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The U.S. State Department said Friday that events like the upcoming Winter Olympics in Russia are “an attractive target for terrorists” and advised travelers to the 2014 Games to be vigilant.
The Olympics begin February 7 in the Russian city of Sochi amid heightened security concerns, particularly following deadly dual attacks last month in Volgograd, about 600 miles northeast. Continue reading “Be Careful in Sochi, U.S. Warns Olympics Tourists”
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Just days after dismissing two top advisers for their roles in the George Washington Bridge scandal, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is facing questions over the use of Superstorm Sandy relief funds.
CNN has learned that federal officials are investigating whether Christie improperly used those relief funds to produce tourism ads that starred him and his family. Continue reading “Feds investigating Christie’s use of Sandy relief funds”
Washington Post – by Ellen Nakashima
In the majority of cases, traditional law enforcement and investigative methods provided the tip or evidence to initiate the case, according to the study by the New America Foundation, a Washington-based nonprofit group. Continue reading “NSA phone record collection does little to prevent terrorist attacks, group says”
A lawyer pursuing a lawsuit on behalf of U.S. military veterans deprived of their Second Amendment rights without due process charges the Obama administration is using mental health to accomplish a goal of disarming all Americans.
Michael Connelly of the United States Justice Foundation has filed suit on behalf of military veterans who were told they were incompetent and stripped of their right to bear arms. Continue reading “Obama Goal? ‘Disarming of all Americans’”
Making Us All Less Safe In the Process
Norway’s largest newspaper (Aftenposten) reports today that British spies pressured the developers of cellphone standards in the 1980s to intentionally weaken the cellphone’s encryption:
The British argued that the key length had to be reduced [the longer the key length, the stronger the encryption]. Among other things they wanted to make sure that a specified Asian country should not have the opportunity to escape surveillance. Continue reading “American and British Spy Agencies Have INTENTIONALLY Weakened Security for Many Decades”
Political Velcraft – by Volubrjotr
The United States government has six interrelated motivations for destroying the value of the dollar:
Stop the War coalition – by Max Blumenthal
A central player in Israeli affairs since the state’s inception, Ariel Sharon molded history according to his own stark vision. He won consent for his plans through ruthlessness and guile, and resorted to force when he could not find any.
An accused war criminal who presided over the killing of thousands of civilians, his foes referred to him as “The Bulldozer.” To those who revered him as a strong-armed protector and patron saint of the settlements, he was “The King of Israel.” In a life acted out in three parts, Sharon destroyed entire cities, wasted countless lives and sabotaged careers to shape the reality on the ground. Continue reading “The truth about Israeli war criminal Ariel Sharon that you won’t hear from Obama, Cameron or the BBC”
Sunday…. And again time for my usual rant that will both surprise you and piss many people off at the same time…
First, I want again to thank everyone for their support over the last while during a time when I was led to believe that I had a heart condition… I went for the followup this last week, and the doctor stated that my heart is perfectly fine. There is no blockage and all the EKG and blood work readings are back to normal. I can almost safely state that the cause of all the commotion in the first place was most probably due to one heck of a viral infection in my chest coupled with an allergic reaction to over the counter cough medication. I am now almost over all the chest congestion and I will be back to my usual 3 times a week to the local YMCA starting this week as well…. Continue reading “Northerntruthseeker Rant For Sunday, January 12th, 2013”
Italy’s third-biggest bank Monte dei Paschi di Siena was forced to delay a vital 3 billion euro ($4.1 billion) share sale to raise capital until mid-2014 because of shareholder opposition, plunging its turnaround plan into uncertainty.
The bank’s chairman and its chief executive may now resign after their plan to launch the cash call in January was defeated at an extraordinary shareholder meeting on Saturday due to the vote of Monte Paschi’s top shareholder. Continue reading “Monte Paschi shareholders delay cash call, top executives may quit”
The Telegraph – by Malcolm Moore
China appears to have fulfilled a promise to dismantle hundreds of labour camps and release tens of thousands of people who were imprisoned in them without trial.
A series of visits to six enormous labour camps on the outskirts of Beijing suggested that four had been shut down, with their signs removed. Staff said all their prisoners had been released and they were waiting for further orders. Continue reading “China abolishes its labour camps and releases prisoners”
After decades of relying on state banks, China is finally ready to open up the financial sector to private capital. Regulators announced it will roll out a “pilot project” to allow the creation of up to five privately financed banks this year to support economic growth.
The China Banking Regulatory Commission would maintain “prudential regulatory standards” in approving private banks, it said in a statement following a meeting on banking supervision. It gave no details of who would be allowed to set up a bank or in what lines of business they can compete. Continue reading “China To Set Up Five Private Banks In 2014”
Republican strategist Karl Rove asserted on Sunday that New Jersey’s Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) handling of the George Washington Bridge Scandal showed he had the right qualities to be president of the United States.
During a panel segment on Fox News Sunday, host John Roberts pointed out that many Republicans were praising Christie for firing one of his top aides after a newspaper exposed his administration’s role in closing part of the busiest bridge in the world as part of political retribution plot, but President Barack Obama had not fired anyone over the health care reform law. Continue reading “Karl Rove: Bridge scandal proves Christie is ‘what we want’ in a president”
Tea Party Nation – by Alan Caruba
The extreme cold that gripped the nation at the beginning of the year just added to the growing public dismissal of the claims that “greenhouse gas emissions” would lead to a dangerous stage of “global warming.” Indeed, even the charlatans that have devoted decades to this hoax are now using the phrase “climate change.”
We tend not to recall what the weather was like a year ago. In May 2013, Dennis T. Avery, a senior fellow for the Hudson Institute, noted that “Lots of us are commenting on the U.S. having the second coldest spring in the official thermometer record (starting ca. 1860) and the coldest since 1975. This cold spring highlights another climate cycle that has nothing to do with carbon dioxide (CO2).” Continue reading “Obama’s “Climate Change” Lies”
The Alberta woman who died of H5N1 bird flu was in her 20s and a health-care worker at Red Deer Hospital. More details emerged Thursday about the isolated, fatal case of H5N1, or avian influenza, that health officials announced yesterday. It was the first reported death from avian flu in North America. The infected woman, an Alberta resident who recently travelled to Beijing, China, died Jan. 3. The World Health Organization is supporting the work of investigators in Canada and China who are trying to piece together how and where she was exposed to the virus. Dr. Wenqing Zhang, head of the WHO’s global influenza program, said Thursday the organization wants to get the big picture of the case. Continue reading “Mystery deepens over Canada’s H5N1 fatality: woman was in her 20s and had no contact with birds- case “very odd””
The chairman of a New Jersey legislative panel investigating the George Washington Bridge lane closures said Gov. Chris Christie’s top aides had engaged in a “cover-up” and the governor could be impeached if it is determined he was aware of efforts to use the bridge for political purposes.
“Using the George Washington Bridge, a public resource, to exact a political vendetta, is a crime,” New Jersey Assemblyman John Wisniewski, who is spearheading the bridge probe, told NBC News on Saturday. “Having people use their official position to have a political game is a crime. So if those tie back to the governor in any way, it clearly becomes an impeachable offense.” Continue reading “Democrat heading bridge probe says Christie could be impeached if he knew of closures”
Truthstream Media – by Melissa Melton
Maine joined Connecticut this week as the second state in the nation to sign a genetically modified food labeling law, but you may not have heard much about it because the mainstream media hasn’t really said anything about it.
Do a basic news engine search and you’ll see that no mainstream media outlets have reported anything on this story. In fact, at the time of writing this, the most I could find was Washington Post Blog and Grist (with a ridiculously biased title). Continue reading “Mainstream Media Blackout: Maine Second State to Pass GMO Labeling Law”
Last year was a bad one for Florida’s manatees, which experienced a record number of fatalities.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute reported last month that more than 800 of the giant sea cows died in 2013, which was the highest total on record since the institute began researching the mammals 40 years ago.
The previous record for manatee deaths was 766 in 2010. At that time cold weather was largely blamed for the die-off. Continue reading “Florida Manatees Dying at Record Pace”
Epoch Times – by Zachary Stieber
A giant squid was found in a fishing net in Japan, off of Sadogashmia Island in Niigata Prefecture.
The squid was discovered after Shigernori Goto, a fisherman, pulled up a fishing net that was set at a depth 229 feet.
The squid died when it was hauled to the surface. Continue reading “Giant Squid Found in Japan”
Time – by Noah Rayman
Fox 6 Now
WND – by Bob Unruh 
Washington’s Blog
Northerntruthseeker
IB Times – by Moran Zhang
Raw Story – by David Edwards
The Extinction Protocol
NBC News – by Michael Isikoff
All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff