after Dr. Craig Spencer was declared ‘Ebola-free’, The Daily Mail reports a woman, who had arrived from Guinea 18 days ago (and was on the NYC Ebola monitoring list), dropped dead in a Brooklyn hair salon this afternoon. FDNY sent their Special Operations and Hazmat units but she was declared dead at the scene. Witnesses said she was bleeding from the “face, nose, mouth, everything.”   Continue reading “Brooklyn Woman On Ebola Monitoring List Drops Dead Bleeding From “Face, Mouth, Nose””

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (Reuters/Carolyn Kaster)RT

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says US Secretary of State John Kerry called on him to “pay no mind” to a statement by President Obama, in which Russia was included to a list of top global threats.

President Obama voiced the three most significant global threats at the UN General Assembly in September. Ebola topped his list, followed by “Russian aggression in Europe.” In third place was the threat represented by the Islamic State extremist group.   Continue reading “Kerry to Lavrov: Ignore Obama’s naming of Russia on top threats list”

Reuven RivlinVeterans Today – by Jonas E. Alexis

“Live not by lies!” Alexander Solzhenitsyn[1]

At the end of summer, we reported that the there was a storm of anti-Zionist movements across Europe and America due to the Gaza debacle. Well, that storm has not lost its potency. Just a few days ago, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz has reported,

“An internal European Union document on proposed sanctions against Israel, which Haaretz obtained in its entirety on Monday, reveals new details on the suggestions being made in the internal discussions among EU member states that have been taking place in Brussels.   Continue reading “Anti-Zionism Continues to Rise”

Tech Swarm

If there is anything good to be said about mass surveillance, overcharging and monopolization by telecom/ISP companies, and government censorship including cell phone and Internet shutdowns as they see fit, it is that these heavy-handed measures only create a stronger desire for freedom.

For many in the modern world, open access to the World Wide Web is being viewed as an essential human right – it is a gateway to knowledge, peer-to-peer communication, innovation and economic opportunity. Basically: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. For the 5 billion people who still do not have access, it represents the universal dream of self-determination.   Continue reading “5 Inventions That Herald an ”Outernet” Revolution”