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A plume of Saharan dust from Africa made it all the way to the Texas Gulf Coast early this week, making for hazy skies as well as vivid sunrises and sunsets.
Yet another plume of dust located over Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula on Wednesday morning was expected to spread towards the Texas Gulf Coast by Thursday. This may create more hazy conditions late this week, the National Weather Service in Houston said. Continue reading “Saharan Dust From Africa Brings Hazy Skies to Texas Gulf Coast”
Rolling Stone, December 13, 2012
If you’ve ever been arrested on a drug charge, if you’ve ever spent even a day in jail for having a stem of marijuana in your pocket or “drug paraphernalia” in your gym bag, Assistant Attorney General and longtime Bill Clinton pal Lanny Breuer has a message for you: Bite me. Continue reading “Flashback: Outrageous HSBC Settlement Proves the Drug War is a Joke”
Stuart Thomson Gulliver (born 9 March 1959)[2][6] is a British banking business executive. He is the current Group Chief Executive of HSBC, a position he has held since 1 January 2011.
HSBC Bank USA, National Association, is an American subsidiary of UK-based HSBC Holdings plc, is a bank with its operational head office in New York City and its nominal head office in McLean, Virginia (as designated on its charter). HSBC Bank USA, N.A. is a national bank chartered under the National Bank Act, and thus is regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a part of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Continue reading “Mammon Target”
On Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders gave up his presidential campaign and endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. “She must become our next president,” Sanders declared – a direct contradiction with what he has spent the past six months saying.
“There is no doubt in my mind that, as we head into November, Hillary Clinton is far and away the best candidate to do that,” Sanders announced to a cheering audience in New Hampshire – the first state the senator won in the primary process. Since that fateful February day, Sanders has spent a lot of time and energy convincing voters that Clinton had no place in the Oval Office. Continue reading “Sanders endorses Clinton, reversing everything he’s said about ‘Wall Street candidate’”
Just when it seemed former President George W. Bush was at a safe enough distance from the public eye, he sparked another media storm by swaying side to side to organ music at a memorial service for slain Dallas police officers, as the nation watched on.
Enjoying himself a little too much, Bush threatened to spoil the entire somber mood of the occasion as he held hands with Michelle Obama, who in turn held the hand of her husband, the incumbent president, forming a chain of hands that included other senior White House officials. To his right, Bush held hands with his wife Laura, followed by Joe Biden and his spouse. Continue reading “Party time: George Bush shocks America with little dance at Dallas police memorial service”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Iran nuclear accord is fragile at its one-year anniversary. Upcoming elections in the U.S. and Iran could yield new leaders determined to derail the deal. The Mideast’s wars pit U.S. and Iranian proxies in conflict, with risks of escalation. Iran’s ballistic missiles are threatening the Middle East, raising pressure on the United States to respond forcefully.
But for now, the seven-nation nuclear pact is holding. Washington and Tehran are expanding cooperation beyond any level imaginable back when the Iranians were edging closer to nuclear weapons capability. And Boeing’s recent announcement of a multibillion-dollar plane deal with Iran Air suggests some of the agreement’s early problems may be working out. Continue reading “A year later, Iran nuclear deal is holding but fragile”
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Accident-prone tank cars used to haul crude oil and ethanol by rail could remain in service for another 15 years under federal rules that allow companies to phase in upgrades to the aging fleet, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board.
Transportation officials and railroad representatives have touted the rules as a key piece of their efforts to stave off future disasters, following a string of fiery derailments and major spills that raised concerns about the crude-by-rail industry. Continue reading “Upgrades to unsafe tank cars could take 15 years, board says”
Patriot Rising – by Roger Stone
In 1996 President Bill Clinton, at a fundraising dinner in New York City said this: “There are no more nuclear missiles pointed at any children in the United States. I’m proud of that.” But by 1998, the CIA’s National Intelligence Daily stated that “thirteen of China’s 18 long-range intercontinental ballistic missiles are targeted on the United States.” How could such a discrepancy occur? When did Clinton know and what did he do to prevent this dangerous situation? These are valid questions and in light of Clinton’s involvement in Russia’s nuclear weapons advancements, I shudder to think that this too was a result of Clinton’s business dealings.
Continue reading “An Act Of Treason – How Bill Clinton Sold Our Missile Targeting Technology To China For Campaign Cash”
UPDATE: General Mills, owner of the Betty Crocker brand, is recalling two products sold in the U.S. and one sold in Canada. Both Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Party Rainbow Chip Cake Mix (a.k.a. Better Crocker Delights Super Moist Rainbow Bit Cake Mix in Canada) and Betty Crocker Delights Super Moist Carrot Cake Mix have been pulled from shelves due to the presence of General Mills flour that was previously recalled for E.coli contamination. Continue reading “This Recall Will Make You Think Twice About Box Mixes…”
Natural News – by David Gutierrez
Vaccine industries have their sights set on a new market that they hope will someday be as massive as that created by the just-shy-of-obligatory childhood vaccine schedule: pregnant women.
