Year: 2014

RT

Details of a US federal program known as ‘civil asset forfeiture,’ which enables police to seize the property of suspected criminals without having to prove their guilt, are revealed in a series of video seminars obtained by the New York Times.

“A guy drives up in a 2008 Mercedes, brand new,” says Harry Connelly Jr., the city attorney of Las Cruces, New Mexico, in a taped lecture. “Just so beautiful, I mean, the cops were undercover and they were just like ‘Ahhhh.’ And he gets out and he’s just reeking of alcohol. And it’s like, ‘Oh, my goodness, we can hardly wait,’” he says, describing the 2008 seizure of a car made possible by the policy.   Continue reading “Cops use ‘wish list’ when seizing ‘little goodies’…such as cars or homes”

Mail.com

MILWAUKEE (AP) — The man accused of masterminding the theft of a 300-year-old, $5 million Stradivarius violin that was snatched from a musician in Milwaukee was sentenced Monday to seven years in prison.

Salah Salahadyn, 42, once told an acquaintance that such a theft was his dream crime because of the instrument’s value and the ease of grabbing it from a musician walking down the street. The centuries-old instrument was stolen in January from Frank Almond, a concertmaster at the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, as he walked to his vehicle following a performance. Almond was attacked with a stun gun during the theft.   Continue reading “Man accused in theft of $5M violin gets prison”

Mail.com

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in western Anbar province. Pentagon officials said they had no immediate information on such an attack or on the militant leader being injured.

Iraq’s Defense and Interior ministries both issued statements saying al-Baghdadi had been wounded, without elaborating, and the news was broadcast on state-run television Sunday night. The reports came at a time when President Barack Obama said the U.S.-led coalition was in a position to start going on the offensive against the Islamic State militants.   Continue reading “Iraqi officials say IS leader wounded in airstrike”

Mail.com

BEIJING (AP) — An uneasy handshake Monday between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe marked the first meeting between the two men since either took power, and an awkward first gesture toward easing two years of high tensions.

As the two men approached each other, stern-faced, to shake hands in front of cameras, Abe briefly tried to say something to Xi, who gave no response and turned away, appearing distinctly uncomfortable, to fix his gaze toward the cameras for the rest of the handshake.   Continue reading “An awkward handshake: Leaders of China, Japan meet”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — The residents of Belle Harbor Manor spent four miserable months in emergency shelters after Superstorm Sandy’s floodwaters surged through their assisted-living center on New York City’s Rockaway peninsula.

Now, the home’s disabled, elderly and mostly poor residents have a new headache: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has asked at least a dozen of them to pay back thousands of dollars in disaster aid.   Continue reading “NYC adult home residents asked to repay FEMA aid”

Continue reading “The Painted Hills, Oregon High Desert”

Tea Party at Perrysburg

What the heck is Obama wearing when he arrived in China? Fox & Friends called it “Star Trek” fashion but it looks more like Kenya fashion to me, only not as cool.

Apparently our still self-assured though beaten POTUS hasn’t learned his lesson about chewing gum either because he’s chomping his cud again in the video FNC just showed which hasn’t hit the internet yet.   Continue reading “Obama arrives in Asia wearing WHAT?”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

The fact that the United States and NATO are arming the death squads fighting the secular government of Bashar al-Assad is, by now, accepted news in both the alternative and mainstream media circles. However, due to the U.S. State Department’s and its media mouthpieces’ incessant claims that there is such a thing as “moderate” rebels vs. extremist rebels in Syria, it is not considered “credible” or mainstream to suggest that the United States is, in fact, arming extremists.   Continue reading “ISIS Fires American-Made Missiles At Syrian Army”

Natural News – by Jonathan Benson

Relatively new to the food products market, Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, a Southern California-based family company famous for its organic, fair-trade pure castile soaps, has come under scrutiny by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for merely sharing with its customers the proven health benefits of eating extra-virgin coconut oil.

The FDA sent a letter to Dr. Bronner’s on July 8, 2014, warning that its Magic “All-One!” Fresh-Pressed Virgin Coconut Oil had suddenly transformed into an “unapproved drug” based on one simple health claim indicated on its packaging. By selling its coconut oil with the stated claim, maintains the FDA, Dr. Bronner’s is engaging in the sale and distribution of an illegal drug.   Continue reading “FDA targets Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps for sharing health benefits of coconut oil”

RT

Five Syrian nuclear scientists have reportedly been killed by unknown assailants while riding a bus north of Damascus, near the research center where they worked, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports.

