Will return Jan. 4, 2016...Merry
Christmas & Happy New Year!!!
Wednesday
- December 23, 2015 - Today in History:
1783 - George Washington returned home to Mount Vernon, after the
disbanding of his army following the Revolutionary War.
1823 - The poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" by Clement C. Moore (" 'Twas
the night before Christmas...") was published.
1880 - Thomas Edison incorporated the Edison Electric Light Company of
Europe.
1888 - Following a quarrel with Paul Gauguin, Dutch painter Vincent Van
Gogh cut off part of his own earlobe.
1913 - The Federal Reserve Bill was signed into law by U.S. President
Woodrow Wilson. The act established 12 Federal Reserve Banks.
1941 - During World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered
to the Japanese.
1942 - Bob Hope agreed to entertain U.S. airmen in Alaska. It was the
first of the traditional Christmas shows.
1968 - The crew of the U.S. Navy ship, Pueblo, was released by North
Korea. The Captain of the Pueblo, Commander Lloyd M. Bucher, and 82 of
his crew were held for 11 months after the ship was seized by North
Korea because of suspected spying by the Americans.
1970 - The topping out ceremony for original One World Trade Center
(North Tower) took place. The South Tower's ceremony took place on July
19, 1971.
1987 - Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, serving a life sentence for the
attempted assassination of U.S. President Ford in 1975, escaped from the
Alderson Federal Prison for Women in West Virginia. She was recaptured
two days later.
1995 - The bodies of 16 members of the Solar Temple religious sect were
found in a clearing near Grenoble, France. 14 were presumed shot by two
people who then committed suicide.
1997 - Terry Nichols was convicted by a Denver jury on charges of
conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter in the 1995 federal building
bombing in Oklahoma City. The bomb killed 168 people.
2003 - The government announced the first suspected case of mad cow
disease in United States.
2003 - A jury in Chesapeake, Va., sentenced teen sniper Lee Boyd Malvo
to life in prison, sparing him the death penalty.
2004 - Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland pleaded guilty to a
corruption charge. (He served 10 months in prison.)
2009 - The parents who pulled the "balloon boy" hoax in hopes of landing
a reality TV show, were sentenced to jail by a judge in Fort Collins,
Colo.
Iraqi troops start attack to recapture Ramadi from ISIS
RT - The Iraqi Army has launched an attack to recapture the
center of Ramadi from Islamic State terrorists, a
counter-terrorism spokesman, Sabah Al-Numani has told Reuters.
The government forces lost control of the city in May.... Ramadi
is a key urban settlement in the country and is the capital of
the western Anbar province. On Monday, Islamic State (IS,
formerly ISIS, ISIL) militants were reported to prevent
civilians from leaving the city as they anticipated an attack.
Saudi strikes result in ‘disproportionate amount’ of destruction
in Yemen – UN human rights chief
RT - The Saudi-led bombing campaign in Yemen is to blame for a
disproportionate number of civilian deaths and the destruction
of infrastructure in the conflict, said the UN human rights
chief who urged the UN Security Council to step up ceasefire
efforts. Failure to act decisively does not only spell misery
for the millions of vulnerable people in Yemen today. It would
inevitably push the country into an irreversible process of
Balkanization, the consequences of which would lie outside of
anyone’s control,” High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad
Al Hussein told the 15-member body.
Source: Hundreds of ISIS Jihadists Already in Europe Preparing
Paris-Style Attacks
Paul Joseph Watson - Hundreds of ISIS jihadists have already
slipped into Europe and are preparing Paris-style attacks, with
hundreds more on the way, according to a source that spoke to
Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet. “The first wave is said to
already have travelled to Europe. The second wave is still with
the terror group in Syria – after having received training in a
militant camp between Sinjar and Mosul in Iraq. The Norwegian
Police Security Service (PST) confirms to Dagbladet that they
are familiar with the information,” reports Dagbladet, Norway’s
second largest newspaper. The source, whose information has
previously been proven accurate, told the newspaper that 300
jihadists were trained to carry out massacres in Europe. 28 lost
their lives in Syria but 272 made it into Europe and have been
“instructed to lay low.”
EU People Smugglers Likely Earned at Least $1 Billion in 2015
Economic Policy Journal - More than 1 million refugees and
migrants came to the European Union this year, while almost
3,700 died or went missing in perilous journeys which reaped
huge profit for smugglers, the International Organization for
Migration says. People smuggling operations probably accounted
for the majority of journeys and likely earned at least $1
billion, OM chief William Lacy Swing told Reuters, taking
"anywhere from $2,000 to maybe $6,000 depending on how many
members of the family and depending on which smuggling ring it
is".
"Canadians Should Be Concerned" As Energy Sector Job Losses
Spike To 100,000 This Year
Zero Hedge - It's grim up north... and getting grimmer. Amid
soaring suicide rates, Canada's once-booming oil patch is
rapidly accelerating its downward trajectory. "Canadians should
be concerned in times like these," warned Tim McMillan,
president and chief executive of the Canadian Association of
Petroleum Producers, noting that the oil and gas sector will see
100,000 job losses by the end of this year. Apart from the
protracted price declines, Alberta’s oil and gas sector has also
had to contend with a 20 per cent hike in corporate taxes,
increased provincial royalties, a carbon tax and new regulatory
policies to limit rein in carbon emissions... and now a new
competitor from US exports.
‘Almost too late’ to halt spread of antibiotic resistant
bacteria found in pigs – scientists
RT - It is “almost too late” to stop an antibiotic resistant
bacteria gene found in pigs and humans creating a global
superbug crisis, scientists warn. Experts from Antibiotic
Research UK now say there is only a fifty-fifty chance of
salvaging the world’s antibiotics and keeping them usable
against resistant diseases. The warning comes after scientists
found a gene, which makes bacteria resistant to the last gasp
antibiotic defense known as colistin. Resistance to colistin is
thought to be the final step toward effectively untreatable
diseases.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Seymour Hersh: Pentagon Secretly Passed Intelligence to Assad
Government
Sputnik News - The Pentagon deliberately subverted American
policy toward Syria, sabotaging US efforts to aid Syrian rebels
and even sending US intelligence to Syrian President Bashar
al-Assad, according to journalist Seymour Hersh. In a nearly
7,000-word piece in the London Review of Books, Hersh says that
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, America's top military leaders,
decided to deliberately subvert American foreign policy and form
a secret alliance with Assad and Russian President Vladimir
Putin. As his source, Hersh cites one anonymous "former senior
adviser" to the Joint Chiefs. In summer 2013, the Joint Chiefs
discovered that Turkey had "co-opted" the CIA's program to arm
so-called "moderate" Syrian rebels. Ankara decided to redirect
US aid to extremists, including Daesh and al-Qaeda affiliate
Nusra Front, Hersh writes. The Joint Chiefs also discovered that
viable moderate Syrian rebels did not exist and that the
opposition consisted nearly uniformly of extremists.
Desperate: Pentagon Peddles Suspect Docs to Prove ISIS ‘Evil’
Breitbart - Pentagon spokesman Col. Steve Warren highlighted
what may be a forged document to insist that the Islamic State
is in “desperation” mode and “beginning to feel the pressure” of
the U.S.-led coalition’s efforts against the terror group.
NYPD Detective Among Six U.S. Airmen Killed by Taliban in
Afghanistan
Breitbart - All six U.S. service members were airmen, according
to “Remember Our Fallen Heroes,” a Facebook page that pays
tribute to fallen warriors of the Air Force Office of Special
Investigations (OSI). Four of the airmen were OSI agents and the
other two, including the detective, were security forces members
of the New York Air National Guard, according to the Facebook
page, which identifies six U.S. service members by last name
only. Nevertheless, New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton
told reporters that Detective Joseph Lemm, a 15-year NYPD
veteran, was one of the airmen killed when a suicide attacker
rammed an explosives-laden motorcycle into a joint NATO-Afghan
patrol near Bagram, the largest U.S. military facility in
Afghanistan, located in Helmand province, along the Pakistan
border, Fox News reports.
No Word From Golfing Obama After Deadliest Attack on US Troops
in Afghanistan in 3 Years
CNS News - Responding to the deadliest attack against U.S.
forces in Afghanistan in more than three years, the White House
issued a statement Monday saying its “thoughts and prayers are
with the victims, their families, and their loved ones.” “We
express our deepest condolences to the families of the six U.S.
service members killed and to all of those injured in today’s
Taliban attack near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan,” said the
statement, issued by White House press secretary Josh Earnest.
There was no statement from President Obama, who is vacationing
in Hawaii with his family. Obama played golf on Monday afternoon
at the Mid-Pacific Country Club, after a morning workout at the
Marine Corps Base Hawaii.
* Related:
Flashback: Obama Vows Not To Take Vacations If Elected ...
Rep. Franks to Obama: 'How Much Longer Will You Remain
Appallingly Silent' on Islamic State Genocide of Christians?
CNS News - In a video address to President Barack Obama, House
Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) reminded the president about the
brutal persecution of Christians, Yazidis, and other religious
groups by the Islamic State, questioned why Obama has been so
"appallingly silent" on the issue, and added that Obama's
refusal to name these groups as "genocide victims" would be "one
of the most disgraceful chapters in your administration's
shameful and abhorrent response to the Islamic State."
There Sure Is A Lot Of Buzz About A Potential Terror Attack On
Christmas Day Or New Year’s Eve
Economic Collapse - I have never seen more buzz about a
potential terror attack during the holiday season than I am
seeing right now. Over the past couple of weeks, the mainstream
media and the alternative media have both been full of headlines
about the possibility of terrorism on Christmas Day or New
Year’s Eve. And personally, I have had numerous people contact
me with their concerns or regarding something that they have
heard from others. In addition to threats from ISIS, there are
many out there that are completely convinced that we could soon
see a major false flag incident in the United States.
Mall of America Requests Restraining Order Against Black Lives
Matter
Adan Salazar - The Mall of America is requesting a county judge
bar Black Lives Matter protesters from holding a demonstration
inside the mall tomorrow. On Monday, lawyers for the nation’s
largest mall asked Hennepin County Judge Karen Janisch for a
restraining order banning demonstrators from the private
property amid busy holiday shopping. Any demonstrators defying
the order will be arrested, a letter sent to protest leaders
reads. Attorneys for the mall are additionally asking for an
order forcing the group to remove social media posts promoting
the event. “This was widely publicized, that an unlawful
demonstration should occur on Wednesday. All we are asking is
for the same means to be used to say, ‘Hey this is against the
law’ and we are calling it off. That’s all we are asking,” Mall
of America attorney Susan Gaertner told CBS Minnesota.
Virginia Will No Longer Recognize Concealed-Carry Permits Issued
in 25 Other States
CNS News - As the Obama administration mulls the possibility of
gun control by executive fiat, the Commonwealth of Virginia
announced on Tuesday that it will no longer recognize
concealed-carry permits from 25 states whose qualifications fall
short of Virginia's safety standards.... Virginia's law
governing concealed carry permits law includes a number of
disqualifiers and safeguards designed to prevent potentially
dangerous or irresponsible individuals from being able to
lawfully conceal handguns, such as...
Well-Armed Activists Openly Defy Texas Law to Feed the Homeless
– Hundreds Clothed and Fed
Activist Post - The folks over at the aptly named organization
Don’t Comply, took to the streets just outside the Austin Street
Shelter in Dallas this weekend to perform, what has now become a
revolutionary act – feeding the homeless. “We are not complying
with a bad law today,” Matthew Short, PR director of Don’t
Comply said. “Evidently the city of Dallas believes that it’s
wrong, or bad, or unlawful for us to feed more than a certain
number of people at a time. But, during Christmas, we want to
show love to our community and give these people a chance to
survive the winter, whether it be with blankets or coats, or
just giving them a holiday party like today with all kinds of
cookies, and goodies, turkey and dressing, and the whole nine
yards.” Last December, the Dallas city council enacted Ordinance
No. 29595, which makes it illegal to serve food to the homeless
without jumping through a statist myriad of bureaucratic hoops,
including a fee, training classes, and written notices.
Huge: Spending Bill Forces FDA to Label the New GM Salmon
Natural Society - In the massive spending bill unveiled
Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill, 2 small paragraphs contain
language that may force the U.S. Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) to finalize guidelines for the labeling of the
recently-approved genetically modified (GM) salmon, or “Frankenfish.”
In the $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government through
September 2016, the agency is instructed to ban the sale of GM
salmon until it can complete labeling guidelines and “a program
to disclose to consumers” whether a fish has been genetically
altered. The FDA is expected to spend a minimum of $150,000 of
its funding to develop these guidelines.
Buchanan: Trump Could Win Working Class Dems
Breitbart - Tuesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,”
former Nixon and Reagan aide and conservative commentator Pat
Buchanan said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump
could do well among blue-collar Democratic voters who are
concerned about the border and unhappy with Bill Clinton-era
trade deals. Buchanan said, “My view about Donald Trump is he’s
got some real capabilities I think to break out from the normal
pattern of basically moderate conservative Republican against
centrist Democrat. Part of that I think is his issue with the
border, which reaches across party lines, and secondly his issue
on trade against NAFTA and GATT and these trade deals. If you
run against NAFTA and GATT and hang them around Hillary
Clinton’s neck in Pennsylvania and Ohio and Michigan I think you
could do very well there among working class Democrats.”
9 Of The Top 10 U.S. Occupations Pay Miserly Wages
Zero Hedge - Of the 10 largest occupations in the United States, only
one - registered nurse - makes more than the national average when it
comes to all U.S. jobs. Nurses make $69,790 annually while the average
U.S. worker makes $47,230, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The bureau’s Occupational Employment Statistics program provides
employment and wage estimates for more than 800 occupations nationwide.
More Americans worked as retail salespersons or cashiers in May 2014
than in any other job, accounting for about 6 percent of total U.S.
employment. The 10 largest occupations include retail salespersons and
cashiers, food preparation and serving workers, general office clerks,
registered nurses, customer service representatives, and waiters and
waitresses. That combined group of workers accounted for 21 percent of
total U.S. employment in May 2014.
At 108 US Colleges, More Than Half Of Students Haven't Paid Even $1 On
Their Student Loans
Zero Hedge - That the student loan bubble is one of the many "subprime"
crises (because as of this moment there are just too many asset bubbles
to count thanks to 7 years of global ZIRP, NIRP and QE) has been
documented here ever since 2012. We also explained that the main reason
for soaring college costs is the cheap and easily accessible
government-funded student debt, which at last check was over $1.2
trillion and rising exponentially. Today, the WSJ had an article on just
this, titled "U.S. Helps Shaky Colleges Cope With Bad Student Loans" in
which it explained in fine detail what our readers knew already, namely
that it is the government's direct intervention with trillions in "aid"
that is making the debt default problem far more acute than it would
have otherwise been, and leads to keeping millions more "students" in
college where they end up learning no marketable skills in a job market
that rewards mostly waiters and bartenders, yet loads them up with
untenable debt.
“Global Warming:” -51°F Temperature Recorded in Colorado
Kit Daniels - A Colorado weather station observed a record low
of -51°F only weeks after politicians met in Paris to combat
“global warming.” The Antero Reservoir station, located about
100 miles southwest of Denver, said the temperature was the
third lowest the station has recorded in over 50 years. “It was
verified with another thermometer, both of which have been
inspected and approved by the National Weather Service,” said
spokesperson Travis Thompson, Sr. The last time the temperature
was as low was on Feb. 8, 1989.... Other areas of the globe are
also experiencing extreme cold.
Dow Going to Criminal Court in Bhopal 31 Years After Chemical
Explosion
Natural Society - The Dow Chemical Company is ranked the second
largest toxic waste producer in the United States. In an average
year, it dumps more than 600 million pounds of toxic chemical
waste on the nation. Though the company has yet to face criminal
charges in the US, Dow will be forced to make an appearance in
court in Bhopal. Dow faces criminal charges for the 1984 Bhopal
Gas Disaster by its wholly-owned subsidiary the Union Carbide
Corporation (UCC). Dow has ignored three consecutive criminal
court summons issued previously since July of 2013.
EFF to Court: Lifetime GPS Tracking Violates the Fourth
Amendment
EFF - All too often, new police surveillance tools are initially
applied to only the “worst of the worst” and then slowly—but
surely—expanded to include an ever-growing number of less
culpable individuals. We’ve seen it with DNA collection. And now
we’re starting to see it with GPS tracking. That’s why last week
EFF filed an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeal
for the Seventh Circuit urging the court to strike down a
Wisconsin statute that required certain individuals—including
individuals who already fully served their criminal sentences—to
wear GPS ankle bracelets every day for the rest of their lives.
9 reasons you need to be supplementing with vitamin D
(NaturalHealth365) If you are relying on a multivitamin
supplement to meet your need for vitamin D, think again. A quick
glance at package labels shows most popular multivitamin
supplements do not even come close to providing the amount of
vitamin D necessary to achieve maximum health benefits and
reduce the risk of disease. Most readily available commercial
multivitamins contain only about 400 to 600 IU of vitamin D.
Yet, extensive research has shown that vitamin D intake in the
range of 5,000 to 8,000 IU each day, taken with a meal for
better absorption, has been associated with reduced risk of
stroke, multiple sclerosis and other conditions.
Natural Cough and Sore Throat Remedies
Health Impact News - Millions of people suffer from sore throats
and coughs each year. In the U.S., sore throat is often one of
the first signs that you’re coming down with a cold, especially
if a runny nose and cough soon follow. In most cases you don’t
need to see your physician for a sore throat, and fewer than 1
in 10 people actually do. Even so, sore throat is the second
most common acute infection seen by family practitioners....
There are many natural remedies that can not only take the edge
off but also help with healing. As a bonus, many of the remedies
that follow work for both coughs and sore throats because they
tackle the underlying viral infection.
5 Heart Healthy Foods Your Heart Loves
Natural Blaze - In the United States nearly one in every three
deaths is due to heart disease. While the number of deaths from
cardiovascular disease has dropped in recent years, it still
claims almost 1 million people each year, and in many of these
cases, simple dietary changes could have prevented death....
Fortunately there are simple, heart healthy foods that you can
easily add to your diet to improve your heart’s ability to
function.
Can too much fluoride lead to breast cancer?
(NaturalHealth365) Over 200 million Americans live in areas
where fluoride is added to their water supply. Sadly, this
practice of adding fluoride to the water began over seven
decades ago and, by 1960, it was common throughout the United
States. In 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announced that fluoridation of water supplies
was one of the “ten great public health achievements of the 20th
century.” But, what the CDC completely failed to consider is the
mounting evidence that connects fluoride to neurological
impairments, hypothyroidism and cancer.
Beware These Christmas Dangers for Dogs!
Dogington Post - The holidays are a time of joy, love, and light. It’s
also the time of year when we dust off the decorations and string up
twinkling lights and tinsel in celebration. But, if you’re celebrating
with a dog, there are some holiday hazards to keep in mind before you
pull those boxes down from the attic or invite the family over for that
holiday party!
Tuesday
- December 22, 2015 - Today in History:
1775 - A Continental naval fleet was organized in the rebellious
American colonies under the command of Ezek Hopkins.
1807 - The U.S. Congress passed the Embargo Act, designed to force peace
between Britain and France by cutting off all trade with Europe.
1864 - During the American Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent
a message to U.S. President Lincoln from Georgia. The message read, "I
beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
1910 - U.S. Postal savings stamps were issued for the first time. They
were discontinued in 1914.
1941 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington
for a wartime conference with U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt.
1956 - Colo, the first gorilla to be born in captivity, was born at the
Columbus, Ohio zoo.
1961 - James Davis became the first U.S. soldier to die in Vietnam,
while U.S. involvement was still limited to the provision of military
advisers.
1984 - New York City resident Bernhard Goetz shot four black youths on a
Manhattan subway. Goetz claimed they were about to rob him.
1991 - The body of Lt. Col. William R. Higgins, an American hostage
murdered by his captors, was found along a highway in Lebanon.
1996 - A car bomb exploded in Belfast, injuring a known IRA supporter.
Police suspected that Protestant loyalists were responsible for the
attack.
2001 - Richard C. Reid, a passenger on an American Airlines flight from
Paris to Miami, tried to ignite explosives in his shoes, but was subdued
by flight attendants and fellow passengers.
2005 - Astronomers announced the discovery of two more rings encircling
the planet Uranus.
2010 - President Barack Obama signed a law allowing gays for the first
time in history to serve openly in America's military.
Iraqi troops start attack to recapture Ramadi from ISIS
RT - The Iraqi Army has launched an attack to recapture the
center of Ramadi from Islamic State terrorists, a
counter-terrorism spokesman, Sabah Al-Numani has told Reuters.
The government forces lost control of the city in May. Our
forces are advancing toward the government complex in the center
of Ramadi," Al-Numani said, as cited by Reuters. "The fighting
is in the neighborhoods around the complex, with support from
the air force." Ramadi is a key urban settlement in the country
and is the capital of the western Anbar province. On Monday,
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS, ISIL) militants were reported
to prevent civilians from leaving the city as they anticipated
an attack.
Turkish labs turn Afghan opium into heroin for shipping to
Europe – Russian anti-drug agency
RT - Afghan opium is being processed into high-grade heroin in
clandestine Turkish drug labs for distribution in Europe and
Russia, Russia’s anti-drug chief has revealed. The trafficking
route was exposed after a joint Russian-Afghan anti-drug
operation. “The cargo traveled through
Badakhshan-Doshi-Bamiyan-Herat, then further through Iran and
into Turkey, where the opium was processed in well-equipped
laboratories…into high quality heroin, and then was to be sent
to Europe and Russia,” Ivanov said during an anti-narcotics
committee meeting. The head of Russia’s federal anti-drug agency
(FKSN) Viktor Ivanov reported that 600 kilograms of opium was
seized in a joint operation carried out by Russian and Afghan
special anti-drug units in the city of Doshi in Afghanistan’s
Baglan Province.
Six U.S. Troops Killed in Taliban-Claimed Attack in Afghanistan
Breitbart - A resurgent Taliban has claimed responsibility for a
suicide bomb attack near Bagram air base that killed six U.S.
troops, bringing the total number of American fatalities in the
14-year-old Afghanistan war to at least 2,235. The six American
troops were killed when a suicide bomber on a motorbike struck a
joint US-Afghan patrol in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand
province, U.S. officials have confirmed on condition of
anonymity because the Pentagon has not officially announced the
fatalities. Two U.S. troops and an Afghan were also injured in
the attack. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on
Twitter, inaccurately claiming 19 U.S. soldiers had been killed.
French defense chief to ask Russia to step up anti-ISIS ops
RT - Ahead of his visit to Moscow on Monday, the French defense
minister told journalists Paris would ask Russia to increase its
action against Islamic State, and would offer intelligence
sharing and plans for a joint vision on combating terrorist
groups in Syria. French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian
heads for Moscow this Monday in pursuit of enhanced
collaboration between France and Russia to combat Islamic State
(IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) [but still I-CIA-SIS] on Syrian soil.
His main goal is to ask Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu
to increase strikes against IS, according to AFP.
Israel finishes testing new missile system built with $150mn US
aid
RT - A new Israeli mid-range missile interceptor developed in
cooperation with the US has successfully passed its final trials
and is expected to enter service next year, Israel’s Defense
Ministry said. A missile defense system called David’s Sling is
designed to intercept a wide range of targets, from rocket
artillery strikes, to aircraft, to low-flying ballistic
missiles, at ranges of between 100 and 200 kilometers. It is
expected to fill the operational gap between Israel’s
short-range Iron Dome system and the Arrow ballistic
interceptor, which are already in use.
Germans Stock Up on Weapons for Self-Defense
Gatestone Institute - Germans, facing an influx of more than one
million asylum seekers from Africa, Asia and the Middle East,
are rushing to arm themselves. All across Germany, a country
with some of the most stringent gun-control laws in Europe,
demand is skyrocketing for non-lethal self-defense weapons,
including pepper sprays, gas pistols, flare guns, electroshock
weapons and animal repellants. Germans are also applying for
weapons permits in record numbers. The scramble to acquire
weapons comes amid a migrant-driven surge in violent crimes —
including rapes, robberies and aggravated assaults — in cities
and towns throughout the country. German authorities, however,
are going to great lengths to argue that the German citizenry's
sudden interest in self-defense has nothing whatsoever to do
with mass migration into the country, despite ample evidence to
the contrary.
Sultan of Brunei threatens Muslims who celebrate Christmas with
up to five years in prison while Christians must keep theirs
secret
Daily Mail - In fear the the religious holiday will affect the
faith of its country, the tiny oil-rich nation’s Sultan,
Hassanal Bolkiah, has banned the public celebration of
Christmas. Any Muslims caught celebrating Christmas, and
non-Muslims who are discovered organising celebrations, could
face the lengthy prison sentence. While non-Muslims are allowed
to celebrate the holiday within their own communities, they must
not disclose their plans to the nation's Muslims – which make up
65 per cent of the 420,000-strong population.... 'These
enforcement measures are…intended to control the act of
celebrating Christmas excessively and openly, which could damage
the aqidah (beliefs) of the Muslim community,' said the Ministry
of Religious Affairs in a statement.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
100 Year Old Christmas List From A 7 Year Old Boy Shows How
Materialistic Our Society Has Become
Michael Snyder - 100 years ago, a little seven-year-old boy
named Homer Mellen sent Santa Claus a letter asking for “a box
of paints, also a nine cent reader, and a school bag to put them
in.” And he added that if Santa happened to have “any nuts, or
candy, or toys to spare” that he would love to have some. My,
how times have changed. Today, nearly all of us expect to be
showered with presents on Christmas morning, and then almost
immediately people begin posting photos of their “Christmas
loot” on social media websites such as Facebook. And as you will
see below, the “Rich Kids of Instagram” have taken boasting
about wealth to an extreme that nobody has ever seen before. Our
society has become deeply, deeply materialistic, and whatever
“meaning” Christmas once may have had has become almost
completely lost at this point.
Police “Uncomfortable” About Revealing Motive of Las Vegas Strip
Killer
Paul Joseph Watson - Authorities refuse to specify what prompted
woman to intentionally drive car into crowd.... Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Sheriff Joe Lombardo said he doubted the
attack was “militant” in nature, but refuses to rule it out at
this stage. He added that Holloway “didn’t appear to be
distressed due to her actions” and was “stoic” when she was
arrested. Holloway reportedly had a falling out with her father
before the attack and had been living homeless in her car with
her 3-year-old child for the past week. According to another
eyewitness account, the woman screamed “Allahu Akbar” during the
attack, although this is from a dubious source and cannot be
considered genuine at this time.
Presenting The Stunning Difference In How Blacks And Whites Are
Killed By Guns
Zero Hedge - There's a marked difference between how African
Americans and whites experience gun violence in the US. More
specifically, "among whites, 77 percent of gun deaths are
suicides. But among black Americans, 82 percent of gun deaths
are homicides."... when it comes to gun violence, mass shootings
really aren’t the problem. That is, as horrific as they are and
as often as they seem to be occurring, “less than 2 percent of
more than 33,000 gun deaths in [America] are due to mass
shootings,”
Unable to Stop Criminals, Texas Cops Now Pull You Over for
“Driving Safely” to “Reward” You
Activist Post - Police in Lakeview, Texas are routinely
conducting traffic stops without probable cause that a violation
has occurred – and have packaged these unlawful detentions in a
way that has earned media approval. The pretext offered by the
department is its “Doing it Right Safe Driving Campaign,”
through which officers who lurk in the shadows like rapists stop
drivers who appear to be following all of the rules and then
given Starbucks gift certificates – but only if a scan of the
driver’s license and registration reveals no outstanding
warrants or violations. The confused and anxious motorists are
not told the purpose of the traffic stop until the officer
returns with the surprise gift – which is actually a species of
Trojan Horse that permits the officer to sneak a peek at the
driver’s record without a legally valid reason.
Texas CPS Visits Home of Mom Who Hosted ‘Chickenpox Party’
Breitbart - A Texas mom received a visit by Child Protective
Services (CPS) for hosting a “chickenpox party.” Amanda Witt
believes that it is healthier for a child to catch chickenpox
early than to be vaccinated for it. The mother from Plano,
Texas, moderates a private Facebook page for 300 plus parents
who hold the same belief. She said, “When one child has
chickenpox, we promote playdates throughout,” she told the local
CBS affiliate. “What is shocking to me about that is there
hasn’t been a law broken,” she added. “Chickenpox parties are
not considered dangerous. They’re not illegal.” The Texas mother
was also reported to say, “I feel bullied and victimized.” I’d
like for my parental rights to be respected. I didn’t break the
law. My children are well cared for and it is my choice.”
SABOTAGE? CDC investigating another outbreak of different E.
coli strain at Chipotle
Government Slaves - Shares of Chipotle Mexican Grill hit a
52-week low Monday after the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) announced it is investigating another, more
recent outbreak of a different strain of E. coli linked to the
restaurant chain. The CDC does not know yet if the more recent
cases are tied to a larger outbreak that began at the end of
October. Five ill people were identified in Kansas, North Dakota
and Oklahoma as part of the new investigation, on dates ranging
from Nov.18 to Nov. 26, 2015. The new Illnesses are not included
in the current case count, which is now at 53, the CDC report
said.
New Budget Deal Would Stop IRS from Investigating Secret
Campaign Donors
AllGov - “It’s outrageous that lawmakers are interfering with
the most modest measures to increase disclosure of political
spending,” said Public Citizen's Lisa Gilbert. “The American
people want – and deserve – to know who is trying to buy our
elections.” The budget deal also includes another
Republican-supported rider designed to prevent the SEC from
moving forward with a regulation requiring disclosure of
political donations by public corporations. “It’s outrageous
that lawmakers are interfering with the most modest measures to
increase disclosure of political spending,” said Public
Citizen's Lisa Gilbert. “The American people want – and deserve
– to know who is trying to buy our elections.” The budget deal
also includes another Republican-supported rider designed to
prevent the SEC from moving forward with a regulation requiring
disclosure of political donations by public corporations.
Rand Paul Introduces Bill To Kill Obama Gun Control
Steve Watson - GOP presidential hopeful Rand Paul has introduced
legislation intended to block any effort by the incumbent
president to enforce gun control by executive action. Paul’s
legislation, named the Separation of Powers Restoration and
Second Amendment Protection Act, would render any action on gun
legislation by the president which circumvents Congress as
“advisory only” in nature. Paul’s bill would apply to “any
execution action on gun control that either infringes upon
congressional authority or potentially violates the Second
Amendment.” The bill then mandates that once an executive action
has been classified as “advisory only,” it would require
Congress to pass it in order for it to take effect. The bill
also outlines that it is within their power for a “state
official, member of Congress or person affected by an executive
action on gun control to launch a civil lawsuit.” The
legislation will be fast-tracked through the Senate and is
expected to be made a priority after the Christmas recess.
ISIS Recruitment Video Features Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
not Donald Trump
Truth Revolt - During Sunday night’s Democrat debate,
presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton made the outrageous
statement that Donald Trump was featured in ISIS recruiting
videos. The lie was swiftly debunked, but what is perhaps most
ironic is the fact that there is an ISIS recruitment video
currently making the rounds that features, of all people, former
president Bill Clinton and current president Barack Obama. The
ISIS recruiting video which was reportedly released in
late-November, is dubbed “No Respite” and clearly showcases how
the Islamic State views itself.
Obama: Trump ‘Exploiting’ Anger, Fear Among ‘Blue-Collar Men’
Breitbart - In an interview with NPR’s Steve Inskeep right
before leaving for his Christmas vacation, President Barack
Obama said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump was
“exploiting” the anger, frustration and fear of “blue-collar
men.” Obama said, “I do think that when you combine that
demographic change with all the economic stresses that people
have been going through — because of the financial crisis,
because of technology, because of globalization, the fact that
wages and incomes have been flat-lining for some time, and that
particularly blue-collar men have had a lot of trouble in this
new economy, where they are no longer getting the same bargain
that they got when they were going to a factory and able to
support their families on a single paycheck — you combine those
things, and it means that there is going to be potential anger,
frustration, fear. Some of it justified, but just misdirected. I
think somebody like Mr. Trump is taking advantage of that.
That’s what he’s exploiting during the course of his campaign.”
Lindsey Graham Quits Race to Avoid Further Humiliation, Finishes
at 0.5% Nationwide
Breitbart - According to RealClearPolitics South Carolina
polling averages, Graham barely cracked a single percent in his
home state that he’s represented in the US Senate for years. His
national numbers and his numbers in other early states were in
many cases worse than that. Graham – who was tied for last place
in the GOP field – only averaged .5 percent nationally,
according to Real Clear Politics.
It’s Official: Over A Trillion Dollars A Year Will Be Added To
The Debt During Obama’s Presidency
Economic Collapse - Under Barack Obama, the U.S. national debt
has risen from $10,626,877,048,913.08 on January 20th, 2009 to
$18,795,033,928,275.59 on December 21st, 2015. That means that
the debt that we are passing on to future generations has
increased by 8.16 trillion dollars since Barack Obama was
inaugurated. There is still a little more than a year to go in
Obama’s presidency, and it is already guaranteed that Obama will
add more than a trillion dollars a year to the national debt
during his presidency. In fact, when you do the math, we are
stealing more than 100 million dollars from future generations
of Americans every single hour of every single day. It is a
crime of a magnitude that is almost unimaginable, and at this
point it is mathematically impossible for the U.S. government to
pay off all of this debt. To say that we are in trouble would be
a massive understatement.
America's most toxic nuclear weapons production site which
produced plutonium for the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki is
now a national park
Daily Mail - The nation's most polluted nuclear weapons
production site is now its newest national park. Thousands of
people are expected next year to tour the Hanford Nuclear
Reservation, home of the world's first full-sized nuclear
reactor, near Richland, about 200 miles east of Seattle in
south-central Washington. hey won't be allowed anywhere near the
nation's largest collection of toxic radioactive waste.
'Everything is clean and perfectly safe,' said Colleen French,
the U.S. Department of Energy's program manager for the Hanford
park. 'Any radioactive materials are miles away.'
Red Blood Cells and Smart Meters
Activist Post - For those who wonder if there are any health
issues or problems from exposure to Smart Meters and the
electromagnetic frequencies they emit, here is a short video
which shows three samples of blood examined using a Darkfield
Microscope. For those who wonder if there are any health issues
or problems from exposure to Smart Meters and the
electromagnetic frequencies they emit, here is a short video
which shows three samples of blood examined using a Darkfield
Microscope. Below is a chart created by EMF researcher Ronald M.
Powell, PhD, which is self-explanatory?
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
State of Michigan Threatens Family Hog Farmer and Veteran Who
Stood Up for his Rights
Health Impact News - Michigan pig farmer Mark Baker got some
strange holiday greetings from his state’s Department of Natural
Resources late last week: a search warrant, served by regulators
accompanied by state police. The warrant apparently had to do
with a packaging issue discovered with one customer using
Baker’s pork–a pretty severe action for one possible packaging
problem. Baker describes the warrant, and the response of his
neighbors and friends in coming to his aid, in a video: his
latest escapade by Michigan authorities is merely their latest
effort to make life in Michigan a hell on earth for farmer and
U.S. Air Force vet Baker. The state has been after him for the
last four years for having the gall to want to raise pigs it
considers feral, and illegal. When Baker in 2013 got a judge to
uphold Baker’s right to raise his pigs his way, the state wasn’t
pleased.
Study: Vitamin D May Repair MS Nerve Damage
Dr. Mercola - Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic,
neurodegenerative disease of the nerves in your brain and spinal
column, caused by a demyelization process. In MS, your immune
system mistakenly attacks the myelin, which is a protective
coating around your nerve fibers.... While your body does have
the ability to repair myelin naturally, this process tends to
become less effective as you get older. Now, however,
researchers have uncovered a natural option that might play a
major role in boosting the repair of damaged myelin in people
with MS: vitamin D. The RXR gamma receptor protein is known to
be involved in the repair of myelin. Researchers from the
University of Cambridge revealed that the vitamin D receptor
protein is also involved and pairs with RXR gamma during this
process.1 According to the University of Cambridge: "By adding
vitamin D to brain stem cells where the proteins were present,
they found the production rate of oligodendrocytes (myelin
making cells) increased by 80 percent.
Light Therapy Is More Effective Than Prozac In Major Depression
Green Med Info - Bright light therapy has a proven track record
of success in the treatment of seasonal affective disorder
(SAD), commonly referred to as the winter blues. A new study
from the University of British Columbia shows that this simple
and safe therapy is effective for non-seasonal major depression.
In fact, researchers showed light therapy was much more
effective than fluoxetine (Prozac).... The typical protocol used
in clinical studies involved using specialized light boxes
providing full-spectrum fluorescent tubes vs. regular tubes.
Patients were then instructed to sit three feet away from the
light anywhere from 30 minutes a day, up to three hours total,
in morning and evening. The antidepressant effect of light
therapy is thought to be due to restoring proper melatonin
synthesis and secretion by the pineal gland leading to
re-establishment of the proper circadian rhythm – the normal
rhythm of hormone secretion that occurs each day.
Uranium Contaminates Drinking Water – Sodium Bicarbonate Clears
the Kidneys and Soil of Uranium
Natural Blaze - In the western United States notices are
springing up, Uranium, the notices warn, tests at levels
considered unsafe by federal and state standards. The notices
say you can drink the water — but if you drink the water over a
period of time, you can get cancer. USGS researchers recently
sampled 170 domestic water wells in the San Joaquin Valley, and
found 20 to 25 percent bore uranium at levels that broke federal
and state limits.... Nearly 2 million people in California’s
Central Valley and in the U.S. Midwest live within a half-mile
of groundwater containing uranium over the safety standards,
University of Nebraska researchers said in a study published in
September.... Sodium bicarbonate is effective in treating
poisonings or overdoses from many chemicals and pharmaceutical
drugs by negating their cardiotoxic and neurotoxic effects. It
is the main reason it is used by orthodox oncology – to mitigate
the highly toxic effects of chemotherapy.
Cilantro and Chlorella can Remove 80% of Heavy Metals from the
Body in 42 days
Natural News Blogs - Many people are not aware of it, but heavy
metals – such as mercury, lead, cadmium and aluminum – are more
a part of everyday life than they should be. Exposure can come
from many sources – public drinking water, air pollution,
residues of pesticides or herbicides from conventionally raised
foods. And what is worse, they can accumulate slowly in the body
without people realizing it and cause serious health problems.
Fortunately, there are natural methods of chelation therapy than
can help to remove heavy metals safely from the body before they
can cause long-term damage. And two of the best chelating agents
are cilantro and chlorella, especially when they are used
together.
Monday
- December 21, 2015 - Today in History:
1620 - The "Mayflower", and its passengers, pilgrims from England,
landed at Plymouth Rock, MA. 1849 - The first ice-skating club in
America was formed in Philadelphia, PA.
1898 - Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive
element radium.
1909 - McKinley and Washington schools of Berkeley, CA, became the first
authorized, junior-high schools in the U.S.
1944 - Horse racing was banned in the United States until after the end
of World War II.
1945 - U.S. Gen. George S. Patton died in Heidelberg, Germany, of
injuries from a car accident.
1958 - Charles de Gaulle was elected to a seven-year term as the first
president of the Fifth Republic of France.
1968 - Apollo 8 was launched on a mission to orbit the moon. The craft
landed safely in the Pacific Ocean on December 27.
1971 - The U.N. Security Council chose Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant
as secretary-general.
1978 - Police in Des Plaines, IL, arrested John Gacy Jr. and began
unearthing the remains of 33 men and boys that Gacy was later convicted
of killing.
1988 - 270 people were killed when Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded over
Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a terrorist attack.
1990 - In a German television interview, Saddam Hussein declared that he
would not withdraw from Kuwait by the UN deadline.
1995 - The city of Bethlehem passed from Israeli to Palestinian control.
1996 - After two years of denials, U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich
admitted violating House ethics rules.
1998 - The first vaccine for Lyme disease was approved.
2001 - The Islamic militant group Hamas released a statement that said
it was suspending suicide bombings and mortar attacks in Israel.
2002 - Larry Mayes was released after spending 21 years in prison for a
rape that maintained that he never committed. He was the 100th person in
the U.S. to be released after DNA tests were performed.
Saudi Arabia Not Terrorist Organization, But Finances Terrorism
- German Lawmaker
Sputnik News - The global fight against terrorism is not united
at the moment, as the United States and Europe are allies with
Saudi Arabia which allegedly funds terrorist organizations,
Sahra Wagenknecht, member of the Bundestag, said. "Saudi Arabia
is not a terrorist organization but it is a country which…
finances terrorist formations, and despite this, this country is
an ally of the United States and Europe, so unfortunately the
fight against terrorism at this moment is not a united fight,"
Wagenknecht said in a documentary that was broadcast Sunday, on
the Rossiya 1 television channel.
Chinese Foreign Minister Demands US Stop Arms Supplies to Taiwan
Sputnik News - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has demanded in
a phone conversation with his US counterpart John Kerry that
Washington stop arms supplies to Taiwan, the Chinese ministry
said in a statement Monday. Last week, the administration of US
President Barack Obama sought congressional approval for a $1.83
billion arms sale to Taiwan, including two Oliver Hazard
Perry-class frigates, amphibious assault vehicles, surface to
air missiles, as well as shipborne rapid-fire guns intended to
counter missiles. Following the announcement of the proposed
sale, Beijing threatened economic sanctions against US companies
involved.
Europe, Turkey Close Airspace To Russian Warplanes Flying
Anti-ISIS Missions, General Says
Zero Hedge - According to Gen. Anatoly Konovalov, deputy
commander of Russia’s long-range aviation force, Moscow’s
long-range warplanes have carried out 145 sorties against
terrorist targets since mid-November. “In total, long-range
aviation aircraft in Syria have carried out around 145 mission
sorties, some 1,500 bombs have been dropped and about 20 cruise
missiles have been fired," Konovalov said… Why is this notable,
you ask? Here's Konovalov again: “Europe didn’t let us fly;
Turkey didn’t let us fly, but we showed that even is such
conditions we’re capable of coping with the task using airfields
on the Russian territory." In other words, Europe and Turkey
declined to allow Russia to use their airspace on the way to
conducting airstrikes against the very same terrorists that
attacked Paris just four days before the long-range warplanes
were deployed to the fight in Syria.
UN's IAEA Drops Investigation of Iran's Alleged Secret Nuclear
Program
The New American - A Reuters report on the decision, which was
made by a vote of the UN agency's 35-member board, summarized
the IAEA's findings after 12 years of investigation: "The IAEA
produced a report this month that strongly suggested Iran
engaged in coordinated activities aimed at developing a nuclear
bomb up until 2003, though it found no credible sign of
weapons-related work beyond 2009."… The IAEA has promised to
continue monitoring Iran’s compliance with the agreement reached
with the United States, Russia, Germany, China, France, and the
United Kingdom, which states that economic sanctions on Iran
will be lifted if the Iranian government promises to accept
restrictions on its production of nuclear weapons.
IS jihadists stole 'tens of thousands' of blank passports:
report
(AFP) - The Islamic State group may have stolen "tens of
thousands" of blank passports that it could use to smuggle its
fighters into Europe as refugees, a German newspaper reported
Sunday. The Welt am Sonntag cited Western intelligence sources
as saying that IS could have acquired the stolen travel
documents in areas of Syria, Iraq and Libya it now controls. The
passports could be issued to would-be attackers to enter the
European Union as asylum seekers, according to the report.
'Like a warzone': Truck drivers at Calais fear for their lives
as angry refugees attack
RT - There’s a high police presence around the migrant camp at
the border. But the drivers still have to make it through a
passage lined with migrants at the roadside, throwing large
rocks… Truck drivers have been resorting to a variety of tactics
to get through without rocks smashing through their window; some
even placed bits of pork on their trucks’ rear bumpers to deter
the Muslim refugees from climbing in or moving closer to attack.
The only safe place for drivers is inside the walls of the port,
where the trucks get parked indoors and security officers roam
the premises with sniffer dogs… Earlier in the year, Britain and
France committed new funds to tackling the crisis at the border.
But barbed wire and dogs have done little to reduce tensions
among the people, whose numbers continue to grow. Calais’s mayor
has made repeated calls to Paris to send in troops for more
security, but they haven’t been answered.
Argentinians Are Now Poorer Than Citizens Of Equatorial Guinea
After Massive Devaluation
Zero Hedge - On Wednesday evening, Argentina’s FinMin [Finance
Minister]… Alfonso Prat-Gay abolished currency controls,
fulfilling new President Mauricio Macri’s promise to unify the
official and black market peso rates… What does this mean for
Argentinians, you ask? Well, as FT reports, “Argentines woke up
on Thursday richer than Poles, Chileans and Hungarians [but] by
bedtime they were not only poorer than all three, but also more
pecunious than Mexicans, Costa Ricans and the good people of
Equatorial Guinea.”… Argentineans are now worse off than
citizens of Chile, Poland, Equatorial Guinea, Hungary, Lebanon,
Panama, Croatia, Kazakhstan, Costa Rica, Malaysia, and Mexico…
While the devaluation is likely the right move from a long-term
perspective, in the short-run things will be painful. “The peso
devaluation is a bitter pill for Argentinian households who kept
their savings in pesos…”
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
One Person Killed 37 Taken to Hospital After Car Crashed into
Pedestrians in Las Vegas
Breitbart - The latest about a fatal car-pedestrian crash Sunday
night on the Las Vegas Strip (all times local):10:28 p.m. Police
say a woman intentionally swerved her car onto a busy sidewalk
two or three times Sunday and mowed down people outside a Las
Vegas casino, killing one person and injuring at least 30
others.... Lt. Dan McGrath says police now believe this was an
intentional act by a woman in her 20s who “went up and off these
streets, two or possibly three times.” The woman is being
interviewed and is having her blood drawn. She is being held in
jail with charges pending.
Nashua, New Hampshire, Schools Closed for 'Detailed Threat of
Violence'
ABC News - Officials in Nashua, New Hampshire, told all public
school students Sunday to stay home Monday because of a
"specific" threat aimed at two high schools. "We have received a
detailed threat of violence to harm students and staff at both
high schools," Superintendent Mark Conrad announced on the
school district's website Sunday...In a statement Sunday,
Governor Maggie Hassan said that officials "are closely
monitoring the situation in Nashua" and that "State Police and
state emergency management officials are working closely with
the Nashua Police Department, local public safety officials and
the FBI."
White House Schizophrenia - Kerry: 'Assad Can Stay'; Obama:
'Assad Must Go'
Global Research - Just three days ago, emerging from Moscow
meetings with Russian foreign minister Lavrov and president
Putin, US Secretary of State John Kerry signaled a major shift
in US foreign policy toward Syria. “The United States and our
partners are not seeking so-called regime change,” he told the
media. The media rightly reported the apparent US about-face as,
“Assad can stay.”… But then President Obama opened his mouth at
his end-of-year press conference this afternoon and hung his
Secretary of State and entire foreign policy apparatus out to
dry. No, Obama decided this afternoon, Assad cannot stay. Assad
must go… Here is the US president returning the US to the “Assad
must go” policy three days after John Kerry said he could stay:
[Video].
Who Wrote the Omnibus? Four Lawmakers, Many Lobbyists
Breitbart - Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Republican of Alabama, in
a blistering interview Thursday night, shed some light on the
details. According to Sessions, lawmakers found out what was in
the bill by talking to lobbyists, who had a better idea than
they did as to what was being included in the bill. “No member
of even the House and Senate knew what was going on,” he told
Portland, Oregon talk show host Lars Larson. “Special interests
did because we heard from lobbyists what some things were being
considered.” Sessions went on to note that basically four
members of congress put the deal together without consulting
their colleagues. “It’s not right for ultimately four members,
in secret — for reasons we have no understanding of — to make
critical decisions on things,” he said. Sessions also bristled
and how the bill was quickly presented to members of congress
with little time to consider it.
U.S. Drone Program Seeks Taxpayer Bailout
Activist Post - Another government program is apparently being
deemed too big to fail. The truth of the matter is that there is
only one real problem with the drone program – pilots are
quitting in higher numbers than those seeking this type of
employment. The reasons range from overwork to lack of on-base
housing to whistleblowers who have revealed the horrific mental
toll that is exacted upon those who engage in a culture of
remote control death. Moreover, these whistleblowers have argued
that the program, even if accepted at face value, is not
effective and is most assuredly creating more terrorism than it
purports to combat.... The Air Force is now requesting from
Congress (read: taxpayer) a five-year, $3 billion dollar
commitment to expand the number of drones and pilots, as well as
add additional bases. Perhaps most telling is that the Air Force
is offering $125,000 bonuses to pilots who renew their five-year
contracts.
Gun Control Executive Orders Expected Within Weeks
Activist Post - White House communications director Jen Psaki
told Bloomberg that within a matter of “weeks, not months” Obama
will review the recommendations for executive orders he’s been
given by the Department of Justice. The DOJ is currently trying
to figure out what options Obama has, which could legally
circumvent Congress and survive any lawsuits that gun rights
groups are sure to throw at the order.
Missouri Bill Would Set the Stage to Nullify Presidential
Executive Orders
The 10th Amendment Center - Rep. Tim Remole (R-06) prefiled
House Bill 1791 (HB1791) on Dec. 11. The bill would require the
state general assembly to “adopt and enact any and all measures
as may be necessary to prevent the enforcement of regulations,
rules, and memorandums issued by a presidential executive
order.” HB1791 calls executive orders not justified by federal
law or the limited constitutional authority of the president of
the United States “repugnant to the Constitution of the United
States and the Constitution of Missouri.” Language in the bill
goes on to declare such executive orders “null void and of no
effect” in Missouri.
Right name, wrong man: Knoxville veterinarian can't get off
no-fly list
Knox News - Dr. Patrick Stephen Hackett is a veterinarian — not
a terrorist… He's on the no-fly list… Hackett has never been
arrested and never traveled to the Middle East or other centers
of terrorist activity, but he found out more than a decade ago
he's on the federal watch list because he shares the same name
as notorious Irish Republican Army terrorist Patrick Joseph
Hackett, who was jailed in the 1970s for planting bombs in
Britain. The difference should be easy to spot. The terrorist is
missing an arm and a leg — blown off when a bomb exploded
prematurely — while the Knoxville veterinarian has all his limbs
intact. "I don't know how I got on the list, and I don't know
how to get off the list," Hackett said.
UN Representatives: U.S. Abortion Protesters Are 'Terrorists'
Breitbart - The women, from Poland, the United Kingdom and Costa
Rica, were especially shocked to find protesters outside an
Alabama abortion clinic they visited and to witness the deep
polarization surrounding abortion in the United States. “We were
harassed. There were two vigilante men waiting to insult us,”
said UK delegate Frances Raday. She claimed the men repeatedly
shouted, “You’re murdering children!” at the three women as they
approached the clinic. “It’s a kind of terrorism,” said the
Polish delegate and abortion activist, Eleonora Zielinska…
During their U.S. visit, the three UN women travelled to
Alabama, Texas and Oregon to assess American policies and
attitudes, as well as school, health, and prison systems. The
women claim that the U.S. is far behind “international human
rights standards” in areas such as its “23 percent gender pay
gap, maternity leave, affordable child care and the treatment of
female migrants in detention centers.”
Trooper charged with involuntary manslaughter in death of
Brandon Ellingson
KRCG 13 - A Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper has been
charged in the death of Brandon Ellingson. Trooper Anthony
Piercy has been charged with involuntary manslaughter. Ellingson
drowned after falling off a Highway Patrol boat while wearing
handcuffs at the Lake of the Ozarks in May 2014 after being
taken into custody for boating while intoxicated. Special
Prosecutor William Seay filed the charges at the Morgan County
Courthouse in Versailles Friday morning. Piercy has been
suspended from all Patrol duty, and will turn himself in to the
Morgan County Jail on the night of Friday, December 18.
Parents read Bible verses cut from 'Charlie Brown Christmas'
school play (Video)
EAG News - A Kentucky school district banned students from
performing the most important part of “A Charlie Brown
Christmas” after a single complaint, but parents happily filled
in the blanks at the student play Thursday… Parents expressed
outrage over the decision, both online and in protests at
district offices, but school officials refused to reverse the
ban, EAGnews reports… When students at Castle Elementary reached
the controversial monologue in their play Thursday, when Charlie
Brown questions whether anyone really knows the meaning of
Christmas anymore, parents in attendance were ready and waiting
to fill in the blanks, WKYT reports. They read aloud Luke
2:8-14.
Video: The Other Christmas Gift
With so many people focused on getting instead of giving, UP TV
set out to ask these kids the toughest question they'd face this
Christmas season. [Warning, you will need your kleenex!]
**DRUDGE POLL** Who Won The 3rd DNC Debate '16?
DEMS GET TRUMPED: Only 8 Million View ABC Dem Debate
Gateway Pundit - The numbers are in and only 8 million people
bothered to tune in to the Democrat-Socialist debate on ABC
Saturday night. The Republican debate last week with Donald
Trump drew an audience of 18.5 million viewers.
Clinton Went Missing From Democratic Debate (Briefly)
WSJ - Hillary Clinton went missing during the Democratic debate,
and it did not go unnoticed. After the first commercial break –
almost an hour into the third Democratic debate on Saturday
night, ABC returned with two candidates at the podium, Sen.
Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. The
former secretary of state was missing. Rather than waiting,
moderator David Muir moved forward, asking Mr. Sanders a
question. Mrs. Clinton came walking in, and said “sorry” into
the microphone.... In the first Democratic debate in October,
Mrs. Clinton was also late to return to the stage after a break,
and said “You know, it does take me a little longer,” a comment
referencing that it can take women longer to use the bathroom.
Bernie Campaign Under Attack After Accusing Hillary of
“Encouraging Islamic Extremism”
Mac Slavo - Perhaps now we know what was behind the timing of
the most recent scandal for Bernie Sanders – concerning improper
access to a Democratic database by members of staff.... Bernie
Sanders has now accused Hillary over her role in the rise of
ISIS, and intends to point out her dangerous and disqualifying
flaws in the course of his campaign. The London Guardian
reports: Bernie Sanders has accused Hillary Clinton of
encouraging Islamic extremism in Libya, in a prelude to a
Democratic debate on Saturday during which he is expected to go
on the attack for the first time over the unintended
consequences of the former secretary of state’s more
interventionist foreign policy. [T]he senator from Vermont
criticized Clinton for carelessly fomenting regime change in
Libya “without worrying” about the ensuing instability that has
helped Islamic State forces take hold in the country. “Regime
change without worrying about what happens the day after you get
rid of the dictator does not make a lot of sense,” Sanders
said....
Clinton Claims ‘Videos Of Donald Trump’ Being Used By ISIS
The Hill - Hillary Clinton has claimed that the Islamic State in
Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is showing videos of Donald Trump’s
comments about Muslims in an effort to “recruit more radical
jihadists.” During the Democratic presidential debate on
Saturday evening, Clinton said, “We need to make sure that the
really discriminatory messages that Trump is sending around the
world don’t fall on receptive ears.” “He is becoming ISIS’s best
recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of Donald
Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more
radical jihadists,” the party front-runner added. It is unclear
whether the former secretary of State was speaking
metaphorically or had evidence to back up the specific charge
that footage of Trump was being used by ISIS.
Video: HEATED ABC 'This Week': Trump, Stephanopoulos Battle Over
Charges Putin Killed Reporters
Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Republican presidential candidate
Donald Trump got into a heated exchange with host George
Stephanopoulos over Vladimir Putin’s praise of Trump....
Paul: Nobody Read The $1.1 Trillion Omnibus Bill
The Hill - Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said he voted
against the $1.1 trillion government spending bill that passed
Congress last week because nobody had a chance to read the
behemoth legislation. “It was over a trillion dollars, it was
all lumped together, 2,242 pages, nobody read it, so frankly my
biggest complaint is that I have no idea what kind of things
they stuck in the bill,” Paul told host John Catsimatidis on
“The Cats Roundtable” on New York’s AM-970. “I voted against it
because I won’t vote for these enormous bills that no one has a
chance to read,” he added. “We were given it yesterday or the
day before the bill came forward, and so this is not a way to
run government. It’s a part of the reason why government is
broke.”
It’s Official! City Of Philadelphia Effectively Ends Veteran
Homelessness
Activist Post - Positive news! On Thursday, city and federal
officials announced that homelessness among military veterans
has effectively ended. This means that every veteran in the city
of Philadelphia who wants or needs housing officially has access
to it. Since August 2013, reports Philadelphia News, 1,390
Philadelphia veterans have been connected to permanent housing.
Only 15 remain on the street, and that’s their choice as they
“don’t want to be housed,” says the city’s mayor. At a recent
City Hall news conference, Mayor Nutter addressed the remaining
veterans living on the streets: I have a message for each of you
who are still out there. We honor your service and your
sacrifices. You deserve a home. We won’t give up on you. The
Philadelphia effort was led by Philly Vets Home, a coalition of
local government agencies, nonprofit groups and the local
Veterans Administration (VA) Hospital in the city.
Oil prices plummet to 11-yr low as US lifts export ban
RT - Brent crude prices have fallen close to $36 per barrel,
their lowest level since 2004. This comes on worries of global
oversupply as Washington lifts the ban on oil exports and US oil
reserves reach an 85-year high. As of 8:30 a.m. GMT Monday,
Brent blend was trading at $36.15 a barrel, while US benchmark
West Texas Intermediate was at $34.32. On Thursday, the Energy
Information Administration (EIA) said that the current US oil
inventories stand at 490.7 million barrels, while refineries
operated at 92 percent of their capacity in the week ending
December 11. Oil was dealt a double blow Friday, when US
President Barack Obama signed a bill to lift the US export ban.
The ban was established during the US oil shortages in the
1970s, as part of a bigger deal that included tax breaks for
renewable-energy companies and refiners.
The Rate Hike Stock Market Crash Has Thrown Gasoline Onto An
Already Raging Global Financial Inferno
Economic Collapse - If the stock market crash of last Thursday
and Friday had all happened on one day, it would have been the
7th largest single day decline in U.S. history. On Friday, the
Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 367 points after finishing
down 253 points on Thursday. The overall decline of 620 points
between the two days would have been the 7th largest single day
stock market crash ever experienced in the United States if it
had happened within just one trading day. If you will remember,
this is precisely what I warned would happen if the Federal
Reserve raised interest rates. But when news of the rate hike
first came out on Wednesday, stocks initially jumped. This
didn’t make any sense at all, and personally I was absolutely
stunned that the markets had behaved so irrationally. But then
we saw that on Thursday and Friday the markets did exactly what
we thought they would do. The chief economist at Gluskin Sheff,
David Rosenberg, is calling the brief rally on Wednesday “a
head-fake of enormous proportions“, and analysts all over Wall
Street are bracing for what could be another very challenging
week ahead.
Juniper warns of backdoor spying code in firewalls
PCWorld - Juniper, a major manufacturer of networking equipment,
said on Thursday it found spying code planted in certain models
of its firewalls, an alarming discovery that echoes of
state-sponsored tampering… The unauthorized code was found
during a recent internal review, wrote Bob Worrall, Juniper’s
chief information officer. He did not indicate where Juniper
thinks the code originated… The compromise of such a prominent
vendor with code specifically designed for spying echoes
operations by the NSA described in documents leaked in 2013 by
former contractor Edward Snowden. A December 2013 story in the
German publication Der Spiegel described a 50-page catalog of
hardware and software tools used by the NSA to infiltrate the
equipment, including one targeted at Juniper’s NetScreen
appliances.
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CNN's version of the same story...
Online Actions That Spark NSA Monitoring
Off the Grid News - Simply using certain encryption services or
investigating alternatives to Microsoft Windows could get you
placed under surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA)
and other intelligence organizations, according to a new report.
Utilizing encryption solutions such as TOR could result in
monitoring by the NSA and its allies, including Britain’s
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), according to the
report in the German media outlet Tagesschau. The NSA tracks
people with a surveillance tool called XKeyscore. “Anyone who is
determined to be using Tor is also targeted for long-term
surveillance and retention,” Corey Doctorow wrote at the
BoingBoing.net blog. The German outlet said computer experts
watched the XKeyscore code and found that the NSA was constantly
monitoring TOR users on servers at MIT’s Computer Science and
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, the National Journal
reported.
This Spring Create a Bee Friendly Garden and Help Save the Bees:
Our Survival Depends On It
Natural Blaze - When we think about nature, normally we think
about designated wilderness areas. What we don’t realize is that
bees love living in urban settings with short flight paths and a
variety of different plants and flowers to sample. Bees
especially thrive in backyards and gardens because there are a
many different plants to choose from. By creating a hospitable
place in your garden for bees, you will not only triple your
yield of fruit and veggies, but you will also help improve the
bee population.
The Cold Truth About Essential Oils that Nobody Talks About
Realfarmacy - Despite the fact that thousands of people report
successful use of essential oils to help support various body
functions, the mainstream community tries to dismiss their
claims. Essential oils are everywhere; if you follow any blogs,
you will find them in DIY, survival, natural health, and mommy
blogs. So do essential oils really work, or are they just
expensive fragrant quackery?
Mandatory Meningitis Vaccine Bill Author Caught Red-Handed
Taking $420k From Big Pharma
Realfarmacy - State Senator Kemp Hannon, Chair of the New York
Senate Health Committee, and author of the recently passed law
that will require all seventh and twelfth graders in the state
to get meningitis shots, has been caught with his hand in the
pot, according to the New York Daily News: specifically, the
pharma pot. And to no small sum, mind you. His investments in
pharmaceutical and health companies is at $100,000 while it is
also being alleged that he has received more than $400,000 from
the same interest groups. Hannon’s investments are a direct
conflict of interest and he should be charged criminally. This
is an act of using your position to influence and write laws for
the sole result of personal gain.
7 Functional Foods That Reduce Brain Inflammation & Clear Brain
Fog
Natural News Blogs - Brain inflammation & Brain fog Inflammation
is an innate response to injury, stress, or illness, poor gut
function or eating toxic foods and induces an inflammatory
response. Brain fog is a sign of leaky brain or brain on fire.
In other words, brain fog is a sign of inflammation.
Inflammation in the brain causes neurons to fire more slowly,
slowing down mental acuity, recall, and reflexes. Sluggish
neurons also shut down the production of energy in the cells.
This means that cells fatigue easily, and you may lose your
ability to focus for long periods of time.
Friday
- December 18, 2015 - Today in History:
1787 - New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S.
Constitution.
1862 - The first orthopedic hospital was organized in New York City. It
was called the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled.
1865 - U.S. Secretary of State William Seward issued a statement
verifying the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution. The amendment abolished slavery with the declaration:
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for
crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist
within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."
1903 - The Panama Canal Zone was acquired 'in perpetuity' by the U.S.
for an annual rent.
1916 - During World War I, after 10 months of fighting the French
defeated the Germans in the Battle of Verdun.
1917 - The Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by
the U.S. Senate and then officially proposed the states.
1935 - A $1 silver certificate was issued for the first time in the U.S.
1936 - Su-Lin, the first giant panda to come to the U.S. from China,
arrived in San Francisco, CA. The bear was sold to the Brookfield Zoo
for $8,750.
1940 - Adolf Hitler signed a secret directive ordering preparations for
a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Operation "Barbarossa" was launched
in June 1941.
1944 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the wartime relocation of
Japanese-Americans, but also stated that undeniably loyal Americans of
Japanese ancestry could not be detained.
1950 - NATO foreign ministers approved plans to defend Western Europe,
including the use of nuclear weapons, if necessary.
1972 - The United States began the heaviest bombing of North Vietnam
during the Vietnam War. The attack ended 12 days later.
1987 - Ivan F. Boesky was sentenced to 3 years in prison for plotting
Wall Street's biggest insider-trading scandal. He only served 2 years of
the sentence.
1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives began the debate on the four
articles of impeachment concerning U.S. President Bill Clinton. It was
only the second time in U.S. history that process had begun.
1998 - Russia recalled its U.S. ambassador in protest of the U.S.
attacks on Iraq.
2002 - Nine competing designs for the World Trade Center site were
unveiled. The Lower Manhattan Development Corp. expected to choose a
design by January 31, 2003.
2009 - James Cameron's movie "Avatar" was released in the United States.
On January 26, the movie became the highest-grossing film worldwide.
2010 - In Nanjing, China, the Zifeng Tower opened
Treason! Lawmaker Discovers It's Bad Idea To Accuse Erdogan Of
Supplying Sarin Gas To ISIS
Zero Hedge - Two weeks ago, CHP lawmaker Eren Erdem said he,
like Moscow, will soon provide proof of Turkish President Recep
Tayyip Erdogan’s role in the smuggling of Islamic State oil. …
The charges come just two days after Erdem gave the following
interview to RT in which he says ISIS "received all necessary
materials to produce deadly sarin gas via Turkey." He insists
there are grounds to believe a cover up is in the offing. And
so, just as Erdogan arrested Can Dundar, editor in chief of
Cumhuriyet, and Erdem Gul, the newspaper’s capital correspondent
in Ankara on charges of spying and aiding a terrorist
organization after they published video depicting an MIT truck
transporting weapons to Syria, and just as Ankara arrested the
generals who stopped the truck, AKP will now try a member of the
opposition for treason. Just another day in Erdogan's thriving,
NATO-supported "democracy".
Ukraine defaults on $3bn Eurobond to Russia
RT - Kiev has imposed a moratorium on the $3 billion Russian
debt repayment, said the country’s Prime Minister Arseny
Yatsenyuk at a cabinet meeting on Friday. The announcement comes
ahead of the December 20 deadline for the debt repayment.
"Considering that Russia has refused, despite our efforts, to
sign an agreement on restructuring and to accept our proposals,
the cabinet is imposing a moratorium on payment of the Russian
debt worth $3 billion," said Yatsenyuk. The payment is halted
"until we make restructuring proposals or a relevant court
decision is made," added the Prime Minister. Late on Thursday,
Ukraine's Ministry of Finance said Kiev couldn’t pay off
Russia’s $3 billion Eurobond loan without breaking a debt
restructuring deal reached with other international creditors.
Secret US mission in Libya revealed after air force posted
pictures
The Guardian - A secret US commando mission to Libya has been
revealed after photographs of a special forces unit were posted
on the Facebook page of the country’s air force. Libya’s air
force said 20 US soldiers arrived at Libya’s Wattiya airbase on
Monday, but left soon after local commanders asked them to go
because they had no permission to be at the base. It was unclear
if another branch of the Libyan military had authorized the
mission… Wattiya’s proximity to Sabratha, site of the Islamic
State’s western Libya base, has heightened speculation that the
US is poised to launch strikes on the terror group.
US Refuses to Tell France Who Financed Paris Terror Attacks
Sputnik News - United States authorities have yet to respond to
multiple requests from France on sources of funding for Daesh
terrorists tied to the November 13 Paris attacks, a French
Finance Ministry source told Reuters. The US and the European
Union signed an agreement called the Terrorist Finance Tracking
Program in 2010, which allowed EU countries to rely on the US
for information on terrorist groups' finance flows. Prior to the
Paris attacks, the US turned down requests from France to reveal
the financial flows funding the January 7 attacks on the Charlie
Hebdo newspaper and a Jewish supermarket, saying France "did not
provide enough details."
EU Exploits ‘Refugee’ Crisis it Created to Push Draconian Plan
For Occupying Army
Paul Joseph Watson - The European Union is exploiting the
refugee crisis it helped create by pushing draconian plans for
an occupying army that would have the power to take control of
national borders without the consent of sovereign governments.
After rolling out the red carpet for potentially millions of
migrants – most of whom are not Syrian – to enter Europe in
search of welfare havens like Sweden and Germany – the EU has
proven its total incompetence when it comes to dealing with
border security. However, instead of handing more power to
national governments to address the crisis, the EU is set to
eviscerate the sovereignty of member states further under a new
proposal which would permit the deployment of up to 2,500 armed
guards wearing EU uniforms, along with naval patrol vessels,
helicopters and drones.
USAID's Millions Often Spent Blindly in Afghanistan, with
Taliban as Occasional Beneficiary
AllGov - Many USAID projects were intended to “stabilize” the
country and demonstrate to the local populace that they should
support the U.S.-backed Afghan government. But an internal
investigation (pdf) of USAID efforts in the war-torn country
found that many of them had the opposite result. For instance,
“villagers believed that the projects would not have been
allowed to take place without the Taliban’s approval, and so
their support for the Taliban, rather than for the United States
or the Afghan government, actually increased because of the
aid,” The New York Times reported… In other cases, USAID did
such a poor job of managing its projects that Taliban leaders
were able to successfully submit requests through intermediaries
for American aid projects for villages under their control. The
study also found that USAID’s targeting of some villages not
under Taliban control resulted in increased violence from the
Taliban.
European Parliament Rejects Imports of Monsanto’s GM Liberty
Link Maize
Sustainable Pulse - Today, the European Parliament dealt another
blow to the Commission over GM crops, objecting to the import of
Monsanto’s Roundup Ready™ Liberty Link™ GM maize into the EU .
The Parliament said the decision to authorize the import of this
GM crop was “not consistent with Union law” that aims at a high
level of health and environmental protection.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
The US Knows Where ISIS Videos Are Produced - But Does Nothing
About It
Zero Hedge - As outlined extensively by Charlie Winter in a
study entitled "Documenting The Virtual 'Caliphate'”, ISIS
produces nearly 40 pieces of propaganda each day in various
formats ranging from video, to print, to radio. The workload is
divided between dozens of individual production units hailing
from all corners of the caliphate from Libya to Raqqa to
Mosul…Importantly, ISIS propaganda isn't limited to murder
montages. In fact, quite a bit of Islamic State media focuses on
portraying life in the "caliphate." The idea, of course, is to
project some semblance of normalcy - to show potential recruits
that a society governed by Sharia Law can still have the
trappings of modernity…. As it turns out, the US has "spent
months" mapping the locations of the various media production
units shown in the org chart above. Despite knowing their
locations, Washington has refrained from destroying them -
supposedly for fear of inflicting civilian casualties.
Cops Demolish Single Mom's Home By Mistake, Destroy Children's
Christmas - Offer No Help
The Free Thought Project - On Tuesday, Cherokee County Sheriff
David Groves and his heroic team of militarized storm troopers
descended on the home of a single mom and her four kids. Upon
removing the mother and her four children from the house, police
entered into a 20-hour-long standoff — with the empty house.
Video: What is a United Nations Multinational Force Observer
doing on U.S. soil?
The Daily Sheeple - A strange video is making waves in
alternative media circles after it revealed that at least one
United Nations Multinational Force Observer is currently
operating on U.S. soil… The fifteen second video clip shows a UN
employee inside his vehicle after getting gas in northeastern
Pennsylvania. The concerned citizen who filmed the exchange
attempts to ask the man what type of work would require him to
be in the country, to no avail… What makes this sighting so
interesting besides the fact that it was within the United
States is the fact that the man was filmed with his UN
indication clearly in the open as if he was there in an official
capacity. Even more interesting and shocking, noted in detail by
YouTuber Professor Doom, is the possible connection between this
sighting and recent UN job postings for America in which the
United Nations sought US-based disarmament, demobilization and
reintegration specialists.
TPP May Be Delayed Until After 2016 Elections
Activist Post - The controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership
trade agreement might not be voted on until after the 2016
presidential elections, or possibly into the next presidential
term, according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. In an
interview with the Washington Post, McConnell said he does not
support the idea of voting on the TPP before the election. “It
certainly shouldn’t come before the election. I don’t think so,
and I have some serious problems with what I think it is,” he
said. “But I think the president would be making a big mistake
to try to have that voted on during the election. There’s
significant pushback all over the place.”
Congressional spending bill good on GMOs, bad on COOL
Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance - There is some good news: 1)
The bill does NOT include the Monsanto rider that would prohibit
states from labeling genetically engineered foods (a.k.a. the
DARK act). The fight isn’t over. Key Senators have pledged to
work on legislation that would overturn state labeling laws when
they return in January. 2) The bill does include an amendment to
require labeling of genetically engineered salmon, so that
consumers will be able to make informed choices as to whether or
not to buy this GMO animal to eat. Now the bad news: Mandatory
Country of Origin Labeling for beef and pork is being repealed,
out of fear of international trade retaliation. The damage is
less than we feared, because Congress left COOL for chicken in
place (earlier proposals would have repealed COOL for all meats,
even though the World Trade Organization had only ruled that the
beef and pork labels were trade barriers). This decision shows,
yet again, how international trade agreements undermine our
democracy.
Disney Beefs Up Theme Park Security: Metal Detectors, Extra
Patrols, Bans on Toy Guns and Costumes
Breitbart - Disney has beefed up security protocols at its theme
parks in Anaheim, California and Orlando, Florida as fears of
terrorism have grown in recent weeks due to recent high-profile
deadly attacks in San Bernardino and Paris. Visitors at
Disneyland and Disney’s California Adventure theme parks in
Anaheim will be randomly selected to go through metal detectors
at the parks’ entrances, reports local ABC affiliate KABC. The
parks have also added extra security patrols and ceased selling
toy guns at gift shops. Additionally, patrons over the age of 14
are now prohibited from wearing costumes or masks while inside
the parks.
Donald Trump: Congress ‘Threw In The Towel’ on Budget Deal
Breitbart - GOP frontrunner Donald Trump told Breitbart News
that Republicans in Congress “threw in the towel” when drafting
the 2016 budget. “The only special interest not being served by
our government is the American people,” he said late Thursday
night. “If anyone needed more evidence of why the American
people are suffering at the hands of their own government, look
no further than the budget deal announced by Speaker [Paul]
Ryan,” Trump said about the Omnibus spending plan, which will
likely be finalized on Friday morning. The budget allows $1.1
trillion in 2016 spending. “The American people will have to
absorb higher deficits, greater debt, less economic liberty and
more corporate welfare. Congress cannot seem to help itself in
bending to every whim of special interests. How can they face
their constituents when they continue to burden our children and
grandchildren with debts they will never be able to repay? Our
government is failing us, so we must do something about it. Who
knows how bad things will be when the next administration comes
in and has to pick up the pieces?”
Donald Trump Praised as 'Talented' by Russia's Vladimir Putin
NBC News - Russian President Vladimir Putin praised Donald Trump
as "talented," describing him as the "absolute leader" in the
Republican race for the White House. Speaking to reporters after
his annual three-hour televised news conference, Putin welcomed
the GOP front-runner's stance on relations with Moscow. "He is a
bright personality, a talented person, no doubt about it," the
Russian leader said. "It is not up to us to appraise his
positive sides, it is up to the U.S. voters. but, as we can see,
he is an absolute leader in the presidential race." Putin added:
"He is saying that he wants to move to a different level of
relations with Russia, to a closer, deeper one. How can we not
welcome that? Of course, we welcome that." However, Putin said
it was "not up to us to make judgments" on Trump's remarks on
U.S. issues or "other means he uses to boost his popularity."
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Trump: Putin’s Praise of Me ‘Terrific,’ Mutual Dislike With
Obama Is Cause for Conflict...
Hillary Clinton Claim: ‘I Don’t Know That I Ever Have’ Gotten
Cash From Oil Companies
Breitbart - “Well, I don’t know that I ever have, I’m not
exactly one of their favorites,” Clinton replied when asked at a
campaign stop in Iowa City if she would agree not to accept Big
Oil donations. Not true, according to research compiled by a
Super-PAC, “America Rising.” Even the liberal Huffington Post
reported that “nearly all” of Clinton’s bundlers have worked for
Big Oil. Additionally, the Clinton Foundation has mopped up some
Big Oil donations and she benefits from a multi-million dollar
mutual fund that invests in Big Oil. Clinton also appeared
Wednesday with billionaire Warren Buffett, where she planned to
roll out some new tax hikes like the kind that Buffett has
proposed on rich folks like himself.
Veterans Administration Hospital Bans Holiday Cheer, ‘Merry
Christmas’
Breitbart - The Veterans Administration hospital in Salem,
Virginia–a government run hospital–is banning “religious”
carols, Christmas trees and “Merry Christmas” from public areas,
according to The Becket Fund, a nonprofit law firm to protect
religious liberty. “Our veterans stare down the most hostile
threats to freedom the world has ever known. But I’m pretty sure
the words ‘Merry Christmas’ are not one of them,” said The
Becket Fund’s Executive Director Kristina Arriaga. “Hospital
leaders should have a Christmas cookie and lighten up; a little
Christmas cheer never hurt anyone.” The Becket Fund released a
press release on Thursday awarding the hospital the Ebenezer
Award, “awarded for the most ridiculous affront to the Christmas
and Hanukkah,” because of the ban on holiday cheer.
Martin Shkreli Arrested on Securities Fraud Charges
Bloomberg - Martin Shkreli, the boyish drug company
entrepreneur, who rocketed to infamy by jacking up the price of
a life-saving pill from $13.50 to $750, was arrested by federal
agents at his Manhattan apartment early Thursday morning and
charged with securities fraud. After pleading not guilty in
Brooklyn federal court he was freed on a $5 million bond…
Prosecutors in Brooklyn charged him with illegally taking assets
from Retrophin Inc., a biotechnology firm he started in 2011,
and using it to pay debts from unrelated business dealings. He
was later ousted from the company, where he’d been chief
executive officer, and sued by its board.
Reliance on Internet Places 2020 Census at Risk of Fraud
AllGov - A report (pdf) prepared by Mitre Corp. for the Census
Bureau’s JASON scientific advisory panel said gathering census
information electronically could leave the process at risk to
fraud by hackers, pranksters and phishers. Particular concern
should be paid to “large-scale, organized fraud,” according to
the report, which “could pose a threat to the integrity of the
census.” It also warned “the threshold for effectively
manipulating the census process is surprisingly low.” Census
officials will use the Internet in the 2020 count in order to
better reach “previously undercounted populations to improve
accuracy,” according to Government Executive. The Census Bureau
plans to mail postcards to households containing an Internet
link as text URL and scannable QR code. The postcard will
include a unique identification that links the postal address to
records maintained by the bureau.
A Secret Catalogue of Government Gear for Spying on Your
Cellphone
The Intercept - The Intercept has obtained a secret, internal
U.S. government catalogue of dozens of cellphone surveillance
devices used by the military and by intelligence agencies. The
document, thick with previously undisclosed information, also
offers rare insight into the spying capabilities of federal law
enforcement and local police inside the United States. The
catalogue includes details on the Stingray, a well-known brand
of surveillance gear, as well as Boeing “dirt boxes” and dozens
of more obscure devices that can be mounted on vehicles, drones,
and piloted aircraft. Some are designed to be used at static
locations, while others can be discreetly carried by an
individual. They have names like Cyberhawk, Yellowstone,
Blackfin, Maximus, Cyclone, and Spartacus.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
What Christmas Dinner Looks Like Without the Bees
Natural Blaze - According to the USDA, in the United States the
total number of managed honey bee colonies has decreased from 5
million in the 1940s to only 2.5 million today. Meanwhile,
University of Bristol research claims that honeybees and other
pollinators are responsible for 80 percent of all plant species
in Europe, including fruits and vegetables.... According to the
USDA, in the United States the total number of managed honey bee
colonies has decreased from 5 million in the 1940s to only 2.5
million today. Meanwhile, University of Bristol research claims
that honeybees and other pollinators are responsible for 80
percent of all plant species in Europe, including fruits and
vegetables. One wonders if a turkey would even exist considering
that the diet of poultry in the U.S. consists of grain feed.
Oils would eventually go by the wayside without bees, too.
The Effects of Grounding
Dr. Mercola - The Earth carries an enormous negative charge.
It's always electron-rich and can serve as a powerful and
abundant supply of antioxidant and free-radical-busting
electrons. Your body is finely tuned to "work" with the Earth in
the sense that there's a constant flow of energy between your
body and the Earth. When you put your feet on the ground, you
absorb large amounts of negative electrons through the soles of
your feet. The effect is sufficient to maintain your body at the
same negatively charged electrical potential as the Earth. This
simple process of grounding is one of the most potent
antioxidants we know of.
New studies: Coffee consumption reduces risk of mortality and
chronic diseases
(NaturalHealth365) While studies have shown this popular
beverage to be beneficial for health in many ways, contradictory
information has arisen throughout the years about the negative
effects of caffeine on the body. But, wait, several new studies
are suggesting that this dark black beverage should have its
place in our diet – as there are many health benefits such as,
reduced risk of mortality and chronic diseases such as cancer,
heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and more.... Whether caffeinated
or decaffeinated, positive results have been detected in several
forms of cancer, such as...
Mistakes You Make Before 10 AM
Dr. Mercola - Each morning, you have an opportunity to start the
day fresh and set a healthy, positive tone for the rest of the
day. The first few hours of your day could easily be described
as the most important, as they can make or break the hours that
follow.In fact, one thing that most successful, happy people
have in common is a morning routine. It varies from person to
person, but figuring out a few morning habits that work for you,
and then sticking to them each day, can be invaluable for your
health and well being.
Fecal Transplant: An Amazing Cure You've Probably Never Heard Of
Dr. Becker - Dr. Margo Roman, an integrative veterinarian who
offers many cutting-edge alternative therapies at her practice
in the Boston area, discusses microbiome restorative therapy,
also known as fecal transplants. Dr. Roman has used fecal
transplants to successfully treat dogs and cats with a wide
variety of conditions, including severe gastrointestinal
disease, behavioral issues, atopic dermatitis, and coprophagia
(poop eating).
A Country Founded by Geniuses but Run by Idiots
IowaDawg Blog - Jeff Foxworthy is funny, and right to the point!
VIDEO: The 12 Bans of Christmas
Campus Reform - With so many schools across the country taking
steps to ensure that holiday celebrations are devoid of any
reference to Christmas, we here at Campus Reform simply couldn’t
resist the urge to poke a little fun at the situation. And in
the spirit of the season, we could think of no better way to do
so than with an old-fashioned Christmas song. Drawing on
policies and guidelines issued by colleges in almost every
region of the country, our “Twelve Bans of Christmas” is
intended to humorously highlight the ridiculous lengths that
some school administrators have gone to in their efforts to
promote inclusivity. We laugh only to keep from crying.
Thursday
- December 17, 2015 - Today in History:
1777 - France recognized American independence.
1791 - A traffic regulation in New York City established the first
street to go "One Way."
1903 - The first successful gasoline-powered airplane flight took place
near Kitty Hawk, NC. Orville and Wilbur Wright made the flight.
1944 - The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of excluding
Japanese-Americans from the West Coast which ensured that
Japanese-Americans were released from detention camps.
1953 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decided to approve
RCA’s color television specifications.
1957 - The United States successfully test-fired the Atlas
intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time.
1969 - The U.S. Air Force closed its Project "Blue Book" by concluding
that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial spaceships behind
thousands of UFO sightings.
1969 - Television history was made when Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki Budinger
were married on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson.
1975 - Lynette Fromme was sentenced to life in prison for her attempt on
the life of U.S. President Ford.
1986 - Davina Thompson became the world's first recipient of a heart,
lungs, and liver transplant.
1992 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian
Mulroney and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari signed the
North American Free Trade Agreement.
1997 - U.S. President Clinton signed the No Electronic Theft Act. The
act removed protection from individuals who claimed that they took no
direct financial gains from stealing copyrighted works and downloading
them from the Internet.
2002 - U.S. President George W. Bush ordered the Pentagon to have ready
for use within two years a system for protecting American territory,
troops and allies from ballistic missile attacks.
2002 - Congo's government, opposition parties and rebels signed a peace
agreement that ended four years of civil war.
2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law the largest
overhaul of U.S. intelligence gathering in 50 years. The bill aimed to
tighten borders and aviation security. It also created a federal
counterterrorism center and a new intelligence director.
US calls on Turkey to withdraw ‘unauthorized’ troops from Iraq
RT - The US has urged Turkey to withdraw its “unauthorized”
military forces from northern Iraq, calling on Ankara to respect
the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. US Vice
President Joe Biden has spoken to Iraqi Prime Minister Haider
al-Abadi regarding Turkey’s troop deployments. The Vice
President reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to Iraqi
sovereignty and territorial integrity and called on Turkey to do
the same by withdrawing any military forces from Iraqi territory
that have not been authorized by the Iraqi government,” the
White House said in a statement. The call between Biden and al-Abadi
came two days after the Vice President’s talk with Turkish Prime
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu.
Western Media Shows Russian Airstrikes as US-Led Coalition’s
Sputnik News - Western Media often rebrand the footage of
Russian airstrikes in Syria as the US-led coalition’s actions –
due to the lack of cooperation, according to the Russian Defense
Ministry. Due to poor US-led Coalition intelligence, the Western
media is unwilling to credit Russia’s Aerospace Forces for its
successful strikes against Daesh terrorist targets, according to
the Russian Ministry of Defense. “I have to stress that no-one
has ever heard of the reporters’ press-tours to the anti-Daesh
coalition’s bases. As a result, it confuses even the most
reliable sources like TV channels and newspapers — and they
unintentionally brand our [Russian] airstrikes as those of the
US-led coalition,” Konshenkov explained.
What’s Behind Washington Pulling 12 Fighter Jets From Turkish
Base?
Sputnik News - In the latest sign of Turkey’s increasing
isolation, the United States has announced plans to remove 12
fighter jets from Incirlik air base. According to Reuters, a
spokesman with the US military’s European Command has confirmed
that the US will withdraw 12 F-15 Eagles and Strike Eagle
fighters from Turkey. The spokesman said that the aircraft had
completed temporary deployment, despite having only been moved
to Incirlik air base one month ago. According to a news release,
the aircraft will be returning to RAF Lakenheath in the United
Kingdom, beginning December 16.
Turkey abuses refugees, deports them back to warzones – Amnesty
RT - The Turkish government has been rounding up refugees and
transporting them to detention centers where they are abused and
mistreated, according to Amnesty International. From there, many
are deported back to "warzones" in Iraq and Syria. In a
Wednesday report titled 'Europe's Gatekeeper,' Amnesty alleges
that Turkey has been “herding scores – possibly hundreds – of
refugees and asylum-seekers onto buses” and transporting them
“more than 1,000 kilometers to isolated detention centers where
they have been held incommunicado,” the organization said in a
press release.
Something Strange Is Taking Place In The Middle Of The Atlantic
Ocean
Zero Hedge - In the latest sign that the world is simply running
out of capacity when it comes to coping with an inexorable
supply of commodities, three diesel tankers en route from the
Gulf to Europe did something rather odd on Wednesday: they
stopped, turned around in the middle of the ocean, and headed
back the way they came! "At least three 37,000 tonne tankers -
Vendome Street, Atlantic Star and Atlantic Titan - have made
U-turns in the Atlantic ocean in recent days and are now heading
back west," Reuters reported, citing its own tracking data. The
Vendome Street actually made it to within 800 miles of Portgual
(so around 75% of the way there) before abruptly turning around.
"Ship brokers said a turnaround so late in the journey would
come at a cost to the charterer," Reuters notes. The problem:
low prices, no storage capacity, and soft demand.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Paul Ryan Betrays America: $1.1 Trillion, 2,000-Plus Page
Omnibus Bill Funds ‘Fundamental Transformation of America’
Breitbart - Rep. Paul Ryan'sfirst major legislative achievement
is a total and complete sell-out of the American people
masquerading as an appropriations bill. Too harsh, you say? Let
the programs, the spending, and the implications speak for
themselves...
New York State Supreme Court Says NO to Mandatory Flu
Vaccinations for Kids 6 Months to 5 Years in Order to Attend
Head Start, Pre-school or Day Care
Activist Post - His Honor, Judge Manuel J. Mendez, J.S.C.,
handed down the decision overturning a Mayor Bloomberg-era
regulation requiring all children 6 months through 59 months of
age must obtain a flu vaccine in order to attend pre-schools,
day care centers and Head Start Programs regulated by the City
of New York. Interestingly, the Judge in his order wrote on page
6, “The Court of Appeals further stated that §558(b) of the New
York City Charter ‘contains no suggestion that the Board of
Health has the authority to create laws’.”… Judge Mendez further
stated that NYC Board of Health, et al, lacked statutory
authority to require such vaccinations.
US Congress Republicans agree to lift 40-year ban on oil exports
RT - Republican leaders in the US Congress announced late
Tuesday a measure allowing American oil exports for the first
time in four decades. However, Democrats haven't confirmed the
agreement. Both the House and Senate still must pass it and
President Barack Obama must sign it into law. “We have the best
technology, the best oil and over time we will drive out Russian
oil, we will drive out Saudi, Iranian,” Republican
Representative Joe Barton of Texas told Bloomberg. “It puts the
United States in the driver’s seat of energy policy worldwide.
It is a huge victory,” he added.
$1,800,000,000,000 Omnibus Increases Number of Unskilled Guest
Workers…
Breitbart - The year-end spending deal unveiled early Wednesday
morning includes a provision that would increase the number of
guest worker visas available to unskilled foreign nationals
seeking employment in the U.S. According to Ian Smith, an
attorney with the Immigration Reform Law Institute, language
inserted into the omnibus spending deal would nearly quadruple
the number of H-2B visa workers admitted to the U.S. next year
to about 250,000.
Planned Parenthood Funded by Taxpayers in Spending Deal
Breitbart - Though many Republicans in Congress have expressed
horror at the apparent activities of Planned Parenthood,
revealed through numerous investigative videos, the $1.6
trillion [2,009 page] omnibus deal announced by House Speaker
Rep. Paul Ryan would still give taxpayer funds for the nation’s
largest abortion provider.... According to the Washington
Examiner, House and Senate lawmakers reached an agreement that
will fund the government through 2016. A vote on the bill is
expected as early as Thursday or Friday in the House....
McConnell said he expects the Senate would take up the bill and
move it along quickly after the House passes it.
‘Black Lives Matter’ Supporters Threaten Riots After Freddie
Gray Mistrial
Paul Joseph Watson - Some ‘Black Lives Matter’ supporters are
already threatening to stage riots in Baltimore after a mistrial
was declared in the Freddie Gray case. Jurors told a judge today
that they could not reach a verdict in the trial of Baltimore
Police Officer William G. Porter, who was charged with
involuntary manslaughter, second-degree assault, reckless
endangerment and misconduct in office. A retrial date is
expected to be set tomorrow. Baltimore was gripped by days of
rioting at the end of April in response to the death of Gray,
who died while in transport in a police vehicle. During the
unrest, over 300 businesses were damaged and 27 stores looted,
leading to the declaration of a state of emergency and the
deployment of the National Guard. Although community leaders are
appealing for calm after the announcement of the mistrial, with
a heavy police presence currently out in force, some ‘Black
Lives Matter’ supporters immediately took to Twitter to call for
more unrest.
