Year: 2015

ICTMM – by Lee Allen

As the morning sun rose high enough to burn off the chilly overnight temperatures, mesquite fires scattered throughout the Oak Flat Campground offered a warm welcome to a special day for Arizona’s San Carlos Apache tribe.

Some 300 tribal members and supporters from across the country had gathered to protest the infringement of traditional Apache holy lands. There were Chippewa, Navajo, Lumbee, Paiute, Havasupai, and representatives of the National American Indian Movement and the National American Indian Veterans group, as well as non-indigenous supporters representing myriad concerns including those of environmentalists and other lovers of nature. All were furious at Congress’s sneaky transfer of sacred Apache land to a mining company and vowing to do what they could to see that it didn’t happen.   Continue reading “Hundreds Gather at Oak Flat to Fight for Sacred Apache Land”

Independent – by KASHMIRA GANDER

A collapsed scaffold on a high-rise building in North Carolina has killed three workers and hospitalised one other.

The workers were attempting to remove and lower scaffolding on the 11-storey Charter Square building in downtown Raleigh this morning, when a problem occurred shortly after 11am, Mike Hampton, the chief operation officer of the project’s contractor, told the WRAL local television station.   Continue reading “Raleigh scaffolding collapse: Three workers killed and one seriously injured at high-rise building in North Carolina”

Texas Tribune – by Edgar Waters

While legislation expanding how and where Texans can carry weapons is dominating the Legislature this week, one state lawmaker is targeting the doctor’s office as a place to keep the federal government from learning who owns guns.

Over the objections of the medical community, state Rep. Stuart Spitzer, R-Kaufman, has filed a bill that would prohibit doctors from asking patients whether they own a firearm and makes the Texas Medical Board, which licenses physicians, responsible for doling out punishment.   Continue reading “Bill Would Prohibit Doctors From Asking About Guns”

C-Net – by Lance Whitney

The road ahead may soon lead to a digital driver’s license on your mobile phone.

The printed plastic driver’s license has been a standard for decades, acting not just as proof that you can drive but as an ID to verify your age and identity. Getting issued a license is a rite of passage for many a teenager. The license has a status that transcends mere motoring.

Now, just as concert tickets, airline boarding passes, Starbucks loyalty cards and even your wallet are migrating onto your smartphone, your driver’s license seems headed down the same route.   Continue reading “The driver’s license of the future is coming to your smartphone”

Fox News

Lobbying lawmakers for a rate hike is one thing, but now Montana’s biggest electric and gas utility is battling to block a referendum on expanding gun rights.

Publicly regulated NorthWestern Energy contends the measure would make it harder to keep their workplaces weapons-free. But the Montana Shooting Sports Association accuses the utility of sticking its nose into a political debate where it doesn’t belong.   Continue reading “Montana utility lobbies to stop a referendum expanding gun rights”

NBC Bay Area

In a move sure to draw fire from homeowners, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District wants to ban the sale of all homes with wood-burning fireplaces.

To rent or sell homes, homeowners would have to replace their wood fireplaces with gas ones. The ban would also extend to fireplaces in all new homes.   Continue reading “Bay Area Air Quality Management District Seeking to Ban Wood-Burning Fireplaces”

The Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

In recent months, both North Korea and Iran have threatened to launch separate EMP attacks upon the United States. Is such an attack likely? Would a foreign entity dare to launch such an attack given the threats made by Iran and North Korea? However, the emerging information does not suggest that North Korea or Iran will be the perpetrator. They may get the blame for an upcoming false flag attack. However, the real perpetrator are likely to be the forces connected to JH 15 and the drills are providing cover for such an event.  If an attack was launched upon the power grid, what would be the effects? These questions are the subject of this article.   Continue reading “Jade Helm 15 Is a False Flag Takedown of the Power Grid in Order to Quell All Resistance”

Descrier – by Benjamin Campbell

It’s difficult to fully digest the full financial impact of the Greek public’s decision to ignore its two long-standing major political players and opt instead for Alex Tsipras and his radical left wing Syriza party.

