Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die

Several huge explosions have struck a Turkey town on the border of Syria. Initial reports have said that at least 18 and possibly more than 30 people have been killed as a result of the latest carnage to strike the Middle East.

Several explosions shook a Turkish town on Saturday near the border with Syria where mortar fire has in the past spilled over from the Syrian civil war, a local official said.   Continue reading “Huge Explosions Hit Turkey – Video Report From Border Of #Syria”

CNet- by Declan McCullagh

Apple receives so many police demands to decrypt seized iPhones that it has created a “waiting list” to handle the deluge of requests, CNET has learned.

Court documents show that federal agents were so stymied by the encrypted iPhone 4S of a Kentucky man accused of distributing crack cocaine that they turned to Apple for decryption help last year.   Continue reading “Apple deluged by police demands to decrypt iPhones”

childrenNatural News – by Michael A. Bedar, MA

A conscious parent may be described as one who would like to raise a child who is fully alive to their choices to live free, intelligent, healthy lives, in tune with themselves and connected to nature.

Compare that conscious parental aspiration to these proven facts about behavior in youth in relation to using and viewing media:   Continue reading “Are children being zombified?”

AFP Photo / Jonathan AlcornRT News

A California father of four died Wednesday shortly after a group of police allegedly beat him with batons as he lay defenseless on the sidewalk. Cops, before confiscating witness’ cameras, also reportedly unleashed a canine unit on him.

David Sal Silva, 33, allegedly resisted when police approached him to ask if he was who neighbors called about to complain of an intoxicated man in the area. The officers called for backup and, witnesses told the Bakersfield Californian, Silva was soon being beaten in the face and upper body by as many as nine policemen and their batons. At least one of the cops reportedly held a German Shepherd on a leash nearby.   Continue reading “California dad ‘begged for his life’ as police beat him to death – witnesses”

Breitbart – by Tony Lee

On Friday, the IRS apologized for singling out conservative groups, especially organizations that had “Tea Party” or “Patriot” in their names, for additional reviews during the 2012 election.

According to the Associated Press, Lois Lerner, who “heads the IRS unit that overseas tax-exempt groups,” said such groups were targeted and scrutinized excessively to see if they were in violation of their tax-exempt status.   Continue reading “IRS Apologizes for Targeting Tea Party Groups in 2012”

Bahraini riot police try to disperse anti-regime protestors in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama, on May 10, 2013.Press TV

Bahraini riot police try to disperse anti-regime protestors in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama, on May 10, 2013.

Bahraini regime forces lay siege to Bani Jamra village, west of the capital Manama, amid the continuing crackdown on anti-regime protests in the county, Press TV reports.   Continue reading “Bahraini forces lay siege to village”

(Image credit: KN6KS/Flickr)End the Lie – by Madison Rupert

According to a new report, the United States government is now in fact the single largest buyer of malware in the world thanks to the shift to “offensive” cybersecurity and is leaving us all vulnerable in the process.

Speaking of the government’s new focus on offensive cybersecurity, former White House cybersecurity advisors Howard Schmidt and Richard Clarke both told Reuters that the government is putting so much emphasis on offensive measures that it ultimately leaves people in the U.S. at risk.   Continue reading “Report: US government now buys more malware than anyone else in the world”

The Vatic Project

Pretty soon we won’t know who to trust,  but then,  is that the point? Is firefox causing the spies such problems that they are putting this out to chase us all back to microsoft?   I don’t know, but we are warned and can watch for such indicators that will tell us one way or the other.  Don’t act until confirmed.   Continue reading “Mozilla to FinSpy: stop disguising your “lawful interception” spyware as Firefox”

Before It’s News – by Tom Dennen, the Paranoid Historian

Einstein, when asked “what is the most powerful force in the Universe?” is reputed to have answered, “Compound Interest.”

Today’s mantras, “Everybody’s Lying to You” and “It’s all About Control “ and ”There is a Global Conspiracy” are quite true, but not instigated by ‘Conspiracy Theorists’ on The Internet, no, they were clearly identified by several of the last century’s greatest Statesmen, again and again, into the silence of history ‘written by the winners’.   Continue reading “Let’s Get This ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Crap Cleared Up Once And For All – Roosevelt, Churchill and JF Kennedy Were Not Bullsh*tting!”

