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NATO states will send around 1,500 troops to participate in Estonia’s largest military drills dubbed Spring Storm. In total about 6,000 servicemen will be practicing their battle skills on Russia’s doorsteps.
The country’s largest training exercise this year, comprising approximately 6,000 military personnel, including 1,500 allied soldiers, will run from May 2 to May 20, Estonian military said in a statement. Continue reading “Estonia expects 1,500 NATO troops for major Spring Storm drills”
Breitbart – by Peter Schweizer
For more than a year, the mainstream media has failed to ask Hillary Clinton some very basic questions about a series of extremely troubling deals. Why?
Last Spring, my book Clinton Cash was released and it initially set off a media maelstrom. It began on April 19, 2015, with a leaked copy of the book going to the New York Times. The copy was not sent by me or my publisher. If the Clintons leaked the book with the hope of having it prematurely dismissed, that proved to be a mistake. The paper called the book “the most anticipated and feared book” of the political season. The Times went on to note that the book was hardly a hysterical attack on the Clintons, but rather, “mainly in the voice of a neutral journalist” who “meticulously documents his sources, including tax records and government documents.” Continue reading “One Year of Silence on Hillary Clinton Uranium Deal”
MIAMI (AP) — On a recent Saturday morning in South Florida, 50-year-old Edgar Ospina stood in a long line of immigrants to take the first step to become an American.
Ospina has spent almost half his life in the U.S. after emigrating from his native Colombia, becoming eligible for citizenship in 1990. But with Donald Trump becoming a more likely presidential nominee by the day, Ospina decided to wait no more, rushing the paperwork required to become a citizen. Continue reading “Trump’s rise is driving immigrants to become citizens”
Today’s shock leak of the text of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) marks the beginning of the end for the hated EU-US trade deal, and a key moment in the Brexit debate. The unelected negotiators have kept the talks going until now by means of a fanatical level of secrecy, with threats of criminal prosecution for anyone divulging the treaty’s contents.
Now, for the first time, the people of Europe can see for themselves what the European Commission has been doing under cover of darkness – and it is not pretty. Continue reading “After the leaks today showing just what it really stands for, this could be the end for TTIP”
Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard
President Obama has budgeted $17,613 for each of the estimated 75,000 Central American teens expected to illegally cross into the United States this year, $2,841 more than the average annual Social Security retirement benefit, according to a new report.
The total bill to taxpayers: $1.3 billion in benefits to “unaccompanied children,” more than double what the federal government spent in 2010, according to an analysis of the administration’s programs for illegal minors from the Center for Immigration Studies. The average Social Security retirement benefit is $14,772. Continue reading “Obama budgets $17,613 for every new illegal minor, more than Social Security retirees get”
With the crazy instability of the economy these days, nearly everyone has a frugal grocery budget as they struggle to cut expenses where they can. Those of us who are strong believers in building a pantry tend to pay particular attention to the variations of the prices of specific foods since we strive to purchase items for our pantry when they are at their lowest points.
Those of us who are strong believers in building a pantry tend to pay particular attention to the variations of the prices of specific foods since we strive to purchase items for our pantry when they are at their lowest points. (You can learn more about shopping to build a pantry here.) By purchasing food at the lowest price in the cycle, your family can enjoy items at yesterday’s prices while everyone else is paying far more for the same item at today’s prices. Continue reading “On a Frugal Grocery Budget? The Prices of These 10 Foods Have Skyrocketed in the Past Year”
Zen Gardner – by Makia Freeman
How to drive without a license is an aspect of sovereignty that many people want to learn. Can you legally drive without a license?
What is the difference between driving and traveling? Is driving a right or a privilege? What do you say to the policeman if you are stopped? How can you best handle unconstitutional checkpoints? Continue reading “How to Legally Drive Without a License”
Introducing ‘Teslaphoresis’, where a Tesla coil and antenna remotely force powdered carbon nanotubes to assemble into electricity-conducting wires. Belinda Smith reports. Continue reading “Carbon nanotube ‘wires’ self-assemble in electric field”
Oilfield services provider Halliburton and smaller rival Baker Hughes announced the termination of their $28 billion merger deal on Sunday after opposition from U.S. and European antitrust regulators.
The tie-up would have brought together the world’s No. 2 and No. 3 oil services companies, raising concerns it would result in higher prices in the sector. It is the latest example of a large merger deal failing to make it to the finish line because of antitrust hurdles. Continue reading “Halliburton and Baker Hughes Scrap $28B Merger”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
A video uploaded to YouTube this week shows a man filming his DUI checkpoint refusal. However, this refusal is unlike any the Free Thought Project has come across before.