The FBI Checked the Wrong Box and a Woman Ended Up on the
Terrorism Watch List For Years
ProPublica - As the Senate debated a proposal earlier this month
that would have barred gun sales to people on the government’s
terrorism watch lists, Republicans decried the lists as unfair,
unreliable and un-American.... Rahinah Ibrahim, a Malaysian
architect with a doctorate from Stanford, knows from personal
experience that they have a compelling point. Ibrahim is the
only person since 9/11 to file a court challenge that ultimately
removed her name from the watch lists. It took her almost a
decade to prevail in court and even that victory has proved
phyrrhic. While a federal judge agreed that her inclusion on the
no-fly list was groundless, she remains unable to obtain a visa
that would allow her to visit the United States even to attend
academic conferences.
Hillary Clinton plans to use executive orders as president to go
around GOP Congress
The Washington Times - On the campaign trail, Mrs. Clinton has
said on three occasions so far that she would use executive
actions to help execute her domestic policy agenda on issues
such as gun control, ending corporate “inversion” deals and
immigration, where she promises to unilaterally shield more
people from deportation. “I want to push hard to get more
sensible restraints,” Mrs. Clinton said on NBC’s “Today” show,
outlining her plan for gun control in October. “I want to work
with Congress, but I will look at ways as president” to impose
her agenda.
Surge: GOP Debate Ratings Beat Previous Two — 18 Million Viewers
Breitbart - Anyone looking for further proof of where the
energy, intensity, interest and excitement is this election
season need only look at the ratings. After 4 previous
Republican debates you would expect interest to wane. The exact
opposite happened. A full 18 million tuned into Tuesday night’s
CNN debate, which bests the previous two debates by 4 million
and 2.5 million. This is good news for Sen. Ted Cruz and Donald
Trump, both of whom did very well last night. This is especially
true for frontrunner Trump who, in my opinion, has never looked
better — even if the bubble-dumb media is swooning over Jeb Bush
and Sen. Lindsey Graham
Fed finally lifts key interest rate from near zero
(AP) - The Fed coupled its first rate hike in nine years with a signal
that further increases will likely be made slowly as the economy
strengthens further and inflation rises from undesirably low levels. The
central bank said in a statement after its latest meeting that it was
lifting its key rate by a quarter-point to a range of 0.25 percent to
0.5 percent. Its move ends an extraordinary seven-year period of
near-zero borrowing rates. But the Fed's statement suggested that rates
would remain historically low well into the future, saying it expects
"only gradual increases."
The Latest: JPMorgan, US Bancorp lift prime lending rate
(AP) - The latest on the Federal Reserve's landmark two-day policy
meeting that ended Wednesday. The central bank raised interest rates for
the first time in nearly a decade. All times local. Two other major
consumer banks wasted no time in raising interest rates on their
consumer products, following the Fed's decision to raise interest rates.
JPMorgan Chase and U.S. Bancorp said Wednesday that their prime rate
would rise 0.25 percentage points to 3.5 percent, effective tomorrow. A
bank's prime rate is the interest rate banks use to price several of its
consumer products, including auto loans and credit cards. If a bank
raises its prime rate, it means your credit card rate is also rising.
CA Water Board Nixes New Fish-Over-People Drought Plan
Breitbart - The California State Water Resources Control Board
voted unanimously on Tuesday to back away from a controversial
plan that would have held water back from cities and farmers in
order to save an endangered species of salmon. The plan,
announced by the Board last week, would have required an
additional 200,000 acre-feet of water to be held back in Lake
Shasta through next fall in order keep the Sacramento River at a
relatively cool 56 degrees when the water would ultimately be
released.
Toxic Firefighting Foam Has Contaminated U.S. Drinking Water
Blacklisted News - Cervera, a mother of four and grandmother of
two who was 46 at the time, was diagnosed with stage 2 kidney
cancer. That July she underwent surgery to remove both the tumor
and almost half her right kidney. Cervera returned to her home
in Warrington, Pennsylvania, relieved to be alive but also
perplexed.... Her research quickly led her to a recent report on
PFOA, or perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as C8, a chemical
that for six decades was used by DuPont in the production of
Teflon and other products. Research on people in West Virginia
and Ohio who had consumed water contaminated by leaks from a
nearby DuPont factory showed probable links between the chemical
and six diseases, including kidney cancer. Cervera soon
discovered that the very same chemical, as well as a related
one, PFOS, had been found in drinking water in her area.
The Crop-Killing, Snow-In-June American Disaster You’ve Never
Heard Of
Off the Grid News - It was the year 1816, often called “The Year
Without a Summer,” and it just might be the most important
meteorological event you have never heard of. Spring arrived on
time, but then the weather went into reverse, with cold
temperatures and continually overcast skies. Dim sunlight and
frigid temperatures became so severe and widespread that major
crop failures were reported across the United States, the rest
of North America and Europe for a period of three years. New
York state and Maine experienced snow in June.... Scientists now
believe that this three-year period of severe climate change was
set off by a volcanic eruption. On April 15, 1815, Mount Tambora
on the island of Sumbawa in what is now Indonesia erupted,
spewing lava and dust for a week and then continuing to rumble
for three months.... Floods, drought, disease, famine – all
caused by a volcanic eruption half a world away. With the
world’s population so much greater than it was in 1816, the
effects of another eruption on the scale of Mount Tambora would
be unthinkable. Today, the year 1816 stands as a startling
reminder of how one world event — even a volcano in Southeast
Asia — can have dire consequences on our food supply.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Warning: Feral hogs can be aggressive
Conservation Commission of Missouri. - Feral hogs can be
aggressive and have been known to attack humans. But perhaps the
greater risk is that of contracting diseases through handling
tissues of infected hogs. Swine brucellosis and pseudorabies
have both been documented in feral hogs in Missouri, and both
can affect humans. Feral hogs have excellent senses of smell and
hearing, and they typically avoid contact with humans. However,
they have occasionally chased hunters and other outdoor
recreationists up trees. If you find yourself confronted with a
feral hog, the best defense is to climb the nearest tree. If the
pig charges, sidestep quickly, taking care to avoid the swing of
its tusks, and promptly find a tree to climb.
* Related:
Coping with
Feral Hogs: Frequently Asked Questions-Wild Pigs
Holidays Got You Stressed? Try These Essential Oils
Off the Grid News - The Christmas season is supposed to be a
joyful time, filled with warmth, love and memories. But for many
people, it can be quite overwhelming. All of the shopping,
commitments, to-do lists and cooking can take a toll on us
physically, mentally and spiritually. For those of us who prefer
to manage our health naturally, essential oils can help us keep
our spirits up and maintain our energy during this very busy
season of the year. Here are some common conditions and the oils
that have been found to provide relief...
Selenium deficiency linked to increased risk of premature death
(NaturalHealth365) Recent research reveals that a deficiency in
an essential trace mineral may result in a greater risk of
mortality among older adults.... Selenium is known to work with
vitamin E to act as an antioxidant in stopping the formation of
free radicals. Study results are now helping scientists to
understand that this trace mineral plays a significant role in
fighting a number of cancers and other conditions impacted by
oxidative stress and inflammation.... There are selenium
supplements available or you may alter your diet to assure
adequate levels of selenium through the foods you eat. One of
the simplest ways to add selenium to your daily intake is to
increase your consumption of foods containing high levels of
selenium. For example, Brazil nuts have a whopping 543 mg of
selenium in a one-ounce serving. Certain foods from the sea,
such as halibut, lobster, oysters and tuna, contain relatively
high amounts of selenium compared with other foods. In addition,
foods containing relatively high levels of selenium include
sunflower seeds, egg, and whole grain bread.
A realistic look at whether vitamins are the best investment you can
make in your dog’s health
Dogs Naturally - Most people think vitamins are natural. But most of the
vitamins you’ll find in your dog’s supplements or food are made from
waste products from the petroleum and coal industries and hydrogenated
sugars.... The truth is, vitamins are often made from these industrial
waste products simply because it’s cheaper and because they last longer
than the vitamins found in real foods. This means they can sit on
shelves for months or years and can also be added to foods in super high
doses.... Naturally occurring vitamins and synthetic vitamins are
different … really different. They’re not in the same chemical form and
your dog’s body will have trouble recognizing and using the fake,
synthetic vitamins. There are many studies showing that synthetic
vitamins aren’t as bioavailable (which means your dog can’t use them
like real vitamins from food).
Stella & Chewy’s Recalls Four Pet Food Products for Listeria Risk
Food Safety News - Stella & Chewy’s is voluntarily recalling four of its
products sold in the U.S. and Canada due to the possible presence of
Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects a total of 990 cases (964
cases in the U.S and 26 cases in Canada). The recall was prompted by a
positive test confirming Listeria monocytogenes in Stella’s Super Beef
Dinner Morsels for Dogs, 8.5 oz. frozen bags, lot #165-15, “Use by
6-25-2016,” during routine surveillance testing by the Michigan
Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. As a precautionary
measure, Stella & Chewy’s is voluntarily recalling all products from Lot
# 165-15, which includes...
* Related:
Animal food recalls and alerts announced by the U.S. FDA and/or
manufacturers in the last 90 days
Wednesday
- December 16, 2015 - Today in History:
1773 - Nearly 350 chests of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor off of
British ships by Colonial patriots. The patriots were disguised as
Indians. The act was to protest taxation without representation and the
monopoly the government granted to the East India Company.
1835 - In New York, 530 buildings were destroyed by fire.
1944 - During World War II, the Battle of the Bulge began in Belgium. It
was the final major German counteroffensive in the war.
1950 - U.S. President Truman proclaimed a national state of emergency in
order to fight "Communist imperialism."
1960 - A United Air Lines DC-8 and a TWA Super Constellation collided
over New York City, killing 134 people.
1981 - The U.S. Congress restored the $122 minimum monthly social
security benefit for current recipients.
1993 - The United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution calling
for negotiations on a comprehensive test ban.
1995 - Many U.S. government functions were again closed as a temporary
finance provision expired and the budget dispute between President
Clinton and Republicans in Congress continued.
1995 - NATO launched a military operation in support of the Bosnia peace
agreement.
1998 - The U.S. and Britain fired hundreds of missiles on Iraq in
response to Saddam Hussein's refusal to comply with U.N. weapons
inspectors.
2000 - U.S. President-elect George W. Bush selected Colin Powell to be
the first African-American secretary of state. Powell was sworn in
January 20, 2001.
2001 - In Tora Bora, Afghanistan, tribal fighters announced that they
had taken the last al-Quaida positions. More than 200 fighters were
killed and 25 captured. They also announced that they had found no sign
of Osama bin Laden.
2001 - Cuba received the first commercial food shipment from the United
States in nearly 40 years. The shipment was sent to help Cuba after
Hurrican Michelle hit Cuba on November 4, 2001.
2001 - A British newspaper, The Observer, reported that a notebook had
been found at an al-Quaida training camp in southern Afghanistan. The
notebook contained a "blue print" for an bomb attack on London's
financial district.
2009 - Astronomers discovered GJ1214b. It was the first-known exoplanet
on which water could exist.
Hackers trace ISIS Twitter accounts back to internet addresses
linked to Department of Work and Pensions
Mirror Online - Hackers have claimed that a number of Islamic
State supporters' social media accounts are being run from
internet addresses linked to the Department of Work and
Pensions. A group of four young computer experts who call
themselves VandaSec have unearthed evidence indicating that at
least three ISIS-supporting accounts can be traced back to the
DWP's London offices. Every computer and mobile phone logs onto
the internet using an IP address, which is a type of
identification number.
Turkish MP faces treason charges after telling RT ISIS used
Turkey for transiting sarin
RT - An investigation on treason charges has been opened against
a Turkish MP who alleged in an exclusive interview with RT that
Islamic State jihadists used Turkish territory as a transit
route to deliver deadly sarin gas to Syria. Ankara’s Chief
Prosecutor's Office opened the case against Istanbul MP Eren
Erdem of Republican People's Party (CHP) after his interview
about sarin was aired on RT on Monday. "Chemical weapon
materials were brought to Turkey and put together in ISIS camps
in Syria, which was known as the Iraqi Al-Qaeda at that time."
Erdem noted that the chemicals used for the production of
weapons did not originate from Turkey. “All basic materials are
purchased from Europe. Western institutions should question
themselves about these relations. Western sources know very well
who carried out the sarin gas attack in Syria,” Erdem told RT.
NATO nations training, recruiting jihadists
Wayne Madsen - Serbian and Russian intelligence operatives in
the Balkans have pinpointed Turkish and Albanian
government-supported radical mosques that are radicalizing
Albanian Muslims from Albania, Kosovo, and Macedonia for the
Islamic State (Da’esh) ranks in Syria and Iraq. The use of two
NATO nations, Albania and Turkey, in supplying fresh troops for
the Islamic State, has strengthened the resolve of Russian
President Vladimir Putin to punish the Turkish government of
Recep Tayyip Erdogan for its support for the Islamic State and
its military actions against Russian and Russian-supported
forces in Syria. The Albanian mosques, chiefly financed by money
from Saudi Arabia, have churned out hundreds of Albanian Muslim
fighters for the Da’esh jihad in Syria and Iraq.
Iran’s Ballistic Missile Test Violates UN Resolution - Expert
Panel
Sputnik News - A UN panel has prepared a confidential report
suggesting that Iran has violated a UN Security Council
resolution by launching a missile capable of delivering a
nuclear weapon, and should be punished with new sanctions.
Tehran’s test firing of a medium-range Emad rocket in October
was investigated by the panel and is now considered to be in
violation of a UN resolution, Reuters wrote. The ten-page
report, to be discussed Tuesday at the UNSC, suggests that the
rocket was designed to carry a nuclear warhead. Under UN
standards, rockets that can carry a 500 kg payload with a range
of at least 300 km (186 miles) are capable of delivering a
nuclear weapon.
‘We see Syria fundamentally very similarly’ – Kerry after talks
with Putin, Lavrov
RT - Russia and the US have agreed on a number of ‘critical’
issues, particularly with regard to Syria, US Secretary of State
John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said
following talks in Moscow. “The US stands ready to work with
Russia,” Kerry told journalists after meeting with Russian
President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on
Tuesday. He added that the two countries’ officials had had “a
productive day” and the discussions had been “constructive.”
“Despite our countries’ differences, we demonstrated that when
the United States and Russia pull together in the same
direction, progress can be made,” Kerry said.
Putin gives Russian Constitution priority over international
court rulings
RT - President Vladimir Putin has signed into law the bill
allowing the Constitutional Court to overrule the decisions of
international courts if such decisions contradict the principle
of supremacy of the Russian Constitution. The new act published
on the government website on Tuesday reads that the
Constitutional Court will look into every decision of any
intergovernmental body based on an international treaty and find
if it matches the Russian Constitution and the rights and
freedoms guaranteed by it. Upon such consideration the
Constitutional Court can allow the decision to be executed in
Russia, in full or in part, or ban its execution – also in full
or in part. The ban would automatically cancel any national acts
allowing the execution of the unconstitutional ruling.
Turkey Cuts US Treasury Holdings by 25%!
Economic Policy Journal - Overall foreign holdings of U.S.
Treasuries fall $145 billion in October as China Japan and
Russia cut holdings. China remains the largest holder of U.S.
Treasuries. China shed $3.2 billion in U.S. Treasuries in
October, while Japan shed $27.9 billion. The grand total of
foreign holdings of US Treasuries fell $145 billion from
$6.191.7 trillion in September to $6046.3 trillion in October.
Overall foreign holdings of U.S. Treasury Bonds fell $145.4
billion in October 2015 from September. Since the financial
crisis the Turkish lira has been falling against the US dollar,
now it appears that even aggressive selling of US Treasury
securities is not enough to stop the downward pressure on the
lira.
Denmark To Confiscate Gold, Jewelry, & Valuables From Refugees
Zero Hedge - Danish Justice Minister Soren Pind recently
announced his intention to have border guards confiscate gold,
jewelry, diamonds, and other valuables from refugees as they
enter the country. After a bit of popular backlash, wedding
rings are now off limits. But just about anything else ranging
from cash to expensive wristwatches, is fair game for
confiscation, as long as the ‘loot’ (as they call it) is
valuable. So apparently Danish border guards are expected to
discern whether a refugee is wearing a $15,000 IWC Schaffhausen
or a $15 knock-off.... The Danish government’s excuse is that
they need to confiscate assets from refugees in order to pay for
the services they’re providing to those same refugees. This
might even sound reasonable… until you realize that a government
could make the same argument for every other public service they
provide.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
U.S. visas continue to be handled by foreign contractors
Wayne Madsen - The U.S. State Department, under both
presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and current Secretary of
State John Kerry, has continued a policy of outsourcing the
preparation and acceptance of U.S. visa forms by outside
contractors. In fact, the U.S. embassy in Islamabad referenced
on its website a “new system” operating worldwide that handles
visa applications. Accused San Bernardino Islamic State
terrorist Tashfeen Malik was approved for a K-1 fiance visa by
the U.S. embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan even though she had a
history of involvement with radical jihadist Salafist groups in
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia and jihadist-oriented social media
sites.... The corporate media is reporting that Malik passed
three background checks conducted by the U.S. visa office at the
U.S. Embassy in Islamabad. However, what the State Department is
not saying is that foreign nationals, including Pakistani
nationals at U.S. visa offices in Islamabad and Karachi, are
integrated into the visa application process.
More than 30 Immigrants Admitted to USA Recently Implicated in
Terrorism
Breitbart - In an email to reporters Tuesday, a Sessions aide
listed more than 30 examples of immigrants admitted to the U.S.
who were recently implicated in terrorist activities. Sessions,
the chairman of the Subcommittee on Immigration and the National
Interest, and other conservative lawmakers have warned against
passing a spending bill that does not place limitations on
admissions — in particular refugee admission — to the U.S....
The Sessions aide noted that the 30 examples are listed
represented just a “partial” inventory of recently implicated
terrorist migrants. Read the list...
Which Corporations Own The White House
Zero Hedge - The president and his top advisers have kept an
open door for CEOs of Fortune 100 companies, keeping almost
1,000 appointments with them, a Reuters review of White House
records shows. Of the hundreds of appointments listed, Obama
himself was present at about half. As the corrupting hand of
government intervention spreads, so CEOs and the White House
have become allies in advocating for immigration reform, the
Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and reauthorization for the
Export-Import Bank. So who really owns The White House? And the
winner is...
'It WAS a hoax': Investigators say LA and New York school terror
threat was a false alarm, as Bill Bratton blasts West Coast
'over-reaction' after they closed 1,000 schools and evacuated
640,000
Daily Mail - The threat that shut down every school in Los
Angeles on Tuesday was a hoax, according to a House Intelligence
Committee member. More than 640,000 children were ordered to
stay home after the district's superintendent received an email
from a self-professed extremist Muslim jidahi threatening to
attack schools with bombs and rifles. LA police, school boards,
and politicians even stuck by their decision after New York
officials highlighted major flaws in the email - such as the
misspelling of 'Allah' with a lowercase 'a'. Finally, almost six
hours after SWAT teams descended on the county's 900 campuses, a
House Intelligence Committee member has told the Associated
Press the email has been ruled a hoax.
Arizona Sheriff Tells Citizens: ‘Step up and defend yourselves’
Adan Salazar - A sheriff’s department in Arizona is calling on
residents to acquire firearms and learn how to use them in order
to defend against armed attackers or terrorists. “I wish we
could have a cop in every corner, in every neighborhood, in
every school… we just can’t,” Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu
told residents at a news conference Saturday. Speaking from the
Caswells shooting range in Mesa, Sheriff Babeu urged first time
gun purchasers to consider taking a firearm safety course which
would teach “weapon familiarization, weapon qualification, how
to carry and education on the laws.” “We want a citizen to add
to the equation,” Sheriff Babeu told news crews. “Be armed to
protect yourself, protect your family until we can get there.”
Freddie Gray: Judge tells deadlocked jurors to keep deliberating
(CNN) - Jurors who've said they're deadlocked in the trial of
Baltimore police Officer William Porter will have a night to
sleep on it before they return to court. The judge sent the jury
back to the deliberation room Tuesday afternoon after jurors
said they'd been unable to reach a unanimous verdict.
Deliberations continued for about two hours and are set to
resume on Wednesday morning. Porter is the first of six police
officers to be tried in Gray's death from a neck injury
sustained while in police custody. The jury began deliberating
Monday, 12 days after testimony began. They've deliberated for
nearly 11 hours so far.
**DRUDGE POLL** Who Won 5th Republican Debate '16?
Video: FULL CNN 5th GOP DEBATE Prime-Time Part 1, 5th Republican
Presidential Debate, December 15, 2015
Round 2 Prime Time: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco
Rubio, George Bush, Carly Fiorina, Chris Christie, John Kasich,
Rand Paul. 2016 Presidential Debate Round 1 Undercard: Mike
Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Lindsey Graham, George Pataki. . CNN,
Republican, Debate. Stage set for final GOP debate of 2015.
Republican Debate Grades: Trump Actually Won This Time
Breitbart - Tonight’s Republican debate did little to shift the
field. After tonight, Donald Trump will remain the frontrunner;
Jeb Bush will continue to bring up the rear; John Kasich will
continue to be the boil festering on the ass of the American
public. The debate did, however, highlight weaknesses with some
of the second-place contenders – all of whom hope to overcome
Trump with a bit of luck and a lot of their fellow candidates
dropping out. Without further ado, here are my debate grades....
Trump: I’m Not Going to Be Doing a Third Party, ‘No Matter What’
Breitbart - Tuesday after CNN’s Republican presidential debate,
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said, “I’m going
to be a Republican. I’m not going to be doing a third party.”
When asked if he would honor the pledge to stick with the
Republican Party and not run as a third party candidate, Trump
said, “I didn’t know that question was going to be asked. But
when they asked it I did not hesitate. I decided to say, yes,
I’m a Republican and I’m going to be a Republican. I’m not going
to be doing a third party. ” Host Chris Cuomo asked, “No matter
what?” Trump confirmed, “No, No matter what.
Trump Spot On: Jeb’s Brother Flew Saudis Out of the Country
After 9/11
Kurt Nimmo - During the Republican debate Tuesday Jeb Bush took
exception to Donald Trump’s assertion George W. Bush flew Saudis
and members of the Bin Laden family out of the country. Despite
the corporate media insisting this is a conspiracy theory we
have definitive proof Jeb’s brother gave preferential treatment
to Saudis—including Saudis who were considered principle
witnesses to the September 11 attacks. The review of how the FBI
dealt with and reported on the travel of the Florida-based
Saudis, and their subsequent departure from the United States
with other Saudis, shows that the FBI failed to interview
principal witnesses; relied on erroneous second-hand
information; misinterpreted the orders under which the FAA
managed the closure and subsequent reopening of U.S. airspace
after the 9/11 attacks; misreported the means of travel; and
even got Prince Sultan’s identity wrong.
Journalists Experience the Debate Terror Narrative Firsthand:
TSA Goes Full Gestapo
Infowars - Republicans called in the TSA and subjected
journalists to aggressive screening at the “debate” in Las Vegas
Tuesday. JNReports: When talking to @TSA agents at the #CNNDebate
in Vegas, one agent told me that they're part of a #TSA ground
force.
Clinton tops list of candidates backed by US weapons-makers
RT - With the war on terror swelling their stock prices, the US
defense industry is spending at least some of the cash to
support their preferred presidential candidates. Hillary Clinton
tops the list, followed by Ted Cruz, Jeb Bush and Bernie Sanders
as #6. Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, has received almost
$95,000 in contributions from the defense industry, according to
the Federal Election Commission (FEC) data for the current
presidential race compiled by the Center for Responsive
Politics. In second place, with a take of $82,582, is Senator
Ted Cruz of Texas, a strong contender for the Republican
candidacy. Though he is currently polling at five percent with
the GOP voters, Jeb Bush is the third most popular recipient of
arms-makers’ donations, with $45,450. The hawkish South Carolina
Senator Lindsey Graham received $36,275, while the dovish
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul raked in $30,880, rounding off the
top five.
Global Stocks, US Futures Greet Historic Fed Day With Euphoria
Zero Hedge - The day has come when the boxed-in Fed has no choice: with
the vast majority of the market expecting a rate hike, Yellen has to
deliver or suffer a crushing confidence blow like no other. And deliver
she will, with expectations that said hike will be "as dovish as
possible." For now however, the market is desperate to convince itself
that just as more easing and more QE were bullish for the market, so
rate hikes are just as bullish. Recall from late 2013: "tapering is not
tightening," then the 2015 version of this refrain is "tightening is not
tightening." It remains to be seen just what happens after the Fed's
announcement but in the last few hours before it, the surge higher in
global stocks and equity futures continues as the last ounces of a
"dovish rate hike" are fully priced in. Asian and European stocks, S&P
futures all rise ahead of Federal Reserve’s rate decision.
Gold Analyst Warns: “There Are About 325 Paper Ounces For Every Physical
Ounce Backing It”
Mac Slavo - As of December, notes Hemke in his latest interview with
Crush The Street, we’ve hit an all-time low in registered physical metal
at the COMEX which has in turn led to a massive amount of leverage.
We’re at an all time low of about 120,000 [ounces of registered
holdings]. But yet the total open interest- the amount of paper
contracts based upon that declining amount of physical metal – has
stayed the same. Now, there’s about 325 paper ounces for every one
physical ounce backing it. In the past that number was always around
10-to-1 or 20-to-1.
Flint, Michigan: State of Emergency Declared Over High Levels of
Lead in Children’s Blood
Washington Post - The Hurley Medical Center, in Flint, released
a study in September that confirmed what many Flint parents had
feared for over a year: The proportion of infants and children
with above-average levels of lead in their blood has nearly
doubled since the city switched from the Detroit water system to
using the Flint River as its water source, in 2014. The crisis
reached a nadir Monday night, when Flint Mayor Karen Weaver
declared a state of emergency.... The mayor said in the
statement that she was seeking support from the federal
government to deal with the “irreversible” effects of lead
exposure on the city’s children. Weaver thinks that these health
consequences will lead to a greater need for special education
and mental health services, as well as developments in the
juvenile justice system.... Although city and state officials
initially denied that the water was unsafe, the state issued a
notice [January 02, 2015] informing Flint residents that their
water contained unlawful levels of trihalomethanes, a chlorine
byproduct linked to cancer and other diseases.
Congress Drops All Pretense: Quietly Turns CISA Into A Full On
Surveillance Bill
Techdirt - Remember CISA? The "Cybersecurity Information Sharing
Act"? It's getting much, much worse, with Congress and the
administration looking to ram it through -- in the process,
dropping any pretense that it's not a surveillance bill.... Not
only is Congress looking to include it in the end of year
omnibus bill -- basically a "must pass" bill -- to make sure it
gets passed, but it's clearly dropping all pretense that CISA
isn't about surveillance. Here's what we're hearing from people
involved in the latest negotiations.... In short: while before
Congress could at least pretend that CISA was about
cybersecurity, rather than surveillance, in this mad dash to get
it shoved through, they've dropped all pretense and have
stripped every last privacy protection, expanded the scope of
the bill, and made it quite clear that it's a very broad
surveillance bill that can be widely used and abused by all
parts of the government.
GM Chicken Approved “For Medicinal Purposes”! Are Humans Next?
ANH-USA - Last week saw the approval of another genetically
modified animal— this time a chicken genetically altered to
produce a drug in its eggs. The drug is designed to replace a
faulty enzyme in people with a rare genetic condition that
prevents the body from breaking down fatty molecules in cells.
The genetically engineered (GE) chicken is not approved for
human consumption, but it is the third so-called “farmaceutical”
approved in the US market. Preceding the chicken was a GE goat
that produces antithrombin, an anticoagulant, in its milk. Last
year the FDA also approved a drug for treating hereditary
angioedema that is produced by transgenic (GE) rabbits....
Scientists are also working on performing DNA transplants into
human embryos to eliminate genetic diseases. A baby born this
way would have genetic material from three different people and
pass on its genetic makeup to future generations. Scientists are
learning, however, that changing even one gene can result in
harmful DNA mutations that reverberate throughout the entire DNA
structure.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
GE Chestnuts: The Nightmare Before Christmas
Natural Blaze - In the midst of the holiday season, while
thoughts turn to roasting chestnuts, a handful of scientists are
working to genetically engineer the iconic American chestnut
tree which they hope to release throughout the Appalachians and
the Eastern United States. Indigenous Peoples, scientists and
others are raising alarms about the risks of these trees,
cautioning about their dangerous impacts to forests, wildlife
and human health. Due to these unassessed risks, they warn, GE
chestnuts, or any GE trees trees should never be approved for
planting.
California Parents Must Act By December 31, 2015 to Maintain
Vaccine Exemptions
Health Impact News - SB 277 - the bill eliminating all
nonmedical exemptions for the 10 vaccines currently required
before a child can attend public or private school, preschool or
daycare - was signed by California Governor Brown on June 30,
2015 and goes into effect on July 1, 2016. However, what
everyone in California who is planning on using a personal or
religious belief exemption needs to know to take advantage of
the grandfathering of these exemptions beyond July 1st and until
the next grade span (preschool, kindergarten inclusive and
including transitional kindergarten, or 7th grade), you MUST
have an exemption on file at your school or day care by December
31, 2015! For those programs with a winter holiday, the deadline
may be even sooner with offices closed.
Newsweek: Antidepressants used during pregnancy could increase
chances of autism by as much as 87%
Health Nut News - New research suggests women considering
pregnancy who are taking one popular class of anti-depressants
(selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs) should seek
out the advice of a physician, because use of SSRIs during
pregnancy can significantly increase a child’s risk for autism.
Popular SSRIs include Prozac, Zoloft and Lexapro (thank you big
pharma). The recently published study found that the autism risk
for newborns increased by 87 percent among women who took SSRIs
during pregnancy. The study found the medication had the highest
chance of causing harm in the second and third trimester of
pregnancy, with a lesser risk if taken in the first trimester.
Liver Friendly Recipes: 3 Drinks That Detox Liver And Flush Out
Fat
Natural News Blogs - An unhealthy liver may lead to many
unpleasant symptoms, such as lack of energy, obesity, mood
disorders, an upset stomach and bloating, headaches, bad breath,
skin problems, dark urine, abdominal pain, digestive problems,
back pain, constipation, asthma, depression and chronic fatigue.
When your liver becomes toxic, fatty or scarred, you will have
some of these symptoms. For liver detoxing, an important step is
care of what you eat, it’s essential to maintain a healthy,
organic diet to keep the liver clean. And consume the mixture of
vegetable juices, fruit juices or herbs over a period is also an
effective way for a liver cleanse.
Tuesday
- December 15, 2015 - Today in History:
1791 - In the U.S., the first ten amendments to the Constitution, known
as the Bill of Rights, went into effect following ratification by the
state of Virginia.
1877 - Thomas Edison patented the phonograph.
1890 - American Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull and 11 other tribe
members were killed in Grand River, SD, during an incident with Indian
police working for the U.S. government.
1938 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt presided over the
ground-breaking ceremonies for the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC.
1939 - "Gone With the Wind," produced by David O. Selznick based on the
novel by Margaret Mitchell, premiered at Loew's Grand Theater in
Atlanta. The movie starred Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable.
1941 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into practice Bill of
Rights Day.
1944 - American forces invaded Mindoro Island in the Philippines.
1961 - Former Nazi official Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death in
Jerusalem by an Israeli court. He had been tried on charges for
organizing the deportation of Jews to concentration camps.
1973 - J. Paul Getty III was found in Italy after being held captive for
5 months, during which his right ear was cut off and sent to a newspaper
in Rome.
1978 - President Carter announced he would grant diplomatic recognition
to Communist China on New Year's Day and sever official relations with
Taiwan.
1979 - In a preliminary ruling, the International Court of Justice
ordered Iran to release all hostages that had been taken at the U.S.
embassy in Tehran on November 4, 1979.
1983 - The last 80 U.S. combat soldiers in Grenada withdrew. It was just
over seven weeks after the U.S.-led invasion of the Caribbean island.
1995 - The U.N. Security Council authorized NATO to take over the
peacekeeping operations in Bosnia.
1999 - Syria reopened peace talks with Israel in Washington, DC, with
the mediation of U.S. President Clinton.
2000 - The Chernobyl atomic power plant in Kiev, Ukraine, was shut down.
2000 - New York Senator-elect Hillary Rodham Clinton agreed to accept an
$8 million book deal with Simon & Schuster. The book was to be about her
eight years in the White House. The advance was the highest ever to be
paid to a member of the U.S. Congress.
2010 - The U.N. Security Council gave a vote of confidence to the
government of Iraq when they lifted 19-year-old sanctions on weapons and
civilian nuclear power.
‘Islamic coalition against terrorism’: Saudi Arabia presents
34-state military block
RT - A Riyadh-based “Islamic military alliance” has been formed
with a mission to fight terrorism, Saudi Arabian state TV has
announced. The coalition consists of 34 countries, including the
Gulf States, a number of African countries, Turkey, Egypt,
Malaysia and Pakistan. Countries involved in the coalition aside
from Saudi Arabia, include Jordan, the UAE, Pakistan, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Benin, Turkey, Chad, Togo, Tunisia, Djibouti,
Senegal, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Gabon, Guinea, the
partially-recognized state of Palestine, the Islamic Federal
Republic of the Comoros, Qatar, Cote d’Ivoire, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Libya, Maldives, Mali, Malaysia, Egypt, Morocco, Mauritania,
Niger, Nigeria, Yemen.
South China Sea: Australia steps up air patrols in defiance of
Beijing
The Sydney Morning Herald - Australia has stepped up military
surveillance flights over the South China Sea in a signal to
Beijing that it means to continue operating in the regional
flashpoint area despite heightened tensions provoked by
territorial disputes. In a move that is likely to grate with the
Chinese government, an RAAF P-3 Orion aircraft carried out
patrols in the air space in recent weeks, prompting a demand
from Chinese naval forces in the waters below to explain itself.
Defence confirmed the recent flight, though only after the
plane's presence happened to be noticed by a BBC journalist in
the area, who recorded an Australian crewman telling the Chinese
navy that the plane was "exercising international freedom of
navigation rights".
Israel ‘Openly’ Helping Syrian Rebels Trying to Overthrow Assad
Sputnik News - Israel has provided medical assistance to Syrian
militants, including members of al-Qaeda, the terrorist group
behind countless atrocities, including the 9/11 attacks in the
United States, the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute
asserted.... Tel Aviv maintains that the $13-million program is
purely humanitarian. The Israeli Defense Forces have saved at
least 2,000 Syrian militants as part of the initiative, which
was launched three years ago. However, many are concerned that
Israel has essentially cut a "deal with the devil" by backing
groups which are trying to overthrow the legitimate government
in order to establish an Islamic state in Syria. In other words,
Israel might be contemplating using Syrian militants as a weapon
to stage a regime change in neighboring Syria.
Ankara Sends Reinforcements to Its Military in Iraq, Decides to
Stay
Sputnik News - Ankara has sent reinforcements to its military
contingent in northern Iraq in order to protect its Turkish
instructors and hold its military presence in the country,
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Monday. On December
4, Turkey deployed about 150 troops and 25 tanks to a base in
the Iraqi Nineveh province, without Baghdad’s approval… On
Saturday, the Iraqi Foreign Ministry said it had officially
filed a complaint with the UN Security Council, calling on the
United Nations to ensure an immediate withdrawal of the Turkish
forces from its country's territory. The same day, Russia
expressed its firm support of the sovereignty and territorial
integrity of Iraq and its actions in line with international law
and the UN Charter.
Merkel Backpedals On Migrants Amid Growing Furor
Zero Hedge - Merkel looks to be backpedaling on the migrant
issue in the face of growing pressure from lawmakers and from
the German populace. “We want to, and will, appreciably reduce
the number of refugees, because it's in everyone's interest,"
she said, in her keynote speech during the CDU party congress in
Karlsruhe, Germany… Merkel seems to understand that the
long-term effects of Berlin’s open-door policy are hard to
predict and while there’s certainly something to be said for
proving that Germany can serve as a beacon of hope for the
millions of refugees who have lost nearly everything, the
government must also consider the consequences both for German
society and for the Chancellor’s legacy of allowing several more
million migrants to enter the country in the year ahead.
Court Finds Monsanto Responsible for Poisoning French Farmer
Natural Blaze - The court of appeals in Lyon, France, has found
agribusiness giant Monsanto guilty of poisoning a man named Paul
François. François is a farmer who claimed that he suffered a
multitude of ailments, including headaches, memory loss,
neurological problems and stammering, after he unintentionally
inhaled Monsanto’s herbicide, Lasso. François used Lasso for
over 15 years, and in 2004 accidentally inhaled the product.
After the incident, the farmer began getting severe headaches
and experienced moments of mental absence and an inability to
speak. The chemical’s effects on François were so severe that he
fainted, was hospitalized and fell into a coma. François was
diagnosed with monochlorobenzene poisoning by his doctors, who
found that the chemical permanently damaged his brain.
Monochlorobenzene makes up 50% of the herbicide Lasso. During
the court hearing, Monsanto’s attorneys repeatedly claimed that
the herbicide Lasso was not dangerous.
History Rewritten: Museum Conducts Politically Correct Purge Of
Art
Breitbart - A leading European art museum has expunged
politically incorrect words such as “Negro”, “Indian”, “dwarf”
and “Mohammedan” from its entire historical collection. The
cultural cleansing has occurred as the Rijksmuseum, in
Amsterdam, and is endorsed by the International Council of
Museums (ICOM) whose code of ethics is employed by many British
Museums. “The point is not to use names given by whites to
others,” said Martine Gosselink, head of the history department
at the Rijksmuseum, who initiated the project. “Our main concern
is to get rid of the insulting descriptions online. Until now
we’ve found 132 descriptions with the word ‘negro’ in them, and
it’s quite easy to change that”.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Obama Strikes Back! President To Force US Into New International
Carbon Market
Gateway Pundit - According to Bloomberg Business, the Obama
administration is planning to force the U.S. into helping create
and participate in a new international carbon market in order to
hasten the transition to a carbon free economy: “Eighteen
nations including the U.S., Japan and Germany will work together
to develop international carbon markets to help speed the pace
of emission reductions under the Paris climate deal struck
Saturday, according to the New Zealand government. The nations
will develop standards and guidelines to ensure trading of
carbon credits has environmental integrity, according to a
statement sent by Jonathan Franklin, spokesman for Tim Groser,
New Zealand’s climate and trade minister".... Even though the
Obama administration is using the new U.N. COP 21 agreement as
the reason for participating in this newest carbon trading
scheme, it is clearly just a flimsy excuse to yet again do an
end run around the American people since the U.N. agreement is
non-binding and therefore not legally enforceable.
Top U.S. lab regulator replaced in wake of incidents with
bioterror pathogens
legitgov - Here are the seeds of your next bioterror false flag,
right here: 08 Dec 2015 | The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention has replaced its longtime director of national lab
regulation in the wake of several high-profile incidents
involving bioterror pathogens and an internal review that
identified areas of improvement for the [so-called] oversight
program, USA TODAY has learned. The CDC, in a statement Tuesday,
declined to say why it replaced Robbin Weyant on Nov. 9 as
director of the agency's Division of Select Agents and Toxins,
which [allegedly] regulates hundreds of U.S. labs working with
the organisms that cause anthrax, plague, Ebola and other deadly
diseases that are deemed to pose bioterror risks. The change
occurred 18 days after the completion of an internal CDC review
of the national lab oversight program that was launched after a
USA TODAY NETWORK investigation prompted congressional probes
and revealed CDC's inspectors have allowed labs to keep
experimenting despite failing to meet key safety requirements on
inspection after inspection, sometimes for years.
L.A. Sheriff: Man Shot ‘on the Ground’ in Lynwood Was Armed
Breitbart - On December 13, the Los Angeles Country Sheriff’s
Department released photos and video to suggest that the suspect
shot and killed by deputies in Lynwood on Saturday had a gun and
continued to point it even after being shot and falling to the
ground.... The Lynwood shooting has already sparked outrage from
Black Lives Matter activists and the broader community as the
latest death of a black man at police hands–this time, a father
with children. It was unclear why he was armed or what he was
doing.
* Related:
VIDEO: Police Shoot Man in the Back as He Walked Away — Execute
Him as He Crawled for His Life
Obama to Expand Modern-Day Slave Trade With TPP
Kit Daniels - Not long after the White House invited Thailand to
join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the AP reported the country
was relying on slave labor to ship shrimp to the U.S. And it’s
unlikely Thailand’s billion-dollar slave industry would prevent
it from joining the TPP considering that Obama previously
removed an anti-slavery provision from the TPP and also allowed
Vietnam to join the partnership despite its flourishing slave
trade.... It was only in Oct. that the Obama administration
invited Thailand to join the TPP “with open arms.”... Thailand
has been under a military dictatorship with severe restrictions
on free speech since 2014, and if that won’t stop the White
House from inviting the country to join the TPP, the slavery in
Thailand won’t either.
Prominent Tennessee Senator Fails To Disclose Millions In Hedge
Fund, Real Estate Investments
Zero Hedge - … it turns out Tennessee Senator Bob Corker… failed
to disclose millions in income from hedge funds and real estate
investments… The new forms show that Mr. Corker had failed to
properly disclose at least $2 million in income from investments
in three small hedge funds based in his home state… He also
didn’t properly report millions of dollars in income from
commercial real-estate investments due to an accounting error…
And he didn’t disclose millions of dollars in other assets and
income from other financial transactions… So millions upon
millions upon millions… Just last month, the Campaign for
Accountability (CFA), a D.C. watchdog, called for an SEC and
ethics investigation of Corker in connection with his family's
trading in shares of CBL & Associates (a REIT based in
Tennessee)… As CBA also notes, "as a member of the Senate
Banking Committee, Sen. Corker has advanced legislation that
would financially benefit UBS and CBL.
Report: Immigration Officials Blocked from Reviewing Visa
Applicants’ Social Media Posts
Breitbart - Although social media postings are public,
Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson refused to end a
“secret” policy prohibiting immigration officials from reviewing
the online posts of all foreign nationals seeking a U.S. visa in
early 2014 due to concerns about “bad public relations” for the
administration, according to an ABC News report.
33 Unanswered Questions on Sandy Hook’s 3rd Anniversary
Activist Post - Sandy Hook has become colloquially known as the
Sandy Hook Hoax or Sandy Hoax, the first false flag in recent
history to be exposed as an entirely fabricated event, replete
with a fake setting (a fake school) and fake victims. It marks
the first in a series of false flag hoaxes where fake victims
and fake victims’ families (crisis actors) have been used. Since
the majority of people still cannot fathom that Sandy Hook was a
staged event, the template of using crisis actors has been used
again and again (e.g. at the Boston Marathon). Now that we are
passing the Sandy Hook 3rd anniversary, it’s time to turn back
the clock and re-examine some unanswered questions pertaining to
the event.
For the First Time, Majority of NYT Readers Oppose Assault
Weapon Ban
Activist Post - For 20 years The New York Times has periodically
surveyed their readers, asking them if they would support an
assault weapons ban. For the first time since 1995, a majority
of their readers opposed the ban. In January of 1995, 67% of
readers supported the ban, and 27% opposed. By 2011 there was a
slight shift, with 63% in favor and 34% opposed. By 2015 there
was a dramatic change with only 44% in favor of a ban, and 50%
opposed.... he gun control crowd should be deeply concerned. If
a majority of the readers for a dying, left-leaning,
pro-government rag no longer support more heavy handed gun
regulations, then clearly the gun grabbers are losing the battle
for the hearts and minds of America.
LAPD Performs Random ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Searches Before Star Wars
Premiere
Kit Daniels - The LAPD and private security are targeting random
people with ‘stop-and-frisk’ searches on public sidewalks before
the premiere of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Police have also
installed metal detectors on the sidewalks near the famous TCL
Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif.... “LAPD and private
security officers are already blanketing several square blocks
around the famed Chinese Theatre, where The Force Awakens event
is going down,” TMZ revealed. “We’ve learned anyone strolling
through the [public] area could be searched, frisked, and even
wanded with metal detectors.”
GunTV to Mimic Home Shopping Networks by Offering Firearms for
Sale on Late-night TV
The New American - Starting January 20, insomniacs and fervid
firearms enthusiasts will have a place to go: GunTV. The home
shopping network television show will provide six hours of early
morning programming initially, from 1:00 a.m. to 7:00 a.m. ET,
with plans to expand to 24/7 within its first year… all the
rules about purchasing a firearm still apply. Through an
arrangement with Sports South, a Louisiana firearms distributor,
when a viewer sees a product hit his “price point” on the
program, he calls the toll-free number to order the item. That
store then sends it to a FFL (Federal Firearms Licensee) dealer
close by, and the customer picks it up there after completing
the paperwork.
Public School Hosts ‘Walk a Mile in Her Hijab’ Day
Prison Planet - An Illinois high school held a “Walk a Mile in
Her Hijab” event last week in an attempt to help students better
understand the Islamic religion. According to the Daily Herald,
six members of Vernon Hills High School’s Muslim Student
Association spent Wednesday morning “placing hijabs on 17
non-Muslim girls.” “You can’t really understand or judge a
person and their beliefs until you understand why they do it and
what it’s like for them to do what they’re doing,” said Yasmeen
Abdallah, the group’s president.... As noted by education
watchdog EAG News, word of the incident stirred controversy
online by those who felt the group received preferential
treatment. “I have a serious problem with this,” one person
wrote on Facebook. “We take Christianity and prayers out of
school, but this is allowed! We are not allowed to put up
Christmas or Easter decorations at schools but this is allowed.
