WND – by F. MICHAEL MALOOF

WASHINGTON – A Department of Defense memo confirms DoD personnel – which could include civilians and/or troops – will have direct contact with “exposed remains” of Ebola victims.

While the DoD has issued new guidance on how military personnel and civilians will undergo pre- and post-deployment training while in the Ebola-affected areas of West Africa, buried in the 19-page memorandum in an attachment is an indication that the personnel will have direct exposure to the affected population.  Continue reading “Pentagon: DOD personnel to handle Ebola bodies”

The Weather Channel

An early season snow is combining with gusty winds to cause power outages, road closures and other adverse impacts across the South.

At the peak of the snow, tens of thousands of people were without power in South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia  According to weather.com senior meteorologist Jonathan Erdman, the unique combination of snow, wind and the time of year is contributing to these power outages.    Continue reading “Snow Falls on the South: Thousands Without Power in South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia”

An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket (Reuters / Baz Ratner)RT

Israel is looking to build on the success of its Iron Dome, used during the Gaza War this summer, by creating a maritime version. The developers say it boasts a 360-degree range and can fire a missile every second.

The architect of the new program, Rafael, an Israeli state owned defense contractor, is looking to find buyers for its new sea-based missile system. They believe it could be especially effective in trying to defend and protect economic assets at sea, such as oil and gas platforms.   Continue reading “‘360-degree range’: Israel develops maritime ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense system”

Mail.com

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida A&M band member accused of being the ringleader of a brutal hazing ritual known as “Crossing Bus C” that killed a drum major was convicted Friday of manslaughter and felony hazing.

Dante Martin, 27, was the first to stand trial in the November 2011 death of 26-year-old Robert Champion aboard a band bus parked outside a football game where the well-regarded Marching 100 band had performed. The case brought into focus the culture of hazing in the band, which was suspended for more than a year while officials tried to clean up the program.   Continue reading “Ex-band member guilty in drum major’s hazing death”

Mail.com

BAGHDAD (AP) — Islamic State group extremists lined up and shot dead at least 50 tribesmen and women in Iraq’s Anbar province, officials said Saturday, the latest mass killing committed by the group.

The shooting happened late Friday in the village of Ras al-Maa, north of the provincial capital of Ramadi, Anbar councilman Faleh al-Issawi said. Militants accused the men and women of the Al Bu Nimr tribe of retaliating against them after being displaced from their homes when the group seized the Anbar town of Hit last month, al-Issawi said.   Continue reading “Iraqi officials: IS extremists line up, kill 50”

Mail.com

MOJAVE, Calif. (AP) — Billionaire Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson vowed Saturday to find out what caused the crash of his prototype space tourism rocket, killing one crew member and injuring another, but sounded a cautious note about any move to quickly push the project forward.

In grim remarks at the Mojave Air and Space Port, where the craft known as SpaceShipTwo was under development, Branson gave no details of Friday’s accident and deferred to the National Transportation Safety Board, whose team had just arrived.  Continue reading “Branson vows to find out cause of spacecraft crash”

Rikers Island is seen in this aerial photograph taken in New York on October 31, 2012. (Reuters/Adrees Latif)RT

The mother of a former Marine with mental health problems who died in over 100-degree heat at Rikers Island will receive $2.25 million from New York City. The family originally planned to sue for $25 million.

Jerome Murdough, a 56-year-old veteran, was arrested in early February for sleeping in the stairwell of the roof of a Harlem apartment. He was charged with a trespassing misdemeanor and bail was set at $2,500. Unable to afford bail, he was sent to the Rikers Island prison complex. A week later, the mentally ill Murdough was found dead in a mental observation unit that city officials said overheated to at least 100 degrees, apparently because of malfunctioning equipment.   Continue reading “Mother whose son ‘baked to death’ in prison is awarded $2.25 mn”

I'm terrified of my new TV: Why I'm scared to turn this thing on -- and you'd be, tooSalon – by Michael Price

I just bought a new TV. The old one had a good run, but after the volume got stuck on 63, I decided it was time to replace it. I am now the owner of a new “smart” TV, which promises to deliver streaming multimedia content, games, apps, social media and Internet browsing. Oh, and TV too.

