Month: July 2019

Middle East Monitor

A number of senior officials in the Trump administration will be in attendance at a major gathering this week of powerful lobby group Christians United for Israel (CUFI), reported Haaretz.

According to the paper, the conference will feature speeches by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as well as by Trump’s national security advisor, John Bolton, his special envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, and his Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman.  Continue reading “Trump sends top officials to attend Christian Zionist conference”

Express

“It’s a disgusting insult to democracy and exactly why people are so suspicious of the EU – and rightly so.”

Brussels correspondent Joe Barnes added that there was outrage among many MEP’s that their candidates had been disregarded thanks to a series of secretive backroom deals.  Continue reading “The most powerful people in Europe are simply being APPOINTED like Game of Thrones”

Fox News

An indictment alleging sex trafficking and sex trafficking conspiracy was unsealed Monday morning against billionaire financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who is set to make his first appearance in a New York City federal court later in the day.

Prosecutors allege Epstein, the 66-year-old wealthy hedge fund manager arrested on Saturday, preyed on “dozens” of victims as young as 14.  Continue reading “Jeffrey Epstein due in federal court after sex trafficking arrest, preyed on young girls, prosecutors say”

Times of Israel

JTA — When the ushers locked the door to the sanctuary, and the congregants prepared to flee the synagogue in preparation for a mass shooting, Rabbi Neil Cooper made sure it all happened before they had to take the Torahs out of the ark.

Ten minutes later the worshipers were back in the pews, doors unlocked, and getting ready to hear the weekly Torah portion. The first active shooter drill at this suburban Philadelphia synagogue was over.  Continue reading “Synagogues are now conducting active shooter drills during services”

CounterPunch – by Manuel E. Yepe, June 25, 2019

The United States is formally committed to dominating the world by 2020. President Trump’s Space Directive-4, on the production of laser-armed combat aircraft as possible precursors to space weapons and the possibility of nuclear warheads being placed in orbit, moves the clock forward.

An interesting and credible paper by T.J. Coles in CounterPunch recently reported that in 1997, the re-established U.S. Space Command announced its commitment to full spectrum dominance by 2020, which means military control over land, sea, air and space to protect U.S. interests and investments. Continue reading “Trump’s Return to Full-Spectrum Dominance”

Breitbart – by John Binder

A majority of Americans want mass deportations of illegal aliens if Congress fails to reach a deal this week that closes loopholes in the country’s asylum system that allow mass flows of foreign nationals to pour through the U.S.-Mexico border.

The latest Harvard/Harris poll finds that 51 percent of American voters say they support mass deportations of the 11 million to 22 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. should Congress fail to reach a deal that closes loopholes in the asylum system.  Continue reading “Poll: Majority of Americans Want Mass Deportations of Illegal Aliens Following Congressional Inaction”

Yahoo News

Detroit-based rapper Tiny Jag pulled out of a Detroit, MI music festival this week after she learned that white concert-goers would be charged a higher price than people of color.

Jag, also known as Jillian Graham, told the Detroit Metro Times that she found out about AfroFuture Fest’s pay model when a white friend reached out to her and sent her a screenshot via Instagram that outlined the pay difference. The early bird POC (“people of color”) ticket was $10 while the early bird “non-POC” ticket cost $20.  Continue reading “Rapper Tiny Jag pulls out of Detroit music fest after learning white people pay a higher ticket price”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Despite losing in the United States Supreme Court, the state of Indiana is still arguing that there are virtually no eighth amendment limits on what it can seize using civil asset forfeiture, according to Reason.

In fact, Indiana Solicitor General Thomas Fisher argued in Indiana Supreme Court last week that it would be constitutional to seize any and every car that exceeded the speed limit. It was an argument that drew laughter from the U.S. Supreme Court last year.  Continue reading “State Of Indiana Argues In Supreme Court For Right To Seize Any Car For Speeding”

NBC Chicago

While Chicago’s Fourth of July weekend was marked by a stabbing and unrelated stampede at Navy Pier, at least six people were killed and 60 injured in shootings across the city during the start of the extended holiday weekend.

The most recent fatality occurred Friday at around 7 p.m. in the 300 block of N. Laramie when, according to police, two victims were standing on a sidewalk when two other individuals approached them and began firing shots and fleeing the scene in a grey sedan.  Continue reading “Chicago Violence: At Least 6 Dead, 60 Injured in Fourth of July Weekend Shootings”

ABC News

Six Tempe, Arizona, police officers were asked to leave a local Starbucks on the Fourth of July because a customer said the officers were making them feel uncomfortable, prompting an outcry on social media and an apology from Starbucks.

“Don’t appreciate Starbucks asking our Temp cops to leave on 4th of July 2019,” The Tempe Officers Association posted on Twitter. “Several of those cops are veterans who fought for this country! #ZeroRespect”  Continue reading “Tempe, Arizona, police officers asked to leave local Starbucks, prompting an apology”

NWI Times

Florida-based billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has been indicted on new charges related to alleged sex crimes involving minors, law enforcement sources told CNN on Saturday.

Epstein, a wealthy hedge fund manager who once counted as friends former President Bill Clinton, Great Britain’s Prince Andrew, and President Donald Trump, was taken into federal custody, according to two officials.

Continue reading “Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein arrested, accused of sex trafficking minors”

RT

A strain of the common cold has successfully targeted and destroyed bladder cancer cells, an exciting study has revealed. The surprising results suggest the simple cold could revolutionize future cancer treatment.

Scientists from the University of Surrey and Royal Surrey County Hospital took a naturally-occurring strain of the common cold, coxsackievirus (CVA21), and used it on 15 cancer patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC). The disease is the 10th most common cancer in the UK.    Continue reading “Bladder cancer destroyed by the common cold virus, researchers say”