Month: January 2018

Maine Public – by Bill Trotter

More than 3,000 Mainers are vying for one of just 11 new baby eel fishing licenses that Maine will issue this year as it reopens the lucrative fishery.

The Maine Department of Marine Resources will issue the licenses through a lottery, with the drawing scheduled for sometime in the coming week. It will be the first time the state has allowed any new entrants into the fishery for baby eels, or elvers, since 2013.   Continue reading “Thousands Of Mainers Vie For 11 Licenses To Fish Baby Eels”

Breitbart – by Thomas D Williams, PhD

Pope Francis has conferred the title of “Commander of the Pontifical Equestrian Order of St. Gregory the Great” on Lilianne Ploumen, a Dutch politician and vocal agitator for abortion rights.

Last year, Ploumen founded a pro-abortion organization called She Decides, which offers funding and support for international NGOs that provide, facilitate or campaign for abortion.   Continue reading “Red Francis Honors Dutch Abortion Activist with Pontifical Medal of Knighthood”

Natural Blaze – by Heather Callaghan

It’s bad enough in 2018 that the war on drugs still exists in the deluded minds of government higher-ups, just as some states begin to legalize recreational marijuana. And just as they do, Attorney General Jeff Sessions dropped the bomb that the Federal Government ended its leniency toward states’ rights for medical marijuana. Thus, we devolve as a nation.

But the biggest blow to Americans was when Sessions’ DEA, although going after marijuana as a dangerous substance – in essence gave a Pharma opioid maker the rights to a partial national monopoly on synthetic THC!
Continue reading “Marijuana Advisor To Sessions Wants To Drug Test Everyone”

Middle East Monitor

An Israeli army officer who opened fire on a car of Palestinian civilians, killing a 15-year-old boy, will not be prosecuted, it was reported today.

Mahmoud Badran was killed, and four friends wounded, after returning from a swimming pool on the night of 21 June 2016.  Continue reading “No Charges for Israeli Soldier Who Killed Palestinian Child Returning From Swimming”

Top Secret Writers – by Sally Painter

Ever since the public became aware that Monsanto and other crop growers had genetically modified staple crops, such as corn, soy, wheat and oats, controversy over the glyphosate (Roundup) resistant crops has grown.

In fact, many lawsuits have been brought against the Agra-giant with claims of health issues caused by chronic exposure to the herbicide.In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared glyphosate a probable carcinogen to humans. Even the EPA came under fire for a 40-year cover-up of the harmful effects Roundup has on humans (1).In 2015, France banned the sale of Roundup and other glyphosates (2). Continue reading “Monsanto’s Weed Killer Roundup Found in Humans Up 500%”

Fortune – by Jonathan Vanian

The U.S. Treasury Department is concerned about Venezuela’s new “petro” cryptocurrency and is warning investors to steer clear or face unspecified consequences.

The U.S. Treasury said Tuesday that Venezuela’s petro could put U.S. citizens at “legal risk” because investing in the cryptocurrency potentially conflicts with U.S. sanctions against the South American country, according to a Reuters report.  Continue reading “U.S. Warns Investors to Avoid Venezuela’s ‘Petro’ Cryptocurrency”

Newsweek – by Kate Sheridan

A 12-year-old suing the federal government may have a whiff of adorableness. But for Alexis Bortell, who filed a lawsuit against Attorney General Jeff Sessions last fall, it’s a choice she had to make to save her life. Alexis has epilepsy, and Sessions has made it his mission to make it impossible for her to access the only drug that has kept her seizures at bay: cannabis.    Continue reading “Jeff Sessions’s War On Pot Goes To Court, Attorney General Will Fight 12-Year-Old With Epilepsy”

Health Impact News – by ANH-USA

But not all will be pulled from the market, yet. Action Alert!

The policy comes in the form of a guidance document, which lays out the FDA’s current position on the regulation of homeopathic drugs.

In the guidance, the FDA says:   Continue reading “FDA Declares All Homeopathic Drugs Illegal Threatening Remedies for Millions of Americans”

Zero Hedge – by IBankCoin

Crypto currency Bitconnect (BCC) plunged from $321 to a tad over $35 today, a drop of more than 86% after regulators from state authorities issued cease and desist letters for unauthorized sale of securities. That’s right. Just because your shit is on the blockchain, that doesn’t mean you get to solicit your f#@king Ponzi scheme to people in America. State regulators will have something to say about that.

Via the company’s website, as per the reasons for shutting down.  Continue reading “Bitconnect Abruptly Shuts Down, Crypto Currency Collapses; BCC Holders On Suicide Watch”

American Policy Center – by Tom DeWeese

There are many powerful forces operating today across the nation to divide the American people and silence opposing views. One of the most active of these efforts is the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

There are two very serious reasons why the SPLC is in many ways more dangerous than other organizations that are fueling the flames of the far left radicals who use violence and lies to stop honest political debate.   Continue reading “It’s Time to Bring the Southern Poverty Law Center to Justice”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist, October 2015

Carlsbad, CA — A shocking video captured the brutal beating of a mother in front of her two children after she merely asked an officer a question.

Cindy Hahn and her children were on their way home when they stopped to use the restroom. During their stop, Hahn asked a Carlsbad police officer a question.  Continue reading “Innocent Mother Beaten by Cops in Front of Her Children for Reporting Cop’s Rude Behavior”