world trade centerHuffington Post

WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — The public agency that owned the World Trade Center sold its naming rights to a nonprofit more than two decades ago for $10 and now pays thousands of dollars a year to use the name, according to a published report.

The Record newspaper of New Jersey reports (http://bit.ly/1erptJM) that a contract shows the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey sold the rights to the World Trade Centers Association in 1986. The newspaper obtained the contract through a Freedom of Information Act request.   Continue reading “World Trade Center Naming Rights Were Sold For $10 In 1986: Report”

A Syrian military solider fires a heavy machine gun during clashes with rebels in MaaloulaDaily Mail

Terrified Christians claim Syrian rebels ordered them to convert to Islam on pain of death when they ‘liberated’ their ancient village.

Opposition forces, including fighters linked to Al Qaeda, gained temporary control of the Christian village of Maaloula after fighting with regime forces.   Continue reading “Syrian village is ‘liberated’ by rebels… who then forced Christians to convert to Islam”

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In Chicago and Indiana the contentious police-state tactic of officers stopping random pedestrians for warrantless pat downs is no longer a concern just for residents of New York City. The practice, it seems, is spreading to police departments throughout the Nation.

“With the new Region STOP Team, no bust – or suspicious glance – is too small. Because you never know what crime you could be preventing or what wanted person you might find,” the news report says.   Continue reading “Police begin using “Region Stop Teams” to stop drivers who look at them the wrong way”

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Eric Peter’s Autos – by Eric

’ll say one thing in defense of the men (and women) of the East German Stasi, the Soviet-era KGB, the Red Guards – and other such like throughout the history of totalitarian regimes: They had little real choice. It was either brutalize their fellow citizens – or join the ranks of the brutalized.

The United State is not quite there yet. It is merely at the late Czarist Russia – or Weimar Germany – stage.   Continue reading “Profiles in Pork”

radiationNatural News – by Mike Adams

Despite the fact that Fukushima is already the worst radiological disaster in human history — and worsening by the day — Japan has been chosen as the host nation for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Hilariously, the event is being billed the “Safe Games” of 2020.   Continue reading “As Fukushima radiation rages, Tokyo awarded bid to host 2020 Summer Olympics, hilariously named the ‘Safe Games’”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Rose asks Assad as if he were a child. Well, the U.S. wants to know what you are going to do if we come murder you and your people. Give me a break, what do you expect! Syria is a sovereign nation that has been attacked by the West for over two years now. Assad is saying the response will not just come from the government, but other elements around the world as well.   Continue reading “Bashar Assad tells Charlie Rose U.S. should “expect every action” in response to Syria strikes”

The Captain’s Journal – by Herschel Smith

Lily Tang Williams writing at National Review has a must read column entitled Guns Against Tyranny.  It has become almost amusing to watch as the collectivists hyperventilate over claims that we make about right to guns having nothing to do with hunting, and everything to do with ameliorating tyranny.  But what Ms. Williams has to say is sobering and gives existential and emotional import to what is for us sometimes all about doctrine.   Continue reading “Guns Against Tyranny”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Without a single shred of fabricated evidence Turkey along with their U.S. allies continue to pile up resources on the Syrian border. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry escalated the situation by stating, ‘Assad has one week to turn in his chemical weapons.’ That week may come and go but this situation is not going away. It is very Biblical my friends.   Continue reading “Turkey deploys jets, troops to Syrian border”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Your government thinks you are a complete idiot. Kerry says the United States is not going to war. Then he proceeds to explain exactly what steps of war they will take against Assad. In his mind, dropping bombs on nations and killing people is not considered war. In times of old the citizens would have marched to the capital with their pitch forks and ousted the clowns running the circus.   Continue reading “Syria Crisis Ultimatum: Kerry Tells Assad Turn in Chemical Weapons within One Week”

Protesters Rally Against Possible Syria StrikeThe Guardian – by Simon Tisdall and Josie Le Blond

President Bashar al-Assad did not personally order last month’s chemical weapons attack near Damascus that has triggered calls for US military intervention, and blocked numerous requests from his military commanders to use chemical weapons against regime opponents in recent months, a German newspaper has reported , citing unidentified, high-level national security sources.