Why is this acceptable?
DNC craves tax dollars for convention
Washington Times - Already struggling with finances, the
Democratic Party has drafted a plan to have taxpayers help pay
about $20 million for next summer’s nominating convention,
reversing a change Congress approved just a year ago. Democratic
National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who is
also a congresswoman from Florida, has drafted a bill to restore
money that both parties used to receive from the federal
government to help defray the costs of running their quadrennial
conventions. The Congressional Budget Office revealed the move
in a letter released Friday, which said Ms. Wasserman Schultz’s
proposal to tap a presidential campaign fund would likely mean
each party could get about $20 million in taxpayer money to help
with costs.
How The Republican Establishment Can Keep Donald Trump From
Getting The Nomination
Michael Snyder - It is going to be much more difficult for
Donald Trump to win the Republican nomination than most people
think. In order to win the nomination, a candidate must secure
at least 1,237 of the 2,472 delegates that are up for grabs. But
not all of them will be won during the state-by-state series of
caucuses and primaries that will take place during the first
half of 2016. Of the total of 2,472 Republican delegates, 437 of
them are unpledged delegates – and 168 of those are members of
the Republican National Committee. And unless you have been
hiding under a rock somewhere, you already know that the
Republican National Committee is not a fan of Donald Trump. In
order to win the Republican nomination without any of the
unpledged delegates, Trump would need to win 60.78 percent of
the delegates that are up for grabs during the caucuses and
primaries. And considering that his poll support is hovering
around 30 percent right now, that is a very tall order.
Trump hits a new high in national poll
Politico - Donald Trump just got a little more vault in his
ceiling. Nationwide, the polling-obsessed Manhattan
multi-billionaire and leading Republican presidential candidate
broke into the 40s on Monday. According to the results of the
latest Monmouth University poll surveying voters identifying as
Republican or independents leaning toward the GOP, Trump earned
41 percent, nearly tripling the support of his closest rival,
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, who took 14 percent.
Trump is Right Say U.K. Police: No-go Zones Do Exist
The New American - … when presidential candidate Donald Trump
recently said that such Islamized areas exist in London, he was
castigated by British officials. But now some U.K. police
officers have come forward with a startling admission: Trump is
right… Despite this, British politicians and officials have
roundly rejected or condemned Trump’s statements. Prime Minister
David Cameron called Trump’s allegations “divisive,” Home
Secretary Theresa May said they were “absolutely wrong,” Member
of Parliament George Osborne and London Mayor Boris Johnson
called them “nonsense,” and London mayoral candidate Zac
Goldsmith labeled the real-estate tycoon “an appalling
creature.” Even Scotland Yard weighed in, though more
respectfully, stating “Mr Trump could not be more wrong.” Yet
critics might say this brings to mind Upton Sinclair’s
observation, “It is difficult to get a man to understand
something, when his salary depends on his not understanding
it.”The New American
This Is What A Financial Crisis Looks Like
Economic Collapse - Just within the past few days, three major
high yield funds have completely imploded, and panic is
spreading rapidly on Wall Street. Funds run by Third Avenue
Management and Stone Lion Capital Partners have suspended
payments to investors, and a fund run by Lucidus Capital
Partners has liquidated its entire portfolio. We are witnessing
a race for the exits unlike anything that we have seen since the
great financial crash of 2008, and many of those that choose to
hesitate are going to end up getting totally wiped out. In case
you are wondering, this is what a financial crisis looks like.
In 2008, other global stock markets started to tumble, then junk
bonds began to crash, and finally U.S. stocks followed. The
exact same pattern is playing out again, and the carnage that we
have seen so far is just the tip of the iceberg.
More than half of millennials have less than $1,000
MarketWatch - More than half of millennials (nearly 52%) have
less than $1,000 in savings, according to a recent survey from
howmuch.net, a personal finance site. The study was carried out
online by Google Consumer Surveys last month among more than
2,550 people ages 18 to 24 and ages 24 to 35. But before you
fret about the younger Americans… take note: About 62% of
Americans overall have less than $1,000 in savings, a survey
from personal finance GoBankingRates.com found earlier this
year.
Meet The Burmese "Slaves" Helping Wal-Mart Maintain Margins
Zero Hedge - Peak globalization? Burmese men, women and children
are being sold to factories in Thailand - "no names are used,
just numbers" - and forced to peel shrimp that ends up in global
supply chains. As a recent AP investigation uncovered, U.S.
customs records show the shrimp made its way into the supply
chains of major U.S. food stores and retailers such as Wal-Mart,
Kroger, Whole Foods, Dollar General and Petco, along with
restaurants such as Red Lobster and Olive Garden.
Another Unit Shuts Down At Indian Point Nuclear Plant
(CBSNewYork) - A generating plant at the Indian Point nuclear
facility in Westchester County shut down Monday evening,
prompting an immediate investigation. Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office
reported that Unit 3 at Indian Point shut down at 7 p.m. The
cause was unknown late Monday, but Cuomo reported that he
directed the state Department of Public Service to investigate.
The operators of Indian Point said no radioactivity was released
into the environment. Control rods shut down just nine days ago
at the Indian Point 2 reactor at the plant. Following that
incident, opponents of the plant said Indian Point should close
for good, pointing to a handful of mishaps this year including a
transformer fire and water pump problem. Indian Point reactors 2
and 3 are up for relicensing. The two reactors supply about
one-fourth of the power for New York City and Westchester
County.
E.P.A. Broke the Law by Using Social Media to Push Water Rule,
Auditor Finds
The New York Times - The Environmental Protection Agency engaged
in “covert propaganda” in violation of federal law when it
blitzed social media to urge the general public to support
President Obama’s controversial rule intended to better protect
the nation’s streams and surface waters, congressional auditors
have concluded… The E.P.A. rolled out a social media campaign on
Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and even on more innovative tools
such as Thunderclap to counter opposition to its water rule,
which imposes new restrictions on how land near certain surface
waters can be used. The agency. said the rule would prevent
pollution in drinking water sources. Farmers, business groups
and Republicans have called the rule flagrant government
overreach.
Want to fly a drone? Be sure to do this first
CNBC News - The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday
announced new rules that will require nearly all owners of
remote-controlled recreational drones to register in a national
database, an attempt by the agency to address safety fears about
the machines. Federal officials have rushed to issue new rules
on drones before the holidays, when an estimated 700,000 new
drones are expected to be bought. Drone owners will be required
to submit their names, home addresses and email addresses with
the F.A.A., disclosures meant to nudge users to be more
responsible, officials said.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
New Monsanto Chemical Silences Genes to Kill Bugs: Will They
Silence Yours, Too?
Natural Society - Monsanto’s latest sprays are powered by a
genetic technology called RNA interference, which promises to
kill specific insects and weeds by silencing genes crucial to
their survival while “leaving non-target species unscathed.”
‘RNA interference’ is a fancy scientific name for silencing gene
sequences.... Monsanto uses the technology by killing RNA
messages that generate extremely important genes – thus killing
their prey. In this case, prey are bugs and weeds, but with any
of Monsanto’s chemicals, the target is not always precise. Those
in the field of biotechnology think that RNA sprays will
completely overhaul the way genetically modified food is grown.
But it could also completely overhaul our own genetic code –
leading to more disease than we’ve ever imagined.
City of Fort Worth Levies $3,000 Fine to Raw Milk Dairy, Located
Outside of City Limits
BrettSanders.me - Eldon Hoolely, who runs a small, family
operated dairy farm is being summoned to court on Monday after
some of their raw milk product was found inside the city limits
of Fort Worth. The City of Fort Worth is now claiming that Rosey
Ridge Farms, which is located nearly 40 miles south of city
limits has somehow committed $3,000 worth of city ordinance
violations. Elmer DePaula, a health superintendent for the city
claims that Rosey Ridge Farms was operating an illegal food
establishment within the city limits. When in actuality, a food
cooperative was purchasing the raw milk and transporting the
product back to Fort Worth to distribute to their members.
Hoolely is licensed to sell his raw dairy products out of Rosey
Ridge Farm, and says he’s being targeted as if he was running an
establishment in Fort Worth itself. Once the raw milk leaves
Hooley’s farm, he has no operational control as to where the
product ends up.
Will Sugar Soon be Genetically Modified to ‘Help Fight Skin
Cancer?’
Natural Society -L-fucose, a rare sugar found in seaweed,
mushrooms, seeds, and other foods, may help treat skin cancer,
experts have revealed. he sugar was linked to certain cancers
and inflammation in previous studies, but a new study suggests
that by tinkering with L-fucose metabolism, the substance could
stave off the spread of melanoma, the most dangerous form of
skin cancer. “Not only were the tumors affected but also their
micro-environment – the cells surrounding the tumor that play a
critical role in sustaining the cancer – making the discovery
even more impactful,” said Dr. Ze’ev Ronai, senior author of the
study.
Martin Shkreli Poised To Increase Price Of Another
Pharmaceutical Drug By 99,900%!
Natural Blaze - The New York Times reports that Shkreli is
likely to increase the price of another decades-old drug used to
treat Chagas disease, a parasitic infection that can cause
potentially lethal heart problems.... Shkreli has purchased a
majority share in KaloBios Pharmaceuticals, which allows him to
apply for the exclusive right to sell benznidazole, which is
used to treat Chagas in South America. At present, the drug
costs as little as $50 and as much as $100 for two months of
treatment. It has never been approved for sale in the US but is
provided free to patients by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention on an experimental basis. If benznidazole gets the
FDA’s approval, KaloBios will have exclusive rights to sell it
in the United States for at least five years. Shkreli’s plan is
to hike its price similar to that of hepatitis C drugs, which
cost $60,000 to nearly $100,000 for a course of treatment. That
could be as much as a 99,900% increase in cost!
Hundreds of mothers and infants may have been exposed to
tuberculosis at Northern California hospital by infected nurse
Daily Mail - More than 1,000 people may have been exposed to
tuberculosis at a Northern California hospital by a nurse who
was exposed to the disease - and hundreds of infants could be at
risk. All 350 infants born at the Santa Clara Valley Medical
Center in San Jose from August to November will have to take a
daily oral antibiotic for six to nine months as a precaution,
even if they test negative. Officials also identified 368
mothers and 338 employees that may have also been exposed at the
hospital's Mother and Infant Care Center.
3 Puppy Vaccination Mistakes: Too Early, Too Often, Too Much
Dogs Naturally - Any vaccine given at any point in a dog’s life has the
ability to kill him or cause serious harm. If pet owners want to avoid
vaccine-related dangers, then the best option would be to not vaccinate
at all. This is a viable option for many who would gladly trade the risk
of vaccine related damage for the risk of acute infection from puppy
diseases. Pet owners who don’t vaccinate – and the vets who support this
practice – realize that the risk of distemper is very low and that
parvovirus in unvaccinated and healthy puppies is treatable in the
majority of cases. They also realize that vaccines are ticking bombs
that can create immediate and devastating disease in puppies... Here is
a list of potential adverse vaccine reactions, according to noted
veterinary immunologist, Dr. Ronald Schultz. If you vaccinate, these
vaccine risks are not completely unavoidable. There are steps that you
can take however, to decrease the risk of disease in your puppy. The
first step is to have a fundamental knowledge of the immune system and
what vaccines can and can’t do.
Ohio officer shoots 5 kittens in family backyard as child watches in
horror
WKYC Jun 11, 2013 - The Ohio Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals wants Humane Officer Barry Accorti fired for allegedly shooting
five kittens in a home's back yard on Monday. OSPCA Executive Director
Teresa Landon says Accorti should be fired and charged with five counts
of animal cruelty. Accorti retired as a sergeant with the North
Ridgeville Police Department a few years ago and was hired as a
part-time humane officer with the department.... Accorti responded to a
home Monday afternoon where a feral mother cat and her five kittens were
living in a woodpile. He allegedly told the homeowner that shelters were
full and that the cats would be going to kitty heaven. He then pulled
out his gun and shot to death the five, 8- to 10-week-old kittens.
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Monday
- December 14, 2015 - Today in History:
1799 - The first president of the United States, George Washington, died
at the age 67.
1819 - Alabama joined the Union as the 22nd state.
1903 - Orville Wright made the first attempt at powered flight. The
engine stalled during take-off and the plane was damaged in the attempt.
Three days later, after repairs were made, the modern aviation age was
born when the plane stayed aloft for 12 seconds and flew 102 feet.
1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach
the South Pole.
1939 - The Soviet Union was dropped from the League of Nations.
1945 - Josef Kramer, known as "the beast of Belsen," and 10 others were
executed in Hamelin for the crimes they committed at the Belsen and
Auschwitz Nazi concentration camps.
1946 - The U.N. General Assembly voted to establish the United Nation's
headquarters in New York City.
1995 - AIDS patient Jeff Getty received the first-ever bone-marrow
transplant from a baboon.
1997 - Cuban President Fidel Castro declared Christmas 1997 an official
holiday to ensure the success of Pope John Paul II's upcoming visit to
Cuba.
1998 - Hundreds of Palestinian leaders renounced a call for the
destruction of Israel.
1999 - U.S. and German negotiators agreed to establish a $5.2 billion
fund for Nazi-era slave and forced laborers.
2000 - It was announced that American businessman Edmond Pope would be
released from a Russian prison for humanitarian reasons. Pope had been
sentenced to 20 years in prison after his conviction on espionage
charges.
2001 - European Union leaders agreed to dispatch 3,000-4,000 troops to
join an international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2001 - The first commercial export, since 1963, of U.S. food to Cuba
began. The 24,000 metric tons for corn were being sent to replenish what
was lost when Hurricane Michelle struck on November 4.
2013 - The Chinese spacecraft Chang'e 3 became the first spacecraft to
"soft"-land on the Moon since 1976. It was only the third robotic rover
to land on the moon.
US and Turkey caught covering up ISIS oil trade
Hang The Bankers - Both Ankara and Washington were obliged to
inform the UN Security Council about ISIS illegally trafficking
stolen oil, but didn’t, Russia’s UN envoy said in an interview,
adding that this is against the UN resolution on financing
terrorism. “We’ve got serious complaints about the
implementation of [UN] resolution (#2199, banning financing of
the terrorist organization),” Vitaly Churkin told RIA Novosti
news agency. “Under Resolution 2199, adopted on our initiative
in February, countries are obliged to provide information (about
financing terrorists) to the Security Council – if they have
such information. That means the Americans had to provide such
information, and of course Turkey, which should have reported
any illegal [oil] trade going on there. They didn’t do
it,”Churkin said.
Crude falls below $35 per barrel for first time since 2009
RT - Crude prices on Monday plunged to their lowest level since
2009 as OPEC continues high volume production and Iran plans to
boost exports. Brent crude was down almost 50 cents trading at
$37.47 a barrel by 11:06am GMT on Monday while US benchmark WTI
plummeted 30 cents to $35.31 per barrel. There’s “absolutely no
chance” Iran will delay its plan to increase shipments even as
prices decline, Bloomberg cited Amir Hossein Zamaninia, Iran’s
deputy oil minister as saying. Tehran which expects
international sanctions over its nuclear program to be lifted
early in January, aims to double crude exports. The country
currently exports 1.1 million barrels per day. Oil prices could
slump to $30 per barrel in 2016 and could stay low throughout
the year, said Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, warning
of tough times ahead.
Mercenaries operating in Yemen tied to Blackwater
Hang The Bankers - Receiving scant attention from Western
mainstream media outlets except for a few notable exceptions,
Americans and many alternative media outlets have remained
ignorant to the fact that private mercenaries from Blackwater
(aka Academi) appear to have been contracted by the GCC Gulf
state feudal monarchies to assist in the military war of terror
in Yemen against the Houthi rebels and the embattled Yemeni
people. Still, on December 9, a flurry of reports from media
outlets such as Press TV, TeleSur TV, Al-Manar, Al –Bawaba, and
Colombia Reports have revealed that around 15 Blackwater
mercenaries have been killed in a fierce battles with the Houthi
forces since Tuesday.
A321 Crash Commission Studies Data on Pilots, Plane Routes,
Technical State
Sputnik News - The international investigative committee into
the Russian A321 crash in Egypt has reviewed all the data on the
plane’s technical status and routes, as well as the pilot data,
Ayman Mokaddem, who heads the committee, said in a preliminary
report obtained by Sputnik on Monday. "The operation group
within the investigation committee, with the Russian side,
examined the pilot information related to their pilot licenses
and their medical checks. The technical status, and the detailed
repairs that were carried out on the airplane, its structure,
systems and engines since the date of production up to the date
of the accident, are being studied now," the preliminary report
reads.... The preliminary report revealed that the committee has
not yet obtained any information indicating unlawful
interference as the cause of the plane crash.
Greece: EU backs housing scheme for stranded migrants
(AP) - The European Union has pledged to spend 80 million euros
($88 million) on a housing scheme for migrants and asylum
speakers stranded in Greece.... Kristalina Georgieva, the EU
Commissioner for Budget and Human resources, signed an agreement
Monday for a rent subsidy program due to launch next year. More
than 750,000 migrants and refugees have crossed through Greece
this year, hoping to travel to central and northern Europe, but
Macedonia and other Balkan countries last month toughened border
rules, restricting crossings to nationals from Syria, Iraq and
Afghanistan. Under the scheme, migrants will receive hotel
vouchers or checks to live in vacant apartments.
Russian Military Told To Boost "Strategic Nuclear Forces Amid
Rising Tensions With The U.S."
Zero Hedge - … Syria was a secondary topic on Putin's mind today
when during a meeting with his defense chiefs, Putin gave the
order "to strengthen Russia’s strategic nuclear forces amid
rising tensions with the U.S. over the global balance of power…
According to Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Russia’s
military will have five new nuclear regiments equipped with
modern missile complexes next year, adding that more than 95% of
the country’s nuclear forces are at a permanent state of
readiness. About 56 percent of Russian nuclear weapons are new,
including modern missiles, upgraded aircraft and a strengthened
submarine capacity, Shoigu said. Russia has also expanded the
military’s combat capabilities by reinforcing its western and
south-western army groups and building four bases in the Arctic
region, he said… Russia has always said it will respond with by
expanding its nuclear armament if NATO continues its expansion.
Today, it did just as promised.
Russian warship fires 'warning shots' at Turkish vessel in
Aegean Sea clash
The Independent - A Russian destroyer has fired warning shots at
a Turkish vessel in the latest clash between the two countries
in the Aegean Sea, officials have said. The Russian Defence
Ministry told reporters it had summoned the Turkish military
attache over the incident, which according to Russian media
reports involved a Turkish fishing vessel. According to the
Interfax news agency, the destroyer Smetlivy fired shots after
the Turkish vessel ignored repeated warnings it was on a
collision course for the warship. It said the boat sharply
changed its course after shots were fired, at its closest
passing within 540m of the Russian ship.
ISIS moves closer to the West – Libyan city of Sabratha taken
The Independent - Fears are mounting that Islamic State
terrorists could destroy an ancient Roman site in Libya which
they have seized in their march towards the capital Tripoli and
move closer to the West, Italian and British media report. ISIS
fanatics traveling in 30 pick-up trucks stormed the coastal city
on Wednesday night after three of their men were captured by a
rival militia. Black-clad militants overpowered residents and
set up checkpoints in the city, which is just 50 miles from
Tripoli, before successfully retrieving the three men. There are
now concerns that the priceless landmarks in the city, a Unesco
world heritage site, will be destroyed by ISIS, including a
3rd-century Roman amphitheater. In Syria, the group has already
blown up historic sites at the Unesco world heritage site in
Palmyra, including temples, columns and sculptures which the
Islamist group claims depict ‘false idols’.
US orders all ′non-emergency′ personnel to leave Burundi as
violence flares
Deutsche Welle - As a result of the continuing violence in
Burundi, the US State Department announced it would be pulling
all non-emergency US government personnel and family members of
US government employees out of the country “as soon as it is
feasible to do so.”… Political violence continues throughout the
country following contested elections, an attempted coup and the
controversy over President Pierre Nkurunziza controversially
standing for - and winning - a third term in office, the warning
said… More than 150 armed men attacked three army installations
on Friday, leaving 79 of them dead, army spokesperson Col.
Gaspard Baratuza said on Saturday… In the hours following the
attacks, residents reported seeing army officers moving from
door-to-door in some districts and dragging people from their
homes and shooting them dead.
"Emergency" Measures May Be Written Into The French Constitution
The Intercept - This 60-year-old law gives French law
enforcement wide and sweeping powers, freeing them from much of
the normal judicial oversight. The law gives prefects, the
French government’s local representatives, the ability to place
people under house arrest, based merely on the suspicion of the
intelligence service that they pose a threat to national
security… François Hollande, speaking in front of both chambers
summoned in Versailles two days after the attacks, announced his
plan to modify the French constitution in response to terrorism…
The first measure would write the state of emergency into the
constitution, because the 1955 law, even in its renewed 2015
form, is likely unconstitutional… The main political parties and
their representatives have been supportive of both the state of
emergency measures and the modification of the constitution…
UK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stuff they
already own
Ars Technica - That's the result of the Enterprise and
Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which extends the copyright of
artistic objects like designer chairs from 25 years after they
were first marketed to 70 years after the creator's death. In
most cases, that will be well over a hundred years after the
object was designed… Photographers, for example, will need to
worry about whether any of the objects in a picture they are
taking is covered by copyright, in which case it may be
necessary to obtain a licence to include them in the photo…
Another group likely to be hit by this major copyright
extension—publishers of books with pictures of design objects—is
also being told to like it or lump it.
Nearly 200 Nations Adopt 1st Global Climate Change Pact
Washington Times - Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global
pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world
to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution
but imposing no sanctions on countries that don’t. The “Paris
agreement” aims to keep global temperatures from rising another
degree Celsius (1.8 Fahrenheit) between now and 2100, a key
demand of poor countries ravaged by rising sea levels and other
effects of climate change. Loud applause erupted in the
conference hall after French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius
gaveled the agreement. Some delegates wept and others embraced.
The agreement, South African Environment Minister Edna Molewa
said, “can map a turning point to a better and safer world.”
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
House to probe claims of intelligence manipulation
Washington Examiner - Leaders of three House panels on Friday
said they had established a joint task force to probe whether
the Obama administration pressured intelligence analysts to skew
data to make the Islamic State and its allies seem weaker in
their reports. Reps. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., Mike Pompeo, R-Kan.,
and Brad Wenstrup, R-Ohio, will lead the investigation on behalf
of the Armed Services and Intelligence committees and the
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee. The Pentagon inspector
general's office also is investigating the allegations from
analysts at U.S. Central Command headquarters in Tampa, Fla.,
and Defense Department officials have promised lawmakers a full
accounting.
State Department belatedly finds 1300 emails on Anwar Al-Awlaki
POLITICO - The State Department has belatedly discovered about
1,300 emails relating to deceased Islamic cleric Anwar Al-Awlaki
in official accounts belonging to top aides to former Secretary
of State Hillary Clinton, more than four years after a
conservative group requested all such records, a new court
filing reports. At a federal court hearing in Washington last
month, Justice Department attorneys assigned to the case brought
by Judicial Watch told a federal judge that State‘s “executive
secretariat” — the repository of records for the secretary's
office — was searched in response to the initial Freedom of
Information Act request from Judicial Watch.
Homeland Security deployed hi-tech spy plane which scoops up
tens of thousands of phone calls at one time above San
Bernardino for days after massacre
Daily Mail - The Department of Homeland Security is said to have
put up the single engine craft over the California city and
ordered it to make repeated circles overhead. The craft would
likely have been equipped with 'Dirtbox' technology which can
scan tens of thousands of phones in one go to identify
suspects.... The Sofrep report stated that the Pilatus PC-12
plane that was used - was similar to the craft deployed by the
military on missions over Africa.... The device works by
pretending to be a cell phone tower - mobiles automatically
connect to the nearest one so latch onto the box - and can sweep
up data on tens of thousands of phones in one go.... It can
monitor an entire city and can track a pedestrian's entire
journey and the route taken, allowing investigators to track all
of their movements.
VIDEO: ‘Homeland’ refugee screening coordinator can’t answer
basic questions about program
American Mirror - The Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Office
of Screening Coordination in the Department of Homeland Security
had one job Thursday: answer questions about the review of
Syrian refugees. She couldn’t do it. “I would like to see if you
could give us some numbers, so that the committee and the
American people have this information,” Ohio U.S. Rep. Jim
Jordan, co-chairman of a joint subcommittee hearing on
“Terrorism and the Visa Waiver Program,” told senior DHS
employee Kelli Ann Burriesci yesterday. In a 5 minute exchange
posted to YouTube, he questioned: “How many Syrian refugees have
entered the United States in the last year?” “I’m sorry, I
didn’t bring any of the refugee numbers with me, because I was
prepared to talk about visa waiver, but I can certainly have us
send that to you,” she replied.....
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Video: Obama’s Press Secretary Cannot Explain How More Gun
Control Would Stop Shootings
Steve Watson - The White House cannot name one single shooting
incident that would have been prevented by gun control
legislation. As President Obama prepares executive action to
pass further gun control legislation, one errant reporter asked
the White House press secretary exactly how such proposals would
have prevented any recent mass shootings. Josh Earnest couldn’t
directly answer the question and floundered around repeating the
same talking points over and over again. Reporter Byron Tau
referred to a statement made by Sen. Marco Rubio that no mass
shootings in recent memory would have been prevented by gun
legislation, which even the Washington Post fact-checked as
true.
Missouri Sheriffs to Lower Cost of Concealed Carry Permits,
Citing Recent Terror Attacks
Activist Post - The Sheriffs of the Laclede, St. Clair and
Vernon counties in Missouri announced this week that they will
encourage more applicants for concealed carry permits by
lowering the price of the application. Wayne Merritt, the
sheriff of Laclede County, told KY3 News that he wishes to see
trained, responsible citizens who are armed, considering the
government’s inability to keep track of home-grown terrorists in
light of the Paris and San Bernardino attacks.... Starting this
week, the price of concealed carry permits inside Merritt’s
jurisdiction will be slashed from $100 to just $65.
5 total confirmed incidents of suspicious phone buys in Missouri
ABC News - Another suspicious purchase was made in Ava, Missouri
on Saturday. Authorities in at least five Missouri cities have
now gotten reports of suspicious phone purchases at Wal-Mart
stores. ABC 17 News reached out to law enforcement in Ava,
Missouri and has confirmed through a news release that last
Saturday a man purchased a large amount of cell phones from a
Walmart there. Police said they reached out to Walmart employees
at the Lebanon and confirmed the same man had also purchased
about 60 cell phone at that Walmart earlier that day. They
released the man after they found they had no legal reason to
detain him. The latest report is in addition to four other
reports of similar incidents in Columbia, Jefferson City, Macon
and Lebanon. Authorities in all five cities said they had
contacted FBI agents. However, The FBI only confirmed it is
investigating three of those reports.
* Related: *
Prepaid phone purchase investigation continues
*
Cell phone trafficking: Far from harmless
VIDEO: Police Shoot Man in the Back as He Walked Away — Execute
Him as He Crawled for His Life
The Free Thought Project - The short video, which was released
yesterday, clearly shows 28-year-old Nicholas Robertson walking
away as police opened fire on him. After the first deputy fired
over a dozen rounds, the man can be seen falling to the ground,
and in a desperate attempt to save his life, begins crawling
away from the officer. At this point, a second officer arrives,
and after a brief pause, both begin firing recklessly as the man
crawls just feet away from a gas pump. In total, officers fired
over 30 rounds at this man. According to police, deputies were
responding to several calls of a person described as a black man
wearing a checkered shirt who was seen with a gun near Magnolia
and Alpine avenues, Lt. Eddie Hernandez said. The deputies claim
they gave him “several commands” to drop the gun, but the
suspect turned and pointed the gun at the deputies. However this
cannot be seen on the video.
This New Bill Would Require Background Checks On All Parents
Off the Grid News - All parents of children in public and
private schools would have to undergo social services background
checks when enrolling their kids in school in Ohio under a new
proposed state law. The bill by State Senator Capri S. Cafaro
(D-Youngstown) specifically exempts most homeschoolers, although
it doesn’t exempt homeschool families who form what is called a
non-chartered, non-tax-supported school. The bill also would
require school officials to inform Child Protective Services
(CPS) if a parent who was under investigation enrolled a child
in school. CPS would be required to continue the investigation
or open a new one. The Homeschool Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
has spoken out against the bill, saying that while it opposes
child abuse, this bill is not the solution. HSLDA attorney Mike
Donnelly is concerned that the law would open up sensitive state
databases to school officials.
School principal bans Santa, Thanksgiving and Pledge of
Allegiance
NY Post - Santa Claus is banned. The Pledge of Allegiance is no
longer recited. “Harvest festival” has replaced Thanksgiving,
and “winter celebrations” substitute for Christmas parties. New
principal Eujin Jaela Kim has given PS 169 in Sunset Park,
Brooklyn, a politically correct scrub-down, to the dismay of
teachers and parents. “We definitely can’t say Christmas,
nothing with Christmas on it, nothing with Santa,” PTA president
Mimi Ferrer said administrators told her. “No angels. We can’t
even have a star because it can represent a religious system,
like the Star of David.”
Ted Cruz, Donald Trump to Keynote 2016 South Carolina Tea Party
Convention
Breitbart - Breitbart News has confirmed that Senator Ted Cruz
will address the 2016 South Carolina Tea Party Coalition
Convention on Saturday Jan 16 at 2:20pm. The convention, seen by
analysts as “a seminal event” in the run-up to the state’s
“first in the South” primary, runs daily from January 16th –
18th, from 8:30 AM to 6:00 PM. Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, Mike
Huckabee and Rick Santorum are also scheduled to speak. The
South Carolina GOP primary is slated for Saturday, February 20.
Cruz Soars to 10 Point Lead Over Trump in Iowa; Carson Sinks
Breitbart - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has taken a commanding 10-point
lead over billionaire businessman Donald Trump in the
all-important first-in-the-nation presidential caucus state of
Iowa, a new poll from the Des Moines Register and Bloomberg
shows. Cruz is now towering over the whole field at 31 percent,
while Trump has fallen 10 points behind the Texas Senator to 21
percent. Dr. Ben Carson, another outsider, is in third place
with 13 percent. The Washington establishment and donor
class-backed Sen. Marco Rubio is in fourth place with 10
percent.... The poll of 400 likely GOP caucus-goers was
conducted Dec. 7 through Dec. 10, by Selzer & Co. of Des
Moines.... The GOP candidates all head to Las Vegas, Nevada,
this coming week for the next debate, moderated by CNN–and held
inside GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson’s Venetian Resort and
Casino on Tuesday evening.
Ben Carson threatens to bolt Republican Party
MarketWatch - Carson remains among the leading contenders for
the GOP presidential nomination, though his poll numbers have
dropped in recent weeks. He suggested in a statement Friday that
he would consider an independent bid, following a Washington
Post story about Republican leaders preparing for the
possibility of a brokered convention. The story said several
Republican power brokers argued that if Trump storms through the
primaries, the GOP establishment must lay groundwork for a
convention-floor fight in which the party’s mainstream wing
could rally around an alternative.
Now There’s Video=> Jimmy Carter Bans Iranian Immigrants from
US, Deported Students During Hostage Crisis
Gateway Pundit - The liberal media and Republican Party elites
erupted this week after Donald Trump announced his plan to ban
Muslim immigrants from the US until the government can assure it
is safe to do so. But Democrat Jimmy Carter did the same thing,
and much more during the Iranian hostage crisis.... Here’s the
transcript from ABC News...
VIDEO: Kids Scream “I Want to Kill Him!” While Beating Trump
Piñata to “Stop Hate”
Gateway Pundit - A new food cart in Portland, Oregon, El
Diablito, staged its grand opening celebration by featuring
dancers and a Donald Trump pinata. A banner on the stage read
“El Diablito” which means “the little devil.” Little kids and
adults lined up to take turns battering the effigy, which they
say they were destroying to “promote peace” and “fight hate.”
One little kid screams out “I want to kill him!” when he takes
his turn beating the Trump piñata. The food cart owner claimed
this wasn’t about politics. Of course, if it would have been an
Obama piñata the media would have called this a “racist” act but
since it’s a Republican it’s all good.
December 14th To 18th: A Week Of Reckoning For Global Stocks If
The Fed Hikes Interest Rates?
Economic Collapse - Are we about to witness widespread panic in
the global financial marketplace? This week is shaping up to be
an absolutely critical week for global stocks. Coming into
December, more than half of the 93 largest stock market indexes
in the world were down more than 10 percent year to date, and
last week stocks really started to slide all over the world.
Here in the United States, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is
down about 600 points over the past week or so, and at this
point it is down more than 1000 points from the peak of the
market. That brings us to this week, during which the Federal
Reserve is expected to raise interest rates for the very first
time since the last financial crisis. If that happens, that
could potentially be enough to accelerate this “slide” into a
full-blown crash.
Dow, DuPont To Merge In $130 Billion Deal; 10% Of DowDuPont's
Workforce To Be Fired
Zero Hedge - … two of America oldest publicly traded companies
will combine, with Dow and DuPont merging as equals in a
combined company that will have a $130 billion market cap and
will be named DowDuPont. And while shareholders already
benefited from the deal with shares of both constituents rising
by 10% in the days preceding the official announcement, the
biggest loser are once again the employees: the combined company
announced that as part of the $700 million in restructuring
efforts, 10% of the combined company's employees will be laid
off… The parties intend to subsequently pursue a separation of
DowDuPont into three independent, publicly traded companies
through tax-free spin-offs. This would occur as soon as
feasible, which is expected to be 18-24 months following the
closing of the merger, subject to regulatory and board approval.
15–year-old schoolgirl found hanged after developing an allergic
reaction to WiFi in her school
(NaturalHealth365) 15-year-old Jenny Fry was found hanged in
woodland in June this year. According to her parents she
suffered from electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), which
caused her to suffer diverse symptoms including tiredness,
headaches and bladder problems.... An inquest heard that it was
her allergic reaction to her school’s WiFi that made her life a
misery. Her mother Debra told the hearing that Jenny was
severely affected by the wireless internet connections at
Chipping Norton School in Oxfordshire, England, where she was a
pupil. After becoming increasingly distressed by her symptoms,
which were never investigated by a doctor, Jenny Fry was found
hanged in Brooke Woods, near her home on June 11 this year. Mrs.
Fry and her husband Charles Newman told the Coroners’ Court
dealing with the inquest that they believed their daughter
became ill because of WiFi radiation exposures. They had removed
the internet connection from their own home.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Superbugs are on the Rise, and so is the Sale of Antibiotics for
Livestock
Natural Society - Bacteria that are resistant to ALL antibiotics
have been found in China, and Denmark health officials in the
U.K. believe the bug has made its way to that part of Europe.
Health experts the world over agree that the spread of these
antibiotic-resistant superbugs could erase modern medicine, and
place the blame squarely on antibiotics fed to animals to
promote growth and keep them healthy while living in flocks and
herds, NOT to cure them from an actual illness. That’s why this
news is so disheartening: federal regulators said recently that
U.S. sales of medically-important antibiotics approved for use
in livestock rose by 23% between 2009 and 2014.
Big News! Hawaii’s Big Island Moves Closer to Being GMO-Free!
Natural Society - Mayor Kenoi on the Big Island, in Hawaii,
recently signed Bill 113 into law, prohibiting GMOs. The bill
prohibits biotech companies from operating on the island, and
stops farmers from growing new GM crops. This is a historical
moment for Hawaii, a place which has been called ‘ground zero
for GMOs.’ Mayor Kenoi has taken a huge stand against
agrichemical companies and actually followed the will of the
people. Big Island, Hawaii will hopefully lead the way for the
rest of the islands as well as the rest of the United States....
The Islands of Hawaii also have to import 90% of their food,
much of it being genetically modified. Monsanto, BASF, DOW Agri-Sciences,
Syngenta and DuPont Pioneer conduct field trials and grow GMO
Seed for export on 24,000 acres on Hawaiian Islands.
Avoid Drugs & Surgery for Prostate Issues with Flaxseed
Green Med Info - Millions of men face prostate issues, with
treatment with drugs and surgery often making their problems
worse. A new study reveals that simply eating flaxseed may be
the best way to improve your symptoms, and take back control of
your health. A new study published in the Journal of Medicinal
Food titled, "Efficacy and Safety of a Flaxseed Hull Extract in
the Symptomatic Management of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: A
Parallel, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Pilot
Study," reveals that men who consumed an extract of flaxseed for
swollen prostate (i.e. benign prostatic hyperplasia) saw
significant improvement.
Everything You Need To Know About Golden Paste and How To Make
It
Natural Blaze - Golden paste is a turmeric-based paste that
taken orally provides health benefits to humans as well as
animals (dogs and horses). Turmeric, known for is
anti-inflammatory properties and used medicinally for over 4,000
years, is great for arthritis, skin health, immune system, and
even cancer. Recent studies have confirmed that it may be as
effective as 14 different Rx drugs – without the side effects.
Taking it daily in a paste designed to improve absorption an
easy way to tap into its enormous benefits.
Author Of Mandatory Meningitis Vaccine Bill Caught Taking $420k
From Big Pharma
Blacklisted News - State Senator Kemp Hannon, Chair of the New
York Senate Health Committee, and author of the recently passed
law that will require all seventh and twelfth graders in the
state to get meningitis shots, has been caught with his hand in
the pot, according to the New York Daily News: specifically, the
pharma pot. And to no small sum, mind you. His investments in
pharmaceutical and health companies is at $100,000 while it is
also being alleged that he has received more than $400,000 from
the same interest groups. Hannon’s investments are a direct
conflict of interest and he should be charged criminally. This
is an act of using your position to influence and write laws for
the sole result of personal gain.
Whistleblower Says She Was Fired from Hospital for Pointing Out
Patient Safety Concerns
Natural Society - The registered nurse, Mercedita Desumala first
began working for Kaiser in 2005. She recently filed a lawsuit
against Kaiser in Alameda Superior Court, alleging she was fired
from San Leandro Hospital in Oakland after complaining about the
removal of monitor technicians from the hospital’s fifth floor
telemetry department. In her 33-page complaint, she states: The
fifth floor … was traditionally staffed by monitor technicians
who are entrusted with the crucial job of monitoring the heart
rhythms of patients on the floor. If … irregularities are not
caught, they can be extremely dangerous and often fatal for the
patients. As part of a cost-saving initiative, Kaiser removed
all the monitor technicians from the fifth floor of the San
Leandro Hospital.” The nurse believes that this move puts
patients’ lives as risk, and after submitting Assignment Despite
Objection forms to the California Nurses’ Association as well as
making verbal complaints to supervisors, specifically nurse
manager Norie Bustamente, she was fired from her position.
Friday
- December 11, 2015 - Today in History:
1816 - Indiana was admitted to the Union as the 19th American state.
1872 - Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinchback became America's first black
governor when he took office as acting governor of Louisiana.
1928 - In Buenos Aires, police thwarted an attempt on the life of
President-elect Herbert Hoover.
1930 - The Bank of the United States in New York failed.
1941 - Germany and Italy declared war on the United States. The U.S. in
turn declared war on the two countries.
1946 - The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) was established by the U.N. General Assembly. The fund provides
relief to children in countries devastated by war.
1961 - The first direct American military support for South Vietnam
occurred when a U.S. aircraft carrier carrying Army helicopters arrived
in Saigon.
1980 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter signed into law legislation creating
$1.6 billion environmental "superfund" that would be used to pay for
cleaning up chemical spills and toxic waste dumps.
1985 - General Electric Company agreed to buy RCA Corporation for $6.3
billion. Also included in the deal was NBC Radio and Television.
1998 - Majority Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee pushed
through three articles of impeachment against U.S. President Clinton.
2001 - U.S. Attorney General Ashcroft announced the first federal
indictment directly related to the terrorist attacks on the United
States on September 11, 2001. Zacarias Moussaoui was charged with six
conspiracy charges. Moussaoui was in custody at the time of the attacks.
2001 - It was announced that U.S. President George W. Bush would
withdraw the U.S. from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with
Russia.
2001 - Federal agents seized computers in 27 U.S. cities as part of
"Operation Buccaneer." The raids were used to gain evidence against an
international software piracy ring.
2013 - Standard & Poors announced that Facebook would join its S&P 500
index "after the close of trading on December 20."
Any targets threatening Russian forces in Syria must be
immediately destroyed - Putin
RT - Jihadists in Syria pose a direct threat to Russia, Putin
has told a defense meeting in Moscow, adding that any targets
threatening the country's military there should be destroyed.
Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said Islamic State’s influence in
Syria continues to expand. The Russian military’s actions in
Syria are being coordinated with Russian special services such
as the FSB, who are disclosing terrorist cells, including
Islamic State, Putin said. All forces threatening Russian
servicemen in Syria should be destroyed, according to the
Russian president
Triple terror: up to 60 killed, 80 wounded, 3 car bombs explode
in Syrian Christian town
RT - Three car bomb explosions in the town of Tell Tamer in
Syria's northeastern Al Hasakah province killed up to 60 and
injured some 80 people on Thursday. The blasts struck near a
Kurdish militia forces field hospital and in the crowded Souk Al
Jumla market square, where the majority of the fatalities
occurred. Most of the affected people were civilians, but there
were some Kurdish and Assyrian self-defense fighters among them.
he vehicles were allegedly packed with large amounts of
explosives, which also inflicted significant damage to nearby
buildings and infrastructure. No group has yet claimed
responsibility for the attacks.
Security guards at European UN headquarters carry submachine
guns; officials are working with French police
The Guardian - Geneva on maximum alert in hunt for four Paris
attack suspects. Geneva security officials have said they have
raised the alert level in the city and are looking for suspects
in connection with investigations into the Paris attacks on 13
November. Policemen armed with submachine guns were posted at
the entrances to United Nations institutions as well as the
airport, train station and other key landmarks. UN buildings
were evacuated shortly before midnight on Wednesday night.
According to the Geneva press, a photograph of four bearded men
suspected of being members of Isis in the area was being
circulated among police patrols, following a tip-off from US
intelligence.
100,000 foreign troops incl. Americans to be deployed in Iraq,
MP claims
RT - The US is to send some 10,000 troops to Iraq to provide
support for a 90,000-strong force from the Gulf states, a
leading Iraqi opposition MP has warned. The politician said the
plan was announced to the Iraqi government during a visit by US
Senator John McCain. During a meeting in Baghdad on November 27,
McCain told Prime Minister Haider Abadi and a number of senior
Iraqi cabinet and military officials that the decision was
‘non-negotiable’, claimed Hanan Fatlawi, the head of the
opposition Irada Movement. “A hundred thousand foreign troops,
including 90,000 from Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar and Jordan,
and 10,000 troops from America will be deployed in western
regions of Iraq,” she wrote on her Facebook page. She added that
the Iraqi prime minister protested the plan, but was told that
“the decision has already been taken.”
‘Out of question’: Erdogan rules out Turkish troop withdrawal
from Iraq
RT - The withdrawal of Turkish troops from Iraq is out of
question, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said,
promising to “cooperate” on the issue with the US-led anti-ISIS
coalition. Baghdad has condemned the “invasion” as a breach of
international law. “Our servicemen went to Iraq as instructors,
their mission is limited to training,” Erdogan claimed during a
news conference in the Turkish capital, Ankara. “It is out of
the question, at present, that Turkey will pull out its military
from Iraq,” he stressed. The Turkish leader made no mention of
possible talks with Iraqi authorities to resolve the
controversy. Commenting on the United Nations Security Council’s
failure to produce any statement on the incident as per Russia’s
request, Erdogan said that Turkey “will follow the process” but
“has chosen to cooperate with the international coalition.”
‘Turkey acts like ISIS ally, should not be EU member’– Czech
president
RT - Turkey should not become an EU member, said Czech President
Milos Zeman, adding that Ankara sometimes behaves like an
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) ally, even though Turkey
is part of NATO… Zeman suggested Turkish policy stems from the
principle “the enemy of my enemy is my friend,” referring to
Turkey’s suppression of the Kurds, “who are the only ones who
have fought effectively with IS,” the newspaper reported. The
president maintained this is the reason why Turkey should be
approached with caution and has no reason to be an EU member.
President Zeman also dismissed the EU’s intention to pay €3
billion (US$ 3.28 billion) to Ankara in order to better cater
for the needs of 2.2 million Syrian refugees in the country.
'Sick of being targeted': French authorities conducting
warrantless raids on Muslims
RT - Emergency legislation enacted after last month's Paris
attacks has led to a fierce crackdown on France's Islamic
population. Warrantless searches and raids have become
commonplace, a move which many say violates the civil liberties
of Muslims. Speaking to RT, the manager of the Pepper Grill
restaurant on the outskirts of Paris recalled a police raid at
his restaurant on Saturday night. "They blocked the roads with
trucks, and up to 40 armed men stormed our restaurant...Several
officers rushed downstairs, then suddenly...they began breaking
the doors with battering rams. The door wasn't even locked," the
restaurant manager said. After police failed to find any weapons
during the search, they raided so-called "undeclared prayer
rooms" above the restaurant.
Paris Universal Climate Agreement Final Draft Released
Reason - The presidency of the Paris climate change conference
released, as promised, the final draft text of the proposed
universal climate accord at around 10 p.m. on Thursday… Rich
countries more or less got what they wanted with regard to
having every country eventually submitting hard greenhouse gas
reduction or limitation targets, although the poorest countries
get some leeway… In addition, rich country governments have
apparently agreed that $100 billion in annual climate finance by
2020 is a floor and that funding should increase during the next
decade. On the other hand, the text seems to say that the money
will only be handed over if poor countries can demonstrate that
they are making good efforts to reduce their greenhouse gas
emissions… Rich country governments are keen to establish a
unified and robust monitoring, reporting, and verification
procedures in order to track how well each country is doing with
regard to keeping its promises… The agreement also sets 2023 for
a first global “stocktake” of how the agreement is working and
how faithfully countries have fulfilled their climate change
promises.
French MPs vote to force supermarkets to give away unsold food
The Guardian - French MPs have voted unanimously to force
supermarkets to give away unsold food that has reached its
sell-by date. Shops will also be banned from destroying food
products, as they have in the past – sometimes by soaking them
in bleach – to prevent them being distributed. The proposal was
passed as part of another law in May but was subsequently
annulled by France’s constitutional court because of procedural
faults.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
US Intel: ISIS May Have Passport Printing Machine, Blank
Passports
ABC News - With the U.S. and other countries on high alert for
ISIS attacks, American authorities are warning the terror
group’s followers may have infiltrated American borders with
authentic-looking passports ISIS has printed itself with its own
machines, according to an intelligence report obtained by ABC
News. The 17-page Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
Intelligence Report, issued to law enforcement last week, says
ISIS likely has been able to print legitimate-looking Syrian
passports since taking over the city of Deir ez-Zour last
summer, home to a passport office with “boxes of blank
passports” and a passport printing machine. Another passport
office was located in Raqqa, Syria, which has long been ISIS’s
de facto capital.
San Bernardino shooters planned bigger attack, investigators
believe
LA Times - An examination of digital equipment recovered from
the home of the couple who killed 14 people in San Bernardino
last week has led FBI investigators to believe the shooters were
planning an even larger assault, according to federal government
sources. Investigators on Thursday continued to search for
digital footprints left by Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik,
scouring a downtown San Bernardino lake for electronic items,
including a hard drive that the couple was hoping to destroy,
sources told The Times.
Obama Brings In 13,000+ Muslims Who Support Suicide Bombing –
PER YEAR.
DC Whispers - As reported here earlier today, Muslim immigration
into the United States has DOUBLED during the Obama years. With
that fact in mind, consider this chilling reality via Pew
Research polling: 13% of Muslims inside of the United States
support suicide bombing at least some of the time. The U.S. now
has over 100,000 Muslims being granted entry into the United
States each year. That means according to the Pew Research data,
13000 of those Muslims coming into America EACH YEAR support
suicide bombing some of the time. One percent of those polled
indicated it was justified most of the time. That figure
represents a truly radical mindset and is growing by 1000
Muslims into the U.S. every year. It also accounts for over
350,000 Muslims in America who support suicide bombing. (13% of
the total current Muslim population)
Is the U.S. Bill of Rights REDACTED or GUTTED?
Catherine J. Frompovich - The other day I received an email with
the subject line “Redacted/gutted Bill of Rights.” Boy, did that
get my attention, especially since I consider myself to be
somewhat of a constitutional admirer and scholar. As I read that
email, the original Bill of Rights were listed and each Right
that the person, who did the ‘redacting’ thought had been gutted
from citizens, was superimposed with red font text. The
provision(s) by which each Right was interpreted to be
obliterated or gutted was typed in red.
Obama Plans to Bypass Congress, Issue Executive Order Expanding
Background Checks
Kurt Nimmo - Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett indicated
the unconstitutional order will expand background checks. She
said Obama instructed his team to complete a proposal and submit
it for his review “in short order.” In November Senate Democrats
urged President Obama to circumvent Congress by using executive
actions. Sens. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy
(D-CT) spearheaded the effort. Sens. Chris Coon (D-DE), Tom
Carper (D-DE) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) have joined their colleagues.
Obama and the Democrats have received support from the Michael
Bloomberg-funded Everytown for Gun Safety organization. It is
unclear if Obama will also sign an order to deny Americans on
the government’s secret no-fly their right to practice the
Second Amendment.
Connecticut to ban gun sales to people on watch lists: governor
Reuters - Connecticut would become the first U.S. state to ban
the sale of guns to people on government watch lists under an
executive order that Governor Dannel Malloy, a Democrat, said on
Thursday he will sign. The measure, which Malloy said needs
federal approval, would require state police to review whether a
potential gun buyer was on the federal no-fly list or on a
watchlist for people suspected of ties to terrorism. It would
also revoke existing gun permits issued to people whose names
were found on such a list. The move follows a call by President
Barack Obama for Congress to prohibit people on the no-fly list
from purchasing firearms in the wake of the last week's massacre
in San Bernardino, California, of 14 people by a married couple
inspired by Islamic State militants. "I am taking this
commonsense step with this executive order simply because it's
the right thing to do," Malloy told reporters in Hartford. "If
you can't fly without clearing government watchlists, you
shouldn't be able to buy a gun."
The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist
The Intercept - July 23 2014 - The “March 2013 Watchlisting
Guidance,” a 166-page document issued last year by the National
Counterterrorism Center, spells out the government’s secret
rules for putting individuals on its main terrorist database, as
well as the no fly list and the selectee list, which triggers
enhanced screening at airports and border crossings. The new
guidelines allow individuals to be designated as representatives
of terror organizations without any evidence they are actually
connected to such organizations, and it gives a single White
House official the unilateral authority to place entire
“categories” of people the government is tracking onto the no
fly and selectee lists. It broadens the authority of government
officials to “nominate” people to the watchlists based on what
is vaguely described as “fragmentary information.” It also
allows for dead people to be watchlisted.
* Related:
The government's biggest terrorist watchlist has more than a
million names
Cruz: Benghazi Attack Was ‘Direct Result’ of Rubio’s Support for
Clinton’s, Obama’s Toppling of Qaddafi in Libya
Breitbart - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), in an exclusive interview with
Breitbart News here in his campaign office on Monday, escalated
his battle with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on the 2016 campaign
trail to a whole new degree: Now, Cruz is laying out why Rubio
is responsible for the terrorist attack in Benghazi. Cruz’s
argument goes like this: Rubio backed now former Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential
frontrunner, and President Barack Obama in their efforts to take
Muammar Qaddafi out in Libya. As a result, that spiraled the
nation into the control of jihadists, who then carried out the
attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi on Sept. 11, 2012.
GOP preparing for contested convention
Washington Post - Republican officials and leading figures in
the party’s establishment are preparing for the possibility of a
brokered convention as businessman Donald Trump continues to sit
atop the polls in the GOP presidential race. More than 20 of
them convened Monday near the Capitol for a dinner held by
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus, and the
prospect of Trump nearing next year’s nominating convention in
Cleveland with a significant number of delegates dominated the
discussion, according to five people familiar with the meeting.
GOP Establishment Works Through Seven Stages of Grief Over
Donald Trump
Breitbart - The Seven Stages of Grief are usually rendered as
shock, denial, bargaining, guilt, anger, depression, and
acceptance.... For now, we’re at depression, with a growing
number of mournful op-eds recognizing how Establishment
Republicans and their establishment pals in the Democrat Party
created Trump. The American people are ready to pass out from
the stench of their combined establishment’s bipartisan failure,
and Trump’s the first one to come along and suggest cracking a
window. Granted, he opens windows with sledgehammers, but
there’s a refreshing breeze afterward nonetheless. This election
must see the demise of establishment Can’t-Do America, because
that attitude is killing us. People are tired of being told
everything is impossible, unconstitutional, unthinkable. They’re
tired of hearing that every well-connected interest group is
“entitled” to everything it wants, paid for by people it hates.
They can clearly see the fiscal and physical security of the
country in a nose dive, and they’re tired of being told the
controls are locked, and only the Ruling Class get parachutes.
Let me put this in the context of the latest Trumpnado...
Snap Polls Show Support For Trump’s Comments on Muslim
Immigration
Paul Joseph Watson - Trump caused controversy earlier this week
when he suggested putting a halt to all Muslim immigration until
a proper vetting process could be put in place to identify
terrorists. The media reacted with vitriol, framing Trump as a
fascist and insisting that he had finally gone too far. However,
poll results suggest that the Republican frontrunner has only
increased his popularity amongst likely voters.
The Global Commodity Crash Tells Us That A Major Deflationary
Financial Crisis Is Imminent
Economic Collapse - If we really are plunging into a
deflationary global financial crisis, we would expect to see
commodity prices crash hard. That happened just before the great
stock market crash of 2008, and that is precisely what is
happening once again right now. On Thursday, the Bloomberg
Commodity Index closed at 79.1544. The last time that it closed
this low was 16 years ago. Not even during the worst moments of
the last recession did it ever get so low. Overall, the
Bloomberg Commodity Index is down more than 28 percent over the
past 12 months, and it has plummeted by more than half since
mid-2011. As a result of this stunning commodity collapse,
extremely large mining companies such as Anglo American are
imploding, giant commodity trading firms such as Glencore and
Trafigura are in full-blown crisis mode, and huge portions of
the global financial system are in danger of utterly collapsing.
$416,014,000,000: Federal Taxes Set Record in First 2 Months of
FY16; $2,785 Per Worker; Feds Still Run $201.1B Deficit
CNS News - The federal government continued to collect taxes at
an unprecedented pace in the beginning of fiscal 2016, raking in
a record of approximately $416,014,000,000 in revenues through
the first two months of the fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2015 through
the end of November), according to the Monthly Treasury
Statement released today. In the entirety of fiscal 2015, which
ended on Sept. 30, the federal government collected a record
$3,248,723,000,000, which worked out to about $21,833 for every
person who held a job in the country as of September.... Despite
the record tax revenues of $416,014,000,000 in the first two
months of this fiscal year, the government spent
$617,116,000,000 in those two months, and, thus, ran up a
deficit of $201,102,000,000 during the period.
Pew Study: Middle Class Declining, No Longer Majority
Breitbart - The middle class in America is declining and no
longer constitutes a majority under President Barack Obama,
according to a Pew Research study, which found that “after more
than four decades of serving as the nation’s economic majority,
the American middle class is now matched in number by those in
the economic tiers above and below it.” Pew found that the
“share of American adults living in middle-income households has
fallen from 61% in 1971 to 50% in 2015. The share living in the
upper-income tier rose from 14% to 21% over the same period.
Meanwhile, the share in the lower-income tier increased from 25%
to 29%.”
Consuming Ashwagandha Root Shows Improvements In Muscle
Strength, Size and Recovery
April.McCarthy - There's a host of health benefits available
through ingestion of ashwagandha (Withania somnifera) root, but
some lesser known benefits have been published in the Journal of
The International Society of Sports Nutrition including
improvements in muscle strength, size, and recovery, according
to results of a new randomized, prospective, double-blind,
placebo-controlled clinical study.... The roots of the
ashwagandha plant have been employed for millennia by Ayurvedic
healers. Numerous modern studies have found that ashwagandha
shows great promise for being effective in reducing
inflammation, decreasing stress, increasing mental activity,
invigorating the body, and as an antioxidant. It is even known
to relieve arthritis better than medication.
Unique Sleep Habit Linked to a Whopping 46% Higher Stroke Risk
Dr. Mercola - Researchers have linked poor sleep to a number of
ailments, from short-term memory loss and behavioral problems,
to weight gain, diabetes, and even increased risk of cancer,
just to mention a few. Yet while most of the literature
emphasizes the ramifications of insufficient sleep, research
shows too much sleep isn’t good either. Studies have linked
excessive sleep to health risks ranging from depression to an
increased risk for stroke, just to name a few.... According to
one of the most recent analyses, seniors who regularly slept
more than eight hours per night had a 46 percent increased risk
of stroke compared to those who slept between six and eight
hours per night.
Vets Warn Fleas Becoming Resistant To Chemical Treatments
(CBS SF) - Experts say fleas may be mutating and becoming more
resistant to topical anti-flea treatments peskier than ever for
Bay Area pet owners trying to get rid of them. One vet KPIX
spoke to said the smelly solutions designed to kill fleas that
pet owners have been applying to their cats and dogs may not
help thanks to survival of the fittest flea. Katherine Van Ekert
with VetPronto is one of many Bay Area vets that are telling pet
owners the anti-flea solution produced by companies like
Frontline and Advantage that they are buying isn’t working.
* Related:
Why Spot-on Flea and Tick Products Are Hazardous to Pets
Video: Trumpnado
Joe Dan Gorman - It worked against Bush, it worked against Sarah Palin
but it ain’t working against Donald Trump. And the establishment,
including the media appears to be having a nervous breakdown. For six
months now— everything they hit Trump with…just makes him stronger....
Also in this episode… we meet the racially diverse white supremacists
that support Trump…including ‘the brothers’ that want to help build the
wall. DO NOT miss the ending song. Trust me.
Hacking Democracy - Documentary investigating mass voting fraud
The documentary follows Bev Harris and Kathleen Wynne, director and
associate director for nonprofit election watchdog group Black Box
Voting, as they attempt to discover the extent to which it would be
possible to alter results on the electronic voting machines of Diebold
Election Systems (now Premier Election Solutions). Andy Stephenson, an
employee of Black Box Voting from July–December 2004, assisted with
comparisons of audit documents in Volusia County and obtained a secret
videotape of Harris interviewing a voting machine testing lab. Kathleen
Wynne captured live video of Harris finding voting machine records in a
Volusia County trash bag, and captured video of Cuyahoga County
elections workers admitting that the initial 3% recount ballots had not
been randomly selected during the 2004 presidential election. Harris and
Wynne then embarked on a series of five voting machine hack tests with
Dr. Herbert Hugh Thompson and Harri Hursti in 2005 and 2006. During the
course of the documentary, multiple methods of tampering with the votes
are shown.
Thursday
- December 10, 2015 - Today in History:
1817 - Mississippi was admitted to the Union as the 20th American state.
1845 - British civil engineer Robert Thompson patented the first
pneumatic tires.
1869 - Women were granted the right to vote in the Wyoming Territory.
1898 - A treaty was signed in Paris that officially ended the
Spanish-American War. Also, Cuba became independent of Spain.
1906 - President Roosevelt became the 1st American to be awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize, for helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
1931 - Jane Addams became a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, she
was the first American woman to do so.
1941 - Japan invaded the Philippines.
1953 - Hugh Hefner published the first "Playboy" magazine with an
investment of $7,600.
1958 - The first domestic passenger jet flight took place in the U.S.
when 111 passengers flew from New York to Miami on a National Airlines
Boeing 707.
1964 - In Oslo, Norway, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel
Peace Prize. He was the youngest person to receive the award.
1990 - The U.S. Food & Drug Administration approved Norplant, a
long-acting contraceptive implant.
1994 - Advertising executive Thomas Mosser of North Caldwell, NJ, was
killed by a mail bomb that was blamed on the Unabomber.
1995 - The first U.S. Marines arrived in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo
to join NATO soldiers sent to enforce peace in the former Yugoslavia.
1999 - After three years under suspicion of being a spy for China,
computer scientist Wen Ho Lee was arrested. He was charged with removing
secrets from the Los Alamos weapons lab. Lee later pled guilty to one
count of downloading restricted data to tape and was freed. The other 58
counts were dropped.
2003 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld new restrictions on political
advertising in the weeks before an election. The court did strike down
two provisions of the new law that involved a ban on political
contributions from those too young to vote and a limitation on some
party spending. (McConnell v. FEC, 02-1674)
2003 - The U.S. barred firms based in certain countries, opponents of
the Iraq war, from bidding on Iraqi reconstruction projects. The ban did
not prevent companies from winning subcontracts.
2009 - President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a
humble acknowledgment of his scant accomplishments and a robust defense
of the U.S. at war.
Turkish jets strike Kurdish positions in Iraq amid rising
tension between Ankara & Baghdad
RT - Ankara carried out airstrikes targeting Kurdistan Workers'
Party (PKK) forces in northern Iraq, the Turkish army said on
Wednesday. The action comes in the wake of rising tensions
between Ankara and Baghdad over the deployment of Turkish troops
in Iraq. Ten F-16 fighter jets launched an attack between 10pm
and 10:50pm on Tuesday, targeting PKK positions in the Kandil,
Hakurk, Zap and Avasin-Baysan regions in northern Iraq, the
Turkish General Staff said in a statement. It added that the
targets were “destroyed in an aerial campaign.”
Kim Jong Un says N Korea has hydrogen bomb, becomes powerful
nuclear state
RT - North Korea has now developed a hydrogen bomb and can use
it along with nuclear warheads to defend its sovereignty, the
country's central news agency has reported. “We managed to
become a great nuclear power capable of defending the
independence and national dignity of our homeland by mighty
nuclear and hydrogen strikes,” leader Kim Jong Un was quoted as
saying by the central news agency. He also said North Korea “has
to continue with actively developing its military industry.” The
statement came as Kim Jong Un was on a tour inspecting an
upgraded arms plant in Pyongyang on Thursday, according to TASS
quoting the N. Korean central news agency.
Watch: John Kerry Admits American CO2 Cuts Wouldn’t Change
Anything
Breitbart - Secretary of State John Kerry made an astounding
confession today at the COP-21 climate conference in Paris:
Emissions cuts by the U.S. and other industrialized nations will
make no difference to global climate, he said. Here are Kerry’s
exact words: "… The fact is that even if every American citizen
biked to work, carpooled to school, used only solar panels to
power their homes, if we each planted a dozen trees, if we
somehow eliminated all of our domestic greenhouse gas emissions,
guess what – that still wouldn’t be enough to offset the carbon
pollution coming from the rest of the world. If all the
industrial nations went down to zero emissions –- remember what
I just said, all the industrial emissions went down to zero
emissions -– it wouldn’t be enough, not when more than 65% of
the world’s carbon pollution comes from the developing world."
This is the first time such a senior government official has
admitted the utter futility of American carbon dioxide emissions
cuts. That’s a consequential admission even if you believe the
claims of climate alarmists about the danger of emissions.
‘Hopefully, no nukes will be needed’ against ISIS – Putin
RT - Vladimir Putin has praised the Russian cruise missiles
fired against terrorists in Syria from the sea. He expressed
hope that these weapons would not have to be armed with nuclear
warheads. Meeting in the Kremlin with Defense Minister Sergey
Shoigu, who reported the latest results of the anti-Islamic
State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) ops in Syria, the Russian
president made a notable remark. We must analyze everything
happening on the battlefield, how the weapons operate. The
Kalibrs (sea based cruise missiles) and KH-101 (airborne cruise
missile) have proved to be modern and highly effective, and now
we know it for sure - precision weapons that can be equipped
with both conventional and special warheads, which are nuclear,”
Putin said. “Naturally, this is not necessary when fighting
terrorists and, I hope, will never be needed,” the president
added.
UK: Veterans discard medals at Downing St. in opposition to
decision to bomb Syria (Video)
Ruptly TV - Several war veterans representing the organization
'Veterans for Peace' discarded their medals outside Downing
Street in London, Tuesday, in protest against the decision made
in Parliament last week to bomb Syria. SOT, Veteran throwing his
medals outside Downing Street (English): "Innocent, vulnerable,
sentient beings are being killed: men, women and children, we
cannot sow bloodshed and reap peace, I no longer require these
medals." SOT, Ben Griffin, SAS veteran (English): "[Dave,
another veteran] he never got over his experience of war, I’m
returning his medals also."...
The IMF Just Entered The Cold War - Forgives Ukraine's Debt To
Russia
Zero Hedge - The IMF has now been drawn into the U.S. Cold War
orbit. On Tuesday it made a radical decision to dismantle the
condition that had integrated the global financial system for
the past half century... By doing so, it announced its new
policy: “We only enforce debts owed in US dollars to US allies.”
Video: Epidemics fears in EU: HIV, polio, cholera & more
detected in refugee camps
RT - The influx of asylum seekers has brought health concerns to
Europe. About 15% of newly arriving migrants (approx. 200 000
people) require immediate treatment. Doctors admit some of the
illnesses have been transmitted by refugees and the EU is not
ready to provide its citizens with appropriate treatment.
Several diseases represent a real people's life threat: cholera,
HIV, Hepatitis A, B, C, E, polio, malaria, leishmaniasis, etc.
Greece evicts 2,300 migrants from Macedonian border camp (VIDEO)
RT - Greek police have conducted an operation near the town of
Itomeni on the border with Macedonia aimed at removing and
further deporting from Europe more than 2,000 people, designated
by officials to be “economic migrants” not coming from war
zones.... The migrants who are primarily from non-war-torn
Pakistan, Somalia, Morocco, Algeria and Bangladesh will be
sheltered in an indoor sports stadium and disused premises at
the former airbase of Hellinikon in Athens, the statement said,
adding that about 350 police officers were deployed to hold the
operation.... Greece has decided to remove the migrants from the
Macedonian border after Macedonia had started to accept only
refugees from war-torn countries: Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria.
Norway Offers to Pay Refugees to Leave: “$9,300 Dollars And Free
Flights Home”
Mac Slavo - Frustrated with the influx of migrant refugees from
Syria, Somalia and other war-torn countries in the region,
Norway is leading a new path against the cultural invasion of
Europe. Rather than make empty promises to its citizens about
better policies, the Scandanavian nation frequently rated as
having the highest standard of living in the world is paying out
money for asylum seekers to avert a lengthy bureaucratic wait
and just leave instead. As Fox News reports: A family with two
children is eligible for up to $9,300 dollars – and free flights
home, the Norwegian Directorate of Immigration told the media
outlet. More than 900 people reportedly have accepted.... Norway
has even recently taken to putting out advertisements in the
countries of origin to dissuade people from trying to come, on
fears that they will be turned away...
Philippines Supreme Court Confirms GMO Eggplant Ban
Sustainable Pulse - The Philippines Supreme Court on Tuesday,
December 8, permanently stopped the field testing for Bt
(Bacillus thuringiensis) talong (eggplant), upholding the
decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) which stopped the field
trials for the genetically modified eggplant.... In its ruling,
the High Tribunal also explained its application of the
precautionary principle, which holds that “lack of scientific
certainty is no reason for inaction at the risk of potentially
serious or irreversible harm to the environment.”
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
House Weighs Directly Arming Kurds in Northern Iraq, Skirting
Baghdad
Bryant Jordan - Lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives
on Wednesday will take up legislation calling on President
Barack Obama to provide weapons and equipment directly to
Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq instead of sending
them through Baghdad. The Peshmerga have been the most
aggressive and committed fighters in the country opposing the
Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, since the group spread
from Syria into Iraq in 2014. Lawmakers on both sides of the
aisle have previously supported efforts to go around the Baghdad
government to get arms to them.
Congress to Consider Easing Passage into U.S. for Immigrants
Washington Free Beacon - Congress is set to vote on Thursday on
what some have called an “unprecedented” right that would allow
immigrants easier access to relocate to the United States,
according to new legislation offered by a Democratic senator.
The legislation, which is being offered by Sen. Patrick Leahy
(D., Vt.) as an amendment to a larger bill governing nuclear
safety, would prohibit the U.S. government from barring any
individual from entering the country based on their religion.
The bill comes amid a fierce national debate about immigration
to America, particularly for individuals coming from
Muslim-majority nations.... Congressional critics of the
legislation warn that the amendment would facilitate an
unprecedented right to immigration that has never existed under
U.S. law.
Pentagon to Confer with Justice on Having Women Register for the
Draft
Hope Hodge Seck - A new legal analysis released by the Defense
Department finds "the landscape … has changed" since a 1981
Supreme Court case ruled that women could be excluded from
registering for the draft. The gradual opening of combat
positions to female troops, culminating in Defense Secretary Ash
Carter's Dec. 3 announcement that all military jobs would open
to women, changes the factual context of the male-only draft,
the two-page analysis found. Currently, only male United States
residents between ages 18 and 26 are required to register for
the military draft. The 1981 case Rostker v. Goldberg found the
male-only draft to be constitutional because women were excluded
from combat by law and policy.
Why Is Nobody Investigating The Russian Air Force Plane Over
California and Nevada?
Jeremiah Johnson - As initially reported by Gary Franchi,
reporter for N3 the Next News Network, a Russian Air Force jet
(a Tupolev Tu-154 M) with a registration with the Russian Air
Force (RA 85655) apparently flew in an erratic pattern over U.S.
airspace over the weekend, both in California and Nevada. The
aircraft varied in flight altitude from 4,500 feet to 10,000
feet, at approximately 445 km/hr. The aircraft flew over San
Diego on a 60 degree bearing, then doglegged back and returned
again to the original heading but in a zigzag pattern, going
around Sacramento. Other “tourist sights” seen in the flight
were Edwards AF base, China Lake, a part of Area 51, San Diego’s
naval base, the USMC’s 29 Palms, the National Training Center at
Ft. Irwin, Las Vegas, and the Hoover Dam. The flight of the
aircraft was tracked on YouTube by several observers, and the
film was visible on fr24.com/82bbdcc@TheAviationist, @ CivMilAir.
Texas Sheriff Urges Residents to Arm Themselves Amid Gun Control
Push
Adan Salazar - Responding to Obama’s rare Oval Office Address
Sunday, in which the president expressed a desire to curtail
American gun rights, Hughes Springs County Sheriff Randy Kennedy
uploaded a video commentary to Facebook defending law abiding
gun owners. “I know that there are a lot of law-abiding gun
owners out there and nobody who is a legal gun owner has ever
wanted to harm or kill anyone,” Sheriff Kennedy said. “But I
know that we do not seek to harm or kill anyone but nor are we
going to allow anyone to seek us out and kill us or do harm to
our families.” “So, I strongly encourage you to help me by
arming yourselves because I know that we as law enforcement do
the very best we can to protect our citizens and we do a good
job,” the sheriff continued. Sheriff Kennedy added that armed
citizens are essential not only to protecting their families,
but to saving law enforcement lives as well....
Pro-Gun Groups to Stage Fake Mass Shooting at University of
Texas
Adan Salazar - Gun rights groups are issuing a call for crisis
actors to take part in a fake mass shooting at the University of
Texas campus in Austin, in an effort to demonstrate the
ineffectiveness of gun free zones. Yesterday, pro-Second
Amendment groups Come and Take It Texas and DontComply.com
announced the “Life and Liberty Event to End Gun Free Zones,” an
event which will include a theatrical performance of a mock mass
shooting, reports The Hill. A spokesman for the two groups said
actors would ... Prior to the event, attendees will also
participate in an open carry walk armed with “rifles and legal
black powder.” Short said the groups will not be asking
permission from the university or the city to hold the event.
Homeland Security Chair: 'We Don't Have the Ability to Monitor'
the 2000 Syrian Refugees Already Here
CNS News - Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House
Homeland Security Committee, says the Obama administration is
"playing Russian Roulette with national security" by bringing
thousands of Syrian refugees into the country. "I will say 2,000
of them have been brought in already, and we don't have the
ability to monitor them," McCaul told Fox News's Sean Hannity
Tuesday night. "I think we need to put a pause on the program,
put the brakes on it, pass my legislation to ensure the safety
of Americans. I've had this both publicly and privately from the
intelligence community and law enforcement that this poses a
serious and imminent threat to the United States." McCaul says
the United States government has information indicating that
people tied to terrorist groups in Syria already have tried to
get into the U.S. through the refugee program.
Angela Merkel Named TIME’s Person of Year After Opening Borders…
Mag Praises German Chancellor: ‘Stands firm against tyranny’
Breitbart - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named
Time’s Person of the Year, praised by the magazine for her
leadership on everything from Syrian refugees to the Greek debt
crisis. “Leaders are tested only when people don’t want to
follow,” Time editor Nancy Gibbs said in a statement issued
Wednesday. “For asking more of her country than most politicians
would dare, for standing firm against tyranny as well as
expedience and for providing steadfast moral leadership in a
world where it is in short supply, Angela Merkel is TIME’s
Person of the Year.” The seven other finalists include Donald
Trump, the Black Lives Matter protest movement and Uber’s CEO,
Travis Kalanick.
* Related:
Trump Accuses Merkel Of "Ruining Germany" In Response To Time
"Person Of The Year" Snub
New Mexico Legislators Sue City For Refusing To Follow New Asset
Forfeiture Law
Techdirt - Earlier this year, the state of New Mexico passed one
of the most solid pieces of asset forfeiture reform legislation
in the country. All it asked for was what most people would
consider to be common sense: if the government is going to seize
assets, the least it could do in return is tie the seizure to a
conviction. Now, the state is finding out that bad habits are
hard to break. CJ Ciaramella reports that the government is
going after another part of the government for its refusal to
stop taking stuff without securing a conviction.
California to Allow Consumers to Sue Over Deceptive Food Labels
Natural Blaze - The California Supreme Court ruled recently that
under California law, consumers have a right to file lawsuits
alleging food products are falsely labeled “organic.”... The
basis of the decision was a class-action lawsuit filed by
California consumer Michelle Quesada against Herb Thyme Farms
Inc. that alleged the company falsely labeled its food, mixing
organic and non-organic herbs together under the organic label.
Herb Thyme advertises its products as 100% organic, and had
received the USDA’s authorization to use the organic label.
Prior to the California Supreme Court’s ruling, the law stated
that private citizens could only file complaints with the USDA
but had no right to sue a company for violating the federal law.
A Superior Court judge and the appellate court ruled that such
lawsuits would interfere with uniform nationwide standards. The
California Supreme Court unanimously disagreed, saying that
private suits under state laws actually promote the goals of
national organic regulation.
Poll: 65 Percent Of GOP Likely Primary Voters Support Trump’s
Plan
Breitbart - The online survey, conducted for Bloomberg, found
that 65 percent of likely GOP voters support Trump’s plan. When
the poll participants were told both sides of the argument,
support remained almost unchanged at 64 percent. The poll also
found that 37 percent likely 2016 voters said they’re more
likely to vote for Trump because of his decision to temporarily
ban Muslims from entering the country. Doug Usher, who runs the
group that conducted the poll concluded that the poll,
“indicates that, despite some conventional wisdom expressed in
the last 48 hours, this is unlikely to hurt Trump, at least in
the primary campaign.”
This STUNNING New Pentagon Email Should Disqualify Hillary
Clinton for President
Top Right News - A stunning email that had been hidden for more
than 3 years by the Obama Administration has been released after
legal action by Judicial Watch, and it presents a stunning
indictment of Hillary Clinton as un-qualified to be America’s
Commander-in-Chief. This critical email shows the Pentagon
urgently offering help to the unfolding attack in Benghazi on
September 11, 2012. And although it came after the first wave of
the attack at the consulate, it occurred before a mortar strike
on the CIA annex killed Ty Woods and Glenn Doherty. As Judicial
Watch notes, the new email ‘leaves no doubt military assets were
offered and ready to go, and awaiting State Department signoff,
which did not come.” In other words, the Pentagon was offering
military assets that potentially could have saved the lives of
American citizens — if only the State Department had signed off.
Rand Paul unleashes on the White House after it dubbed Trump
'disqualified'
Washington Examiner - Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul unleashed on the
White House Wednesday after press secretary Josh Earnest
suggested Republican front-runner Donald Trump disqualified
himself from the 2016 horse race for suggesting the U.S. should
temporarily block Muslims from entry. "What he said is
disqualifying. And any Republican who's too fearful of the
Republican base to admit it has no business serving as president
either," Earnest told reporters during a press briefing Tuesday.
Paul, whose own amendment to halt visa issuance to individuals
seeking to come to the U.S. from 32 Muslim-majority countries
failed 10-89 to pass the Senate last Thursday, decided to
respond to Earnest's claim on Twitter with a tirade
demonstrating why, he believes, President Obama is "unqualified"
for the Oval Office. Here are the 10 reasons the Kentucky
senator and White House hopeful cited...
Video: Who’s Afraid of Bitcoin and Peer-to-Peer Lending?
James Corbett - WiredWired has allegedly found elusive Bitcoin
creator “Satoshi Nakamoto” in Australia…and less than 24 hours
later he’s being raided by the Australian Federal Police. Sadly,
given the attempts by the MSM and governments around the world
to link the P2P economy to terror, mayhem and criminality, this
is hardly surprising.
* Related:
Wired: Bitcoin’s Creator Satoshi Nakamoto Is Probably This
Unknown Australian Genius
2013 Report Card for America's Infrastructure
ASCE - Once every four years, America’s civil engineers provide
a comprehensive assessment of the nation’s major infrastructure
categories in ASCE’s Report Card for America’s Infrastructure
(Report Card). Using a simple A to F school report card format,
the Report Card provides a comprehensive assessment of current
infrastructure conditions and needs, both assigning grades and
making recommendations for how to raise the grades. An Advisory
Council of ASCE members assigns the grades according to the
following eight criteria: capacity, condition, funding, future
need, operation and maintenance, public safety, resilience, and
innovation. Since 1998, the grades have been near failing,
averaging only Ds, due to delayed maintenance and
underinvestment across most categories.
How the TPP Will Affect You and Your Digital Rights
EFF - Below is a list of communities who were excluded from the
TPP deliberation process, and some of the main ways that the
TPP's copyright and digital policy provisions will negatively
impact them. Almost all of these threats already exist in the
United States and in many cases have already impacted users
there, because the TPP reflects the worst aspects of the U.S.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The TPP threatens to
lock down those policies so these harmful consequences will be
more difficult to remedy in future copyright reform efforts in
the U.S. and the other eleven TPP countries. The impacts could
also be more severe in those other countries because most of
them lack the protections of U.S. law such as the First
Amendment and the doctrine of fair use.
Cable Company Publicly Shames, Lectures Overdue Customers On
Facebook
Techdirt - Apparently bored by the traditional route of
collection agencies and courtesy, one Canadian cable operator
recently decided to try something different: it started posting
the names and account balances of customers with overdue
accounts on Facebook. After complaining that it "always get
excuses from everybody," Senga Services in Fort Simpson, Canada
started posting the notices to all manner of local community
Facebook pages. Not content with that, at least one of the
company's representatives thought it was a good idea to lecture
locals on fiscal responsibility and living "within one's
means"...
5 powerful health reasons to eat miso soup everyday
(NaturalHealth365) Miso has been enjoyed on a daily basis by
generations as a flavorful and essential component of
traditional Japanese cuisine, revered for its health-promoting
attributes. Thanks to its generous store of friendly bacteria,
essential amino acids, digestive enzymes, vitamins and
absorbable protein, miso has been effectively used to treat a
host of diseases and conditions, including heart disease and
cancer.
Top 20 Addictive Foods: Are You Hooked?
Green Med Info - Can't resist a slice – or two or three – of
pizza? You may well be addicted. Researchers from the Department
of Psychology at the University of Michigan and the New York
Obesity Research Center at the Mount Sinai – St. Luke's Hospital
in New York wanted to know what foods felt addictive to real
people. They posited that highly processed foods may trigger an
addictive response in some people that leads to unintended
overeating. And they observed that these foods share common
traits with highly addictive drugs.
Why the U.S. Doesn’t Crack Down on Toxic Chemicals
Dr. Mercola - The United States permits more than 84,000
chemicals to be used in household products, cosmetics, food, and
food packaging, and a majority of these have never been tested
for safety. More than 10,000 chemical additives with
questionable safety — as most have never been tested in humans —
are allowed in food and food packaging alone. Roughly 13,000
chemicals are used in cosmetics, of which only 10 percent have
been evaluated for safety. According to the U.S. Government
Accountability Office, 85 percent of new chemical applications
include no testing whatsoever.... What little safety testing is
done is typically done on chemicals in isolation, and scientific
investigations reveal this is a major mistake that generates a
false sense of security, because when chemicals are combined,
their synergistic toxicity can increase exponentially. It's
thought that 1 in 5 cancers may be caused by exposure to
environmental chemicals, and according to a recent study
published in the journal Carcinogenesis, this includes chemicals
deemed "safe" on their own.
Wednesday
- December 9, 2015 - Today in History:
1803 - The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was passed by the
U.S. Congress. With the amendment Electors were directed to vote for a
President and for a Vice-President rather than for two choices for
President.
1907 - Christmas Seals went on sale for the first time, in the
Wilmington, DE, post office.
1940 - During World War II, British troops opened their first major
offensive in North Africa.
1941 - China declared war on Japan, Germany and Italy.
1958 - In Indianapolis, IN, Robert H.W. Welch Jr. and 11 other men met
to form the anti-Communist John Birch Society.
1975 - U.S. President Gerald R. Ford signed a $2.3 billion seasonal loan
authorization to prevent New York City from having to default.
1990 - The first American hostages to be released by Iraq began arriving
in the U.S.
1992 - Clair George, former CIA spy chief, was convicted of lying to Congress about the Iran-Contra affair.
Pres. George H.W.
Bush later pardoned George.
1992 - U.S. troops arrived in Mogadishu, Somalia, to oversee delivery of
international food aid, in operation 'Restore Hope'.
1993 - The U.S. Air Force destroyed the first of 500 Minuteman II
missile silos that were marked for elimination under an arms control
treaty.
1993 - Astronauts aboard the space shuttle Endeavor completed repairs to
the Hubble Space Telescope.
1999 - The U.S. announced that it was expelling a Russian diplomat that
had been caught gathering information with an eavesdropping device at
the U.S. State Department.
2002 - United Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after losing $4
billion in the previous two years. It was the sixth largest bankruptcy
filing.
2013 - AMR Corporation and US Airways Group completed a merger and was
listed on the NASDAQ as American Airlines Group, Inc
Iraqi parliament defense committee calls to review & cancel
security agreement with US - MP
RT - The Iraqi parliament's Security and Defense Committee has
called for a review and cancelation of the agreement with
Washington on security, a committee member has stated. Iraq
needs either to overhaul the terms of the agreement on security
or annul it, Hamid Mutlak, an Iraqi Parliamentarian and member
of the Defense and Security Committee told Sputnik. “The [Iraqi]
government and the parliament need to be review its security
agreement with the US, because Washington is not serious about
its implementation. We will demand its cancelation,” Mutlak
stated. He also commented on the deployment of the Turkish
troops in Iraq. "Iraq will be defended only by its sons, but
Turkey will withdraw [its troops], since the land of Iraq is
sacred, and its sovereignty is a red line. We have a right to
give this issue an international character and to demand from
the UN Security Council the withdrawal of Turkish troops," he
said.
34 Syrian civilians reported killed in suspected US-led
coalition airstrikes
RT - The death toll from a suspected US-coalition airstrike on a
Syrian village could be as high as 34, according to local
sources. The US military say they are investigating the
allegations. The alleged attack by US-led coalition forces on
the Syrian village of Al-Khan was carried out on Monday. Western
sources have put the death toll at 26, but Syrian political
commentator Alaa Ebrahim said the figure is likely to be even
higher.... Ebrahim believes if the US-led coalition is
responsible, this would prove to be a boost for Syrian President
Bashar Assad’s claims that all forces against IS must unite with
Damascus in order to work effectively.
It Will Take 10 Years To Recapture Mosul From ISIS, US Army
Officer Says
Zero Hedge - According to one US soldier who fought in Mosul
from 2005 to 2006, all of the "loose talk" about retaking the
city from ISIS is wishful thinking. "Look at the stories from
Fallujah — a city that is 20 percent the size of Mosul," he
cautions adding that even if the city could be captured and
sealed off from ISIS supply lines, troops would need to "settle
in for a siege and a ten-year war of attrition."
Russia strikes ISIS targets in Syria from sub in Mediterranean
for first time (VIDEO)
RT - Russia has, for the first time, targeted Islamic State
targets in Syria with Kalibr land-attack cruise missiles
launched from a submarine in the Mediterranean Sea, according to
Russia’s Defense Minister.... “We can say with absolute
confidence that significant damage has been inflicted upon
ammunition warehouses and a mine production plant, as well as
the oil infrastructure.”
Downed Su-24’s black box to reveal truth about Turkey’s
treacherous strike – Putin
RT - The flight recorder of the Russian Su-24 recently downed by
Turkey in Syria has been recovered and presented to President
Putin, who said it must be opened in the presence of
international experts to reveal truth about the treacherous
“stab in the back.” Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu
provided Russian President Vladimir Putin with the recovered
flight recorder on Tuesday during their meeting in Moscow.
Shoigu said that Russia has been actively conducting operations
on Syrian territory, where the Russian Su-24 pilot was “gunned
down” by Turkmen militants after he had ejected from the plane.
“As a result of this work, these territories were liberated by
the special operations forces and the Syrian army’s special
force tasked with the crew search. Surveying the area, the
Syrian military found the plane’s crash site,” he said. The
militants, who “actively” fled the area, had no chance to
dismantle anything which was among the debris from the plane,
the minister added.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Video: The Truth About The San Bernardino Terrorist Attack —
What they're not telling you
Joe Biggs - Infowars reporter Joe Biggs breaks down the
extensive list of strange and unusual occurrences surrounding
the terror attacks that took place in San Bernardino, Calif.
'Craft Intl mercenaries carried out San Bernardino shooting'
Press TV - Mercenaries from the Craft International, a tactical
training company for the US military, carried out last week’s
false flag operation in San Bernardino, California, according to
Steven D Kelley, a former NSA/CIA contractor.... Kelley told
Press TV on Tuesday that the shooting “is just one in a long
string of false flag events that I am afraid to say are not
over.” “We’ll probably be seeing several more before the end of
the year, because of the events that are going on in the world,
specifically with the NATO being implicated in the buying of oil
from Daesh and other events,” he stated. “So when these things
happen they need to have a rapid response which requires a false
flag attack. This was very obvious that this was going to
happen,” the analyst added.
* Related:
Flashback: Private Military Contractors Under Suspicion at
Boston Bombing
Video: ISIS Funded by the West and Turkey (Redsilverj)
Redsilverj - We need people to understand this first... the
talking points are distractions..
1 Christian: 236 of 237 Syrian Refugees Admitted Since Paris
Attacks Are Muslims
CNS News - Since the Paris terror attacks on November 13, the
State Department has admitted 237 Syrian refugees into the
United States – 236 Sunni Muslims and one Christian (0.4
percent), according to data from the State Department Refugee
Processing Center. The Christian, a Greek Orthodox individual,
is the sole non-Sunni Muslim admitted to the U.S. since the
attack, which fueled concerns that the Islamic State of Iraq and
Syria (ISIS/ISIL) may move terrorists into Western nations under
the cover of refugee resettlement programs.
House tightens controls on visa-free travel to U.S.
The News & Observer - The House has approved legislation
tightening controls on travel to the U.S. and requiring visas
for anyone who's been in Iraq or Syria in the previous five
years. The bill was approved 407-19. It takes aim at the "visa
waiver" program, which allows citizens of 38 countries to travel
to the U.S. without first obtaining a visa. Belgium and France,
home to most of the perpetrators of the Paris attacks, are among
the participating countries.
One Billion Dollars Later, Government Audit Finds Biological
Terrorism Detection System Unreliable
AllGov - The BioWatch system consists of 600 air-collection
units positioned at public places and special events, such as
Super Bowls. Homeland Security spent $1 billion on the system,
claiming it can detect deadly biological agents released into
the atmosphere. That assertion has been challenged by the GAO,
which says that BioWatch often produces false alarms because it
cannot distinguish between “harmless germs and the lethal
pathogens that terrorists would be likely to unleash in an
attack."
Cops Fighting Mandatory Drug Tests – Claim it’s
‘Unconstitutional’ to Screen Police Urine
The Free Thought Project - In an unprecedented protest against
the routine offenses against due process and bodily integrity
carried out in the name of the “war on drugs,” the union
representing Pittsburgh police officers has condemned workplace
drug and alcohol testing as a violation of the Constitution.
Their zeal for the right to privacy only applies to themselves,
however, not to the public they supposedly serve. NBC affiliate
WPXI reports that the Pittsburgh Lodge of the Fraternal Order of
Police “has filed a civil rights grievance against the city,
claiming officers have been order to undergo drug and alcohol
testing that is in violation of their contract.” Union attorney
Bryan Campbell describes the policy as “an illegal search and
seizure.”
Ole
Miss renames Christmas event because it ‘connoted too much
Christianity’
Campus Reform - For more than six years, the University of
Mississippi (Ole Miss) has celebrated the start of the Christmas
season with a festive event called “A Grand Ole Christmas.” This
year, however, the event was renamed “Hotty Toddy Holiday” in an
effort to be more inclusive. “We really wanted to change the
atmosphere from last year and that would explain the name
change,” Kayp Maye, co-director of special events for the
Student Activities Association (SAA), told News Watch 99.
“‘Grand Ole Christmas’ connoted too much Christianity on campus
and so we wanted to have a more inclusive environment for the
holidays this year.” In addition to the name change, Maye noted
that the official colors of this year’s festivities were red,
blue, and silver, which he described as part of an effort to
“attract a more mature audience” with a Winter Wonderland,
rather than Christmas, theme.... The choice of “Hotty Toddy
Holiday” as the new name is a reference to a popular cheer used
by Ole Miss football fans, but its origins are difficult to
trace, according to AL.com.
