Month: June 2014

Wall Street Journal – by ALI A. NABHAN And MATT BRADLEY

BAGHDAD—Al Qaeda-inspired militants seized control of Iraq’s second-largest city on Tuesday in a brazen military operation that underscored the weakness of the Baghdad government across vast swaths of the country.

Hours after government forces fled Mosul in disarray following four days of fighting, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki declared a nationwide “state of maximum preparedness” but didn’t indicate whether government forces were mobilizing to retake the Iraqi city, 220 miles north of the capital Baghdad.   Continue reading “Militants Overrun Iraq’s Second-Largest City As Government Forces Flee”

KOIN 6 News

Update: TROUTDALE, Ore. (KOIN 6) — A gunman and one Reynolds High School student are confirmed dead following a shooting inside the Troutdale school.

Law enforcement officials offered few other details concerning the shooting during a 10 a.m. media update, but offered condolences and praising students and staff for prompt, organized reactions.   Continue reading “Student, shooter dead at Reynolds High School, Troutdale, Oregon”

The Organic Prepper

It’s interesting to step over to the dark side sometimes and read the “liberal” perspective on current events. I stumbled across a perfect example of liberal bias this morning when I read an article on a website called “Truthout”.  The author was reflecting on the Las Vegas shooting and an incident in Georgia that also took place this weekend.   Continue reading “I’m a terrorist…You’re a terrorist….Hey! We’re all right wing extremist terrorists!”

The Telegraph – by Johnny Clark

MOULTRIE, GA. — A Georgia consortium is poised to be a leader in unmanned aerial vehicle technologies for farming.

A statewide working group that includes state and federal government, industry and academia, has been working since 2009 to develop a type of drone that can save a farmer’s time and resources during the growing season.   Continue reading “Unmanned aerial vehicles are flying to the farm”

BuzzFeed – by Tasneem Nashrulla

Continue reading “A Company Has Designed A Bulletproof Blanket To Protect Kids During School Shootings”

Personal Liberty Digest – by Brandon Smith

Just a couple days ago, two armed assailants, a married couple purported by the mainstream media to be “white supremacists” and “conspiracy theorists,”ambushed two police officers at a CiCi’s Pizza in Las Vegas, killing the officers and one bystander after screaming, “This is a revolution!” The suspects then reportedly covered one officer’s body with a Gadsden Don’t Tread On Me flag and then fled to a Walmart, where they committed suicide. Yes, it reads like a Southern Poverty Law Center fantasy story; and in many ways, it is.

As I write this, the MSM has not officially blamed any particular scapegoat group or political organization. But I suspect that they will follow the pattern they have always followed, which is to equate the actions of one or two psychotics with the beliefs and principles of the liberty movement in general.   Continue reading “A Second American Revolution Is Now Inevitable”

Radix – by Michael McGregor

“I support Israel not only because I worship a Jew but because of what the Bible says about Israel and the future of Israel.”

In one sentence, the son of evangelical pastor Billy Graham was able to convey all of the intellectual depth behind the Christian Zionist movement.   Continue reading “The Heart of Zionism”

Cheese Underground

A sense of disbelief and distress is quickly rippling through the U.S. artisan cheese community, as the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week announced it will not permit American cheesemakers to age cheese on wooden boards.

Recently, the FDA inspected several New York state cheesemakers and cited them for using wooden surfaces to age their cheeses. The New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets’ Division of Milk Control and Dairy Services, which (like most every state in the U.S., including Wisconsin), has allowed this practice, reached out to FDA for clarification on the issue. A response was provided by Monica Metz, Branch Chief of FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition’s (CFSAN) Dairy and Egg Branch. Continue reading “Game Changer: FDA Rules No Wooden Boards in Cheese Aging”

Yahoo News – by RAHIM FAIEZ

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Five Americans troops were killed in an apparent friendly fire incident in southern Afghanistan, a U.S. defense official said Tuesday, in one of the worst such incidents involving United States or coalition troops since the start of the nearly 14 year war.

The official insisted on anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly to journalists.   Continue reading “5 US troops killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan”

Sent to us by a reader.

2005: At the Height of the Iraqi War:
• 20,000: number of non-Iraqi security contractors
Of these, 5-6,000 were British, American, South African, Russian or European; another 12,000 are from Third World countries, such as Fiji, Colombia, Sri Lanka, and India.
• 15,000 Iraqi security contractors
Most were hired mainly by the British security firm Erinys to guard Iraq’s oil infrastructure. Continue reading “Have Guns, Will Travel
: The Big Money World of Private Security”

MassPrivateI

The U.S. Treasury Department said it sets limits while allowing the nation’s intelligence agencies to access reports that banks file on suspicious or large money moves by customers, including information about Americans. 

Sets limits? The NSA, IRS & the FBI have access to our financial records. Continue reading “The U.S. Treasury dept. & other agencies are spying on our banking records”

Bionic Mosquito

If the title sounds repetitive to recent posts…it is; continuing my thread of musings about the changing (or not changing) world of power-elite struggles….

What if Kerry’s offer to Syria regarding the chemical weapons was no gaffe?

What if Obama’s backing down on Syria was the desired outcome?   Continue reading “The Purposeful Demise of Empire”

RT News

Over 2,000 care-home kids were secretly vaccinated against diphtheria in the 1930s in medical trials undertaken by international drugs giant Burroughs Wellcome, Irish media reveal. Among the testing sites was a recently discovered mass grave.

The medical records cited by the Irish Daily Mail show that some 2,051 children and babies across several Irish care homes may have been subjected to the practice.    Continue reading “Revealed: Thousands of Irish orphans were used as ‘drug guinea pigs’”