Huffington Post – by Paige Lavender

National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander said the NSA wants to collect more phone records, even after being the subject of recent public unease.

Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) asked Alexander if the NSA wants “the phone records of all Americans” during a congressional hearing Thursday.   Continue reading “Keith Alexander: In Best Interest Of U.S. To ‘Put All The Phone Records’ Into A Searchable ‘Lockbox’”

mdgunlawsuit12.jpgFox News

Gun-rights activists in Maryland have filed a federal lawsuit to block the state’s new gun law before new requirements on assault weapons and large magazines go into effect Oct. 1.

In the lawsuit in filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Maryland, the plaintiffs argues the the Second Amendment and case law protect their right to own assault rifles and magazines that hold more than 10 rounds, The Baltimore Sun reported.   Continue reading “Gun-rights activists sue Maryland to block new firearms law”

Activist Post – by Michael T. Winter

The Internet has been awash of late with articles, analysis and YouTube clips all examining the warnings put forth by South Dakota S.R. and State Sen. Sheldon R. Songstad (1971-1978 and 1985-1988)1. Google ‘FEMA Region III alert’ and page after page of articles, news clips and releases, etc. pop up for viewing. It has become my habit, (being so illuminated by the events of Aurora, Sandy Hook, Boston, 911, and even the recent Navy yard shooting) to automatically look for falsities.   Continue reading “Is the FEMA Region III Alert a Red Herring?”

Information Clearinghouse – by Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone

All across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers.

In the final months of 2011, almost two years before the city of Detroit would shock America by declaring bankruptcy in the face of what it claimed were insurmountable pension costs, the state of Rhode Island took bold action to avert what it called its own looming pension crisis. Led by its newly elected treasurer, Gina Raimondo – an ostentatiously ambitious 42-year-old Rhodes scholar and former venture capitalist – the state declared war on public pensions, ramming through an ingenious new law slashing benefits of state employees with a speed and ferocity seldom before seen by any local government.   Continue reading “Looting the Pension Funds”

In this photo taken from a remote camera at the Lazovsky State Nature Reserve in the Primorye region of Russia’s Far East on Dec. 8, 2011, a golden eagle attacks a deer. Remote cameras set up to track Siberian tigers in Russia have caught a golden eagle attack on a sika deer, snapping three photos as the massive bird digs its talons into the distressed animal’s back. Golden eagles typically eat small birds or mammals, but they’ve also been known to target deer. It’s rare for a camera to catch such an attack in progress. (AP Photo/The Zoological Society of London)Yahoo News- by RAPHAEL SATTER

Remote cameras intended to monitor Siberian tigers in Russia instead caught a golden eagle’s fatal attack on a deer, snapping three photos as the massive bird dug its talons into the distressed animal’s back.

London’s Zoological Society, which distributed the pictures to journalists, said the sequence showed a rare but not unheard of attack by a golden eagle. The society’s Linda Kerley said she first realized something was up when she approached the wildlife-monitoring device — also called a camera trap — and found a mangled deer carcass nearby.   Continue reading “Cameras capture eagle killing deer in Russia”

Quiner’s Diner – by Tom Quiner

The media didn’t give these words from the president much coverage:

“We have been able to see many Euro-Atlantic countries effectively embark on a path of renouncing their roots, including Christian values, which underlie Western civilization. Policies are pursued that put large families and same-sex partnerships in the same category, belief in God and belief in Satan.”   Continue reading “Surprising words from the President”

How’s this for apocalyptic literature.
This was written by a pastor’s wife in biblical prose as a commentary of current events. It is brilliant.

And it came to pass in the Age of Insanity
That the people of the land Called America ,
Having lost their morals, their initiative,
And their Will to defend their liberties,
Chose as their Supreme Leader that
Person known as “The One.”   Continue reading “Supreme Leader Obama is ‘The One’”

justiceblindGlobal Research – by Reprieve

The US Government has, for a second time, failed to grant a visa to Pakistani lawyer Shahzad Akbar, preventing him from speaking in congress on the CIA drone program next week.

The hearing will be chaired by Congressman Grayson of Florida who has encouraged the US to immediately issue Mr Akbar with a visa. Scheduled for October 1st the hearing will feature testimony from Rafiq ur Rehman, a primary school teacher whose 67 year old mother was killed in the same October 2012 drone attack that hospitalized his children Nabila and Zubair.   Continue reading “Obama Administration Blocks Drone Victims’ Lawyer from Testifying in Congress”

Nationwide glitch: The problem was fixed quickly - but will still be an embarrassment to Britain's biggest building societyDaily Mail – by Lee Boyce

The country’s biggest building society was hit with a systems failure today that prevented customers checking their current account online and showed savings balances as zero.

The glitch in Nationwide’s online banking lasted only an hour and affected a ‘small’ number of customers – but lender will be embarrassed as it tries to attract current account customers now more inclined to switch banks after new rules have made it easier.   Continue reading “Nationwide online banking glitch shows savings accounts as empty – just as customers look to switch from rival banks”

Science Daily

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE, Soitec, CEA-Leti and the Helmholtz Center Berlin jointly announced today having achieved a new world record for the conversion of sunlight into electricity using a new solar cell structure with four solar subcells. Surpassing competition after only over three years of research, and entering the roadmap at world class level, a new record efficiency of 44.7% was measured at a concentration of 297 suns. This indicates that 44.7% of the solar spectrum’s energy, from ultraviolet through to the infrared, is converted into electrical energy. This is a major step towards reducing further the costs of solar electricity and continues to pave the way to the 50% efficiency roadmap.   Continue reading “World Record Solar Cell With 44.7% Efficiency”

Bank Holiday in Panama announcedRandy Hilarski, Sept. 26, 2013

This morning the National Bank of Panama announced that it was suspending all services until Tuesday the 1st of October. The National Bank of Panama says that the reason is to upgrade systems. The Banking Holiday in Panama was announced this am.

This system wide shutdown has country wide implications. The National Bank of Panama did not warn the people before making the announcement and shutting down the banks. The people do not have access to ATM’s either. We received word of this from family members first. This weekend is payday for people across Panama.   Continue reading “Banking Holiday in Panama Announced!”

Pleasant Ridge

“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy.” — John Adams
“[L]iberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood.” — John Adams, 1765  Continue reading “Famous Quotes of the American Revolution”

jim mooreCNN Money – by Tami Luhby 

Can’t afford the premiums. Don’t need health insurance. Won’t support Obamacare.

These are some of the reasons why CNNMoney readers say they’ll opt to pay a penalty for not having health insurance in 2014, rather than sign up for a policy in the state-based exchanges or through their companies.   Continue reading “No thanks, Obamacare. I’ll pay the penalty”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Greek government authorities are on alert after a union of Greek army reservists of Special Forces issued a statement urging the Greek administration to step down and make way for a national unity government. As Keep Talking Greece notes, the statement on the union’ website included 15 demands – including the resignation of the Greek President – and urged people to gather at the infamous Syntagma Square on Saturday. The statement was interpreted by some as a call to a “coup d’etat” – denied by the union – but prompted Greece’s Supreme Court to meet to discuss it.   Continue reading “Greece On The Verge? Military Special Forces Have 15 Demands… Or Else”