AFP Photo/Armin Weigel/Germany OutRT News

Berlin has suspended the purchase of armed drones on the grounds that it “categorically rejects illegal killings.” This follows a report by Amnesty International that accused Merkel’s government of aiding the US with drone strikes in Pakistan.

A draft agreement between the Social Democrats and the Conservatives obtained by Der Spiegel condemns the use of drones for targeted attacks.    Continue reading “‘We reject illegal killings’: Germany suspends drone purchase”

Spent nuclear fuel rods are seen at the nuclear reactor 4 building at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (Tepco) Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. (AFP Photo / Kimimasa Mayama / Pool) RT News

Three of the spent fuel assemblies that will be pulled from the Fukushima nuclear plant during a year-long operation were damaged before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami crippled the Japanese facility.

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), which operates the plant, said the damaged assemblies – 4.5 meter high racks with 50 to 70 rods of highly irradiated used fuel – won’t be lifted from the plant’s Reactor No. 4 when a large steel chamber, or cask, is employed to move over 1,500 assemblies to safe storage, Reuters reports.    Continue reading “Some Fukushima fuel rods were damaged before 2011 catastrophe”

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China has issued a detailed reform roadmap, which promises to abolish the controversial labor camp system and allow some families to have two children instead of one. The reforms are part of a plan to stimulate the decelerating Chinese economy.

Several key decisions were made at this week’s gathering of top Chinese Communist Party leaders, known as the Third Plenum, the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday.   Continue reading “Sweeping reforms: China to abolish labor camps, ease one-child policy”

Jeremy Hammond (Photo from freejeremy.net)RT News

Internet activist Jeremy Hammond who pleaded guilty to hacking servers of the private intelligence company Statfor and leaking its information to anti-secrecy site, WikiLeaks, was sentenced to ten years in jail on Friday, November 15.

The release of internal emails belonging to Strategic Forecasting Inc. or Stratfor, has become one of the most successful operations ever conducted by the hacktivist group, Anonymous, which Hammond admitted to being part of. A trove of emails attributed to Stratfor executives suggested that the private company, which employs many former officials from the CIA and other government agencies, kept close ties with the security apparatus.    Continue reading “Stratfor hacker Jeremy Hammond sentenced to ten years in jail”

Prevent Disease – by DAVE MIHALOVIC

The Office of the Gene Technology Regulator (OGTR) is on its way to approve a licence application from PaxVax Australia (PaxVax) for the intentional release of a GMO vaccine consisting of live bacteria into the environment in Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.

According to the regulator, it qualifies as a limited and controlled release under section 50A of the Gene Technology Act 2000 (the Act).   Continue reading “Australia Determined To Forcibly Vaccinate By Intentional and Controlled Release of Aerosolized GMO Vaccine”

MassPrivateI

Telesign is one of those companies that you’ve probably never heard of but that provides services you likely use on a regular basis, especially if you have two-factor authentication set up for any of your online accounts. Based out of L.A.’s “Silicon Beach,” Telesign helps companies verify that a mobile number belongs to a user (sending those oh-so-familiar “verify that you received this code” texts) and takes care of the mobile part of two-factor authenticating or password changes. Among their over 300 clients are nine of the ten largest websites in the U.S., says Telesign’s CEO Steve Jillings, though he’s shy about naming them (at least on the record). He says that fraudulent and fake accounts are greatly reduced for customers who require a mobile number be attached to an account.   Continue reading “Your cell phone number could be blocked if you receive a low ‘Phone-ID Score’”

One less career criminal.

Kansas City Star – by CHRISTINE VENDEL

A woman in her late 60s told Kansas City police she shot and killed an intruder who sexually assaulted her early Thursday.

Officers responding to the shooting call about 1:30 a.m. in the 1800 block of East 68th Street found a man’s body in the home. Police later identified him as Paul J. Williams, 24, of Kansas City.   Continue reading “Man killed by homeowner after alleged sexual assault identified”

If they had been into banking, they could of stole money without fear of prosecution.

KMOV

FARMINGTON, Mo. — An eastern Missouri brother and sister have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for growing marijuana in their apartment.

The Daily Journal newspaper in Park Hills, Mo. reports that 24-year-old David DePriest was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison, and his 36-year-old sister, Natalie DePriest, received a 15-year sentence. Both lived in Farmington at the time of their arrest.   Continue reading “Siblings get long sentences for marijuana”

The New Boston Tea Party – by Dennis Prager

I have been broadcasting for 31 years and writing for longer than that. I do not recall ever saying on radio or in print that a president is doing lasting damage to our country. I did not like the presidencies of Jimmy Carter (the last Democrat I voted for) or Bill Clinton. Nor did I care for the “compassionate conservatism” of George W. Bush. In modern political parlance “compassionate” is a euphemism for ever-expanding government.

But I have never written or broadcast that our country was being seriously damaged by a president. So it is with great sadness that I write that President Barack Obama has done and continues to do major damage to America. The only question is whether this can ever be undone.   Continue reading “Time for the Impeachment Hearings to Begin”

Difference Between A Republic And A DemocracyMilitia News

The Constitution sets up the United States as a republic, not a democracy.

The key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on government by the law, which has implications on minority rights. Both forms of government tend to use a representational system where citizens vote to elect politicians to represent their interests and form the government. However, in a republic, a constitution or charter of rights protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it has been elected by a majority of voters. In a “pure” democracy, the majority is not restrained and can impose its will on the minority.   Continue reading “The Difference Between A Republic And A Democracy”

Treasonous Act By Barack ObamaMilitia News

The Communist People’s Republic of China was invited take part in a massive drill dubbed GridExII that took place on November 12-14, 2013. The drill simulated the detonation of a massive nuclear warhead high above the skies of the United States, creating a giant EMP—Electro Magnetic Pulse that took out the U.S. electrical grid, communications, banking services, and all computers, simulating a helpless America completely dependent on its all-wise government.

According to declassified (but heavily redacted) intelligence documents released in 2011, the Chinese were reportedly working on a “Super Electromagnet Pulse Bomb.”   Continue reading “Another Treasonous Act By Barack Obama”

Australia Rejects UN “Socialism Masquerading as Environmentalism”The New American – by Alex Newman

The new Australian government, elected by a landslide on a platform opposing carbon taxes and “global-warming” schemes as United Nations climate theories were imploding, delivered a blunt message to UN alarmists this week: No more “socialism masquerading as environmentalism.” With the new conservative-leaning cabinet taking a stand against UN machinations and radical domestic restrictions imposed under the previous Labor Party government, Australian authorities also publicly refused to sign up for any new contributions, taxes, or charges at this week’s embattled UN global-warming summit in Poland.    Continue reading “Australia Rejects UN “Socialism Masquerading as Environmentalism””

Video Rebel’s Blog

My litmus test for all politicians is this: Will you arrest the bankers? This one litmus test will unite all segments of society against Wall Street and the City of London in all aspects of the presently unrestrained evil they do.

Some are concerned about the theft of public funds by the bankers. On March 22, 2000 Susan Gaffney, the Housing and Urban Development Inspector General, testified before the House Governmental Affairs Committee detailing the 59.6 billion dollars that went missing from HUD during the previous two years. When asked if she did anything to recover the missing money she said ‘No.’  Continue reading “A Litmus Test: Will You Arrest The Bankers?”