Month: January 2015

Tea Party

(Washington Times) – Yemen President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi is being held captive by rebels who have attacked his compound, just as the U.S. military has moved the USS Iwo Jima and the USS Fort McHenry into the Red Sea, in position to take aboard evacuees from the U.S. Embassy in Yemen if tensions and violence continue to escalate.

Various media have also reported that the presidential compound is under attack and Shiite Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, are holding the Yemeni president captive.   Continue reading “Yemen’s President Held Captive; U.S. Sends Navy Warships To Red Sea”

KNOP 2 News

LINCOLN, Neb. — TransCanada Keystone Pipeline, LP filed eminent domain papers in nine Nebraska counties Tuesday.

The company is trying to get the remaining 12 percent of easements from landowners required in the state.

This action was required within two years of TransCanada receiving its January 2013 approval in Nebraska. That time period expires on January 22, 2015. An agreement without Eminent Domain can still be reached if TransCanada and land owners can negotiate voluntary easement agreements.   Continue reading “Keystone XL Pipeline Files for Eminent Domain in Nebraska”

ABC News

Investigators say a police officer who killed a man while patrolling a ruralColorado community shot him in the back after stopping him on the street and following him home even though the man wasn’t an imminent threat.

The Colorado Bureau of Investigation found James Ashby aggressively pursued Jack Jacquez, 27, after stopping him Oct. 12, according to court documents released Thursday.

The bureau’s investigation concluded Ashby fatally shot Jacquez even as Jacquez was moving away.   Continue reading “Records: Officer Charged With Murder Shot Man in Back”

John Whitehead has written an article entitled, “The Dire State of Our Nation” The examples which he cites are the reasons we must take action NOW ! The liar and chief put forth his parties views and desires again last night, only which remind the real American of their diabolically laid plans for the destruction of Our Republic.

All these …and more, is exactly why it’s time to water the Liberty Tree. For the socialist / marxists are so entrenched in the system, their cancerous threat is killing OUR Republic. There is no way to reach these creatures. There’s no talking, or explaining the errors of their ways. There’s no appealing to their civil nature for they’ve none, that views with rational thought.   Continue reading “An American Response To The SOTU”

RT

Author and philosopher Noam Chomsky has challenged a hypocritical approach concerning US drone attacks and the bombing of a media organization in Yugoslavia in the light of the outburst following the Charlie Hebdo attack.

In a blog post first published by CNN on Monday this week, the noted academic raised questions about America’s interpretation of the terrorist attack on French magazine Charlie Hebdo earlier this month that left 12 people dead.   Continue reading “Two ways of terrorism: theirs v ours – Chomsky lambasts US for drone attacks and media deaths”

Politico – by Jake Sherman

Speaker John Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to a joint session of Congress about Iran next month, a move sure to inflame the Obama administration, which is trying to negotiate a nuclear deal with the Islamic republic.

Netanyahu is vehemently opposed to a deal with Iran, and has been very vocal that the United States is making a mistake in negotiating with the nation. In many ways, he’s served as President Barack Obama’s foil as negotiations have progressed. Boehner, an Ohio Republican, is setting up a major confrontation with the Obama administration one day after the State of the Union – a move that is sure to put him in good graces with his House Republican Conference. Boehner has invited Netanyahu to address Congress for a third time Feb. 11.   Continue reading “Boehner invites Netanyahu to speak to Congress”

RT

Around two-thirds of American colleges and universities now have armed law enforcement officers with full arrest powers, according to a Justice Department report. This is despite crime rates continuing to fall across the United States.

Colleges employ 32,000 law enforcement personnel, according to the review. Sworn campus police officers are used for security at 92 percent of public institutions, a much higher number than at private campuses, where 38 percent of schools have sworn officers. Those personnel used at public establishments have full arrest powers.   Continue reading “More campus police officers armed despite falling crime rates – report”

Mail.com

BOSTON (AP) — Administrators and staff at a leading Boston hospital are mourning the death of a cardiac surgeon who was fatally shot at the hospital by a man who then killed himself.

Officials at Brigham and Women’s Hospital said Dr. Michael J. Davidson, director of endovascular cardiac surgery, died late Tuesday after being shot around 11 a.m. “Dr. Davidson was a wonderful and inspiring cardiac surgeon who devoted his career to saving lives and improving the quality of life of every patient he cared for,” said a statement issued by the hospital, which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School. “It is truly devastating that his own life was taken in this horrible manner.”   Continue reading “Hospital staff mourns surgeon fatally wounded by gunman”

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Reason – by Jacob Sullum

Last week Attorney General Eric Holder scaled back the Equitable Sharing Program, which enables local law enforcement agencies to evade state limits on civil asset forfeiture. But he did not end that program, and the fine print in the new policy seems to leave a lot of leeway for continued abuses.

In the order describing the new policy, Holder says “federal adoption of property seized by state or local law enforcement under state law is prohibited, except for property that directly relates to public safety concerns, including firearms, ammunition, explosives, and property associated with child pornography.” Continue reading “The Fine Print in Holder’s New Forfeiture Policy Leaves Room for Continued Abuses”

Syracuse – by Tim Knauss

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – The Greater Syracuse Land Bank is expected to announce a new program Tuesday that will allow Syracuse police officers, firefighters and school teachers to buy land bank houses in the city for half price as long as they live in them for at least five years.

The land bank’s board of directors is expected to approve the new policy during its meeting Tuesday, said Katelyn Wright, executive director. The board’s governance committee has already signed off on the idea, she said.   Continue reading “Syracuse land bank expected to offer half-price homes to cops, firefighters, teachers”

BATR – by James Hall

In the ridiculous charade that passes for the foreign exchange currency markets, the ease upon which a 39% spike in the Swiss Franc to the EU has most financial journalist puzzled. A flagship of establishment journalism like the Washington Post provides a quaint explanation in Why Switzerland’s currency is going historically crazy. The Swiss intend to keep their exchange rate at 1.2 Swiss francs per euro caused unsustainable negative competiveness in Swiss exports to EU customers. How many times have you heard that same old song? Corporatist media consistently spins a yarn that suppressing one’s own currency is good for business.   Continue reading “The Swiss will not have more EU QE”

Prevent Disease – by Marco Torres

An individual’s view of health determinants is directly correlated to their sources and how they process information. Regardless of its accuracy, when something is repeated a sufficient number of times, people will start to believe it. The cancer and sunscreen industries have made it their mission to convince the world that sunlight is a primary cause of skin cancer, when it fact it has been shown to prevent it. In fact, considerable evidence shows that blocking the sun’s rays from reaching our skin with, for example sunscreen, significantly decreases our uptake of vitamin D levels, leading to higher mortality, critical illness, mental health disorders and cancer itself.    Continue reading “It’s Time To Stop Perpetuating The Myth That Sunlight Causes Cancer”