Month: October 2014

TheBlaze – by Pete Kasperowicz

The Philadelphia Veterans Affairs office announced Wednesday that it would hold a Halloween parade on Friday for children of VA employees, but warned employees not to hand out any candy or sweets to the kids.

Instead, the VA said the day care center in the office has “joined First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Program,” which means the kids should be given things other than candy.   Continue reading “Michelle Obama Inspires Federal Office to Ban Halloween Candy…From Kids’ Halloween Parade”

Simple Justice

These are the prosecutors of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.

The agency, the United States attorney’s office for the Southern District of New York, was celebrating its 225th birthday, so naturally its alumni had decided to hold a party.

One thing soon became apparent: This was no ordinary reunion.

Continue reading “The Other New York Mafia”

The New American – by Selwyn Duke

While many consider singling people out for Ebola quarantine a rights violation, singling them out for punishment for alluding to Islamic terrorism is a different story — at least in Great Britain. And 75-year-old retired hairdresser Paul Griffith learned this the hard way at that nation’s Stansted airport while traveling to Malaga, Spain, for a weeklong vacation earlier this year.

Griffith’s problems began after he set off an airport scanner and upon being asked to remove his shoes quipped, “I’m not Muslim, am I?” The Mirror reports on what happened next:   Continue reading “Man Arrested After Joking With Security, “I’m Not Muslim, Am I?””

Wolf Street – by Wolf Richter

Deutsche Skatbank, a division of VR-Bank Altenburger Land, which was founded in 1859, is not the biggest bank in Germany, but it’s the first bank to confirm what German savers have been dreading for a while: the wrath of Draghi.

Retail and business customers with over €500,000 on deposit as of November 1 will earn a “negative interest rate” of 0.25%. In less euphemistic terms, they have to pay 0.25% per annum to the bank for the privilege of handing the bank their hard-earned money or their business cash.   Continue reading “The Wrath of Draghi: First German Bank Hits Savers with Negative Interest Rate”

Knowledge Weighs Nothing

With the cost of living skyrocketing in areas all throughout the country, many consumers are seeking out cheap, or preferably free, ways to curve their utility bills. When it comes to heating your home throughout the winter months, a wood burning stove effectively warms your living spaces without burning through your bank account. To further deepen your monthly energy costs, stop buying your firewood and turn to these completely free, and completely legal, ways of gathering perfectly seasoned firewood.    Continue reading “How To Get All The Firewood You Need To Heat Your Home Without Spending A Penny”

Before It’s News – by David Montaigne

The Temple Institute is an Israeli organization focused on building the Third Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, on or next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque.

One of it’s most prominent supporters, Yehuda Glick, was shot three times yesterday.  He had just finished a lecture called “Israel Returns to the Temple Mount” before being shot in the head, neck, and chest at close range.  I could understand the violence a little more if Glick was one of the more offensive activists calling for Jews to blow up the Dome of the Rock Mosque.  But he is a reasonable man who just wants Jews to have the same rights to worship on the Temple Mount in Israel’s capital that the Muslims already enjoy there.   Continue reading “Jerusalem’s Next Temple: Leading Supporter Shot”

Reuters – by Dan Whitcomb

A New Mexico sheriff’s deputy is accused of shooting a fellow officer to death at a Las Cruces hotel during an alcohol-fueled argument early on Tuesday morning and was expected to face charges in the case, police said.

The two Santa Fe County deputies were staying in Las Cruces on Monday night after transporting a prisoner to an Arizona jail and were believed to have argued at a pub, Las Cruces Police spokesman Dan Trujillo said in a written statement.   Continue reading “New Mexico sheriff’s deputy accused of killing fellow officer”

Off the Grid News – by Tara Dodrill

The Chicago crime rate has finally shown some signs of decreasing – and a debate has broken out over the reasons behind the drop.

City officials credit better police work with the drop in violent crime and theft in the city, but one major crime-deterring factor appears to have been summarily dismissed by Chicago leaders – a new concealed carry law.

Since Chicago began issuing concealed carry permits last year, robbery arrests have declined 20 percent, burglary arrests are down by the same percentage, and vehicle thefts have decreased by a total of 26 percent, The Washington Times reported. During the first quarter of 2014, homicides in the Windy City reached a 56-year low.   Continue reading “Gun Grabbers Are In Denial Over The Latest Concealed Carry-Crime Data”

Jon Rappoport

“In any major covert op, there are always multiple objectives and levels of opportunity, and they are not wasted. The interesting thing is, 99.99% of the players who benefit don’t even realize the whole thing is a planned op.” (The Magician Awakes, Jon Rappoport)

This is not a complete list of benefits from the Ebola op. However, it does cover a significant amount of territory.   Continue reading “The Ebola covert op: 30 answers to “who benefits?””

Jon Rappoport

Let’s see. Dr. Craig Spencer comes back from Guinea, where he’s been treating patients. In NYC, he takes the subway, he goes bowling, he eats at restaurants, he jogs.

He begins feeling fatigued, he takes his temp. 100.3.

He makes a call. The hazmat army arrives and rushes him to Bellevue.

The doctors announce: Ebola.   Continue reading “Dr. Craig Spencer: Ebola? Flu? Hospital food? Nothing?”

Think Progress – by Katie Valentine, October 10, 2014

President Obama designated 350,000 acres of national forest just north of Los Angeles as the newest monument of his administration.

The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument extends across the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests, and will protect a watershed that serves as a source of water for one-third of Los Angeles’ population and a swath of outdoor space that’s crucial to the residents of Los Angeles County.   Continue reading “All 13 Of Obama’s New And Expanded National Monuments In One Map”

RT

The US Department of Homeland Security already has an arsenal of drones to be deployed for whatever the agency deems fit, but the actual capabilities of those vehicles exceed what many Americans may expect.

The unmanned drones being used inside of the United States right now can’t shoot Hellfire missiles like their overseas counterparts. They can, however, conduct surveillance, intercept communications and even determine whether or not a person thousands of feet below the aircraft is armed.   Continue reading “DHS drones equipped to eavesdrop on Americans”

RT

The Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem has been closed to all worshipers for the first time since 1967. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas called the closure a ‘declaration of war.’

Both Jewish and Muslim worshipers will be prohibited from visiting the site “until further notice,”Israel’s public security minister said. Following the announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered “a significant hike” in the number of police forces patrolling Jerusalem, Naharnet daily reports.   Continue reading “‘Declaration of war’: Abbas warns over 1st Al-Aqsa Mosque closure since 1967”