Ted Cruz introduces ‘common sense’ bill letting governors reject
refugees
RT - Senator Ted Cruz on Tuesday presented the State Refugee
Security Act of 2015, a bill empowering governors to “opt out”
of refugee programs. But the press conference ended with a focus
on Donald Trump’s plan for a total ban on Muslim immigration to
the US. “If President Barack Obama wants to send refugees to a
certain state, the governor could refuse to participate,” Cruz,
a Texas Republican, told reporters Tuesday. The presidential
candidate sat beside Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who supported
the legislation. To “protect authority of the states,” Cruz said
governors should be allowed “to conclude that the federal
government has not done a sufficient job ensuring that the
safety and security of the citizens of the state will be
protected.” Cruz also highlighted two other recent bills. One
lays down a three-year freeze on accepting refugees from
countries such as Syria or Iraq, where the Islamic State covers
considerable territory. The other is a bill to remove the
citizenship of Americans who travel abroad to fight for a
terrorist organization.
Watch As The White House Says "Fake Hair" Trump's Comments
"Disqualify Him From Serving As President"
Zero Hedge - White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest lambasted
Donald Trump's "carnival barker routine" Tuesday, as
Mediaite.com reports Earnest proclaiming the Republican
presidential candidate's recent proposal to ban Muslims from the
United States is "disqualifying." But the bastion of
respectability did not stop there... "The Trump campaign, for
some time now, has had a 'dustbin of history'-like quality to
it, from the vacuous sloganeering, to the outright lies; even
the fake hair," Earnest said, adding the pertinent question is
whether Republicans are "going to be dragged into the dustbin of
history" with the Trump campaign. Earnest told reporters that
Trump’s proposal shows the business mogul is incapable of
preserving, protecting, and defending the Constitution, and thus
“disqualifies him from serving as president.” Earnest - reading
this straight from his notes - explains...
GOP Panic? Republican 'Operatives' Unleash "Anti-Trump"
Super-PAC
Zero Hedge - It appears Donald Trump's latest outburst has
pushed the GOP to hit the panic button (just as we warned was
probable). Just four months after Republican National Committee
(RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus said that Donald Trump is offering
his party’s voters a breath of fresh air, WSJ reports that
Republican 'operative' Liz Mair is launching "Trump Card LLC" -
a SuperPAC aimed at torpedo-ing The Donald's campaign. Mr.
Trump’s durability at the top of polls has surprised
establishments Republicans, who are starting to push back. As
The Wall Street Journal reports... Liz Mair, former online
communications director for the Republican National Committee,
created a limited liability company in October called Trump Card
LLC - a super PAC that could collect unlimited funds from
individual donors. The anti-Trump effort is focusing on the two
states hosting the earliest nominating contests, Iowa and New
Hampshire... Ms. Mair has declined to identify any sources of
funding for the limited liability company, but a new super PAC
would eventually have to disclose contributions and expenses to
the Federal Election Commission.
Poll: Donald Trump nearly doubles lead in New Hampshire
(CNN) - Donald Trump has a growing lead among likely primary
voters in New Hampshire, and both he and Marco Rubio have gained
ground in the state since September, according to a new CNN/WMUR
poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center.
Overall, 32% say they support Trump (up 6 points since
September), with Rubio a distant second place with 14% (up 5
points). That 18-point lead is almost double the 10-point lead
Trump held in September over businesswoman [corporatist fraud]
Carly Fiorina.
Ted Cruz: I’d Hire Donald Trump To Negotiate Trade Deals
Breitbart - Sen. Ted Cruz says if he’s president, he’ll have
real estate magnate and current national GOP frontrunner Donald
Trump on his team in more ways than one: working on trade and
immigration. Last week, Cruz vowed on Jeffrey Kuhner’s radio
program that he would hire Trump to build the wall along the
southern border with Mexico. “There is no doubt that Donald
Trump would be a phenomenal negotiator with China and if you
look at TPP [Trans Pacific Partnership], I have come out against
TPP, it is an incredibly long and complicated mess of a bill,”
Cruz told Breitbart News when asked if Trump would make a good
negotiator for the nation’s trade deals.... Earlier in the day,
during a press availability in his Greenville office, Cruz
reiterated he has no plans whatsoever—as many other candidates
have tried but failed doing—to attack Trump.... A poll from
Monmouth University released this week shows Cruz with a
five-point lead over Trump in Iowa. Cruz’s 24 percent in that
poll is five points better than Trump’s 19 percent.
* Related:
Trump holds 13-point lead in the latest CNN/ORC Iowa poll
Guess What Happened The Last Time Junk Bonds Started Crashing
Like This? Hint: Think 2008
Economic Collapse - The extreme carnage that we are witnessing
in the junk bond market right now is one of the clearest signals
yet that a major U.S. stock market crash is imminent. For those
that are not familiar with “junk bonds”, please don’t get put
off by the name. They aren’t really “junk”. They simply have a
higher risk and thus a higher return than other bonds of the
same type.... If stocks are going to crash, you would expect to
see a junk bond crash first. This happened in 2008, and it is
happening again right now. On Monday, a high yield bond ETF
known as JNK crashed through the psychologically important 35.00
barrier for the very first time since the last financial crisis.
On Tuesday, high yield bonds had their worst day in three
months, and JNK plummeted all the way down to 34.44.
Did Merrill Lynch Just Cancel Christmas?
Zero Hedge - From "Thundering Herd" to thundering-mad. Having
recently laid off 100s of staff and cut compensation plans,
AdvisorHub reports that Mother Merrill may be canceling
Christmas for its roughly 14,500 brokers - "we’re hearing that
in many regions the Bank of America-owned brokerage firm has
sent out word that there will be no Merrill-financed holiday
parties this year." Such Grinch-like moves have little
precedent, and brokers in some areas have retaliated. One large
office in the New York area quietly arranged a party but was so
cautious that it issued no email invitations and kept it so far
below the radar “for fear of Big Brother ‘catching them” that a
good number of people “missed the event amidst general
disarray,” a well-connected source tells us.... Interestingly,
Bank of America’s wealth management business is having a very
good year, booking a profit margin of 24% last quarter, better
than archrival Morgan Stanley’s 22%. Perhaps what’s changed is
parent company expectations.
Control rod failures force shutdown of New York nuclear power
plant
legitgov - Entergy 'not yet clear' on what caused problem. One
of the Indian Point nuclear power plant's reactors was shut down
over the weekend after several control rods lost power, the
plant owner said, marking the latest in a series of mishaps at
the suburban New York nuclear plant this year. Control room
operators shut down the Indian Point 2 reactor around 5:30 p.m.
on Dec. 5, owner Entergy Corp. said in a statement, adding the
reactor did what it's intended to do if control rods lose
electricity. Entergy reported no radiation was released into the
environment, said Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has complained that
there have been too many problems at Indian Point and has called
for closing down the plant. [I wouldn't believe anything Entergy
said if its tongue came notarized.]
Google Exec Proposes Algorithms to Weed Out Online Terrorism,
Hate Speech
Sputnik News - In an op-ed for the New York Times, Eric Schmidt,
the Executive Chairman of Alphabet (the company which owns
Google), has called for the introduction of programs and
policies which would allow tech firms and law enforcement
agencies to put measures in place to fight terrorism and hate
speech.... The article came out after Democratic candidate
Hillary Clinton urged Silicon Valley last week to "disrupt ISIS
(ISIL/Daesh)", calling the terrorist organization the "world's
best recruiter". She told an audience at the Brookings
Institution, a DC think tank, that doing this would necessitate
"depriving jihadists of virtual territory" by cutting their
means of communications. She added, "They are using websites,
social media, chat rooms and other platforms to celebrate
beheadings, recruit future terrorists and call for attacks. We
should work with host companies to shut them down."
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
US FDA Deregulates 2 More GE Corn Strains, Unleashing More Toxic
Crops on America
Natural Society - Though the FDA stated in September that it
planned to implement more strict protocols for permitting GE
wheat strains due to non-GMO crops being contaminated through
cross pollination, they have apparently decided the two more GMO
corn varieties don’t pose the same exact threat! The agency’s
comparative laxity in deregulating the GE corn strains is in
stark contrast to increasing worldwide concern over GE crops and
the increased pesticide use they reportedly bring. Here’s the
big shocker – the infiltrated US FDA decided that Monsanto’s
rootworm and glyphosate-resistant strain, MON 87411, merits a
non-regulated status. The agency also sold us all out to the
Swiss biotech company by deregulating Syngenta’s glyphosate-resistant
strain, MZHGOJG.
Artificial Sweeteners Contribute to Diabetes
ANH-USA - Microbes in our gastrointestinal tract power our
immune systems and keep our insulin and blood sugar in balance.
Aspartame and other manufactured no-calorie sweeteners are
killing them.... An important study published in the journal
Nature shows that all artificial sweeteners actually induce
glucose intolerance, which leads to type 2 diabetes. A team of
immunologists, molecular geneticists, and digestive tract
disease specialists found that consumption of products
containing artificial sweeteners actually change the composition
and function of our intestinal microbiota.... One widely used
NAS, aspartame (marketed under the names NutraSweet and Equal)
is an ingredient in approximately 6,000 consumer foods and
beverages sold worldwide, including...
Try Nature's Flu Shot Instead of a Toxic Jab - 9 Ways To Keep
Your Immune System Strong
Dave Mihalovic - There's a long list of reasons why flu vaccines
don't work. Besides unquestionably interfering with your immune
system, they increase infection rates and hamper flu prevention
more than any other intervention that exists. Nature has the
ultimate flu shot with pure, ultra immune boosting power that a
vaccine can never match.
Social isolation and loneliness cause chronic disease and early
mortality
(NaturalHealth365) New scientific data confirms that feeling
lonely increases the risk of premature death at all ages.
Additionally, a study published in Perspectives on Psychological
Science found there was no difference in actual and perceived
social isolation. In fact, early mortality was a risk for
both.... The study included quantitative data for a period of 34
years on mortality as affected by loneliness, social isolation,
and living alone. The increased likelihood of mortality was 29
percent, 26 percent, and 32 percent respectively. Results were
consistent across gender, length of follow-up, and world region.
Social deficits were more predictive of death in people under
the age of 65 – something that should be taken very
seriously.... Another groundbreaking study published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal
confirmed for the first time that loneliness triggers biological
changes that make people sick with chronic disease. The study
found that white blood cells are disrupted due to the “fight or
flight” response. Genes responsible for inflammation and
fighting off illness is also responsible for loneliness.
This Kitty Condition Can Be Fatal If Not Caught Immediately
Dr. Becker - I read a rather disturbing article recently about the side
effects of anti-anxiety medications given to indoor cats. The article
said not a word about the causes of feline stress or how to prevent the
problem... It simply described the signs to look for, and then went on
to talk about the increase in recent years of serotonin syndrome in
house cats. Serotonin syndrome is a potentially fatal condition in which
there is excessive nerve cell activity. It is usually caused by the use
of antidepressants, especially selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
and selective norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs). In the
traditional veterinary community, these drugs are prescribed (and in my
opinion, over-prescribed) to treat behaviors including depression,
anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Tuesday
- December 8, 2015 - Today in History:
1776 - George Washington's retreating army in the American Revolution
crossed the Delaware River from New Jersey to Pennsylvania.
1854 - Pope Pius IX proclaimed the dogma of the Immaculate Conception.
The theory holds that Mary, mother of Jesus, was free of original sin
from the moment she was conceived.
1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln announced his plan for the
Reconstruction of the South.
1941 - The United States entered World War II when it declared war
against Japan. The act came one day after the Japanese attacked Pearl
Harbor. Britain and Canada also declared war on Japan.
1953 - Los Angeles became the third largest city in the United States.
1982 - Norman D. Mayer demanding an end to nuclear weapons held the
Washington Monument hostage. He threatened to blow it up with explosives
he claimed were inside a van. 10 hours later he was shot to death by
police.
1987 - U.S. President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev
signed a treaty agreeing to destroy their nations' arsenals of
intermediate-range nuclear missiles.
1992 - Americans got to see live television coverage of U.S. troops
landing on the beaches of Somalia during Operation Restore Hope. (Due to
the time difference, it was December 9 in Somalia.)
1993 - U.S. President Clinton signed into law the North American Free
Trade Agreement.
1998 - The FBI opened its files on Frank Sinatra to the public. The file
contained over 1,300 pages.
1999 - In Memphis, TN, a jury found that Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. had
been the victim of a vast murder conspiracy, not a lone assassin.
2008 - Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told the Guantanamo war crimes tribunal he
would confess to masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks; four other men also
abandoned their defenses.
Illegal Turkish Troops Remain in Iraq After Partial Withdrawal
Sputnik News - Turkish troops remain in Iraq despite a partial
withdrawal, Iraq's Defense Ministry spokesman Nuseir Nouri told
Sputnik Arabic. In a convoluted statement, the spokesman first
denied that Turkish troops were present in Iraq, then saying
that there are troops protecting the camps training Masoud
Barzani-linked fighters. On Friday, up to 150 Turkish military
personnel had been deployed in northern Iraq's Nineveh province
allegedly to provide training to the fighters.... On Monday,
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi gave Turkey 24 hours to
withdraw its troops from Iraq to avoid the matter being reviewed
by the UN Security Council. Turkey has refused to do so.
* Related:
Iraqi Forces on Standby to Take Action if Turkey Refuses to
Withdraw Troops
Finns could receive €800 as basic monthly income
RT - Finland is planning to pay each citizen €800 (US$870) per
month as a national basic income. The sum will be the same for
everyone, regardless of a person’s income level, and is expected
to replace welfare benefits. The proposal is set to be presented
in November 2016, although for the moment it is not clear how
the country will handle the exorbitant costs of €52.2 billion a
year for 5.4 million Finnish people – €47 million counting
adults only. Finland’s revenue for 2016 is expected to reach
€49.1 billion, and the predictions for the country’s financial
situation are grim.
Syria slams US-led coalition deadly strike against troops as
'act of aggression'
RT - Damascus has labelled as an “act of aggression” the US-led
coalition’s missile strike which killed three Syrian soldiers at
an army base in the Deir ez Zor province. On top of the
fatalities, 13 personnel were injured and a number of military
vehicles were destroyed when warplanes fired nine missiles at
the Saeqa military camp. The incident is the first of its kind
since the coalition started to bomb Syrian territory more than a
year ago, though the US-led alliance continues to deny it
carried out the airstrike.
* Related:
US Blames Russia After Syria Slams Airstrike on Government
Forces
Singapore greenlights US spy plane deployment amid South China
Sea tensions
RT - Under the agreement reached by Washington and Singapore, an
American P-8 Poseidon military aircraft will be deployed to
Singapore later this month for stepping up maritime security in
the South China Sea region, a joint statement said on Monday,
according to Reuters. Both US Defense Secretary Ash Carter and
Singapore's defense minister, Ng Eng Hen has expressed
satisfaction with the results of their meeting also mentioning
that further deployments in Singapore could be expected… Beijing
claims control over most of the South China Sea, which includes
most of the sea routes supplying China with energy resources and
a number of island rich in natural resources… The US claims
China’s actions pose a threat to freedom of navigation in the
region and refuses to acknowledge Beijing’s sovereignty over the
islands.
China "Disappears" More Bank Executives As Witch Hunt
Intensifies
Zero Hedge - “CITIC Securities is not able to contact two of its
top executives, China's biggest brokerage said on Sunday,
following media reports that they had been asked by authorities
to assist in an investigation,” Reuters says, adding that Jun
Chen - Citic’s head of investment banking - and Jianlin Yan -
who runs investment banking at the company's overseas unit -
have been unreachable since at least Friday. As is usually the
case when Beijing "disappears" some folks, no one is sure
whether Jianlin and Jun are implicated in the probe or whether
they are merely "assisting" authorities. Here's Reuters again:
"Chinese business publication Caixin said on Friday the pair had
been detained, although it was not clear whether they were
subjects of an investigation or merely being asked to assist
with it."
Venezuela elections: opposition handed mandate for change after
landslide win
The Guardian - Venezuela faces a new political landscape after a
landslide opposition victory in parliamentary elections… The
result marked the first time in 16 years that supporters of the
late president Hugo Chávez had lost its majority in the 167-seat
unicameral national assembly… Maduro will still maintain control
of the executive and judicial branches of government, including
the supreme court. But a simple majority in the assembly will be
enough for the opposition to influence government spending and
censure cabinet ministers. It will also allow them to pass an
amnesty law to free political prisoners jailed for their dissent
of Maduro’s government – which opposition leaders have said will
be their first move once they are sworn in.
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San
Bernardino LA Shooting - 3 hours of uninterrupted LIVE news
coverage
YouTube - Raw San Bernardino LA shooting complete coverage from
different sources including SWAT, PD, Sheriff, probation, ATF,
bomb squad and many others with suspect shot during shootouts
with police including Police scanner audio. This is a link to a
YouTube video with 3 hours of uninterrupted live news coverage
from a local news station. It gives an excellent perspective on
what was going on in the hours just after the shooting, and the
moments that led up to the "shootout".. Watch the entire video
when you have time. throughout the entire incident, witnesses
say 3 shooters.
Low on Ammo: US Running Out of Bombs While Daesh Thriving
Sputnik News - Wasting its limited military resources on a
"failed strategy" puts the US national security at increasing
risk in case of a full-scale war, national security analyst
Daniel L. Davis wrote for the National Interest. Citing an
article on USA Today, Davis points out that the US Air Force has
fired over 20 thousand bombs and missiles against Daesh (ISIL/Islamic
State) targets in Syria and Iraq since August 2014, leaving its
stock of munitions depleted and "prompting the service to scour
depots around the world for more weapons and to find money to
buy them." The US Department of Defense will now have to divert
money that would have been otherwise spent on training troops
and maintaining combat readiness on replacing the spent
munitions, according to Davis.
Outsourced: Putting Civilians in US Troop Support Jobs Could
Save Billions, Report Says
Defense One - Replacing military personnel in Defense Department
support jobs with civilian employees could eventually save the
federal government billions annually, according to a new
Congressional Budget Office analysis. Converting 80,000
full-time jobs held by active-duty service members to civilian
positions could yield between $3.1 billion and $5.7 billion per
year in eventual savings, the nonpartisan CBO estimated. CBO
analyzed compensation costs, including pay, health insurance,
and other benefits that military personnel and civilian
employees receive.
Declassified CIA Manual Shows How US Uses Bureaucracy to
Destabilize Governments
Activist Post - When most people think of CIA sabotage, they
think of coups, assassinations, proxy wars, armed rebel groups,
and even false flags — not strategic stupidity and purposeful
bureaucratic ineptitude. However, according to a declassified
document from 1944, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS),
which later became the CIA, used and trained a curious breed of
“citizen-saboteurs” in occupied nations like Norway and France.
The World War II-era document, called Simple Sabotage Field
Manual, outlines ways in which operatives can disrupt and
demoralize enemy administrators and police forces. The first
section of the document, which can be read in its entirety here,
addresses “Organizations and Conferences” — and how to turn them
into a “dysfunctional mess”...
San Bernardino False Flag: Multiple Witnesses Reported Three
White Men Shooting
Kurt Nimmo and Adan Salazar - As the event unfolded last week
early reports indicated there were three people involved in the
shooting.... An eyewitness account by Sally Abdelmageed, a
worker at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, reported
“three men dressed in all black, military attire, with vests on
they were holding assault rifles. As soon as they opened up the
doors to building three… one of them… started to shoot into the
room.” Abdelmageed said “I couldn’t see a face, he had a black
hat on… black cargo pants, the kind with the big puffy pockets
on the side… long sleeve shirt… glove… huge assault rifle… six
magazines… I just saw three dressed exactly the same.” “It
looked like their skin color was white. They look like they were
athletic build and they appeared to be tall,” she told CBS
News.... Another witness backed up Abdelmageed’s story. Juan
Hernandez told a local NBC affiliate he saw “three white men in
military fatigues” leaving the scene...
ACLU Opposes the No-Fly List, But Is Okay with Using It to Take
People's Guns
Reason - Even though the ACLU opposes the no-fly list—and is
suing the federal government for violating the due process
rights of several people on it—the civil liberties advocacy
group is theoretically okay with depriving people on the list of
their gun rights. A spokesperson for the ACLU told Buzzfeed News
that the organization had no formal position on legislation,
supported by the Obama administration, which would deny the
right to purchase firearms to people on the no-fly list…
Libertarian-leaning Republican Rep. Justin Amash criticized the
ACLU for its inconsistencies on Twitter… Amash also wrote:
“Putting someone on the no-fly list without due process and
infringing on someone’s right to keep and bear arms without due
process are both wrong.” He’s exactly right. Unfortunately,
there aren’t very many consistent defenders of universal due
process outside the libertarian sphere.
Obama, Six Years Later, Calls Fort Hood a Terrorist Attack
CNS News - More than six years after a Muslim army major shot
dead 13 people at Fort Hood, President Obama on Sunday night –
for what may be the first time – publicly identified it as a
terrorist attack. In his primetime Oval Office address on the
threat of terrorism in the wake of last week’s attack in San
Bernardino, California, Obama said the threat had evolved in the
years since 9/11. “As we’ve become better at preventing complex
attacks like 9/11, terrorists turn to less complicated acts of
violence like the mass shootings that are all too common in our
society,” he said. “It is this type of attack that we saw at
Fort Hood in 2009, in Chattanooga earlier this year and now in
San Bernardino.”
Homeland Security Introduces New Terror Alert Warning System
Kurt Nimmo - Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has
announced a new terror threat warning system. It replaces the
National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) that replaced the
original cartoonish color-coded terror warning system instituted
after September 11, 2011.
Video: Latest Update from the Hammond family – BLM Destroying
Ranches by Fire
Ammon Bundy - This BLM fire reportedly killed more than 80 head
of cattle. Put ranchers trying to save their cattle in extreme
danger, injured other cattle, burnt homes and structures, burnt
fences and power poles and threatened the town of Frenchglen.
Syrian Refugees Arriving in Texas Despite Governor’s Orders
Breitbart - Despite the order to the contrary from Texas
Governor Greg Abbott, Syrian refugees will begin arriving in at
least two Texas cites on Monday. The arrival follows last week’s
withdrawal of a request for a restraining order by the Texas
attorney general. Twelve Syrian refugees are set to meet up with
their families who already live in the Houston and Dallas areas
later on Monday. An additional nine Syrians are set to arrive in
Houston on Thursday, according to KHOU-CBS11 in Houston.
Gulf Cartel Kidnapped 21 Migrants on Way to Texas
Breitbart - Cartel gunmen kidnapped 21 Mexican migrants that had
hoped to cross illegally into Texas. The gunmen had been holding
them for ransom for several days in the Mexican border city of
Reynosa until the Mexican army rescued them. In a separate raid,
authorities arrested 25 other aliens.... Just one day before the
rescue of the 21 migrants, Tamaulipas police officers arrested
25 illegal immigrants from El Salvador and HOnduras who were
preparing to cross into Texas.... The illegal aliens were turned
over to Mexican Immigration (Instituto Nacional de Migracion INM)
authorities to oversee their deportation.
Cops Respond to Hostage Situation by Killing the Victim - Who
Had a Lawsuit Against Them
The Free Thought Project - The only casualty of an hours-long
SWAT raid and hostage situation in Neenah, Wisconsin was a
disabled veteran who had filed a $50 million civil rights suit
after he survived a similar SWAT raid three years ago. Michael
Funk, a co-owner of Eagle Nation Cycles, was shot and killed by
police after being held hostage for several hours on December 5…
A suspect was taken into custody at about 1:00 PM. His name has
not been released, nor has the name of the officer who killed
Funk. The official story is that Funk, who had a concealed carry
license, refused to drop his gun in response to police commands
after he fled the building. According to the preliminary police
account, the still-unidentified officer who killed Funk was shot
and suffered trivial injuries. It isn’t known how the hostage
situation began.
Donald Trump Calls for ‘Complete Shutdown Of Muslims Entering
the United States’
Breitbart - In a statement released Monday, Trump pointed to a
poll from Center for Security Policy to show that segments of
the Muslim population detest Americans. According to Pew
Research, among others, there is great hatred towards Americans
by large segments of the Muslim population. Most recently, a
poll from the Center for Security Policy released data showing
“25% of those polled agreed that violence against Americans here
in the United States is justified as a part of the global jihad”
and 51% of those polled, “agreed that Muslims in America should
have the choice of being governed according to Shariah.” Trump
reiterated in the statement that America must understand radical
Islam before allowing Muslims into the country. Without looking
at the various polling data, it is obvious to anybody the hatred
is beyond comprehension. Where this hatred comes from and why we
will have to determine. Until we are able to determine and
understand this problem and the dangerous threat it poses, our
country cannot be the victims of horrendous attacks by people
that believe only in Jihad, and have no sense of reason or
respect for human life.
Report: Jeb Bush Website Redirects to Donald Trump Campaign Page
Breitbart - A website with former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s name
is redirecting visitors to GOP frontrunner Donald Trump’s
campaign page. “A site with the domain name JebBush.com
redirects to the real estate mogul’s official presidential
campaign page, donaldjtrump.com, and features Trump’s slogan
with options to support or donate to his campaign,” reports The
Hill. Bush’s official campaign website is
Jeb2016.com.
Hillary Clinton Urges Silicon Valley to ‘Disrupt’ ISIS
NY Times - Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that the Islamic State
had become “the most effective recruiter in the world” and that
the only solution was to engage American technology companies in
blocking or taking down militant websites, videos and encrypted
communications. “You are going to hear all the familiar
complaints: ‘freedom of speech,’ ” Mrs. Clinton said in an hour
long speech and question-and-answer session at the Saban Forum,
an annual gathering at the Brookings Institution that focuses
mostly on Israel’s security issues.
Guess What Happened The Last Time The Price Of Oil Plunged Below
38 Dollars A Barrel?
Economic Collapse - On Monday, the price of U.S. oil dropped
below 38 dollars a barrel for the first time in six years. The
last time the price of oil was this low, the global financial
system was melting down and the U.S. economy was experiencing
the worst recession that it had seen since the Great Depression
of the 1930s. As I write this article, the price of U.S. oil is
sitting at $37.65. For months, I have been warning that the
crash in the price of oil would be extremely deflationary and
would have severe consequences for the global economy. Nations
such as Japan, Canada, Brazil and Russia have already plunged
into recession, and more than half of all major global stock
market indexes are down at least 10 percent year to date. The
first major global financial crisis since 2009 has begun, and
things are only going to get worse as we head into 2016.
Peter Schiff Warns: "The Whole Economy Has Imploded... Collapse
Is Coming"
Mac Slavo - Back before 2008 Peter Schiff was harshly criticized
and laughed at for his predictions about a coming economic
collapse. Among other things Schiff warned that consumer
spending had hit a wall, stocks were overpriced and lax credit
lending practices would lead to a detonation of the banking
system. Shortly thereafter, of course, Schiff was vindicated and
much of the doom he had forecast came to pass… The reality is
that the American economy is on its last leg. Black Friday sales
were pitiful, some of the world’s leading companies are warning
of recession, and U.S. national debt will soon surpass $20
Trillion. Just as was the case before the Crash of 2008, all of
the signs are there. And just like before, the stock market
continues to hover near all-time highs. If you’ve been paying
attention you know what happens next.
Lawsuit Seeks to Halt Nestlé from Stealing 1,838,451,342 Gallons
of Water in CA
Natural Society - The US Forest Service was allowing Nestlé to
extract water and sell it back to Californians even though the
company’s permit to do so had been expired in 1988. Though
Nestlé ‘s permit was waiting in a pile of other permit
applications, activists sued the National Forest Service when
news of Nestlé’s extreme level of greed first came to light.
They were also incensed because Nestlé has a long history of
tapping public water supplies and then selling the water back to
the public at an exorbitant cost. Nestlé’s recent tapping of the
San Bernardino National Forest reserve means that the company
essentially stole 1,838,451,342 gallons of water from the public
trust.
James Clapper has found another reason why he lied about NSA
spying
The Register - Speaking during a panel discussion last week,
Clapper's general counsel Robert Litt said that Clapper had not
had time to prepare an answer to the question posed to him by
Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) about storing data on Americans. "We
were notified the day before that Sen. Wyden was going to ask
this question and the director of national intelligence did not
get a chance to review it," Litt said, according to The Hill.
"He was hit unaware by the question. After this hearing I went
to him and I said, 'Gee, you were wrong on this.' And it was
perfectly clear that he had absolutely forgotten the existence
of the 215 program." If that answer sounds incredibly unlikely,
it is actually more plausible than the other four reasons
Clapper has given over why he denied the existence of the NSA's
spying programs.
World Scientists Call for Moratorium, but No Ban, on Inheritable
Gene Editing of Humans
AllGov - The organizing committee for the International Summit
on Human Gene Editing, a gathering of several hundred scientists
and ethicists last week in Washington, urged a moratorium on
gene editing in what’s called the germline—eggs, sperm and
embryos—of humans until more research can be done on its
effects. Unlike gene therapy, which is currently practiced for
some medical conditions, gene editing actually transforms the
DNA of its subject and those changes are passed down to
subsequent generations and thus affect the world’s gene pool,
potentially altering the very nature of the human species… In
spite of the committee’s recommendation to press the pause
button on actual gene editing, it endorsed the continuation of
laboratory research to perfect the editing technique, including
the manipulation of human cells. “The modified cells should not
be used to try to establish a pregnancy,” cautioned Baltimore.
“That is the important statement for the present.”
Vehicle Alerts Police After Driver Attempts to Flee Hit-And-Run
Mikael Thalen - "Your car called in saying you had been involved
in an accident... Did you leave the scene of an accident?” A
Florida woman was arrested for a hit-and-run late last month
after her vehicle automatically alerted law enforcement. The
driver, 57-year-old Cathy Bernstein, reportedly struck another
vehicle from behind last Monday before fleeing the scene in her
black Ford Focus. As first responders attended to the victim,
who was taken to a nearby hospital with possible back injuries,
police dispatch received an automated call from the Ford’s “911
assist” system. The feature, which must be enabled manually to
operate, syncs to a driver’s cell phone over Bluetooth and
notifies law enforcement when an accident is detected.
California reintroduces mercury-laced flu shots for toddlers due
to supposed vaccine shortage
Vaccines.News – The state of California has granted what they’re
calling a “temporary exemption” allowing small children to
receive flu vaccines containing thimerosal, a derivative of
mercury known to be a potent neurotoxin, which can harm the
brain, spinal cord, kidneys and liver, according to the National
Vaccine Information Center. Thimerosal in vaccines contains
about 50 percent mercury, reports
VaxTruth.org.
California’s temporary allowance is supposedly in response to an
“inadequate supply” of thimerosal-free influenza vaccines
designed to be injected into children and infants. The exemption
allows children three years old and younger to receive
thimerosal flu vaccines beginning October 9 and lasting through
December 31, according to California’s Health and Human Services
Agency (HHSA), which states that both Iowa and Illinois are also
experiencing thimerosal-free flu shot shortages.
Boron can cut your risk of prostate cancer by 64%
(NaturalHealth365) Prostate cancer is the second leading cause
of cancer death in men, second only to lung cancer. According to
the American Cancer Society, an astounding 1 in every 7 men will
be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, and 1 in 38
will die of the disease. Fortunately, there is a growing body of
evidence suggesting the trace mineral boron can play a key role
in protecting men against this deadly cancer, with both
preventive and therapeutic properties. And unlike some
conventional treatments, research shows boron to have the
ability to selectively kill cancerous cells while leaving
healthy tissue unharmed.... Consuming enough boron from food
alone can be challenging. Choosing a supplement can help to
assure boron is consumed in levels high enough to provide some
protection. So, plan to to take 3 to 6 mg of boron in a
supplement, although some people have found they need closer to
7 to 9 mg. Obviously, it’s best to work with a trusted,
healthcare provider – that has experience with nutritional
therapies and anticancer protocols.
10 Things Your Nails Can Reveal About Your Health
Dr. Mercola - The shape, texture, and color of your natural
nails act as a window into your body, and while some nail
symptoms are harmless, others can be indicative of chronic
diseases, including cancer. As noted by the American Academy of
Dermatology (AAD): "Nails often reflect our general state of
health. Changes in the nail, such as discoloration or
thickening, can signal health problems including liver and
kidney diseases, heart and lung conditions, anemia, and
diabetes." Even the growth rate of your nails may give clues
about your underlying health. Healthy nails grow, on average 3.5
millimeters (mm) a month, but this is influenced by your
nutritional status, medications, trauma, chronic disease, and
the aging process itself.
Monday
- December 7, 2015 -
Today in History: Pearl Harbor Day
1787 - Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. constitution
becoming the first of the United States.
1796 - John Adams was elected to be the second president of the United
States.
1836 - Martin Van Buren was elected the eighth president of the United
States.
1941 - Pearl Harbor, located on the Hawaiian island of Oahu was
attacked by nearly 200 Japanese warplanes. The attack resulted in the
U.S. entering into World War II.
1972 - Apollo 17 was launched at Cape Canaveral. It was the last U.S.
moon mission.
1972 - Imelda Marcos, wife of Philippine President Ferdinand E. Marcos,
was stabbed and seriously wounded by an assailant. The man was then shot
and killed by her bodyguards.
1987 - Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev set foot on American soil for the
1st time. He had come to the U.S. for a Washington summit with President
Reagan.
1987 - 43 people were killed when a gunman opened fire on a fellow
passenger and the two pilots aboard a Pacific Southwest Airlines
jetliner.
1988 - Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev announced the reduction of
the number of Soviet military troops by half a million.
1993 - Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary revealed that the U.S. government
had conducted more than 200 nuclear weapons tests in secret at its
Nevada test site.
1996 - The space shuttle Columbia returned from the longest-ever shuttle
flight of 17 days, 15 hours and 54 minutes.
2002 - Iraq denied it had weapons of mass destruction in a declaration
to the United Nations.
2003 - A 12-inch by 26-inch painting of a river landscape and sailing
vessel by Martin Johnson Heade was sold at auction for $1 million. The
painting was found in the attic of a suburban Boston home where it had
been stored for more than 60 years.
2011 - Ousted Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich was sentenced to 14
years in prison for corruption.
Syria slams US-led coalition deadly strike against troops as
'act of aggression'
RT - US-led coalition warplanes have inflicted a missile strike
on a camp of Syrian regular troops in the Deir ez Zor province,
killing three soldiers. Damascus has slammed the incident as an
“act of aggression.” This is the first time coalition planes
have hit Syrian troops. The Syrian government has confirmed that
there are three fatalities and 13 personnel injured, as well as
a number of military vehicles destroyed. The coalition jets
fired nine missiles at an army camp in the Deir ez Zor province,
which remains mostly under the control of Islamic State. The
incident is the first of its kind since the coalition started to
bomb Syrian territory more than a year ago. The Syrian Foreign
Ministry has filed an official protest with the UN Security
Council regarding the US-led coalition’s airstrikes on Syrian
troops, Syria’s SANA official news agency reported Monday.
The Isis papers: leaked documents show how Isis is building its
state
The Guardian - The 24-page document, obtained by the Guardian,
sets out a blueprint for establishing foreign relations, a fully
fledged propaganda operation, and centralized control over oil,
gas and the other vital parts of the economy. The manual,
written last year and entitled Principles in the administration
of the Islamic State, lays bare Isis’s state-building
aspirations and the ways in which it has managed to set itself
apart as the richest and most destabilising jihadi group of the
past 50 years.
* Related:
The Isis papers: a masterplan for consolidating power
Front National wins opening round in France's regional elections
The Guardian - The far-right Front National has made a
significant breakthrough in the wake of the Paris terrorist
attacks, winning the opening round of regional elections and
coming top in half of France’s regions. The spectacular showing
is the highest ever performance for the anti-immigration,
anti-European party and, if it maintains the strong lead in in
next week’s second round, it could reshape France’s political
landscape. FN, which pushed a hardline stance on Islam, security
and national identity, was the only political party to make
solid gains in the wake of the Paris attacks three weeks ago in
which gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 at bars, a concert
hall and the national stadium. With 95% of ballots counted, the
far-right party topped the poll nationwide with 28.6% of the
vote, compared to only 11% in the last regional elections in
2010. The FN also came top in six out of 13 mainland French
regions – a historic moment for the far right which has never
before held the leadership of a French region.
Iraq Could Ask Russia for Help After 'Invasion' by Turkish
Forces
Sputnik News - Numerous reports suggest that on Friday Turkey
sent approximately 130 soldiers to norther Iraq. Turkish forces,
deployed near the city of Mosul, are allegedly tasked with
training Peshmerga, which has been involved in the fight against
Daesh, also known as ISIL. On Saturday, Baghdad described the
move as "a serious violation of Iraqi sovereignty," since it had
not been authorized by Iraqi authorities. "We may soon ask
Russia for direct military intervention in Iraq in response to
the Turkish invasion and the violation of Iraqi sovereignty,"
Iraqi lawmaker al-Zamili said.
Poland considering asking for access to nuclear weapons under
Nato program
The Guardian - Poland’s deputy defence minister has said the
ministry is considering asking for access to nuclear weapons
through a Nato program in which non-nuclear states borrow the
arms from the US. Tomasz Szatkowski said the ministry was
discussing whether to ask for access to Nato’s “nuclear sharing”
program to strengthen the country’s ability to defend itself…
Among Nato’s 28 members there are three nuclear powers – the US,
France and Britain – but only the US has provided weapons to
allies for nuclear sharing. Belgium, Germany, Italy, the
Netherlands and Turkey have hosted nuclear weapons as part of
the program.
* Related:
Why Poland Should Forget the Very Idea of Hosting US Nukes
Putin seeks alliance to rival TPP
RT - Russian President Vladimir Putin intends to form an
economic bloc, as an alternative to the US-led Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP). He has asked the government to start making
contacts with Asian countries. "I suggest that we and other
Eurasian Economic Union countries should kick-off consultations
with members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on a possible
economic partnership," said Putin, addressing the Russian
Parliament on Thursday. SCO includes China, Russia, Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan. Other countries holding observer status
with the organization include India, Iran, Belarus, Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Belarus. ASEAN unites Indonesia, Thailand,
Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and other Asian
countries. Putin added that these Asian countries make up a
third of the world’s economy.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Obama talks tougher gun control & fighting ISIS in key address;
slammed for lack of new strategy
RT - Obama called for tougher gun control measures, urging
Congress to pass legislation that would prohibit individuals on
the US no-fly list from purchasing a gun. “What could possibly
be the argument for allowing a terrorist suspect to buy a
semiautomatic weapon? This is a matter of national security,” he
said. Moreover, Obama said that the US needs more stringent laws
when it comes to buying powerful assault weapons, similar to
those used in the San Bernardino.... He also said that the US
will press on with airstrikes, special forces missions, and the
training of local military and rebels fighting IS on the ground
in Iraq and Syria. “We will continue to provide training and
equipment to tens of thousands of Iraqi and Syrian forces
fighting ISIL on the ground so that we take away their safe
havens.” Obama claimed the US is also working to cut off IS
financing and quash its recruitment efforts.
72 DHS Employees on Terrorist Watch List
Washington Free Beacon - Rep. Stephen Lynch (D., Mass.)
disclosed that a congressional investigation recently found that
at least 72 people working at DHS also “were on the terrorist
watch list.” “Back in August, we did an investigation—the
inspector general did—of the Department of Homeland Security,
and they had 72 individuals that were on the terrorist watch
list that were actually working at the Department of Homeland
Security,” Lynch told Boston Public Radio. “The [former DHS]
director had to resign because of that,” he said. DHS continues
to fail inspections aimed at determining the efficiency of its
internal safety mechanisms, as well as its efforts to protect
the nation.
Here He Goes Again: Obama Says It’s “Insane” For Millions of
Americans On Watchlists To Own Guns
Mac Slavo - In what can only be described as nothing short of a
full-court Obama press against America’s gun owners, in his
weekly Saturday address to the nation the President has now
taken his disarmament agenda to the next level, suggesting that
it is “insane” for anyone on a watch list to own a gun.... Keep
in mind that, as Senator Rand Paul warned on the Senate floor,
Someone Who Has Guns, Ammunition, 7 Days of Food can be
considered a potential terrorist. Moreover, a recent report
highlights scores of other reasons for why someone may qualify
as a domestic terrorist...
Farook Family Lawyer Suggests San Bernardino Attack Was Faked,
Along With Sandy Hook
Daily Mail - A lawyer representing the family of San Bernardino
gunman Syed Farook has questioned accounts of the massacre which
saw Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik kill 14 at a holiday
party on Wednesday morning. Attorney David Chesley said they
doubted the accuracy of information released by the police and
FBI. Farook, 28, and his Pakistan-born wife Malik, 27, died in a
gun battle with police after the mass shooting at the Inland
Regional Center. To illustrate his point, Chesley made a bizarre
reference to the Sandy Hook massacre, suggesting it didn't take
place as described in the official narrative.
Journalists Refuse to Talk About Storming San Bernardino
Suspects’ Home
Breitbart - Journalists gathered at the home of Syed Farook and
Tashfeen Malik, the terrorists who carried out Wednesday’s
attack in San Bernardino, will not talk about whether they had
permission to storm inside. Breitbart News’ Michelle Moons and
Raheem Kassam arrived. Breitbart News’ Michelle Moons and Raheem
Kassam arrived on the scene shortly after MSNBC, CNN, and other
networks burst through the door, which had been opened with a
crowbar after the landlord allegedly gave permission to
journalists to enter. Inside, journalists poked in every corner,
handled documents, held Qurans and stuffed animals up to the
cameras, and generally trampled through what was, at least until
recently, a crime scene and potential intelligence resource.
Anatomy of False-Flag Events…
Activist Post - Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11, London 7/7
bombings, Madrid train bombings, Osama bin Laden Capture/Death,
2011 Norway Attacks, Charlie Hebdo, Boston bombing, Sandy Hook,
JFK, RFK, MLK, Pearl Harbor, Lusitania, USS Maine, Gulf of
Tonkin, USS Liberty, Aurora, CO shooting, Charleston church
shooting, Tucson, AZ shooting, Port Arthur, AUS, all very real
illusions. The purpose of this article is to break down
false-flag events into their parts, deconstruct them. In so
doing then create a template on how to study an event and
determine if it is a false flag. Normally when one thinks or
speaks of a false-flag event they are referring to the Main
Event. This presentation is about the entire operation or plan
of which the Main Event is but one part.
Former President Jimmy Carter announces he's cancer-free
Abc News - Jimmy Carter's grandson says no cancer was detected
the last time the former president underwent a scan. Jason
Carter told The Associated Press in a text message that his
grandfather "told me that the doctors couldn't find any cancer
in his most recent scan." It was not immediately known when the
scan took place, or when Carter received the news from his
grandfather. The elder Carter apparently shared the good news
before giving a Sunday School lesson at Maranatha Baptist Church
in his hometown of Plains, Georgia. Jill Stuckey, a church
leader who was present, said Carter had announced that a brain
scan this week showed no cancer. Carter, 91, announced in August
that he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his
brain.
Chicago Cover-Up Deepens as 80 Minutes of Footage Confirmed
Missing
Common Dreams - Chicago's cover-up scandal is deepening after
city officials were forced to release additional surveillance
footage of the deadly shooting of 17-year-old African American
Laquan McDonald by a white officer—and it showed an unexplained
80-minute gap covering the time the teenager was killed. The
missing footage aligns with the account of Jay Darshane, the
manager of the Burger King that is located roughly 50 yards from
the killing, who told a grand jury in November that police
tampered with the restaurant's surveillance system, erasing
roughly 86 minutes of footage. In addition, the manager told the
Chicago Tribune that the FBI confiscated the restaurant's
surveillance images.
NYT Smashes Zuckerberg's "Donation"
EPJ - Mark Zuckerberg did not donate $45 billion to charity. You
may have heard that, but that was wrong. Here’s what happened
instead: Mr. Zuckerberg created an investment vehicle… In doing
so, Mr. Zuckerberg and Ms. Chan did not set up a charitable
foundation, which has nonprofit status. He created a limited
liability company, one that has already reaped enormous benefits
as public relations coup for himself. His P.R.
return-on-investment dwarfs that of his Facebook stock. Mr.
Zuckerberg was depicted in breathless, glowing terms for having,
in essence, moved money from one pocket to the other...
Texas Hospital Seeks to End Life of Conscious Patient, Says
Mother
Breitbart - The patient’s mother says that a hospital
administrative death panel is “Playing God” in deciding whether
her son has the “quality of life” to continue to live. Her son,
Christopher David Dunn, 46, a fully-conscious former peace
officer, is receiving life-sustaining care. Hospital officials
in Houston are fighting to stop that care. The man, his mother,
and his lawyers, have filed a lawsuit in an attempt to save the
man’s life.... Trey Trainor, another lawyer with the same firm
who is representing Dunn, says Texas law gives a hospital the
right to make life or death decisions without consulting the
patient or the patient’s family.... Dunn is a former sheriff’s
deputy and has worked as a Homeland Security officer but had no
health insurance when he got sick. He has been in the hospital
for eight weeks since a noncancerous mass was found where his
small intestine connects to the pancreas.... “When they found
out that Chris did not have insurance, they said they were
done,” Chris’ mother claimed.
Shock Video: Police Execute Bank Robbery Suspect Armed with
Straight Razor
Adan Salazar - Warning: Video contains graphic content.... Miami
Beach police open fire on a man accused of robbing a Bank of
America. On Saturday, police say they responded to a hold-up
alarm and emergency call made from inside of the bank. The
caller told police the man, who has not yet been identified,
passed a teller a note demanding money and indicating he was
armed with an explosive device, according to WPLG. When police
arrived, the bald man had fled to a nearby barbershop, reports
WPLG, from where he soon emerged shirtless and armed with a
straight razor.... The police chief says the robber was
unsuccessful in stealing cash from the bank.... Upon closer
analysis of the video, it appears as though one officer tazes
the man, just before another officer fires his assault rifle as
the suspect is already falling to the ground.
