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WEST PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says that, as president, he would push to change laws that prohibit waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, arguing that banning them puts the U.S. at a strategic disadvantage against Islamic State militants.

During the past week, in a series of interviews and events, Trump has articulated a loose, but expansive set of principles that, if enacted, would mark a fundamental shift in the strategy the Obama administration has employed to fight violent extremism. In addition to arguing in favor of reinstating waterboarding, a technique that mimics the sensation of drowning, and “much more than that,” Trump has advocated the killing of militants’ wives and children, which appears in violation of international law.   Continue reading “Trump says US at disadvantage because of anti-torture laws”

RT

Israel has demolished at least 41 structures, including an elementary school, in one of the villages in the West Bank, leaving dozens of people homeless, the UN said. The current destruction trend is one of the highest on record in the West Bank since 2009.

The latest demolition by the Israeli Civil Administration in Khirbet Tana, on the outskirts of Nablus city, “displaced ten families with 36 members, including 11 children, and affected the livelihoods of five additional families,” Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) for occupied Palestinian territory said in a statement.   Continue reading “‘Record demolition & displacement’: Israel razes dozens Palestinian homes in West Bank”

Activist Post – by Bernie Suarez

A massive wave of government propaganda is coming and the method of transmission will be Hollywood. Hollywood is one of the most important brainwashing tools to keep the masses ignorant of reality and government corruption. And as we’ve seen in the past, it is designed to reinforce numerous government lies the masses are supposed to believe. Whenever Hollywood releases a film endorsing a government narrative it usually represents the final phase of a false flag, staged event narrative being sold.

Remember what former CIA director William Casey said. Until EVERYTHING that everyone believes is a lie, the control system feels they are not done lying to you yet.   Continue reading “Government-Hollywood Complex To Sell “Patriotic” Martial Law Lockdown In New Boston Bombing Films”

Reuters

Three people have been shot and hostages may have been taken at a factory on the outskirts of Sydney, Australian police said on Monday, although it was not immediately clear what had sparked the incident.

A spokeswoman for the New South Wales state police said authorities believed three people had been shot.   Continue reading “Australian police respond to shooting, report of hostages at Sydney factory”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Last year, Baron David de Rothschild was indicted by the French government after he was accused of fraud in a scheme that allegedly embezzled large sums of money from British pensioners.

It has taken many years to bring this case against Rothschild and his company the Rothschild Financial Services Group, which trapped hundreds of pensioners in a bogus loan scheme between the years of 2005 and 2008.   Continue reading “Rothschild Bank Now Under Criminal Investigation After Baron David De Rothschild Indictment”

Video Rebel’s Blog

Both Zero Hedge and Judge Jeanine Pirro think Mitt Romney made a colossal error with his recent condemnation of Donald Trump. Romney still does not get how much righteous anger is out there. Mitt took apart businesses that had been reliable employers, stripped their assets, sold them off and looted their pension funds. He wonders why he did not win the presidency in 2012 and presumes to lecture us on 2016!   Continue reading “Did Mitt Romney Just Awaken The Zombie Nation?”

BBC News

Billionaire Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption, justice officials say.

He was arrested in December 2013 after accusations that he withheld billions in oil revenue channelled through his companies. He denies the allegations.

Zanjani, 42, was convicted of fraud and economic crimes, a judiciary spokesperson said at a press briefing.   Continue reading “Iran billionaire Babak Zanjani sentenced to death”

OPB – by Bryan M. Vance

A few minutes of intense shaking, followed by a devastating tsunami, the loss of thousands of lives and widespread destruction to infrastructure that left entire communities cut off from help. It would take years to repair and rebuild. This was the scene in Japan in March of 2011 when a massive 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the island nation.   Continue reading “Impending Cascadia Subduction Zone Quake Back In The News”

Yahoo News

Seoul (AFP) – North Korea threatened “indiscriminate” nuclear strikes against South Korea and the US mainland, as the two allies prepared to kick off large-scale joint military drills on Monday.

The threat to carry out what it described as a “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” was made in a statement by the North’s powerful National Defence Commission, citing the Supreme Command of the Korean People’s Army (KPA).   Continue reading “N. Korea threatens pre-emptive nuclear strike on South, US”

Yahoo News

Just taking a selfie has proven to be an act that carries the risk of injury. Unfortunately for a 43-year-old Concrete, Washington man, that injury turned out to be death, reports the Skagit Valley Herald.

According to Chad Clark, a Skagit County Sheriff Office official, the man and his girlfriend were taking pictures of themselves while at a suburban residence. The man was holding a gun while taking the selfies, with the girlfriend saying the man removed the bullets and reloaded the gun several times.  Continue reading “Darwin Award: Man accidentally shoots and kills himself while taking selfies”

New York Times – by Lou Cannon

Nancy Reagan, the influential and stylish wife of the 40th president of the United States who unabashedly put Ronald Reagan at the center of her life but who became a political figure in her own right, died on Sunday at her home in Los Angeles. She was 94.

The cause was congestive heart failure, according to a statement from Joanne Drake, a spokeswoman for Mrs. Reagan.   Continue reading “Nancy Reagan, an Influential and Stylish First Lady, Dies at 94”

CNS News – by Barbara Hollingsworth

The chairman of the House Committee on Natural Resources stated that the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) removal of a natural plug sealing the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado last August was “done on purpose,” challenging Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to retract her previous testimony that the resulting blowout was “an accident.”

Jewell, whose agency conducted an independent review of the environmental disaster that affected three states, testified on Dec. 9, 2015: “We did not see any deliberate attempt to breach a mine. It was an accident.”   Continue reading “House Natural Resources Chairman: EPA’s Removal of Gold Mine Plug Was ‘Done On Purpose’”

Weather

A “miracle March” parade of Pacific storms that may last well into the week ahead has begun soaking California and other parts of the West Coast.

This much wetter weather pattern will be accompanied by a so-called atmospheric river, or “Pineapple Express”, at times, unleashing bouts of heavy rain, feet of Sierra snow, and strong winds, high surf and coastal flooding at times through the new week ahead. Winds have gusted to as high as 88 mph as of Saturday evening at Mount Diablo, with reports of scattered wind damage across Northern California.   Continue reading “Heavy Rain, Feet of Snow Target California as ‘Miracle March’ Atmospheric River Weather Pattern Arrives”

Oregon Live

More than 100 men and women gathered Saturday in downtown Portland to pay homage to Robert “LaVoy” Finicum, the Oregon wildlife refuge occupier who was shot and killed by state police Jan. 26 as they moved in to arrest him.

The protesters assembled under cloudy skies in front of the Multnomah County jail in downtown Portland. For more than two hours, the park across from the detention center was home to a moving forest of signs and flags as Finicum supporters cheered and shouted. A few dozen counter-protesters kept pace with their own blow-horns and chants.   Continue reading “More than 100 people gather in Portland in memory of LaVoy Finicum”

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WSAZ

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — The W.Va. Senate has voted to override Governor Tomblin’s veto on the conceal carry bill.

In a 23-11 vote Saturday morning, the Senate voted to override the veto.   Continue reading “W.Va. Senate votes to override Governor’s veto on conceal carry bill”