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March 10, 2015

Mar 10 09:26

For the First Time Ever, a Prosecutor Will Go to Jail for Wrongfully Convicting an Innocent Man

Today in Texas, former prosecutor and judge Ken Anderson pled guilty to intentionally failing to disclose evidence in a case that sent an innocent man, Michael Morton, to prison for the murder of his wife. When trying the case as a prosecutor, Anderson possessed evidence that may have cleared Morton, including statements from the crime's only eyewitness that Morton wasn't the culprit. Anderson sat on this evidence, and then watched Morton get convicted. While Morton remained in prison for the next 25 years, Anderson's career flourished, and he eventually became a judge.

In today's deal, Anderson pled to criminal contempt, and will have to give up his law license, perform 500 hours of community service, and spend 10 days in jail. Anderson had already resigned in September from his position on the Texas bench.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

So this prosecutor/judge wrongfully wrecked a man's life (after he lost his wife), and this guy gets ten days in jail?!?

Mar 10 09:24

Tamerlane Tsarnaeva recruited via the Georgian Foundation

Google translate: At the disposal of "Izvestia" has documents Counterintelligence Department Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, confirming that the Georgian organization "Caucasian fund" to cooperate with the US non-profit organization "Jamestown" (the board of directors of NGOs previously entered one of the ideologists of US foreign policy, Zbigniew Brzezinski), was engaged in recruiting residents North Caucasus to work in the interests of the United States and Georgia.

According to the reports of Colonel Chief Directorate Counterintelligence Department Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia Gregory Chanturia to the Minister of Internal Affairs Irakli Garibashvili, "Caucasian fund" in cooperation with the Foundation "Jamestown" in the summer of 2012 conducted workshops and seminars for young people of the Caucasus, including its Russian part. Some of them attended Tsarnaev Tamerlane, who was in Russia from January to July 2012.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

The plot thickens! Tamerlane Tsarnaev attended a CIA-sponsored workshop!

Mar 10 09:20

New Snowden Documents: CIA Has Spent 10 Years Hacking iPhones, iPads

Newly released documents obtained via NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have revealed that the CIA attempted for a decade to gain access to data on Apple’s i devices as part of the intelligence establishment’s continued mass spying program.

“Studying both ‘physical’ and “non-invasive” techniques, U.S. government-sponsored research has been aimed at discovering ways to decrypt and ultimately penetrate Apple’s encrypted firmware,” The Intercept report by Glenn Greenwald states.

The CIA set its sights on accessing user data on iPhones and iPads all over the globe, according to the documents, as well as attempting to introduce backdoors to the devices, in order to monitor them at will.

Mar 10 09:19

New Zealand PM Retracts Vow to Resign if Mass Surveillance Is Shown

So now that it’s proven that New Zealand does exactly that which Prime Minister Key vowed would cause him to resign if it were proven, is he preparing his resignation speech? No: that’s something a political official with a minimal amount of integrity would do. Instead – even as he now refuses to say what he has repeatedly said before: that GCSB does not engage in mass surveillance – he’s simply retracting his pledge as though it were a minor irritant, something to be casually tossed aside:


Mar 10 09:00

Jeb Bush believes net neutrality rules are the 'craziest ideas'

Former Florida governor Jeb Bush is almost certainly running for president in 2016, and he's recently been weighing in on several hot button topics. Last month, he dumped the email addresses and social security numbers of hundreds of Florida residents online "in the spirit of transparency" before almost immediately attempting to undo it. Now, young Bush has some thoughts on net neutrality. Speaking at the Cedar Rapids Pizza Ranch in Iowa this weekend, Bush criticized President Obama's stance on internet regulation, saying it would "stifle competition, stifle innovation."


Mar 10 09:00

Poll: Fox News most trusted network

Fox News has the most trusted network and cable news coverage in the United States, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Monday. But network TV is much less trustworthy than it was in the days of Walter Cronkite, American voters say.

Mar 10 08:40

Russia’s Remarkable Renaissance

Something remarkable is taking place in Russia, and it’s quite different from what we might expect. Rather than feel humiliated and depressed Russia is undergoing what I would call a kind of renaissance, a rebirth as a nation. This despite or in fact because the West, led by the so-called neo-conservatives in Washington, is trying everything including war on her doorstep in Ukraine, to collapse the Russian economy, humiliate Putin and paint Russians generally as bad. In the process, Russia is discovering positive attributes about her culture, her people, her land that had long been forgotten or suppressed.

Mar 10 08:34

Stone tool in Oregon forces archaeologists to rethink settlement timeline

An ancient stone tool, carved from a piece of agate, was recently uncovered in the high desert of Oregon. Most significantly, the tool was unearthed from beneath an undisturbed layer of ash linked to a Mount St. Helens eruption 15,800 years ago.

"When we had the volcanic ash identified, we were stunned because that would make this stone tool one of the oldest artifacts in North America," excavation leader Patrick O'Grady, an archaeologist at the University of Oregon, said in a press release. "Given those circumstances and the laws of stratigraphy, this object should be older than the ash."

Mar 10 08:32

Cops across the U.S. are being disciplined, not for brutality, but for not writing enough tickets

As there is no money in solving murders or preventing rapes, police departments in America have focused their duties on traffic citations and the drug war. Both of these venues are highly profitable for departments.

City and state governments have become so addicted to these revenue streams that we are now seeing full-on military raids on people in fruitless attempts to find drugs and money. Along with the drug raids, we are seeing police officers forced to collect a certain amount of revenue through traffic enforcement, or risk losing their jobs.

Over the weekend, 4 more state troopers from Tennessee exposed their department for enforcing a quota system. There would be many more according to the troopers, but their fellow cops are afraid to speak up for fear of retaliation.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Maybe instead of shooting peoples' dogs they can ticket them under the leash laws? That might ease the tensions somewhat!