As with any political change, the true machinations of how this plays out on the markets can only really be known in hindsight. They key problem with Syriza – from an outsider’s point of view, at least – lies in the central disconnect between two of its defining policies. Mr. Tsipras and his party swept to power on a promise of ending austerity and renegotiating the terms of its bailout with the European Union. That, on the face of it, leads Greece out of the euro; but Mr. Tsipras has also promised that his country will remain in the single currency.   Continue reading “Is the euro set for dollar parity?”

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Market Watch

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch)—As the global economy grows, the world is going to get a lot more thirsty in 2030 if steps aren’t taken to cut back on fresh water use now, the United Nations says.

At current usage rates, the world will have 40% less fresh water than it needs in 15 years, according to the United Nations World Water Assessment Program in its 2015 report, which came out ahead of the U.N.’s World Water Day on Sunday.   Continue reading “World faces 40% water shortfall in 15 years: U.N.”

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Govt Slaves

This article was first published on December 21, 2012. A disturbing trend in the water sector is accelerating worldwide. The new “water barons” — the Wall Street banks and elitist multibillionaires — are buying up water all over the world at unprecedented pace.

Familiar mega-banks and investing powerhouses such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, Macquarie Bank, Barclays Bank, the Blackstone Group, Allianz, and HSBC Bank, among others, are consolidating their control over water. Wealthy tycoons such as T. Boone Pickens, former President George H.W. Bush and his family, Hong Kong’s Li Ka-shing, Philippines’ Manuel V. Pangilinan and other Filipino billionaires, and others are also buying thousands of acres of land with aquifers, lakes, water rights, water utilities, and shares in water engineering and technology companies all over the world.   Continue reading “The New “Water Barons”: Wall Street Mega-Banks are Buying up the World’s Water”

Ammoland

Houston, Tx –-(Ammoland.com)- On Tuesday, March 24 2015, the House Committee on Culture, Recreation and Tourism will consider

House Joint Resolution 61 sponsored by State Representative Trent Ashby (R-Lufkin). HJR 61 proposes an amendment to the Texas constitution that establishes an individual’s right to hunt, fish and harvest wildlife in in Texas.   Continue reading “Texas State House to Consider ‘Right to Hunt and Fish’ Amendment”

Ammoland

Phoenix, Arizona –-(Ammoland.com)- AllGunTalk.com recently launched as a new gun auction site, online sporting goods store, and discussion forum.

AllGunTalk.com features gun auctions, free classified advertisements, a retail store, and an open discussion forum. The site is an active place where members can exercise their right to free speech and conduct commerce in a secure, online environment.   Continue reading “AllGunTalk.com Launches New Gun Auction Site and Online Store”

UPI – by Ben Hooper

CASPER, Wyo., March 23 (UPI) — A 100-year-old Wyoming man who made his first automobile sale in 1949 said he has no plans to retire from the car dealership.

Derrell Alexander, who started his career as a salesman when gas was 17 cents per gallon, celebrated his 100th birthday last week at Whites Mountain Chevrolet in Casper, where he still works six days a week.   Continue reading “100-year-old car salesman still working six days a week”

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Save a Patriot

Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?

Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.   Continue reading “The Price they Paid – What happened to the signers of the Declaration of Independence?”

RT

Judging by the results of a recent poll, US President Barack Obama may want to become an actor after his presidential term expires if he really wants to achieve sky-high ratings as a leader.

Although Obama may resort to a teleprompter when speaking his lines to the American people, that seems to be where the similarities between the Democratic leader and the scripted, made-for-television presidential leaders ends.    Continue reading “Americans prefer fictional TV presidents over Obama – survey”

Mail.com

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — They signed up to fight for their country, and the state of Texas promised to pay for their education.

For decades, veterans went to public universities and colleges under the Hazlewood Exemption, which kicks in after federal benefits under the G.I. Bill are exhausted. But the price tag has increased sevenfold since 2009, when legislators in Texas — which has the country’s second-highest veteran population, 1.7 million — allowed the benefit to be passed on to veterans’ children under a legacy provision.   Continue reading “Lawmakers: Funding education for Texas veterans is too high”