Month: October 2016

The Hill – by Katie Bo Williams

Four Republican committee chairmen on Wednesday pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch on what they termed “the unusual restrictions” placed on the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of State.

In a letter to Lynch, they pointed to a pair of letters from Beth Wilkinson, an attorney for two of Clinton’s lawyers, that laid out a limited immunity agreement that the Department of Justice (DOJ) agreed to in exchange for cooperation with the investigation.   Continue reading “GOP chairmen slam ‘unusual restrictions’ on FBI Clinton probe”

MSN – Reuters

Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, Pentagon officials said.

Although the number of disappearances is relatively small — some 2,200 Afghan troops have received military training in the United States since 2007 — the incidents raise questions about security and screening procedures for the programs.   Continue reading “Dozens of Afghan troops missing from military training in U.S.”

Press TV

In a rare move on Wednesday, US State Department spokesman Mark Toner reacted to construction of 300 illegal housing units not long after the US agreed to give the regime a record-breaking military aid.

The new plan would “distance” Israel from its allies while it hampers efforts for the so-called two-state solution, said the spokesman.   Continue reading “US condemns Israel’s plan for new settlement”

Keloland News

Sioux Falls, SD Police arrested a 36-year-old Sioux Falls man Wednesday for human trafficking.

Authorities responded to a 911 call from 231 S. Phillips Avenue just before 11 p.m Tuesday night. The address belonged to Jonathan David Cohen, where police discovered that a 16-year-old runaway from Georgia was staying there with him.   Continue reading “Sioux Falls Doctor Arrested For Human Trafficking”

The Daily Sheeple – by Melissa Dykes

And all of a sudden it’s almost as if we’ve time traveled back to the Cold War.

It is trickling out today that Russian newspapers are warning a direct conflict with the United States is now possible over America’s obsessive regime change mission in Syria, which is being compared to the Cuban Missile Crisis in Russia.   Continue reading “Russian Newspapers Warn “Full-Scale War With U.S. Possible” Now Over Syria”

Activist Post – by Janet Phelan

Without a lot of fanfare or explanation, new psychiatric hospitals are being built in droves across the United States. Facilities are springing up in Indiana, in Delaware, in Missouri, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts, in Colorado, in Washington, and in North Carolina, to name just a few.

This reverses the trend and policy of the last seventy years, which promoted de-institutionalization and community based care.   Continue reading “Still Crazy After All These Years: Psychiatric Lock-Down Returns To The US”

Reuters

Russia further curtailed its cooperation with the United States in nuclear energy on Wednesday, suspending a research agreement and terminating one on uranium conversion, two days after the Kremlin shelved a plutonium pact with Washington.

The Russian government said that as counter-measures to the U.S. sanctions imposed on Russia over Ukraine, it was putting aside a nuclear and energy-related research pact with the United States.   Continue reading “Russia suspends nuclear agreement, ends uranium research pact with United States”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

By now it is well-known that as we profiled previously, one of the most ravenous buyers of US stocks in recent years, has been a central bank: the Swiss National Bank…   Continue reading “Something Strange Is Going On In Switzerland: “Is Someone Trying To Buy The Swiss National Bank””

Breitbart – by Chriss W Street

When Hurricane Matthew strikes Florida, it is expected to boost the volume of Zika-infected mosquitos in the U.S., wipe out the effectiveness of anti-Zika pesticide spraying, and potentially spread the so-called Zika “danger zone” up the East Coast.

The monster Category-4 Atlantic hurricane, packing winds of 140 miles per hour, is on a path to strike Southern Florida on Friday morning, then drive up the center of the state. The storm appears to have more than enough power to veer right to hammer Georgia and the Carolinas, then move north, bringing torrential rain and flooding to the East Coast.   Continue reading “Hurricane Matthew to Spread Zika ‘Danger Zone’ up East Coast”

Chicago Sun Times – by Tina Sfondeles

The Kankakee prosecutor on Tuesday announced an “unprecedented” investigation into allegations of “individuals from Chicago” offering gifts to residents in exchange for votes — only to have his office itself accused of harassing and intimidating voters.

The Kankakee County State’s Attorney’s Office said it opened the voter fraud investigation in response to allegations that “gifts” were given to voters in exchange for a vote for Democratic state Rep. Kate Cloonen, presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, and “others.”   Continue reading “Vote fraud, intimidation allegations hurled about in Kankakee Co., Illinois”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Back in April, precious metal traders felt vindicated when Deutsche Bank agreed to settle a July 2014 lawsuit alleging precious metal manipulation by a consortium of banks. As a reminder, In July 2014 we reported that a group of silver bullion banks including Deutsche Bank, Bank of Nova Scotia and HSBC (later UBS was also added to the defendants) were accused of manipulating prices in the multi-billion dollar market. The lawsuit, which was originally filed in a New York district court by veteran litigator J. Scott Nicholson, a resident of Washington DC, alleged that the banks, which oversee the century-old silver fix manipulated the physical and COMEX futures market since January 2007. The lawsuit subsequently received class-action status. It was the first case to target the silver fix.
Continue reading “In Major Victory For Gold And Silver Traders, Manipulation Lawsuit Against Gold-Fixing Banks Ordered To Proceed”

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Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

In the latest partisan escalation on the Federal Election Commission, a top Democratic commissioner has ripped a Republican commissioner’s bid to protect books, radio and Internet media from regulation as “pitiful.”

Ann Ravel, a former FEC chairwoman, joined other Democrats at a meeting this month to block Republican Lee Goodman’s proposal to explicitly expand the “press exemption” from regulations to books, satellite radio and Internet-based news media.   Continue reading “FEC war: Dems reject call to protect Internet news, talk radio from regs”

Natural News – by Vicki Batts

Stephen Hawking, one of the world’s greatest minds, believes that genetically modified viruses are one of the greatest threats to mankind. When speaking to the Radio Times before his BBC Reith Lecture, Professor Hawking stated, “We face a number of threats: nuclear war, global warming and genetically engineered viruses.”

The fact that genetically modified viruses were ranked among the likes of nuclear war by one of the brightest individuals in the world should be very alarming. The term “genetically modified viruses” encompasses many different things. In addition to the potential for some of history’s most devastating viruses to be transformed into weapons of mass destruction, there is also an increasing presence of GM viral strains in vaccines. These may also represent a cause for concern.   Continue reading “Did Stephen Hawking just admit that certain vaccines are a threat to mankind?”

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The PPJ Gazette – by Marti Oakley

The view from a political atheist

To all of you whiners and criers out there who whimper or scream hysterically that if I don’t vote I have no right to complain……..the hell if I don’t. I have watched this cycle every four years devolve into some kind of sick comedy act, and this election has got to be the final insult to the American voters.   Continue reading “Election 2016: Are we really going to let them get away with this?”

Reuters

A global agreement to combat climate change by shifting the world economy away from fossil fuels will take force next month after passing a threshold for ratification on Wednesday with support from European nations.

Support for the Paris Agreement has widened to nations representing 56.75 percent of world greenhouse gas emissions, above the 55 percent needed for implementation, a U.N. website showed. The deal will formally start in 30 days.   Continue reading “Paris climate accord ratified, to start next month: U.N.”