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MOSCOW (AP) — Reacting to criticism that it is targeting opponents of the Syrian government, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted on Thursday that Russia’s airstrikes in Syria are targeting not only Islamic State militants but also other groups.

Russia on Wednesday carried out its first airstrikes in Syria in what President Vladimir Putin called a pre-emptive strike against the militants. Twenty airstrikes destroyed a command center of Islamic State militants as well as ammunition depots, the defense ministry said.   Continue reading “Russia says it targets not just IS in Syria”

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McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip was just minutes away from his scheduled lethal injection, stripped of all his belongings in a holding cell just a few feet from the state’s death chamber, when he learned his execution had once again been delayed.

“I’m just standing there in just my boxers,” Glossip, who claims he’s innocent, told reporters in a telephone interview from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. “They wouldn’t tell me anything. Finally someone came up and said I got a stay.”   Continue reading “Oklahoma gets wrong execution drug, delays lethal injection”

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear’s lawyers are using the words “absurd,” ”forlorn” and “obtuse” to describe the legal arguments a county clerk has used to avoid issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples.

Rowan County clerk Kim Davis, who spent five days in jail for defying a series of federal court orders, filed a lawsuit against the governor, alleging he violated her religious freedom by asking clerks to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, which effectively legalized gay marriage across the nation. Beshear reiterated a request Tuesday that a judge toss the suit.   Continue reading “Kentucky Governor: Clerk’s arguments ‘absurd’ and ‘obtuse’”

The Organic Prepper

The East Coast is bracing for a hurricane that may rival the ferocity of Superstorm Sandy. Hurricane Joaquin is expected to reach Category 4 proportions today, as it gains strength in the Bahamas.

Current projections have it heading due north, and it’s predicted to make landfall in the US this weekend.

If you happen to live in South Carolina, North Caroline, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts, you’re likely to get hit, particularly in the coastal regions.   Continue reading “Prepping for a Hurricane: Are You Ready for Joaquin?”

CNS News – by Susan Jones

“The detonation of an improvised nuclear device would produce intense heat, resulting in many patients with severe burns,” says a September 30 news release from the Department of Health and Human Services.

The announcement says HHS has contracted for the development of “four novel products to treat severe thermal burns.”

The products will boost the number of treatment options in case of disaster, and they’ll also be used in “routine” burn care situations.   Continue reading “HHS Boosting Nation’s Stockpile of Burn Treatments in Case of Nuclear Attack”

AP – by Mead Gruver

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A judge on Wednesday blocked new nationwide regulations for oil and gas drilling on federal lands from taking effect while a lawsuit moves ahead, pointing to a law that prohibits the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from regulating hydraulic fracturing.

Just because the EPA lacks authority to regulate fracking doesn’t mean the U.S. Bureau of Land Management has leeway to do so, U.S. District Judge Scott Skavdahl wrote. “In the absence of a statute conferring authority, an administrative agency has none,” he wrote.   Continue reading “Judge blocks federal oil, gas drilling rules pending lawsuit”

DisInfo

The Meanwhile In The Future podcast (at Gizmodo) decides to look at ways to genetically modify humans to survive climate change:

A lot of researchers are thinking about how to genetically engineer crops and food animals to help them withstand post-climate change heat and parched conditions. But what about genetically engineering humans to slow our constant carbon contributions?

Continue reading “To Survive Climate Change, We Must Genetically Engineer Humans”

Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson

Senator John McCain reacted to Russia’s announcement that it had begun launching air strikes targeting ISIS militants in Syria by calling on the White House to arm Syrian rebels with weapons to shoot down Russian planes.   Continue reading “McCain: Arm Syrian Rebels to Shoot Down Russian Planes”

RT

Legionnaire’s disease has broken out in the Bronx for a second time. As many as 13 people have died in the two outbreaks. Health authorities say the number of current cases has grown from 10 to 13 in two days.