Tech Dirt – by Tim Cushing

When NYPD Chief Ray Kelly said “privacy was off the table” following the Boston bombing, we all knew this was a one-way “exchange.” It was always going to be average citizens losing out on their privacy. The NYPD would remain unaffected and continue to operate the way it has for years: behind the thin thick blue line of opacity.

Salon’s CJ Ciaramella takes a detailed look at the NYPD’s track record on Freedom of Information requests. The results are unsurprising. The public entities that demand the most from their constituents are often the most reluctant to give anything back.    Continue reading “NYPD Chief Ray Kelly And Mayor Bloomberg Still Think Privacy Is A Good Thing — Just Not YOUR Privacy”

NORML Allen St PierreBusiness Insider -by Walter Hickey

With marijuana legal or medically available in 16 states, a new industry is rising to capitalize on the new commodity.

Interestingly, many of the entrepreneurs in the cannabis industry are finding a way to run their business without even touching the drug, which remains federally illegal.   Continue reading “Meet The Guys Who Want To Do For Marijuana What Michael Bloomberg Did For Finance”

Huffington Post – by David Moye

Police in Port Angeles, Wash., have arrested a man accused of stealing a bulldozer and using it to destroy two homes and power lines.

“A person with a piece of heavy equipment that was very upset, struck two homes in the area and also a truck,” Jim Borte with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Department told KOMO-TV.   Continue reading “Man In Stolen Bulldozer Destroys 2 Homes, Power Lines In Port Angeles, Wa.”

Nicotine Peppers ParkinsonsHuffington Post – by Amanda L. Chan

Eating peppers, tomatoes and other vegetables from the Solanaceae plant familymight help to lower your risk of Parkinson’s disease, a new study suggests.

Published in the journal Annals of Neurology, researchers from the University of Washington found that the higher the consumption of vegetables in this plant family — especially peppers — the lower the risk of Parkinson’s disease. They noted that a possible reason for this is the nicotine that is naturally present in this plant family; nicotine and tobacco smoking has been shown in past research to be associated with decreased risk of Parkinson’s disease.   Continue reading “Nicotine In Peppers, Other Plants Linked With Lower Parkinson’s Risk: Study”

This is not about alarmism …but about common sense. Only God knows what’s in our future and we only know what He’s revealed to us in His word. What we learn about our surroundings will help us to become better prepared, for whatever comes our way.

Facing the facts, and not ignoring them, is being a REALIST, which is a much better term than being a prepper or survivalist. The video below is designed to make people think. The events occurring now are warning signs of things to come in the days a head.

We know this much, for God’s word tells us this. (Luke 21. 5-38) Whatever happens, may or may not happen this year, or even at all, in our lifetime. But the question remains. What would you do, if and when it does?   Continue reading “Being a Realist”

karl-rove-tampa-580.jpgThe New Yorker – by ANDY BOROWITZ  [Satire]

LAS VEGAS (The Borowitz Report)—News that Karl Rove’s PAC, American Crossroads, has bought ads attacking Hillary Clinton has sent the Democrat’s stock soaring in Las Vegas, where oddsmakers now say she is virtually guaranteed to be the next President of the United States.

“People were bullish on Hillary before this,” said Tracy Klugian, a leading Las Vegas oddsmaker for over forty years. “But the Rove thing makes it a lock.”   Continue reading “Vegas: Rove Attack Ads Seal Victory for Hillary”

Cody Wilson tests Liberator 3D printed gunTech News Daily – by Lisa L. Kirchner

With the announcement this week that a handgun made from a 3D printer fired successfully, 3D manufacturers may soon find themselves in a gray area when it comes to liability. From the looks of it, these companies aren’t ready for the new wave of customers and responsibility this might bring.

According to the BBC, designs for the Liberator plastic pistol have been downloaded more than 100,000 times already — before the U.S. government ordered that the designs be taken down for fear they may violate arms-exporting laws.    Continue reading “Who’s Liable for Crimes Committed With 3D-Printed Guns?”