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Reuters – by Patricia Zengerle
The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to ban the use of torture, a landmark vote intended to bar any further use of “enhanced interrogation techniques” on detainees and put into law an executive order President Barack Obama signed in 2009.
The Senate voted 78-21 for the amendment to the National Defense Authorization bill offered by Republican Senator John McCain and Democrat Dianne Feinstein. Continue reading “U.S. Senate passes ban on torture”
The Palestinian government is to be dissolved within 24 hours, AFP reports, quoting a statement made by President Mahmoud Abbas. The government’s spokesman, however, denies any such discussion of dissolution.
“Within 24 hours the Palestinian government will resign,” Abbas told members of the Revolutionary Council of his Fatah movement in Ramallah, AFP reports, citing several officials present at the meeting. Continue reading “Abbas says Palestinian govt to resign within 24 hours – reports”
America’s Freedom Fighters – by Dean James
As we all know, Obama has created an immigration crisis unlike any other. He has intentionally weakened our southern border to bring in Democratic voters as well as for other destructive reasons. It’s all a part of the big plan to bring down America. That is what he wants and he is doing one hell of a job! Continue reading “Texas Just SLAMMED Obama By Passing Toughest Border Security Bill In America”
Two young men appear in court after being arrested for smoking dope.
The judge says, “You seem like nice young men and I’d like to give you a second chance instead of jail time. I want you to go out this weekend and try to convince others of the evils of drug use. I’ll then see you back in court on Monday.”
On Monday, the judge asks the first guy, “How did you do over the weekend?” Continue reading “The difference between Oo and oO”
Natural Society – by Christina Sarich
Anyone who cooks on occasion usually has a pantry full of spices, but they can do more than flavor our food. Some might be more exotic, like Pasilla de Oacaca Chile or Ajwain, but many common spices have incredible healing properties. And there are simply some healing herbs and spices everyone should have in the kitchen.
Sample these common herbs in your pantry, to not only add zest to common dishes, but also to heal everything from digestive ailments to neurodegenerative diseases, the common cold to even cancer: Continue reading “8 Common Kitchen Spices That Are Healing Superfoods”
For some time, food chain Whole Foods Market and organic farmers have had a cooperative, mutual relationship. The retail grocer has enabled organic farmers to gain a sizable foothold in the food market at a time when Americans’ passion for healthier alternatives to the GMO-laden, processed foods market is rising.
As The New York Times reported, Whole Foods’ stores were more like “showcases” for organic products – fruits, vegetables and flowers that are labeled with the names of the farmers who grow them. Continue reading “Organic industry in shock as Whole Foods pushes new rating system that promotes chemical agriculture as better than organic”
(Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz) Crate and Barrel plans to close its Manhattan flagship this summer in the face of rising Madison Avenue rents, the company confirmed Monday.
The Northbrook-based furniture and home accessories retailer on Aug. 2 plans to close the 62,000-square-foot store at 650 Madison Ave., where it has operated for more than 20 years. It does not plan to relocate and will continue to operate its other New York City store in SoHo. Continue reading “Crate and Barrel to close New York City flagship store and PetSmart plans to layoff 15%”
Global Research – by Eric Zuesse
U.S. President Barack Obama’s proposed ‘Trade’ deals are actually about whether the world is heading toward a dictatorial world government — a dictatorship by the hundred or so global super-rich who hold the controlling blocks of stock in the world’s largest international corporations — or else toward a democratic world government, which will be a global federation of free and independent states, much like the United States was at its founding, but global in extent. These are two opposite visions of world government; and Obama is clearly on the side of fascism, an international mega-corporate dictatorship, as will be documented here in the links, and explained in the discussion. Continue reading “The Two Contending Visions of World Government: The Origin and Broader Context of Obama’s “Trade” Deals”
An interdisciplinary team of Anglo-Saxon experts and microbiologists have discovered a treatment against modern antibiotic-resistant superbugs in an unlikely place: a 1,000-year-old leatherbound volume called Bald’s Leechbook. This Old English manuscript, currently residing at the British Library, is one of the earliest known medical textbooks.
The centuries-old recipe for treating eye infections calls for two types of Allium (garlic and onion or leek), wine, and oxgall (that’s bile from a cow’s stomach). The instructions, translated by University of Nottingham’s Christina Lee, are incredibly specific: It requires the use of a brass vessel for brewing, a particular straining technique to purify it, and the mixture must be left for nine days before use. Continue reading “Garlic, Onions and Cow Stomach: A Medieval Solution for Modern Superbugs”
I recently found this site and now check it everyday for good news. Today the number went from 54 to 55. ON this site one of the most notable things I’ve seen is how 2 of the k9 cops where killed by their handler at the same time. He left them in a hot car. No charges. Anyways enjoy this fair use material.