“Unidentified attackers murdered five nuclear energy engineers who worked in the scientific research center near the neighborhood of Barzeh, northern Damascus,” Observatory director Rami Abdel Rahman told AFP.   Continue reading “5 nuclear scientists assassinated near Damascus – report”

Fox News

A suicide bomber has killed at least 48 students at a high school assembly in northeastern Nigeria, witnesses say.

Survivors told the Associated Press that the explosives detonated Monday morning during the weekly assembly at the Government Technical Science College in Potiskum, capital of the Yobe state. They also said that the bomber was disguised in a school uniform and carried the explosives in a rucksack commonly used by students.    Continue reading “At least 48 reported killed in suicide bombing at northeast Nigeria school”

American Everyman – by Willy Loman

ISIS™ in Egypt

Sinai-based Ansar Beit al-Maqdis (ABM), the most active Islamist group in Egypt, has pledged loyalty to the Islamic State (IS), AFP reports, citing an audio message ABM posted on its Twitter account. Continue reading “ISIS™ Goes Everywhere Obama Needs to Prop-up Puppet Regimes”

TruthDig – by Natasha Hakimi Zapata

Demonstrators, indignant over the Mexican government’s role in the disappearance of 43 students, set fire to President Enrique Peña Nieto’s ceremonial palace door in Mexico City on Saturday. The act was fueled by months of anger bubbling in the Latin American country over the ignominious event which took place in September when students in Iguala, a town in the Mexican state of Guerrero, came together raise money for a demonstration in which they planned to protest budgets cuts to their teachers college. The protests culminated in a bloody confrontation with police sent by Iguala’s former mayor, José Luis Abarca, and his wife, who allegedly feared the demonstrations would interrupt an event she was hosting. During the clashes, 6 people were killed and 43 students disappeared at the hands of the police, who, according to officials, turned the students over to a local drug gang who have confessed to burning the bodies and throwing the remains in a river.   Continue reading “#YaMeCanse: Mexico Turmoil Reaches Boiling Point as Protests Over Students’ Disappearance Continue”

Jon Rappoport

“People have to have immediate updates on stories of the day. It’s an addiction. And for an addict, his own state of mind is far less important than finding his next jolt. He only knows Need. And the last thing he wants to consider is that, at bottom, he is inventing that Need.” (The Underground, Jon Rappoport)

Reality is a psychological operation.

“Reality” basically means some group has force, money, and access to fawning media. They can define what exists.   Continue reading “Ebola, Monsanto, James Holmes: basis of psyops”

Jon Rappoport

The first thing you need to know is: pharmaceutical companies would develop and sell a vaccine to combat flying turtles if they could make money from it.

And shockingly, that point is relevant to the Ebola vaccine, because as yet I have seen no evidence that Ebola virus has ever been properly identified in any human being.

Therefore, there is no evidence anyone needs protection from the virus.   Continue reading “Watch out: genetically engineered Ebola vaccine”

Paul Craig Roberts

RT, one of my favorite news sources, has fallen for a fake story put out by the Pentagon to support the fantasy story that a SEAL team killed Osama bin Laden, who died a second time in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a decade after his first death from illness and disease. http://rt.com/usa/202895-navy-seal-shot-binladen/

This fake story together with the fake movie and the fake book by an alleged SEAL team member is the way the fake story of bin Laden’s murder is perpetrated. Bin Laden’s alleged demise at the hands of a SEAL team was a propaganda orchestration, the purpose of which was to give Obama a hero’s laurels and deep six Democratic talk of challenging his nomination for a second term.   Continue reading “Another Fake Bin Laden Story”

Food Freedom USA

A Nevada rancher, and his 12 year old daughter, were put on a terror watch list recently which hampered their planned trip. Secondary Security Screening Selectee, Ammon Bundy, shares his “domestic terrorist” treatment at the Phoenix Airport with Luca Zanna of the Love, Guns, and Freedom radio show. Bundy also discloses the details on what will happen in the next 90 days to 3 million acres of public land in Nevada. Second Hour… Apache County Supervisor Barry Weller and his struggle to stand against Agenda 21 and property rights in Arizona. Also Attorney for Freedom Marc J. Victor, some great rifle training tips and important news… stay tuned… the battle for our Rights has just started…   Continue reading “Rancher Recounts Terrifying Experience with the TSA”