RT

Brent crude has surpassed $68 per barrel for the first time since May 2015. Oil prices have been buoyed by information that joint production cuts between Russia and Saudi Arabia-led OPEC are working.

The European benchmark Brent touched $68.29 per barrel on Tuesday before retreating to $67.91. The US West Texas Intermediate benchmark was also trading near multi-year highs at $61.95.  Continue reading “Oil hits highest level since 2015 as Russian-Saudi output cuts bring result”

RT

Men who dream of starting a family may want to pass on the ibuprofen the next time they have a headache. A new study says the well-known painkiller could cause fertility issues in males.

The study, published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), monitored 31 healthy white men aged 18 to 35. The volunteers were interviewed, completed a questionnaire assessing their physical activity, and gave a blood sample. The men were then divided into two groups, 14 in an ibuprofen group and 17 in a placebo group.    Continue reading “Male infertility among many side effects linked to ibuprofen – study”

Mail.com

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is set to deliver his final state of the state address. The Republican governor will address the Democratic-led Legislature on Tuesday afternoon at the Statehouse.

Christie will be turning over state government control to Democratic Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, who takes office on Jan. 16. Christie’s two terms come to a close after he first won election in 2009 before cruising to re-election in 2013.   Continue reading “Christie set to deliver his final state of the state address”

Mail.com

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s Republican House speaker resigned his leadership post, declaring he did not want the secret sexual harassment settlement he signed to be a distraction from the chamber’s legislative work.

But moments into his announcement Monday, he said the state’s Republican governor was spreading lies about him from the “deepest pits of hell” and vowed to expose those he says orchestrated his demise “regardless of who they are and the position they hold.”  Continue reading “Kentucky’s Republican House speaker resigns leadership post”

Breitbart – by Aaron Klein

EILAT, Israel – Israel is regarded as a global leader in the fight against Islamic terrorism. Less well known is that the Jewish state has over the years contended with a major issue of regional migrants entering the country illegally and has successfully halted this infiltration to the point where not a single illegal entered in 2017, according to Israeli government statistics.

“Every country has an obligation to protect its borders,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared last week while announcing new steps to deport illegal migrants currently residing in Israel. “Protecting the borders from illegal infiltration is both the right and the fundamental obligation of a sovereign country.”  Continue reading “How to Successfully Stop Illegal Immigration: Follow Israel’s Model”

Gun Watch – by Dean Weingarten

Pennsylvania is struggling with the legalization of medical marijuana and the Federal prohibition of marijuana use. The state police have quoted federal law as prohibiting people who legally use marijuana under state law, from purchasing firearms under federal law. Medical marijuana users may be denied a Pennsylvania license to carry firearms. From the Pennsylvannia State Police website:   Continue reading “Governor Tom Wolf: Pennsylvania will not Take Medical Marijuana user’s Guns”

The Daily Bell – by Joe Jarvis

Over 30,000 people had their electronic devices searched without probable cause or a warrant by Customs and Border Protection in 2017. This is a 50% increase from 2016.

Most of the searches took place at airports when travelers were leaving the country. And 80% of those searched were not American citizens.   Continue reading “Police State: Thousands of Americans’ Electronics Illegally Searched at Border”

MassPrivateI

Why is the Department of Justice and Homeland Security allowing a foreign company to use covert license plate readers (ALPR), to spy on American motorists?

Selex ES and their sister company ELSAG a Leonardo company are using ALPR’s to spy on Americans in real-time. Fyi, Selex ES and Leonardo are an Italian owned corporation.
Continue reading “Will law enforcement put license plate readers in car washes?”

Daily Mail

Fascinating photographs from the war at sea during the Second World War have been after expertly colorized for the first time.

Among the most dramatic images is a photo of the stricken aircraft carrier USS Franklin after it was damaged by Japanese bombers in the South Pacific in 1945.

Another shows  sailors firing 40mm anti-aircraft guns aboard the USS Hornet in a desperate attempt to fight off Japanese planes.    Continue reading “WW1 and WW2 naval warfare images colorized for the first time”

JaxEnter – by Jane Elizabeth

Nothing like starting the new year with a security flaw that affects more or less every computer system in the world. Last week we all discovered that pretty much anything with a chip is affected by Spectre and Meltdown, a pair of silicon security flaws that are likely to haunt our steps for a good long time. Basically, anyone with an Intel processor is vulnerable. If you’re running an AMD or ARM processor, you’re likely vulnerable as well.

The only people looking to be safe from this security flaw? Raspberry Pi users, of all things. Those lucky ducks.   Continue reading “Spectre and Meltdown make anything with chip in it vulnerable, but Raspberry Pi is safe”

Yahoo News

Damascus (AFP) – The Israeli army overnight carried out air strikes and fired rockets at targets in Syria, causing damage near a military position, the Syrian army said in a statement on Tuesday.

Israel’s army has carried out several attacks on the Syrian army and its ally Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah since the start of the conflict in Syria in 2011.   Continue reading “Israeli air strikes, rockets hit Syria: Syrian army”

Yahoo News

A suspect is in custody after a sheriff’s deputy in Washington state was shot and killed while responding to a 911 call late Sunday night, authorities said.

Pierce County Deputy Daniel McCartney was shot just after 11:30 p.m. while responding to a call reporting a home intruder, a sheriff’s office official said. In the 911 call, “dispatchers could hear screaming and a scuffle taking place,” the sheriff’s office said.   Continue reading “Suspect in custody after sheriff’s deputy in Washington state shot dead while responding to 911 call”

Yahoo News

The wife of a disgraced Pennsylvania police chief has broken her silence after her husband was arrested on Friday for trying to solicit sex from an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl, KDKA reports.

Leechburg Police Chief Michael Diebold made headlines earlier this year when he lost part of his left arm in a near-fatal fireworks accident. But after his story garnered him support from across the country, the hometown hero swiftly fell from grace.   Continue reading “Wife of Pennsylvania police chief who tried to solicit sex from a 14-year-old girl breaks her silence”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Killeen, TX — The police of Killeen, Texas are in the spotlight again after a Harker Heights Police Department officer was accused of savagely beating a woman. The gruesome photos of the aftermath have left police scrambling to come up with answers.

According to a Facebook post by the alleged victim’s attorney, Leah Dure was asleep in the passenger seat of her boyfriend’s car when a Harker Heights cop dragged her from the vehicle accusing her of driving under the influence.   Continue reading “Woman Allegedly Pulled From Car, Severely Beaten by Police for Sleeping in Passenger’s Seat”

Breitbart – by John Binder

President Trump’s most popular pro-American immigration reform, the system known as “E-Verify,” which would bar employers nationwide from hiring illegal aliens over Americans, has been entirely left out of all negotiations regarding the nearly 800,000 illegal aliens shielded from deportation by the President Obama-created Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

DACA will end in March 2018 and despite amnesty for illegal aliens never being part of Trump’s “America First” agenda on immigration, the White House is now considering which pro-American immigration reforms it can get in return for granting an amnesty.  Continue reading “Mandatory E-Verify–Trump’s Most Popular Immigration Reform Left Out of DACA Amnesty Discussions”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

An FBI probe into a 2010 property deal orchestrated by Jane Sanders, wife of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), has escalated after a report by VTDIGGER reveals that a grand jury has been empaneled, and at least one witness has given sworn testimony in the case.

According to VTDigger, “Former Burlington College board member Robin Lloyd says she testified for about an hour on Oct. 26 before a grand jury at the federal courthouse in Burlington.”   Continue reading “Grand Jury Empaneled In $10 Million Fraud Probe Involving Jane And Bernie Sanders”