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New York Post – by Josh Kosman
The collapse of a giant Texas utility is bringing out the inner vulture of private-equity mogul David Rubenstein.
Rubenstein’s Carlyle Group, through its Claren Road hedge fund, snapped up debt in Energy Future Holdings’ Texas Competitive power plants at a steep discount before it went bust last month — hoping to make money when the restructuring played out, sources said. Continue reading “Rubenstein’s Carlyle Group buys Texas Competitive debt”
New York Post – by Maureen Callahan
When David Good was a kid, and his friends asked where his mother was, he’d always say the same thing: She died in a car crash.
His dad, Ken, couldn’t understand: “I’d say, ‘Why don’t you just say your mom’s Venezuelan, and your parents are divorced? It’s so common.’ ”“I experimented with responses, and I found that the most effective,” David says. “I could see the horror in their faces” — he laughs — “and there would be no more questions.” Continue reading “US man finds lost mother in Amazon tribe”
The five stages of the grieving process described below is a commonly accepted way by which people deal with grief and tragedy, especially when diagnosed with a terminal illness or facing a life changing loss. It was first introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross in her 1969 book, On Death and Dying. I propose that it is what many U.S. citizens are going through today in light of the strong socialist movement taking over much of our country. Continue reading “The 5 stages of Grieving/Loss Process In Relationship To The Battle for Our Republic”
A woman used a filet knife to kill two pit bulls that got out of a yard while she was walking her dogs in a Southern California desert city.
Debbie Duran and a friend were walking her three German shepherds on Wednesday in Apple Valley when she said a pit bull charged them and began attacking her friend and her dog, Jodie. Another pit bull ran up seconds later. Continue reading “Woman Stabs to Death Two Attacking Pit Bulls”
Nigel Farage today declared that his ‘dream has become a reality’ after UKIP stormed to victory in the European elections.
With 10 regions declared, UKIP has won more than 27 per cent of the vote, securing 23 MEPs, leaving Labour and the Tories to battle it out for second for the first time in 100 years.
Mr Farage said he was ‘over the moon’ and predicted that Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg could be forced to quit after losing 11 of his 12 MEPs, despite pitching the Lib Dems as a the ‘party of in’. Continue reading “‘The people’s army are on the march’: ‘Over the moon’ Nigel Farage hails biggest ‘political earthquake’ in a century as UKIP humiliate every other party and plunge Lib Dems into leadership crisis”
These are preliminary notes.
For now, they’re based on media accounts of the killing spree on May 23, in Isla Vista, California—and of course, these media accounts of mass murders should never be accepted, on their face, as ironclad facts.
Rodger is reported to be the son of Peter Rodger, a unit director of the film, Hunger Games. According to press accounts, the father specifically directed a short film within that film—a propaganda piece extoling the “new society” in which ritual sacrifice of children in the Games is a way of never forgetting the treason of rebellion/war in the “old society,” the rebellion which must never happen again. Continue reading “Elliot Rodger, Santa Barbara killer: parallels and numbers”
I estimate between 350 and 1000 people turned out for this action. It’s inspiring to see so many people of all ages, alone, as families, couples, so many bringing incredibly creative protest signs. The leadership at the event was also very good. Continue reading “Chicago March Against Monsanto 2014”
The Telegraph – by Nick Squires
Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop at the Israeli-built barrier that separates the town of Bethlehem from Jerusalem on Sunday, praying against the wall that has come to symbolise Arab-Israeli division.
The unexpected gesture in the cradle of Christianity came as the Pope was en route to Manger Square, where Jesus is thought to have been born 2,000 years ago.
What can’t money buy?
A service called Rent-A-Gent lets women choose a male companion from a list of “smart and handsome men.”
For $200 bucks an hour, men can serve as handymen, dates, or personal chefs. Continue reading “Women Are Using ‘Rent-A-Gent’ To Hire Men To Do Chores And Go On Dates”
Redlands Daily Facts – by Brenda Gazzar
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s and federal ATF officials served a search warrant and searched the premises of the West Hills home of the mother of the young man who went on a shooting rampage that left six people dead and 13 injured Friday night in Isla Vista, a college town near Santa Barbara.
Officials brought out one blue box after searching the home of Lichin Rodger, who goes by the name Chin Rodger, for more than an hour but declined to comment on its contents. Continue reading “Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Department, ATF search homes of suspect Elliot Rodger’s parents”
Parents of a second-grader in Colorado Springs, Colorado, are outraged after their son was questioned by school officials for completing a class assignment in which he said he had seen the figure of a gun in the clouds.
Kody Smith, a student at Talbott Elementary in the Widefield School District, went outside last week with his classmates after being asked to describe figures in the clouds. The students were told to use their imaginations. Continue reading “Boy sees ‘gun’ in cloud, school goes ballistic”
The Department of Veterans Affairs says it will let more veterans obtain health care at private hospitals, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki announced Saturday.
Shinseki, who faces calls to resign amid reports of lengthy waiting lists and preventable deaths in the VA’s healthcare system, said the agency is “increasing the care we acquire in the community through non-VA care,” according to the Associated Press. Continue reading “VA turns to private hospitals for help”
Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal said on “Face the Nation” Sunday that this weekend’s shooting rampage in California should prompt lawmakers to reconsider legislation that would help provide more resources for the mentally ill and prevent them from buying guns.
“We need more resources to make the country healthier and to make sure that these kinds of horrific, insane, mad occurrences are stopped. And the Congress will be complicit if we fail to act,” said Blumenthal. Continue reading “Senator: California shooting should prompt fresh look at gun laws”
New York Daily News – by Doyle Murphy
The deranged 22-year-old behind a Santa Barbara killing spree fantasized about a global takeover, a friend says.
After watching the movie “Chronicle” with a group of friends, Elliot Rodger announced he wanted to “dominate the world,” friend Andi Chan told ABC News.
“We all thought he was insane, but we were used to it,” Chan said in the interview. “Maybe in his mind he really wanted to do that.” Continue reading “Friend: Santa Barbara killer Elliot Rodger wanted to ‘dominate the world’”
Yesterday we showed how Russia and China hold “massive” naval drills in the northern part of the East China Sea (close enough to Japan for us to footnote “ahem Japan and Taiwan”), which in addition to a clear signal to the US (on part of Russia), was sending just as clear a message to Japan (on the part of China). Sure enough, overnight Japan was not too happy with this massive show of force by the two biggest and closest foes near its disputed territory. As a result it dispatched an OP-3C surveillance plane and a YS-11EB electronic intelligence aircraft. China promptly retaliated and as Reuters reports, it scrambled a Su-27, fully-armed with missiles, which came as close as 50 meters of the Japanese fighters – the closest Chinese warplanes had come to aircraft of Japan’s Self-Defense Force according to Japan – in what can only be described as “please take the first punch.” Continue reading “China Scrambles Fighter Jet, Flies Within 50 Meters Of Japanese Airplanes”
NC Renegade – by dagny
NBC News
Daily Mail – by Matt Chorley
Jon Rappoport
OpEd News – by Rob Kall
AOL – by Caroline Moss
WND – by Jim Fletcher
The Hill – by Keith Laing
CBS News – by REBECCA KAPLAN
Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden