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EcoWatch – by Josh Burstein, NextGen Climate
The people pushing for approval of the Keystone XL pipeline argue that running this tar sands pipeline from Canada to the Gulf is a net positive for America, that it will create jobs and make our country more energy independent.
This argument could not be further from the truth. And you don’t have to take our word for it. Continue reading “The Keystone XL Video TransCanada Doesn’t Want You to See”
Deseret News – by Geoff Liesik
VERNAL — Twenty-one people from 10 states were arrested Monday during a protest that “became physical” at a controversial tar sands mine in northeastern Utah, according to the Uintah County Sheriff’s Office.
Those arrested listed addresses in Utah, Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, North Dakota, Oregon and Wisconsin, Uintah County Undersheriff John Laursen said Tuesday. Continue reading “Protesters from across U.S. arrested at Utah tar sands mine”
MOSCOW, July 24. /ITAR-TASS/. Russia reports nine gunfire attacks on its territory from Ukraine’s side in June and July this year.
Dozens of Ukrainian shells have exploded in Russia, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov told Russia 24 television on Thursday.
Aimed fire was opened on a border guard post. Russian citizen Andrei Shulyatyev was killed. He left three underage daughters, Antonov said. Continue reading “Russian territory shelled from Ukraine 9 times in past months”
The fatal shooting of a dog by law enforcement officers in Michigan late last year was premeditated, according to the attorney of the pet’s owner.
On November 22, officers shot and killed Brittany Preston’s 1-year-old mixed breed Labrador named Lexie in St. Clair Shores, Michigan.
On July 15, Preston’s attorney, Chris Olson, filed a federal lawsuit against the city, police officers David Jacquemain and Jeremy Moskwa, and animal control officer Tom Massey. The lawsuit alleges that the killing of Lexie was premeditated and was a violation of Preston’s Fourth Amendment rights. Continue reading “Michigan cops go on trial after shooting dog in front of owner”
Indian Country – by Mark Rogers
This is the working mantra of the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA). After reading the latest report from the Office of the Inspector General, this is made blatantly clear. The mantra has long been rumor among veterans but, with all of the information coming from the series of joint committee hearings, it has proven to be a concrete truth. The report is titled “Veterans Benefits Administration: Review of the Special Initiative To Process Rating Claims Pending Over 2 Years” and is available here. Continue reading “Lie, Delay and Deny Until They Die: How Veterans Are Treated by the VBA”
Indian Country – by Tish Leizens
When historians look back to this decade and the collective efforts of two tribes to save corn seeds from extinction, they will piece together stories of passionate gardeners who made it their mission to preserve their heritage while advocating healthy eating habits.
Corn has always been part of the heritage of the tribes in Oklahoma—the Ponca Tribe and Pawnee Nation. Over the course of time, however, it was almost a forgotten seed until in recent years when talk of preservation has finally gained ground. Continue reading “The Ponca and Pawnee Nations’ Drive to Preserve Ancestral Corn”
The European Union has come out unambiguously in support of Israel’s mass murder of defenseless men, women and children in Gaza.
In a statement issued July 22, the EU has destroyed once and for all its pretence of being guided by “humanitarian concerns” in formulating its foreign policy—as exemplified by its pose as a restraining influence over Washington’s pro-Israeli stance regarding the Palestinians. Continue reading “European Union backs Israel’s Gaza offensive”
Editor’s note: This story is one in a series on a crisis in America’s Breadbasket – the depletion of the Ogallala Aquifer and its effects on a region that helps feed the world. Read the previous installments here andhere.
IDEAL, South Dakota – Facing the sunrise on a frigid morning, Rosebud Sioux tribal leader Royal Yellow Hawk offered an ancient prayer in song, his voice periodically muffled by the whistling prairie wind. Behind Yellow Hawk was a cinematic scene from another century: 30-foot-tall tipis arranged in a half circle, quickly brightening in the morning light.
Continue reading “‘We Will Fight’: Keystone XL Pipeline Foes Fear Worst for Water Supply”
Electronic Intifada – by Ali Abunimah
As the death toll from Israel’s savage bombardment of Gaza continues to climb, Israel has once again turned to students to sell the slaughter online.
“Although they haven’t been called up to the army yet, they’ve decided to enlist in a civilian mission that is no less important – Israeli propaganda [hasbara],” Ynet’s Hebrew edition reported about a massive initiative organized by the Israeli student union branch at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC Herzliya), a prestigious private university. Continue reading “Israel student union sets up “war room” to sell Gaza massacre on Facebook”
An Austin based radio talk show host said Wednesday morning that Texas state cops are already receiving death threats. So why are Mexican gang leaders so emboldened that they are willing to take out the honest cops eliminating resistance to their takeover?
Nobody knows how many illegal aliens are crossing America’s southern borders. Nobody even knows their real names. There are more than 10,000 arriving daily via train carrying people from Central America at the Texas border. Thousands more are arriving daily at the Mexican border with California, New Mexico and Arizona. These refugees include many juveniles with Gang Tattoos. The Mexican President said that murders have declined 27% so far this year. There are similar declines in the murder rates for the nations of Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador though their murder rates remain higher than in Mexico. More than 100,000 people have been killed in Mexico’s Drug Wars. The Sinaloa Drug Cartel is allowed to bring drugs into America by the plane load. Wells Fargo was given a wrist slap fine for laundering drug money and leasing planes to the Sinaloa Cartel. Continue reading “Amnesty, The Third American Coup.”