As he engages with the officer, the man is told he is at a DUI checkpoint and he needs to present his license and insurance. Naturally wondering why or how one’s license and insurance could prove sobriety, the man proceeds to mentally dominate the officer. Continue reading “Rights Flexing Hero Uses Jedi Mind Trick to Outsmart Cops and Beat DUI Checkpoint”
SILVERDALE – Multiple sightings of unauthorized unmanned aerial systems or “drones” have been reported flying over Naval Base Kitsap Bangor over the past few months. The Navy is requesting that local residents report sightings to base officials immediately.
“Unauthorized drone flights pose a potential threat to national security,” said Rear Adm. Jeff Ruth, the commander of Navy Region Northwest, in a Navy press release. Continue reading “Navy asks public to report drone sightings near NBK”
Intellihub- by Brett Redmayne-Titley
Author’s Note: This is Part Three of a report direct from the 2012 San Diego TPP negotiations re-published by Intellihub to bring urgent awareness of the threat of TPP to its American and International readers. — B.R-T.
(INTELLIHUB) — “Is that thing on?” gasped, Barbara Weisel, U.S. Chief Negotiator at the Trans Pacific Partnership negotiations, one millisecond after having just accused four U.S. senators, and one hundred thirty-two US congresspersons- including Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) who has, repeatedly, demanded to see a copy of the treaty – of lying to the American public! Now she spied the arch enemy of all political miscreants blinking menacingly on the white tablecloth right next to her: the voice recorder. Snatching-up this reporters’ voice recorder, she anxiously attempted to shut it off and/ or erase the recording. “You can’t record this”, she continued still anxiously fidgeting with the gadget, obviously aware that she had been caught on-tape in several very inflammatory and, by all prior reports, fraudulent accusations. She is employed by the US congress. You would not know it to speak with her. Continue reading “Chief Negotiator on TPP Agreement, Calls 132 Members of Congress & Four Senators Liars”
The Intercept – by Glenn Greenwald
Ever since the U.S. last October bombed a hospital run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Kunduz, Afghanistan, the U.S. vehemently denied guilt while acting exactly like a guilty party would. First, it changed its story repeatedly. Then, it blocked every effort – including repeated demands from MSF – to have an independent investigation determine what really happened. As May Jeong documented in a richly reported story for The Intercept yesterday, the Afghan government – rather than denying that the hospital was targeted – instead repeatedly claimed that doing so was justified; moreover, they were sympathetic to calls for an independent investigation, which the U.S. blocked. What is beyond dispute, as Jeong wrote, is that the “211 shells that were fired . . . were felt by the 42 men, women, and children who were killed.” MSF insisted the bombing was “deliberate,” and ample evidence supports that charge. Continue reading “The Joke of U.S. Justice and “Accountability” When They Bomb a Hospital”
Australian businessman Craig Wright has revealed he is the man behind the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, ending years of speculation.
Bitcoin’s code was released in 2009 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, and the true identity of Nakamoto was increasingly hard-sought as the virtual currency gained traction.
Bitcoin was the top performing currency last year, according to The Money Project, and one Bitcoin is currently worth about $456. Continue reading “Bitcoin creator finally revealed? Australian Craig Wright outs himself as ‘Satoshi Nakamoto’”
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An American exchange student and her mother were rescued over the weekend in the New Zealand wilderness, where they were lost for five days after setting off on a day hike. A helicopter pilot spotted the large “help” signs they had made from fern fronds.
After thinking she would die, 22-year-old Rachel Lloyd is now recovering in Wellington Hospital with her mother, Carolyn Lloyd, by her side. The pair recounted their ordeal to The Associated Press. Continue reading “North Carolina pair survive 5 days in New Zealand wilderness”
NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. senator is calling for a federal investigation into an outdoor advertising company’s latest effort to target billboard ads to specific consumers. New York Sen. Charles Schumer has dubbed Clear Channel Outdoor Americas’ so-called RADAR program “spying billboards,” warning the service may violate privacy rights by tracking people’s cell phone data via the ad space.
“A person’s cellphone should not become a James Bond-like personal tracking device for a corporation to gather information about consumers without their consent,” Schumer, a Democrat, said in a statement ahead of a planned news conference Sunday in Times Square, where the company operates billboards. Continue reading “Schumer: Probe billboards using phone data to track shoppers”
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — One of America’s largest troves of political and campaign memorabilia is headed for the auction block, spurring protests from some who do not want to see it divided up and sold to private collectors.
The University of Hartford plans to hire an auction house and sell off more than 70,000 items, many of them donated by the late J. Doyle DeWitt, a former chairman of The Travelers Cos. who spent decades amassing letters from presidents, campaign posters, and pins and advertisements dating to the 18th century. Continue reading “Outrage over college’s plans to sell political memorabilia”