Mar 10 08:17

Apple Watch May Be DOA As Cook Admits Battery Life As Low As 3 Hours

The Apple Watch may be pretty... but you are going to need up to 8 of them to make it through a full day. While Tim Cook proclaimed 18 hours of "all-day battery-life" - itself not particularly impressive compared to competing products, hidden deep in Apple Watch's product page is a little admission that battery life (in use) could be as low as 3 hours...

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Oops!

Like, "Google Glass" oops!

And who wants to pay hundreds and possibly thousands of dollars for a watch that will have to be "upgraded" every three years? I prefer my solar-powered CASIO which barring accidents should last me the rest of my life.

Mar 10 08:13

Forced Adult Vaccinations HHS Comment Period Extended To March 23, 2015

Health and Human Services has extended the comment period for The National Adult Immunization Plan (NAIP) that was published in the Federal Register on February 6, 2015, Volume 80, Number 25, pages 6721-6722, from March 9th to Monday, March 23rd, 2015.

Comments can be sent via the U.S. Postal Service or electronically by Internet email to the following addresses:

• Electronic responses are preferred and may be addressed to: Rebecca.Fish@hhs.gov.

• Written responses should be addressed to: National Vaccine Program Office, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 200 Independence Avenue SW., Room 733G, Washington, DC 20201.


Mar 10 08:12

Euro Nears Parity With U.S. Dollar

The euro is nearing parity with the U.S. dollar as the common currency sank to a 12-year low of €1.0735 versus the greenback on Tuesday. The euro’s fall is fueled by falling European bond yields, concerns about Greece, and the overall grim outlook for the global economy.

There is no fuss, no sense of urgency, just a matter-of-fact move lower for the single unit that is now backed by a quantitative easing (QE) program. The onset of large-scale European Central Bank (ECB) QE is also weighing heavily on the EUR. This is allowing the mighty USD to continue to rack up multiyear highs across a number of currency fronts; supported by stronger U.S. fundamental data (strong U.S. jobs and full employment) and some hawkish Federal Reserve talk.

(*ie. bull$#!^
we're at war with the whole world)

Mar 10 08:09

Flight MH 370 – Where Did It Go ? Michael Rivero - March 9, 2015

Mar 10 08:01

A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering

In case you’re not familiar with SSL and its successor TLS, what you should know is that they're the most important security protocols on the Internet. In a world full of untrusted networks, SSL and TLS are what makes modern communication possible.

Or rather, that’s the theory. In practice, SSL and TLS have been a more like a work in progress. In part this is because they were developed during an era when modern cryptographic best practices weren't nailed down yet. But more to the point: it's because even when the crypto is right, many software implementations still get things wrong.

With all that in mind, there’s a third aspect of SSL/TLS that doesn't get nearly as much attention. That is: the SSL protocol itself was deliberately designed to be broken.

Let me explain what I mean by that.


Mar 10 08:00

Jesse Jackson backs Garcia over Emanuel for Chicago mayor

Mayoral candidate Jesus "Chuy" Garcia got the endorsement of the Rev. Jesse Jackson on Monday as both the challenger and Mayor Rahm Emanuel compete for the crucial African-American vote ahead of next month's runoff election.

Mar 10 07:59

Hillary Clinton’s Long History of Targeting Women

Hillary Clinton’s expected presidential campaign is being built around women’s issues, but women who have gotten in the way of her family’s political goals in the past have often been subjected to her wrath.

As Clinton has appeared at multiple events for women over the past several weeks, her record as an advocate for women has come under increased scrutiny.

Mar 10 07:58

Pres. Obama Picks Another Fight; This Time Venezuela

The Obama Administration, which in 2009 provided the crucial assistance that enabled the progressive democratic President of Honduras to be overthrown and a junta of oligarchs to replace him; and which in 2014 perpetrated a bloody coup that replaced the corrupt but democratically elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, replaced by a rabidly anti-Russian equally corrupt Government, and thus sparked Ukraine’s civil war against the area of Ukraine that had voted 90% for Yanukovych; is now again trying to overthrow Venezuela’s democratically elected President, Nicolas Maduro.

Mar 10 07:56

Secede? Separatists Claim Texas Never Joined United States

The group’s Valentine’s Day meeting in Bryan had barely started at a Veterans of Foreign Wars hall — each woman in the audience had been handed a rose — when several local, state and federal law enforcement officials burst through the door. No one was arrested in the raid, which included F.B.I. agents, but dozens of the group’s supporters were detained. Some were fingerprinted, and cellphones and briefcases were confiscated from others.

The authorities said the raid was part of an investigation into a batch of letters the Republic of Texas had sent to a judge and a lawyer in Kerrville, Tex. They noted that those with ties to the group have taken their nationalist beliefs to violent extremes in the past, including a seven-day standoff with the authorities in 1997 that ended with a gun battle in which one group member was killed. The group’s leaders said that officials behind the recent raid had overreacted with a show of force and that the letters were lawful.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

The media is trying to portray these people as kooks, but under the letter of the law, they are correct. Following Texas independence from Mexico, the US Congress voted to annex Texas in 1845 (which under international laws was not legally binging in a foreign nation, which Texas was at the time). While defenders of the legality of Texas statehood claim that the majority of Texans voted for annexation in a referendum, there is no evidence that such a referendum was actually held across the entire territory.

This is not a government that abides by either its own laws or international laws. It declares its own actions legal and identical actions by foreign governments as legal, such as the supposed annexation of Crimea by Russia. Hawaii was annexed by a joint resolution of Congress (which under international laws was not legally binging in a foreign nation, which Hawaii was at the time) without even the pretense of a referendum of the people, and ignoring massive petitions by the Hawaii people against annexation. In 1993 the United States officially admitted the annexation of Hawaii was illegal, and has offered to make amends by reducing the indigenous Hawaiian population to the status of a Native American tribe sequestered away on a reservation.


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Mar 10 07:33

Some ex-Caesars employees lose retirement income because of bankruptcy

An undisclosed number of former Caesars Entertainment Corp. employees have lost their retirement income because of the casino company’s bankruptcy restructuring of its largest operating division.

