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In 2006 when Michael and I went to Cannes, France in 2006, we rented a very nice medium-sized Citroen van which took diesel and did 60 miles to the gallon. We were very surprised to find that this kind of car was so readily available, and would have loved to have taken it back with us. (We later learned, when you visit Europe, ask for a small car. We were given a “free upgrade” at the time, not realizing that the knowing ones all want small cars. Parking spaces are so small that you are much more likely to end up with a big scratch on the car, from other drivers, as we did. When traveling to Europe, always be sure to use one of those gold credit cards with the free auto insurance before you leave).   Continue reading “50 – 300 MPG Cars are Banned in the USA”

Global Research – by Prof. John McMurtry

The following article was first published by GR in May 2003

“It is easy. All you have to do is tell the people they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.” -Hermann Goering

Genocide used to be a crime without a name. Although the most heinous of all crimes, the concept was not introduced into international language until after World War 2. Until then, military invasion and destruction of other peoples and cultures masqueraded under such slogans as progress and spreading civilisation.   Continue reading “Understanding the U.S. War State”

Breitbart – by Kristin Tate

A pending proposal from President Obama to create a vast new wilderness area on the U.S.-Mexico border is drawing criticism from Republican lawmakers and local law enforcement officials who say it would significantly impede border security.

The Obama administration is set to designate a 600,000 acre national monument in south-central New Mexico to be managed and controlled by the Bureau of Land Management, a federal agency. The designated land will be called the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument, and environmentalists have long-sought the designation.   Continue reading “Republicans, Local Sheriff Warn Border Wilderness Zone Will Create Vast Drug Corridor”

Who What Why – by Christian Stork

Doubts about the already controversial shooting of Boston Bombing figure Ibragim Todashev in Florida last year are sure to grow with new revelations about the FBI agent who shot him.

As WhoWhatWhy previously reported, the case is full of anomalies and part of a larger pattern of harassment against Chechen-Americans who knew accused bombers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Like everything related to the bombing, Todashev’s killing is swaddled in official secrecy and the U.S. government’s latest report about the Boston tragedy shows there was plenty to be secretive about.   Continue reading “Todashev’s Killer: No Wonder His Identity Was Secret”

WFAA 8 News – by Todd Unger

FORT WORTH — A mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service is under investigation for allegedly slamming a rock on a four-year-old Silky Terrier named Maxwell which had to eventually be euthanized.

Taiesha Brown was inside her east Fort Worth home on Saturday afternoon when her husband rushed in saying their 10-pound dog was bleeding badly.   Continue reading “Fort Worth mailman accused of mortally wounding family dog”

Activist Post – by Nicolas West

Ethics is very often the final concern of science, especially where military endeavors are concerned.

Drones and robots are finally becoming front page news after a series of warnings from prominent scientists and researchers who are beginning to see some of the darker side to what is being unleashed upon humanity.
Continue reading “Ban on Terminator Robots Postponed at United Nations Convention”

USA Today – by Aamer Madhani

WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday will use executive authority to designate the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks in southern New Mexico a national monument, according to the White House.

The White House projects that the designation could spur $7.4 million new economic activity in the area around the monument, and comes as the Obama administration tries to draw attention this week to investing in the USA.   Continue reading “Obama gives Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks monument status”

RT News

Swiss bank Credit Suisse pleaded guilty Monday to the charge that it facilitated wealthy Americans who sought to commit tax evasion, becoming the first major bank to admit criminal wrongdoing in over 20 years and agreeing to pay $2.6 billion in fines.

The settlement announcement Monday included an acknowledgement from bank officials that they knowingly and intentionally helped thousands of US citizens put their money into offshore accounts, allowing them to hide financial assets from the US Internal Revenue Service. US Attorney General Eric Holder, who has been criticized for being too slow to go after major banks, told reporters that the admission of guilt was a major step forward for prosecutors investigating financial institutions.   Continue reading “Swiss bank admits to helping wealthy Americans avoid taxes, fined $2.6 bn”

Fellowship of the Minds – by Dr. Eowyn

In the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre hoax, the Obama regime and Congressional Democrats made every effort to effectuate gun control on the federal level — to no avail.

