Month: October 2015

Mail.com

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — An American Airlines pilot became gravely ill while flying from Phoenix to Boston and later died, but his first officer calmly took over and safely landed the plane in Syracuse, airline officials said.

One hundred forty seven passengers were onboard when Capt. Michael Johnston, 57, was stricken. Doug Parker, chairman and chief executive officer of American Airlines Group, said in a statement that Johnston “passed away while at work.”   Continue reading “Pilot dies during American Airlines flight”

Global Research – by Prof Michel Chossudovsky

This article was first published in November 2014.  

Recent developments confirm what is known and documented: Washington is behind the Islamic State (ISIS) and at the same time it is behind the moderate Al Qaeda terrorists, which the Obama administration is supporting as part of America’s campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS). And they expect us to believe that they are committed to waging a campaign against terrorists.   Continue reading “Twenty-six Things About the Islamic State (ISIL) that Obama Does Not Want You to Know About”

Independent – by Andrew Griffin

An agreement that some campaigners have called the “biggest global threat to the internet” has just been signed, potentially bringing huge new restrictions on what people can do with their computers.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is the conclusion of five years of negotiations, and will cover 40 per cent of the world’s economy. Its claimed purpose is to create a unified economic bloc so that companies and businesses can trade more easily — but it also puts many of the central principle of the internet in doubt, according to campaigners.   Continue reading “TPP signed: the ‘biggest global threat to the internet’ agreed, as campaigners warn that secret pact could bring huge new restrictions to the internet”

CNN – by Holly Yan

Here’s the latest on the mammoth flooding tormenting the region:

Dam breaks

At least nine dams have breached or failed in South Carolina since Saturday, the state’s emergency management agency said early Tuesday.   Continue reading “South Carolina flooding: dams breached, more trouble ahead”

The Charlotte Observer – by Steve Harrison

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and Charlotte City Council are discussing whether to create “public safety zones,” city areas where people with past arrests would be prohibited from entering.

Under the controversial proposal, Chief Kerr Putney could designate a high-crime area as a safety zone in response to crimes such as drug sales or discharging guns that were committed on public property.   Continue reading “CMPD considers no-go areas for criminals”

Science Blog

A team of international researchers, including James Beasley, assistant professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Georgia Savannah River Ecology Laboratory and the Warnell School Forestry and Natural Resources, has discovered abundant populations of wildlife at Chernobyl, the site of the 1986 nuclear accident that released radioactive particles into the environment and forced a massive evacuation of the human population.

In the current issue of the journal Current Biology, the researchers report the site looks more like a nature preserve than a disaster zone–abundant with moose, roe deer, wild boar and wolves–nearly 30 years after the world’s largest nuclear accident.   Continue reading “Team finds thriving wildlife populations in Chernobyl”

Breitbart – by James Delingpole

The plan by climate alarmists to have other scientists imprisoned for their ‘global warming’ skepticism is backfiring horribly, and the chief alarmist is now facing a House investigation into what has been called “the largest science scandal in US history.”

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), Chairman of the House Committee on Space, Science and Technology, has written to Professor Jagadish Shukla of George Mason University, in Virginia, requesting that he release all relevant documents pertaining to his activities as head of a non-profit organization called the Institute of Global Environment And Society.   Continue reading “Climate Alarmist Caught in ‘Largest Science Scandal in U.S. History’”

The Economic Collapse – by Michael Snyder

The federal government uses very carefully manipulated numbers to cover up the crushing economic depression that is going on in this nation.  For the month of September, the federal government told us that 142,000 jobs were added to the economy.  If that was actually true, that would barely be enough to keep up with population growth.  Sadly, the truth is that the real numbers were actually far worse than that.  The unadjusted numbers show that the U.S. economy actually lost 248,000 jobs in September and the government added more than a million Americans to the “not in the labor force” category.  When I first saw that number I truly believed that it was inaccurate.  But you can find the raw figures right here.  According to the Obama administration, there are currently 7.9 million Americans that are “officially unemployed” and another 94.7 million working age Americans that are “not in the labor force”.  That gives us a grand total of 102.6 million working age Americans that do not have a job right now.   Continue reading “Right Now There Are 102.6 Million Working Age Americans That Do Not Have A Job”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

