RT

Hundreds of people protested in northern Florida on Saturday against the Sabal Trail Transmission Pipeline project, saying seepage from the pipeline could threaten the freshwater supply, as well as the environment.

The natural gas pipeline is to run 829 kilometers from central Alabama, through southwest Georgia, and down into central Florida. Its construction cost is estimated at around $3.2 billion.   Continue reading “Hundreds protest gas pipeline in Florida over health & environment risks”

Mail.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oman said Monday it accepted 10 detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office, part of his efforts to shrink the facility he promised to close.

Oman’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it had accepted the prisoners at Obama’s request. It did not name the prisoners. “In consideration of their humanitarian situation, 10 persons have been released from detention and arrived in the sultanate today for a temporary residence,” the statement said.   Continue reading “Oman says it accepts 10 Guantanamo Bay detainees”

Mail.com

WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Thousands of people showed up in freezing temperatures on Sunday in Michigan to hear Sen. Bernie Sanders denounce Republican efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care law, one of dozens of rallies Democrats staged across the country to highlight opposition.

Labor unions were a strong presence at the demonstration in a parking lot at Macomb Community College in the Detroit suburb of Warren, where some people carried signs saying “Save our Health Care.” Lisa Bible, 55, of Bancroft, Michigan, said she has an autoimmune disease and high cholesterol. She said the existing law has been an answer to her and her husband’s prayers, but she worries that if it’s repealed her family may get stuck with her medical bills.   Continue reading “Thousands rally to resist Republican health law repeal drive”

Mail.com

CHICAGO (AP) — A police officer confronted by a fleeing gunman suspected of shooting three people fatally shot the man early Sunday, Chicago police said. Officers were on routine patrol in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the city’s West side when they heard gunshots and began chasing a 34-year-old man, police said.

“Officers initiated a foot pursuit during which the offender ran to an alley and confronted them with a weapon. As a result of this action, one of the pursuing officers discharged his weapon striking the offender multiple times,” police said in a statement.   Continue reading “Chicago police officer fatally shoots fleeing gunman”

KRTV – by Aja Goare

BILLINGS – A Fishtail man who admitted he transported 178 pounds of methamphetamine into Montana in a major drug smuggling operation was recently sentenced to more than five years in federal prison.

Brett Clouse, 36 of Fishtail, was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Billings to 63 months in federal prison on Wednesday for his role as a courier in a large-scale drug operation.   Continue reading “Former deputy sentenced to prison for trafficking 178 lbs of meth”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: So nothing happened at the Israel-Palestinian Peace Summit that neither of them were a part of, imagine that! No, Israel was not divided and the world did not fall a part. This should not be a surprise to anyone, we wrote, “January 15th: 70 Nations Will Meet At The Israeli-Palestinian Peace Summit” stating as much would happen. Do not be one of these people who falls into the traps laid by those in the media, mainstream or not. Nothing was going to happen at this Summit as it was not on the agenda. It was not possible to divide Israel as some stated would happen. Use common sense folks and learn to think for yourself.

Continue reading “Israel-Palestinian Peace Summit: What Happened? Nothing.”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Imagine that. So they admit it is illegal for the NSA to have this data to begin with and then they tell us they have new rules that will allow them to share the illegally captured information with other government entities.

Now who is the paranoid one here? Americans who want to retain their privacy or the government who breaks its own laws to capture information about you? Make note of all these last minute changes obama has been making. If trump does not agree with these moves he will undue them which I highly doubt.   Continue reading “Obama Opens NSA’s Vast Trove Of Warrantless Data To Entire Intelligence Community, Just In Time For Trump”

The Great Recession Blog

Late in 2016, I predicted the week after the election would be hell week as people revolted against the election results, and it was so. First, the mainstream media stared into living rooms in shock and awe as they reported with tear-brimmed eyes that the nation had not voted for the media’s Anointed One. Then city blocks closed down to allow for proper rioting. By morning, the nation awoke to find that rioters had smashed windows and were lighting fires.  Continue reading ““Hell Week II: The Revenge” Threatens Unrestrained Election Rejection”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

Welcome to “everyone I disagree with works for Putin,” the UK version.

UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn sits on the polar opposite of the political spectrum in most respects from U.S. President elect Donald Trump, yet they are both being accused of the same blasphemy — wanting peace with Russia. Here’s what I’m talking about, from The Independent:   Continue reading “UK Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn Accused of “Collaborating with Russia” for Wanting Peace”

Forbes – by Thomas Fox-Brewster

The rapid spread of connected devices that can listen and locate has been a boon for law enforcement. Any new technology hooked up to the web has the potential to become a surveillance device, even if it’s original purpose was benign, as shown in a 2016 Arkansas murder investigation where Amazon was asked to hand over audio from a suspect’s Echo.

But such information and much more, I’ve learned, has long been retrievable from cars. Indeed, court documents reveal a 15-year history of what’s been dubbed “cartapping,” where almost real-time audio and location data can be retrieved when cops order vehicle tech providers to hand it over.   Continue reading “Cartapping: How Feds Have Spied On Connected Cars For 15 Years”

Activist Post – by Nicolas West

Since the first known deployment of a domestic drone to aid in police work made headline news in 2011, civil liberties advocates have been warning of the slippery slope upon which we’ve descended.

In that North Dakota case, drone surveillance led to the arrest of three suspected cattle thieves; police used the justification of an armed standoff and even a potential bomb threat to call in a Predator B drone. Naturally, once this precedent was established, at least two dozen more drone surveillance flights were documented in the subsequent months.   Continue reading “Los Angeles To Use Drones For Extreme Threats, NOT Public Surveillance, Sheriff Claims”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

In a “mass layoff” event reported late last week by the Department of Labor, the Clinton Foundation announced it would lay off some 22 employees at the Clinton Global Initiative, which attained notoriety during the John Podesta leaks, when the various details of the fallout between between CGI head Doug Band and Chelsea Clinton were revealed; it also emerged that long-time Bill Clinton friend Band was soliciting donations for Clinton through his PR firm, Teneo in an sordid example of “pay for play” which most of the mainstream media refused to cover, especially after Band emailed Podesta “If this story gets out, we are screwed.”   Continue reading “The Clinton Foundation Is Shutting Down The Clinton Global Initiative”

AZ Central – by Trevor Fey

A Goodyear police officer accused of filming more than 20 unknowing naked women at a tanning salon was sentenced Friday in Maricopa County Superior Court to three years in prison.

Judge Brad Astrowsky also ordered Jeffrey Streeter to register as a sex offender and serve lifetime probation upon release, but with the possibility of that probation sentence being reduced down the line.   Continue reading “Goodyear officer who filmed naked women gets 3 years in prison”

NPR

Celebrities, politicians and activists, ranging from Bernie Sanders to Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, are asking President Obama to grant clemency to a man who was part of a militant group that fought for Puerto Rican independence.

Oscar López Rivera has been in federal prison since 1981, convicted for “seditious conspiracy” to overthrow the the government of the United States, in relation to his membership in the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional, or FALN. Between 1974 and 1983, the FALN claimed responsibility for more than 70 bombings of in New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The bombings caused millions in property damage, dozens of injuries and five deaths.   Continue reading “Pardon Sought For Prisoner Who Fought For Puerto Rican Independence”

Gulf News

Photographs recently released by the Australian government show that light anti-armour weapons seized from a smuggling vessel near Yemen’s coast appear to have been manufactured in Iran, further suggesting that Tehran has had a hand in a high seas gunrunning operation to the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.   Continue reading “Arms seized off coast of Yemen appear to have been made in Iran”

BBC News

The world’s eight richest individuals have as much wealth as the 3.6bn people who make up the poorest half of the world, according to Oxfam.

The charity said its figures, which critics have queried, came from improved data, and the gap between rich and poor was “far greater than feared”.   Continue reading “Eight billionaires ‘as rich as world’s poorest half’”