Month: March 2015

RT

The US secretary of state appeared to say on CBS News that America has to negotiate with Syria’s president about a political transition in the war-torn country. But later the State Department clarified that John Kerry wasn’t referring to Bashar Assad.

“But to get the Assad regime to negotiate, we’re going to have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating,” Kerry said on Sunday.   Continue reading “Kerry says US wants to negotiate with Assad… State Dept denies”

Mail.com

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Once upon a time, Mexican marijuana was the gold standard for U.S. pot smokers. But in the new world of legal markets and gourmet weed, aficionados here are looking to the United States and Europe for the good stuff.

Instead of Acapulco Gold, Mexican smokers want strains like Liberty Haze and Moby Dick — either importing high-potency boutique pot from the United States, or growing it here in secret gardens that use techniques perfected abroad.   Continue reading “Homegrown, gourmet pot on the rise in Mexico”

Mail.com

LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The starving sea lion pup was so tiny that it looked like a rock at the base of the seaside cliff until it struggled to raise its head as humans approached.

It bleated weakly as volunteer Brennan Slavik eased it into a crate for transport to a rescue center, where it peered from a child’s playpen with woeful eyes made enormous by an emaciated frame. At almost a year, the pup weighed just 23 pounds — a third of what it should — and staff quietly took it to a private room, euthanized it and moved on.   Continue reading “Starving sea lion pups stranding on California beaches”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — If a column in honor of heart health suggests a can of Coke as a snack, you might want to read the fine print.

The world’s biggest beverage maker, which struggles with declining soda consumption in the U.S., is working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggest its cola as a healthy treat. In February, for instance, several wrote online pieces for American Heart Month, with each including a mini-can of Coke or small soda as a snack idea.   Continue reading “Coke a healthy snack? How company gets its message out”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

The Environmental Protection Agency has its eyes on pollution from backyard barbecues.

The agency announced that it is funding a University of California project to limit emissions resulting in grease drippings with a special tray to catch them and a “catalytic” filtration system.

The $15,000 project has the “potential for global application,” said the school.

The school said that the technology they will study with the EPA grant is intended to reduce air pollution and cut the health hazards to BBQ “pit masters” from propane-fueled cookers.   Continue reading “Backyard burger and wiener roasts targeted by EPA”

UPI – by Ben Hooper

MADERA, Calif., March 16 (UPI) — Police in California said a fleeing suspect attempted to “camouflage himself” by covering his face in black spray-paint.

Madera Police said Jose Espinoza, 23, was seen fleeing Saturday evening from a car that had been reported stolen.

Investigators said they tracked down Espinoza later in the evening and discovered he had spray-painted his face black “in an effort to camouflage himself.”   Continue reading “Police: Fleeing suspect spray-painted face for ‘camouflage’”

Yahoo News – by Rachel Zoll

NEW YORK (AP) — As a rabbinic student in 1980s New York, Denise Eger lived away from other seminarians. She quietly started a group for fellow gay and lesbian students, but held the meetings in another borough. By the time of her ordination, she wasn’t formally out, but her sexuality was known, and no one would hire her. Later, she took the only job offered, with a synagogue formed expressly as a religious refuge for gays.

Since then, the Reform Jewish movement — Eger’s spiritual home since childhood — has traveled a long road toward recognizing and embracing same-sex relationships. That journey has led this week to Philadelphia, where Eger will be installed Monday as the first openly gay president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, the rabbinical arm of Reform Judaism.   Continue reading “US Reform Jewish rabbis install 1st openly lesbian leader”

Yea, I’m sure they really are. Maybe they should try looking within their own government, the CDC or even chemtrails.

Yahoo News – by Tom Polansek

CHICAGO, March 13 (Reuters) – A virulent strain of avian flu that has killed turkeys in the heart of the nation’s poultry region has been found through molecular testing to be nearly identical to viruses isolated in migratory ducks.

But some wildlife experts are skeptical of suggestions that wild birds are responsible for spreading the H5N2 flu strain that has infected poultry in Minnesota, Missouri and Arkansas.   Continue reading “U.S. bird experts mystified by Midwest avian flu spread”

Time – by Rishi Iyengar

China’s exports of weapons rose by a 143% between 2010 and 2014, making the world’s second largest economy the third largest arms exporter behind Russia and top dog the U.S.

