Lobby entrance to Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore (AFP Photo / Roslan Rahman)RT

A US Navy official admitted on Tuesday to taking various bribes, including a prostitute and luxury travel, as well as sums reaching up to $120,000. He was involved in a massive scheme with a long-term Asian military contractor.

Jose Luis Sanchez, 42, is the highest-ranking official to plead guilty in the case that has investigated the links between a Singapore-based company and US officers, who provided it with confidential information in exchange for luxury travel, prostitutes and other bribes, AP reported on Tuesday.   Continue reading “Shangri-La, bucks & prostitutes: US Navy commander pleads guilty in major bribery case”

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Billionaire activist Bill Gates is backing an innovation in water filtration that turns human poop into drinking water. The OmniProcessor could bring clean water to millions of people and help solve the problem of debilitating diseases.

The OmniProcessor, designed and built by Seattle engineering firm Janicki Bioenergy, burns human waste to produce electricity and water. The processor powers itself through the use of a steam engine and does not emit an odor. The machine could handle 14 tons of waste from 100,000 people, producing up to 86,000 liters of drinkable water a day, and net 250 kw of electricity.   Continue reading “Bill Gates drinks cup of water that used to be human poop”

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Frigid air is blowing across the United States, dropping temperatures in many areas into the single digits and leading weather monitors to issue wind chill advisories and politicians to plead with residents to check on their neighbors.

A National Weather Service wind chill advisory for much of the Northeast for Wednesday into Thursday warns of “dangerously cold air” with strong winds that could result in frostbite if people don’t put on their scarves, hats and gloves.   Continue reading “As snow moves out, ‘dangerously cold air’ on the way”

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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday charged the former Korean Air Lines executive who achieved worldwide notoriety by kicking a crew member off a flight with violating aviation security law and hindering a government investigation.

Cho Hyun-ah, who is the daughter of the airline’s chairman, ordered a senior crewmember off a Dec. 5 flight after being offered macadamia nuts in a bag, instead of on a dish. The plane returned to the gate at John F. Kennedy airport to disembark the flight attendant.   Continue reading “Former Korean Air exec charged with violating aviation law”

doctorsNatural News – by JD Heyes

As we’ve warned for months, just because Americans are required to have health insurance coverage under regulations contained in the Affordable Care Act, that doesn’t mean that they will have access to care.

If you recall, the entire purpose behind Obamacare, according to the president and the law’s backers, was only to insure something like 14 or 15 million people, because at the time the measure was being debated, the vast majority of Americans — well over 80 percent — had health insurance. What’s more, the bulk of those insured had private sector plans, and most were insured through employers; the number of Americans on taxpayer-subsidized coverage, like Medicaid, was minimal.   Continue reading “Bankrupt government slashing payments to doctors by 43%; medicare patients to be rejected nationwide”

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol drone aircraft lifts off, Wednesday, Sept 24, 2014 at Ft. Huachuca in Sierra Vista, Ariz.Washington Free Beacon – by Elizabeth Harrington

Custom and Border Protection’s (CBP) drone program is ineffective and surveys less than 200 miles of the southwest border, according to an audit by the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of Inspector General.

The program operates 10 Predator B drones at a cost of more than $12,000 for every hour a drone spends in the air, funding which could be put to better use elsewhere, according to the OIG.   Continue reading “Audit: DHS Drone Program Ineffective at Border Security”

The Associated PressCNN – by Dana Ford

A gunman shot a doctor at a Texas veterans’ hospital Tuesday, then turned his gun on himself.

Both the victim and the shooter in the incident at the El Paso VA Health Care System have died, Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Twitty told reporters.

“All other VA patients and staff are safe. This is an active crime scene, and the shooting incident is under investigation,” he said.   Continue reading “Gunman kills doctor, then himself, at VA hospital in El Paso, Texas”

CNN – by Catherine E. Shoichet

More than 200 years after Samuel Adams and Paul Revere first buried it in Boston, it took an hour to remove all the objects crammed inside a tiny time capsule.

Onlookers anxiously watched the unveiling Tuesday, worrying the items might not have weathered the years very well.   Continue reading “1795 time capsule opened, centuries after Revere and Adams buried it”

Emergency workers carry an injured man on a stretcher in front of the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris on Jan. 7, 2015, after armed gunmen stormed the offices.Reuters

Twelve people including two police officers were killed in a shooting at the Paris offices of the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo on Wednesday, a police spokesman said in an update on the death toll.

French President Francois Hollande described as without doubt a terrorist attack.   Continue reading “Police put Paris shooting death toll at 12, including two police officers”

socialcreditmoney.jpgBATR – by James Hall

Few people are familiar with the concept of Social Credit by Clifford Hugh Douglas. In his book, by the same name, his theory is presented.

“Douglas explains (particularly in Part 2, Chapter 2) that, if the money supply is not increased, dollars/pounds become more valuable, such that prices drop. But, if the money supply is increased just enough, the value of each dollar/pound – hence prices – can be left unchanged. Finding it desirable to keep prices unchanged in this way, Douglas then explains that, essentially, a decision has to be made about who gets the additional dollars/pounds. Under our current fractional reserve system, the banks do, by creating and lending out extra credit. Continue reading “Social Credit Monetary Theory”

Buzz Feed – by Sheera Frenkel

TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu kicked off his re-election campaign Monday night with all the fanfare expected of the second longest serving PM in the country’s history.

The darkened room with flashing lights and pumping techno music looked more like a club than a political event, and Likud Party activists danced with the assurance that their party leader would, once again, be prime minister.   Continue reading “These Three American Families Are Funding Half Of Netanyahu’s Re-Election Bid”

Aljazeera – by Ned Resnikoff

As the U.S. Senate convened Tuesday for the first time since November’s election, its new Republican majority lost no time in making another bid to approve construction of the disputed Keystone XL pipeline project. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. proposed legislation that would authorize the project which has become the focus of a major political showdown, while President Barack Obama reiterated his intention to veto such a bill should it reach his desk.   Continue reading “Keystone battle looms as GOP pushes bill, Obama responds with veto threat”

Fox News – by Serafin Gómez

Jeb Bush plans to file paperwork on Tuesday to launch a new organization allowing him to raise and spend money for political activities, in the former Florida governor’s most direct step yet toward a 2016 presidential bid.

The new leadership political action committee will be called the Right to Rise PAC.    Continue reading “Jeb Bush filing paperwork Tuesday for new PAC, in big step toward 2016 bid”