So the POS is now going the stealth route by driving gun manufacturers and retailers out of business via choking off their sales and bank credit.   Continue reading “Obama’s stealth gun-control by driving gun sellers out of business”

RT News

A top aide to the Turkish PM, Ysuf Yerkel, has been given a week’s sick leave for “leg trauma” he sustained after kicking a mourner following Turkey’s worst mining disaster in history.

A picture of Yerkel kicking a protester who was being restrained by two security force members emerged last week following the official visit of Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to the town of Soma in the wake of the mining disaster on May 13.    Continue reading “Turkish PM’s aide granted sick leave for ‘trauma’ after kicking mine tragedy mourner”

This girl obviously has head issues.

Mail.com

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — What happens when you invite Vice President Joe Biden to your high school prom? For one student he couldn’t make it, but he sent a personal reply.

Talia Maselli reached out to Biden last fall, knowing his dance card likely would fill up. Biden sent a handwritten card and a corsage — baby’s breath, white roses and red, white and blue ribbons. Biden’s office says he was touched by the invitation and personally picked out the corsage so Maselli would feel special.   Continue reading “Biden turns down prom invitation but sends corsage”

21st Century Wire

Before Federal trolls or indoctrinated government “true believers”, starts spreading their slurs, you had better gauge the sentiment in the real America.

Seventy-two percent of Americans, in a Gallop poll say big government is a greater threat to the U.S. in the future than is big business or big labor, a record high in the nearly 50-year history of this question. Yet the “so called” authorities would have you accept that only a conspiracy theorist thinks that the great protectors of law and order are capable of routing out Christians, 2nd Amendments advocates, ’911 Truth’ proponents, Tea Party members, Patriot-Liberty groups or ‘Global Warming deniers’, and confining them to prison gulags (bear in mind, it wouldn’t be the first time in history this has happened by government). So when the House introduced HR 645, in 2009 that directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to establish national emergency centers on military installations, every citizen should feel threatened by its own government. Continue reading “Martial Law Feasibility Study for the ‘Homeland Security Society’”

Police State USA

CHICAGO, IL — An investigation regarding the in-custody death of a mentally ill man has revealed that police tasered him a total of 16 times while shackled.  Video shows that police used the taser as a compliance tool in a jail cell and were laughing during the incident.  The man was also tased repeatedly as he was taken to court and then to the hospital, until he died.   Continue reading “Chicago jailers laughed while fatally tasing mentally ill man 16 times”

Department of Defense – by Terry Moon Cronk

WASHINGTON, May 19, 2014 – U.S. forces along with those from more than 20 other nations will begin military exercises in Jordan next week.

Pentagon Spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren said today Eager Lion 14 will begin May 25 in what will be Jordan’s fourth annual, large-scale multilateral military exercises.   Continue reading “U.S. Troops to Take Part in Jordanian Exercise”

Reuters

TOKYO May 19 (Reuters) – Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power Co said on Monday it would buy more liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the U.S. Cameron project, increasing its purchase to 570,000 tonnes per year, using U.S. Henry Hub natural gas-linked prices.

Tohoku said it signed a basic pact with GDF Suez, which holds a 16.6 percent stake in the Cameron LNG project, to buy 270,000 tonnes per year of LNG for 20 years from 2018 or 2019.   Continue reading “Japan’s Tohoku to buy more LNG from US Cameron project”

Huffington Post- by Zach Carter and Kate Sheppard

WASHINGTON — The European Union is pressing the Obama administration to expand U.S. fracking, offshore oil drilling and natural gas exploration under the terms of a secret negotiation text obtained by The Huffington Post.

The controversial document is an early draft of energy policies that EU negotiators hope to see adopted under the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) trade deal, which is currently being negotiated. The text was shared with American officials in September. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative declined to comment on the document.   Continue reading “Read The Secret Trade Memo Calling For More Fracking and Offshore Drilling”