Sheriff Ladson O’Connor was in killed a in a vehicle crash during a pursuit of two subjects on Highway 56 near the Toombs County / Montgomery County line at approximately 1:00 am. Continue reading “ODMP Remembers Sheriff Ladson O’Connor”
With all of the ridiculous new regulations, coddling, and societal mores that seem to be the norm these days, it’s a miracle those of us over 30 survived our childhoods.
Here’s the problem with all of this babying: it creates a society of weenies.
There won’t be more more rebels because this generation has been frightened into submission and apathy through a deliberately orchestrated culture of fear. No one will have faced adventure and lived to greatly embroider the story
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the international boycott campaign against the regime equals the sufferings imposed on the Jews during the Nazi rule in Germany.
“What was done to the Jewish people then is being done to” Israel now, he said on Monday in a meeting with Polish Foreign Minister Grzegorz Schetyna. Continue reading “Israel PM compares boycott campaign with Nazi brutality”
Washingtonian – by Benjamin Freed
Uttering some of the more expressive words in the English language will cost you up to $250 if you say them in Arlington, now that county officials have upped their fines on public uses of profanity. The Arlington County Board just approved a measure increasing penalties for public intoxication and blue language from $100 to $250.
Even if Arlington is sacrificing its reputation as an urbanist’s dream community, its leaders have not given up their mission to clean up its residents sometimes-naughty antics. The code change adopted during Saturday’s board meeting came after the Arlington Police Department reported making 664 arrests for public inebriation and foul-mouthed talk in 2014. Continue reading “Arlington Cracks Down on Salty Language”
Activist Post – by Heather Callaghan
Huntsville, Alabama says couple can’t live “off the grid,” condemned their property and threatens arrest for trespassing
“I just don’t see how we’re hurting anyone by being here,” said Tyler Truitt when asked about having to defend his off-grid lifestyle to city hall. Continue reading “Alabama City Suing Couple to Get Back On The Grid, Threatens Arrest”
CBS Philadelphia – by Dan Wing
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Two military facilities in Philadelphia were evacuated this morning after officials received what they called “a credible threat.”
The threat was reportedly made about 10:30am, and the Navy Yard, in South Philadelphia, and the Naval Support Activity facility (part of the Defense Logistics Agency), in the city’s Lawncrest section, were both evacuated and employees sent home for the day. Continue reading “Military Facilities in Philadelphia Evacuated Over Security ‘Threat’”
Cop Block – by Kelly W. Patterson
A lawsuit filed in April by the family of a man killed when a corrections officer opened fire on two prisoners as they fought in a hallway leading from the showers claims that fight was intentionally orchestrated by guards in order to justify murdering the inmates. A second lawsuit filed by the other prisoner, who survived the shooting, but was gravely injured, adds allegations of a coverup by prison officials.
At the time of the fight, both inmates had their hands cuffed behind their back and seemingly could have easily been controlled by the three guards present, without the need for the use of a firearm. Instead, they were shot four times in the head and upper body with a shotgun. Both lawsuits maintain that the inmates did not represent a threat to the guards sufficient to justify being repeatedly shot. Continue reading “Nevada Lawsuits Claim Prison Guards Instigated a Fight, then Shot Inmates”
On Wall Street, no wolf is too big, and no sheep is too small.
At least Jordan Belfort didn’t target the mentally incapacitated. This real life Wolf of Wall Street is several thousand miles away from New York in Scottsdale, Arizona, the wannabe Hamptons of the southwest. As Investment News reports, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has accused John Waszolek of making himself the beneficiary of an 81-year-old client’s estate. She wanted the money to go to charity, but he thought the money should go to his own account. That’s the kind of asset allocation the financial industry understands best. Continue reading “Stock Broker Tried To Swindle $1.8 Million From Client With Alzheimer’s”
Over 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles will be delivered to Russia’s strategic forces in 2015, President Vladimir Putin announced at the opening ceremony of the Army-2015 Expo, an international military forum held near Moscow.
“This year, our nuclear forces are going to get more than 40 intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of penetrating all existing, even the most advanced missile defenses,” the Russian president said, adding that the state would persist in paying specific attention to realization of a massive military rearmament program and modernization of the defense industry, Putin said. Continue reading “Putin: 40+ ICBMs targeted for 2015 nuclear force boost”
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