The retired employees were notified by the company through a form letter/memorandum that was sent Jan. 15, the same day Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. filed a pre-packaged Chapter 11 bankruptcy plan in Chicago that is expected to eliminate $10 billion of debt.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Screw the workers, but save the casino!

Mar 10 07:32

FLASHBACK - A tale told by their e-mails

It's always the e-mails.

Warren Trepp was getting ready to take his friends, then-Rep. Jim Gibbons and his wife, Dawn, on an expensive cruise in 2005, a cruise Trepp had paid for, when his wife sent him a reminder e-mail:

"I know you are busy," Jal Trepp wrote, according to documents in possession of the Justice Department. "Please don't forget to bring the money you promised Jim and Dawn on the trip."

An alarmed Trepp responded: "Don't you ever send this kind of message to me! Erase this message from your computer now!"

Mar 10 07:26

Consumer Spending Tumbles: BofA Blames Snow, Oil; Claims Its Models Are Right, Reality Is Wrong

Stick a fork in the now proven wrong theory that plunging gas prices would boost consumer spending. Why? Because 4 months after the full impact of tumbling gas price was said to become apparent, consumer spending is not only not picking up, it is in fact slowing down more, especially in those places where there was snow in the winter, and gasp, where oil price actually fell the most!

Ridiculous? No. This is what the latest Bank of America card data survey reveals.


Mar 10 07:17

Did the swine flu jab give little Mathilda a crippling sleep disorder?

In 2009, all children under five were invited to be vaccinated in a nationwide scheme.

Fortunately, the much-feared 2009-2010 outbreak never reached the pandemic scale expected. But Claire is convinced that the vaccine against it has left Mathilda with severe narcolepsy.

Mar 10 07:16

The BBC’s Climate Change Coverage Is Not Just Dishonest but Illegal

First section: this attempted to make a big deal of the fact that the world has warmed by around 0.85 degrees since 1880. But as Booker notes, this isn’t really the issue of contention.

What she left out was that there has been nothing unprecedented about our recent warming. As the world has generally warmed since emerging from the Little Ice Age 200 years ago, two earlier warming phases from natural causes, between 1860 and 1880 and from 1910 to 1940, were just as great as that of the last 30 years – before CO2 levels rose as they have done recently.

Second section: this sought to tell us that just as we can use models accurately to predict the future performance of premier league football clubs, so too we can rely on them to predict climate.

What he omitted to explain was that, in the past 17 years, the IPCC’s computer model predictions have turned out to be comprehensively wrong.

Mar 10 07:14

Traitorous But True – UN Framework Document For US Subjugation, US Military To Be Absorbed Into UN Peacekeepers, Disbanded

For most Americans, the fact that the United States has filed with the United Nations a document pledging to submit to UN military authority and to dismantle our own military capability in the process would seem unbelievable. The “progressives” have set us down that path and while it won’t happen overnight, they fully intend for it to happen.


Mar 10 07:14

Netanyahu: Israel Will Never Cede Land to Palestinians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has disavowed his 2009 speech supporting an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with a two-state solution.

In a statement released by his right-wing Likud party on Sunday, the prime minister explicitly said that Tel Aviv would never withdraw from any part of the occupied territories, rejecting a key goal of the international community as he seeks to challenge hardliners in national elections on March 17.

“Israel will never make concessions, no withdrawals,” he said, “any territory ceded by Israel would fall in the hands of Islamic extremism, and terror groups, supported by Iran.”

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Mar 10 07:12

The Origin of the ‘New Cold War’

To start with: the ‘new Cold War,’ against Russia, is something of a misnomer, because it differs from the original version, against the U.S.S.R., in that it’s already a hot war, which started in Ukraine as being the key proxy-state for the American Government’s chief foreign-policy aim, of defeating Russia; and it’s a war that is very bloody, and widely lied-about in both the U.S. and Europe, but that is discussed in Russia as if it were somehow the result of mere errors by Western powers, when in fact all of the Western leaders knew from the get-go that this was intended to be a lynching of Russia by Uncle Sam, and when the EU have been going along with this aim because the U.S. aristocracy supposedly have the interests of European aristocrats in mind and not only their own: it’s ’the Western Alliance,’ after all.

Mar 10 07:11

Domestic Military Expansion Spreads Through the US, Ignites Dissent

That the US military knowingly tested new weapons on US citizens (possibly in the thousands), wildlife or even its own soldiers is nothing new. Publicly available documents reveal how the US military has even released nerve gas in public areas, as well as farms, to see the effects on civilians and animals. This occurred during the 1960s, when the United States secretly tested both chemical and biological weapons on US soil, including releasing deadly nerve agents in Alaska and spraying bacteria over Hawaii.

Mar 10 07:07

Brother of 9/11 victim goes to court with the BBC over alleged cover up

On 23rd March Matt Campbell of Sussex, United Kingdom, will go to court against the BBC and will claim that the BBC is in violation of UK anti-terrorist legislation in the way that they have covered up evidence relating to 9/11 and evidence relating to the murder of his brother Geoff. Geoff Campbell was killed while inside the North Tower of the World Trade Centre on September 11th, 2001. Mr Campbell will claim that he has reasonable cause to believe that the BBC has been wilfully complicit in the deliberate cover up of vital and incontrovertible evidence relating to how his brother Geoff was killed and that as such the BBC is guilty of complicity with terrorism.

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Mar 10 07:05

Cameron Won't Do TV Debates Because Voters Are Not His Target Audience

Downing Street has finally come clean over the TV debates. They've admitted that David Cameron only ever had one target audience: his backbenchers. And everyone else including Joe Public and the media can just go swivel. No way is he getting out of bed for them because he's scared.

Mar 10 07:05

Britain's divided decade: the rich are 64% richer than before the recession, while the poor are 57% poorer

The gap between richest and poorest has dramatically widened in the past decade as wealthy households paid off their debts and piled up savings following the financial crisis, a report warns today.

By contrast, the worst-off families are far less financially secure than before the recession triggered by the near- collapse of several major banks. They have an average of less than a week’s pay set aside and are more often in the red.

