Month: February 2015

The Guardian – by Saffron Alexander

Continue reading “Food fat warnings: why you should add butter to your shopping list”

Business Insider – by Tomas Hirst

Russia just lost its early-warning system for detecting ballistic missiles because of delays in the launch of its new “Tundra” advanced early-warning system.

According to Russia’s Kommersant newspaper, the system was due to replace ageing satellites launched as part of the Oko programme that had already exceeded their expected life span of five to seven years. The system had been beset by technical problems, and in January this year the last two satellites, which were operational for only a few hours each day, finally went offline.   Continue reading “Russia has lost its ability to detect incoming nuclear missiles from space”

Alter-Net – by Alex Hern, The Guardian

So, your TV might be spying on you. It probably just wanted to join in with the rest of the technology in your life, because let’s face it: if you live in the 21st century you’re probably monitored by half a dozen companies from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to sleep. (And if you wear a sleep tracker, it doesn’t even stop then.)

Compared with some of the technology that keeps a beady eye fixed on you, the news that Samsung’s privacy policy warns customers not to discuss sensitive information in front of their smart TVs is actually fairly tame. The warning relates to a voice-recognition feature that has to be explicitly invoked, and which only begins transmitting data when you say the activation phrase “hi, TV”.   Continue reading “6 Ways Your Tech Is Spying on You — and How You Can Fight Back”

ABC News 7

DEMAREST, N.J. (WABC) — A prop gun sparked a brief lockdown at Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, New Jersey, police say.

A student came to school on Knickerbocker Road this morning carrying a prop rifle for the school’s production of Hello Dolly, police said.   Continue reading “Prop Gun Sparks Lockdown At Northern Valley Regional High School In Demarest, NJ”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — During six years behind bars at Guantanamo Bay, Abdul Rauf insisted he was a lowly Taliban foot soldier who delivered bread and tea to combatants, even though he was really a corps commander. He was released in 2007 and sent home to Afghanistan. Until this week, he was working as the top recruiter in Afghanistan for Islamic State militants.

Rauf, who was killed along with seven others in a U.S. drone strike on Monday, and detainees like him who have returned to the battlefield are complicating President Barack Obama’s hopes of closing the detention center for terrorism suspects on the U.S. Navy base in Cuba. The administration says the prison is costly, damages America’s relationship with key allies and provides extremists a propaganda tool to woo recruits.   Continue reading “Gitmo detainee’s turn to IS hampers effort to close prison”

Mail.com

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas rodeo store has temporarily run out of baseball caps honoring Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL depicted in the blockbuster movie “American Sniper.” A roadside sign outside Grumps Burgers next door proclaims support for the families of Kyle and friend Chad Littlefield, who were slain two years ago at a gun range.

With opening statements set to begin Wednesday in the trial of the former Marine accused of capital murder in their deaths, many residents in this small community have been captivated by the case. “It’s been a big deal around here,” said Cory Flores, 25, who didn’t know Kyle but said he hoped to get a seat to witness the trial. He was among the dozens of people, including members of the media, waiting early Wednesday outside the Donald R. Jones Justice Center in Stephenville, about 50 miles southwest of Fort Worth.   Continue reading “Trial opens for ex-Marine accused in ‘American Sniper’ death”

The Guardian – by Lauren Gambino

Investigators are still searching for a motive behind an attack in North Carolina that left three Muslim students dead, as speculation mounted that the killings might be linked to their religion.

Craig Stephen Hicks, who turned himself in, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shooting deaths which took place on Tuesday night in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.    Continue reading “Three Muslim students dead in North Carolina shooting as suspect arrested”

Natural News – by Ethan A. Huff

Like the infamous brownshirts who marched lockstep in obedience to their beloved dictator, nearly every major mainstream media outlet today is simultaneously and savagely ripping at those who choose not to vaccinate, calling for free-thinking parents to be jailed, have their children taken from them, and be forcibly injected with whatever vaccines the state deems necessary.

But this unified affront to medical freedom has one common and baleful theme that needs to be recognized by all, regardless of your personal views on vaccines — the corporate media machine is actively encouraging the medical community to abandon all established medical ethics and literally force potentially life-threatening medical treatments on people without their informed consent.   Continue reading “Entire national media calling on doctors to violate fundamental medical ethics in push for vaccines”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On February 10, DKNY founder Donna Karan will join Michael Bloomberg, Gabby Giffords, Richard Martinez, and Everytown for Gun Safety for a gun control push that will be marked by the sale of custom bracelets bearing the message “Not One More.”

The gun control event will be held at Urban Zen.

Australian actor Hugh Jackman is also on board with the gun control message and “will be showing his support by posting an image of himself wearing one the [custom] bracelets via all avenues of his social media.”   Continue reading “DKNY Founder to Spread Gun Control Message on Custom Bracelets”

MassPrivateI

An Appeals Court in Washington, DC has ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may withhold from the public a secret procedure for shutting down cell phone service.

Ironically a committee called the ‘President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee'(NSTAC) claims their should be a single governmental process to impede phone & internet service.   Continue reading “DHS claims revealing info. about “Internet kill switch” will endanger law enforcement”

Weekly Standard

Here is the full text of the proposed war authorization bill sent to Congress by President Obama: 

JOINT RESOLUTION

To authorize the limited use of the United States Armed Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.   Continue reading “Text of Obama’s ISIS War Authorization”

NJ.com – by Matt Friedman

TRENTON — New Jersey schools would be required to teach students how they should interact with police officers under proposed legislation a sponsor says could protect both kids and cops.

The bill, (A4130), introduced last week, would require school districts to come up with instructions for students as part of their Social Studies Core Curriculum Content Standards that would include “the role and responsibilities of a law enforcement official in providing for public safety” and “an individual’s responsibilities to comply with a directive from a law enforcement official.”   Continue reading “N.J. schools would teach kids how to interact with police under proposed law”

ABC 7 News – by Jason Knowles

CHICAGO (WLS) — The ABC7 I-Team reveals the mobile technology that hackers can use to steal credit and debit numbers from you while you’re in public. The cards at risk are enabled with radio technology that allows you to “wave and pay.”

It may be convenient, but there are also remote tools that thieves can use to steal information from those cards. The I-Team tested a device that can “secretly swipe” while you are standing in line to pay, on an escalator, or in a crowded spot.   Continue reading “Secretly swiped: Your account numbers taken out of thin air”

New York Times – by J. DAVID GOODMAN and AL BAKER

Last year, a police oversight board substantiated six complaints by people who said New York City officers had restrained them with a chokehold, a banned maneuver that was used by an officer in the fatal encounter with Eric Garner on Staten Island in July.

The number, while small, is a notable increase. From 2009 to 2013, the oversight agency, the Civilian Complaint Review Board, substantiated a total of nine chokehold complaints.   Continue reading “Substantiated Complaints About New York Police Department’s Use of Chokeholds Increase”

BATR – by James Hall

The Global Warming establishment is NOT a business. All the tentacles that suck up public money to finance crony collectivism are based upon government subsidies and artificially higher consumer prices. The absurd lunacy that economic growth and productive jobs can be created with the underlying premise of the “so called” industrial model is based upon lies, deceit and cooked data; clearly demonstrates the disingenuous nature of the zealots that benefit from the fraud.    Continue reading “Business of Global Warming Fraud”