Month: March 2015

Press TV

Reports emerged on Saturday that said American enterprises have already started taking initial steps to enter the Iranian market in case the current nuclear talks with the country succeed and sanctions against it are lifted.

The Economist has quoted unnamed foreign businessmen as saying that American companies are using local front men to seal deals in Iran.  Even in one instance, the Economist has quoted an unnamed middleman acting on behalf of an American firm in the oil and banking business as saying that some “prime contracts have already been snapped up.”   Continue reading “US firms already sealing deals in Tehran – Report”

When I bought my Blackberry, I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Face book and Twitter.

I signed up under duress for Twitter and Face book, so my seven kids, their spouses, my 13 grand kids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space.   Continue reading “Should I Really Join Face book?”

Herald and News – by Samantha Tipler, February 20, 2015

A Singapore-based company purchased 197,000 acres of land in Klamath and Deschutes counties this week, including the 90,000-acre Mazama Forest, which was promised to the Klamath Tribes in the Klamath Basin Restoration Agreement. The announcement Wednesday spurred a strong response from the Klamath Tribes Thursday.

“It was very surprising,” Don Gentry, chairman of the Klamath Tribes said. “This is obviously a disappointment.”   Continue reading “Singapore-based company buys land promised to Klamath Tribes”

Activist Post – by Maira Sutton

Sen. Ron Wyden and Sen. Orrin Hatch are now in a stand-off over a bill that would put secretive trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement on the Fast Track to passage through Congress. The White House meanwhile, has intensified their propaganda campaign, going so far as to mislead the public about how trade deals—like the TPP and its counterpart, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)—will affect the Internet and users’ rights. They are creating videos, writing several blog posts, and then this week, even sent out a letter from an “online small business owner” to everyone on the White House’s massive email list, to further misinform the public about Fast Track.   Continue reading “4 Ways The White House Has Gone Full Doublespeak on Fast Track and the TPP”

The Anti-Media – by Carey Wedler

Whitter, CA — Six police officers from Whittier, California are suing the city after being punished for protesting ticket quotas. The officers say they complained repeatedly within the department and shortly after were met with discrimination. They say their “careers have been materially and adversely affected, and irreparably harmed” by the city.

Jim Azpilicueta, Anthony Gonzalez, Mike Rosario, Nancy Ogle, Steve Johnson and Cpl. Joseph Rivera say that the quotas were imposed in 2008. They spoke out multiple times but when they took it to their supervisors and the Internal Affairs Division, they were swiftly punished. The officers allege they were reprimanded by being ordered to undergo counseling and that they encountered increased scrutiny, “disparaging” remarks, and faced unwarranted transfers.   Continue reading “California Cops Who Blew Whistle on Ticket Quotas Forced to Undergo Counseling”

The Anti-Media – by Cassius Methyl

On September 29th 2011, a group of masked men, who ended up being police, burst into the Paseo Boricua Grocery & Deli in Chicago.

Witnesses say they initially thought it was a robbery. It turned out to be the police showing up to kidnap five men taking them to the secret detention warehouse known as Homan Square, a facility just publicly uncovered last week that sparked a protests in Chicago and nationwide.   Continue reading “Deli Customers Dragged into Chicago’s Secret Prison by Masked Police”

Prevent Disease – by BINIT KUMAR

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic medical condition that affects joints of your feet and hands causing severe pain, swelling and in a few cases permanent disabilities. In Rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the immune system of your body attacks joints that causes inflammation and destroys joints along with other organs of your body. There is natural relief.

As per the study done by Arthritis foundation, near about one and half a million people of USA are living with RA. Other findings of the study are, the disease is more common in women than men for age group of 30 to 60 years. However, there is no cutoff age for RA, and even children may get into contact of RA.    Continue reading “13 Natural Remedies That Can Relieve You From Rheumatoid Arthritis”

Daily Mail – by ELLIE ZOLFAGHARIFARD

Astronomers believe mysterious signals – previously dismissed as stellar bursts – are coming from an Earth-like planet.

The Gliese 581d planet has conditions that could support life, and is likely to be a rocky world, twice the size of Earth.