Industry Group Files Suit Over NYC Salt Warnings
Natural Society - The National Restaurant Association filed suit
just 2 days after the city started requiring chain restaurants
to put a salt-shaker icon beside menu selections containing more
than 2,300mg, the daily limit recommended by nutritionists....
The association argues that the salt warning is “nonsensical” as
it applies only to some food vendors and not to others, and that
the rule violates restaurant owners’ free speech by forcing them
to post a warning they say is based on “scientifically
controversial opinion.”... The group points out that new federal
regulation is set to take effect next year as part of the
Affordable Care Act that will require establishments with 20 or
more locations to share calorie counts and other nutritional
information – including sodium content.
Clinton Super PAC Donor Is Former Goldman Exec and Foreclosure
Crisis Profiteer
The Intercept - One major donor to her Super PAC, Priorities
USA, is Donald Mullen Jr… Mullen, while a Goldman Sachs
employee, pioneered the trades that allowed the mega-bank to
profit from the collapse of the housing market. Mullen’s team
utilized financial instruments called collateralized debt
obligations to essentially bet against subprime mortgages… In
2012, Mullen left Goldman Sachs to do the opposite of what he
did in 2007: He started a hedge fund, the purpose of which was
to buy up foreclosed homes and rent them out… Mullen gave
$100,000 to Priorities USA Action on June 30… Interestingly, in
2008 he gave $30,800 to the Obama Victory Fund, $2,300 to the
Obama campaign, and $28,500 to the Democratic National
Committee. But in 2011, he gave $2,500 to the Romney campaign
and nothing to Obama, reflecting how much of the finance world
abandoned Obama in 2012 to tilt toward Romney. Now it appears
that the Clinton campaign has won him back.
Cruz pledges relentless bombing to destroy ISIL
POLITICO - Ted Cruz on Saturday promised a ruthless campaign
against terrorists in the Middle East, promising to find out “if
sand can glow in the dark.” “We will utterly destroy ISIS,” he
said of the terrorist group also called ISIL. “We will
carpet-bomb them into oblivion. I don’t know if sand can glow in
the dark, but we’re going to find out!” The 2016 contender tore
into the Obama administration, The New York Times editorial
board, and Democrats for talking about increased gun controls
rather than terrorism after last week’s mass shooting in
California.
Donald Trump opens 'yuge' lead over GOP field in CNN/ORC
national poll
POLITICO - Donald Trump is the top choice of more than one out
of every three Republican and Republican-leaning registered
voters, according to the results of a new CNN/ORC poll released
Friday. And it's not even close — at 36 percent, Trump's closest
competitor for the GOP presidential nomination is Texas Sen. Ted
Cruz, at 16 percent. Ben Carson, who finished second in the
October CNN/ORC poll, fell to third this time with 14 percent.
Following the retired neurosurgeon, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio
earned 12 percent, with no other candidate finishing in the
double digits. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie earned 4 percent,
followed by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Carly Fiorina at 3 percent
each, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Ohio Gov. John
Kasich at 2 percent each and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul at 1
percent. Other candidates failed to register support, while 2
percent said they had no opinion.
JPMorgan Warns Of "Eye-Catching" 76% Probability Of Recession
Zero Hedge - Just days ago Citi pronounced, much to the chagrin
of the status-quo-hugging Fed faithful, that given the turn in
corporate profits (and concerns over margin sustainability) that
the chance of a recession in the US had risen to 65% ... Now, as
other major sell-side shops jump on the equity un-bullish
narrative, JPMorgan's Michael Feroli warns that in the past, a
low unemployment rate, rising compensation, falling margins, and
elevated durables investment have historically signaled an
elevated risk that an expansion is nearing its end... and puts
the probability of a US recession within 3 years at 76%.
A Beleaguered Wal-Mart Sues A Broke Puerto Rico For
"Astonishing" Tax Hike
Zero Hedge - As regular readers are no doubt aware, Puerto Rico
is broke… Regular readers are also no doubt aware that Wal-Mart
has gotten itself into trouble this year after bowing to calls
for increased wages for its lowest-paid employees… Well don’t
look now, but a beleaguered Wal-Mart is suing a beleaguered
Puerto Rico after the latter’s attempt to lift government
revenue by raising taxes pushed the company's tax burden in the
commonwealth to nearly 92% of net income. As Bloomberg reports,
“Puerto Rico’s Act 72-2015 increases to 6.5 percent from 2
percent the tax on goods imported from offshore affiliates to
local companies with gross revenues of more than $2.75 billion.”
Wal-Mart “biggest private employer and hands over more sales tax
to the island government than any other business,” Bloomberg
continues, before noting that the company is “asking a federal
judge to declare the new measure unconstitutional and block its
enforcement.”
'Bankrupt' Mortgage Lenders Unveil The Zero-Money-Down
"Friends-And-Family" Mortgage
Zero Hedge - … the government's bankruptcy mortgage guarantors have just
announced "HomeReady Mortgages." These so-called 'enhanced affordable
lending products - provided by the US taxpayer - enable 97%-plus
Loan-to-Value loans to borrowers based not on their income (which is too
low) but on "non-borrowers" like extended family or children! So, to sum
up - if you don't have any savings, the government will give you some to
use as a down-payment (which as long as you stay poor will be forgiven
over time).. and then the government will allow you to borrow 97% of the
value of the home on the basis not of your income and ability to pay but
of any rag-tag bunch of friends, family, or pets you can gather under
your 'new' roof... and all subsidized by the good 'ol US Taxpayer...
Do Not Sign the Refusal to Vaccinate form!
Parents Against Mandatory Vaccines - The Refusal to Vaccinate
document was created by the CDC or the American Academy of
Pediatrics ‘legal department’ as a response to the growing
number of toxic vaccines recommended by them and the growing
number of parents who are becoming educated on this issue....
This document, now being used to overcome vaccine awareness, is
the most diabolical strategy possible! It is unlikely that
physicians have any idea what they are asking their patients to
sign . . . or to sign away. It is essentially a signed
confession. So please read and understand why no one should sign
it and why it is really something other than what it appears to
be. Here are 12 reasons why no parent can sign this document
unless they are interested in being statutorily charged with
neglect or intentionally causing harm...
Banning kratom: Wisconsin treats a safe herbal supplement like a
dangerous drug
Wisconsin Watchdog - In 2014, the state Legislature included two
of the chemicals found in kratom in a long list of chemicals to
be banned because there are also found in synthetic opiates —
so-called designer drugs — despite the fact that kratom is
neither synthetic nor an opiate. Because those chemicals were on
the list, kratom is now considered a Schedule 1 drug in
Wisconsin, the same as heroin or LSD.
Dollars for Docs: How Industry Dollars Reach Your Doctors
Pro Publica - Pharmaceutical and medical device companies are
now required by law to release details of their payments to a
variety of doctors and U.S. teaching hospitals for promotional
talks, research and consulting, among other categories. Use this
tool to search for general payments (excluding research and
ownership interests) made from August 2013 to December 2014.
Blood sugar spikes increase the risk for cancer
(NaturalHealth365) There is no shortage of reasons to maintain a
healthy blood sugar level. The many serious problems associated
with blood sugar-related diseases like diabetes have long been
reported, from increased risk of vision loss and kidney problems
to heart attack and stroke. But now, a growing body of research
suggests a new health risk should be added to the list: an
increased risk of deadly cancers. That’s because study after
study is revealing a link between diabetes and several of the
most devastating forms of cancer, and in some cases, heightened
mortality among diabetic cancer sufferers.
Most Candles are as Toxic as Cigarettes. The Candles You Should
Use!
Living Traditionally - Many candles are made with paraffin or
paraffin blend. This petroleum derivative is an inexpensive wax
which is why it is often utilized by manufacturers.... Benzene
and toluene are known carcinogens that are released into the air
from melted paraffin causing headaches to lung cancer.... In
2003, the use of lead in candle wicks were banned in the USA.
The lead was used in the wicks to help them stand up straight
and stiff but when lit, they release lead into the air at
dangerous levels. Unfortunately, imported candles do not have
the same regulations and still include lead wicks, releasing 5
times the amount (of lead fumes) the EPA considers to be
hazardous.... According to California’s Safe Drinking Water and
Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, there are up to 20 toxins in
paraffin candle wax, including: acetone, Trichlorofluoromethane,
Carbon Disulfide, 2-Butanone, Trichloroethane, Trichloroethene,
Carbon Tetrachloride, Tetrachloroethene, Chlorobenzene,
Ethylbenzene, Styrene, Xylene, Phenol, Cresol, Cyclopentene.
Friday
- December 4, 2015 -
Today in History:
1783 - Gen. George Washington said farewell to his officers at Fraunces
Tavern in New York.
1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson set sail for France to attend the
Versailles Peace Conference. Wilson became the first chief executive to
travel to Europe while in office.
1942 - U.S. bombers attacked the Italian mainland for the first time
during World War II.
1945 - The U.S. Senate approved American participation in the United
Nations.
1965 - The U.S. launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman
and Navy Comdr. James A. Lovell on board.
1979 - For the 2nd time, the UN Security Council voted unanimously to
urge Iran to free American hostages that had been taken on November 4.
1980 - The bodies of four American nuns slain in El Salvador two days
earlier were unearthed. Five national guardsmen were later convicted of
the murders.
1983 - U.S. jet fighters struck Syrian anti-aircraft positions in
Lebanon in retaliation for attacks directed at American reconnaissance
planes. Navy Lt. Robert O. Goodman Jr. was shot down and captured by
Syria.
1984 - A five-day hijack drama began as four men seized a Kuwaiti
airliner en route to Pakistan and forced it to land in Tehran. Two
American passengers were killed by the hijackers.
1986 - Both U.S. houses of Congress moved to establish special
committees to conduct their own investigations of the Iran-Contra
affair.
1991 - Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson was released after
nearly seven years in captivity in Lebanon.
1992 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush ordered American troops to lead a
mercy mission to Somalia.
2001 - O.J. Simpson's home in Florida was raided by the FBI in an
ongoing two year international investigation into drug trafficking,
satellite service pilfering and money laundering. Some satellite
equipment was taken from Simpson's home and no drugs were found.
NATO Warships Enter Black Sea to ‘Ensure Peace and Stability in
the Region’
Sputnik News - Three NATO frigates and a US guided missile
destroyer have entered the Black Sea in what the US naval
command described as part of an ongoing effort to enhance
regional stability and a sign of support for NATO member-states,
Russian media reported on Friday. The American guided missile
destroyer USS Ross is accompanied by three missile frigates,
Francis Almejida (Portugal), Blas de Lezo (Spain) and Winnipeg
(Canada).
German Bundestag approves sending 1,200 troops on anti-ISIS
'support' mission in Syria
RT - Germany's lower house of parliament has approved joining
the military campaign against Islamic State in Syria. Germany
will send six Tornado reconnaissance jets, a frigate to help
protect the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, refueling
aircraft, and up to 1,200 military personnel to Syria, Reuters
reported. However, Germany will not join in airstrikes, which
are currently being launched by the US, Britain, France, and
Russia.
Moscow ‘welcomes any effort to fight ISIS’ as UK joins US-led
bombing campaign
RT - The Kremlin said it welcomed any extra help in the fight
against terrorist group Islamic State after Britain started
combat sorties in Syria. Moscow observed, however, that it is
the only foreign party acting in Syria legitimately. We continue
to welcome any effort aimed at fighting terrorism and Islamic
State [IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL] in particular. We believe that if
such efforts are coordinated as part of a single coalition, they
would become more effective,” said presidential spokesman Dmitry
Peskov, commenting on British bombings on militants in Syria.
Paris attacks: France 'to extend state of emergency
indefinitely' - reports
IBTimes - The French government is looking to extend the state
of emergency for six months or even "indefinitely", according to
new reports. Government sources told AFP that a draft law of the
bill includes plans to change the constitution to carry on with
the state of emergency way beyond the three-month limit. The
legal framework will be submitted to ministers on 23 December.
The state of emergency, which went into effect after the
November 13 attacks on Paris that killed 130 and wounded more
than 350, gives security forces extra powers to investigate and
combat terrorists. It allows authorities to ban public
demonstrations and conduct several arrests across the country. A
total of 276 people have been placed under house arrest since
the powers came into effect, and more than 1,000 addresses
searched by police.
Putin wants Russia to become world's biggest exporter of Non-GMO
food
RT - Russia could become the world's largest supplier of
ecologically clean and high-quality organic food, said President
Vladimir Putin on Thursday. He also called on the country to
become completely self-sufficient in food production by 2020.
"We are not only able to feed ourselves taking into account our
lands, water resources – Russia is able to become the largest
world supplier of healthy, ecologically clean and high-quality
food which the Western producers have long lost, especially
given the fact that demand for such products in the world market
is steadily growing," said Putin, addressing the Russian
Parliament on Thursday.
Huge: Monsanto Going to Trial for Crimes Against Humanity In the
Hague, Netherlands, International Criminal Court
Natural Society - Finally, Monsanto, the US-based, transnational
company responsible for introducing multiple genetically
modified crops and numerous toxic chemicals into our environment
– including saccharin, aspartame, polystyrene, DDT, dioxin,
Agent Orange, petroleum based fertilizers, recombinant bovine
growth hormones (rGBH), Round Up (glyphosate), Lasso (an
herbicide used in Europe), Bt toxic plants, and more – will have
to answer to the world... The Organic Consumers Association (OCA),
IFOAM International Organics, Navdanya, Regeneration
International (RI), and Millions Against Monsanto, along with
dozens of global food, farming, and environmental justice groups
announced at the United Nations conference held recently in
Paris that an international court of lawyers and judges will
assess Monsanto’s criminal liability for their atrocious acts.
acts. The court, in The Hague, Netherlands, will use the UN’s
‘Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights’ developed in
2011 to assess damages for Monsanto’s acts against human life
and the environment.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Senate approves bill repealing much of ObamaCare
The Hill - The Senate on Thursday passed legislation repealing
the core pillars of ObamaCare, taking a major step toward
sending such a bill to the president’s desk for the first time.
Republicans hailed it as a political messaging victory and a
fulfillment of their promise from the 2014 midterm election to
force President Obama to veto the landmark healthcare reform law
named after him. The measure passed 52 to 47 after the Senate
voted to significantly strengthen the bill originally passed by
the House and brought straight to the floor by Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). The House will need to approve the
amended legislation before it can be sent to the White House.
Thursday’s vote was a major event in the Senate, as Democrats
never allowed a standalone vote on an ObamaCare repeal bill when
they controlled the chamber.
Pentagon Task Force: We Want Villas and Flat-Screen TVs in
Afghanistan
ProPublica - In its latest salvo, the inspector general dings
the controversial task force for spending $150 million on
private housing in Afghanistan, including fancy meals and
round-the-clock bodyguards. Sounds more like a celebrity rider
than a description of Afghanistan accommodations for U.S.
government employees. But that’s what the Pentagon’s Task Force
for Business and Stability Operations requested — at a cost of
$150 million, according to a letter released today by the
Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or
SIGAR.
San Bernardino shooting suspect traveled to Saudi Arabia, was
married, appeared to be living 'American Dream,' co-workers say
LA Times - Police officials said Farook had worked for the
county for five years. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod
Burguan said that there were reports of a dispute before Farook
left the party. Co-workers told The Times they were shocked to
hear Farook's name linked to the shooting. Two who were in the
restroom when the bullets began to fly said he was quiet and
polite, with no obvious grudges. They said Farook recently
traveled to Saudi Arabia and returned with a new wife he had met
online. The couple had a baby and appeared to be "living the
American dream," said Patrick Baccari, a fellow health inspector
who shared a cubicle with Farook. Baccari and Christian Nwadike
said Farook, who worked with them for several years, rarely
started a conversation. But the tall, thin young man with a full
beard was well liked and spent much of his time out in the
field. They and other colleagues said Farook was a devout
Muslim, but rarely discussed religion at work.
Obama White House: Terrorists Will Stop Attacking if We Pass Gun
Control Laws
Paul Joseph Watson - After all, it worked great in Paris. The
Obama administration reacted to yesterday’s shooting in San
Bernardino – likely carried out by a Muslim terrorist – by
insisting that “common sense” gun laws will deter jihadists who
are planning attacks... The Obama White House is essentially
arguing that passing more gun laws which disarm law-abiding
citizens will somehow make jihadists, who have access to
international terrorist contacts and back-door weapons smuggling
rings, less determined and less capable of carrying out
massacres. Right, because it worked great in Paris didn’t it?
According to the L.A. Times, Obama is planning “to use executive
authority to close the so-called gun show loophole that allows
thousands of people to buy guns each year without a background
check.” Meanwhile, Obama is still saying that the massacre,
carried out by a devout Muslim who memorized the Koran, was
radicalized by terrorists, and traveled to Saudi Arabia could
just be an act of workplace violence.
No, There Have Not Been 355 Mass Shootings This Year
Steve Watson - The figure was unquestioningly repeated by The
New York Times, the Washington Post, Boston Globe, CBS News,
MSNBC, and Newsday, despite the fact that it is inaccurate and
does not in any way dovetail with FBI statistics. Television
newscasts also repeatedly cited the figure without checking the
facts. According to the FBI, only 21 of the 355 shootings
identified by the anti-gunners can actually be categorized as
mass murder with a firearm. It is still too many, but it isn’t
any where close to 355. An FBI report released last year details
that over a thirteen year period, between 2000 and 2013, there
were 160 “active shooter incidents.” Those also include
incidents where nobody was shot or killed. Gang violence is not
counted among these statistics. The FBI categorizes mass
shootings as “a number of murders (four or more) occurring
during the same incident, with no distinctive time period
between the murders.”
Critics: Keep Syrian, African refugees out of Redlands, CA
Redlands Daily Facts - Some members of Redlands Townhall and the
Redlands Tea Party Patriots have called on city officials to
keep Syrian and African refugees from resettling here. They
asked City Council members Tuesday what their plan will be if
the city is asked to resettle some of the 85,000 refugees
expected to come to the United States in 2016.... “Where will
they be housed? How will their expenses be paid and by whom? And
what will be done to ensure the safety of our community? Our
biggest concern is the safety of our family, our children and
our grandchildren,” Victoria Hargrave of Redlands Townhall said
the council on Tuesday. “The Obama administration would like to
bring in 85,000 Syrian refugees into our country in the calendar
year that just started on Oct. 1 and they have admitted that
they have no database or source of information with which to vet
these refugees,” she said. “There are primarily Sunni Muslims.
Al-Qaida are Sunni Muslims whose culture and ideology are
completely contrary to our Constitution.”
Ulster County Sheriff: All Licensed Handgun Owners Should Carry
Them
(CBSNewYork) – All licensed handgun owners in Ulster County
should carry their pistols. That’s the message Thursday from the
Ulster County Sheriff. Ulster County is located about two hours
north of New York City. “In light of recent events that have
occurred in the United States and around the world I want to
encourage citizens of Ulster County who are licensed to carry a
firearm to please do so,” wrote Sheriff Paul J. Van Blarcum in a
Facebook post. “I urge you to responsibly take advantage of your
legal right to carry a firearm. To ensure the safety of yourself
and others, make sure you are comfortable and proficient with
your weapon, and knowledgeable of the laws in New York State
with regards to carrying a weapon and when it is legal to use
it.”
Man faces criminal charges for passing out jury rights fliers in
front of Michigan courthouse
WQAD 8 - Michigan man is charged with a felony for obstruction
of justice and misdemeanor of tampering with a jury for passing
out fliers about jury nullification rights on the sidewalk of
the Mecosta County courthouse. Keith Wood, 39, faces charges
after handing out 50 fliers on Nov. 24, which describe juror
rights that are typically not given by judges during jury
instructions before a trial. Wood's Attorney Dave Kallman told
WXIN the charges are "outrageous," especially after Wood posted
bond set at $150,000 last Tuesday. Obstruction of justice is a
five-year felony with up to $10,000 in fines, and attempting to
influence jurors is a one-year misdemeanor with fines up to
$1,000.
Rand Paul: Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio Have Same Foreign
Policy
Breitbart - “Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio have basically the
same foreign policy. They believe in regime change and they
think that somehow it’s going to be better over there,” Paul
told Bannon. “But what has happened every time we’ve toppled a
secular dictator, we’ve gotten chaos and the rise of radical
Islam.” “Because of Marco Rubio and because of Hillary Clinton,
because they toppled Gadhafi in Libya, we now have a failed
state,” Paul explained, saying that now a third of the people in
Libya pledge allegiance to ISIS and America is more at risk of
an attack. “He’s also opposed making border security more
stringent so we can keep people from coming into attack us,”
Paul said of Rubio.
Ted Cruz Reacts to San Bernardino: Now, More Than Ever,
Americans Must Be Armed
Breitbart - Cruz said: Unfortunately, the goal of both President
Obama and Hillary Clinton, is to consistently–at every turn–to
look to weaken the constitutional rights of American citizens.
And in particular, to undermine our constitutional right to keep
and bear arms. You don’t get rid of the bad guys by getting rid
of our guns. You get rid of the bad guys by using our guns. And,
rather than respond to radical Islam and terrorism with a
commitment from the president to keep this nation safe–to kill
the terrorists–instead, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton refuse
to even utter the words “radical Islamic terrorism.”
27 Major Global Stocks Markets That Have Already Crashed By Double Digit
Percentages In 2015
Economic Collapse - Right now, there are 27 major global stock markets
that have declined by double digit percentages from their peaks earlier
this year. And this is truly a global phenomenon – we have seen stock
market crashes in Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and the Middle
East. But because U.S. stocks are only down less than a thousand points
from the peak earlier this year, most Americans seem to think that
everything is just fine.
U.S. Health Spending Hits $3 Trillion as Obamacare and Rising Drug Costs
Kick In
LA Times - The massive expansion of insurance coverage under the health
law and rapid growth in specialty drug spending fueled the uptick in
medical costs, officials said. Annual spending growth was 3.7%, on
average, during the last five years. The country spent $9,523 per person
on healthcare in 2014, including Medicare, Medicaid and private health
insurance. That’s far higher than what other developed countries pay,
and healthcare spending now accounts for 17.5% of the U.S. economy.
Experts aren’t predicting a return to double-digit increases in medical
spending. But the latest trend underscores how difficult it will be for
policymakers, employers and insurers to control healthcare costs going
forward.
There Go The Truckers: Unprecedented 59% Plunge In November Heavy Truck
Orders
Zero Hedge - The rout beneath the relative calm of the market surface
continues today as another sector has gotten crushed today in reaction
to the domestic and global collapse in trade, the spreading domestic
manufacturing recession and the bursting of the commodity bubble:
truckers, and especially the heaviest, Class 8 trucks, those with a
gross weight over 33K pounds, those which make up the backbone of U.S.
trade infrastructure and logistics.
Auto Loan Madness Continues As US Car Buyers Take On Record Debt,
Lunatic Financing Terms
Zero Hedge - Way back in June, we noted that auto sales had reached
10-year highs on record credit, record loan terms, and record ignorance.
We based that assessment on the following set of Q1 data from Experian:
Average loan term for new cars is now 67 months — a record. Average loan
term for used cars is now 62 months — a record. Loans with terms from 74
to 84 months made up 16% of all used vehicle financing — a record. The
average amount financed for a new vehicle was $28,711 — a record. The
average payment for new vehicles was $488 — a record. The percentage of
all new vehicles financed accounted for by leases was 31.46% — a record.
n short, the “renaissance” in US auto sales is being driven (no pun
intended) by increasingly risky underwriting practices and this is
leading directly to the securitization of shoddier and shoddier
collateral pools in a return to the “originate to sell” model that drove
the housing bubble over a cliff in 2008.
Higher levels of Fukushima cesium detected offshore
Phys.org - Scientists monitoring the spread of radiation in the
ocean from the Fukushima nuclear accident report finding an
increased number of sites off the US West Coast showing signs of
contamination from Fukushima. This includes the highest detected
level to date from a sample collected about 1,600 miles west of
San Francisco. The level of radioactive cesium isotopes in the
sample, 11 Becquerel's per cubic meter of seawater (about 264
gallons), is 50 percent higher than other samples collected
along the West Coast so far, but is still more than 500 times
lower than US government safety limits for drinking water, and
well below limits of concern for direct exposure while swimming,
boating, or other recreational activities.
* Related:
Flashback: Obama Approves Raising Permissible Levels of Nuclear
Radiation in Drinking Water. Civilian Cancer Deaths Expected to
Skyrocket
California Terror Attack PROVES Mass Spying Doesn’t Keep Us Safe
Washington's Blog - For example, the former head of the NSA’s
global intelligence gathering operations – Bill Binney
–explained to Washington’s Blog that the mass surveillance
INTERFERES with the government’s ability to catch bad guys, and
that the government failed to stop 9/11, the Boston Bombing, the
Texas shootings and other terror attacks is because it was
overwhelmed with data from mass surveillance on Americans.
Binney told Washington’s Blog: A good deal of the failure is, in
my opinion, due to bulk data. So, I am calling all these attacks
a result of “Data bulk failure.” Too much data and too many
people for the 10-20 thousand analysts to follow. Simple as
that. Especially when they make word match pulls (like Google)
and get dumps of data selected from close to 4 billion people.
Study finds essential oils may improve cognitive functioning in
Alzheimer’s patients!
Natural News Blogs - Essential oils provide sensory stimulation
that helps decrease agitation, improves sleep and overall
quality of life associated with Alzheimer’s Disease or dementia!
Oils can be applied to the skin, inhaled or even placed in food
or beverages if the oils are safe for human consumption. In
addition to the benefits associated with the oils themselves,
studies also show that sensory stimulation helps decrease
agitation, improves sleep and improves the overall quality of
life associated with the disease. One study found that used
rosemary, lemon, lavender and orange essential oils for 28 days
on patients with Alzheimer’s Disease. All patients showed
significant improvement in cognitive function following
aromatherapy. Researchers used the Gottfries, Brane, Steen
scale, Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimer’s disease, and
the Touch Panel-type Dementia Assessment Scale to assess
progress following aromatherapy.... If you or someone you love
is struggling with dementia or Alzheimer’s, consider using the
following oils...
It's Like a Massage for Your Brain, Can Improve Your Memory in
20 Minutes
Dr. Mercola - There are many reasons to exercise. Protecting
your brain health and optimizing your thinking ability is one of
them. In fact, there's compelling evidence that exercise
produces large cognitive gains, improves memory, and helps fight
dementia.... Strength training in particular has been shown to
have a very beneficial impact on brain function and memory. In
one study just 20 minutes of strength training was found to
enhance long-term memory by about 10 percent.... Another recent
study supports these findings, and suggests that working your
leg muscles helps maintain cognitive function as you get older.
According to the authors, simply walking more could help
maintain brain function well into old age.... Previous research
has demonstrated that exercise promotes brain health by
releasing hormones from the muscles, which encourage the growth
of new brain cells — a process known as neurogenesis or
neuroplasticity.
Fermented Foods Can Dramatically Improve Your Digestive Health
and Immunity
John Summerly - Increased intakes of fermented foods are
associated with significantly reduced risks of skin conditions,
digestive problems and even autoimmune disease. Diets which have
a high content of food enzymes and beneficial bacteria from
lacto-fermented vegetables, fruits, beverages are highly
correlated with better physical and emotional health....
Friendly bacteria have a powerful, beneficial effect on your
gut’s immune system, your first line defense against pathogens,
and aid in the production of antibodies. Your gut bacteria can
reveal whether you suffer from many different diseases such as
diabetes and many others.
Ways to Help Outdoor Cats Survive the Cold, Snowy Winter
Dr. Becker - Winter is upon us, and while neighborhood stray and feral
cats prefer to live outdoors regardless of the season, there are steps
we can take to help them survive the harsh winter weather. One of the
most important things you can offer feral cats during miserable weather
is shelter. Placing inconspicuous shelters off the beaten path helps
keep outdoor kitties from seeking shelter in places that are dangerous
or where they're not welcome. Alley Cat Allies, a feral cat advocacy
organization, offers these guidelines for outdoor shelters...
Syrian Refugee Vetting Assigned To VA, 10-Year Backlog Announced
Duffel Blog - Vowing “swift, efficient action” on Syrian refugee
admissions, the Obama Administration last month assigned the Department
of Veterans Affairs responsibility for vetting the refugees, according
to sources. “Really, it’s a perfect fit,” said one White House official.
“The VA is already used to dealing with dangerous, unstable people
looking for jobs.”... To date the VA has successfully vetted one Syrian,
Dr. Basma Hosseini. Hosseini, a pharmacist who fled from Raqqa last
month, has had mixed results with the Department. “I asked for a house,
but they give me bottle of horse tranquilizers. No prescription, they
just said, ‘Take pills, go home,’ in a weird accent,” she reported. “I
am a pharmacist. Even in Raqqa we have procedures, we have
prescriptions. We use therapy, not pills. And I still need house.” None
of the other 10,000 refugees has been vetted, and none properly housed.
But according to records received through a Freedom of Information Act
request, VA employees in the new Refugee Office have received $275,000
in bonuses thus far.
Thursday
- December 3, 2015 -
Today in History:
1792 - The trial of France's King Louis XVI began. He was eventually put
to death for the 33 charges.
1818 - Illinois was admitted as the 21st state of the union.
1828 - Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States.
1833 - Oberlin College in Ohio opened as the first truly coeducational
school of higher education in the United States.
1835 - In Rhode Island, the Manufacturer Mutual Fire Insurance Company
issued the first fire insurance policy.
1948 - The "Pumpkin Papers" came to public light. The House Un-American
Activities Committee announced that former Communist spy Whittaker
Chambers had produced microfilm of secret documents hidden inside a
pumpkin on his Maryland farm.
1950 - Paul Harvey began his national radio broadcast.
1967 - In Cape Town, South Africa, a team of surgeons headed by Dr.
Christian Barnard, performed the first human heart transplant on Louis
Washkansky. Washkansky only lived 18 days.
1973 - Pioneer 10 sent back the first close-up images of Jupiter. The
1st outer-planetary probe had been launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, on
03/2/1972.
1982 - Doctors at the University of Utah Medical Center removed the
respirator of Barney Clark. The retired dentist had become the world's
first recipient of a permanent artificial heart only one day before.
1983 - 3-foot-high concrete barriers were installed at two White House
entrances.
1984 - In Bhopal, India, more than 2,000 people were killed after a
cloud of poisonous gas escaped from a pesticide plant. The plant was
operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary.
1987 - U.S. President Reagan said there was a good chance of progress
toward a treaty on long-range weapons with Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
1992 - The UN Security Council unanimously approved a U.S.-led military
mission to help starving Somalians.
1992 - The Greek tanker "Aegean Sea" ran aground at La Coruna, Spain and
spilled 21.5 million gallons of crude oil.
1997 - In Ottawa, Canada, more than 120 countries were represented to
sign a treaty prohibiting the use and production of anti-personnel land
mines. The United States, China and Russia did not sign the treaty.
1999 - The World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded a four-day meeting
in Seattle, WA, without setting an agenda for a new round of trade
talks. The meeting was met with fierce protests by various groups.
1999 - NASA lost radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander as it entered
Mars' atmosphere. The spacecraft was unmanned.
2010 - The Boeing X-37 returned to Earth on successfully after its first
orbital mission. It launched on April 22, 2010.
Putin addresses Russian legislators Live updates
RT - President Vladimir Putin is delivering his annual report to
the Federal Assembly, the two chambers of the Russian
Parliament, on Thursday. Traditionally, such addresses tend to
focus on domestic issues.
Kurds & US Special Forces should be used to seal Turkish-Syrian
border – Russian FM
RT - With Kurdish militia and US Special Forces on the ground,
there is a realistic way to shut off the illegal flow of oil
from Syria into Turkey, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov
said at talks with his Serbian counterpart, Ivica Dacic. Sealing
the border between Turkey and Syria is more important at the
moment than finding out who is buying the oil produced by
Islamic State (IS, ISIS/ISIL), Lavrov said while speaking with
Dacic in Belgrade on Wednesday. The talks come on the eve of a
two-day conference of the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), currently chaired by Serbia.
Israel was prime force behind 9/11 attacks: American scholar
Press TV - An American scholar and journalist in Wisconsin says
not only was the Zionist regime the primary force behind the
9/11 attacks, it was Israeli spies working for Mossad - not Arab
Muslims - who celebrated the burning Twin Towers on September
11, 2001. Dr. Kevin Barrett, a founding member of the Scientific
Panel for the Investigation of 9/11, made the remarks in an
interview with Press TV on Monday, a day after an international
Jewish organization based in the US denounced Republican
presidential candidate Donald Trump’s claim that dozens of Arab
Muslims cheered as the World Trade Center collapsed on September
11 as unsubstantiated.
Russia presents proof of Turkey’s role in ISIS oil trade
RT - The Russian Defense Ministry held a major briefing on new
findings concerning IS funding in Moscow on Wednesday. According
to Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov, Russia is aware of
three main oil smuggling routes to Turkey. “Today, we are
presenting only some of the facts that confirm that a whole team
of bandits and Turkish elites stealing oil from their neighbors
is operating in the region,” Antonov said, adding that this oil
“in large quantities” enters the territory of Turkey via “live
oil pipelines,” consisting of thousands of oil trucks. Antonov
added that Turkey is the main buyer of smuggled oil coming from
Iraq and Syria. “According to our data, the top political
leadership of the country - President Erdogan and his family –
is involved in this criminal business.”
US-led coalition not striking ISIS oil trucks despite evidence -
Russia’s General Staff
RT - Despite mounting evidence of ISIS oil smuggling, the US-led
coalition in Syria and Iraq is not striking convoys of oil
trucks heading to Turkey, Russia’s General Staff has said. It’s
hard not to notice” the thousands of trucks used by terrorists
for oil smuggling, Lieutenant General Sergey Rudskoy, deputy
commander of the General Staff, said at a briefing in Moscow on
Wednesday. However, we see no strikes on those convoys by the
coalition - only a tripling in the number of strategic UAVs has
been observed,” he said. With the US and its allies unwilling to
act, the Russian Defense Ministry has reported the locations
where Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) oil tankers are
concentrated, Rudskoy said. The deputy commander stressed that
defeating IS would be impossible without curbing its main source
of income - the illegal oil trade - and urged the coalition to
strike IS oil infrastructure.
ISIS Brags About Exploiting Refugee Program to Send “Sleeper
Cells” to Europe
Paul Joseph Watson - Manifesto reveals agenda to create Muslim
“no go zones” in western cities as bases to launch more attacks.
A newly uncovered 99-page manifesto produced by the Islamic
State brags about how the terror organization has exploited the
refugee program to send jihadist sleeper cells to Europe since
2012, with the goal of creating Muslim “no go zones” in western
cities that can be used as a base from which to launch further
Paris-style attacks. The manifesto, entitled Black Flags from
Rome, serves as a shocking reminder of the danger posed by
allowing potentially millions of Muslim migrants to enter Europe
and America via the “refugee” red carpet.
3 French mosques closed in 1st major crackdown on places of
worship after Paris attacks
RT - French authorities have shut down three mosques in the past
week as a part of a crackdown on "Islamist radicalization"
launched after Paris terror attacks. This marked the first time
such action has been taken against places of worship. A major
police raid on a mosque was conducted in the town of
Lagny-sur-Marne east of Paris on Wednesday in the presence of
the president of the Association of French Muslims, Interior
Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement. The Wednesday
raid resulted in nine people being placed under house arrest as
they were considered to be “radicalized.” Twenty-two more were
banned from leaving the country, French media reported.
Additionally, an individual who was described as of the mosque’s
“leaders” was immediately taken into custody after police seized
his 9mm revolver, according to French media reports. During the
searches in the mosque, police officers found jihadist
literature and a hard drive hidden in a wall, French media
reports. An undeclared Koran school was also discovered.
New Documents Show UK Intelligence Agencies Hacking Computers
With Little To No Oversight
Techdirt - Broad warrants at home — signed by someone who may
not have had any idea exactly what they were authorizing. No
warrants, for the most part, for extraterritorial hacking.
Testimony on behalf of the GCHQ by its director of
cyber-security points out that the Secretary of State (who
handles surveillance warrants) is rarely consulted when the
target is foreign. The only exceptions are if the GCHQ feels the
target may be “sensitive” or “politically risky.” Otherwise, the
GCHQ grants itself permission to carry out these attacks.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Neighbor Didn’t Report San Bernardino Shooter Over Fears Of
Being Called Racist
Paul Joseph Watson - A neighbor of San Bernardino killers Syed
Farook and Tashfeen Malik refused to report the pair to
authorities after witnessing suspicious activity at their
apartment over fears she would be labeled racist.... According
to Fox News correspondent Will Carr, a neighbor of the pair did
not alert authorities because “she did not want to racially
profile.” Carr also revealed that neighbors became suspicious
when a group of three to four Middle Easterners moved into a
nearby apartment and began “getting a lots of package
deliveries.” If confirmed, this underscores how overhyped
concerns about being politically correct have now taken
precedence over reporting genuine security concerns – with
deadly consequences.... Meanwhile, within minutes of the
shooting, a deluge of leftists on Twitter immediately blamed the
massacre on white people, conservatives, Donald Trump
supporters, the NRA, the Second Amendment, pro-lifers, and men
in general.
2 suspects dead in San Bernardino mass shooting, both identified
RT - San Bernardino police have confirmed that two suspects – a
man and woman – died during a gun battle with police officers
following a shooting at the Inland Regional Center that left 14
people dead and 17 wounded. The FBI is investigating the
situation but have said they don’t know for sure if it is
related to terrorism. San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan
said the two deceased suspects were "dressed in assault-style
clothing, armed with assault rifles and hand guns." We don’t
have a motive. We don’t know ethnicity," he added.
* Related:
San Bernardino shooting Live updates
Obama Calls For Gun Control With Killers Still At Large
Breitbart - After the shooting in San Bernardino, California,
President Obama went on CBS News to talk about gun control. It
is unclear whether there was just one shooter or multiple
shooters at the time of publication, but they were reportedly
still at large as Obama weighed in.
“The one thing we do know is that we have a pattern now of mass
shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in
the world,” he said, during an interview with CBS anchor Norah
O’Donnell. Obama argued in favor of gun control laws that he
says could prevent mass shootings, including a law that would
ban people on the national “no-fly list” from purchasing
firearms.
14 Dead, 14 Wounded After Mass Shooting In Southern California,
3 Gunmen Escaped - Live Feed
Zero Hedge - San Bernardino officials are reporting at least 14
dead and 14 more wounded following a mass shooting in the 1300
block of South Waterman the Inland Regional Center - a center
serving people with developmental disabilities.. Authorities are
advising all motorists to stay away from the area around. The
gunmen, who were heavily armed (with long guns and body armor)
escaped the scene of the crime and police are now searching for
3 males dressed in military gear.
* Related:
San Bernardino Police Scanner: “Middle Eastern male with long
beard, tactical shorts and a backpack”
Infowars Reporters Quizzed by Terror Task Force For
Investigating ‘Islamberg’ (Video)
Paul Joseph Watson - Infowars reporters Joe Biggs and Josh Owens
were quizzed by the New York Police/FBI Terror Task Force for
investigating Islamberg, the small Muslim community that some
have claimed is a terror compound. Biggs and Owens arrived at
Islamberg, a small hamlet in the town of Tompkins, Delaware
County, to look into reports that the area is a staging ground
for jihadist training after eyewitnesses reported [on Fox News]
hearing, “unusual sounds of gunfire and explosions….emanating
from the compound.”
‘Black Lives Matter’ Supporter Who Threatened to Massacre 16
White Students Allowed Back on Campus
Paul Joseph Watson - A ‘Black Lives Matter’ supporter who
threatened to massacre 16 white students as part of a revenge
attack for the shooting of Chicago teen Laquan McDonald has been
allowed to return to campus by a federal judge. 21-year-old
Jabari Dean was arrested on Monday after threatening to kill
students and staff at the University of Chicago. Dean posted a
message on social media over the Thanksgiving weekend in which
he laid out the details of his plan to carry out the
racially-motivated rampage. “This is my only warning,” wrote
Dean. “At 10 a.m. on Monday mourning (sic) I am going to the
campus quad of the University of Chicago. I will be armed with a
M-4 Carbine and 2 Desert Eagles all fully loaded. I will execute
approximately (sic) 16 white male students and or staff, which
is the same number of time (sic) Mcdonald (sic) was killed.” “I
then will die killing any number of white policemen that I can
in the process. This is not a joke. I am to do my part to rid
the world of the white devils. I expect you to do the same,” the
post stated.
SWAT Team Raids Innocent Woman’s Home, Terrorize & Mock Her,
Threaten to Kill Her Dogs
The Free Thought Project - In a case of mistaken identity, SWAT
officers issued a no-knock search warrant on Sunday, kicking
down an innocent woman’s door and holding her at gunpoint.
Instead of apologizing for their mistake, the officers insulted
her and threatened to kill her dogs.... With no criminal record
and having moved into the apartment two months earlier, Bintliff
repeatedly attempted to tell the officers that they had
apprehended the wrong person. Handcuffed at the foot of her bed
for roughly 40 minutes, Bintliff wept as the cops mocked her and
threatened to shoot her dogs.... Although the police claim they
had a warrant to search her apartment, Bintliff questions how
the cops obtained probable cause. Detained in her bedroom for an
hour, Bintliff was released without charges and left with
property damage to her apartment.
Proposed National Law Would Crack Down on Swatters with Serious
Jail Time
Motherboard - Rep. Katherine Clark of Massachusetts and Rep.
Patrick Meehan of Pennsylvania introduced the Interstate
Swatting Hoax Act of 2015, a federal anti-swatting bill.
Swatting is the act of calling in a fake police emergency in
order to send a SWAT team to someone’s house. It’s one of the
most extreme forms of online abuse. It is in essence, assault by
proxy. Under the newly proposed law, sending false or misleading
information over interstate communications networks to
intentionally cause an emergency response would be a felony.
Although there’s already federal legislation on the books
criminalizing calling in fake terrorist attacks or bomb threats,
it doesn’t cover calling in other fake emergencies, according to
the lawmakers' press release. This bill purports to close that
“loophole." The penalty for calling in a fake emergency under
the bill would depend on what happens after the call. It’s only
a crime if an emergency response is actually dispatched—if the
police simply don’t believe you, you’re not on the hook. You get
up to five years for a mere dispatch and up to 20 if “serious
bodily injury” results. If someone dies from being swatted, you
could be in prison for life.
Donald Trump Dares To Say That Turkey ‘Looks Like They’re On The
Side Of ISIS’
Michael Snyder - During an appearance on Sirius XM’s “Breitbart
News Daily” on Tuesday morning, Trump stated that the Turkish
government “looks like they’re on the side of ISIS more or less
based on the oil”. This makes Trump the first presidential
candidate to tell the truth about this to the American people.
By now, just about everyone knows that ISIS is using Turkey as a
home base, and I have previously written about how Turkey is
“training ISIS militants, funneling weapons to them, buying
their oil, and tending to their wounded in Turkish hospitals”.
But a major U.S. politician, especially one running for the
White House, could get into really hot water for saying these
kinds of things about our NATO ally. You see, the truth is that
the American people are not supposed to know that Turkey is
actually on the same side as ISIS and has been facilitating the
sale of hundreds of millions of dollars of oil that has been
stolen by ISIS.
Video: Trump Shocks Establishment Media, Appears on Alex Jones
Show
Paul Joseph Watson - Republican presidential frontrunner Donald
Trump told Alex Jones the two would be “speaking a lot” in
future after a surprise radio interview that rocked the
political establishment earlier today. The Donald joined Jones
live from Trump Tower in New York City for a 35 minute
discussion on everything ranging from Hillary Clinton’s
corruption, to ISIS, to his most recent controversy about
Muslims in New Jersey celebrating 9/11.... Numerous
‘progressive’ news outlets began bashing Trump for doing the
interview within an hour of it concluding, with Obama White
House front group Media Matters the first to pile in.
Private memo lays out how the GOP would deal with Trump as its
nominee
Washington Post - Donald Trump has become such a force in the
Republican Party that the official overseeing next year’s Senate
races has proposed a delicate strategy for GOP candidates: Tap
into Trumpism without mimicking Trump. In a seven-page
confidential memo that imagines Trump as the party’s
presidential nominee, the head of the National Republican
Senatorial Committee urges candidates to adopt many of Trump’s
tactics, issues and approaches — right down to adjusting the way
they dress and how they use Twitter. In the memo on the “Trump
phenomenon,” NRSC Executive Director Ward Baker said Republicans
should embrace his tough talk about China and “grab onto the
best elements of [his] anti-Washington populist agenda.” Above
all, they should appeal to voters as genuine and beyond the
influence of special interests.
As Hillary Runs, Marine Will Be Ousted for Emailing Classified
Documents
PJ Media - A Marine and U.S. Naval Academy graduate who
self-reported that he improperly stored classified documents
will be separated from the Marine Corps Reserve following a
decision by Assistant Navy Secretary Juan Garcia, the Washington
Post reported Monday.... However unfortunate, the decision to
expel Brezler for mishandling classified information is
essentially orthodox. But it came the same day the State
Department released a new batch of emails Hillary Clinton sent
from her private server while secretary of State. The latest
wave contained 325 "confidential" and one "secret" email,
rendering the batch's classification rate 6.3 percent, and the
highest so far, according to the Washington Times.
