Year: 2014

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

Government forces (i.e. death squads) in Venezuela are summarily executing its citizens from motorcycles. Authorities are also breaking down doors of apartment buildings and murdering “suspected” protesters. Protesters are being murdered by the Venezuelan government without trial all across the country.

Some citizens, who are luckier than most are simply being arrested for “suspicion” of protest.  In a classic case, government opposition leader, Leopoldo Lopez, surrendered to authorities. He is charged with inciting violence and opposition to the government. His arrest led to even more protesting. Venezuelan citizen, Gauber Venot, stated “It’s important we have foreign media here. Our media is censored; we learn about our own country from outside sources.”  So is ours Mr. Venot, so is ours.   Continue reading “Venezuela Is a Laboratory for Emerging Global Death Squads”

The Gateway Pundit – by Kristinn Taylor

A bomb threat was tweeted to Jet Blue while the targeted flight was in the air Friday night.

@JetBlue there’s a bomb on flight JBU1007 to Daugherty field, I’m gonna detonate it soon, watch out

This was after Jet Blue offered to fly police officers for free to Officer Rafael Ramos’s funeral in New York City.   Continue reading “Bomb Threat Tweeted to Jet Blue After Offer to Send Police to NYPD Officers’ Funeral”

Fox News

Hundreds of uniformed officers joined the wife and two sons of a New York policeman who was gunned down in broad daylight at a wake Friday.

The tribute to Officer Rafael Ramos took place at a Queens church were friends and colleagues spoke highly of him. Ramos was seen as the embodiment of selflessness and the kind of officer the New York Police Department wants its officers to project.

“He was studying to be a pastor. He had Bible study books in his locker, which is rare for a police officer, but that goes to show you the type of man he was,” NYPD Capt. Sergio Centa said before entering Christ Tabernacle Church.   Continue reading “Wake held for Rafael Ramos, 1 of 2 NYPD officers gunned down in attack”

GeoCurrents – by Martin W. Lewis

On December 4, 2014, National Public Radio (NPR) ran an interesting story on a severely underreported matter: international seasonal labor migration to the “Golden Triangle” of marijuana cultivation in northwestern California. This report—“With Harvest Season, ‘Trimmigrants’ Flock To California’s Pot Capital”*—captured many of the more intriguing and important aspects of the phenomenon. But it also missed some significant things and made a few doubtful assertions. This post seeks to provide a more comprehensive picture.

Before proceeding, it is necessary to outline my own sources of information. Although the evidence in most GeoCurrents posts derives from a variety of published materials and on-line sources, this one relies entirely on oral interviews. Continue reading “NPR’s Incomplete Story on “Trimmigants” in the California Marijuana Industry”

iHLS

American soldiers are being trained for Cyber wars.

A unique mix of training technologies sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is preparing front-line soldiers to conduct cyber and combat operations simultaneously, as Marines demonstrated during a recent amphibious exercise off the coast of Virginia.

According to HomeLand Security News Wire, during last month’s Bold Alligator exercise, Marines used ONR’s Tactical Cyber Range to emulate adversary communications hidden in a noisy, dense electromagnetic spectrum —as much a battleground in today’s digital world as any piece of land.   Continue reading “New cyber test range trains soldiers for simultaneous cyber and combat operations”

NewsMax – by Sandy Fitzgerald

The Supreme Court will tackle a laundry list of high-profile cases during the first six months of the new year, including decisions on Obamacare and other hot-button topics that could pose big challenges for both liberal and conservative interests.

The looming decision on Obamacare tops the list of controversial agenda items, reports the National Journal, but justices are also considering decisions on matters, including political fundraising limits, free speech, and religious freedom that will all have a high impact this coming year.   Continue reading “Obamacare Tops Hot-Button Issues Soon Before Supreme Court”

Green Med Info – by Sayer Ji

Unbeknownst to most, a Copernican revolution has already taken place in cancer theory. Today, the weight of evidence indicates that plants and not chemicals are the solution for reversing the global cancer epidemic.