The only problem is that I’m now afraid to use it. You would be too — if you read through the 46-page privacy policy.   Continue reading “I’m terrified of my new TV: Why I’m scared to turn this thing on — and you’d be, too”

6 Things You Need to Be EatingThe Organic Prepper

Do you want glowing skin, boundless energy, and a nearly super-human resistance to germs and viruses?

It’s time to step up your nutritional game. With flu season bearing down on us, we’re hearing a lot in the media about how we should be rolling up our sleeves for a toxic flu shot. Instead, perhaps we should be focused on immunity-boosting foods that will help our bodies to fight off the bugs that come knocking.  Last week, we discussed what NOT to eat, but it’s a lot more fun to think about the delicious bounty we should be consuming.   Continue reading “Boosting Your Immune System: 6 Things You Need to Be Eating”

Doug Ross @ Journal – by Investor’s Business Daily

Theft: As “calibration errors” switch votes in Illinois and Maryland, an election watchdog group sues the latter over massive voting by noncitizens in one county after discovering voters registered in multiple states.

The fact that many people will do anything to get out of jury duty has exposed massive fraudulent voting in Frederick County, Md., that may have been going on for years. Illegal aliens who stated they were noncitizens on jury duty forms were found to have cast votes in elections.   Continue reading “HISTORIC: Eric Holder is the First Attorney General in History Who Actively Supports Vote Fraud”

An anti-government protester carries a sign that reads "The people want the departure or the resignation of Captain Compaore," referring to Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore, in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, October 31, 2014. (Reuters / Joe Penney)RT

Burkina Faso’s military has backed the second in command of the presidential guard, Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida, as the country’s leader has reportedly fled to the Ivory Coast amid massive unrest.

The country’s leader of almost three decades, Blaise Compaore, went to the Ivory Coast after stepping down on Friday, according to Ivory Coast security sources, as cited by Reuters.   Continue reading “Burkina Faso chaos: Military backs army officer’s claim to power”

[WATCH] Europe REVOLTS Against Islam, Unrest As 1000's Kick Terrorists OutMad World – by AMANDA SHEA

A massive European group dubbed the “soccer hooligans,” who typically gather over their love for the sport, have banded as brothers to defeat the Islamic plague that has taken hold of their beloved hometowns.

Fed up with the Muslim supremacy in Europe, droves of frustrated Europeans flooded the streets Sunday in Cologne, Germany, as a united front to force Islam out of their towns. The protest began peacefully until individuals against the Hooligans threw objects at the demonstration from their balconies. Shortly after the gathering grew to epic proportions, clashes erupted between police forces and protesters, and at least 13 officers were injured, the German news agency DPA reported.   Continue reading “Europe REVOLTS Against Islam, Unrest As 1000’s Kick Terrorists Out”

Nathan Kleffman

“For the better part of a decade, a San Francisco Bay Area drug ring sold tons of cocaine to the Crips and Bloods street gangs of Los Angeles and funneled millions in drug profits to a Latin American guerrilla army run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, a Mercury News investigation has found. Continue reading “Government Drug Dealing: from “Kill the Messenger” to “Pinocchio””

us-flag-swastikas_and_stripes_by_kone1972Global Research – by John Stanton

Unbeknownst to most Americans the United States is presently under thirty presidential declared states of emergency. They confer vast powers on the Executive Branch including the ability to financially incapacitate any person or organization in the United States, seize control of the nation’s communications infrastructure, mobilize military forces, expand the permissible size of the military without congressional authorization, and extend tours of duty without consent from service personnel. Declared states of emergency may also activate Presidential Emergency Action Documents and other continuity-of-government procedures which confer powers on the President, such as the unilateral suspension of habeas corpus—that appear fundamentally opposed to the American constitutional order. Although the National Emergencies Act, by its plain language, requires the Congress to vote every six months on whether a declared national emergency should continue, Congress has done only once in the nearly forty year history of the Act.  — Patrick Thronson, Michigan Journal of Law (2013, Vol 46).   Continue reading “Modern Day America: One Step Away from the Third Reich”