Month: March 2015

Newsweek – by ZOË SCHLANGER

In parts of Pennsylvania and New York, the answer to ice-slick wintry roads is simple: Put some gas production waste on it. Municipalities in the northern parts of both states use the salty wastewater from oil and gas production to melt ice in winter and suppress road dust in summer.

The salty liquid does a great job: The brine can be as much as 10 times saltier than typical road salt. Plus it comes cheap; oil and gas companies, glad not to have to pay for disposal, will sell it to towns for cheap, or give it away free. Both states’ environmental protection departments consider brine spreading to be a “beneficial use” of the industrial waste, meaning, in legal terms, that recycling it in this way “does not harm or threaten public health, safety, welfare or the environment.”   Continue reading “Gas Industry’s Solution to Toxic Wastewater: Spray It on Roads”

Western Journalism – by Mitchell Holland

In early 2009, shortly after President Obama was elected the first time, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warned citizens of the United States against homegrown terrorists, namely right wing “extremists,” which included veterans, fundamental Christians, conservatives in general, and anyone who prepares for an economic collapse.

My wife and I recognized at the time that this was a de facto declaration of war by the federal government on conservative values. Crestfallen, we discussed the implications of this declaration between ourselves and came to the sobering conclusion that the federal government, the government that we both served as U.S.A.F. veterans, targeted us as enemies of the state.   Continue reading “The Department Of Homeland Security: Obama’s Secret Police”

Observer – by Sidney Powell

When will they ever learn? Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski declared months ago in a much-quoted opinion that there is “an epidemic of Brady violations abroad in the land.” And yet, prosecutors continue to deny there’s a problem. Indeed, the Department of Justice gets outright indignant at the suggestion, and so do many state court prosecutors. They bristle at the very mention of the possibility.   Continue reading “California Prosecutor Falsifies Transcript of Confession”

RT

Employees from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection were allegedly told to avoid terms like “climate change” and “global warming” in official communications after Governor Rick Scott took office, according to a report.

“We were told not to use the terms ‘climate change,’ ‘global warming’ or ‘sustainability,’ ” Christopher Byrd, an attorney with the DEP’s Office of General Counsel in Tallahassee from 2008 to 2013, told the Florida Center for Investigative Reporting (FCIR). “That message was communicated to me and my colleagues by our superiors in the Office of General Counsel.”   Continue reading “Florida environment officials told to avoid term ‘climate change’ – ex-employees”

Mail.com

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — With its wings stretched wide to catch the sun’s energy, a Swiss-made solar-powered aircraft took off from Abu Dhabi just after daybreak Monday in a historic first attempt to fly around the world without a drop of fossil fuel.

Solar Impulse founder André Borschberg was at the controls of the single-seat aircraft when it lumbered into the air at the Al Bateen Executive Airport. Borschberg will trade off piloting with Solar Impulse co-founder Bertrand Piccard during layovers on a 35,000-kilometer (21,700-mile) journey.   Continue reading “Solar-power plane airborne on historic round-the-world trip”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — In 2009 the stock market was filled with panic.

The housing market had collapsed. Lehman Brothers had gone under and General Motors was on the verge of bankruptcy reorganization. The U.S. was in a deep recession, and stocks had plunged 57 percent from their high in October 2007.

Fast forward six years, and investors are enjoying one of the longest bull markets since the 1940s. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index has more than tripled since bottoming out at 676.53 on March 9, 2009. The bull has pushed through a U.S. debt crisis, an escalating conflict in the Middle East, renewed tensions with Russia over Ukraine and Europe’s stagnating economy.   Continue reading “The bull market for stocks turns 6”

Mail.com

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Within hours of a white officer shooting an unarmed black man, the police chief of Wisconsin’s capital city was praying with the man’s grandmother, hoping to strike a conciliatory tone and avoid the riots that last year rocked Ferguson, Missouri.

Chief Mike Koval said he knows Madison is being watched across the nation since 19-year-old Tony Robinson’s death Friday evening, and he has gone out of his way to avoid what he once called Ferguson’s “missteps.”   Continue reading “Madison police response to shooting contrasts with Ferguson”

Fox News – by Todd Starnes

The Star-Spangled Banner will once again wave at the University of California, Irvine, after student government leaders nixed a bid to ban the American flag from a campus lobby.

Members of the executive cabinet of the Associated Students of UC Irvine met Saturday in an emergency session to reverse the flag ban.    Continue reading “UC Irvine reverses American flag ban”

Albuquerque Journal – by Ryan Boetel

A local law firm has sued the Albuquerque Police Department for allegedly releasing encrypted records of an investigation into the fatal shooting of a West Side man by an Albuquerque police SWAT officer.

The Kennedy Kennedy & Ives Law Practice in the lawsuit said the department in mid-August released six CDs containing records on the May 3 shooting death of Armand Martin, a 50-year-old Air Force veteran, in response to the firm’s records request. But three of the CDs were password protected.   Continue reading “APD sued over release of encrypted records”

Raw Story – by Jon Swaine, The Guardian

The judge in Ferguson, Missouri, who is accused of fixing traffic tickets for himself and colleagues while inflicting a punishing regime of fines and fees on the city’s residents, also owes more than $170,000 in unpaid taxes.

Ronald J Brockmeyer, whose court allegedly jailed impoverished defendants unable to pay fines of a few hundred dollars, has a string of outstanding debts to the US government dating back to 2007, according to tax filings obtained by the Guardian from authorities in Missouri.   Continue reading “Ferguson judge who aggressively fined and jailed poor residents owes $170,000 in unpaid taxes”

The New Register – by Michael Bateman

The following article was originally published in the Winter 1995 issue of THE RESISTER, Volume I, Number 3.

Individual underground and resistance operatives, expected to cope with sophisticated law enforcement practices or security organizations are often as a singular disadvantage in their efforts to understand systematized techniques and practices of clandestine behavior. The varieties of this behavior, known collectively as “tradecraft,” are a traditional province of secret intelligence and special operations; fields reluctant to shed light on operational methods and procedures. There is a dearth of reliable material in the literature of underground and resistance intelligence and unless the operative has an appropriate background, attempts to obtain useful extracts from the broader open literature will prove difficult indeed.   Continue reading “Principles of Clandestine Behavior”

The Washington Post – by Annys Shin, January 31, 2015

The morning of the recommitment hearing, Alison Hymes sat in a small waiting area of a Virginia mental hospital in a navy blue sweatsuit, clutching a green composition book to her chest.

She’d scribbled down a list of arguments in favor of releasing her from Western State Hospital in Staunton, Va. They included: “Been here too long” and “Becoming institutionalized.”

“I don’t think they will listen to them,” she said.   Continue reading “She fought for patients’ rights, then she was put in a hospital against her will”

From Andrew Carrington Hitchcock’s book, The Synagogue of Satan, in relation to the Zionist Jews’ present day illegal immigration agenda for America.

“Introduction of different races into countries is the Jews’ most effective form of warfare yet against the Western World, and is known as the, “Silent War,” which has taken place at various times this century, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom.   Continue reading “Zionist Immigration Agenda”

The Independent – by DANICA KIRKA

Saudi Arabia passed India to become the world’s biggest arms importer last year as concerns about Iran’s ambitions increase tensions in the Middle East.

Saudi spending rose 54 per cent to $6.5bn (£4.3bn) last year, while India imported $5.8bn, according to data released today by IHS, a leading analyst of the global arms trade. Imports will increase by 52 per cent to $9.8bn this year, accounting for $1 of every $7 spent globally, IHS estimated.   Continue reading “Saudi Arabia becomes world’s biggest arms importer”