Month: June 2014

The Seattle Times – by Mike Lindblom

Government-hired survey teams will soon ask hundreds of Washington state motorists to answer questions and provide samples of breath, saliva and blood — all to give safety and police agencies a clearer sense of how many people drive impaired.

The roadside surveys are voluntary, and participants will be paid up to $60, under the federally funded project this summer.   Continue reading “Drivers can earn $60 with roadside blood test, breath check”

It Ain’t Holy Water

MassPrivateI

The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, The Associated Press has learned.

Citing security reasons, the U.S. has intervened in routine state public records cases and criminal trials regarding use of the technology. This has resulted in police departments withholding materials or heavily censoring documents in rare instances when they disclose any about the purchase and use of such powerful surveillance equipment. Continue reading “Obama administration advising police not to disclose details about surveillance”

Huffington Post – by TOM LoBIANCO

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A small but determined group of state lawmakers from some 30 states gathered in Indiana Thursday to lay the groundwork for something that has not happened since 1787 in Philadelphia: a convention to revise the U.S. Constitution.

The bar they would have to clear — winning approval from 34 state legislatures — seems impossibly high, but the group of roughly 100 legislators, most of them Republicans, is pressing on.   Continue reading “Lawmakers Meet In Effort To Revise The US Constitution”

ABC News – by Yazhou Sun

Emergency dispatchers have a tough job answering life-altering calls to the most traumatizing events. They provide life-saving instructions to victims over the phone, and calm their nerves. However, one dispatcher in Columbus, Ohio, has “zero sympathy,” claimed one alleged rape victim.

The victim called 911 just after 4 a.m. last Sunday, according to ABC affiliate WSYX. She was staying with a friend at a house just off the Ohio State University campus. The caller said she was woken up by a stranger holding a gun to her head and forcing her to perform sex acts on him.   Continue reading “911 Dispatcher Tells Rape Victim to ‘Quit Crying’”

Huffington Post – by Kevin Short

The alarming rate of school shootings across the country appears to have added an unsettling new item to parents’ list of “back to school” items: bulletproof armor for their children. Among such items, the Bodyguard Blanket, a portable, bulletproof covering for children, has seen its sales exceed its manufacturer’s expectations in less than two weeks on the market.

Stan Schone, managing partner at manufacturer ProTecht, told The Huffington Post that consumer response to the product has “far exceeded our wildest expectations” in the 10 days that the blanket has been available for purchase.   Continue reading “Sales Of Bulletproof Blankets Beat Maker’s ‘Wildest Expectations’”

The Guardian – by Nafeez Ahmed

A US Department of Defense (DoD) research programme is funding universities to model the dynamics, risks and tipping points for large-scale civil unrest across the world, under the supervision of various US military agencies. The multi-million dollar programme is designed to develop immediate and long-term “warfighter-relevant insights” for senior officials and decision makers in “the defense policy community,” and to inform policy implemented by “combatant commands.”

Launched in 2008 – the year of the global banking crisis – the DoD ‘Minerva Research Initiative’ partners with universities “to improve DoD’s basic understanding of the social, cultural, behavioral, and political forces that shape regions of the world of strategic importance to the US.”   Continue reading “Pentagon preparing for mass civil breakdown”

Was there any doubt that the players are all on the same team? They fall on their swords out of either threats or promises of promotion. They all get cushy positions after the public has forgotten the events. Now watch, this “movie maker” will end up with his own production company. And end up making documentaries about the regime, and it’s lackies.

Nothing will surprise me anymore….except to hear all our enemies admit to the errors of their ways, ask forgiveness, and slink quietly into the night. But we know that, that will only happen in the land of rainbows and lollypops. You know, the kingdom of which Glenn Beck, Pelosi, Reid, AJ, and Limbaugh dwell. Where unicorns prance about with Hobbits eating cakes while they wash it down with cream ales. And wizards turn their enemies into toads……….   Continue reading “Bombshell: Benghazi Filmmaker CONFIRMED To Be An Agent Of Eric Holder Justice Department”

Poor Richard’s News

The jihadist leading the ISIS’s bloody tear through the heart of Iraq was in US custody from 2005 to 2009.  His name is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, and the only reason he is fighting today is because the Obama administration let him go.

from Telegraph:   Continue reading “Terrorist leading the ISIS rampage in Iraq was released from custody by Obama admin in 2009”

Healthy Debates – by John McDuling

There is a battle being waged at the moment in the US fast food industry over breakfast.

