Month: February 2015

Sputnik

Russian navy ships will now have access to stop off at ports in Cyprus, while Moscow will continue to provide the Mediterranean country with debt relief, following an agreement by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Cypriot leader Nicos Anastasiades.

The agreements, which apply to Russian vessels involved in counter terrorism and anti piracy efforts, follow Mr. Anastasiades’ two-day visit to Russia, which led to the two countries signing a programme of cooperation for 2015-2017.   Continue reading “Russia Signs Military Deal With EU Member State”

Reuters – by SULEIMAN AL-KHALIDI

Jordan and Israel signed an agreement to go ahead with a World Bank-sponsored project to build a desalination plant in the Gulf of Aqaba and a pipeline linking the Red Sea with the Dead Sea.

The plant will be built in the southern Jordanian port of Aqaba on the Red Sea and will desalinate water to be shared by Israelis and Palestinians. The brine that is a byproduct of the process will be sent north in a 112-mile (180-km) pipeline to the Dead Sea.     Continue reading “Jordan, Israel agree $900 million Red Sea-Dead Sea project”

All Gov – by Noel Brinkerhoff

Nearly 2,500 acres of public lands in Arizona has been handed over to two foreign mining companies that plan to excavate $130 billion in copper from an area considered sacred to Native Americans.

Oak Flat, part of the Tonto National Forest about 100 miles north of Tucson, is the site where Resolution Copper Mining, a British-Australian partnership, intends to develop an enormous copper mine.   Continue reading “Why is Congress Turning over Public Lands to Foreign Copper Mine Companies?”

KTVA 11 News – by Lauren Maxwell

ANCHORAGE – A state-funded study is underway to see if Alaskan women will stop drinking if they find out they are pregnant.

The study is targeting Alaska’s high rates of fetal alcohol syndrome, with a goal of bringing awareness about the problem.

The Alaska Legislature approved the two-year, $400,000 study to place free pregnancy tests in 20 bars across the state. In Anchorage, the Peanut Farm Bar and Grill has the first pregnancy test dispenser hanging in the ladies’ room.   Continue reading “Free pregnancy tests available in bars around Alaska”

KTVA News 11 – by Heather Hintze

FAIRBANKS – It was an overcast, foggy day in Fairbanks for the second day of the World Ice Art Championships.

Thirty-five teams were hard at work in the single block competition. From start to finish, they have about 60 hours to complete a piece start to finish.   Continue reading “Married couples’ love of ice keeps them carving together”

The Moscow Times

Washington D.C. residents are doomed to a grim future of drug addiction, the Russian Health Ministry’s top drugs specialist warned Thursday in a scathing commentary on the district’s recent legalization of marijuana.

“When the authorities take their cue from the sinister interests of the population, what happens is everyone becomes a drug addict,” Yevgeny Bryun, the ministry’s chief drugs specialist, was cited as saying Thursday by Interfax news agency.   Continue reading “‘Everyone Will Become a Drug Addict’ in D.C., Says Russian Health Official”

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Freedom Outpost – by William Federer

Washington was unanimously chosen as the Army’s Commander-in-Chief, unanimously chosen as President of the Constitutional Convention, and unanimously chosen as the first U.S. President.

As General, Washington acknowledged God after victories throughout the Revolution and as President thanked God for the Constitution, October 3, 1789:   Continue reading “George Washington & the Providence of God”

RT

A military judge has put the oft-delayed 9/11 trial on hold until the Department of Defense walks back an order requiring the judges presiding over the case to move to Guantanamo Bay in order to proceed with the trial.

The Defense Department’s interference stems from a controversial order issued in January requiring the judges in three active terror trials to relocate to the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It would also strip military judges of other duties, including presiding over US service members’ court martials.   Continue reading “Military judge halts 9/11 trial citing Defense Dept. overreach”

Mail.com

LONDON (AP) — A London-based Muslim lobbying group says there are “striking similarities” between the masked militant known as “Jihadi John” and a London man named Mohammed Emwazi.

Emwazi has been identified by news organizations as the masked militant with a British accent shown in beheading videos released by the Islamic State group in Syria. CAGE, which works with Muslims in conflict with British intelligence services, said Thursday its research director, Asim Qureshi, saw strong similarities but due to the hood won by the militant, “there was no way he could be 100 percent certain.”     Continue reading “Muslim group: ‘Jihadi John’ resembles UK man Mohammed Emwazi”

Mail.com

Another round of snowy and icy weather led to school closings, dangerous driving conditions and power outages Thursday across the South and even delayed a Georgia execution.

A wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain fell across the Gulf Coast states, the Carolinas and the D.C. area. This system may also bring severe thunderstorms to parts of Georgia and Florida, forecasters said. Already parts of northern Alabama have seen more than 10 inches of heavy, wet snow, causing tree damage and power outages.   Continue reading “New round of winter weather dumps more snow on the South”

Mail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia defied threats from Congress and moved forward Thursday with legalizing possession of marijuana after a voter-approved initiative.

Despite last-minute maneuvers by Republican leaders in Congress and threats that city leaders could face prison time, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the city was implementing marijuana legalization as approved by voters. The new law took effect at 12:01 a.m.   Continue reading “DC legalizes pot in capital, despite threats from Congress”

8 News Now

LAS VEGAS — A Washington couple says they were falsely arrested by the Nevada Highway Patrol for stealing a collector car they actually owned.

The highway patrol admitted two errors that led to Robin and Beverly Bruins being removed from their car at gunpoint. And, now, the highway patrol is facing a lawsuit.

As the I-Team learned, it all began with confusion over a license plate on a classic car. A highway patrol dash camera recorded a trooper stating over a loudspeaker: “Driver! Remove your keys from the ignition and put them on the roof now!”   Continue reading “I-Team: Collector car owners experience daylight nightmare”

Liberty’s Torch

Thanks to “our” Main Stream Media…well, I suppose any left-liberals in the audience would regard them that way…the Nixon Administration’s “enemies list” is a notorious, even legendary item. There’s some irony in that, for it’s been stated by numerous Nixon White House staffers that if such a list did exist, President Nixon never spoke of it and probably never saw it. All the same, the open hostility between the Nixonites and the media makes the suggestion of such a list plausible, whether or not it was real.   Continue reading “The “New Class” Part 2: The Enemies List”

End of American Dream –  by Michael Snyder

Janet Yellen is very alarmed that some members of Congress want to conduct a comprehensive audit of the Federal Reserve for the first time since it was created.  If the Fed is doing everything correctly, why should Yellen be alarmed?  What does she have to hide?  During testimony before Congress on Tuesday, she made “central bank independence” sound like it was the holy grail.  Even though every other government function is debated politically in this country, Yellen insists that what the Federal Reserve does is “too important” to be influenced by the American people.  Does any other government agency ever dare to make that claim?  But of course the Federal Reserve is not a government agency.  It is a private banking cartel that has far more power over our money and our economy than anyone else does.  And later on in this article I am going to share with you dozens of reasons why Congress should shut it down.   Continue reading “Janet Yellen Is Freaking Out About ‘Audit The Fed’ – Here Are 100 Reasons Why She Should Be”