Month: January 2015

Al Monitor

Those concerned with current East-West relations often use the term “Silk Road.” Referring to this term, in writing and literature, is more like retrieving old photographs from a bygone ancient era rather than having an outlook onto the future. This road, which spread economic prosperity, cultural diversity and interaction across Asia, Africa and Europe, is not a component of modern geography but of ancient history.   Continue reading “China planning Silk Road 2.0 through the Middle East”

Guns Save Lives – by Sam Cadle

Milwaukee, WI – Information from a source tells me that this shooting was a self defense shooting that took place.  It is believed that this was a robbery that turned into a defensive gun use and the shooter is a Wisconsin CCL holder.  Currently news sources are stating that the shooter is in custody and the suspect is deceased.   Continue reading “CCL Holder Shoots Robbery Suspect in WI”

Guns Save Lives – by Dan Cannon

It looks like the Army will be getting a whole new pistol system sometime in the foreseeable future.

The Army has been considering an upgrade to its aging arsenal of Beretta M9 pistols and it looks like a new version of that pistol will not be the way they go.   Continue reading “Army Officially Announces It’s Rejection of Beretta M9A3”

Washington’s Blog

The Stakes Are Too High Not to Negotiate Peace

Former Soviet leader and Nobel prize winner Mikhail Gorbachev warned today that the battle in Ukraine could result in a nuclear war:

“A war of this kind would unavoidably lead to a nuclear war,” the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner told Der Spiegel news magazine, according to excerpts released on Friday. Continue reading “Top Russian, American and Polish Leaders Warn that Continued Fighting In Ukraine Could Lead to Nuclear War”

CNBC News – by Krystina Gustafson

J.C. Penney said Thursday it will close about 40 stores over the next year.

The closures, which represent nearly 4 percent of the 1,060 Penney U.S. stores, will affect about 2,250 employees, according to spokesman Joey Thomas.

Penney’s stock was down 1.8 percent in morning trading Thursday.   Continue reading “JC Penney to close 40 stores in 2015”

Sovereign Man – by Simon Black

When the Soviet Union was dying out and privatization schemes and free market measures were being implemented, it was like the Wild West out there.

With a bit of street smarts, insights, the right contacts, information, and access to capital, you could grab or build a fortune.

That’s how most Russian billionaire tycoons amassed their wealth. By being in the right place at the right time and taking action.   Continue reading “Forget Cuba opening up to the US, watch out for Venezuela”

Washington’s Blog – by Eric Zuesse

On January 7th, Britain’s Guardian, which used to be a fine newspaper but isn’t now, started what will necessarily be a long road back to reality, after nearly a year of their intermittent inattention and Western propaganda on Ukraine — finally realistically reporting the war there as being what it is and always was: an attempt by the post-coup Ukrainian Government to destroy the area in Ukraine where the residents had voted 90% for the Ukrainian President who was overthrown in the February 2014 coup.   Continue reading “The Guardian Finally Starts to Report the Truth about Ukraine’s War”

Rome News Tribune – by John Bailey

Three Rome men accused of conspiring to obtain explosives now face a much more serious domestic terrorism charge — conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction.

Terry Eugene Peace, Brian Edward Cannon and Cory Robert Williamson on Monday waived arraignment and pleaded not guilty to the domestic terrorism charge as well as charges of conspiring to defraud the government.   Continue reading “3 Rome, Georgia militia men now face domestic terrorism charge”

Market Watch – by Ciara Linnane

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Overstock.com Inc. demonstrated a surprisingly high level of commitment to digital currencies Friday with the news that it is planning to offer its employees the option of being paid in bitcoin.

The discount online retailer made the announcement in a release about a new bitcoin ATM that it has installed at its corporate headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.   Continue reading “Overstock.com offers employees all-bitcoin paychecks”

Detroit Free Press

GALESBURG, Mich. — A three-mile radius has been evacuated around a massive deadly pileup on I-94 as four semis burn, including one with hazardous material and another hauling fireworks.