End of the American Dream – by Michael Snyder
Buried in a Wall Street Journal article from about a week ago was a startling piece of information. According to a Wal-Mart executive, Wal-Mart “participated in an exercise to prepare for an earthquake on the New Madrid fault line” earlier this summer. And officials at the U.S. Geological Survey have just released a report which indicates that they believe that the New Madrid fault zone has the “potential for larger and more powerful quakes than previously thought“. So should we be concerned? Do they know something that we don’t? The USGS also says that the frequency of earthquakes in the central and eastern portions of the United States has quintupled over the past 30 years, and that significant earthquakes have started popping up in areas of the country that were once extremely quiet. Along with the new report, the USGS released the following map… Continue reading “Why Is Wal-Mart Preparing For A Major Earthquake On The New Madrid Fault?”
New York City police officers are under investigation for using a chokehold, a move banned under NYPD rules, on a man accused of skipping subway fare. The incident occurred three days before Eric Garner died during a similar arrest.
Videos posted online show two New York Police Department officers wrangling with Ronald Johns, 22, on July 14 while using the banned technique. The officers are also seen punching Johns in the face. Pepper spray was also used in the “struggle” to subdue him, officers said according to court papers. Continue reading “NYPD cops use illegal chokehold on suspected subway farebeater”
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A mother and teenage daughter have died of injuries they suffered in a fiery explosion inside their food truck earlier this month, authorities said Thursday.
Jaylin Landaverry Galdamez, 17, died Tuesday and Olga Galdamez, 42, died Sunday, according to the medical examiner’s office. The mother owned the truck. Both died of burn-related injuries suffered from the July 1 explosion of the La Parrillada Chapina truck in the Feltonville neighborhood of north Philadelphia, said Jeff Moran, a spokesman for the office. Continue reading “Mother, daughter die after Philly food truck blast”
BERLIN (AP) — Air France and Germany’s two largest airlines on Wednesday canceled more flights to Tel Aviv because of safety concerns amid the fighting between Israel and Hamas.
Lufthansa and Air Berlin extended their cancelations through Thursday and Air France said it was suspending its flights “until further notice.” The European Aviation Safety Agency late Tuesday said it “strongly recommends” that airlines refrain from operating flights to and from Tel Aviv. It said it would “monitor the situation and advise on any update as the situation develops. Continue reading “European carriers suspend more Tel Aviv flights”
PLAINFIELD, Ind. (AP) — His pilot’s license fresh in his hands, an Indiana teenager set out in June for the adventure of a lifetime: an around-the-world flight with his father designed to break a record and raise money to build schools in his father’s native Pakistan.
Just days before the father and son were to return home to Indiana, the trip turned tragic when their plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean shortly after leaving Pago Pago in American Samoa on Tuesday night. The body of 17-year-old Haris Suleman was recovered, but crews were still searching Wednesday for the father, Babar Suleman. Continue reading “Ocean crash kills teen pilot seeking world record”
Police in Enfield, Connecticut, were ready to arrest one of their own, Matthew Worden, for punching a suspect when it was “neither necessary nor needed.” They prepared a 7-page arrest warrant where it sounded like the cop’s excuse was that his victim got in the way of his punches, but the state’s attorney in Hartford rejected the application because, well, the incident was too complicated to follow.
The cops’ allegations against Worden and the state’s attorney explanation for rejecting them,via The Courant: Continue reading “Connecticut Police Department Tries to Arrest One of Its Own For Brutality, State’s Attorney Says Nope, Too Complicated”
What would Jesus say or do? Never mind that. According to woman-child Nancy Pelosi, the question is who should be treated like Baby Jesus. The answer is illegal immigrants streaming across the southern border into the United States.
The former House Speaker (let that sink in for a minute!) was on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Tuesday, where she was asked, “What are we doing to make this situation” at the border “better?” Continue reading “Pelosi: We should treat illegal immigrant children like Baby Jesus”
Valley Central – by Nadia Galindo
A smuggler is behind bars after he assaulted a game warden near the Rio Grande.
It happened Tuesday at about 7:30 p.m. just south of McAllen.
The warden was patrolling the river front in a pick-up truck when he spotted a group of unauthorized immigrants that had just crossed the river when he attempted to stop them, Texas Parks & Wildlife Major Malcolm Wilkes told Action 4 News. Continue reading “Human smuggler attacks game warden near the border”
Nearly all of the illegal immigrant children who have been apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border in the last two years have been teenagers.
According to a new Pew Research report, in fiscal year 2013, 91% of illegal immigrant “children” apprehended at the border were teenagers. Of the nearly 60,000 illegal immigrant “children” who were apprehended since October of last year, 84% have been teenagers. Continue reading “Pew Research Report: Nearly 90% of Illegal Immigrant ‘Children’ Are Teenagers”
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