ISIS POTHuffington Post – by Charlotte Alfred

The Islamic State militant group released a video on Tuesday purporting to show its fighters burning down a marijuana field in a town it captured in north Syria.

In the clip, which appears to be shot in the town of Akhtarin and was uploaded to YouTube by an ISIS supporter on Tuesday, the fighters denounce the evils of drug-taking, before appearing to chop down bushes and setting them ablaze.   Continue reading “ISIS Says It’s Burning Marijuana Fields In Syria”

This is more war propaganda seeking justification for American troops to go back to Iraq and into Syria.  The tactic is such a farce that any country could say “We are justified to send out troops into the United States.  The gangs in many of their cities are committing grave atrocities that must be stopped!”

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GENEVA (AP) — The Syrian government has likely used chlorine gas to attack civilians while the Islamic State group fighting them has committed crimes against humanity with attacks on civilians in two provinces, an independent U.N. commission said Wednesday.   Continue reading “Propaganda Alert – UN panel: Crimes against humanity spread in Syria”

Courtesy Andy ReillyQ 13 Fox – by Travis Mayfield

SEATTLE — Firefighters perform lifesaving acts as part of their job.  But one local firefighter went above and beyond the call of duty for one tiny little creature.

Andy Reilly says he was headed out from the firehouse on a call early Tuesday morning.

“I saw something on the floor that I first thought was a giant moth,” he wrote on Facebook.  “On closer inspection it turned out to be a humming bird.”   Continue reading “Local firefighter saves tiniest patient”

Photo from the scene of the shooting taken by WOWT reporter Brian Mastre (Twitter)Yahoo 

According to John and Morgan Langley, the father-and-son production team behind Cops, Dion was a very private person from the Boston area who had worked on the show for seven years. Dion, who had lived most recently in Santa Monica, California, had been promoted to sound supervisor this past year.

“We’ve been very fortunate over the years in that we’ve never had an incident like this,” Morgan said at the press conference. “Cops truly is a reality show. It’s not staged and not managed. And unfortunately, that’s our highlight and our lowlight”   Continue reading “‘Cops’ Crew Member Killed by Officers While Show Films Armed Robbery”

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DEERFIELD, Va. (AP) — An experienced pilot was missing Wednesday after the flier’s F-15 fighter jet crashed in the mountains of western Virginia, shaking residents but causing no injuries on the ground, military and law enforcement officials said.

The pilot of the single-seat jet was headed to New Orleans for radar installation as part of routine maintenance and reported an inflight emergency, then lost radio contact, authorities said. The pilot and jet are with the 104th Fighter Wing of the Massachusetts Air National Guard, officials there said.   Continue reading “Pilot’s fate unknown in fighter jet crash”

Jury made the right decision.

CBS News – by Pat Sullivan

ANGLETON, Texas – A jury has acquitted a southeast Texas man of murder in the fatal shooting of a drunk driver who had just caused an accident that killed the man’s two sons.

David Barajas,32, cried when the verdict was read Wednesday and he hugged his wife, Cindy, who was also crying. He faced up to life in prison, if he had been convicted. Continue reading “Texas dad acquitted in slaying of driver who killed sons”

Strange lights have been spotted near the Russian peninsula of Kamchatka (image by Dutch pilot JPC van Heijst). The sighting was made by pilots flying from Hong Kong to Alaska. The glow came about 20 minutes after a vertical lightning bolt was seenDaily Mail – by JONATHAN O’CALLAGHAN

A pilot and his co-pilot have spotted a mysterious orange and red glow over the Pacific Ocean.

The strange lights were spotted south of the Russian peninsula Kamchatka during the flight of a Boeing 747-8 from Hong Kong to Anchorage, Alaska.

And while no explanation has yet been given, it’s thought that they may have originated from the explosion of a huge volcano under the surface of the ocean.   Continue reading “Mystery glow over the Pacific Ocean: Pilots left baffled by strange orange and red lights spotted in the dead of night”

The killer robots of film might be closer than we think Telegraph – by Ben Farmer

Killer robots programmed to open fire without human control are just a “small step” from the battlefield and military powers should agree to outlaw them, a top United Nations official has said.

Angela Kane, the UN’s high representative for disarmament, said governments should be more open about programmes to develop the technology and she favoured a pre-emptive ban before it was too late.

Continue reading “Killer robots a small step away and must be outlawed, says top UN official”

The Daily Caller

The Department of Justice’s board of immigration appeals has decided to let Guatemalan women win asylum in the United States if they claim to be victims of domestic violence.

The decision creates a huge new incentive for Guatemalan women to cross the U.S. border, because if their asylum claim is accepted, their children get U.S. citizenship, plus the use of federal health, education and retirement programs, regardless of their initial education and work skills.

The new decision also means that many of the Guatemalan women who have already crossed the border this year have a new claim for asylum.   Continue reading “Justice Dept. Opens New Asylum Gate For Guatemalans”

They say this the day AFTER Nieto tells America that we should accept more Mexicans. Coincidence?

