Huffington Post – by Dorian de Wind

North Korea is threatening a “resolute and merciless” response against the United States, labeling it “reckless US provocative insanity” and saying it will consider itan “act of war.”

Moreover, a statement attributed by North Korea’s official news agency KCNA to an unidentified foreign ministry spokesman calls it “a most wanton act of terror and act of war, and is absolutely intolerable.” Continue reading “North Korea Threatens ‘Resolute and Merciless Response,’ Even ‘All Out War’”

A Predator drone is pictured. | AP PhotoPolitico – by Philip Ewing

Some of the manned and unmanned surveillance aircraft operating over Iraq are now armed, the Defense Department confirmed Friday, to provide protection to the American troops deploying there.

Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said the number of surveillance flights over Iraq has remained steady at around 30 to 35 per day, but he acknowledged some have begun carrying air-to-surface weapons.   Continue reading “Armed drones now flying over Iraq, DOD confirms”

Information Clearinghouse

For over half a century, America’s vast literary culture has been disparately policed, and imperceptibly contained, by state and corporate entities well-placed and perfectly equipped to wipe out wayward writings. As America does not ban books, other means—less evident, and so less controversial—have been deployed to vaporize them.

Abby Martin speaks with NYU media studies professor, Mark Crispin Miller, about five historical books that have been actively suppressed and hidden from the American public.   Continue reading “These 5 Censored Books Tell a History the Establishment Wants Hidden”

Danny CortezChristian News – by Garrett Haley

LA MIRADA, Calif. – An apostate former Southern Baptist pastor, who endorsed homosexuality in a recent sermon, has been invited to attend a ‘gay pride’ reception at the White House with President Obama.

As previously reported, Danny Cortez leads New Heart Community Church in southern California. Earlier this year, Cortez surprised his Baptist congregation by declaring that he has accepted a pro-homosexual position.   Continue reading “Apostate Pastor’s Pro-Homosexual Sermon Earns Him Special Trip to White House”

Paul Craig Roberts

June 25, 2014. A final number for real US GDP growth in the first quarter of 2014 was released today. The number is not the 2.6% growth rate predicted by the know-nothing economists in January of this year. The number is a decline in GDP of -2.9 percent.

The negative growth rate of -2.9 percent is itself an understatement. This number was achieved by deflating nominal GDP with an understated measure of inflation. During the Clinton regime, the Boskin Commission rigged the inflation measure in order to cheat Social Security recipients out of their cost-of-living adjustments. Anyone who purchases food, fuel, or anything knows that inflation is much higher than the officially reported number.   Continue reading “A New Recession and a New World Devoid of Washington’s Arrogance?”

obama-syria-mapFrontpage Mag – by Daniel Greenfield

The Obama administration asked Congress on Thursday to authorize $500 million in direct U.S. military training and equipment for Syrian opposition fighters

Obama didn’t ask Congress for authorization to invade Libya. He told Congress that he wouldn’t ask for permission to bomb Iraq.   Continue reading “Obama Announces Plan to Fight Al Qaeda, by Arming Al Qaeda”

Abbott says Texas border safer than beforeKHOU

WESLACO, Texas (AP) – Attorney General Greg Abbott says he sees “measurable and meaningful results” from the $1.3 million per week in added border security spending Gov. Rick Perry ordered a week ago.

Abbott, who’s the Republican nominee for governor, said Friday in Weslaco that there has been no increase in crime and may have actually been a decrease in illegal activity. He credits the amount of law enforcement at all levels working at the border in the face of a surge of illegal immigration. Continue reading “Abbott says Texas border safer than before”

Newsmax – by Sandy Fitzgerald

Some of the children coming across the Mexican border are testing positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and a Texas health official says that some may have contracted the disease during their long journey north from Central America.

Most of the young people who have entered the country are not being tested for the virus, said Valley AIDS Council Director of Education and Prevention Oscar Lopez in McAllen, Texas, reports ABC affiliate KRGV. Continue reading “Illegal Immigrant Children Contracting HIV on Trip to US”

The Manufactured Immigration Crisis On The Texas BorderThe Federalist – by John Daniel Davidson

Explanations of the immigration crisis unfolding in Texas fall roughly into two categories: violence and poverty in Central America have prompted tens of thousands of people to flee their homes and seek illegal entry into the United States via Mexico, or the Obama administration is to blame for neglecting the border and giving the impression that children and youth entering the country illegally will not be deported.