Which makes sense because the first meal of the day is a $50 billion a year business in the country where McDonald’s got its start.

Taco Bell became one of the more prominent, active entrants into the fray when it released a new range of breakfast products, including the infamous waffle taco, earlier this year.   Continue reading “McDonalds: “We Actually Cook Our Food””

Herald Sun

THE federal government has seized a record $360 million from household bank accounts that have been dormant for just three years, prompting outrage in some quarters amid complaints that pensioners and retirees have lost deposits.

Portland Press Herald – by Dennis Hoey

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services says it will enforce its plan to eliminate state support for undocumented immigrants who apply for or receive General Assistance benefits.

The department’s announcement, made Wednesday in a news release, appears to defy Attorney General Janet Mills’ finding last month that denying benefits to immigrants violates the equal protection clauses of the state and federal constitutions.   Continue reading “Maine to halt funds for illegal immigrants’ aid”

Waking Times – by Dr. Mercola

Exercise is one of the most important factors for optimal health, and there are countless ways to get your exercise each day. Even if you struggle with conditions such as arthritis, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis (MS), or chronic back pain that limits your mobility, there are exercises that can help.

In cases where pain tends to inhibit your activity, it’s important to remember that inactivity can cause your muscles to become weaker and can actually increase pain and stiffness. So staying in motion is typically a better course of action.   Continue reading “New Research Confirms Multiple Benefits of Yoga on Your Body and Mind”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

You’re probably thinking that inflationary devaluation of your savings or paying negative interest rates on cash deposits is about as far as government is willing to go in its efforts to keep funding its debt-laden endeavors. They certainly wouldn’t consider touching the bank accounts of hard working Americans. Only the Europeans have the audacity to go after the savings of the average depositor.

Well, the Europeans and apparently now the Georgians, too. And we’re not talking about the western backed country that went to war with Russia in recent years.   Continue reading “Georgia To Seize Dormant Bank Accounts: “Government is Going to Grab it””

RT News

Residents of Slavyansk and its suburbs were awoken overnight on Thursday by what they say were incendiary bombs that were dropped on their city by Kiev’s military. Witnesses and local media reports suggested that the bombs might be phosphorous.

Much of the village of Semyonovka, located in the Slavyansk suburbs, was set ablaze. Local residents told RT that the ground didn’t stop burning for some time.   Continue reading “‘White phosphorus’ reports: Ukraine military ‘dropped incendiary bombs’ on Slavyansk”

RT News

Iran deployed its Revolutionary Guard to help Iraq battle insurgents from a group inspired by Al-Qaeda, according to a recent report. In the meantime, the US is mulling airstrikes to support the Iraqi government.

On Wednesday, Al-Qaeda affiliate insurgents from the armed group Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) conquered former dictator Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, marking the second major loss for the Iraqi government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Earlier this week, insurgents captured Mosul, the second-largest city in the country. With jihadists threatening Baghdad and security forces unable resist the Sunni Islamists’ assault, Maliki turned to foreign powers for help, getting responses from two unlikely allies, Iran and the US.   Continue reading “US airstrikes to support Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s offensive in Iraq?”

J Haines

Years ago in about 1991, I was horrified to hear an aging Menachem Begin tell Ron Insana on MSNBC that Israel didn’t worry who was the US President, because they owned the Congress! That part of the interview was never again aired. Check the list below to see if there is any doubt about his statement—even today. ~J   Continue reading “Dual Citizens In The 112TH Congress / Their Top 5 “Financial Contributors” / Who Is In Control?”

Bloomberg – by Anatoly Kurmanaev

Venezuelan consumer prices rose at the second-fastest pace in at least six years in April and May as tighter dollar supplies to companies crimped output, while street protests continued.

Prices rose 5.7 percent in both April and May, up from 4.1 percent in March, the central bank said yesterday in a statement posted on its website. Annual inflation accelerated to 61.5 percent in April from 59.3 percent in March, then slowed to 60.9 percent for May.   Continue reading “Venezuela Prices Rise Most This Year as Industry Stalls”

New York Post – by Geoff Earl

WASHINGTON — Uncle Sam is putting out an urgent call for a platoon of baby sitters who can help deal with the crushing influx of children illegally crossing the border.

With thousands of unaccompanied children making the dangerous trek into the United States from Central America through Mexico, the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection is looking to bring in temporary workers to help process them.   Continue reading “Feds looking for babysitters to help with illegal immigrant kids”