Year: 2015

Natural Society – by Mike Barrett

How  long will it be until the United States government recognizes cannabis as a medicinal, useful plant, and not just an abused drug? You’d be interested to know that states aren’t the only ones accepting cannabis in various forms – the  U.S. government is actually closer than ever to legalizing the plant. In fact, a group of bipartisan legislators have recently made an effort to propel medical marijuana to the top, legalizing the plant for medicinal purposes and protecting those working with it from federal consequences.   Continue reading “Will Medical Marijuana Soon Be Legalized Nationwide?”

RT

The Ukrainian armed coup was organized from Washington, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated in an interview for a new documentary aired Sunday. The Americans tried to hide behind the Europeans, but Moscow saw through the trick, he added.

“The trick of the situation was that outwardly the [Ukrainian] opposition was supported mostly by the Europeans. But we knew for sure that the real masterminds were our American friends,”Putin said in a documentary, ‘Crimea – The Way Home,’ aired by Rossiya 1 news channel.   Continue reading “Putin in film on Crimea: US masterminds behind Ukraine coup, helped train radicals”

Filming Cops

POWHATAN COUNTY, VA — Think back to 8th grade: do you remember ever talking out loud or being “disruptive”?

Imagine if the punishment was an armed police officer approaching you and shooting you with a Taser gun, frying your nervous system with electrical voltage, for being “disruptive.”   Continue reading “Cop Shoots 8th Grade Child With Taser Gun For “Being Disruptive””

Network World – by Jeremy Kirk

A Google software problem inadvertently exposed the names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers used to register websites after people had chosen to keep the information private.

The privacy breach involves whois, a database that contains contact information for people who’ve bought domain names. For privacy reasons, people can elect to make information private, often by paying an extra fee.   Continue reading “Google error leaks website owners’ personal information”

ABC News – by STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

Americans are getting older, but not this old: Social Security records show that 6.5 million people in the U.S. have reached the ripe old age of 112.

In reality, only few could possibly be alive. As of last fall, there were only 42 people known to be that old in the entire world.   Continue reading “Say what? Social Security data says 6.5M in US reach age 112”

Natural News – by Daniel Barker

Marine biologists and other researchers are voicing serious concerns regarding the high mortality rate among orcas (killer whales) observed over the past couple of years.

No one has yet proven that there is a direct link between the 100 percent mortality rate seen among orca infants and the effects of the radiation contamination of the Pacific Ocean from the Fukushima reactor leak in Japan, but it certainly can’t be ruled out as a possibility.   Continue reading “West Coast orcas experiencing 100% infant mortality rate as radiation from Fukushima drifts across ocean”

New York Times – AP

NEW ORLEANS — Robert Durst, an eccentric millionaire from one of America’s wealthiest families, was arrested on a murder warrant just before Sunday’s finale of a serial documentary about his links to three sensational killings.

FBI agents arrested Durst Saturday at a New Orleans hotel on a warrant from Los Angeles for the murder of a mobster’s daughter 15 years ago, authorities said.   Continue reading “Rich NY Eccentric’s Family ‘Grateful’ for His Murder Arrest”

Tomato Bubble – by Mike King

When we look back at Globalist-owned America’s long history of making war against various ‘Bad Guys’ from A-Z, the discerning student of history can’t help but notice the conspicuous absence of “the other side of the story”. Why is that? Consider; even serial killers such as Ted Bundy and David Berkowitz (‘the Son of Sam’); and mass murderers like Charles Manson were given their day in court. Shouldn’t the related courts of history and current events at least present the version of affairs that the “bad guys” put forth?   Continue reading “The “Bad Guys” Who Oppose U.S. Speak Out”

Defense Tech – by Kris Osborn

The Air Force plans to conduct the first test flight of its new HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter in 2019 as a step toward fielding an operational aircraft in 2021 and reaching full-rate production by 2023, service officials said.