Signals from the planet were initially discovered in 2010, but last year dismissed as noise from distant stars.   Continue reading “Mystery ‘noise’ could be an Earth-like world: Strange signals suggest habitable planet exists 22 light years away”

Breitbart – by Chriss W. Street

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued annual letters to the 100 operating U.S. commercial nuclear power plants operating in 2014 regarding annual performance. There were 94 plants in in the two highest performance categories and 75 plants inspected by the NRC fully met all safety and security “Baseline” performance objectives.

Bill Dean, Director of NRC Regulation stated, “Our goal in issuing these letters is to ensure that all of our stakeholders clearly understand the basis for our assessments of plant performance, our future inspection plans, and the actions we are taking to address any notable deficiencies.”   Continue reading “San Luis Obispo’s Diablo Canyon Reactors Fail to Meet Safety and Security Objectives”

Breitbart – by ILDEFONSO ORTIZ

Fourteen Mexican federal police officers have been arrested for running a kidnapping crew that had been targeting Mexican businessmen near the Texas border.

The Mexican Army arrested the fourteen officers and rescued the businessman this week in the border city of Matamoros, according to information released to Breitbart Texas by Mexican federal investigators.   Continue reading “14 Mexican Cops Arrested for Running Kidnapping Crew Near Texas Border”

Breitbart – by Michelle Moons

Pregnant women from China discovered in California “Chinese birthing houses” could likely still give birth in the U.S. during the course of a massive investigation into multiple “maternity tourism” schemes. “Birth tourism” operations bring pregnant women into the U.S. for the purpose of giving birth on U.S. soil, giving their babies U.S. citizenship.

Search warrants executed at 37 locations Tuesday and some 13 additional locations searched led to the seizure of large amounts of evidence. Paying customers encountered in Tuesday’s raids were taken in for questioning by immigration agents.   Continue reading “‘Maternity Hotel’ Customers Still Likely to Give Birth in U.S.”

Breitbart – by DONNA RACHEL EDMUNDS

Children as young as eleven are to be given lessons in school on pornography and on what constitutes rape. The classes will be introduced into English schools following the Easter holidays, amidst concerns that teenagers are being pressurised into having sex at a younger age.

Formal guidance has been commissioned by the government to be circulated to schools. It suggests that courses should start “before young people are sexually active, otherwise it is too late”, and advises teachers to dispel “rape myths”, such as suggestions that consent is implicit if a woman is wearing revealing clothing or is “teasing” a man, the Sunday Times has reported.   Continue reading “Eleven Year Old Children to be Taught How to Consent to Sex Under Guise of Rape Prevention”

LA Times – by KATE MATHER AND RICHARD WINTON

They seem as common as squawking gulls, and true Angelenos may not even bother to look up when one of the LAPD’s 17 helicopters rattles their windows, its spotlight searching for a car-jacked Camry or an assault suspect hiding under a jacaranda.

In a city of 469 sprawling square miles, few doubt that more bad guys would get away without the nation’s largest police helicopter fleet to help chase them.   Continue reading “LAPD uses its helicopters to stop crimes before they start”

The Hill – by Jonathan Easley

DES MOINES, Iowa — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush offered a strenuous defense for a pathway to legalization for immigrants in the country illegally at a summit in Iowa on Saturday.

“Immigrants that are here need to have a path to legal status,” Bush said. “Nobody I know has a plan to deal with illegal immigration other than to just say they’re going to be rounded up and taken away.” Continue reading “Bush offers strenuous defense of immigration stance in Iowa”

RT

This spring should reward plenty of star-gazers, especially in Britain, which will experience its deepest solar eclipse in 15 years, as well as a Supermoon, all at the same time – an event that will sink the island into twilight for two whole hours.

The Supermoon eclipse, as the phenomenon is known, is an astronomical alignment where the Moon is sent on a trajectory between the Sun and the Earth, depriving us of light. The event will occur on March 20 at around 8:40GMT.   Continue reading “Upcoming ‘Supermoon’ eclipse will dazzle Britain, but hit Europe’s power grids hard”

RT

Israel is suffering the “worst crisis since its creation” under Netanyahu’s leadership, a former Mossad director told a crowd of up to 50,000 in Tel Aviv. The anti-government rally was orchestrated and funded from abroad, said the ruling Likud party.

Delivering his keynote speech, Meir Dagan, the former Mossad director spoke of the government’s lack of vision and inability to properly direct the country surrounded by enemies.   Continue reading “Netanyahu govt more ‘frightening’ than all Israel enemies, ex-Mossad chief tells crowds”