The Asian superpower rose above Germany, which had held third place until 2010 but saw its exports reduce by 43% over the same period, according to a report Monday from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.   Continue reading “China Edges Out Germany to Become the World’s Third Largest Arms Exporter”

But when the banks steal trillions of dollars from us taxpayers, no one closes in on them. I see how it is. Too big to jail.

New York Times – by MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN and NICOLE PERLROTH

It has become a familiar pattern: The computer system of a big American company is breached, the personal information of tens of millions of customers is stolen and a public outcry ensues. Rarely are the thieves caught.   Continue reading “Authorities Closing In on Hackers Who Stole Data From JPMorgan Chase”

Breitbart

California Governor Jerry Brown (D) has accused Americans opposed to President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty for illegal immigrants of being “un-Christian.”

Brown, who has declared that all illegal immigrants from Mexico are “welcome” in California, made his remarks after a White House meeting on Friday while discussing the lawsuit that a majority of the states filed against Obama’s executive amnesty.   Continue reading “Jerry Brown: Exec Amnesty Opponents ‘Un-Christian’”

Breitbart – by Bob Price

The Texas Senate is expected to a bring pro-gun open carry bill to the floor for a vote as early as Monday. The move comes after the 60-day bill filing period ended on Friday. The Texas Legislature may now vote on and pass any bills. Before the first sixty days has passed, the Legislature may only approve bills on issues designated as “emergency items” by the Governor.

One bill being considered for early passage is an open carry bill written by State Senator Craig Estes (R-Wichita Falls). The bill (SB 17) which passed a committee vote earlier in the session would allow of open carry of firearms by people who have concealed handgun licenses (CHL). “I am very confident the Senate will pass the bill and we look forward to making it at the discretion of the licensee whether he is to carry concealed (or) open,” said Sen. Estes said in an article in the Amarillo Globe-News.   Continue reading “Texas Legislature Ready to Move Forward on Open Carry Bill”

Breitbart – by Idlefonso Ortiz

SAN JUAN, Texas — The increase in cartel spillover violence in South America has forced Paraguay’s police special forces to seek the help of agencies with ample experience in dealing with cartels and organized crime groups who cross borders to kidnap and commit other crimes. This led the elite South American police unit to seek help from Texas border-area SWAT.

Paratroopers, pilots, snipers, and tactical operators from the Special Forces Unit of Paraguay’s National Police traveled to this border city to train with the area’s Law Enforcement Emergency Regional Response Team (LEERT), an elite regional SWAT team.   Continue reading “Paraguay Special Forces Seek Help of Texas Border SWAT in Dealing with Cartel Spillover”

New York Times – by Robert Pear

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration said Tuesday that 11.7 million Americans now have private health insurance through federal and state marketplaces, with 86 percent of them receiving financial assistance from the federal government to help pay premiums.

About three-fourths of people with marketplace coverage — 8.8 million consumers — live in the 37 states served by HealthCare.gov, the website for the federal insurance exchange. The other 2.9 million people are in states that created and operate their own exchanges.   Continue reading “86 Percent of Health Law Enrollees Receive Subsidies, White House Says”

We have not seen the sun in over a week here in Dallas. Finally this morning we have what would have been a clear blue sky and the chance for a beautiful sunny day, but nope. These bastards just won’t let us have ONE single sunny day. It’s like it’s a disease to them.

And yet, my co-workers complain all the time that they can’t remember the last time they have seen the sun and never wonder why that is.

I tell them, “stop looking at your I-Phones and look up at the damn sky!!! Does that look normal to you!!!???”   Continue reading “Another chemtrail day in Dallas”

UPI – by Andrew V. Pestano

LOS ANGELES, March 16 (UPI) — A Los Angeles based police officer was arrested and could face human smuggling charges after officials at the U.S.-Mexico border discovered someone hiding in the officer’s car.

Border Patrol agents stopped the officer for questioning on Saturday night and later saw the person hiding. The officer was taken into custody by California U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials.    Continue reading “LAPD officer arrested at U.S.-Mexico border, could face human smuggling charges”