The new helicopter, called CRH, will be engineered to perform high-risk medical evacuations and other rescue and recovery missions. In total, the service plans to acquire 112 new CRH personnel recovery helicopters.   Continue reading “Air Force Prepares for First Combat Rescue Helicopter Flight”

Jim Stone Forum, June 2013

Past and Present:

1.Attorney General – Michael Mukasey
2. Head of Homeland Security – Michael Chertoff
3. Chairman Pentagon’s Defense Policy Board – Richard Perle
4. Deputy Defense Secretary (Former) – Paul Wolfowitz
5. Under Secretary of Defense – Douglas Feith   Continue reading “Members in US politics who hold dual US/Israeli citizenship”

Wonder how long it’ll stay upright.

Today.Az

Chinese construction company Broad Sustainable Building recently released an online video showing how they managed to build a 57-storey building in a record time of 19 days. ‘Sky City’, located in Changsha city, comprises 800 homes and office space to accommodate a total of 4,000 people.

The company’s original proposal for the site was actually a 97-storey building that would have been the world’s largest skyscraper. But just after 20 stories were completed, construction work was stopped for one year because local officials wanted to review the plans. Ultimately, they had to reduce the plan to 57 stories due to the building’s close proximity to the airport.   Continue reading “Chinese Company Builds 57-Storey Skyscraper in Record 19 Dayso”

RT

The White House has dropped plans to slash the number of US soldiers in Afghanistan to 5,500 this year, AP reported. Official sources claim the withdrawal is likely to be much slower and have 9,800 US troops remain in Afghanistan well into 2016.

The report, citing unnamed officials, states that no final decision has been made, but discussions are ongoing about keeping US troops in Afghanistan or nearby even after 2016.   Continue reading “US to delay Afghanistan withdrawal, leave more troops – report”

The Organic Prepper

It looks like we’re gearing up for Round 2 of Ebola Roulette.

A couple of days ago an American healthcare worker who had been definitively diagnosed with Ebola was brought back to the US for treatment at the National Institute of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.  Eleven more patients have been isolated and are on their way to the United States as well, after having had  “potential exposure” to the disease.   Continue reading “11 People with “Potential Exposure” to Ebola Being Brought to American…ummm…Hotels???”

RT

NASA’s top water scientist says California only has about one year’s worth of water left in storage, and its groundwater – often used as a backup for reservoirs and other reserves – is rapidly depleting. He suggests immediately rationing water.

California just had the driest January since record-keeping began in 1895, with groundwater and snowpack levels at all-time lows, NASA scientist Jay Familglietti wrote in a column for the Los Angeles Times. He said the state has been running out of water since before the current years-long drought and storage levels have been falling since at least 2002, according to NASA satellite data.   Continue reading “Only 1 year of water left in California, NASA scientist suggests rationing”

Mail.com

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police renewed their search Sunday for more victims in a bus accident in southern Brazil that killed at least 49 people.

The dead include eight young children, three adolescents, 24 women and 14 men, the government of Santa Catarina state said in a statement. The bus plunged 1,300 feet down a mountain near the city of Joinville on Saturday. Ten people were transferred to nearby hospitals, including two children. Their conditions were unknown.   Continue reading “Brazil raises toll of bus accident to 49, resumes search”

Forbes – by Tim Worstall

There’s an argument you see around sometimes about Henry Ford’s decision to pay his workers those famed $5 a day wages. It was that he realised that he should pay his workers sufficiently large sums to that they could afford the products they were making. In this manner he could expand the market for his products.

It should be obvious that this story doesn’t work: Boeing would most certainly be in trouble if they had to pay their workers sufficient to afford a new jetliner. It’s also obviously true that you want every other employer to be paying their workers sufficient that they can afford your products: but that’s very much not the same as claiming that Ford should pay his workers so that they can afford Fords.   Continue reading “The Story of Henry Ford’s $5 a Day Wages: It’s Not What You Think”