Month: May 2015

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Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

One year ago, we reported that while the west was scrambling to assure the world that it wasn’t collapsing courtesy of record central bank debt monetization even as number of people not in the US labor force steadily approaches 100 million, while peripheral Europe is saddled with 25% unemployment and 50%+ youth unemployment (but… but.. the stock markets are at all time highs), China was busy colonizing a new continent not only infrastructurally…..   Continue reading “China To Build Military Base In Africa Next To Critical Oil Transit Choke Point”

Higher Perspective

The United States government argues that there is no credible use for marijuana as a medicine for any kind of ailment, even though there is a mountain of evidence showing otherwise. There are a multitude of illnesses that can be treated effectively with cannabis. Here are 10 to consider.   Continue reading “10 Illnesses That Are Treatable With Medical Marijuana”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Almost exactly three months ago, with much pomp and circumstance, US attorney general Eric Holder, whose department of “justice” made headlines two years ago for refusing to bring criminal cases against big banks due to fears of systemic consequences if any TBTF bank is brought to justice thus spawning the term Too Big To Prosecute, gave his lackeys involved in residential mortgage-backed securities exactly 90 days in which to “develop cases against individuals” for their roles in the financial crisis.   Continue reading “7 Days Before Holder’s “90 Day Ultimatum” Expires, DOJ Declines To Prosecute Citigroup”

Mashable – by Tim Chester

LONDON — Guess who’s back.

Nigel Farage, who resigned as head of the UKIP party on Friday, is back in the top job after his resignation was rejected by the party.

Farage made the original announcement after losing out on the South Thanet seat to the Conservatives’ Craig Mackinlay. He’d already promised to stand down within 10 minutes if he lost, and while his official resignation took a few minutes longer, it sounded pretty final.   Continue reading “Nigel Farage is back at the helm for UKIP after resignation ‘rejected’”

RT

US Secretary of State John Kerry is planning a trip to Sochi on Tuesday, where he is expected to meet Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. The three men are to discuss the situation in Ukraine, Yemen, Iraq and Syria.

The trip has been confirmed by Russian and US officials.

“This trip is part of our ongoing effort to maintain direct lines of communication with senior Russian officials and to ensure US views are clearly conveyed,” State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said in a written statement.   Continue reading “US Secretary of State Kerry traveling to Russia, set to meet Lavrov”

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The Guardian – by Jo Tuckman, May 4, 2015

Mexico has declared an all-out offensive against the relatively new drug cartel which shot down an army helicopter during a weekend of coordinated attacks across the western state of Jalisco which prompted fresh concerns over the latest escalation of the country’s drug wars.

Six soldiers were killed when gunmen from the New Generation Jalisco Cartel used a rocket-propelled grenade to bring down an army helicopter that was pursuing a cartel convoy on Friday, the national security commissioner, Monte Alejandro Rubido, told Televisa.   Continue reading “Mexico declares all-out war after rising drug cartel downs military helicopter”

Cop Block

A high profile investigation of former Pasco, WA PD Officer Richard Aguirre, for sexual assault, has currently become an even more monumental issue for the Pasco PD. There is now DNA evidence, as well as other pertinent information gathered by the Spokane, WA PD, who are investigating the current charges. Investigators now say that answers are coming in from the murder of 27-year-old Ruby Doss in 1986, answers stemming directly from Aguirre’s 2014 sexual assault charges. It all leads back to Aguirre.   Continue reading “Former Pasco Officer Tied to Sexual Assault Now Linked to “Cold Case” Murder”

The Detroit News – by George Hunter and Louis Aguilar

Detroit — State Sen. Virgil Smith was in police custody Sunday after gunshots were fired at a vehicle outside his home early that morning, according to a police source who asked not to be identified.

Smith, 35, was taken into custody at about noon Sunday, the source said.

More than one blast from a shotgun was fired at a 2015 Mercedes-Benz outside Smith’s home on Wexford Street on Detroit’s north side around 1 a.m., Detroit Police Chief James Craig confirmed.   Continue reading “State Sen. Smith held in shooting at car”

The Organic Prepper

Looking for a good series to read this summer? I’m here to hook you up!

I really love a good prepping/survival story and sometimes a good one can be tough to come by. There are those excellent classic survival books like One Second After and Alas Babylon that pretty much spoil you for lesser prepper fiction.   Continue reading “Book Review: A. American’s Survivalist Series”

RT

A Turkish dry cargo ship has been attacked near the Libyan port city of Tobruk, the Foreign Ministry in Ankara says. A ship officer was killed and several crew members injured.

The incident took place Sunday night. The ship was first shelled from the shore as it was approaching the area, the Turkish ministry said Monday. It was then attacked twice from the air as it was trying to leave the area.    Continue reading “Turkish ship shelled off Libya coast, officer killed, several crew injured”

Mail.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four of the nearly 50 self-driving cars now rolling around California have gotten into accidents since September, when the state began issuing permits for companies to test them on public roads.

Two accidents happened while the cars were in control; in the other two, the person who still must be behind the wheel was driving, a person familiar with the accident reports told The Associated Press.   Continue reading “Self-driving cars getting dinged in California”

Mail.com

SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Shiite rebels in Yemen claimed Monday to have shot down a Moroccan F-16 fighter jet taking part in a Saudi-led coalition targeting them and their allies, just a day before a five-day humanitarian cease-fire was set to begin.

Morocco’s military, however, only would say that the jet had gone missing around 6 p.m. (1500 GMT, 11 a.m. EDT) Sunday. The purported downing of the jet fighter came as a Saudi-owned news channel, al-Hadath, aired live footage of tanks and armored personnel carriers loaded onto giant trucks, saying they were part of a “strike force” deploying to the kingdom’s border with Yemen. There have been no signs to suggest that a ground offensive was imminent, although the coalition has not ruled one out.   Continue reading “Moroccan warplane apparently downed before Yemen cease-fire”

Mail.com

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s public health system has suspended infant vaccines and mounted an investigation after two babies died and 29 were sickened in an impoverished community in southern Mexico.

Six of the 29 babies are in grave condition after receiving vaccinations for tuberculosis, rotovirus and Hepatitis B, which are generally administered between 0 and 6 months, according to a national schedule. The cause of the adverse reactions is not known, the Mexican Institute for Social Security said Sunday.   Continue reading “2 babies die, 29 sickened from bad vaccines in south Mexico”

MassPrivateI

DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said Sunday that the United States is facing a new era in which a lone-wolf terrorist could “strike at any moment.”

Keeping the American public in fear is what It’s all about. We can’t have DHS/police budgets dry up right Mr. Johnson?    Continue reading “DHS latest attempt to keep the public in fear, claim lone-wolf attacks could happen any day now”

ABC News

At least 10 adults are unaccounted for after a possible tornado hit the East Texas town of Van, injuring more than two dozen people.

Van Zandt County Fire Marshal Chuck Allen said Monday that 26 people were transported to hospitals by emergency personnel. Allen says an unknown number of others went by private vehicle for care after Sunday night’s storm.

He had no further details on the 10 missing people in Van, a town of about 2,600 located 70 miles southeast of Dallas.   Continue reading “The Latest on Severe Weather: at Least 10 Unaccounted For”