Homeless in AmericaAljazeera – by Renee Lewis

For Americans experiencing homelessness, finding a safe place to store belongings can prove daunting and be a major barrier to overcoming poverty.

“Imagine if you lost your home. How on earth could you simultaneously manage your life’s possessions and handle the next chapter in your life?” said Nick Fish, city commissioner of Portland, Oregon. “The answer is you can’t. You can’t expect someone to be successful if they’re carting around their life’s possessions.”

Portland, known more for its green initiatives than its work with the poor, has recently invested millions in several plans aimed at tackling homelessness, including free storage services, he said.

Continue reading “Homeless dragged down by belongings, as cities view keepsakes ‘trash’”

KILLING PLOT: British police have foiled a plot to kill 88-year-old Queen Elizabeth, arresting four suspects after raids across England.Stuff

New Zealand MP Maggie Barry has not been put off official duties in London by an uncovered plot to kill the Queen.

The plan to stab Queen Elizabeth was foiled by British police, who arrested four Islamic terror suspects.

The suspects were allegedly planning to stab the 88-year-old monarch to death at the Royal Albert Hall, The Sun reported.   Continue reading “Queen Elizabeth murder plot foiled”

ABC News – by LOLITA C. BALDOR, AP

The top U.S. military officer has designated five U.S. bases where American troops would be housed and isolated for 21 days upon returning from Africa after serving in the Ebola response mission, U.S. officials said Friday.

Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, signed a plan that lists Fort Hood and Fort Bliss, Texas; Fort Bragg, North Carolina; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington; and Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, as bases where troops would be quarantined. The U.S. also will use two bases in Italy and Germany for returning troops based in that region.   Continue reading “Military Names 5 US Bases for Ebola Mission Troops”

Ferguson Mayor James Knowles Press TV

The mayor of Ferguson is expecting more protests in the city over the killing of black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer in August, warning the authorities to be prepared for the “worst.”

James Knowles told local media that there is a possibility of a mass protest after a grand jury delivers its decision on whether to indict the officer.

The jury is expected to make a decision as early as mid-November, the St. Louis County prosecutor’s office said.

On August 9, Darren Wilson gunned down 18-year-old Brown, claiming it was an act of self defense.    Continue reading “Ferguson braces for ‘worst’ after grand jury decision”

US Army General Martin DempseyPress TV

The top US military commander says the United States is learning from Israel’s tactics on how to limit civilian casualties in a war, despite the international outcry over the regime’s brutality in Gaza.

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that the Pentagon has sent a team to see what lessons could be learned from the recent Israeli invasion of Gaza on how to limit civilian casualties.

Dempsey said the Pentagon had sent the team of senior officials and non-commissioned officers three months ago “to include the measures they took to prevent civilian casualties and what they did with tunneling” in US military operations.   Continue reading “Dempsey: US sent team to Israel to learn war tactics”

U.S. President Barack Obama (L) speaks as Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel listens before the start of a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, November 7, 2014. REUTERS/Larry DowningReuters – by PHIL STEWART AND ROBERTA RAMPTON

President Barack Obama has approved sending up to 1,500 more troops to Iraq, roughly doubling the number of U.S. forces on the ground to advise and retrain Iraqis in their battle against the militant group Islamic State, U.S. officials said on Friday.

Obama’s decision greatly expands the scope of the U.S. campaign and the geographic distribution of American forces, some of whom will head into Iraq’s fiercely contested western Anbar province for the first time to act as advisors.   Continue reading “Obama to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq as campaign expands”

MY SWEETHEART AND II hope I didn’t cause too much concern with my last email.
We have had people calling and asking if they need to come to the ranch.

We do not need anyone to come to the ranch.  There is nothing to do here
except work the ranch.  We are not expecting anything to happen here.

We are asking for you to send some letters and emails.   Continue reading “Carol Bundy: We don’t need anyone to come to the ranch”

Charles Emmett Logan, 68, attacked nurses with a metal pole in St. John's hospital. Logan, a St. Paul's resident, later died after police chased him down and cuffed him. Vid link: http://www.kare11.com/story/news/crime/2014/11/06/video-released-shows-hospital-patient-attacking-nurses-at-st-johns/18597273/New York Daily News – by Jason Molinet

A hospitalized patient went on a rampage at a Minnesota hospital on Sunday, attacking four nurses with a metal pole before being tased, wrestled to the ground and then dying while cuffed in the street three blocks away.

The violent attack, caught on surveillance video released to the public on Thursday, shows Charles Emmett Logan, 68, of St. Paul, Minn., wildly swinging a metal pole that he took from his hospital bed at St. John’s Hospital, Twin Cities.com reported.   Continue reading “Crazed attacker hurts four nurses in Minnesota hospital rampage, dies in handcuffs after being tackled by cops”

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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister blamed “militant Islamic incitement” for growing tensions in Jerusalem, especially at a contested holy site that was ringed Friday by hundreds of Israeli riot police as about 15,000 Muslims performed weekly prayers there.

The prayers ended peacefully, though clashes erupted again later in the day between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem, at the main Israeli checkpoint on the outskirts of the city and at several locations in the West Bank.   Continue reading “Heavy security at contested Jerusalem shrine”

James B. ComeyMail.com

SEATTLE (AP) — FBI Director James Comey says an agent impersonated an Associated Press reporter during a 2007 criminal investigation, a ruse the news organization says could undermine its credibility.

In a letter Thursday to The New York Times, Comey said the agent “portrayed himself as an employee of The Associated Press” to help catch a 15-year-old suspect accused of making bomb threats at a high school near Olympia, Washington. It was publicized last week that the FBI forged an AP story during its investigation, but Comey’s letter revealed the agency went further and had an agent actually pretend to be a reporter for the wire service.   Continue reading “FBI says agent impersonated AP reporter”

Currency War - Public DomainThe Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

This is the big problem with fiat currency – eventually the temptation to print more of it when you are in a jam becomes too powerful to resist.  In a surprise move on Friday, the Bank of Japan dramatically increased the size of the quantitative easing program that it has been conducting.  This sent Japanese stocks soaring and the Japanese yen plunging.  The yen had already fallen by about 11 percent against the dollar over the last year before this announcement, and news of the BOJ’s surprise move caused the yen to collapse to a seven year low.  Essentially what the Bank of Japan has done is declare a currency war.  And as you will see below, in every currency war there are winners and there are losers.  Let’s just hope that global financial markets do not get shredded in the crossfire.   Continue reading “It’s Currency War! – And Japan Has Fired The First Shot”