Continue reading “The Manufactured Immigration Crisis On The Texas Border”

US Army Sgt. Joey Bozik lost two legs and one arm from a landmine explosion in Iraq where he served with the 118th Military Police Company (Airborne) from Ft. Bragg, N.C. Picture taken October 19, 2005. (Reuters)RT News

Washington has announced it won’t make or buy any more anti-personnel landmines (APL), but declined to destroy the 3 million units of existing stock. Washington still expects to join the international agreement banning such weapons at some point.

“The United States took the step of declaring it will not produce or otherwise acquire any anti-personnel landmines in the future, including to replace existing stockpiles as they expire,” the White House said in a statement following the declaration of such intent made by the US delegation at the Mine Ban Treaty conference in Mozambique.   Continue reading “US vows not to replenish its 3mn anti-personnel landmine stock”

Reuters/Jenevieve RobbinsRT News

Authorities in Nebraska have mistakenly freed hundreds of prisoners over several years due to correction officials miscalculating their sentences. Law enforcement is now looking to put dozens of them behind bars again.

All in all, 306 inmates were freed erroneously, a situation first exposed by local media outlet Omaha World-Herald. 257 of them won’t be pursued, on condition that they don’t commit any offenses – because they would have completed their sentences by now. Three others died since they were let go, and five have successfully completed their parole.   Continue reading “Nebraska releases hundreds of inmates by mistake, now wants them back”

Ahmed Abu KhattalaMail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks was in federal law enforcement custody, the U.S. attorney’s office said Saturday. Security at the capital’s federal courthouse was heightened in anticipation of a possible court appearance by the suspect later in the day.

Spokesman William Miller declined further immediate comment regarding Ahmed Abu Khattala, who faces criminal charges in the deaths of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans from the attack on Sept. 11, 2012.   Continue reading “Benghazi suspect in federal law enforcement hands”

Mail.com

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit, one of two major urban centers they seized in recent weeks in a dramatic blitz across the country.

After watching much of Iraq slip out of government hands, military officials sought to portray the push that began before dawn as a significant step that puts the army back on the offensive. They said the operation includes commandos, tanks and helicopters, as well as pro-government Sunni fighters and Shiite volunteers.   Continue reading “Iraq launches push for militant-held northern city”

Barack ObamaMail.com

WASHINGTON (AP) — Citing “significant and chronic system failures” in the nation’s health system for veterans, a review ordered by President Barack Obama portrays the Department of Veterans Affairs as a struggling agency battling a corrosive culture of distrust, lacking in resources and ill-prepared to deal with an influx of new and older veterans with a range of medical and mental health care needs.

The scathing report by deputy White House chief of staff Rob Nabors says the Veterans Health Administration, the VA sub agency that provides health care to about 8.8 million veterans a year, has systematically ignored warnings about its deficiencies and must be fundamentally restructured.   Continue reading “Review: VA a struggling agency beset with ills”

Alexander BorodaiMail.com

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister on Saturday accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union.

Speaking in televised remarks Saturday, Sergey Lavrov said that “our American colleagues still prefer to push the Ukrainian leadership toward a confrontational path.” He added that chances for settling the Ukrainian crisis would have been higher if it only depended on Russia and Europe.    Continue reading “Russia accuses US of fueling Ukrainian crisis”

Newsmax – by Sean Piccoli

Militia members and other concerned U.S. citizens are converging on the border town of Laredo, Texas, on Friday to create a blockade against illegal immigrants crossing into the United States, the organizer of the human chain and protest said on Newsmax TV‘s “MidPoint.”

“This will continue for days and weeks to come” and spread “to other points” along the U.S.-Mexico frontier, Barbie Rogers, founder of the Patriots Information Hotline, said in a telephone interview.    Continue reading “Patriots Hotline Founder: We’re Forming a Human Chain to Stop Illegals”