The New American – by Selwyn Duke

The media has dubbed him “Clock Boy,” but critics have pointed out that he’s really just Crock Boy. This hasn’t prevented Ahmed Mohamed (shown), the 14-year-old Texas student arrested for bringing to school a device that could be taken for a bomb, from making the rounds as a celebrity and meeting world leaders. This included an encounter Barack Obama at the White House’s Astronomy Night last evening, even though the meeting was left in doubt after Mohamed met last Wednesday with an African president wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court.   Continue reading “Ahmed the “Clock Boy” Meets with Obama and War Criminal”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

The Department of Homeland Security is readying a plan to expand a program that pays U.S. employers to hire foreign STEM students taught in America, a move that could end up punishing American college grads and even the elderly, according to an immigration think tank.

In pushing to allow more foreign students into the so-called “optional practical training program,” DHS said that it will help businesses and colleges by keeping those foreign students in the U.S. following their American-taught science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, curriculum.   Continue reading “Feds dangle $12,000 bonus to firms that hire foreign students”

AP – by Josef Federman

JERUSALEM (AP) — With no end in sight to weeks of Israeli-Palestinian violence, Israel’s prime minister headed to Germany on Wednesday for a high-profile meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry aimed at restoring calm to the region.

As Benjamin Netanyahu departed for Berlin, a Palestinian stabbed a female soldier near Jerusalem, critically wounding her, police said, before he was shot and killed by forces. Earlier, Israeli troops shot a 15-year-old girl in the West Bank after she allegedly approached a settlement with a knife. She was taken to an Israeli hospital, and details on her condition were not immediately known.   Continue reading “Israel’s Netanyahu heads to Berlin to meet Kerry”

Video Rebel’s Blog

Let’s examine which nation has the most tactical advantages in case war breaks out in either the Ukraine or the Mideast.

1 Electronic Warfare is the ability to use the electromagnetic spectrum to block or impede an enemy attack. A recent example was the April 2014 USS Donald Cook incident. One unarmed SU-24 plane shut down the electronics of the AEGIS defense system of an American destroyer in the Black Sea. It flew over the USS Donald Cook 12 times coming as close as 1,000 yards (914  meters). All modern Russian aircraft are equipped with the Khibiny Electronic Warfare system. It can be put on Russian helicopters as well. This system increases the ability of a Russian jet to survive because it shuts down NATO radar from our jets, naval ships and ground installations. In the case of the USS Donald Cook their radar screens went blank so they could not fire their missiles and their radar controlled guns were rendered useless.   Continue reading “Tactical Military Advantages: Putin 9 Obama 0.”

Mail.com

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana University has expelled a 19-year-old sophomore accused of attacking Muslim woman over the weekend, trying to remove her headscarf and shouting racial slurs, a school official said Tuesday.

School spokesman Mark Land said IU’s dean of students “dismissed” Triceten D. Bickford on Monday night as a “direct result of what happened over the weekend” when the woman was attacked Saturday evening outside of a Bloomington cafe.   Continue reading “Indiana University expels student in attack on Muslim woman”

Fox News

A northern New Jersey elementary school has canceled Halloween parties at the school this year; officials cite community diversity and say some students felt left out at past parties.

NJ.com reports that a school letter sent to parents says different cultures are represented in the Seth Boyden Elementary School community and many students felt left out at past Halloween celebrations. Principal Mark Quiles and two PTA co-presidents said about 20 percent of the student body didn’t participate last year.   Continue reading “NJ elementary school cancels Halloween parties, cites diversity”

Mail.com

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A former Romanian president appeared on Wednesday before the nation’s top court, which is prosecuting him for crimes against humanity during a bloody anti-government protest 25 years ago in which six people died and hundreds of others were injured.

Ion Iliescu, 85, went to the High Court of Cassation and Justice on Wednesday to hear charges connected to the violent repression of the June 1990 protest. He denies wrongdoing, but made no statements during the session.   Continue reading “Romania’s ex-president prosecuted for crime against humanity”

Mail.com

DETROIT (AP) — A man has been arrested in the stabbing and slashing of two emergency medical technicians as they tried to help an injured woman on a Detroit street, police said.

The Detroit Police Department announced the man’s arrest Tuesday night by members of its Violent Crimes Task Force. Police said the man was also being held on warrants in an inactive 2006 homicide case and a sexual assault case.   Continue reading “Man arrested in vicious stabbing attack on 2 Detroit EMTs”

Global Research – by Keven Barrett, Press TV

The truth about the September 11, 2001 terror attacks would not only destabilize the American political system but it would also take down the US as a global empire, an American scholar says.

Dr. Kevin Barrett, a founding member of the Scientific Panel for the Investigation of 9/11, made the remarks during an interview with Press TV on Tuesday, while commenting on the ongoing feud between Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Jeb Bush over the 9/11 attacks.   Continue reading “Truth About 9/11 Would Take Down the US as a Global Empire: Dr. Kevin Barrett”

KOAT 7 – by Devon Armijo

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. —A 4-year-old girl was shot and killed Tuesday afternoon during a road rage incident on Interstate 40, and police have no idea who the killer is.

“This is a complete disrespect of human life. This is something that should not be happening in Albuquerque, New Mexico,” APD Chief Gorden Eden said.

Investigators said the girl was riding westbound with her family on I-40 around 3 p.m. For some reason, another car pulled up alongside theirs and someone started shooting. One of the bullets hit the little girl in the head.   Continue reading “4-year-old killed in road rage shooting”

New York Times – by Campbell Robertson

MARION, Ala. — Judge Marvin Wiggins’s courtroom was packed on a September morning. The docket listed hundreds of offenders who owed fines or fees for a wide variety of crimes — hunting after dark, assault, drug possession and passing bad checks among them.

“Good morning, ladies and gentlemen,” began Judge Wiggins, a circuit judge here in rural Alabama since 1999. “For your consideration, there’s a blood drive outside,” he continued, according to a recording of the hearing. “If you don’t have any money, go out there and give blood and bring in a receipt indicating you gave blood.”   Continue reading “For Offenders Who Can’t Pay, It’s a Pint of Blood or Jail Time”

BBC

Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has visited Moscow on his first overseas trip since the civil war broke out in his country in 2011.

During the surprise visit, he held talks with President Vladimir Putin.

Russia launched air strikes in Syria last month against the so-called Islamic State (IS) and other militant groups battling Mr Assad’s forces.   Continue reading “Assad Moscow visit: Syria leader in surprise visit”

RT

A New York police officer was killed after he was shot in the head during a confrontation with an armed man by the FDR Drive in East Harlem on Tuesday, police officials said.

The officer was identified by police as 33-year-old Randolph Holder. With his family at his side, Holder was pronounced dead at Harlem Hospital after being transferred there in critical condition.   Continue reading “Police officer dies in hospital after being shot on duty – NYPD”

BATR – by James Hall

Whether you love it or hate it, Wal-Mart is a goliath among giants. It employs 1.4 Million Americans or 1% of the work force. As a gauge of economic activity, financial analyses weigh the performance, sales and consumer attitudes closely. So with the historic stock crash of 10% in one trading day and 22% overall, quite a lot of attention was reported. Most noteworthy comes from The Street; Did Wal-Mart’s CEO Just Drop a Major Bombshell?

“CEO Doug McMillon may be preparing to take drastic action to reverse the giant retailer’s slumping stock price and pressured profits.   Continue reading “Wal-Mart Symbol of Economic Condition”