Jonathan Turley

There have been a highly disturbing increase in anti-Semitic attacks around the world. Not surprisingly, those carrying out such attacks tend to be disturbing or extremist elements. Tristan Morgan fits that profile and showed that his overwhelming hate is combined with an underwhelming intellect. Morgan succeeded in lighting his own head on fire in trying to burn down a synagogue and then walked away laughing in front of witnesses.  Continue reading “British Man Lights His Head On Fire In Attempting To Burn Down Synagogue”

Information Liberation – by Chris Menahan

Bloomberg News is reporting that National Security Council official Richard Goldberg, who was “central” to the Trump administration’s “hawkish Iran policies,” was receiving a salary from a Sheldon Adelson-funded pro-Israel think tank throughout his time at the White House.  Continue reading “Lie America Into War And Get Rich Doing It”

Health Impact News – by Brian Shilhavy

As 2020 started last week, Illinois’ new law legalizing marijuana went into effect. Illinois became the 11th state in the U.S. to make marijuana legal for recreational use, and the first one to do so via legislation rather than a ballot initiative.

On Dec. 31, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced that he was issuing 11,017 pardons to people with low-level marijuana convictions.  Continue reading “New Illinois Law Making Marijuana Legal to Result in over 700,000 Pardons of Convictions of 30 Grams or Less”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Update 9: According to Iran’s semi-official news agency Tasnim, a “second wave” of attacks targeting an unidentified US base in Iraq. Meanwhile, the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, has issued a statement urging U.S. people to call back American soldiers from the region. The IRGC statement adds that more details of the missile attack will be published later.  Continue reading “Iran Fires “More Than A Dozen” Ballistic Missiles At Two US Airbases In Iraq”

The Mind Unleashed – by John Vibes

A new study from the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University has estimated that U.S. taxpayers have spent $6.4 trillion on wars and military actions in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia since September 11, 2001. This is far more than the government spends on all its other expenses for an entire year. In fact, this is about $2 trillion more than the $4.4 that was allotted for the entire federal budget last year, according to the Treasury Department.  Continue reading “New Study: US Gov’t Spent $6.4 Trillion on Military Actions in Over 80 Countries Since 9/11”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Joplin, MO — Despite the infuriating and disturbing video of their gross negligence and incompetence which left an unarmed mentally ill man dead on the street, two Joplin police officers — Christopher Grant Meador and Laken Rawlins — have been cleared of any wrongdoing by their department in the killing David Ingle.  Continue reading “Cop Tasers Herself as Her Partner Kills Unarmed Mentally Ill Man”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Breaking a 5-day silence over its response for the US killing of General Qassem Soleimani, on Tuesday Iran said it was assessing 13 scenarios to inflict a “historic nightmare” on the US. “Even if the weakest of these scenarios gain a consensus, its implementation can be a historic nightmare for the Americans,” Ali Shamkhani, the head of Iran’s national security council, was cited by Fars news agency, adding that, “For now, for intelligence reasons, we cannot provide more information to the media.”  Continue reading “Iran Evaluating 13 Retaliation Scenarios To Inflict “Historic Nightmare” On US”

Winter Watch – by Russ Winter

The Australian bushfires are said to be the worst in memory. Hundreds of square miles have already burned, and the country is still in the midst of a dry hot summer.

This footage gives some idea of just how explosive and incendiary these fires are and thus dangerous. 15 years old dead wood burns 70 times more intense than 4 year old fuel.  Continue reading “Are Australia’s Devastating Fires Being Set by Discordian Eco-Arsonists?”

Breitbart – by Deborah Danan

TEL AVIV – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday discussed Iran’s “malign influence” following the American airstrike in Iraq on the top Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qasem Soleimani.

“Netanyahu and I just spoke and underscored the importance of countering Iran’s malign influence and threats to the region. I am always grateful for Israel’s steadfast support in defeating terrorism,” Pompeo wrote on Twitter.  Continue reading “Pompeo, Netanyahu Discuss Next Steps over Iran’s ‘Malign Influence’”