Our understanding of what causes cancer has undergone something akin to a Copernican revolution in the past decade. Biological fatalism has been the predominant force in medicine over the past half century, where most conditions including cancer were believed predestined ‘in the genes,’ and therefore impossible to reverse. Continue reading “Research: Plants Cure Cancer, Not Chemicals”

Reuters

Japanese prosecutors will likely decide again not to indict three former Tokyo Electric Power Co executives over their handling of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, media reported on Friday, but a rarely used citizen’s panel could still force an indictment.

The Tokyo District Prosecutors Office has been reinvestigating the case after a citizens’ panel ruled in July that three former Tepco executives, including then-chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, should be indicted over their handling of the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986.   Continue reading “Prosecutors won’t indict former Tepco executives over Fukushima disaster: media”

ABC News

Former President George H.W. Bush remained at a Houston hospital for a fourth day in a row after experiencing shortness of breath earlier this week.

The former president, age 90, “remains in high spirits and continues to make progress, but he will remain at the Houston Methodist Hospital this evening,” said his spokesman, Jim McGrath.

Bush was admitted Tuesday as a precaution.   Continue reading “George HW Bush Remains Hospitalized For Fourth Straight Day”

Mint Press News – by Nicole Flatow

Iman Hadieh was standing outside a bar smoking with some new friends on the evening of October 6 when the police cars came. It was about eight young black men, and her, a woman of Palestinian origin who describes herself as white.

“I can’t tell you how many vehicles descended upon us because it all happened so fast,” she said. The cars were unmarked. But she knew it was the cops when they jumped out in black vests and hats, some with their guns drawn, she said. Some she didn’t see jump from their cars, but they appeared instead to come out of nowhere. She estimates there were 10 or 12 officers in all. Two witnesses who live on the block confirmed seeing a group of about 8 people lined up against a wall and frisked. They did not see the initial jump-out and could not confirm whether officers had their guns drawn.   Continue reading “If You Thought Stop-And-Frisk Was Bad, You Should Know About Jump-Outs”

Continue reading “Chemtrailing the hell out of us this morning”

The Dalles Chronicle – by RaeLynn Ricarte

An international gun control treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly went into effect Dec. 24, but Congress has temporarily blocked U.S. involvement.

“I am grateful that Congress took this step but it is unbelievable to me that, in America, it was necessary,” said Linda Pellissier manager of the Old Mill Bargain Center in The Dalles.   Continue reading “UN gun control treaty enacted”

RT

Russia’s Ministry of Economic Development has reacted negatively to the bill to ban cash equivalents, including electronic money, such as bitcoins. It said the proposed ban could hit major telecom operators, retailers and banks hard.

The Ministry of Finance has developed a draft law on the introduction of responsibility for handling cash equivalents after President Vladimir Putin’s request in March. In the law “On the Central Bank” the Ministry is proposing to define quasi-money as monetary units and objects of property rights not provided for by the law. It would include those in electronic form, used as a means of payment and (or) exchange.   Continue reading “Yes to bitcoin! Russian ministry says quasi-money ban may endanger banks, retailers”

RT

US and coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria have killed nearly 1,200 people ‒ including 52 civilians ‒ and wounded at least 800 others at a cost of more than $1 billion since the bombings began in September.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said Thursday that airstrikes in Syria over the last three months have killed 1,046 fighters from the Islamic State – most of whom were non-Syrian fighters.   Continue reading “Airstrikes against Islamic State top $1bn, kill over 1,100 people”

RT

The South Korean labor ministry has ordered the closure of two nuclear reactors under construction, after a toxic gas leak killed three workers. The incident comes in the wake of cyberattacks and threats against the reactor’s operator.

Several government agencies and the police are conducting a probe into the deaths at the construction site of the Ulsan nuclear reactor on Friday.    Continue reading “2 reactors closed after deadly gas leak at hacked S. Korean nuclear plant”