Free Thought Project – by John Vibes

Fresno, California – An activist named John Lang was found stabbed to death inside of his home this week after predicting that he would be killed by police in his area. His house was also set on fire in the struggle that killed him.

According to ABC30, his neighbors noticed smoke coming from his house around 3:00 in the afternoon on Wednesday. When fire crews arrived on the scene, it took them a few minutes to get in the house because it was well secured with a gate. When they made their way inside they discovered Lang’s body lifeless and bleeding from several stab wounds.   Continue reading “Activist Stabbed To Death & Burned After Facebook Posts Predicting that Cops Would Kill Him”

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True Activist – by John Vibes

Concepcion Picciotto, a homeless anti-war protester has died at age 80, after occupying an area outside the white house for over 30 years. Ms. Picciotto is a Spanish immigrant, who is known by many as “Connie” or “Conchita.”

She began the longest running political protest in US history out front of the White House in 1981. Since then she has literally lived at the spot, spending 24 hours per day and 7 days a week at the vigil that she created.   Continue reading “Homeless Woman Who Protested War Outside White House For 3 Decades Straight Dies At Age 80”

Mail.com

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine President Benigno Aquino III gave a red-carpet welcome to Japan’s emperor Wednesday in a sign of blossoming ties between the two nations, both mired in territorial disputes with China, while further moving past painful memories of Japan’s World War II aggression.

Aquino and Emperor Akihito held talks at Manila’s Malacanang presidential palace, where Philippine and Japanese flags were displayed side by side and Filipino troops fired cannons in a traditional salute. Aquino later hosted a state banquet for Akihito, whose visit marks 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations.   Continue reading “Philippine leader welcomes Japan’s emperor as ties blossom”

Mail.com

BEIRUT (AP) — One of the main Syrian opposition blocs said Wednesday that it was unlikely to attend Geneva peace talks this week unless progress is made toward lifting sieges in the country and other conditions are met, adding that it was awaiting clarifications from the U.N. envoy.

The announcement cast further uncertainty on peace talks scheduled to begin in two days. Expectations are already low for any breakthroughs during talks that U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura has described as the start of a drawn-out process of consultation between various parties to the conflict, rather than actual peace negotiations.   Continue reading “Syrian opposition sets new conditions for peace talks”

Activist Post – by Brandon Turbeville

A new recommendation has been released by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government advisory group that is now recommending all adults be routinely screened for depression as part of their healthcare.

The first part of the recommendation suggests that all adults be screened, but singles out pregnant women and new mothers as a target population. The second part of the recommendation mentions the need to ensure that systems are in place that will allow for the proper diagnosis and treatment of people who are singled out through this screening. The guidelines, which were published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, did not specify how often adults should be screened.   Continue reading “New Gov’t Task Force Calls For Screening Every Adult, Pregnant Women For Depression”

Reuters

Two people were killed and three wounded in a shooting near a homeless encampment in Seattle late on Tuesday, and police were searching for two suspects who fled into a nearby wooded area, authorities said.

The shooting occurred around 7:15 p.m. local time near a large homeless encampment called the Jungle south of downtown, the Seattle Police Department said in a statement.   Continue reading “Two killed, three wounded in shooting near Seattle homeless camp”

RT

Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, RT visited Holocaust survivors in Israel who still live below the poverty line, without proper help from the government. Struggling to pay for an apartment and medicine, these elderly people say they are refugees even now.

“We’re still refugees like before, as we keep on running from one flat to another,” Eva Kovalenko, who is nearly 80, told RT.   Continue reading “‘We’re refugees like before’: Holocaust survivors in Israel still in poverty”

KOIN

BURNS, Ore. (KOIN) — Federal authorities set up a perimeter around the Malheur Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday morning where militia members were still occupying in protest.

The agencies said in a statement that the containment was to ‘better ensure the safety of community members.” According to the statement, only Harney County ranchers who own property in specific areas will be required to show identification and be allowed to pass.   Continue reading “Roadblocks set around refuge, militia still inside”

Curry Pilot – by Jane Stebbins

The Brookings City Council granted Rio Tinto Borax a 12-year extension on its master plan for the Lone Ranch development north of town, which has been more than a decade in the making — and whose momentum collapsed in the Great Recession.

The city planning commission approved the extension at its last meeting, agreeing with the developer that the Great Recession of 2008, the lack of local economic growth in the recovery since, and Brookings’ slow growth rate combine to make a poor time to break ground on project as large as Lone Ranch.   Continue reading “Brookings council OKs Lone Ranch extension”

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Be Your Own Leader – by Dana Gabriel

A major priority for Canada’s new prime minister is to reset the relationships with both the U.S. and Mexico. There is a real opportunity for all three countries to recommit to building a North American community. This includes expanding political, security and economic cooperation, as well as greater coordination on issues such as energy and the environment. Further deepening Canada-Mexico ties is one of the keys to strengthening continental relations. The Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, which builds on the commitments of NAFTA could also help take North American trilateral integration to the next level.   Continue reading “Rebuilding and Expanding the North American Relationship”

Curry Pilot – by Jane Stebbins

Patients being assessed for their mental health can be held up to five days — not 30 — in Curry General Hospital’s “hold room,” but must be transported somewhere else when that time is up.

The consensus isn’t the greatest, but it’s a start, agreed law enforcement, hospital officials, mental health and addiction advocates at a meeting last week in Gold Beach.   Continue reading “Officials agree on psychiatric hold policy”

Oregon Live – by Les Zaitz

BURNS – Oregon standoff spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum was killed and other leaders of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge occupation were arrested Tuesday after the FBI and state police stopped vehicles about 20 miles north of Burns.

Authorities did not release the name of the person who died at the highway stop, but Finicum’s daughter confirmed it was Finicum, 55, of Cane Beds, Arizona, one of the cowboy-hat wearing faces of the takeover.   Continue reading “Oregon standoff spokesman Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum killed, Bundys in custody after shooting near Burns”

MassPrivateI

Samsung’s ‘WISE NETIII‘ facial recognition CCTV’s will soon be installed in San Francisco.

According to the SF Gate:

“San Francisco’s public transit agency plans to purchase up to 150 cameras marketed for their ability to find and focus on human faces, although city officials insist the devices will monitor only traffic — not people.”
Continue reading “Feds installing facial recognition cameras to identify pedestrians at night and through fog”

Free Thought Project – by Justin Gardner

Thirteen years after the invasion and occupation of Iraq, it is common knowledge that this war of choice was based on fabrications and slick propaganda. There were no weapons of mass destruction, the country posed no real threat to the U.S., and it was not a hotbed of terrorism until after Saddam was deposed.   Continue reading “Declassified Memo Proves the Pentagon had ZERO Evidence of WMDs in Iraq”

Activist Post – by Bernie Suarez

The establishment has been working hard over that past few years to make martial law the norm in the United States. A few events which are most responsible for the normalization of martial law stand out in most of our minds.   Continue reading “Gov’t Using The Psychology Of “Lockdown” To Make Martial Law The Norm”