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

As Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto travels across California and declares America to be “the other Mexico,” a Pew Research survey has found that 60% of Mexicans disapprove of Peña Nieto on the economy. Perhaps as a result, a plurality of Mexicans think that life is better across the border, and a third want to move to America.   Continue reading “Pew Survey: 1/3 of Mexicans Want to Move to America; 60% Disapprove of Peña Nieto’s Economy”

Photo - Two immigration judges, Denise Noon Slavin, left, and Dana Leigh Marks, are seeking to have their courts delinked from Justice and made independent like other court systems.Washington Examiner- by Paul Bedard

Two top federal judges Wednesday said the nation’s immigration courts are in chaos, with the backlog of cases at an historic high of 375,000 for just 227 judges, leading to a minimum three-year delay in hearings for illegal immigrants.

In Washington to take advantage of the current crisis to demand a new court system, the judges accused the Justice Department of treating their courts like Cinderella’s abusive family by starving them of money and support and blamed the insufficient Justice funding for letting illegals “linger” in the country.   Continue reading “Border chaos: 375,000 pending immigration cases, Obama lawyers AWOL”

Mr Netanyahu produced a legal opinion which stated that a vote on the Gaza ceasefire was not necessaryTelegraph – by Inna Lazareva

Israel‘s acceptance of an Egyptian ceasefire proposal may have temporarily ended the war with Hamas – but the move has sparked a row within Israel’s security cabinet that now threatens the future of the country’s coalition government.

Over half of Israel’s cabinet members are said to have opposed the ceasefire deal which entered into effect on Tuesday evening, with many members furious that Mr Netanyahu opted not to bring it up to a vote.

Continue reading “Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet in revolt over Gaza ceasefire”

12 News Now

(WDTN) An unexpected drone in the area around Dayton, Ohio’s Miami Valley Hospital prevented a CareFlight helicopter from landing, with a “significantly hurt” patient onboard.

“Picture yourself driving down the highway and something flies in front of you. That’s the same for us It’s very very difficult,” says CareFlight pilot John Berthy.   Continue reading “Drone delays medical helicopter landing at OH hospital”

Gothamist

On Friday, Manhattan will officially become home to the world’s swankiest Denny’s. Patrons of the sleek new Financial District diner-cum-lounge will have access to all sorts of unholy pairings unfathomable to your teenage self growing up in Chippewa Falls: Madam, would you care for a Bellini with your Grand Slam? A craft mezcal cocktail to accompany your Pancake Puppies? Looking to impress clients or a mid-level courtisan? Look no further than the $300 Grand Cru Slam, which includes two Grand Slam breakfasts, a bottle of Dom Perignon Vintage 2003 champagne and a “bartender high five,” if you’re OK with allowing your manicured hands contact with the lower castes like that.   Continue reading “Manhattan’s First Denny’s Opens Friday With $300 Grand Cru Slam”

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U.S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY HAS TOLD BANKS – IN WRITING – IT MAY INSPECT SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES WITHOUT WARRANT AND SIEZE ANY GOLD, SILVER, GUNS OR OTHER VALUABLES IT FINDS INSIDE THOSE BOXES!

According to in-house memos now circulating, the DHS has issued orders to banks across America which announce to them that “under the Patriot Act” the DHS has the absolute right to seize, without any warrant whatsoever, any and all customer bank accounts, to make “periodic and unannounced” visits to any bank to open and inspect the contents of “selected safe deposit boxes.”   Continue reading “Do not use Safety Deposit Boxes”

Alzheimer's diseaseMedical Xpress

Extremely low levels of the compound in marijuana known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, may slow or halt the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study from neuroscientists at the University of South Florida show.

Findings from the experiments, using a  of Alzheimer’s disease, were reported online in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease.   Continue reading “Marijuana compound may offer treatment for Alzheimer’s disease”

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Repeated security concerns at WIPP

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is a deep geological disposal facility in New Mexico designed for the safe deposit of radioactive waste used with nuclear weapons. According to the US Department of Energy, it is the only plant of its kind in the United States. It is used for storing radioactive waste material from nuclear weapons safely away from the outside environment. The Department states that the waste “consists primarily of clothing, tools, rags debris, residues and other non-liquid disposable items contaminated with trace amounts of radioisotopes”.   Continue reading “Concerns rise over radioactive waste disposal after New Mexico leak”

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When the news media reports on radiation, it is usually prompted by a cataclysmic accident such as occurred at Chernobyl or Fukushima. The reality of the situation is however, we are exposed to low levels of radiation on a daily basis, which can have deleterious affects on population centers without residents being any the wiser. Known as stochastic health effects, the study measures the effects of low-level, chromic exposure to radiation.   Continue reading “When is Too Much Radiation too Much?”

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Common medical wisdom holds that an apple a day can keep the doctor away. A nod to the importance of eating a sensible and healthy diet in general, the term takes on new meaning and importance when you consider the role that pectin-based products have in helping cleanse the body of many of the toxins that are associated with living in a highly industrialized world. From the heavy metals that can seep into municipal drinking water to the cancer-causing particles emitted from high-intensity power lines, our bodies are subject to a myriad of invasive chemicals, particles, and pollutants. The most damaging, owing to the near impossibility of complete decontamination, radiation, can takes weeks, years, or even decades to break down in the environment.   Continue reading “An Apple a Day: More than an Old Wives Tale?”