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The Saudis have stated that their goal in maintaining current oil output and export volumes has been to protect market share against foreign rivals.
The Saudi’s rivals are not limited to other oil producers though, they are also striving to undermine clean energy technologies and climate change policies. Continue reading “Energy Quote of the Day: ‘Lower Oil Prices will Make it More Difficult to Achieve Climate-Change Goals’”
Anti-War – by Margaret Griffis
January closed out with 293 deaths and 289 wounded. Most of the casualties were among the Islamic State militants. That brought the monthly totals to 6,106 dead and 1,953 wounded.
There were 1,587 deaths reported among civilians and security members. Another 4,519 dead were reported among Islamic State militants. The number of wounded was 1,953, including 431 injured militants. These figures are not independently confirmable and should be considered only estimates. Continue reading “At least 6,106 Killed in Iraq during January”
Recently, we learned: ‘Black Hawk helicopters and truck-sized X-ray machines that are typically deployed along the U.S.-Mexico border have been brought to the Super Bowl venue to assist with the security effort.’ Additionally: ‘The NFLjust issued a statement saying reps from the following agencies are on board: Department of Homeland Security; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; FBI; United States Secret Service; Phoenix PD and Glendale PD.’ And yet: ‘NFL president Roger Goodell made $44 million last year, as head of a not-for-profit. Continue reading “Americans on hook for millions spent on Super Bowl’s over-the-top security while NFL still pays no taxes”
Sovereign Man – by Simon Black
A member of my staff caught an obscure resolution that was introduced in the US House of Representatives last week—Resolution no. 41.
The fact that there was essentially no coverage of this Resolution really shows how the mainstream media is completely turning a blind eye to the true fiscal situation of the United States of America. Continue reading “Here’s some frightening honesty, courtesy of the US Congress”
Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) said Thursday that President Barack Obama’s executive action plan for illegal immigrants was unconstitutional and therefore Congress must not confirm Obama’s attorney general nominee who is committed to executing that “illegal and unconstitutional” policy.
“So, why would we want to confirm someone who’s going to continue to execute an unlawful, unconstitutional policy?” Sessions told CNSNews.com. Continue reading “Sessions: Why Confirm an AG Who’s Going to Execute an Unconstitutional Policy?”
Washington Post – by Tom Jackman
John B. Geer stood with his hands on top of the storm door of his Springfield, Va., townhouse and calmly said to four Fairfax County police officers with guns pointed at him: “I don’t want anybody to get shot . . . .And I don’t wanna get shot, ’cause I don’t want to die today.”
But as one officer tried to ease Geer through the standoff, another officer, Adam D. Torres, shot and killed Geer from 17 feet away, telling investigators that he saw Geer move his hands to his waist and thought he might be reaching for a weapon, according to newly released documents from the county. Continue reading “John B. Geer had hands up when shot by police, four officers say in documents”
Croatian government have gotten creditors on board a plan to erase the debts of some 60,000 poorest citizens. The “fresh start” scheme targets less than 1 percent of the entire debt, but is hoped to boost the economy in the long-term.
The unorthodox measure was voted for by the government on January 15 and comes into force on Monday. To be eligible to participate debtors must have no savings or property, have a debt no greater than about $5,100 and live on welfare or an income of no higher than $138 per month. Continue reading “‘Chance for a new start’: Croatia writes off debts of 60,000 poorest citizens”
Alaska State Troopers are investigating allegations that a Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) used a stun gun or Taser on two young boys after they asked the officer to do so.
The mother of one of the boys, Terry Ward, said the incident occurred last December when a group of about eight or 10 children were getting ready to play a game of kickball outside the Boys and Girls Club in Kake, Alaska, local media reported. Continue reading “Alaska community officer accused of Tasering 2 young kids because they asked him to”
TOKYO (AP) — Appalled and saddened by news of journalist Kenji Goto’s purported beheading by Islamic State extremists, Japan ordered heightened security precautions Sunday and said it would persist with its non-military support for fighting terrorism.
The failure to save Goto raised fears for the life of a Jordanian fighter pilot also held by the militant group that controls about a third of both Syria and Iraq. Unlike some earlier messages delivered in the crisis, the video that circulated online late Saturday purporting to show a militant beheading Goto did not mention the pilot. Continue reading “Horror in Japan as video purports to show hostage beheaded”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government and aviation industry officials from dozens of countries are meeting in Montreal this week to try to find consensus on how to keep from losing airliners like the one that vanished without a trace in Asia and another shot down in Eastern Europe.
It is only the second high-level safety conference in the 70-year history of the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency, but last year was calamitous. A Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared in March and has not been found. In July, another Malaysia Airlines flight was down shot down while flying over an area of Ukraine where ethnic Russian rebels are trying to secede. Continue reading “Officials meet to address safety after aviation calamities”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s budget will propose an ambitious six-year, $478 billion public works program of highway, bridge and transit upgrades, half of it financed with a one-time mandatory tax on profits that U.S. companies have amassed overseas, White House officials said.
The proposal, one of the main components of the $4 trillion spending plan for the 2016 budget year that Obama will send to Congress on Monday, attempts to tap into bipartisan support for spending on badly needed infrastructure repairs and construction. Continue reading “APNewsBreak: Obama ties foreign profits tax to public works”
The new Republican Congress is unlikely to repeal the Affordable Care Act even after the GOP’s overwhelming victory in the 2014 midterms, with both medical and political experts agreeing that Americans must learn to live with Obamacare for a few years.
Many Republicans won their elections by criticizing the president’s expansive health-care scheme. But in reality, Obama would block any congressional attempt to rein it in, analysts say. Continue reading “Doctor: Obamacare medical meltdown underway”
This will be a big stain on Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign.
from Washington Times:
Top Pentagon officials and a senior Democrat in Congress so distrusted Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2011 march to war in Libya that they opened their own diplomatic channels with the Gadhafi regime in an effort to halt the escalating crisis, according to secret audio recordings recovered from Tripoli. Continue reading “Secret audio tapes show Pentagon distrusted Hillary Clinton, worked behind her back in Libya”
A Syrian rebel group supported by the U.S. government, Harakat Hazzm, was pushed out of its headquarters on the border of Turkey and Syria on Friday, and lost control of one of the only two open border crossings between the two countries. The area around the Bab al-Hawa crossing, in northwestern Syria on the road to Aleppo, was taken over by rebel groups linked to extremist factions such as Jabhat al-Nusra, the official al Qaeda offshoot in the country. That will make it easier for foreign extremist fighters to travel into Syria. Continue reading “US-Backed Syrian Rebels Are Overrun, Pushed Out Of Turkey Border Crossings”
China’s education minister on Friday ordered the country’s colleges and universities to ban textbooks that promote “western values,” a phrase that often refers to democracy and human rights.
Yuan Guiren told a higher education forum that Chinese institutions should take steps to protect their “political integrity,” and “never let textbooks promoting western values appear in our classes,” official media reported. Continue reading “Chinese Universities Told to Ban ‘Western Textbooks,’ Grumbling From Classrooms”
Radio Free Europe – by RFE/RL’s Georgian Service
A senior NATO official is scouting out prospective sites for a joint training center the alliance plans to establish in Georgia.
January 30 is the final day of NATO Deputy Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow’s visit to the South Caucasus nation whose NATO aspirations were a chief cause of its five-day war with Russia in 2008. Continue reading “NATO Scouts Out Sites For Training Center In Georgia”
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IB Times – by Erin Banco
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