As the flood waters began to rise in South Carolina, so did the level of awareness that the vast majority of South Carolinians were wholly unprepared for such a disaster. But local governments have also proven themselves unprepared, poorly prioritized, and inept at dealing with the destruction left by a historic amount of rainfall over the Palmetto state.   Continue reading “From Curfews To Mandatory Evacuations, Police State In View During SC Flood”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

It is not uncommon to hear people in the streets, on blogs or on talk radio arguing that the gangs of Wall Street should have been jailed — or even hung — for their crimes against the American people. But to hear that kind of talk from a former Federal Reserve chairman is surprising… even if it is well after the fact.

Though you could be forgiven for assuming most politicians and bankers have no conscience at all, there are apparently many in the halls of power who carry a guilty conscience for their role in selling out the country, and undermining its recovery at every level.   Continue reading “Jail the Banksters? Bernanke Now Claims “Wall Street Execs Should’ve Been Held Accountable””

BGN News

Having made its way down from the Black Sea, and through the Bosphorus strait and the Marmara Sea, the Caeser Kunikov entered the Dardanelles Strait at around 8:50 a.m. local time (GMT 5:50 a.m.) on Sunday. Turkish press sources have stated that the ship’s final destination will be Syria’s Tartus port, where Russia operates a naval supply and maintenance base.   Continue reading “Russian naval ship crosses Turkey’s Dardanelles Strait, heads to Syria”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

In the wake of the attack on Umpqua Community College (UCC) Hillary Clinton is pushing new regulations on gun shows and a change in laws allowing shooting victims and their families to sue gun manufacturers.

Clinton will introduce these latest gun control proposals on October 5.   Continue reading “Hillary Clinton Pushes Change Allowing Shooting Victims To Sue Gun Makers In Wake Of Oregon Attack”

BATR

If you are as sick about hearing all the fantasy alarmists from the “Chicken Little” global warming crew, as us; it might just be time to recognize that there is no serious debate coming out of the academic careerists. Their arrogate contention that the SCIENCE is settled, is the height of authoritarian overbearing. From the offset, BREAKING ALL THE RULES has long established a rational and empirical argument why the acolytes of the theater of absurd asylum are far more dangerous than rising sea levels. Now the latest strategy is to persecute skeptics under RICO.   Continue reading “Climate Cultists want RICO Charges against Skeptics”

Underground News – by Christopher Rice

Doctors and nurses tasked with monitoring the health of terror suspects were complicit in abuses committed at prisons run by the Pentagon and the CIA, AFP reports.

Of the 119 known detainees, the CIA wrongfully held at least 26 people (22 percent) due to bad intelligence. Throughout the program, the CIA repeatedly underreported the number of people it detained. It claimed it had detained “fewer than 100 people,” while records indicate the agency detained 119. One of the wrongfully held was an “intellectually challenged” man, Nazir Ali. His taped interrogation was used as leverage to get a family member to provide information.   Continue reading “Disturbing New Photos of CIA Torture”

Almasdar News – by Leith Fadel

On Monday morning, the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS) launched a full-scale assault on the provincial capital of the Deir Ezzor Governorate, attacking the Syrian Armed Forces’ frontline defenses at the Military Airport; the Al-Sina’a, Al-Haweeqa, and Al-‘Amal Districts; and the village of Al-Muri’iyah.

Unfortunately for the terrorist group, they were severely outmatched by the soldiers from the 137th Artillery Brigade of the 17th Reserve Division and the 104th Airborne Brigade of the Republican Guard.   Continue reading “ISIS Suffers Disastrous Defeat in Deir Ezzor: Over 150 Terrorists Killed in 24 Hours”