Year: 2018

Activist Post – by Jason Ditz

According to Kurdish officials, US troops in the Syrian city of Manbij are setting up a new military base inside the city. The base is intended to house US troops as well as French troops that are presently in the city.

Manbij was captured by the YPG in a US-backed offensive. Turkey objected to this, on the grounds that Manbij is not a Kurdish city, and have demanded the Kurds leave. Turkey has repeatedly threatened to attack the city militarily, and has suggested they would target US and French troops if they are helping the Kurds in the city’s defense.   Continue reading “US Troops Create New Military Base in Syria, Despite Turkey Threatening to Attack”

Reuters

Police detained a male suspect on Friday morning after responding to reports of a possible shooting at a Southern California high school, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties. Deputies searched Highland High School in Palmdale, California, and cleared it around 9:10 a.m. local time (1610 GMT), though the investigation remains ongoing, the department said on Twitter.   Continue reading “Police detain suspect in possible shooting at Southern California school”

Reuters

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is not in talks with the Syrian government about supplying advanced S-300 ground-to-air missiles and does not think they are needed, the Izvestia daily cited a top Kremlin aide as saying on Friday, in an apparent U-turn by Moscow.

The comments, by Vladimir Kozhin, an aide to President Vladimir Putin who oversees Russian military assistance to other countries, follow a visit to Moscow by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week, who has been lobbying Putin hard not to transfer the missiles.   Continue reading “Russia, after Netanyahu visit, backs off Syria S-300 missile supplies”

CBC News

Gun control advocates landed two direct hits on the weapons industry they are trying to dismantle on Friday, as a major U.S. bank says it will no longer loan money to one gun maker, and the shareholders of another are demanding that their products somehow be made safer.

Shareholders of Sturm Ruger voted in favour of a proposition that would force the gun maker to look into how the company’s products are used in violent crimes, as well as produce a report on producing safer firearms and the risks gun violence could pose to its reputation and finances.   Continue reading “Gun control advocates score 2 wins against weapons makers as Sturm Ruger and Remington targeted”

Homeland Preparedness News – by Dave Kovaleski

The technology known as 3D printing could disrupt labor markets and exacerbate security threats from violent actors, a new RAND Corporation paper suggests.

To the latter point, 3D printing could benefit military adversaries, violent extremists, and even street criminals, who could produce their own weapons for use and sale.   Continue reading “3D printing could lead to security threats, labor market disruption”

The Organic Prepper

Lately, those who live the preparedness lifestyle have been more concerned than ever about the events going on in the world, and for many of us,  the urgency to convince loved ones to prep is at an all-time high as worries increase. The economic collapse of Venezuela, our own shaky markets and banking system, the threat of natural disasters, and worries about cyber attacks all have the potential to become life-changing catastrophes. These are the events we prep for and we clearly understand the ramifications of facing them without the necessary supplies.   Continue reading “How to Convince Loved Ones to Prep (and When to Give Up)”

The Organic Prepper – by J. D. Martinez D.

Editor’s Note: We’ve all heard the saying, “Hindsight is 20/20.” In this article, Jose looks back at the collapse of Venezuela and creates his dream retreat that would have allowed his family to thrive safely during the difficult times. In his retrospect, we can learn things to apply to our own retreat plans. ~ Daisy   Continue reading “HINDSIGHT: The Dream Retreat of a Venezuelan Collapse Survivor”

Reason – by Declan McCullagh

Two new federal court decisions highlight a harsh new reality: California has effectively repealed the Second Amendment inside its borders.

In the first case, decided yesterday, a district judge ruled against the National Rifle Association’s state affiliate in a challenge to onerous new California rules targeting popular semi-automatic rifles. That 2016 law, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown (D), is called the Assault Weapons Control Act.   Continue reading “2 New Court Decisions Are Quietly Eliminating Californians’ Second Amendment Rights”

Ron Paul Institute – by David Stockman

The Donald’s action to ash-can the Iranian nuclear deal marks the War Party’s complete and baleful triumph. There is now nothing much left of America First.

Trump’s reckless, unwarranted and utterly irrational action will pull Washington ever deeper into an incendiary middle eastern vortex of political and religious conflict that has absolutely nothing to do with the safety and security of the America people.   Continue reading “The Donald’s Done — The Deep State Wins Its War On America First”

ABC 13

BEAUMONT, Texas (KTRK) — The FBI and local law enforcement are investigating a package bomb explosion at a church in Beaumont.

According to the Episcopal Diocese of Texas, a package exploded outside the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church sometime between the end of worship Wednesday evening and the beginning of school Thursday morning.   Continue reading “Authorities continue investigating explosive device outside Episcopal church in Beaumont”

Stock Board Asset

Earlier this month, the magazine cover for Chinese aerospace magazine Aviation Knowledge highlighted an artist’s rendition of the next-generation strategic stealth bomber Xian H-20, which Beijing is currently developing.

According to The Diplomat, a small number of English-language newspapers in the region have commented on this secret stealth bomber, “speculating whether its presence on the cover of Aviation Knowledge may indicate some subtle official Chinese military backing.” Development of the stealth bomber was officially confirmed in 2016, although limited details have been provided since.   Continue reading “China Unveiling Next-Generation Stealth Bomber”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The United States gave Israel the green light to assassinate Iran’s top military officer, Iranian Revolutionary Guards al-Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, according to a widely circulated report in Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida published earlier this year. News of the agreement, first published in Arabic in January, is now resurfacing in both Russian and Middle East regional media the day after Syria and Israel engaged in a massive overnight exchange of fire in what constitutes the most sustained Israeli attack on Syria in decades.    Continue reading “The US-Israeli Plan To Assassinate Iran’s Elite Revolutionary Guard Commander”

Reuters

A retired police officer, who investigators believe is the “Golden State Killer,” was charged on Thursday with four more counts of murder in Santa Barbara, California.

Joseph DeAngelo, 72, who was once a police officer in the California towns of Exeter and Auburn, was charged last month in Sacramento with eight murders during a crime spree in the 1970s and ‘80s.   Continue reading “Golden State Killer charged with four more murders”