The industry is working with the FDA to create new rules to test and develop vaccines designed to be given to pregnant women, in order to pass antibodies on to their unborn infants. The fact that this protection would only be short-term is not viewed as a problem. Continue reading “Big Pharma developing baby vaccines for PREGNANT women”
During her testimony before the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch at one point declined to say whether it was legal or illegal to lie under oath.
Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz quizzed Lynch on the legality of a series of acts that former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has been accused of doing. But each time, Lynch stonewalled and refused to weigh in on whether the given act was legal or illegal. Continue reading “Loretta Lynch Refuses to Say Whether It’s Illegal to Lie Under Oath”
PALO ALTO, Calif. (KGO) — The parents of a young boy who got knocked down and run over by a security robot at Stanford Shopping Center want to get the word out to prevent others from getting hurt.
They said the machine is dangerous and fear another child will get hurt.
Stanford Shopping Center’s security robot stands 5′ tall and weighs 300 pounds. Continue reading “Parents Upset After Stanford Shopping Center Security Robot Injures Child”
The Intercept – by Naomi LaChance
FOUR MEN IN DETROIT were arrested over the past week for posts on social media that the police chief called threatening. One tweet that led to an arrest said that Micah Johnson, the man who shot police officers in Dallas last week, was a hero. None of the men have been named, nor have they been charged.
“I know this is a new issue, but I want these people charged with crimes,” saidDetroit Police Chief James Craig. “I’ve directed my officers to prepare warrants for these four individuals, and we’ll see which venue is the best to pursue charges,”he said. Continue reading “After Dallas Shootings, Police Arrest People for Criticizing Cops on Facebook and Twitter”
A majority of judges on an Ohio Court of Appeals panel decided last week to overrule the state legislature on the issue of speed cameras and red light cameras. Judges James D. Jensen and Arlene Singer insisted that no regulation of any kind could be imposed on cities that outsource traffic tickets to private companies like American Traffic Solutions and Redflex Traffic Systems of Australia. Continue reading “Ohio Court Of Appeals Wants More Speed Cameras”
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Tax Revolution – by Alejandro Vidal
Washington, DC — The Tax Revolution Institute (TRI) — a Washington-based nonprofit group that promotes “justice and integrity in the tax system” — is taking a whole new approach to shedding light on the Internal Revenue Service: Today, it is announcing the launch of the first-ever independent audit of the IRS. Continue reading “National Tax Watchdog Launches AuditIRS.com: The First Independent Audit of the Internal Revenue Service”
ArsTechnica – by Cyrus Farivar
On Thursday, a US federal judge in New York delivered a crucial rebuke to the government’s warrantless use of stingrays.
In a 14-page opinion, the judge ruled that the government could not use its stingray to locate a drug suspect, asleep in his apartment. As a result of the ruling, the judge suppressed the evidence found in the man’s bedroom—a kilogram of cocaine—likely effectively ending the case. Continue reading “For the first time, federal judge tosses evidence obtained via stingray”
Photography is Not a Crime – by Grant Stern
Washington state law requires all known videos by police to be kept for 90 days, but Seattle Police capture dash video from all patrol cruisers and automatically dump it 3-5 days later.
Seattle activist Tim Clemans requested video from the fail-safe dash cam video recording system implemented by private contractor COBAN. Continue reading “Seattle Police Erasing Thousands of Dash Cam Videos, Massively Breaching Public Records Law”
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, I hereby direct as follows:
Section 1. Purpose. United States policy on civilian casualties resulting from U.S. operations involving the use of force in armed conflict or in the exercise of the Nation’s inherent right of self-defense is based on our national interests, our values, and our legal obligations. As a Nation, we are steadfastly committed to complying with our obligations under the law of armed conflict, including those that address the protection of civilians, such as the fundamental principles of necessity, humanity, distinction, and proportionality. Continue reading “Executive Order — United States Policy on Pre- and Post-Strike Measures to Address Civilian Casualties in U.S. Operations Involving the Use of Force”
Pokomon Go appears to be a mere Cell Phone Game that also takes-over a Users Cell Phone Camera as they take pictures of various different Real Properties, Public or Private, as it directs other Players to physically go to that location to look for Pokomon or to find supplies needed for their search.
Thus, those who play this game are easily, and perhaps unwitting, sent to TRESPASS upon the real property of innocent Third-parties and hence under the guise, pretense, pretext or ruse of playing a Game massive numbers of people can be sent to a particular location to snoop and spy on the Property of others with their ‘Cameras running’ which gather first-hand images and information that are being sent back to the Owners / Creators of the game for their own personal, political, ideological or economic interest and use! Continue reading “WARNING — Pokomon Go”
At a local shooting range, the 23-year-old president of the Salt Lake City chapter of Pink Pistols, a national lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender gun club, helps a tattooed member improve his marksmanship.
An openly gay professional bodypiercer, Matt Schlentz said members of the LGBT community feel more at risk of being a victim of a hate crime or violent assault. The mass murder at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, last month, confirmed their concerns. Continue reading “U.S. gay gun group’s membership surges after Orlando killings”