The intelligence findings were based on phone calls intercepted by a German surveillance ship operated by the BND, the German intelligence service, and deployed off the Syrian coast, Bild am Sonntag said. The intercepted communications suggested Assad, who is accused of war crimes by the west, including foreign secretary William Hague, was not himself involved in last month’s attack or in other instances when government forces have allegedly used chemical weapons.   Continue reading “Assad did not order Syria chemical weapons attack, says German press”

Washington’s Blog

Obama Ramps Up War Pitch Even As Basic Arguments Fall by the Wayside

Obama is going on a whirlwind media blitz this week in an attempt to sell a very skeptical public on war with Syria.

Yet the Washington Post notes:   Continue reading “U.S. Admits No Imminent Threat from Syria, No Clear Evidence Assad Ordered Chemical Weapons Attack”

WIKI - Cannabis5Waking Times – by Marco Torres

More than a dozen U.S. states have now completely decriminalized the act of possessing marijuana and both Colorado and Washington have made it legal to possess, sell, transport and cultivate the plant. But soon it may be legalized across the entire country following a decision Thursday by the federal government.

In a historic and significant moment in American history, last November, Colorado became the first US state to legalize marijuana for recreational use. The impact of the decision could soon ripple across the entire country with vast opportunities to educate millions on the top health benefits of marijuana.   Continue reading “New Marijuana Ruling Shows The Age of Deception On The Most Medicinal Plant In The World Is Coming To An End”

WND – by Jerome R. Corsi

NEW YORK – Leftist political activist and University of Chicago professor Bill Ayers has turned on Barack Obama, characterizing the president’s determination to launch a military attack on the regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria as a “dumb war.”

In a series of posts on his Internet website over the past few days, Ayers has come out swinging, attacking the presidential candidate he backed in 2004 for trying to justify a U.S. strike on Syria.   Continue reading “Bill Ayers Turns Against Obama On Syria”

Five years??? Guess this guy just came out of his cave. Been a helluva lot longer than that.

Freedom Outpost – by Richard Anthony

Every single day when I turn on the news, I am appalled and shocked beyond belief at the flagrant lawlessness of our elected officials. For some reason, they absolutely do not believe they are held to the same lawful standards as you or I. I’ll take it a step further and say that they do not feel compelled to obey the laws that they legislate.   Continue reading “It’s Time to Call for the Arrest of Criminal Politicians in Washington”

WND – by Aaron Klein

NEW YORK – On the eve of a critical Capitol Hill discussion on Syria and two days before his address to the nation, President Obama has offered Syrian President Bashar al-Assad a way out of any U.S. bombing campaign.

Informed Middle Eastern intelligence officials tell WND the U.S. passed a message to Assad through Russia offering a deal that would ensure against U.S. military action if the Syrian leader agrees to the following terms:   Continue reading “Obama Offers Assad Secret Deal – Sets 4 Conditions to Avert U.S. Attack On Syria”

Techworld – by John E. Dunn

The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested.

Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title Zeit Online uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG).   Continue reading “Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so”

The Washington Post – by Ellen Nakashima

The Obama administration secretly won permission from a surveillance court in 2011 to reverse restrictions on the National Security Agency’s use of intercepted phone calls and e-mails, permitting the agency to search deliberately for Americans’ communications in its massive databases, according to interviews with government officials and recently declassified material.

In addition, the court extended the length of time that the NSA is allowed to retain intercepted U.S. communications from five years to six years — and more under special circumstances, according to the documents, which include a recently released 2011 opinion by U.S. District Judge John D. Bates, then chief judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.   Continue reading “Obama administration had restrictions on NSA reversed in 2011”

The Asia Shimbun – by SHUNSUKE KIMURA

Highly radioactive water that leaked from a storage tank and was not discovered until last month is spreading underground at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sept. 5.

The utility said 650 becquerels per liter of radioactive materials, which emit beta rays such as radioactive strontium, were found in water samples from an observation well near the tank, from which an estimated 300 tons of highly radioactive water were found to have leaked.   Continue reading “TEPCO confirms highly radioactive water spread underground”