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The French foreign minister says Iran and six world powers have reached a first stage agreement on curbing Tehran’s nuclear program in return for sanctions relief.

Laurent Fabius made the announcement without further details early Sunday in Geneva, in a fifth day of talks.

In Twitter postings, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European spokesman Michael Mann both said that agreement was reached on preliminary steps to curb Iran’s nuclear program and ease economic sanctions.   Continue reading “Diplomats: Iran, Six Powers Reach Nuclear Deal”

Linda TiradoKillerMartinis – by Linda Tirado

There’s no way to structure this coherently. They are random observations that might help explain the mental processes. But often, I think that we look at the academic problems of poverty and have no idea of the why. We know the what and the how, and we can see systemic problems, but it’s rare to have a poor person actually explain it on their own behalf. So this is me doing that, sort of.   Continue reading “Why I Make Terrible Decisions, or, poverty thoughts”

National Review – by Andrew C. McCarthy

Fraud can be so brazen it takes people’s breath away. But for a prosecutor tasked with proving a swindle — or what federal law describes as a “scheme to defraud” — the crucial thing is not so much the fraud. It is the scheme.

To be sure, it is the fraud — the individual false statements, sneaky omissions, and deceptive practices — that grabs our attention. As I’ve recounted in this space, President Obama repeatedly and emphatically vowed, “If you like your health-insurance plan, you can keep your health-insurance plan, period.” The incontrovertible record — disclosures by the Obama administration in the Federal Register, representations by the Obama Justice Department in federal court — proves that Obama’s promises were systematically deceitful. Continue reading “The Scheme behind the Obamacare Fraud”

Tech Crunch – by Darrell Etherington

Sleeper agents are among the most sinister spy assets: they lie in wait, wolves in sheep’s clothing, and then deliver a critical blow when activated. The NSA has 50,000 of those waiting for the literal push of a button, according to the latest batch of leaked Snowden documents, as seen by Dutch daily evening newspaper NRC. But these aren’t people, like Keri Russel and Matthew Rhys in The Americans – these are computers, infected with malware and untroubled by conscience or the risk of going native.   Continue reading “NSA Has 50,000 ‘Digital Sleeper Agents’ Via Computer Malware, Says Latest Snowden Leak”

NYC PAPERS OUT. Social media use restricted to low res file max 184 x 128 pixels and 72 dpiNew York Daily News – by ROCCO PARASCANDOLA AND THOMAS TRACY

A 24-year-old Jewish man was pummeled in Borough Park on Friday and cops are trying to figure out if it was a hate crime, another vile example of the “knockout game” — or both.

Police charged Amrit Marajh, 28, with punching Shmuel Perl around 2:45 a.m. on 18th Ave.   Continue reading “Suspect in Brooklyn man’s beating charged with assault as a hate crime, cops investigate whether attack part of brutal ‘beatdown’ game”

B4INREMOTE-aHR0cDovLzIuYnAuYmxvZ3Nwb3QuY29tLy1qR2JHSkFDUW1WVS9VcEZFdU94WTBNSS9BQUFBQUFBQWJXTS81dHVCVVJVRGhBWS9zMTYwMC9pbWFnZXMuanBnOpposing Views – by Andy Kossak

Is it possible for a politician who admitted to smoking crack cocaine and was reportedly heard threatening to kill someone to be more liked than the President of the United States? According to the latest polls and surveys, the answer is yes.

Based on the latest poll done by Forum Research, Rob Ford, the foul-mouthed, irascible Toronto mayor continues to enjoy a 42 percent job performance rating, while a CBS poll released this week had President Barack Obama’s approval rating at an all-time low of just 37 percent.   Continue reading “President Obama Is Less Popular Than Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, Polling Shows”

Scientific American – by Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News

Only about half of the prescription drugs and other newly emerging contaminants in sewage are removed by treatment plants.

That’s the finding of a new report by the International Joint Commission, a consortium of officials from the United States and Canada who study the Great Lakes.   Continue reading “Only Half of Drugs Removed by Sewage Treatment”

crossSHTF Plan – by Mac Slavo

As tens of millions stand to lose their health insurance benefits over the coming months, mainstream establishment mouthpiece CNN has been investigating why there are so many poor and under-insured Americans.

In an investigative report titled The Obamacare ‘scandal’ you haven’t heard about CNN journalist John Blake thinks he’s figured it out.

It’s not that the government has created an air of learned helplessness, or shipped jobs to foreign countries through restrictive legislation and taxes, or that Americans have seen their purchasing power decrease exponentially making it impossible for them to meet their basic needs.   Continue reading “CNN: If You’re Christian, It’s Your Fault That People Don’t Have Health Insurance”

Before It’s News – by Susan Duclos

On Thursday I wrote about Ernie Wayne Tertelgte, who insisted in court that the law had no right to try or arrest him for fishing without a license because he belongs under natural and universal law where he is entitled to feed himself and fend for himself.

The comments and support for Ernie has been overwhelmingly in his favor, people called the courts, the papers, even some saying this man should be up for president because he “gets it.”   Continue reading “UPDATE – Arrested For Feeding Himself Man Found Guilty!”

Powerful storm system blasts US West; 8 killedSF Gate – by SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A powerful storm system that has caused hundreds of accidents across the Western U.S. has marched eastward with predictions of widespread snow, freezing temperatures and gusty winds.

The fierce weather has caused at least eight deaths and prompted advisories Saturday afternoon in New Mexico and Texas.   Continue reading “Powerful storm system blasts US West; 8 killed”

Federal agents raid a home in New Boston, Texas in connection with the investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to Mayor Michael Bloomberg and President Obama on May 31, 2013. (credit: CBS 2)CBS New York

TEXARKANA, Texas (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Texas woman reportedly has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors on charges that she sent ricin-tainted letters to President Barack Obama and Mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Shannon Guess Richardson, 35, was charged in June with two counts of mailing a threatening communication and one count of making a threat against the president of the United States, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas said in a news release at the time.   Continue reading “Report: Plea Deal For Texas Woman Accused Of Sending Ricin-Tainted Letters”