RT

Not only the $400 million debt, but also the $1.3 billion interest on it was paid by the US to Iran in foreign currency and in cash this year, the US Treasury acknowledged.

wo planeloads full of Swiss francs, euros, and other currencies followed the initial cash payment to Iran to settle the debt dating back to 1979, the Obama administration confirmed. The planes flew on January 22 and February 5 from Europe, the White House reportedly said in a briefing it gave lawmakers after they returned from their summer recess.   Continue reading “US made entire $1.7 bn payment to Iran in foreign cash – Treasury”

RT

Children in Orlando, Florida as young as three may get a little Disney magic right at the entrance to the park, as they will now be required to have their fingers scanned, local media reports. The anti-fraud measure has been slammed as a violation of privacy on social media.

“Walt Disney World has begun requiring children from 3 to 9 years old to have their fingers scanned when they enter the theme parks, just like older kids and adults,” the Orlando Sentinel, the first to report on the measure, said.    Continue reading “Not so magic: Disney World starts scanning fingers of kids ‘as young as 3’”

Mail.com

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The board regulating Alaska’s fledgling legal marijuana industry is expected to approve licenses this week for the state’s first retail marijuana outlets. The state’s Marijuana Control Board also is expected to discuss whether certain retail stores will be given permission to have areas where customers can light up — a key issue since tourists and others would otherwise be prohibited from doing so in public.

Here is a look at where Alaska stands on marijuana sales: Q: WHAT’S HAPPENED SO FAR? A: Regulators have been writing rules for the industry since last year, after a voter initiative approved recreational use of marijuana by those 21 and older. The Marijuana Control Board has approved about 50 licenses for marijuana business operators so far, but no licenses have been approved yet for retail outlets.   Continue reading “Alaska pot regulators poised to approve retail licenses”

Mail.com

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — It took an act of Congress, but World War II pilot Elaine Harmon is finally being laid to rest on Wednesday at Arlington National Cemetery. Harmon died last year at age 95. She was one of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), a group of women who flew military aircraft on noncombat missions during World War II so that men were freed up for combat.

The women were not granted military status at the time they served, but received retroactive status as veterans in 1977. And for many years, WASPs were eligible to have their ashes inurned at Arlington.   Continue reading “Female WWII pilot will finally be laid to rest at Arlington”

Mail.com

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For nearly 27 years, one man knew where Jacob Wetterling was. Late last month, Danny Heinrich agreed to confess to killing the 11-year-old boy — setting in motion a flurry of difficult negotiations between defense attorneys, investigators and prosecutors that would put him behind bars for decades and finally unlock the secrets to a mystery that has long haunted the state of Minnesota.   Continue reading “Confession in boy’s death solves case that haunted Minnesota”

The Last Great Stand – by Voice of Reason

In the following video, Alex Jones begins by making a general statement in response to a question he’s been asked more times than he cares to count over the course of his professional career. The question always comes from the willfully ignorant, normally in a very condescending tone, and it often sounds something like, “If there really is a big bad secret world government, then where is it, and tell us who runs it.”   Continue reading “Soros: Western Society Must Fall Before One World Govt Can Be Established”

Newsmax

Trouble is brewing in New England for gun manufacturers. The Massachusetts attorney general has launched an innovative investigation of major firearm makers based on her state’s expansive consumer-protection law.

The probe targets at least two companies—Glock Inc. and Remington Outdoor Co.—and possibly others. The investigation came to light because of lawsuits the gun companies recently filed seeking to block or narrow the Massachusetts safety investigation, calling it overly intrusive.   Continue reading “A New Legal Assault on Firearm Makers: Some Guns May Be Dangerous”

Fox News

Newly released emails suggest a senior Hillary Clinton aide stage-managed her first hearing on the Benghazi terrorist attack by feeding specific topics Clinton wanted to address to Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez, who at the time was acting chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee.

“We wired it that Menendez would provide an opportunity to address two topics we needed to debunk (her actions/whereabouts on 9/11, and these email from Chris Stevens about moving locations,)” Clinton media gatekeeper Philippe Reines wrote to Chelsea Clinton the morning of the Jan. 23, 2013 hearing.   Continue reading “‘We wired it’: Emails suggest Clinton aide stage-managed Benghazi hearing questions”

SHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

Unintended consequences. Glitches in the system. Shady agendas. Contracts and personal gain. Failures of management.

There are many reasons not to trust government, or to put too much power into its hands.

This time, a false alarm issued by incompetents manning the FEMA alert system nearly panicked millions of people into fleeing a long, thin island that is already clogged with traffic during summer and which only has two major highways and access to the mainland only through New York City’s toll bridges, or ferries.   Continue reading “Oops! FEMA Emergency Alert System “Wrongly Orders Evacuation” Of Congested, Isolated Long Island”

Derision

If people are laughing at you, making fun of you, and acting as if you’re worthless, they’re treating you with derision. Derision is mean and attacking — it’s a form of contempt.

Derision is more than just making fun of someone — it’s mocking someone so forcefully and with such venom that you discredit the person completely. Continue reading “Oh Deer: Patriot Humor In DERISION”

Oregon Live – by Maxine Bernstein

On the eve of his trial, federal prosecutors in Oregon have dropped the conspiracy indictment against Peter Santilli, a self-described independent broadcaster who was present during the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County.

Santilli, 51, was the lone person of eight defendants set for trial this month who never stayed overnight at the federal wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon, and his attorney argued that much of the material he broadcast on his YouTube channel was protected speech under the First Amendment.   Continue reading “Feds dismiss conspiracy case against Oregon standoff defendant Pete Santilli on eve of trial”

The Millennium Report

It’s not very often that the head of state of a superpower nation is sent such a dramatic and violent message.

That appears to have just happened with the killing of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s favorite chauffeur while he was driving the president’s official automobile.   Continue reading “Did the neocon criminal cabal just send a message to President Vladimir Putin?”

Yahoo News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on a shooting involving officers on a Los Angeles highway (all times local):

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Traffic is moving again on a section of northbound Interstate 110 in downtown Los Angeles after it was closed for hours when officers shot a man in lanes who charged them with a weapon.   Continue reading “Los Angeles highway reopens following shooting”

Liberty Gold and Silver

In Elliott Wave terms, a bullish up move contains five waves; 1, 3, and 5 are upside and 2 and 4 are corrective waves. As we analyze the waves that began in January of this year, we can see that wave 2 was a sideways consolidation to work off the initial thrust up off the January lows and wave 4, using the rule of alternation, was a very sharp and quick pullback relieving the overbought condition of the July/August wave 3 up tick. We believe that wave 5 up to new recovery highs may have begun Thursday, August 25. Without getting too technical, this was a much needed pullback to set the table for the next bullish rally. Quite likely, the sharp pull back was exacerbated by the dog days of August as volume is light going into another school year and the last week of summer vacation.   Continue reading “The Rule of Alternation Is The Precious Metals Correction Over?”