One person has died in the current outbreak. All of those infected contracted the disease before September 21, and all suffer other health problems, CBS New York reports. Currently, eleven people remain in hospital and one has been discharged.   Continue reading “Second Legionella outbreak in Bronx in months brings death toll to 13”

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Dr. James P. Wickstrom

My lecture that you will hear below exposes the Jew Communist Sovietizing of the United States. Allow yourself to get out of the present Communist Political, and religious box and listen to the truth for once. I’m sure you’ll be able to put the pieces together. Please advise others to come and listen to this extremely important information concerning the destruction of our country from within.

Continue reading “Dr. James P. Wickstrom “The Sovietizing of America””

Gasconade County Republican – by Dave Marner

A federal civil rights violation case against a former deputy sheriff, Sheriff Randy Esphorst, and Gasconade County was filed Monday along with a motion to allow the victim’s case to proceed under the pseudonym “Jane Doe.”  

Martin Rainey, a former sheriff’s deputy who was indicted by a Gasconade County grand jury this summer in connection with alleged sexual assaults of two underage females, is named as a defendant in the “motion for leave to proceed under pseudonym” filed Sept. 28 in the U.S. Eastern District Court by Thomas E. Schwartz with Holloran and Schwartz, LLP, St. Louis. The case has been assigned to Eastern Division Judge Audrey G. Fleissig.   Continue reading “Alleged rape victim seeks $825,000 in damages from former deputy, Sheriff, Gasconade County”

TVOI News – by Vicky Davis

In December of 1994, the U.S. Senate voted to approve the treaty that created the World Trade Organization (WTO). The following is a description of the WTO found on the United Nations Foundation website:

“The World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations. At its heart are the WTO agreements, negotiated and signed by the bulk of the world’s trading nations and ratified in their parliaments. The goal is to help producers of goods and services, exporters, and importers conduct their business.”   Continue reading “The Refugee Workaround”

WCVB 5

BOSTON —Hurricane Joaquin gained power as it bore down on the central Bahamas early Thursday, and forecasters said it was likely to grow into a major storm while following a path that would near the U.S. East Coast by the weekend.

“At this point, it’s a powerful storm, a Category 3 storm with winds 120 miles per hour. It’s going to be bearing down on the Bahamas the next couple of days. Many of our computer models are really all over the place with where it goes from there. There is potential up and down the eastern seaboard, especially toward the Carolinas,” Storm Team 5 meteorologist Cindy Fitzgibbon said.   Continue reading “Hurricane Joaquin intensifies to Category 3; East Coast on alert”

Jon Rappoport

There are many propaganda operations surrounding the flu. Here I just want to boil down a few boggling facts.

Dr. Peter Doshi, writing in the online BMJ (British Medical Journal), reveals one monstrosity.

As Doshi states, every year, hundreds of thousands of respiratory samples are taken from flu patients in the US and tested in labs. Here is the kicker: only a small percentage of these samples show the presence of a flu virus.   Continue reading “Boggling flu hoax: not for prime-time news”

Reuters – by David Lawder and Richard Cowan

Ending weeks of infighting, the U.S. Congress on Wednesday voted to avert a government shutdown just hours before a midnight deadline, passing a stop-gap measure to extend funding for federal agencies until Dec. 11.

The House of Representatives relied heavily on Democrats to secure passage in a 277-151 vote. A large majority of Republicans voted against the measure, which did not meet conservatives’ demands to cut off money to women’s healthcare provider Planned Parenthood amid an abortion controversy.   Continue reading “Congress averts government shutdown, Obama signs funding measure”

RT

Another explosion has rocked Liucheng County in southern China, damaging a six-story building on Thursday – less than a day after a series of more than a dozen blasts killed seven people and injured more than 50.

The Thursday blast targeted a civilian building near the highway administration bureau in Liucheng, according to Xinhua. It was not immediately clear whether there were any casualties.   Continue reading “Another blast rocks China’s Liucheng County after series of deadly explosions”