Mar 10 07:04

The Kazakh despot who bought Blair for £16million (and Cherie for £320k): How ex-PM sold himself to a 'virtual gangster' linked to torture, money laundering, bribery and murder

It’s the damning new book that lifts the lid on Tony and Cherie Blair’s lust for money. Yesterday, in our exclusive serialisation, we told how revelations about his relationship with a tycoon’s wife put a strain on the Blair marriage. Today we reveal how the couple are happy to sell their services to some of the world’s most repulsive tyrants . . .

Mar 10 07:03

Matt Campbell : "I'm Suing The BBC For Covering Up My Brothers Murder on 9/11"

Mar 10 07:00

Universal Credit 'adviser' told not to tell claimants about cash fund for clothes and bus fares

A reporter posing as a Universal Credit adviser trainee was told not to tell claimants about a vital cash fund for clothes, bus fares or other expenses to help them into work.

The undercover journalist spent seven weeks working at the Department for Work and Pensions' (DWP) Bolton Universal Credit contact centre.

He was told by trainers not to bring up same-day advance payments for those struggling to make ends meet while they wait five weeks for the their first Universal Credit payment. These are among a number of extra changes benefits claimants can ask for - find out the full range here.

The reporter, working for Channel 4 Dispatches programme, was also told not to tell claimants about the Flexible Support Fund unless they specifically asked about it.

Mar 10 06:59

Defiant Greece at daggers drawn with EU creditors

If Greeks are forced to choose between a restoration of their dignity or continued Troika humiliation, they will choose dignity, says the Greek prime minister

Mar 10 06:59

Rona Fairhead should 'resign or be sacked' as head of BBC Trust

Rona Fairhead, the head of the BBC Trust, should consider resigning or be sacked as a result of revelations about her role at HSBC, Margaret Hodge has said.

Ms Fairhead was paid more than £500,000 by HSBC last year for non-executive roles, working the equivalent of one day a week.

She has faced criticism for her role as a non-executive director at HSBC after allegations that the bank's Swiss arm helped wealthy clients dodge millions in tax.

Mar 10 06:54

Stocks: Dow loss nears 200 on rate jitters

U.S. stocks are trading sharply lower as investors continue to grapple with the prospect of coming Federal Reserve rate hikes, the downside to a strong U.S. dollar and renewed weakness in the hard-hit oil patch.

Mar 10 06:51

PA holding 50 Islamic militants, fearing terror attack will give election to Likud

Palestinian Authority security services have arrested some 50 members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in the West Bank over the last two days, acting out of apparent fear that a terror attack in the coming days would give the Israeli election to Likud.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Given that many of those arrested are Israeli agents provocateurs, this was a wise and prudent thing for the PA to do!

Mar 10 06:50

Pressure grows on US firm selling homes in Israel’s settlements

The campaign against RE/MAX, an American real estate firm that sells apartments in the settlements Israel is building in the occupied West Bank, is growing.

Last week, activists from around the US travelled to Las Vegas, Nevada to demonstrate at and disrupt RE/MAX’s annual convention held at the Mandalay Bay Casino and Hotel.

Mar 10 06:49

Weaponize It!

What’s with this world? It doesn’t matter what new technology surfaces, “How can we weaponize it?” is the overarching meme of the “powers that shouldn’t be” of self-appointed overlords.

It’s insane to the max.

Mar 10 06:49

Netanyahu: He Came, He Saw, He Conquered. The Power of Israel over the United States.

How is it that the ruler (Benjamin Netanyahu) of a puny country (Israel) of 8.2 million (6.2 million Jews) with the 37th biggest economy (GDP in current prices) in the world dictates war policy and secures the willing submission of the legislature of the largest economy and most powerful military empire in the world?

What significance does Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress have, beyond the fact that he uses it as a platform to attack the elected President of the US, to denounce US peace negotiations and to demand that Congress adopt policies designed to precipitate a war with Iran?

Mar 10 06:39

Green Fiasco: 92% Of Swiss Voters Reject Carbon Tax In Referendum

Roughly 92% of voters opposed the initiative, known as “Energy Rather than VAT,” while 8% supported the measure, according to preliminary results from 13 of the country’s 26 cantons.

Mar 10 06:30

Major Chemical Company ‘Poisoned Water Supply’ for 50 Years

As early as the 1950s, Dupont knew just how dangerous C8 could be to human beings. In the name of profit, white collar criminals decided to ignore the facts.

DuPont dumped C8 chemicals into two local aquifers, whereupon West Virginia residents have been drinking the poisoned water for years.

DuPont knew since the 1980s that the chemical-water was causing birth defects, and could have acted then, but still chose to do nothing. 3M, one company who was using Teflon, even told DuPont that they didn’t want to use their product anymore due to the dangers it posed to public health.

Mar 10 06:28

Netanyahu troubled by reports U.S. offering Arab states ‘nuclear umbrella’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that “troubling questions” are raised if reports are accurate that the White House is offering Arab states a “nuclear umbrella” to protect them from Iran.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

It isn't Iran the Arab nations are worried about! Iran does not have nuclear weapons. Israel does, along with a history of constant belligerence to neighboring nations.

Mar 10 06:26

Documentary: The History of Cannabis and the Truth Behind Its Prohibition

There’s a reason cannabis is illegal and no, it isn’t because you might “get high” off of it. Cannabis is a huge threat to many mega industries, everything from Big Ag to Big Pharma to Big Oil, right on to the fake economy that’s been built around the “war on drugs” and the ever-burgeoning prison-industrial complex.

This film about cannabis, True History of Marijuana, discusses the incredible number of uses for this amazing plant.

Mar 10 06:25

US Navy sailors disappear as government, doctors bury truth about Fukushima radiation

U.S. Navy sailors exposed to radioactive fallout from the Fukushima nuclear disaster have been falling ill, even as the Defense Department insists that they were not exposed to dangerous levels of radiation. Many of the sailors have now joined in a class action lawsuit against Fukushima operators and builders Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco), Toshiba, Hitachi, Ebasco and General Electric.

