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Questions about who is behind the Islamic State keep rising from time to time. Might Israel be behind the terrorist group?
Iraqi volunteer forces, known as Hashid Shaabi, discovered Israeli-made weapons at Islamic State (ISIL) positions in the Iraqi province of Anbar on Thursday, according to Al-Mayadeen television, Fars News Agency reported.
Continue reading “Iranian Media Claims ISIL Uses Israeli Arms”
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Cryptocoins News – by Evander Smart
Paper currency, or cash, is a fairly recent man-made, really a bank made, concept. As I’ve covered previously, paper money is a convenience of a modern society, but many things have acted as money throughout history. Throughout most of history, outright bartering of goods and services was the way of the world. We’ve used feathers, gold, beads, “tally sticks”, coins, and now paper currency to transmit value from one person to another. And much like the newspaper has been replaced by the Internet version of your newspaper, paper money is getting sent to Evolution’s Scrap Yard, courtesy of your central banking system’s design on capital controls. Continue reading “Cash Bans Grow as Central Bankers Plan Centralized Future: Bitcoin to the Rescue?”
BAYER is staging costly celebrations to mark its 150th birthday, yet the company´s numerous crimes are not mentioned at all in the commemorative publications. Instead of acknowledging responsibility for forced labor, poison gas and fatal pharmaceutical products, the company’s history is wholly ignored. The Coalition against Bayer Dangers has started a campaign to highlight the dark side of BAYERs past. Continue reading “150th BAYER anniversary: Company History Whitewashed”
Global Research – by Barry Grey
Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced Thursday he would dispatch 32 state troopers to Baltimore in advance of what is expected to be a large protest Saturday against the police killing of 25-year-old Freddie Gray. Protests have been held daily since Gray died on April 19, seven days after his spinal cord was nearly severed while he was in police custody. Continue reading “Maryland Governor Sends State Troopers as Protests Mount Over Police Murder of Freddie Gray”
A federally sponsored program to create 250 war memorials in communities across Canada honouring the sacrifices of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan needs the permission of the United States government to proceed.
CBC News has learned that the light armoured vehicle to be used for each proposed memorial is clad in special armour that the United States government considers controlled military technology. Continue reading “Canadian military monument program needs U.S. approval: document”
Business Insider – by Ryan Gorman
The world’s newest microcountry wants to become its foremost tax haven.
Liberland, which sits on 2.7 square miles of land along the Danube River between Serbia and Croatia, was founded earlier this month and plans to have only voluntary taxes.
“We don’t want the state to take money from the people,” Vít Jedlička, a native of Prague and Liberland’s new president, told Business Insider in a phone interview. “We want to have voluntary taxes.” Continue reading “This newly declared microcountry wants to become the world’s foremost tax haven”
Alt-Heath Works – by Nick Meyer
Diet Pepsi sales have been slumping for quite some time, and with the ongoing health awareness movement causing major pain for other purveyors of unhealthy foods and drinks, it seems as if Pepsi has finally seen the writing on the wall.
The multi-billion dollar soda company announced recently that they’re ditching aspartame, the oft-used but increasingly unpopular sweetener that’s been linked to serious health problems. Continue reading “Diet Pepsi Finally Takes Out Aspartame…And Promptly Replaces it With Another Harmful Chemical”
One of the most common avenues of attack for gun control supporters is the attempt to limit the ability of citizens to own the standard-capacity magazines that a given firearm was designed to use.
These opponents of your Second Amendment rights claim that you don’t “need” a standard-capacity magazine, and have pushed some states to adopt arbitrary 15, 10, or even 7 round magazine limits. Continue reading “BUT WE ONLY NEED TEN ROUNDS? Dozens of Shots Fired To Bring Down Fort Worth Felon”
The Daily Sheeple – by Ethan Huff, Natural News
The official story regarding the Ebola outbreak has gone from hokey to downright ludicrous with new reports claiming that, if Ebola isn’t eradicated from West Africa soon, 100,000 people will get sick and 16,000 people will die — from measles!
