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Mosul (Iraq) (AFP) – For Iraqi Christian Fadi and his young family, it is a lonely wait to see whether they will be executed soon.

Their Christian neighbours and friends have already fled the city of Mosul in Iraq’s north, which last month fell into the hands of Sunni jihadists led by the Islamic State group, which espouses an extreme form of Islam.   Continue reading “Execution or exodus, Iraqi Christians face grim choice”

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a recording …Yahoo News – by Laura Mills

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out Monday against those who he said were exploiting the downing of a passenger jet in eastern Ukraine for “mercenary objectives.”

Putin said Russia was doing everything possible to allow a team of experts from the International Civil Aviation Organization, a U.N. agency, to investigate the scene. He also again criticized the Ukraine authorities in Kiev for reigniting the fighting with the pro-Russian rebels who control the crash site.   Continue reading “Putin blames others for exploiting Ukraine crash”

Yahoo News – by Matthew Lee

WASHINGTON (AP) — Video of a rocket launcher, one surface-to-air missile missing, leaving the likely launch site. Imagery showing the firing. Calls claiming credit for the strike. Recordings said to reveal a cover-up at the crash site.

“A buildup of extraordinary circumstantial evidence … it’s powerful here,” said Secretary of State John Kerry, a former prosecutor, and it holds Russian-supported rebels in eastern Ukraine responsible for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, with the Kremlin complicit in the deaths of nearly 300 passengers and crew members.   Continue reading “US working on case against Russia on downed plane”

Got this via an email this morning.

Here is the solution to all of the illegal immigrants coming across our borders.

First we should use all means necessary to apprehend each and every immigrant residing in our nation illegally.

Upon apprehension, they should be detained, processed, housed, clothed, fed, and given basic healthcare, if needed. They should at all times be treated with compassion, dignity and respect, as long as they do not present any danger to their caregivers.   Continue reading “Immigration Problem Solved”

Washington’s Blog

The Untold Story In the NSA Spying Scandal: Blackmail

It is well-documented that governments use information to blackmail and control people.

The Express reported last month:   Continue reading “Exclusive: High-Level NSA Whistleblower Says Blackmail Is a Huge – Unreported – Part of Mass Surveillance”

No-fly list violates constitutional rights, judge rulesYahoo News – by Matthew Barakat

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (AP) — The U.S. government is rapidly expanding the number of names it accepts for inclusion on its terrorist watch list, with more than 1.5 million added in the last five years, according to numbers divulged by the government in a civil lawsuit.

About 99 percent of the names submitted are accepted, leading to criticism that the government is “wildly loose” in its use of the list.   Continue reading “US terrorist database growing at rapid rate”

The dark figures in Watson\'s backyard turned out to be police, who were at the wrong house. They charged him with reckless use of a firearm.WAVY 10 News – by Andy Fox

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Imagine you’re up watching our late night news when you hear your back door rattling, then see a red laser pointed on your chest. One Portsmouth man claims that happened to him.

Brandon Watson said he was protecting his family when his wife heard noises in the back yard on January 3, 2013: “She said, ‘oh my gosh, someone is in the backyard.’” The noises got closer and then she heard the clicking of the backdoor handle.”   Continue reading “Man charged for shooting when cops went to wrong house”

Palestinians pray at funeralNewsweek

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli forces killed at least 10 Palestinian militants on Monday after they crossed the border from Gaza through two tunnels, the military said, as the death toll from the two-week conflict passed 500.

With the U.N. Security Council calling for an immediate ceasefire, Israeli jets and tanks continued to pound the Gaza Strip through the night.   Continue reading “U.N. Calls for Gaza Ceasefire as Death Toll Tops 500”

Sinkhole Closes Spring Hill IntersectionFlorida Today

The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office says several homes have been evacuated after a massive sinkhole appeared on Saturday, according to FLORIDA TODAY news partner WTSP-TV in Tampa.

The sinkhole is near the roadway at the intersection of Eldridge Road and Van Allen Way in Spring Hill.

It was initially measured at 25 by 25 feet wide and 30 feet deep, but it quickly grew to become 40 by 40 feet wide.   Continue reading “Massive sinkhole threatens Florida neighborhood”

Guerrillamerica – by Samuel Culper III

I had a couple really good questions this past weekend about looking for indicators signaling a SHTF situation. How can we tell an emergency event is going to happen before it happens?  What can we look for?  Those are very good questions but they’re not easily answered.  We’ll work on breaking it down here.  I want each of you to have a way forward to start developing your own Early Warning Indicators (EWI) for whatever threats you may be expecting.   Continue reading “Identifying SHTF Indicators”

Asian Tiger Mosquito - Public DomainEnd of American Dream – by Michael Snyder

Cases of the chikungunya virus are appearing in the United States at a level that is far higher than anything health officials have seen in recent years, and now there are two confirmed cases of people that have not even traveled out of the country getting the virus.  That means that the chikungunya virus is starting to spread in America, and once it starts spreading it is really hard to stop.  Instead of spreading human to human, this virus actually spreads “person-to–mosquito-to-person”.  If you live in an area of the country where there are a lot of mosquitos, you should pay close attention to this article.  You do not want to get the chikungunya virus.  According to Slate, the name of this virus “comes from a Makonde word meaning ‘that which bends up,’ referring to the contortions sufferers put themselves through due to intense joint pain.”  That does not sound fun at all.  Continue reading “Possible Epidemic? The Chikungunya Virus Is Starting To Spread In America”

Miami Herald – by Carol Rosenburg

In the latest installment of the Guantánamo war court’s most mysterious legal filings — two motions so secret that the public can’t know their titles — an Army judge has issued a classified order to prosecutors that even the defense lawyers can’t see.

The Pentagon disclosed the existence of Army Col. James L. Pohl’s judicial order dated June 4 in a recent website notation in the capital case of the accused USS Cole bomber. Continue reading “Guantánamo judge’s secret order on secret motion is so secret defense lawyers can’t see it”

New York Times – by Stanley Reed

LONDON — Severstal, the Russian steel maker, said on Monday that it had agreed to sell two steel facilities in the United States to two of its American rivals, Steel Dynamics and AK Steel, for more than $2.3 billion.

Severstal invested heavily in the two locations in an international expansion drive before the financial crisis and is now trying to cut costs in an effort to stem losses.   Continue reading “Russia’s Severstal to Sell U.S. Plants to American Steel Makers”