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BANGKOK (AP) — One of the founders of popular file-sharing website The Pirate Bay has been arrested under an Interpol warrant as he was crossing into Thailand from Laos, police said Tuesday.
Hans Fredrik Lennart Neij, who uses the alias TiAMO, was detained Monday by Thai immigration police at a checkpoint in Thailand’s Nong Khai province, about 500 kilometers (310 miles) northeast of Bangkok. Continue reading “Pirate Bay co-founder arrested at Thai-Lao border”
WASHINGTON – Adding to signs of distress in the nuclear force, the Air Force fired two commanders and disciplined a third in response to internal investigations of leadership lapses and misbehavior at two of its three intercontinental ballistic missile bases.
The most senior officer to be relieved was Col. Carl Jones, the No. 2 commander of the 90th Missile Wing at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming, in charge of 150 of the Air Force’s 450 Minuteman 3 nuclear ICBMs. He was dismissed “for a loss of trust and confidence in his leadership abilities,” and has been reassigned as a special assistant to the wing commander. Continue reading “Air Force fires 2 more nuclear missile corps commanders, disciplines another”
11 Alive Atlanta – by Michael King
ATLANTA (WXIA) – Dozens of reports of a fireball crossing the sky emerged Monday evening across 12 eastern states, from as far north as the Great Lakes states and extending as far south as Georgia.
As of 11:00 Monday night, the American Meteor Society said they had received nearly 200 reportsof one or more meteors crossing the skies at about 6:20 p.m. Monday. Continue reading “Meteor streaks over eastern US Monday night”
HOUSTON, Texas — A Fort Bliss soldier was charged in the death of El Paso County Constable Robert White, following a fight on Halloween night.
White was providing security at a haunted house in Canutillo on Friday night, the Associated Press (AP) reported. At some point during the night, White was punched in the face; he fell to the ground, “bleeding profusely” and was unresponsive, according to the El Paso Times. Continue reading “Fort Bliss Soldier Charged With Murder After Constable Dies in Fist Fight”
Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ
Suspected cartel hitmen gunned down the top federal law enforcement official in charge of the northern part of the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas.
More than 100 shots were fired by gunmen killing General Ricardo Cesar Nino and his girlfriend near the town of Valecillo, said Nuevo Leon Attorney General Adrian de la Garza Santos in a prepared statement. Nuevo Leon authorities found Nino’s body and that of his girlfriend along the highway connecting Valecillo and Nuevo Laredo on board of a Nissan sedan. Continue reading “Federal Police Leader Killed by Gunmen in Mexico”
HOUSTON, Texas — The special prosecutor who filed criminal charges against Texas Governor Rick Perry now claims the Governor is threatening Grand Jury witnesses by requesting a transcript of Grand Jury Testimony. Perry’s lawyers have accused the special prosecutor of attempting to criminalize the political process.
Perry’s lawyers, who are attempting to prepare a defense for the Governor, have filed a motion with the court to release the transcripts of Grand Jury testimony. Perry was indicted for exercising his Constitutional power of veto when he threatened to veto funding of the Travis County special anti-corruption unit of the Travis County District Attorney’s office after District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg was arrested and convicted of drunk driving. Continue reading “Special Prosecutor Accuses Perry of Threatening Grand Jury Witnesses”
Activist Post – by Heather Callaghan
Today, starts the first day of one of the largest, most viral student-led lunchtime boycotts. Farmington High School of Farmington, Connecticut organized the Facebook event to boycott the school lunches for November 3-7th. The peaceful consumer demonstration protests not only the incredibly dismal quality of the food, but also the harsh credit system that denies lunches when accounts are slightly overdrawn. Over 500 people have signed up to attend.
If there weren’t some photos to back up the complaints, the quality problem would sound outrageous enough for Charles Dickens to reject as fiction. Students have found mold, uncooked chicken, expired food, unidentifiable blobs, dead bugs and human hairs. They have described portion sizes for $3.50 lunches that amount to a couple of gulps. Continue reading “Largest School Lunch Boycott Starts Today in Connecticut”
A fresh outbreak of Ebola in a part of Sierra Leone where the virus was thought to have been contained has raised fears of a new, uncontrolled infection chain that could send the death toll soaring.
A Red Cross ambulance team was sent to the remote district of Koinadugu, which had prided itself on being the only area to have kept Ebola at bay, on Tuesday to urgently collect 30 corpses for medical burial. Continue reading “Fresh Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone raises fears of new infection chain”
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlined her displeasure over Russia’s role in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday and said there is no reason yet to lift European Union sanctions.
Russia supported rebel-organized elections in eastern Ukraine that the West says undermine a much-violated cease-fire deal signed in Minsk in September.
Merkel said her aim remains a diplomatic solution, but the weekend’s events show “how difficult it is even to maintain agreements that have been made, if we look at the illegal elections.” Continue reading “Merkel underlines displeasure over Russian role”
We recently had the unfortunate experience of having a lady whom we know well, go to hospital for a heart operation. Since she survived the operation, we wanted to make sure the hospital food did not kill her.
We visited this lady for two weeks after the operation, bringing her healthy food every day, because hospital food is more than awful tasting – it’s toxic. While I knew it was bad, until I saw what was fed to her each day, I had no idea how bad it was. Continue reading “Hospital Food – How it Can Kill You”
The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder
The idea that the United States is on the brink of a horrifying economic crash is absolutely inconceivable to most Americans. After all, the economy has been relatively stable for quite a few years and the stock market continues to surge to new heights. On Friday, the Dow and the S&P 500 both closed at brand new all-time record highs. For the year, the S&P 500 is now up 9 percent and the Nasdaq is now up close to 11 percent. And American consumers are getting ready to spend more than 600 billion dollars this Christmas season. That is an amount of money that is larger than the entire economy of Sweden. So how in the world can anyone be talking about economic collapse? Yes, many will concede, we had a few bumps in the road back in 2008 but things have pretty much gotten back to normal since then. Why be concerned about economic collapse when there is so much stability all around us? Continue reading “Most People Cannot Even Imagine That An Economic Collapse Is Coming”
“It’s official: The U.S. is the world’s leading terrorist state, and proud of it.”
That should have been the headline for the lead story in The New York Times on Oct. 15, which was more politely titled “CIA Study of Covert Aid Fueled Skepticism About Helping Syrian Rebels.”
The article reports on a CIA review of recent U.S. covert operations to determine their effectiveness. The White House concluded that unfortunately successes were so rare that some rethinking of the policy was in order. Continue reading “America, the World’s Leading #1 Terrorist State”
Stunning Hypocrisy
The White House said today:
History shows that a free press remains a critical foundation for prosperous, open, and secure societies, allowing citizens to access information and hold their governments accountable. Continue reading “Obama Administration Praises Freedom of the Press … While GUTTING It in the U.S.”
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