AlterNet – by Rebecca Leber

Twenty-six members of Congress will live off of a food stamp budget this week to draw attention to House Republicans cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The program’s eligibility requirements already leave out  50 million food insecure households, but another 2 million Americans would lose access to food stamps in the proposed changes for the Farm Bill.

The SNAP challenge means that Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) and 25 participating members must try to live off of under $4.50 per day for food and drink.   Continue reading “26 Members of Congress to Live Off Food Stamp Budget to Protest Cuts”

Public Intelligence

Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Urban Shield 2013

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•Urban Shield is a continuous, 48-hour Full Scale Multi-Disciplinary Homeland Security/Disaster Preparedness Exercise hosted by the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office, with the support of the Bay Area Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI), and more than 150 local, state, federal, international and private sector partners.   Continue reading “San Francisco Bay Area Urban Shield 2013 Overview Presentation”

A Free Syrian Army fighter wearing a gas mask, carries his weapons as he walks past a damaged tank, after seizing a government military camp used by forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, near IdlibTime – by Karl Vick

52 days after an Israeli general publicly declared that Syria has used chemical weapons against rebels, the Obama administration reached the same conclusion, and used the finding to justify announcing it would send small arms to the side of the victims. “I will not say ‘We told you so,’ only, okay, the proof is there, so there’s no more question about it,” says Israeli foreign ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor, taking with a smile the easy part of the equation now laid before Israel. As for the hard part: “Now, what should be done? It’s not for Israel to say, because the international involvement in this should not include Israel. Israel follows very closely developments there. It’s very concerned about activity on its borders. But we’re not aspiring to be involved in any action about what’s happening in Syria.”  Continue reading “The Syrian War: Israel and U.S. Coordinating How to Target Assad’s Arsenal”

Live Leak

Chemical weapons experts voiced skepticism Friday about U.S. claims that the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad had used the nerve agent sarin against rebels on at least four occasions this spring, saying that while the use of such a weapons is always possible, they’ve yet to see the telltale signs of a sarin gas attack, despite months of scrutiny.   Continue reading “Chemical Weapons Experts Doubt US Claims that Syria Used Sarin”

World Events and the Bible

The State of the Union is not well, as a matter of fact it is extremely ill. Let us analyze this fact. The population of the United States currently stands at about 315,000,000 souls. If we check in with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics we find 11,760,000 people are officially unemployed. Additionally, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics states there are89,705,000 working age Americans that are “not in the labor force”. This adds up to 101,465,000 working age Americans that do not have a job.
Continue reading “The State of the Union and the Coming Financial Collapse”

World Events and the Bible

U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel is preparing to meet with his Israeli counterpart Moshe Ya’alon, a multi-day meeting at the Pentagon which is expected to focus almost exclusively on Syria and the prospects of Israel attacking them more.

After repeated Israeli attacks, Ya’alon is expected to emphasize a recent assessment by Israeli Air Force Chief Amir Eshel, who declared that Israeli is within “10 minutes” of a full-scale war with Syria. Continue reading “Middle East Update: Israel Within 10 Minutes of War With Syria, Russia Not Convinced By U.S. Chemical Weapons Claim, Assad Prepares Offensive, Oil Prices Climb”

Jon Rappoport

Well, they’ve solved the riddle. Ed Snowden was able to steal thousands of highly protected NSA documents because…he had a thumb drive.

This is the weapon that breached the inner sanctum of the most sophisticated information agency in the world.   Continue reading “Ed Snowden’s magic thumb drive and other NSA fantasies”

Washington’s Blog – by Carl Herman

Pulitzer Prize editorial cartoonist Mark Fiore’s two-minute video, has Snuggly the Security Bear calm your fears about NSA spying of all Americans’ communications’ metadata.

Reuters has an interesting article alleging sources with details of Edward Snowden’s online comments going back to 2001. Wait, does that mean government spying on Americans goes back at least that far???   Continue reading “2-minute video: Snuggly the Security Bear explains NSA metadata spying”

Washington Post – by Greg Miller and Joby Warrick

The CIA is preparing to deliver arms to rebel groups in Syria through clandestine bases in Turkey and Jordan that were expanded over the past year in an effort to establish reliable supply routes into the country for nonlethal material, U.S. officials said.