Even if they wanted to -- which many do not -- the sailors would be unable to sue the Navy. According to a Supreme Court ruling from the 1950s known as the Feres Doctrine, soldiers cannot sue the government for injuries resulting directly from their military service

Mar 10 06:23

France: Protesters take CHAINSAW, battering ram to govt office

Mar 10 06:22

GOP Senators to Iran: Go Ahead and Build Nuclear Missiles

So 47 Republican Senators from the, well, Senate of the United States bravely sent a letter to the leaders of Iran, explaining to them how our government works with respect to treaties and other foreign policy decisions. The letter is related to ongoing talks between the Obama administration and the Iranians over its nuclear program, and, no surprise here, it contains basic misinformation about the process of ratifying a treaty.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

We need enough tar and feathers for 47 people, so start plucking those chickens!

Mar 10 06:20

Japan and Laos Forge New Strategic Partnership

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his visiting Laotian counterpart Thongsing Thammavong elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership following talks at Abe’s official residence in Tokyo on March 6.

The inking of the strategic partnership comes as the two countries are commemorating the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic ties this year. It is an elevation from the “comprehensive partnership” that was signed in 2010.

The strategic partnership builds on several key existing strands of the bilateral relationship.

Mar 10 06:20

India seals $25bn Russia deal for 127 war planes

India has reportedly sealed a $25 billion arms deal with Russia for the development and purchase of 127 fifth-generation stealth fighter aircraft.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

"No, wait; you're supposed to be buying the F-35 from us! It'll work ... eventually. I promise!" -- Official White Horse Souse

Mar 10 06:17

Iran says GOP's undercutting open letter to Iran leaders suggests US is not 'trustworthy'

Iran's foreign minister says a letter from U.S. Republican lawmakers warning that any nuclear deal could be scrapped once President Barack Obama leaves office suggests the United States is "not trustworthy."

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Anyone above the age of two who thought it was?

Mar 10 06:16

Hillary Clinton scandal spreads as tea party group seeks private IRS emails

One of the tea party groups targeted by the IRS asked Congress Monday to demand the private emails of some agency employees, while a top committee chairman issued a request for instant-chat messages from the EPA, as the Clinton emails scandal begins to envelop other parts of the Obama administration.

The White House, meanwhile, tried to keep the burgeoning scandal at arm’s length, with spokesman Josh Earnest acknowledging President Obama and Mrs. Clinton did email, but insisting the White House followed all record-keeping laws, and the president didn’t know Mrs. Clinton was exclusively using a private email until reports surfaced last week.

Mar 10 06:05

The Power of Israel over the United States

There is much idle chatter from liberals, leftists and progressives, claiming that Netanyahu’s ‘brazen intervention’would backfire;

There have been times when history has played tricks with man and…has magnified the features of essentially small persons into a parody of greatness--Rabindranath Tagore(on Benito Mussolini)

How is it that the ruler (Benjamin Netanyahu) of a puny country (Israel) of 8.2 million (6.2 million Jews) with the 37th biggest economy (GDP in current prices) in the world dictates war policy and secures the willing submission of the legislature of the largest economy and most powerful military empire in the world?

What significance does Netanyahu’s speech to the US Congress have, beyond the fact that he uses it as a platform to attack the elected President of the US, to denounce US peace negotiations and to demand that Congress adopt policies designed to precipitate a war with Iran?

Mar 10 05:57

Economist Tells Congress: U.S. May Be in ‘Worse Fiscal Shape’ Than Greece

The U.S. has a $210 trillion “fiscal gap” and “may well be in worse fiscal shape than any developed country, including Greece,” Boston University economist Laurence Kotlikoff told members of the Senate Budget Committee in written and oral testimony on Feb. 25.

“The first point I want to get across is that our nation is broke,” Kotlikoff testified. “Our nation’s broke, and it’s not broke in 75 years or 50 years or 25 years or 10 years. It’s broke today.

Mar 10 05:55

FDA approves double the aluminum in new Gardasil vaccine

As the HPV vaccine controversy continues to smolder, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the green light to a new version of the controversial vaccine – this one containing an alarmingly high level of aluminum, a known neurotoxin. In its hurry to approve the vaccine, the FDA also bypassed a critical safety step.

In its letter of approval to Merck, the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) committee approved the Gardasil 9 vaccine, stating it felt no need to refer the pharmaceutical giant’s application to the Vaccines and Related Biological application to the Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), charged with reviewing and evaluating data on the effectiveness, appropriate use, and safety of vaccines.

Mar 10 05:54

Mainstream Media Discovers What Created ISIS – Global Warming!

No, this is not a joke. Mainstream outlets are actually suggesting that climate change is responsible, albeit indirectly, for the creation of ISIS and the scores of Western-backed terrorists flooding Syria as well as the now international military involvement in the war.

This is merely the latest silly narrative being promoted by the likes of Slate, Wired, The Telegraph, NBC, and The Guardian among many others.Slate, by no means, is the sole purveyor of such abjectly stupid claims nor are the other media outlets listed above. Still, one need only read the Slate article to see how the “climate change is the real reason for the Syrian war” claim is being presented.

Slate, by no means, is the sole purveyor of such abjectly stupid claims nor are the other media outlets listed above. Still, one need only read the Slate article to see how the “climate change is the real reason for the Syrian war” claim is being presented.

Mar 10 05:38

Yeah, This Will End Well

The nation's largest pharmacy benefits manager says prescription drugs spending rose 13 percent last year, the largest annual increase since 2003.

The culprit are drugs to treat things like Hep C. Accounting for a tiny number of actual prescriptions (by volume) they're a third (roughly) of the spending.

Yeah, that's going work out real well....

