Breitbart – by MARTHA MENDOZA, AP

From Silicon Valley to the South Pacific, counterattacks to revelations of widespread National Security Agency surveillance are taking shape, from a surge of new encrypted email programs to technology that sprinkles the Internet with red flag terms to confuse would-be snoops.

Policy makers, privacy advocates and political leaders around the world have been outraged at the near weekly disclosures from former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden that expose sweeping U.S. government surveillance programs.   Continue reading “Growing Backlash to Government Surveillance”

FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2005 file photo, trays of printed social security checks wait to be mailed from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Management services facility in Philadelphia. For the second straight year, millions of Social Security recipients can expect an historically small increase in benefits come January 2014. (AP Photo/Bradley C. Bower, File)Yahoo News – by STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the second straight year, millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal retirees can expect historically small increases in their benefits come January.

Preliminary figures suggest a benefit increase of roughly 1.5 percent, which would be among the smallest since automatic increases were adopted in 1975, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.   Continue reading “Social Security raise to be among lowest in years”

souza13.jpgRed Flag News -by Michael Connelly

Resolution Impeaching Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Resolved, That Barack Hussein Obama, President of the United States, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate:   Continue reading “Formal Articles of Impeachment of Obama Prepared for the Congress of the United States”

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Remember this next time the corporate media are trying to sell the next war…

Before the White House’s Syrian War flop, networks like CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Bloomberg TV wheeled out at least 22 different men who they claimed were “pundits” and “commentators”, but in actuality were merely bomb and missile salesmen – who held director, board and shareholding positions with military giants like Raytheon, DC Capital Partners and BAE Systems.   Continue reading “At Least 22 Defense Industry Stakeholders Used as ‘Pundits’ by US Media to Sell Syria War”

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More DC Truckers along with many other vehicles have continued to pour into the nation’s capital today, as day three of Ride for the Constitution commences.

Convoy spokesman, Ernest “General” Lee (photo, left) was busy Saturday coordinating new incoming convoys.

From early Sunday morning, Lee reported that the vehicles on the roads have been building. Lee stated, “We got flags flying, horns honking, rigs, trucks and other vehicles stretching 10 miles along interstate 495 in Maryland. I cannot see an end to it, everyone has their flashers on”.   Continue reading “Day 3: Negative US Media Coverage Fails to Stop Constitutional Truckers and Veterans Moving Into DC”

World Events and the Bible

WEB Notes: Yesterday we covered the firing of these generals and today in a video. It does not take a rocket scientist to figure out these generals are being purged from the system and it is not because of their “crimes.” Understanding that two of the generals were in control of nuclear weapons is extremely alarming. What is it that they were told to do that they failed to go along with…

(Examiner) – On Monday, Dr. Jim Garrow, a renowned author and humanitarian who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, sparked a firestorm of controversy when he wrote on Facebook that President Obama wants military leaders who will fire on U.S. citizens. In an exclusive interview with Examiner.com, Dr. Garrow said the man who told him this is a military hero who is known by everybody in the country.   Continue reading “Renowned Author: Obama Wants Military Leaders Who Will Fire on U.S. Citizens”

Truckers-Ride-For-TheConstitutionFreedom Outpost – by Suzanne Hamner, October 12, 2013

Day two of the Truckers Ride for the Constitution is underway. The latest information is the trucks made it into downtown Washington DC. Forty-eight bobtails with over 100 support vehicles broke from the convoy and went into the heart of the city to stage a protest. Hampered by rain, intervention from law enforcement and confusing reports from rogue truckers stymied turn out but the patriot truckers are there being cheered on by locals. The truckers have pledged to fully support the veterans.   Continue reading “Ride for the Constitution: Day 2 – Trucks Invade Downtown DC”

Chrysler plans $US1.2b Mexico expansionManufacturing.net

DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler Group says it’s investing more than $1.2 billion in two Mexican plants to build commercial vans and engines.

Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne confirmed the amount Thursday at the dedication of Chrysler’s new Van Assembly Plant in Saltillo.   Continue reading “Chrysler Spends $1.2B To Expand In Mexico”

(Photo Courtesy of Diana Repack)CBS Pittsburgh – by Christine D’Antonio

MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Two people were injured in a Moon Township house explosion Saturday evening.

According to officials at the scene, the explosion happened in the 1600-block of Charlton Heights Road around 6:30 p.m.

“It sounded like an airplane went down. I just heard this huge explosion and I came up and all I saw was the flames and the house is just completely gone,” David Plitt said.   Continue reading “2 Injured In Moon Twp. House Explosion”

FILE - In this May 14, 2013, Rosy Solis, left, and Nicole Denis help fill medical marijuana prescriptions at the Venice Beach Care Center medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer says his office is in the process of shuttering 38 pot shops that do not comply with a recently approved municipal ballot measure. It is not known if the Venice Beach Care Center will be affected. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)Yahoo News

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of medical marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles have closed, and the city attorney says more will be shutting their doors soon, following a voter-approved crackdown.

Thirty-eight pot shops that do not comply with a municipal ballot measure approved earlier this year are in the process of being shuttered, City Attorney Mike Feuer said. Another 42 shops have decided on their own to close since July, when the new law took effect, he said.   Continue reading “LA cracking down on pot dispensaries under new law”

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An internal memo from the union that represents pilots for US Airways claims there have been “several cases recently” throughout the airline industry of what the union believes are “dry-runs” for potential attacks with or on an aircraft.

The memo – released sometime just before September 11, 2013 – from the US Airline Pilots Association states “there have been several cases recently throughout the (airline) industry of what appear to be probes, or dry-runs, to test our procedures and reaction to an in-flight threat.”    Continue reading “Internal pilot-union memo claims terrorism ‘dry-runs’ happening on US flights”

This photo provided by the military lawyer of Guantanamo Bay detainee Tarek El-Sawah, U.S. Army Lt. Col. Deirdre G. Brou, shows El-Sawah in an undated family photo. El-Sawah is in terrible shape after 11 years as a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, a fact even the U.S. military does not dispute. During his time in captivity, the weight of the 55-year-old Egyptian has nearly doubled, reaching more than 420 pounds at one point, and his health has deteriorated as a result, both his lawyers and government officials concede. (AP Photo)Knoxville News Sentinel – by Ben Fox

MIAMI (AP) — Tarek El-Sawah is in terrible shape after 11 years as a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, a fact even the U.S. military does not dispute.

During his time in captivity, the weight of the 55-year-old Egyptian has nearly doubled, reaching more than 420 pounds at one point, and his health has deteriorated as a result, both his lawyers and government officials concede.   Continue reading “Some at Guantanamo jail too sick to keep locked up”