Mail.com

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A historic high-rise building in the heart of Iran’s capital caught fire and later collapsed Thursday, killing at least 30 firefighters and leaving their stunned colleagues and bystanders weeping in the streets.

The disaster at the 17-story Plasco building, inadvertently shown live on state television, came after authorities said they repeatedly warned tenants about blocking stairwells with fabric from cramped garment workshops on its upper floors.   Continue reading “Iran shocked by deadly fire, collapse of Tehran high-rise”

Mail.com

JARRATT, Va. (AP) — A man convicted of killing a family of four, slashing their throats and setting their home ablaze after they left their front door open while preparing for a New Year’s Day party in 2006, was executed Wednesday.

Ricky Gray was pronounced dead at 9:42 p.m. following a lethal injection at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt. The 39-year-old inmate was put to death with the sedative midazolam, followed by rocuronium bromide to halt breathing, and potassium chloride, which stops the heart.   Continue reading “Virginia man convicted of 2006 slaying of family is executed”

RT

RT has been blocked from posting content to its Facebook page.

The ban, according to the Facebook bot, will last until Saturday 10:55pm Moscow time (2:55pm EST) and will extend across US president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

A misplaced live streaming rights strike during RT’s broadcast of President Obama’s final press conference seems to have triggered the ban.   Continue reading “Facebook censors RT from posting until after Trump inauguration”

The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (English: Armed Forces of National Liberation, FALN) was a Puerto Rican clandestine paramilitary organization that, through direct action, advocated complete independence for Puerto Rico. At the time of its dissolution, the FALN was responsible for more than 120 bomb attacks on United States targets between 1974 and 1983 that killed 5 people and injured several others.[1]   Continue reading “Clinton Communist Ass Kissers”

WISN

A Milwaukee man alleges that sheriff’s deputies interrogated him and treated him “like a criminal” at Mitchell International Airport following a simple interaction with Sheriff David Clarke on board a flight from Dallas, according to a formal complaint he filed with the county.

“I literally hadn’t done anything wrong, but I was treated as a threat and I was detained,” Dan Black wrote of his Sunday afternoon experience after deplaning American Airlines 1534 in Milwaukee.   Continue reading “Milwaukee man accuses Sheriff Clarke of abuse of power after airport detention”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Oh no not the dear republicans. Yes, the dear republicans are sailing the same ship the democrats are and it leads to the new world order.

On Saturday, the Women’s March on Washington will kick off what opponents of the incoming administration hope will be a new era of demonstrations against the Republican agenda. But in some states, non-violent demonstrating may soon carry increased legal risks — including punishing fines and significant prison terms — for people who participate in protests involving civil disobedience.   Continue reading “Republican Lawmakers In Five States Propose Bills To Criminalize Peaceful Protest”

Computer World – by John Ribeiro

The Central Intelligence Agency on Wednesday updated rules relating to the collection, retention and dissemination of information on Americans, including putting a limit of five years on holding certain sensitive data and introducing restrictions for querying the data.

The announcement by the spy agency comes a few days before President-elect Donald Trump takes charge, and could address concerns expressed by civil rights groups about the collection and handling of information on Americans in the course of overseas surveillance. Such information is collected by the CIA under Executive Order 12333.  Continue reading “CIA updates rules for collecting and retaining info on Americans”

ABC News 7

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KABC) — President Barack Obama and his family will travel to Palm Springs following the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Friday.

White House spokesman Josh Earnest confirmed that the Obamas will fly to Southern California for a vacation after Trump is sworn in as president.   Continue reading “Obamas Traveling To Palm Springs After Trump’s Inauguration”

The Sun – by Jon Lockett

NORTH Korea is ‘readying two intercontinental ballistic missiles’ to ‘nuke’ Donald’s Trump inauguration, it’s been reported.

Military officials say the rogue state wants to send a “strategic message” to the incoming US President  by timing launches to ruin his big day tomorrow.

In a statement, South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said the reports could not be confirmed but said the military was monitoring the situation closely.   Continue reading “North Korea places long-range nuke missiles on mobile launchers as it threatens ‘nice surprise’ for Donald Trump inauguration”

MassPrivateI

In nearly every state, doctors and pharmacists are being forced to spy on drug prescription users. The name of the national prescription drug spying program is called ‘PMP InterConnect‘.

“PMP InterConnect facilitates the transfer of prescription monitoring program (PMP) data across state lines. It allows participating state PMPs across the United States to be linked, providing a more effective means of combating drug diversion and drug abuse nationwide.”
Continue reading “Feds force doctors & pharmacists to spy on 60% of Americans”

Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson

CNN has been criticized for airing a report which revealed that an Obama appointee would become president if Donald Trump was killed during an attack on the inauguration tomorrow.

Entitled Disaster could put Obama cabinet member in Oval Office, the report admits that there is no specific threat targeting the inauguration, but goes on to speculate about “who would be in charge if an attack hit the incoming president….just as the transfer of power is underway”.   Continue reading “CNN: If Trump Is Killed During Inauguration, Obama Appointee Would Be President”

Washington Post – by Samantha Schmidt

When a utility worker in Key Largo, Fla., noticed that a section of a paved street was not settling properly, he decided to remove a manhole cover and descend into the earth.

Moments later on Monday morning, the 15-foot-deep hole went silent. Sensing the man was trapped, a fellow utility worker climbed into the drainage hole to rescue him. When he, too, stopped responding, a third worker entered the same hole.   Continue reading “One by one, 3 utility workers descended into a manhole. One by one, they died.”

KCRA 3 News

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —

A former Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputy was arrested Friday in connection with a shooting at a Sacramento house party, Sacramento police said.

Kyle E. Rowland, 23, was booked into the Sacramento County Jail on five counts of attempted murder and is being held without bail, according to jail records. No one was hurt in the shooting.   Continue reading “Police: Ex-Contra Costa County deputy fired shots at Sacramento party”

New York Daily News – by Steven Steinberg

Not a day goes by that I don’t think about my younger brother Charles Steinberg.

Charles was only 26 years old when his promising life was cut short on Aug. 3, 1977 by the FALN in a bomb blast at a Manhattan office building.

Four decades later, I routinely talk about Charles and admire his high school graduation picture prominently displayed in my bedroom.   Continue reading “President Obama was wrong to free mastermind of terrorist group that killed my brother for political reasons”

A husband and wife who work for the circus go to an adoption agency. Social workers there raise doubts about their suitability.

The couple produces photos of their 50-foot motor home, which is clean, well-maintained and equipped with a beautiful nursery.

The social workers raise concerns about the education a child would receive while in the couple’s care.   Continue reading “Adoption requirements”

Press TV

A US congresswoman made a secret “fact-finding trip” to the Syrian capital Damascus days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

Democratic Representative and Iraq War veteran Tulsi Gabbard visited Damascus “to meet with a number of individuals and groups including religious leaders, humanitarian workers, refugees and government and community leaders,” Gabbard’s spokeswoman confirmed on Wednesday.   Continue reading “Rep. Tulsi Gabbard makes secret ‘fact-finding trip’ to Syria”

RT

The CIA has published online nearly 13 million pages of declassified records, including papers on the US role in overthrowing foreign governments and the secret ‘Star Gate’ telepathy project.

The range of documents, known as the CREST (CIA Records Search Tool) database, covers an array of materials related to the Vietnam War, Korean War and Cold War. One example is data on the Berlin tunnel project (code-named Operation Gold), which was a joint CIA and British intelligence scheme to carry out surveillance on the Soviet Army HQ in Berlin during the 1950s.   Continue reading “‘Full history’: Secret CIA documents now available online”