And people wonder why I maintain that the current model we have for these products, where manufacturers can engage in behavior such as pricing differently across different markets (perfectly fine) and then getting laws passed that make it a crime to resell their products, effectively denying you ownership of that which you bought (outrageous), is utterly unsustainable and unsupportable.
Pricing a product how you wish is perfectly ok. Making it a felony to buy something from someone and then resell it for whatever you can get for it is not; the latter, were that interference to be removed, would instantly cause the leveling of prices across the world and force these companies, who wish to sell to everyone on a global basis, to adopt sustainable pricing instead of literally screwing Americans blind. The lawmakers that permit this and the pharmaceutical executives lobbying for it both deserve to spend the rest of their lives in prison; this sort of activity ought to be defined as racketeering and extortion and punished as same.

Mar 10 05:38

Netanyahu Still Swaying U.S. Congress

Most strikingly, Netanyahu is the only foreign leader to have been invited to address a joint session of Congress with the express purpose of undermining U.S. foreign policy: in this case, the negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program, currently entering their sensitive final stages -
Note: Is there anyone in the U.S. congress that has the balls to tell this lying SOB to leave? I guess not.

Mar 10 05:31

The Staggering Cost of Israel

Israel has a population of approximately 7.8 million, or a million fewer than the state of New Jersey. It is among the world's most affluent nations, with a per capita income similar to that of the European Union.[1] Israel's unemployment rate of 5.8% is better than America's 7.3%,[2] and Israel's net trade, earnings, and payments is ranked 30th in the world while the US sits in last place at a dismal 193rd.[3]

Yet, Israel receives more of America’s foreign aid budget than any other nation.[4] The US has, in fact, given more aid to Israel than it has to all the countries of sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean combined—which have a total population of over a billion people.[5]

And foreign aid is just one component of the staggering cost of our alliance with Israel.

Mar 10 05:28

Is It Worth It?

When it comes to Israel, an American journalist speaks his mind at his own risk. That helps explain why so few voices in the U.S. press are saying what European journalists may say without fear.

In the early 1980s it became clear to me that the pro-Israel lobby was trying to steer the United States into conflict with the Arab world. I saw nothing in the American interest in that; and my own two sons were approaching the draft age. Until then, I had been strongly pro-Israel myself; but sacrificing my boys for Israel was a higher price than I wanted to pay. Nor did I want other Americans to pay it.

Mar 10 05:28

Venezuela's Maduro Mocks Obama

Venezuela's Maduro Mocks Obama, Grants Himself "Special Powers" To Defend Against "Imperialist Aggression

"I have put together a special law that gives me special powers to preserve the peace, the integrity and the sovereignty of the country before any situation that presents itself due to this imperialist aggression,” Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro says on state television.

Mar 10 05:26

10 Reasons To Pray for AIPAC’s Decline

. AIPAC promotes Israeli settlements in direct opposition to international law. As of this past year, approximately 350,000 Israelis are recorded as living in illegal Israeli settlements, a record high. Despite the fact that United Nations Human Rights Council requested the removal of all of the West Bank’s settlers and cessation of all settlement activities without preconditions, settlement construction has increased by 40% under Prime Minister Netanyahu. Israeli settlements violate the Geneva Conventions and can be prosecuted within the International Criminal Court as “gross violations of human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law.” No wonder AIPAC doesn’t wait Palestine to become a member of the ICC

Mar 10 04:43

Zarif to U.S. senators: You are ignorant of international law

Mohammad Javad Zarif said the letter lacks “legal validity” and shows that the signatories of the letter are “ignorant of international law”

“In our view this letter has no legal validity and is just a propaganda scheme,” Zarif noted.

Zarif said it is surprising that while nuclear talks have not reached a result yet pressure groups in the U.S. have become so “worried” that they have resorted to any “unconventional way” to kill it

The letter proved that “like” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu these senators “are opposed to any deal”.

(*The letter proves that there was One Big Sucking Sound coming from The Halls Of Congress after The Netanyahu speech , in said halls )

Mar 10 04:20

Did 47 U.S. Senators Just Commit Treason ?

Did 47 U.S. Senators Just Commit Treason By Attempting to Sabotage Iran Deal?

According to the U.S. legal code, the definition of treason is fairly specific:

Whoever, owing allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the United States.

Mar 10 03:57

Joe Biden responds to Republican senators

“False” and “dangerous”—Joe Biden responds to Republican senators’ Iran letter

(*an open comment to the VPOTUS
Very descriptive words there , Joe . Time to broaden your vocabulary , allow me;
-treachery
-disloyalty
-betrayal
-faithlessness
-sedition
-subversion
-mutiny
-rebellion
-high treason
lèse-majesté
-apostasy
-literaryperfidy
Now get out there and start defending The American People !)

Mar 10 03:28

Britain's VIP pedophile ring exposed

March 9, 2015

Mar 09 22:54

Netanyahu Campaign Hit by Perfect Storm

For all the vitriol in the U.S. surrounding Benjamin Netanyahu's speech last week to Congress, it was nothing compared with what the Israeli prime minister faced upon his homecoming.

Mar 09 22:54

Victoria Grant on Canada's Debts

"It has become painfully obvious even for me, a 12-year-old Canadian, that we are being defrauded and robbed by the banking system and a complicit government." --Victoria Grant.

Mar 09 22:52

ANTI-RADICALIZATION - the NWO Word for 2015!

ISIS Hoax used to target FREE SPEECH!

Mar 09 22:48

Berlin Rumbles Washington’s Hidden War Agenda

Washington’s reckless attempts to scuttle the shaky ceasefire in Ukraine are unnerving Germany. The German government feels, with good reason, that the Americans are trying to undermine its recent efforts to mediate a political solution to the nearly year-old conflict, which has caused at least 6,000 deaths and up to one million refugees. Not only that but the violence between the ultranationalist regime in Kiev and the pro-Russian separatists in the east is threatening to spillover into a wider war that could involve Russia and the rest of Europe.

Mar 09 22:22

Top Asset Manager Warns Of Risks In Banking System: “It’s The Biggest Reason To Own Precious Metals”

When you realize 60% of the population is living paycheck to paycheck it doesn't take much to tip them over the edge.

Mar 09 22:10

Eurogroup Humiliation Of Greece Complete: The Troika Is Coming Back To Athens

Having been shamed what seems like numerous times now by the Eurogroup in recent weeks, Greece suffered its greatest humiliation today.

