Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

United Technologies has agreed to buy Raytheon in an all stock deal, forming one of the world’s largest aerospace and defense companies with more than $74 billion in revenue and $13.5 billion in EBITDA, through one of the industry’s biggest deals ever.

With $69 billion in pure A&D sales, the new company will be the third largest Aerospace and Defense company in the world after Boeing and Airbus.  Continue reading “Military-Industrial Blockbuster: United Technologies To Buy Raytheon, Creating One Of World’s Largest Defense Firms”

Natural News – by Vicki Batts

Amazon is setting the stage for a major platform shift — and for thousands of small vendors, it could be a devastating change. In a bid to refocus their wholesaling efforts on big brands and encourage more third-party sellers, Amazon will cease ordering from small wholesale vendors. Putting an emphasis on goods from companies like Proctor & Gamble and Sony will be advantageous for Amazon, but for the little guys, this change will come at a steep cost.  Continue reading “Amazon to drop nearly all small brands in sellout to Proctor & Gamble (and other big, toxic corporate brands)”

Phys.org – by Sonia Wolf, Martin Abbugao

Under pressure from frequent flyers alarmed over climate change, the airline industry says it is “hellbent” on reducing emissions—but the technology needed to drastically reduce its carbon footprint is still out of reach.

In recent months climate activists have stepped up efforts to convince travellers to boycott , with Swedish schoolgirl and campaigner Greta Thunberg spearheading the trains-over-planes movement and making “flygskam”, or flight shame, a buzzword in the Scandinavian country.  Continue reading “Pressure mounts on aviation industry over climate change”

Liberty Nation – by Sarah Cowgill

Despite hundreds of millions of dollars flowing through Los Angeles to stem the rising tide of homelessness, a resurgence of medieval diseases has the city – and neighboring states – on edge. Typhoid fever and typhus, borne by fleas, body lice, and feces, are turning the once glitzy and glamorous city into a third-world worthy environment. Yes, Typhoid Mary is back, in a sense, living on the streets and wreaking havoc on unsuspecting people in the Golden State.  Continue reading “The Los Angeles Disease Renaissance: Typhoid And Typhus Make A Comeback”

The Trace

Imagine this: You head to your local gun retailer to buy bullets for your hunting rifle, and as you pick up the ammunition box, you are confronted with the image of a bloodied young woman in a hospital bed, the survivor of a near-fatal domestic shooting. A line of text below the photo reads: “In homes where domestic violence occurs, a gun increases the risk of women being killed by 5 times.”

If a pair of advertising executives have their way, this would be the future of ammunition buying in the United States.  Continue reading “The Ad Execs Who Want to Put Graphic Warnings on Ammunition”

Unity News

Chimpanzee meat is now being served as a special treat at British weddings and sold as ‘bush meat’ on market stalls according to reports that has left many people repulsed. As we reported previously this comes as Dog Meat eating across the UK has also rocketed.

According to The Telegraph:  Continue reading “DISGUST as Chimpanzee Meat being sold and EATEN across UK”

NY1

Jose Rodriguez has been a repo man for three years.

“It gets crazy sometimes,” he said.

But he said he experienced nothing as crazy as what happened May 30, when he was driving near the 120th Precinct stationhouse and came across a Nissan Maxima wanted by the bank because of three missed payments.  Continue reading “A Tow Truck Driver Repossessed an NYPD Officer’s Car. Then, He Ended up in Handcuffs.”

ABC News

The grocery store chain Kroger has recalled three varieties of frozen berries after the Food and Drug Administration discovered some of them tested positive for hepatitis A.

The recall, announced Friday, includes the store’s Private Selection brand of frozen blackberries and two sizes of frozen berry medleys.  Continue reading “Kroger recalls frozen berries over hepatitis A concerns”

Fox News

An official for the U.S. Commerce Department died on Friday in what a preliminary investigation said was a murder-suicide involving her husband, the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department reported on Friday.

According to police, officers conducted a welfare check at the couple’s home in Northwest D.C. on Friday. When they arrived they found a man, identified as 51-year-old Jason Rieff, with a handgun who appeared to fire a self-inflicted shot while they were on the scene. Authorities said they also found an unresponsive adult female identified as 45-year-old Lola Gulomova.  Continue reading “Commerce Department official killed in apparent murder-suicide: DC police”

Fox News

Pacific Gas & Electric on Friday said it will cut the electricity for roughly 1,600 customers in parts of Northern California that were considered “areas of extreme fire risk.”

The company unveiled its plan on Twitter, saying that it would start “proactively turning off power” around 6 a.m. on Saturday in parts of Napa, Solano and Yolo counties. The outage is expected to last at least through Saturday afternoon, the company said. Continue reading “PG&E cuts power in Northern California to reduce wildfire risks”

Foreign Policy Journal – by Paul Craig Roberts

It was 52 years ago today that Israel attacked the USS Liberty, killing 34 American sailors and wounding 174, yet the US government coverup persists.

Two days ago, the US celebrated the 75th anniversary of D-Day with accolades to the armed forces and thanks to surviving veterans. The country stood strongly with the military. But today two days later is the 52 anniversary of a day of shame when Washington turned its back on the US Navy. It was June 8, 1967 when the USS Liberty, a surveillance ship stationed off the coast of Egypt, was attacked by Israeli fighter aircraft and torpedo boats. The Israelis were unable to sink the Liberty, but managed to kill 34 American sailors and wound 174. Seventy percent of the crew were casualties of the Israeli attack.  Continue reading “52nd Anniversary of Israel’s Attack on the USS Liberty”