Israel Foreign Investment Cuts by HalfNewsweek – by Jack Moore

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Israel dropped by almost 50% last year in comparison to the year before as the country continues to feel the effects of last summer’s Gaza conflict, a new UN report has revealed.

The report, published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), shows that only €5.7bn was invested into the country in 2014 in comparison with €10.5bn in 2013, a decrease of €4.8bn, or 46%. Israel’s FDI in other countries also decreased by 15%, from €4.2bn in 2013 to €3.5bn last year.   Continue reading “Foreign investment in Israel drops by 50%”

APphoto_Vaccines CaliforniaLA Times – by PATRICK MCGREEVY AND RONG-GONG LIN II

California lawmakers on Thursday approved one of the toughest mandatory vaccination requirements in the nation, moving to end exemptions from state immunization laws based on religious or other personal beliefs.

The measure, among the most controversial taken up by the Legislature this year, would require more children who enter day care and school to be vaccinated against diseases including measles and whooping cough.   Continue reading “California Assembly approves one of the toughest mandatory vaccination laws in the nation”

Texas Tribune – by Ross Ramsey

Texas voters think Gov. Greg Abbott was right to send the Texas State Guard to monitor U.S. military exercises here, and they consider federally ordered domestic military intervention likely under certain circumstances, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.

Abbott sent the Texas State Guard to monitor the so-called Jade Helm 15 military exercises in Central Texas earlier this year, after particularly vocal activists expressed fears that what was being billed as an exercise was actually something far more sinister.   Continue reading “UT/TT Poll: Texans Wary of Domestic Use of Military”

Dylann RoofThe Daily Sheeple – by Lily Dane

On June 18, Dylann Roof was arrested for killing nine people in a mass shooting at a black church in South Carolina.

Two days later, a “racist manifesto” website called Last Rhodesian was “discovered” by two independent writers.

The discovery of the website began with a political blogger who posted the following Tweet:   Continue reading “Who is Really Behind Dylann Roof’s “Racist Manifesto” Website?”

Dude dances in the back while girl gets her ass beat for talkin shitConservative Treehouse

After some awesome sleuthing by Treeper Manickernel the authorities in Rowlett, Texas have been notified the videographer of the horrific video is Ernest Irizarry Jr.

Update – Here’s the 9:00pm News Report:   Continue reading “Brutal Beating Location and Video Uploader Identified – Rowlett, Texas (Filmed At Herfurth Elementary School)”

APWashington Free Beacon – by Adam Kredo

Major attacks on the U.S. power grid system are “increasing,” with hackers stepping up efforts to penetrate critical systems and to implant malicious software that could compromise the power grid and result in a nationwide crisis, according to a government report.

While experts have long signaled that the U.S. power grid and related systems are vulnerable to physical attacks by terrorists and other individuals, the U.S. government is now warning that sensitive computer systems that maintain the grid are increasingly being attacked, according to a Congressional Research Service (CRS) report that was not made public until the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) disclosed it this month.   Continue reading “U.S. Power Grid Being Hit With ‘Increasing’ Hacking Attacks, Government Warns”

FAANatural News – by Jonathan Benson

The federal government has granted its approval for a new unmanned pesticide drone that reports indicate will soon start dumping chemical herbicides and other crop-related substances from the sky.

The helicopters, designed by Yamaha Corp. U.S.A., have an empty weight of only 141 pounds, according to a Federal Aviation Administration document,[PDF] and they don’t require a human pilot. Multinational corporations like Monsanto can just load them up with Roundup and send them on their way.   Continue reading “Monsanto’s airborne pesticide drones coming soon: FAA approves unmanned, poison-spraying helicopters”

Tesco has come under fire for selling smokey bacon-flavoured Pringles as part of a Ramadan promotionThis “offends me” bullshit is really getting over the top.

Daily Mail

Tesco has come under fire for selling smokey bacon-flavoured Pringles as part of a Ramadan promotion.