The Filthy-Rich 50: Meet the richest person in each U.S. state
MarketWatch - Ever wonder who the richest person in your
neighborhood is? Private wealth consultancy Wealth-X has
(almost) figured it out for you by naming the richest person in
each of the 50 U.S. states. There are a few surprises on the
list, and 9 of the 50 states don’t have any billionaires. (The
deprived states are Utah, New Mexico, Mississippi, Maine,
Delaware, Hawaii, South Dakota, Alaska and Wyoming.) Some really
wealthy Americans — for example, Paul Allen, co-founder of
Microsoft, who has an estimated wealth of around $16.4 billion —
don’t make the list because they live in the same state as some
even wealthier people. (In Allen’s case, his old friend Bill
Gates, who has a net worth of $81.5 billion.)
Alarm Bells Go Off As 11 Critical Indicators Scream The Global
Economic Crisis Is Getting Deeper
Economic Collapse - Economic activity is slowing down all over
the planet, and a whole host of signs are indicating that we are
essentially exactly where we were just prior to the great stock
market crash of 2008. Yesterday, I explained that the economies
of Japan, Brazil, Canada and Russia are all in recession. Today,
I am mainly going to focus on the United States. We are seeing
so many things happen right now that we have not seen since 2008
and 2009. In so many ways, it is almost as if we are watching an
eerie replay of what happened the last time around, and yet most
of the “experts” still appear to be oblivious to what is going
on. If you were to make up a checklist of all of the things that
you would expect to see just before a major stock market crash,
virtually all of them are happening right now. The following are
11 critical indicators that are absolutely screaming that the
global economic crisis is getting deeper…
Obama's Organizing for Action Group: 'Call Out the Climate
Change Deniers'
PJ Media - It's always been clear that to Barack Obama, his only
real enemies are his political enemies, including all
conservatives, the entire GOP and everyone who resists
"fundamental transformation." I wish I was making this up, but
I'm not. It's from the president of the United State's
"community organizing" non-profit group, Organizing for
Action... There follows a list of so-called "deniers" -- the
Holocaust terminology is both offensive and deliberate -- with
thumbnail pictures of folks like Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio
and Paul Ryan, with a button below each so the Obamabots can
call them out. If this isn't enough, the other side of the page
consists of a form by which the Believers can "Find Deniers"
simply by typing in the name of a suspect.
11 Years Later, We Finally Know What’s in a National Security
Letter (It’s Bad)
Liberty Blitzkrieg - For the first time, as part of a First
Amendment lawsuit, a federal judge ordered the release of what
the FBI was seeking from a small ISP as part of an NSL. Among
other things, the FBI was demanding a target’s complete Web
browsing history, IP addresses of everyone a person has
corresponded with, and records of all online purchases,
according to a court document unveiled Monday. All that’s
required is an agent’s signature denoting that the information
is relevant to an investigation.
Scientist Who Discovered GMOs Cause Tumors in Rats Wins Landmark
Defamation Lawsuit in Paris
Natural Blaze - Was French Prof. Gilles-Eric Séralini correct
when he discovered that scientific feeding experiments past 90
days with GMO food and rats can cause serious health problems
including tumors? The answer to that question has been debated
ever since the initial publication of his study, culminating in
a republication of the study in another peer-reviewed journal
that wasn’t nearly as well covered as the initial retraction was
by the mainstream media. Now, Prof. Séralini is in the news
again – this time for winning a major court victory in a libel
trial that represents the second court victory for Séralini and
his team in less than a month.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
The No-Till, Super-Easy Gardening Method (That You’ve Got To
Start NOW)
Off the Grid News - Lasagna gardening is a great, time-saving,
no-ill, easy form of gardening. With a little start-up work, you
can create an almost completely weed-free garden of rich soil in
which your plants will thrive. A lasagna garden, as its name
suggests, is made up of layers. These layers need time to break
down, so it’s best to put your layers on the ground in the fall
and let the garden cook over the winter months to give it a
jumpstart on the composting. Allowing time for decomposition
over the winter is key to getting a great and easy start in the
spring. Lasagna gardening mimics what happens every year in the
forest. Layers form, begin to break down over the winter months,
and then in spring, plants grow, continuing to break down the
layers to release more nutrients. It’s a beautiful cycle.
Eleven States Join the Push for Medical Monopoly
Alliance for Natural Health - It’s being spearheaded by a
secretive, private, and powerful organization called the
Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB).... To go into effect,
the compact required approval by seven state legislatures; so
far [Link to Map], eleven states have approved the legislation,
with bills pending in nine other states. You will not be
surprised to hear that the FSMB has historically been hostile to
integrative medicine. Despite having no public funding,
transparency, or accountability, FSMB also wields a tremendous
amount of power over the practice of medicine in all fifty
states. The organization has demonstrated its antipathy toward
natural health since the mid-1990s, when it discussed altering
the definition of health fraud to include alternative medical
care! It would appear that FSMB considers innovative approaches
to healthcare to be nothing more than exercises in “quackery.”
6 Touch Points On The Ear To Heal Everything From A Stiff Back,
Shoulders To Digestion and Sinuses
Natural Blaze - Ear reflexology, or Auricular therapy has been
used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) for hundreds of
years. Like other forms of reflexology, ear reflexology can be
used to treat internal ailments in different parts of the body.
It can also be a viable substitute for foot reflexology when it
isn’t suitable, or other health problems prohibit it.
Reflexology is an ancient healing method. It can be used
simultaneously with conventional treatment methods to relieve a
multitude of ailments. It is a gentle and non-invasive form of
healing that originated in Egyptian and Chinese medicine over
5,000 years ago, and is still popular today. Each of our ears
contains a complete reflex map of our body, full of nerve
endings and multiple connections to our central nervous system.
Ear reflexology is based on zones and points in the ear that
relate to energy centers in the body known as meridians.
FBI to start tracking animal cruelty in 2016
Tri-City Herald - The FBI will begin tracking cases of animal cruelty
nationally in 2016, a move advocates hope will bring more attention to
the crime among law enforcement agencies and underscore the link between
animal abuse and other violent crimes. Until now, animal-related crimes
have been reported into a catch-all category in the FBI’s National
Incident Based Reporting System. The database collects crime reports
from police departments across the country.... Randour and others say
tracking animal cruelty cases is especially important because research
has shown that violence against animals can be an early indicator that a
person will be violent toward humans, and that animal abuse often occurs
alongside other crimes such as domestic violence.
Is Your Pet's Skin Itching Like Crazy? Could Be One of These 4 Things
Dr. Becker - Winter can be especially hard on your pet's skin. But, you
can retain good skin quality even in the dry winter months. First of
all, figure out which of these 4 culprits is the root cause of the
problem. And treat them to a TLC massage with this natural immune
builder.
Wednesday
- December 2, 2015 -
Today in History:
1804 - Napoleon was crowned emperor of France at the Cathedral of Notre
Dame in Paris.
1816 - The first savings bank in the U.S., the Philadelphia Savings Fund
Society, opened for business.
1823 - U.S. President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing
European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
1917 - During World War I, hostilities were suspended on the eastern
front.
1927 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled the Model A automobile. It was
the successor to the Model T.
1939 - New York's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner
from Chicago landed at 12:01 a.m.
1942 - A self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated by Dr.
Enrico Fermi and his staff at the University of Chicago.
1970 - The Environmental Protection Agency began operations.
1980 - The Central Committee of Poland’s Communist Party announced major
Politburo changes. The changes were aimed at coping with labor unrest.
1982 - Doctors at the University of Utah implanted a permanent
artificial heart in the chest of retired dentist Barney Clark. He lived
112 days with the device. The operation was the first of its kind.
1993 - The space shuttle Endeavor blasted off on a mission to fix the
Hubble Space Telescope.
1994 - The U.S. government agreed not to seek a recall of allegedly
fire-prone General Motors pickup trucks. A deal was made with GM under
which the company would spend more than $51 million on safety and
research.
1995 - NASA launched a U.S.-European observatory on a $1 billion dollar
mission intended to study the sun.
1997 - U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno declined to seek an independent
counsel investigation of telephone fund-raising by President Clinton and
Vice President Gore. She had concluded that they had not violated
election laws.
1998 - Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates donated $100 million to help
immunize children in developing countries.
2001 - Enron Corp. filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. The filing came
five days after Dynegy walked away from a $8.4 billion buyout. It was
the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
2010 - NASA announced the discovery of a new arsenic-based life form.
NATO foreign ministers agree to offer Montenegro membership
RT - NATO foreign ministers have agreed to invite Montenegro to
join the military alliance. The move is likely to lead to
further deterioration in NATO’s relations with Russia, which
sees the alliance’s expansion eastward as a threat to its
national security.... The accession of Montenegro into NATO
would force Russia to cut a number of joint projects and
programs, including military ones, warned Victor Ozerov, who
chairs the Defense and Security Committee in the Russian Senate.
The Kremlin said a response to Montenegro joining NATO would
follow, but details are still under consideration.
* Related:
Kremlin says NATO expansion to east will lead to retaliation
from Russia
Russia wants to stop ISIS’ illegal oil trade – Churkin
RT - Russia is working with the UN Security Council on a
document that would enforce stricter implementation of
Resolution 2199, which aims to curb illegal oil trade with and
by terrorist groups, Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin
told RIA Novosti. The draft resolution intends to quash the
financing of terrorist groups, including Islamic State (IS,
formerly ISIS/ISIL) extremists.... US Ambassador Samantha Power
said that America has “a shared objective” with Russia on this,
since it is also working towards bringing the financing of
terrorism to a halt. The new document is a follow-up to
Russian-sponsored Resolution 2199, which was adopted by the UN
on February 12 to put a stop to illicit oil deals with terrorist
structures using the UN Security Council’s sanctions toolkit.
The Power of Hypocrisy: Six Turkish Jets Enter Greek Airspace
Sputnik News - Six Turkish F-16 fighter jets violated Greek air
space over the Aegean Sea on Tuesday, Greece's National Defense
General Staff (GEETHA) stated.... Greek aircraft were scrambled
to intercept the Turkish jets, and force them to leave Greek
airspace, said the defense ministry. The incident is one of many
airspace violations committed by Turkey of Greek airspace; on
October 9 the Greek authorities reported 39 violations of the
country’s airspace by Turkish military aircraft.
Russia to Provide Up to $5.3Mln in Humanitarian Aid to Palestine
- Decree
Sputnik News - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev instructed
the country’s Foreign Ministry to provide up to $5.3 million in
humanitarian aid to Palestine, a document on the official
Russian legal information Internet portal said Wednesday.
According to the decree, the Russian Foreign Ministry was
ordered to coordinate conditions and methods of providing
humanitarian aid with Palestine’s authorities. Humanitarian aid
is expected to be delivered to Palestine by the end of 2015, the
decree said.
Russia To Deploy New ‘Doomsday Plane’ in Readiness For Nuclear
War
Paul Joseph Watson - Russia announced today that it would deploy
the latest version of its high-tech doomsday plane, the
Ilyushin-80, which is designated for use during nuclear war or
national emergencies. “The flying command center will be able to
coordinate the worldwide operations of its ground, naval, air
and missile forces, including nuclear weapons, as well as the
country’s satellites,” reports Debkafile. According to Global
Security, the command and control aircraft, also known as the
Maxdome, “Is meant to fly the President of Russia and/or
surviving authority figures and highest ranking members of the
Soviet (now Russian) government to safety in the event of
all-out nuclear war.” The jet is designed to be used when
command infrastructure is disrupted due to nuclear conflict and
will be, “permanently staffed with senior generals, operational
commanders and technicians,” according to the report.
Russian government ratifies economic sanctions against Turkey
RT - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a decree
prohibiting the import of food from Turkey and banning charter
flights between the two countries. This is in response to Turkey
shooting down a Russian warplane in Syria a week ago.
* Related:
Turkey could lose $20 billion over dispute with Russia
Germany commits to anti-ISIS coalition, rules out cooperation
with Assad
RT - The German government says it will join the military
campaign against Islamic State in Syria, but has ruled out any
cooperation with the country’s president Bashar Assad. The plans
will see Berlin sending 1,200 personnel to the region, but in an
advisory role. The decision to commit to the fight against
Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) was taken by Chancellor
Angela Merkel’s cabinet on Tuesday, according to a government
official cited by Reuters. Under the plans, Germany will send
Tornado reconnaissance planes, refueling aircraft, a naval
frigate and as many as 1,200 military personnel, who will be
used to support and pilot German aircraft sent to the region.
However, the move still has to gain approval from the lower
house of parliament, who will hold a vote regarding the issue on
Wednesday.
Imprisoned Al Qaeda Fighters Freed by U.S. Allies to Rejoin
Fight Against Assad
Washington’s Blog - Some of the world’s top Al Qaeda operatives
were freed from a Lebanese prison on Tuesday December 1st, to
rejoin the U.S.-led war against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad.
America’s anti-Assad ally, Qatar, the chief financiers of the
Muslim Brotherhood, negotiated with the neutralist Lebanese
government, to swap the 26 imprisoned Al Qaeda jihadists for 16
Lebanese soldiers who had been captured by Al Qaeda in Lebanon.
Lebanese and Syrian Al Qaeda are called Al Nusra. Al Nusra had
captured these soldiers in Lebanon this past summer. Lebanon
will get its 16 soldiers back, and Al Qaeda (Al Nusra) will get
its 26 fighters back, including the former wife of ISIS’s
founder, Sheikh Ibrahim Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. London’s Daily
Mail headlined about her on 21 February 2015, “Scheming Bride of
ISIS they all idolise: Mesmerising tale of wife of terror chief
who inspires girls to join bloody ranks.” So, she’s free again,
to rejoin the U.S.-led forces.
"Western firms plan to cash in on Syria’s oil and gas
‘frontier’"
Blacklisted News - US, British, French, Israeli and other energy
interests could be prime beneficiaries of military operations in
Iraq and Syria designed to rollback the power of the ‘Islamic
State’ (ISIS) and, potentially, the Bashar al-Assad regime. A
study for a global oil services company backed by the French
government and linked to Britain’s Tory-led administration,
published during the height of the Arab Spring, hailed the
significant “hydrocarbon potential” of Syria’s offshore
resources. The 2011 study was printed in GeoArabia, a petroleum
industry journal published by a Bahrain-based consultancy,
GulfPetroLink, which is sponsored by some of the world’s biggest
oil companies, including Chevron, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco,
Shell, Total, and BP.
Global Crisis: Goldman Sachs Says That Brazil Has Plunged Into
‘An Outright Depression’
Economic Collapse - One of the most important banks in the
western world says that the 7th largest economy on the entire
planet has entered a full-blown economic depression. Brazil’s
economy has now contracted for three quarters in a row, and many
analysts believe that things are going to get far worse before
they have a chance to get any better. Earlier this year, I
warned about “the South American financial crisis of 2015“, and
now it is in full swing. The surging U.S. dollar is absolutely
crushing emerging markets such as Brazil, and if the Fed raises
interest rates this month that is going to make the pain even
worse.
Greeks Told To Declare Cash "Under The Mattress", Jewelry And
Precious Stones
Zero Hedge - Here is the take of Keep Talking Greece, whose
stunned response mirrors ours. Cash "under the mattress"
totaling more than 15,000 euro, jewelry and other valuable items
such as diamonds and gemstones, should be declared to electronic
system of tax authorities, Taxisnet, as of 1 January 2016. Next
to properties and vehicles and shares, now the taxpayers will
also have to declare their deposits. And not only that. They
will have to fill if they rent bank lockers and if yes, also the
name of the bank and the branch, even if abroad. A joint
ministerial decision issued by the Ministries of Justice and
Finance indicates that taxpayers in Greece should add all their
valuables into a new category of the tax declaration, the
“Assets declaration.”
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Prison abuse victim shot dead just before he could collect $450K
settlement
RT - It was almost time for Robert Hinton to collect a $450,000
check from the City of New York as compensation for a cruel
beating at Rikers Island prison, but before he could get his
hands on it, he was murdered – and the NYPD has no lead in the
case. The $450,000 was awarded on September 14, but the city was
allowed 90 days to send the check. Hinton, 28, was on the verge
of receiving the money when he was shot in the head and the
stomach late Thanksgiving night.
US Special Operations Forces Expanding in Iraq to 'Battle ISIS'
ABC News - Defense Secretary Ash Carter told Congress today that
the U.S. would establish a special operations "targeting force"
in Iraq as part of the intensified military effort to fight
ISIS. The special operations force would conduct raids, could
free hostages held by ISIS, gather intelligence and capture ISIS
leaders in both Iraq and Syria. It is part of the broader role
for U.S. special operations forces that Carter said would occur
in the wake of the raid in late October where U.S. special
operations forces helped free 70 ISIS hostages in northern Iraq.
That same raid resulted in the death of Master Sergeant Joshua
L. Wheeler, the first American fatality from combat in Iraq
since the return of U.S. forces to that country in mid-2014.
Obama Criticizes Lack of U.S. Gun Control While in Paris,
Pledges Executive Action
Breitbart - Speaking from Paris, France, on December 1,
President Obama criticized the lack of gun control in the U.S.
and pledged to remain focused on using executive action to enact
new controls where possible.... During a press conference, Obama
was asked about the November 27 Colorado Springs Planned
Parenthood attack that killed two civilians and a police
officer. He responded by claiming “mass shootings” are a
something specifically American–a problem not witnessed in other
countries–then criticized Congressional inaction toward passing
more gun control.
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Obama’s 8 Most Idiotic Statements in Paris
Chicago police superintendent fired by mayor amid outcry over
video of shooting
Washington Post - The head of the Chicago Police Department was
fired Tuesday amid widespread criticism over how authorities
responded to the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white
police officer last year. Mayor Rahm Emanuel (D-Wall Street)
said he formally asked Garry F. McCarthy, the Chicago police
superintendent, for his resignation on Tuesday morning, a week
after video footage of the shooting was released and the officer
was charged with murder.
Black Friday breaks record with 185K gun background checks
USA Today - More Americans had their backgrounds checked
purchasing guns on Black Friday than any day in the on record,
according to data released by the FBI this week. More Americans
had their backgrounds checked purchasing guns on Black Friday
than any day in the on record, according to data released by the
FBI this week. The National Instant Criminal Background Check
System processed 185,345 requests on November 27, one of the
largest retail sales days in the country.
Ted Cruz: ‘Overwhelming Majority of Violent Criminals are
Democrats’
Mikael Thalen - “You can almost see the media salivating… hoping
desperately that the murderer happens to be a Republican.”
Speaking to the recent shooting at a Colorado Planned Parenthood
clinic during an appearance on “The Hugh Hewitt Show,” the
presidential candidate accused the Democrat party of being “soft
on crime” within its ranks. “Here is the simple and undeniable
fact – the overwhelming majority of violent criminals are
Democrats,” he said. “There is a reason why for years the
Democrats have been viewed as soft on crime. They go in and
appoint to the bench judges who release violent criminals.”
“They go in and fight to give the right to vote to convicted
felons. Why?” Cruz continued by accusing the media of covering
up the connection between the left and crime statistics, also
noting the push to point the finger at Republicans following any
violent incident. “The Democrats know that convicted felons tend
to vote Democrat,” the senator said. “The media never reports on
any of that. It doesn’t want to admit any of that.”
Hillary Invokes 9/11 AGAIN To Defend Wall St. Connections
Steve Watson - Hillary Clinton used the 9/11 attacks as
justification for accepting huge donations from Wall Street fat
cats for a SECOND TIME this week in an interview about her
Presidential campaign. In the appearance on CBS with Charlie
Rose, Hillary invoked 9/11 once again when confronted by Rose on
close connections with the financial mafia. Rose asked if
Clinton believes she has “suffered from the fact that” some say
she is “too close to Wall Street.” Clinton shot back “So yes, do
I know people? And did I help rebuild after 9/11? Yes, I did.”
It seems that Hillary’s default position on the matter is to
just blurt out “9/11” and hope that any detractors shut up about
it. Clinton has received sizeable donations from officials at
Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase to
name a few. But never mind, because 9/11.
Trump Will Debate if CNN Donates $5M
Truth Revolt - On Monday, presidential candidate Donald Trump
demanded that CNN donate $5M to veterans if they want him to
participate in the next GOP debate. “I won’t do the debate
unless they pay me 5 million dollars,” Trump said. Back in
September, Trump wrote a letter to CNN president Jeff Zucker and
said “While I refuse to brag, and you know very well, this
tremendous increase in viewer interest is due 100% to ‘Donald J.
Trump.” Due to the interest in the debate, Trump said, at the
time, Zucker should donate all the profits that CNN was
receiving from increased advertising rates to veterans groups.
Trump made his new demand at a campaign rally in Macon,
Georgia.... The next GOP presidential debate is schedule for
December 15 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
U.S. Total Debt Soars By $674 Billion In November
Zero Hedge - When the US reached a debt ceiling deal in the
beginning of November, it was common knowledge that there would
be a debt accrual "catch up" to make up for lost time when the
US was operating under emergency measures to avoid breach of the
debt ceiling. And sure enough, when the accurate total debt
number was released on November 2, this was indeed the case,
when we learned that the US had added some $339 billion in debt
during the "emergency measures" period. However, what is unclear
is how in the remaining 4 weeks of November, the US managed to
add another $335 billion in total debt, bringing the total
increase for the month of November to a whopping $674 billion,
and total US debt to a record $18.827 trillion.
Big Banks Suffer Rare Fail as Congressional Deal Cuts Nearly $1
Billion a Year in Handouts
The Intercept - Big banks will lose a portion of a
multi-billion-dollar government handout they’ve enjoyed for over
100 years, thanks to a compromise highway bill released Tuesday.
One estimate pegged the loss to the banks at $8 billion to $9
billion over a 10-year time frame. The bill, as it emerged from
a House-Senate conference committee, pays for roads, bridges and
mass transit projects in part by reducing what is currently a 6
percent annual dividend on stock that the big banks buy to
become members of the Federal Reserve system. Fed membership
offers many perks, from access to processing payments to cheap
borrowing. But the dividend could be the sweetest gift, because
banks cannot ever lose money on the stock; they’re even paid out
if their regional Fed bank disbands. Despite the total lack of
risk, member banks have received the 6 percent dividend payout
every year since 1913.
Quest to drill into Earth’s mantle restarts
Indian Ocean expedition resumes a six-decade campaign to bore
right through the planet’s crust. Jules Verne would have dug
this plan: drill into the sea floor, through kilometres of the
planet’s rocky crust to penetrate the denser underlying mantle.
It is one of geology’s classic quests, conceived almost 60 years
ago, at the peak of the plate-tectonics revolution. Since then,
many have attempted it and failed. But an expedition starting
this month is taking up the challenge once again.
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'trigger mega earthquake'
Dangerous Chemotherapy Treatments Now Being Pushed for Some of
the Fastest-Growing Diseases in America
Natural Blaze - “If a drug has been approved for one use,
physicians may elect to use this same drug for other problems if
they believe it may be helpful,” according to ChemoCare, a
chemotherapy informational site funded by The Scott Hamilton
Cares Initiative. Cytoxan® was never approved for the treatment
of lupus, arthritis, or vasculitis; and CellCept® was never
approved for lupus. How is this possible? According to the Mayo
Clinic Proceedings, “The FDA does not limit or control how the
medications are prescribed by physicians once the medications
are available on the market,” therefore any commercially
approved drug can be used to treat anything as long as the
doctor decided to do so. Believe it or not this is a fairly
common practice as about 21% of prescription were an off-label
use in 2006; in an intensive care unit the number was over 36%.
Oh, the tragic irony: These "life-saving" cancer drugs could eat
up your entire life savings in under a year
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for average Americans isn't just getting ripped off while
suffering horrific side effects as a result of taking drugs —
it's the threat of going bankrupt simply due to having a chronic
illness for which the medical-industrial complex now prescribes
"cures" that cost upwards of tens of thousands of dollars to
manage.... Here's an overview of some of these so-called
experimental drugs and the costs associated with each...
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Tuesday
- December 1, 2015 -
Today in History:
1835 - Hans Christian Andersen published his first book of fairy tales.
1913 - The first drive-in automobile service station opened, in
Pittsburgh, PA.
1941 - In the U.S., the Civil Air Patrol was created. In April 1943 the
Civil Air Patrol was placed under the jurisdiction of the Army Air
Forces.
1942 - In the U.S., nationwide gasoline rationing went into effect.
1952 - In Denmark, it was announced that the first successful sex-change
operation had been performed.
1955 - Rosa Parks, a black seamstress in Montgomery, AL, refused to give
up her seat to a white man. Mrs. Parks was arrested marking a milestone
in the civil rights movement in the U.S.
1959 - 12 countries, including the U.S. and USSR, signed a treaty that
set aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve, which would be free from
military activity.
1965 - An airlift of refugees from Cuba to the United States began.
1969 - The U.S. government held its first draft lottery since World War
II.
1984 - A remote-controlled Boeing 720 jetliner was deliberately crashed
into California's Mojave Desert to test an anti-flame fuel additive. The
test proved to be disappointing.
1986 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan said he would welcome an
investigation of the Iran-Contra affair if it were recommended by the
Justice Department.
1987 - Construction began on the Channel Tunnel between the United
Kingdom and France.
1987 - NASA announced four companies had been given contracts to help
build a space station. The companies were Boeing Aerospace, G. E.'s
Astro-Space Division, McDonnell Douglas Aeronautics, and Rocketdyne
Division of Rockwell International.
1990 - Iraq accepted a U.S. offer to talk about resolving the Persian
Gulf crisis.
1994 - The U.S. Senate gave final congressional approval to the
124-nation General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.
1998 - Exxon announced that it was buying Mobil for $73.7 billion
creating the largest company in the world to date.
2013 - Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos revealed "Amazon Prime Air" on "60
Minutes." The services was planned to use unmanned aerial vehicles to
deliver packages to customers.
By ‘covering’ Turkey politically, NATO took responsibility for
downing of Russian Su-24 – envoy
RT - By refusing to render an opinion on Turkey’s “intentional”
downing of Russia’s bomber over Syria, and instead providing
Ankara with political backing, NATO’s leadership has taken
responsibility for the incident, Russia’s NATO envoy, Aleksandr
Grushko, said. Grushko gave his comments to reporters on Monday
after it emerged that he had met with NATO’s Deputy
Secretary-General Alexander Vershbow to discuss the November 24
incident when a Russian Su-24 bomber was shot down by a Turkish
F-16 while striking terrorist positions in Syria.
Turkey Won't Let Russian Ships Into Bosphorus
Sputnik News - In a clear violation of international norms,
Turkish authorities have created hurdles for Russian vessels
passing through the Bosphorus Strait; as a result, dozens of
Russian ships have been waiting for hours to obtain the green
light from Turkey for passage, media reports said. RIA Novosti
quoted Viktor Kravchenko, former chief of staff of the Russian
Navy, as saying that a possible unilateral closure by Turkey of
the Bosphorus Strait for Russian ships would be out of line with
international law.
World War III Draws Closer As Russia Accuses Turkey Of Being
‘Secret Allies’ With ISIS
Economic Collapse - Are Russia and Turkey on the verge of going
to war? In remarks that were almost entirely ignored by the
western media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused
the Turkish government of being “secret allies” with ISIS on
Friday. And on Monday, the Russians announced that they would be
attempting to seal the border between Syria and Turkey, and we
also learned that the Russians have been rushing heavy artillery
units into Syria. As tensions between Russia and Turkey continue
to escalate, could we be in danger of seeing World War III erupt
in the Middle East?
BRICS bank to begin borrowing in yuan
RT - The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) could start operations
by borrowing in the Chinese currency, according to the bank’s
Vice President Vladimir Kazbekov.... “Considering the stability
of the Chinese currency and the scale of the Chinese debt
market, I think that one of the first steps in providing the New
Development Bank with funds may be entering the Chinese market
to borrow in yuan," Kazbekov said on Tuesday at the opening of a
BRICS media summit in Beijing.
Russia Sends NATO A Clear Message By Arming Fighter Jets With
First Air-To-Air Missiles
Zero Hedge - US and Russian military officials signed a
memorandum of understanding that included steps their pilots
should take to avoid an inadvertent clash over Syria as they
carry out separate air strikes against armed groups. That MoU
has now been shredded, as it certainly did not involve Russian
fighter jets operating above Syria being armed with short and
medium range air-to-air missiles as a direct threat to other
fighter jets also operating above Syria - mostly those of
Turkey, France and the US… Igor Klimov, spokesman for the
Russian Air Force, said that "today, Russian Su-34
fighter-bombers have made their first sortie equipped not only
with high explosive aviation bombs and hollow charge bombs, but
also with short- and medium-range air-to-air missiles The planes
are equipped with missiles for defensive purposes."
Erdogan Says Will Resign If Oil Purchases From ISIS Proven After
Putin Says Has "More Proof"
Zero Hedge - On Monday, Putin was back at it, saying that Russia
has obtained new information that further implicates Turkey in
the Islamic State oil trade… [Erdogan] now says he will resign
if Putin (or anyone else) can present "proof"… The real question
is how NATO will react now that Turkey is quickly becoming a
liability. Furthermore, you can be sure that the US, Saudi
Arabia, and Qatar (who are all heavily invested in the Sunni
extremist cause in Syria), are getting nervous. No one wants to
see this blown wide open as that would mean the Western public
getting wise to the fact that it is indeed anti-ISIS coalition
governments that are funding and arming not only ISIS, but also
al-Nusra and every other rebel group fighting to wrest control
of the country from Assad. Worse, if it gets out that the reason
the US has refrained from bombing ISIS oil trucks until now is
due to the fact that Ankara and Washington had an understanding
when it comes to the flow of illicit crude to Cehyan, the
American public may just insist on indicting "some folks."
Prosecutors ban Soros Foundation as ‘threat to Russian national
security’
RT - In a statement released on Monday, prosecutors said the
activities of the Open Society Institute and the Open Society
Institute Assistance Foundation were a threat to the foundations
of Russia’s Constitutional order and national security. They
added that the Justice Ministry would be duly informed about
these conclusions and would add the two groups to Russia’s list
of undesirable foreign organizations. Prosecutors launched a
probe into the activities of the two organizations - both
sponsored by the well-known US financier George Soros - in July
this year, after Russian senators approved the so-called
“patriotic stop-list” of 12 groups that required immediate
attention over their supposed anti-Russian activities. Other
groups on the list included the National Endowment for
Democracy; the International Republican Institute; the National
Democratic Institute; the MacArthur Foundation and Freedom
House.
Saudi Interbank Rates Soar, Deposits Flee As Cash Crunch
Intensifies
Zero Hedge - Faced with a sharp deterioration in government
finances, the Saudis have resorted to tapping the bond market
and delaying contractor payments in an effort to avoid further
depletion of the kingdom's SAMA reserves. Now, Saudi banks are
bleeding private and public sector deposits, while interbank
rates have spiked the most since 2008.
14,000 Undocumented Migrants Vanish Without a Trace in Sweden
Sputnik News - The country's Migration Agency told 21,748 people
to leave Sweden a month ago, Aftonbladet reported on Friday, but
now 14,140 of them have been listed as "departed" or "wanted,"
with no further information. Some are thought to be keeping a
low profile somewhere within the country; others are believed to
have crossed the Swedish border. "We simply don't know where
they are," the newspaper quoted Patrik Engström, Director of
Sweden's National Operations Division (NOA), as saying. The
remaining 7,608 migrants, awaiting deportation, are reportedly
either in custody, still living in refugee centers or have
registered private addresses.
Sweden: “No Apartments, No Jobs, No Shopping Without A Gun”
Zero Hedge - The Swedes see the welfare systems failing them.
Swedes have had to get used to the government prioritizing
refugees and migrants above native Swedes. "There are no
apartments, no jobs, we don't dare go shopping anymore [without
a gun], but we're supposed to think everything's great. ...
Women and girls are raped by these non-European men, who come
here claiming they are unaccompanied children, even though they
are grown men. ... You Cabinet Ministers live in your fancy
residential neighborhoods, with only Swedish neighbors. It
should be obligatory for all politicians to live for at least
three months in an area consisting mostly of immigrants... [and]
have to use public transport." -- Laila, to the Prime Minister.
Is the Trip Worth the Gas? Paris Climate Talks Spew 300,000 Tons
of CO2
Sputnik News - When taking into account all of the far-reaching
cities from which attendees are traveling, the average distance
per traveler is roughly 9,000 miles. Most of those journeys will
be taken by airplane, which means when making a conservative
calculation, 27 million gallons of jet fuel will be used to
ferry individuals to and from Paris. "When burned, every one of
those 27 million gallons of jet fuel releases about 21 pounds of
carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Added up, all those planes
flying to the Paris climate talks will release about 575 million
pounds of CO2," Nick Stockton writes for Wired… In light of
these facts, maybe a global, 50,000-person conference call would
have been more appropriate.
UN Climate Summit: Causes of Climate Change “Unequal
Distribution of Wealth and Power”
Gateway Pundit - Over the past several years the Global Warming
fanatics have changed their tune. Many of us in the “new” media
have been warning about their true motives for year. Now,
instead of the climate crisis being caused by carbon emissions,
it is being caused by inequality. On Monday, during a press
conference at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in
Paris, Ms. Camille Risler, a representative of the Asia Pacific
Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) which is an
organization listed as an official consultant to the United
Nations Economic and Social Council, stated that the cause of
Climate Change is the unequal distribution of wealth, carbon,
and power... Ms. Risler goes on to say that the solution to the
Climate crisis is to create more “just and equitable economies”.
Roughly translated that means an economy based along the lines
of Socialism and Communism.
Ban on Tuna Labeled Dolphin-Safe Shows How TPP Will Crush
Consumer Rights
The Anti Media - In the last 25 years, dolphin-safe labeling of
tuna managed to reduce unnecessary annual deaths of the mammals
from over 100,000 to only 3,000—an astounding 97% reduction—but
the World Trade Organization just effectively nullified this
critical program. In order to placate Mexico as a member nation
of the upcoming (and seemingly inevitable) Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP), the WTO deemed dolphin-safe labeling a
“technical barrier to trade”—even though that
environmentally-conscious label is voluntary and applies equally
to domestic and foreign companies.... This ruling by the WTO is
the fourth and final against U.S. attempts to continue
dolphin-safe labeling, despite modifications and improvements
that sought to rectify any difficulty experienced by the Mexican
tuna fishing industry. Rejecting claims the label is both
“legitimate” for the protection of dolphins and important for
“the conservation of exhaustible natural resources,” the WTO’s
decision stated the voluntary label has been applied
“arbitrarily.”
Unimaginable Carnage From Fukushima - Killing Pacific Ocean
News With Views - One of the most prominent of them is Dr Helen
Caldicott, an Australian physician and long time anti-nuclear
activist who warns of "horrors to come" in Fukushima. Chris
Busby, a professor at the University of Ulster known for his
alarmist views, generated controversy during a Japan visit last
month when he said the disaster would result in more than 1
million deaths. "Fukushima is still boiling its radionuclides
all over Japan," he said. "Chernobyl went up in one go. So
Fukushima is worse."
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Chicago cop who fatally shot teen makes bail
USA Today - A Chicago police officer facing a first-degree
murder charge for shooting a teen 16 times was released from
county jail Monday evening, hours after a judge set bond at $1.5
million. Officer Jason Van Dyke had been in jail since Tuesday
after prosecutors charged him with the Oct. 20, 2014, shooting
of Laquan McDonald. Also on Tuesday, the city released dashcam
video that shows the teen, who is black, being shot by Van Dyke,
who is white. Ben Breit, a Cook County sheriff's department
spokesman, said late Monday afternoon that Van Dyke posted bail
— 10% of the bail set by the judge, or $150,000 — and was
released.
Obama signs NDAA, approving $800 million aid to ‘moderate’
Syrians, Kiev
RT - Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
of 2016 on the eve of Thanksgiving, a four-day holiday for most
Americans. He previously vetoed the $612 billion bill in a
well-publicized ceremony in October, arguing that the lawmakers
dodged the spending limits by shifting money into the
warfighting slush fund. Although Congress then trimmed the bill
down to $607 billion, the cuts did not affect the $300 million
aid to the Ukrainian government, or the “zombie” surveillance
blimp program that has cost nearly $3 billion so far. It also
left almost $500 million dedicated to arming and training
“moderate rebels” in Syria – a program the Pentagon had already
abandoned.
Unholy Alliance: Christian Charities Profit from $1 Billion Fed
Program to Resettle Refugees, 40 Percent Muslim
Breitbart - Though they are officially “non-profit”
organizations, Catholic Charities, Lutheran Social Services, and
several other Christian organizations are profiting from
lucrative contracts with the federal government to resettle
refugees in the United States. Of the 100,000 refugees resettled
in the United States in 2014 under the Refugee Resettlement
program, an estimated 40 percent were Muslims. In FY 2015, the
State Department, through the Bureau of Population, Refugees and
Migration and the Office of Refugee Resettlement, spent more
than $1 billion on these programs, which settled international
refugees “vetted” by the United Nations High Commission on
International Refugees in all 50 states and the District of
Columbia. The federal government spent hundreds of millions of
dollars more than that on refugees, however. The Department of
Health and Human Services also provided a number of
“entitlements” to these refugees. Much of this $1 billion in
annual revenue goes to voluntary agencies (VOLAGs), several of
which are Christian non-profits, such as Catholic Charities,
Lutheran Social Services, World Relief Corporation, Church World
Service, and Domestic and Foreign Missionary Service of the
Episcopal Church of the USA.
Texas Doubles Down: Threatens to Sue Groups Bringing Syrian
Refugees
Breitbart - Texas officials are doubling-down on their
opposition to Syrian refugees settling in the state. Help them
and we may sue you and may terminate your funding from the
state, state officials warn.
Texas Health and Human Services Commissioner Chris Traylor sent
letters and admonished agencies in the state who help Syrian
refugees while refusing to cooperate with Texas officials,
saying, “I must ask that you fulfill your statutory duty to
conduct your activities ‘in close cooperation and advance
consultation’ with the State of Texas pursuant to section 1522
of Title 8 of the United States Code.”
Pentagon Slush Funds: How the US Gets to Buy Its Expensive New
Weapons
Sputnik News - US has set ambitious plans to modernize all three
legs of its nuclear triad over the next thirty years, already
awarding contracts to various defense contractors. However
here's the rub – where can it get the money for weapons it can
barely afford?... There are certain “budget gimmickries” that
the US can use, according to Sarah Tully, a Policy Analyst at
the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation and Council
for a Livable World. “One option is to divvy up the bill, paying
for all or part of the program from a pot of money apart from
the normal budget,” she wrote in an article for The National
Interest magazine. “Congress is currently working to create a
loophole to pay for the navy’s leg of the nuclear triad, its
submarines, outside of its standard budget: the so-called
National Sea-Based Deterrence Fund, a scheme set up by Congress
to fund the Ohio-class replacement subs,” the author adds.
White House Demands Congress Pass Gun Control For Christmas
Breitbart - The Obama administration is pressing for gun
control, repeating a demand that Congress pass a ban on gun
ownership for Americans on the no-fly list. “If the U.S.
Government has determined that it is too dangerous for you to
board a plane then you shouldn’t be able to buy a gun,” White
House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said during a press
conference in Paris today.
McCain: Trump’s Rhetoric Turning Muslims Against the U.S.
Breitbart - Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” Sen. John McCain
said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s rhetoric
was turning Muslims “against the United States of America.”
McCain said, “As all of our candidates bloviate about the
refugees, Bashar Assad is a major cause of the refugees which
are now flooding Europe and causing such consternation in the
United States.” When asked specifically about Donald Trumps
rhetoric McCain said, “I think it has an interesting effect of
turning Muslims all over the world against the United States of
America which is 99 and 44/100 percent of people who practice
honorable religion. By the way, the fact is that we can succeed
here and ISIS is not that strong but the longer they say in
power the more this poison spreads and metastasizes from as far
away from Afghanistan, Africa, other parts of the world.”
Number Of Millennials Living In Parents' Basement Climbs
(Again); Weddings Blamed (Again)
Zero Hedge - According to a study by the Pew Research Center in
Washington, 36.4% of young women have now moved back to the
basement, so to speak. The culprit: weddings. No, really. From
Bloomberg: Eternal happiness can wait. Millennials are much less
likely to be married than their parents were at their age, and
marriage often serves as an impetus to move out… Of course the
real reason why 18-34 year-olds are moving home is because the
US economic "recovery" is characterized by a labor market that,
far from being a "robust" creator of breadwinner jobs, actually
churns out bartenders and waiters. The sad thing is, between
lackluster wage growth, crippling student debt, and bad decision
making when it comes to picking a college major, some
millennials are finding out that serving drinks is a far better
way to make ends meet than taking a full-time job for a meager
salary that all but guarantees you a spot among America's
growing peasantry…
The Pentagon, The Climate Elephant. The US Military Machine is
the World’s Worst Polluter of Greenhouse
Global Research - The US military machine, is the world’s
biggest institutional consumer of petroleum products and the
world’s worst polluter of greenhouse gas emissions. The role of
the US military is not on the agenda of the Paris COP21 Climate
Conference.... It is well understood by every possible
measurement that the Pentagon, the U.S. military machine, is the
world’s biggest institutional consumer of petroleum products and
the world’s worst polluter of greenhouse gas emissions and many
other toxic pollutants. Yet the Pentagon has a blanket exemption
in all international climate agreements. Ever since the Kyoto
Accords or Kyoto Protocol negotiations in 1998, in an effort to
gain U.S. compliance, all U.S. military operations worldwide and
within the U.S. are exempt from measurement or agreements on
reduction. The U.S. Congress passed an explicit provision
guaranteeing U.S. military exemptions. (Interpress Service, May
20, 1998)
Humans Mold Animals at Will: Gene Editing Hits Full Throttle
AllGov - Researchers have taken gene manipulation to a new level
and are now able to edit out unwanted characteristics from
animals while adding in more desirable traits. Whether this
should be pursued is another question… Bruce Whitelaw, a
professor of animal biotechnology at the Roslin Institute at the
University of Edinburgh, told the Times. “It’s going to change
the societal question from, ‘If we could do it, would we want
it?’ to, ‘Next year we will have it; will we allow it?’”…
Gene-edited animals used as food is indeed a particular concern.
There may be some as-yet unknown problem with gene editing that
could cause a problem for humans down the road, so farmers are
taking a wait-and-see attitude… Human gene manipulation is the
logical next step, a prospect that excites some (curing disease)
and frightens others. “Picture the precision and ease of the
find-and-replace function on a word document -- that’s how easy
it now is to change the human genome,” wrote Huffington Post’s
Lila Shapiro. “What happens if it ends up in the wrong hands? If
sci-fi has taught us anything, it’s that it won’t end well.”
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
FDA Approves Controversial Drug To Beef Up Farm Animals Despite
Being Reported As The Most Dangerous
(NaturalNews) If it’s been deemed bad in other countries, that’s
often when the United States comes in and welcomes it with open
arms. In this case, we’re talking about the fact that a
California judge recently dismissed two lawsuits that claimed
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) illegally approved a
harmful drug additive – ractopamine hydrochloride – used in
animal feed.
CBS: Studies Shows Ritalin ‘may not treat ADHD’ & can cause poor
sleep
Health Nut News - There were nearly a million prescriptions for
Ritalin, the best known brand name of the drug methylphenidate,
and related drugs dispensed last year. ADHD affects an estimated
5 per cent of children; sufferers may have difficulty focusing
attention and remaining “on task” and show excessively impulsive
behavior and hyperactivity. The review, published in the
Cochrane Library, found that Ritalin appeared to produce modest
improvements in symptoms, general behavior and quality of life,
but the researchers said that the quality of evidence was poor.
There were also signs that children on the drug were more likely
to experience sleep problems and loss of appetite, leading the
researchers to urge more caution in its use.
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Ritalin
Schedule II Substance Side Effects and Warnings
New Flu Vaccine Contains Adjuvant Linked to Gulf War Illness
Health Nut News - ...the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
has approved a new flu vaccine with an adjuvant added to try the
coming season.... Known as Squalene, the oil-based adjuvant is
claimed to boost immunity. And while it has been used in
European vaccines, in the US, it has been restricted in use. The
reason is most probably the reported adverse effects, like
autoimmune diseases caused in lab animals on which the vaccine
was tested. The most serious and well-known of these effects is
the condition called Gulf War Syndrome... One fourth of the war
vets in the Gulf wars experienced the illness characterized by
chronic fatigue, muscle aches and pain, and a range of
cardiovascular, neurologic, and respiratory problems as well as
psychological issues like depression and sleep issues like
insomnia. Research found strong link to anthrax vaccine
administered to the military personnel in these wars. Now the
same Squalene-carrying flu vaccine has been approved for
civilian use...
Move Over Kale: Four Healthy Greens You Need to Try
Natural Blaze - If you haven’t added healthy greens to your
eating plan, you’re missing out! They are not only incredibly
nutritious, they are readily available, inexpensive, and
delicious. You know the most common leafy greens such as kale,
spinach, broccoli, and lettuce. There are articles about them
everywhere and their benefits have been proven beyond a doubt.
Today, I want to talk to you about healthy greens you might not
have considered yet.