Mar 09 22:09

HSBC Just Shocked Clients By Announcing Closure Of All London Gold Vaults!

FROM: Andrew Maguire – Who Smashed Gold Today And Why As HSBC Shocks Clients

Mar 09 22:07

Ukrainians Disillusioned with Maidan 'Heroes'

In the now "post-Yanukovych" era, Ukraine's political scene is full of a cast of characters jockeying for positions of power and influence in a failed state.

Mar 09 22:05

Despite Positive Spin, Is Greece Still Under Troika's Thumb?

While Greece's left-leaning new government attempted to put a positive spin on Monday's continued talks with European finance ministers, conflicting reports indicate that Syriza's plan to distance the country from its austerity-imposing creditors, the so-called Troika, may be dashed for now.

Mar 09 20:46

Protests continue in Madison Wisconsin after shooting

Protests in Wisconsin’s second-largest city stretched into a fourth day and reached the heart of the state’s government.

Mar 09 19:44

8 Inspiring Women From History

March is Women’s History Month, and we’re celebrating by honoring some of the most inspiring, revolutionary and unconventional women of all time. There are plenty of well-known and celebrated women on this list, but there are plenty of others that haven’t gotten the recognition they deserve. Read on for some of the most ground-breaking, revolutionary and fascinating women in history.

Mar 09 18:25

Pop Goes Elie the Weasel.

Let it not be said that I have anything against particular sexual acts, I don't. It's more a matter of who is doing them and WHY; measuring in the cost to everyone else at the same time. Then Binnie goes and waves Elie the Weasel around at everyone. Elie is one of the most persistent and outrageous liars ever to waltz about on the world's state in the last hundred years. He's been exposed over and over again, he's even been exposed by other frauds.

You're wondering why it is taking so long for all of this to get done; for the world to change or sink under the weight of collective crimes... it is, so it can all be seen and seen and seen, so that even the densest among us can finally have their eyes opened.

Mar 09 17:14

European Commission Chief Wants to Create New EU Army

The European Union is unique among the nations of history. Most governing bodies are built around a culture and language that is shared amongst the people they rule, which is then followed by a shared system of laws, courts, defense forces, currency etc. Or in the case of an empire, the system hinges upon military dominance, which then enforces those conditions on every culture it can gobble up.

But the European Union is the only nation (to my knowledge) that attempted to use monetary and economic policy (the Euro) to unite a diverse set of culture, before turning into a real government in its own right. The only thing missing from the EU, is its own standing army. While each EU nation has a military, they still exercise some degree of sovereignty over their defense forces (at least on paper).

Mar 09 17:11

Estimated 50,000 rally against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv

As organizer expressed 'hope that the left will return' to Israel, large crowd chanted 'Bibi go home!'

Mar 09 15:48

You won't believe how police officers are now forced to use you as a cash-cow

As more and more officers across the country expose quota systems within their departments the mission of the American police officer is becoming quite clear; revenue generator.

Mar 09 15:47

McDonald's desperation mounts as burger behemoth reports lousy Februrary U.S. sales

Now what? Two months after McDonald's launched a massive revamped "I'm Lovin' It" ad campaign from Leo Burnett Chicago, the situation at the burger behemoth has grown even more dire.

McDonald's today reported that comparable restaurant sales in the United States February plummeted 4 percent year over year. McDonald's attributed the huge falloff not to weather — even though parts of the country had a pretty miserable February — but rather to "ongoing aggressive competitive activity."

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Health-aware people (you know, the ones suffering from the mental illness orthorexia nervosa) are staying clear of McDonald's, but behind that there is the reality that McDonal's original market plan was as a budget fast food place. But with their McCafe and other high-end pretensions, McDonald's food prices are now high enough to where they are not seen as attractive to their former customers.

Mar 09 15:40

From Libya to Italy in search of freedom

Graham Peebles decries the intolerance, paranoia and hate that greets people from Africa and the Middle East who risk life and limb to flee the hell that has become their wracked countries.

Mar 09 15:31

Capital Punishment

n the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all—security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to them, when the freedom they wished foremost was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

Mar 09 15:31

Republican Congressmen Violated Logan Act By Negotiating With Foreign Leaders

The latest example is Congressional violation of the Logan Act. Specifically, the Logan Act – enacted in 1799 – states:

Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.

The Logan Act was named for Dr. George Logan, a Pennsylvania state legislator (and later US Senator) who engaged in semi-negotiations with France in 1798 during the Quasi-War.

Mar 09 15:29

Breedlove’s Bellicosity: Berlin Alarmed by Aggressive NATO Stance on Ukraine

US President Obama supports Chancellor Merkel’s efforts at finding a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. But hawks in Washington seem determined to torpedo Berlin’s approach. And NATO’s top commander in Europe hasn’t been helping either.

Mar 09 15:07

The outrageous persecution of Internet freedom figure Kim Dotcom

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is not entitled to contest the forfeiture of an estimated $67 million in frozen assets because he’s a fugitive facing extradition, a federal judge ruled.

Mar 09 15:05

Aspartame - Sweet Poison: How Did This Deadly Toxin Find Its Way to Our Markets?

“After making, what I thought were positive changes, I started noticing I was getting bad headaches, and a tightness of my neck and back muscles. They started off as just something that would happen now and then, but increased to almost every night. I tried everything, and nothing worked!

“Finally, I took a step back and thought about each thing I had done differently in the last 6 months. Then it hit me! In trying to lower my sugar intake, I had swapped sugar in my tea and coffee for Equal. Could that be responsible for my headaches?

“I hit the net and feverishly started researching. I was horrified by what I saw, and found thousands of other cases like mine. So now I use a totally natural product called stevia…”

Mar 09 15:03

US Peace Memorial Foundation

Many Americans are reluctant to speak out against a U.S. war. There are individual reasons for this: a sense of patriotism, the desire to support our troops, fear of reprisals, a lack of understanding about the political process, etc. Unfortunately, when we do not speak up, our elected officials do not receive sufficient feedback that we (their constituents) oppose a particular war. To demonstrate that advocating for peaceful solutions to international problems is an honorable and socially acceptable activity, the US Peace Memorial Foundation, Inc.:

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Website of today's radio show guest.