The bases are expected to begin conveying limited shipments of weapons and ammunition within weeks, officials said, serving as critical nodes for an escalation of U.S. involvement in a civil war that has lately seen a shift in momentum toward the forces of President Bashar al-Assad.   Continue reading “CIA preparing to deliver rebels arms through Turkey and Jordan”

navada mayor SandovalBizPac Review – by Cheryl Carpenter Klimek

Last week, the Nevada legislature passed a radical gun bill which the governor pledged to veto. In spite of interference and threats from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Mayors Against Illegal Guns group, Gov. Brian Sandoval vetoed the bill as promised.

The main sticking point was that private citizens in Nevada selling firearms to each other would have to run background checks.   Continue reading “NV governor snubs NYC mayor’s threats, vetoes anti-gun bill”

John ZawahriHuffington Post – by TAMI ABDOLLAH

LOS ANGELES — John Zawahri left a farewell note in which he expressed remorse for killing his father and brother but left no explanation for the rampage that left them and three others dead in Santa Monica, police said Thursday.

The three- to four-page handwritten note was found on Zawahri’s body after he was shot and killed June 7 by officers on the campus of Santa Monica College, Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said at a news conference.   Continue reading “John Zawahri, Santa Monica Gunman, Penned Apology Note, Police Say”

Steve Quayle Alerts

Earlier today, a report was posted that Doug Hagmann, host of The Hagmann & Hagmann Report was involved in an altercation with armed authorities while driving on a city street early this morning. As reported, he suddenly and inexplicably found himself surrounded by police SUV vehicles and a cadre of police officers treating him as if he was a terrorist threat.     Continue reading “Hagmann unhurt after law enforcement incident”

Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) is pictured. | AP PhotoPolitico – by ANNA PALMER and JAKE SHERMAN

Dozens of lawmakers and aides are so afraid that their health insurance premiums will skyrocket next year thanks to Obamacare that they are thinking about retiring early or just quitting.

The fear: Government-subsidized premiums will disappear at the end of the year under a provision in the health care law that nudges aides and lawmakers onto the government health care exchanges, which could make their benefits exorbitantly expensive.   Continue reading “Obamacare? We were just leaving …”

Mr. Conservative – by Warner Todd Huston

Jose Manuel Martinez claims to have been a hired gun for a Mexican drug cartel and recently confessed to having killed 30 Americans across the United States over the last 20 years.

The alleged killer was apprehended trying to cross the border into Mexico in Arizona and was extradited to Alabama where he faces charges.   Continue reading “Hitman Admits To Killing 30 Americans, Paid For By Drug Cartels”

Electronic Frontier Foundation – by Dave Maas

The California legislature is considering suspending important provisions of the state’s public records act, giving local agencies the authority to unilaterally ignore procedures designed to ensure government transparency.

Senate Bill 71, which could come up for a vote Saturday, would allow government bodies on the local level—such as cities, counties, sheriff’s departments and education systems—to choose whether or not to follow certain requirements under the California Public Records Act. These provisions would be downgraded from law to mere “best practices.”  Gone would be the deadlines for determining whether records are disclosable and notifying the member of the public who requested the records. Gone would be the requirement that agencies assist members of the public in identifying which records would answer their questions. Gone would be the mandate that agencies turn over documents in an electronic format if the records have already been digitized.   Continue reading “Transparency in California Should Not Be Optional”

Northeast Intelligence Network – by Doug Hagmann

The question hit me like a lightning bolt as I looked in the mirror upon awaking this morning. Am I a traitor to my country, to my fellow citizens of the United States of America? Have I abandoned all sound reason and logic and lost my moral compass? Have I somehow sold out my ideals and thereby my family, friends and fellow reporters?  Apparently someone in this administration must believe I am a traitor and lost my way, for I am the target of active telephone monitoring by the National Security Agency (NSA), a branch of the Department of Defense and an agency tasked with monitoring foreign intelligence and communications.   Continue reading “Am I a traitor?”