Both directions of I-94 are closed in eastern Kalamazoo County due to the wreck involving more than 100 vehicles.

Michigan State Police say one person is dead and multiple others are injured. People who aren’t injured were taken to warming centers, according to State Police Inspector Tracey McAndrew.   Continue reading “Fiery 100-plus vehicle pileup closes I-94 in west Michigan”

Jon Rappoport

Follow me on a few twists and turns down the rabbit hole.

Start with this untitled June 27, 1994, document, stored at the National Security Archive at The George Washington University.

It was written by a CIA advisory committee, and forwarded to the Presidential Committee on Human Radiation Experiments, which was preparing public hearings in 1994.   Continue reading “CIA mind-control program: did it really end?”

RT

Four people and one hostage-taker have been killed at a supermarket in Paris as security forces undertook a rescue operation, according to reports. A worker in Dammartin-en-Goele has been freed, and the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo massacre killed.

Several loud blasts were heard and smoke has been rising over the printworks in the industrial zone north east of Paris.   Continue reading “Five killed in Paris store hostage crisis, Charlie Hebdo suspects also dead”

Mail.com

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 17-year-old girl being forced by state officials to undergo chemotherapy for her cancer said Thursday she understands she’ll die if she stops treatment but it should be her decision.

The state Supreme Court ruled earlier in the day state officials aren’t violating the rights of the girl, Cassandra C., who has Hodgkin lymphoma. Cassandra told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview from her hospital it disgusts her to have “such toxic harmful drugs” in her body and she’d like to explore alternative treatments. She said by text she understands “death is the outcome of refusing chemo” but believes in “the quality of my life, not the quantity.”   Continue reading “Girl says she knows she’ll die without chemo”

Mail.com

MULLAN, Idaho (AP) — A snowmobiler who plunged into a freezing Montana ravine says he gave up hope of surviving and wrote goodbye letters to his family before his friends found him, hypothermic and dehydrated, more than a day later.

“When you’re an extreme snowmobiler and you get lost, you’re usually dead,” Barry Sadler told KECI-TV. “You’re going places where people won’t go — where people shouldn’t go.” The 54-year-old Mullan, Idaho, man said part of his extreme mindset was to ride without survival gear or water.   Continue reading “Snowmobiler stranded in freezing ravine wrote goodbye notes”

Mother Jones – by Tim Murphy

After announcing he was forming a presidential exploratory committee last month, former Republican Florida Governor Jeb Bush quickly began pulling together a political operation of strategists, consultants and donors. On Thursday, the Washington Postreported that DC insider Richard Hohlt, a Republican lobbyist, has become an informal member of the Jeb Bush campaign team. But the newspaper neglected to note that Hohlt is more than your average Washington influence-peddler.   Continue reading “Jeb Bush’s New Campaign Adviser: “One of the Most Infamous Lobbyists in the World””

Washington’s Blog

Governments from around the world admit they’ve used the bully’s trick … attack first, and then blame the victim:

• Japanese troops set off a small explosion on a train track in 1931, and falsely blamed it on China in order to justify an invasion of Manchuria. This is known as the “Mukden Incident” or the “Manchurian Incident”.   The Tokyo International Military Tribunal found:  “Several of the participators in the plan, including Hashimoto [a high-ranking Japanese army officer], have on various occasions admitted their part in the plot and have stated that the object of the “Incident” was to afford an excuse for the occupation of Manchuria by the Kwantung Army ….”    And see this

Continue reading “The First Question to Ask After Any Terror Attack: Was It a False Flag?”

Jon Rappoport

CNN International is reporting: “Police found an ID document of Said Kouachi at the scene of the shooting, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported. ‘It was their only mistake,’ said Dominique Rizet, BFMTV’s police and justice consultant, reporting that the discovery helped the investigation.”

2 suspects on the loose: Said Kouachi and Cherif Kouachi. Police find shooter Said’s ID at the scene of the shooting at the Charlie Hebdo magazine offices, where 12 people were killed.   Continue reading “Charlie Hebdo shooting: suspect’s magic ID found at the scene”