The crisps were positioned under a Ramadan banner at a branch of the supermarket in Liverpool Street, London.   Continue reading “Tesco underfire after selling smokey bacon flavour Pringles as part of a special Ramadan promotion”

Patrick Macnee, who played John Steed in The Avengers, has died at the age of 93 at his home in California, according to a statement by his sonDaily Mail

Avengers star Patrick Macnee has died of natural causes at his home in California at the age of 93.

According to a statement by the actor’s son, Rupert, he passed away with his family at his bedside at his home in Rancho Mirage earlier today.

A star of both film and television, Macnee was best known for his role as the mysterious John Steed in 1960s show The Avengers alongside Diana Rigg.   Continue reading “‘A true gent’: Sir Roger Moore leads the tributes to The Avengers actor Patrick Macnee after he dies at home aged 93 with his family by his side”

If you’re dumb enough to have fallen for the latest mass-shooting saga in Charleston, please stop reading now, because you already failed the I.Q. test. Study the statistics on the back of a baseball card, and try to stay out of the way until you’re killed.

If you happen to be one of the thinking members of your community, you understand how these events are orchestrated, and you understand how the public is manipulated by them.   Continue reading “Son of Sandy Hook”

This fish will eat your testicles, and it's swimming in a pond near youNew York Post – by Todd Venesia

Hey, guys, if you go lake fishing in hip boots in New Jersey, you’d better wear a cup to protect the “family jewels.”

A man and his son caught a strange species in Swedes Lake in South Jersey that turned out to be a rare Amazonian fish known in South America as the “Nutcracker,” according to reports.   Continue reading “This fish will eat your testicles, and it’s swimming in a pond near you”

Confederate Flag Controversy: Will Obama Resign Because His Family Owned Slaves?Infowars – by Kit Daniels

If liberals want to ban the Confederate flag due to its historical link to slavery, shouldn’t they also demand President Obama’s resignation because his family owned slaves?

Obama’s great-great-great-great grandfather, George Washington Overall, owned two slaves who were recorded in the 1850 census in Nelson County, Ky., the Baltimore Sun reported in 2007, and Obama’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmother, Mary Duvall, also owned slaves.   Continue reading “Will Obama Resign Because His Family Owned Slaves?”

pacific commandGlobal Research – by Nile Bowie

This article was first published April 2, 2013.

One of the least discussed and least reported issues is the Obama administration’s effort to bring the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement to the forefront, an oppressive plurilateral US-led free trade agreement currently being negotiated with several Pacific Rim countries.   Continue reading “The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), An Oppressive US-Led Free Trade Agreement, A Corporate Power-Tool of the 1%”

Tsarnaev-SentencingGlobal Research – by Prof Michel Chossudovsky and Julie Lévesque

U.S District Court Judge George O’Toole has officially sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death.  Tsarnaev is to be executed at the Federal Prison in Terre Haute, Indiana.  

At the end of the hearing, US District Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. sentenced Tsarnaev to death on six of the 30 charges he was convicted of, and gave him consecutive life sentences for some of his other crimes. O’Toole was bound by the jury’s decision to sentence Tsarnaev to death — a sentence that is subject to an automatic appeal. Continue reading “Boston Bombings’ Death Sentence: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s “Scripted” Confession. Who Wrote It?”

Yahoo News

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Authorities in three remote northern California counties joined forces in a raid on marijuana farms, destroying some 15,300 plants, the Eureka Times-Standard said on Wednesday.

The raid targeted the Island Mountain area known as the “Emerald Triangle”, the newspaper said on its website.   Continue reading “California police destroy thousands of marijuana plants in bust”

AmericanCivilWar_SplashScreensI guess knowledge of History is now Thought Crime.

Touch Arcade – by Tasos Lazarides

If you’ve been watching the news recently, you’ll know of the huge debate in the U.S over the role of the Confederate flag in contemporary America. Many see it as a reminder of the many pre-Civil War injustices while others see it simply as a way to honor the soldiers who died for the Confederacy. Many large US companies, like Walmart and Amazon, have already banned the sale of any Confederate flag merchandise as a reaction to the recent events. Now, it appears that Apple has decided to join them by pulling many Civil War wargames from the App Store.   Continue reading “Apple Removes All American Civil War Games From the App Store Because of the Confederate Flag”