Year: 2017

My Champlain Valley – by Rebecca Reese

Plattsburgh, NY – Thousands of immigrants are going through the Plattsburgh area to illegally cross the border into Canada. They’re expecting to able to stay and have a better life, but it may not be the answer to their problems.

Church members, activists and neighbors joined the group ‘Plattsburgh Cares’ at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Saturday morning. Plattsburgh Cares is a coalition against anti-immigration opinion.   Continue reading “Plattsburgh Organization Holds Immigration Support Training”

Breitbart – by Adelle Nazarian

WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he has authorized the U.S. Department of Treasury to sanction Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization under terrorism Executive Order 13224, a move the leader of the free world said was “long overdue.”

“I am authorizing the Treasury Department to sanction the entire Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for its support for terrorism and to apply sanctions to its officials, agents, and affiliates,” Trump said, referring to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as “the Iranian Supreme Leader’s corrupt personal terror force and militia.”   Continue reading “Trump Authorizes Treasury to Sanction Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps”

Aunty Acid

We’ve all heard or seen evil in one way or another. From the fairytales, we were told as children, or hearing about someone who decided to murder innocent people.

Evil comes in many forms, and it’s often hard to recognize at first glance.

After all, not all evil people are labeled ‘Evil Queen’ or ‘Wicked Stepmother’!   Continue reading “12 Warning Signs That You’re Dealing With An Evil Person”

Alternet – by Bill Berkowitz

There are nearly 100,000 people being held in solitary confinement today in America’s prisons. They are locked up in cramped, often windowless cells for nearly 24 hours a day. They eat alone. They exercise alone in small fenced-in areas known as cages or dog runs. They are almost completely segregated from the mainstream population and there are no programs available to them. Most aren’t allowed to make phone calls to loved ones. And they are often subject to extreme and excessive punishment, euphemistically called “cell extractions.” Robert Hillary King, an Angola 3 member who spent 29 years in solitary confinement, has called this isolation a matter of “moral depravity.”   Continue reading “100,000 U.S. Prisoners Are Trapped in Isolation Units”

AOL

PICHER, Oklahoma (KFOR) — They are the most polluted places in America, specifically targeted because they are a danger to human health. Every year, millions of federal dollars are earmarked for clean-up of these areas, known as Superfund sites. When the Superfund program first began in the 1980s, Picher, Oklahoma, was #1 on the National Priorities list.

Today, it is a virtual ghost town.

It has been a decade since the federal government first declared the area uninhabitable. The Environmental Protection Agency bought out every willing resident, closed the schools, dismissed the mayor and dissolved the charter.   Continue reading “Oklahoma ghost town is one of the most toxic places in America”

Anti-Media – by Darius Shahtahmasebi

Saudi Arabia’s king, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, recently met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in what amounts to more than just a symbolic blow to the United States. While the two discussed a number of issues, including Syria and Iran, according to CNN it was oil that dominated most of the discourse.

Something geopolitically relevant — though it fails to garner widespread attention in the mainstream media — is the fact that Saudi Arabia and Russia “are engaged in an intense battle over who will be the top supplier to China, a major energy importer with an insatiable appetite for crude,” as CNN explained.   Continue reading “US Petrodollar Threatened by Chinese-Saudi Oil Deals”

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

A “gun violence” researcher at UC Davis suggests the correct response the heinous Las Vegas attack includes confiscation of “high capacity” magazines and a ban on gun ownership for people who abuse alcohol.

The researcher–Garen Wintemute–says these things after admitting the Vegas attacker did not fit the standard profile for a mass shooter and was therefore unpredictable.  Continue reading “‘Gun Violence’ Researcher: Confiscate ‘High Capacity’ Mags, Ban Gun Ownership for Alcohol Abusers”

Breitbart – by John Binder

NEW YORK CITY, New York — Middle Eastern refugees who will need major mental health treatment are being resettled across five states in the United States, under an Obama-era immigration deal that President Trump has failed to shutter.

Former President Barack Obama signed the Australian-U.S. refugee deal during his last months in office — promising to take 1,250 Middle Eastern refugees off Australia’s hands.   Continue reading “Middle Eastern Refugees from Australia Who Need ‘Mental Health’ Treatment Being Resettled Across Five States”

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump struck a blow against the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement on Friday in defiance of other world powers, choosing not to certify that Tehran is complying with the deal and warning he might ultimately terminate it.

Trump announced the major shift in U.S. policy in a speech in which he detailed a more confrontational approach to Iran over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs and its support for extremist groups in the Middle East.   Continue reading “Trump strikes blow at Iran nuclear deal in major U.S. policy shift”

RT

The area controlled by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Syria has been reduced to less than 8 percent as Syrian government troops, backed by Russian Airspace Forces, continue their successful advance in Deir ez-Zor Province.

“Islamic State currently controls 14,800 square kilometers, which is less than 8 percent of the Syrian territory,” said General Sergey Rudskoy, spokesman for the Russian General Staff.

According to Rudskay, IS lost 5,841 square kilometers of territory during the last month alone, with 142 town and villages liberated from the terrorists.   Continue reading “ISIS now controls less than 8% of Syrian territory – Russian General Staff”