Yep, the measles scare campaign is now merging with Ebola into one single, bizarre, pro-vaccine hybrid narrative that makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. The mainstream media says that children won’t be able to get their MMR vaccines if hospitals are bogged down with Ebola patients, which will somehow snowball into a massive measles pandemic. Continue reading “Big Pharma Propagandists Claim Ebola Could Cause 16,000 Deaths…From Measles”
In the immediate aftermath of yesterday’s destructive Nepal earthquake, which has led to hundreds of aftershocks and a constantly rising death toll, currently exceeding 2000, the most visually stunning, if quite deadly, phenomenon was a massive avalanche on Mt. Everest and leading to at least 17 casualties, including a Google executive, and 61 injured. Continue reading “Dramatic Images From The Mount Everest Avalanche”
In what appears to be an effort to ensure that James Franco and Seth Rogen are never again sabotaged by evil North Korean hackers, the Pentagon is out with a new plan that explains when it may be necessary to take the cyber fight to the “aggressors” in order to “mitigate potential cyberrisk to the US homeland.” Continue reading “US May Use Cyberattacks As Offensive Weapon, DoD Says”
Former Southern California Edison employees are suing the Obama administration over its H-4 visa rule that grants work permits to certain spouses of H-1B visa holders.
The Immigration Reform Law Institute filed a lawsuit in D.C. District Court this week against the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of Save Jobs USA — a group of former SCE employees who were displaced by H-1B visa holders. Continue reading “Displaced Southern California Edison Workers Sue Obama Admin. Over Unilateral Visa Rule”
Biotech Wired – by MUHAMMAD AHSAN
The news that Chinese scientists have modified the genes of human embryos have caused much stir across the world with researchers criticizing the approach and calling for denouncing the practice. The study was publised on April 18 in the journal Protein & Cell. It shows that they made use of a genetic engineering technique that is called CRISPR in order to cut out a faulty gene and replace it with a healthy one in human embryos. This technique has the potential of permanently altering human DNA and the changes would be passed to several generations.
“This news emphasises the need for an immediate global ban on the creation of GM designer babies,” said Human Genetics Alert Director, Dr David King. Continue reading “Experts Denounce Practice of Human Gene Modification”
Speaking at the 67th Annual Israeli Independence Day Celebration in Washington, D.C. on Thursday evening, Vice President Joe Biden said that “no president has ever done more to support Israel’s security” than Barack Obama.
“President Obama and I are proud to carry forward the unbroken line of American leaders–Democrat and Republican–who have honored America’s sacred promise to protect the homeland of the Jewish people,” Biden said. Continue reading “Biden: ‘No President Has Ever Done More to Support Israel’s Security than Obama’”
New York Times – by Charlie Savage
WASHINGTON — The secrecy surrounding the National Security Agency’s post-9/11 warrantless surveillance and bulk data collection program hampered its effectiveness, and many members of the intelligence community later struggled to identify any specific terrorist attacks it thwarted, a newly declassified document shows.
The document is a lengthy report on a once secret N.S.A. program code-named Stellarwind. The report was a joint project in 2009 by inspectors general for five intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and it was withheld from the public at the time, although a short, unclassified version was made public. The government released a redacted version of the full report to The New York Times on Friday evening in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Continue reading “Declassified Report Shows Doubts About Value of N.S.A.’s Warrantless Spying”
This very long post is in response to Tex, a reader who requested information regarding the camouflage clothing and equipment being utilized by the characters in “The Patrol”. His questions, as well as those submitted by others, are one of the reasons why I decided tackle the project. I wanted to provoke questions and debate as well as put out information that covers: BASIC tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), equipment that we have used/are using, and some unusual skill sets all wrapped up in a (mildly entertaining, I hope) story. Time will tell.
I occasionally hear the statement “Camouflage is something you do when you get there.” And while that statement has some merit, my question is: “What do you do until you get there?”. I believe that not taking advantage of manufactured camo is a mistake, as long as you don’t think it will make you invisible. Continue reading “Camouflage 101”
Hawaii is on its way to becoming the first ever US state to raise the tobacco smoking age to 21. The groundbreaking bill passed the Legislature on Friday and is awaiting the governor’s signature.
The bill was pushed through by the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii and scored an overwhelming 19-4 in favor. It will affect the smoking, buying and possession of cigarettes, including the electronic kind. Continue reading “Hawaii on tobacco road to becoming first state to ban smoking for under-21s”