Mar 09 15:02

ISIS : John McCain admits he met ISIS and says "We know these people intimately" (Sept 16, 2014)

Mar 09 14:55

US Weapons Exporters Lead World in War Profiteering

U.S. weapons manufacturers lead the world in profits from the booming military arms and equipment business, driven by rising tensions and conflict around the world, according to anew report from London-based analysts.

Mar 09 14:51

Human Rights Watch FAIL: Uses Photo of American Bombing Destruction To Condemn Assad

Brandon Turbeville
Activist Post

Putting its hypocritical and biased nature on full display once again, the alleged human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, was recently caught in an attempt to fabricate “evidence” of Assad’s use of barrel bombs in civilian areas for the purposes of further demonizing the secular Syrian government...

Mar 09 14:25

Daylight Saving Time - How Is This Still A Thing?

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: (HBO)

Mar 09 14:20

American Drone Operators Are Quitting in Record Numbers

The US drone war across much of the Greater Middle East and parts of Africa is in crisis, and not because civilians are dying or the target list for that war or the right to wage it just about anywhere on the planet are in question in Washington. Something far more basic is at stake: drone pilots are quitting in record numbers.

Mar 09 14:19

The Dow Is a Sham

Wim Grommen has been claiming for years that the Dow Jones Industrial Average is a sham, because it is manipulated to push up the market.

Investment manager and writer Barry Ritholtz notes today:

The venerable Dow … remains deeply flawed in its methodology, driven rather arbitrarily by the price weightings of its constituents rather than their market values.

Mar 09 14:18

Ex-CIA Officer Convicted of Leaking Secrets to Reporter

Mar 09 14:16

The Shocking Truth Behind The 'Rise In Terrorism'

Question: when President Obama's issues orders to launch Predator or Reaper drones in Pakistan, Somalia or Yemen, which then take a terrible toll on innocent civilians, how many new potential recruits for ISIS, Al-Qaeda or Daesh are generated? We don't know for sure but it's becoming evident that the more drones Mr. Obama launches the more the ranks of new terrorist recruits swell.

Mar 09 13:46

HEBDO U-TURN: In France Nearly 100 Jailed for ‘Defending Terrorism’ and Other Speech Crimes

As 21WIRE informed its readers back in January, the legacy of the Charlie Hebdo debacle will not benefit freedom of speech or freedom of the press, rather, it will be used in order to restrict it further.

Since the Hebdo feel-good rally in Paris, the fervor has died down, while French officials have been busy locking up its citizens for various ‘speech violations’, and other thought crimes.

Mar 09 13:45

Republicans Poised to Rubber-Stamp Another Debt Ceiling Increase

On Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) reiterated something that Republican leadership has been emphasizing since re-taking control of both houses of Congress:

"I made it very clear after the November election that we're certainly not going to shut down the government or default on the national debt. We'll figure some way to handle that. And hopefully, it might carry some other important legislation that we can agree on in connection with it," McConnell said on CBS' "Face the Nation."

Webmaster's Commentary: 

The question Americans should be asking is not whether to raise the debt ceiling, but rather why the Federal Government, which is authorized by the Constitution to create and issue interest-free money, instead borrows that money at interest from a privately owned central bank, thereby plunging future generations into debt slavery to that bank? THAT is the real question Americans should be asking!

Mar 09 13:42

Leaked Email Shows VA Mocking Veteran Suicide

from the Roudebush Veteran Affairs Medical Center in Indianapolis

Mar 09 13:33

Infant slain in Little Village was cut in neck with saw: source

She is suspected of cutting the child in the neck with a circular saw, according to a police department source who added that it is believed the woman wanted to stop the child from crying. Family members said the woman, who had been caring for the child, had been taking antidepressant medication, according to the police source.

Mar 09 12:58

Mounds of snow create flooding concerns, ERCA says

The Essex Region Conservation Authority is warning residents of the risk of flooding this week because there is so much snow on the ground.

Mar 09 12:43

Washington’s Al Qaeda Ally Now Leading ISIS in Libya

The revelations that US ally Abdelhakim Belhadj is now leading ISIS in Libya should come as no surprise to those who have followed US policy in that country, and throughout the region. It illustrates for the umpteenth time that Washington has provided aid and comfort to precisely those forces it claims to be fighting around the world.

Mar 09 12:42

US Acts as Terrorist State Waging Finance War Against Russia – Magazine

The United States is waging a finance war against Moscow in a bid to weaken Russia to a point of economic and social destruction, the Austrian Contra magazine said, adding that this campaign goes against international law, WTO rules and bilateral agreements.

Mar 09 12:41

ENLISTMENT FORM FOR THE US MILITARY SERVICES - PDF

Webmaster's Commentary: 

This is a call to Rivero's Rangers. Download the above form, print out a lot of copies, and have them with you to hand to anyone shouting we must have war with [insert this week's designated enemy here].

Please send copies of this form to every member of Congress who gave Netanyahu standing ovations or opposes the Iran deal or favors intervetion in Syria, Iraq, Ukraine, etc. and add a cover letter demanding they show their true commitment to war by signing up to go fight it. If the Congresscritter is too old or besotted then suggest their children enlist in their place. Use paper mail. Emails are scanned for keywords for automated responses but otherwise ignored.

Mar 09 12:36

Most Americans Favor Invading Syria and Iraq

Remarkably, if the Quinnipiac University numbers can be believed, a majority of Americans want to send U.S. combat troops to Iraq and Syria to battle ISIS.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

I don't believe their numbers, and the proper question should have been, "Are you personally willing to go and fight ISIS in Syria and Iraq?"

Mar 09 12:28

UK selling tear gas and rubber bullets to states it deems repressive - report

The UK has reportedly approved the sale of £16 million worth of anti-riot equipment, including tear gas and rubber bullets to countries on its own human-rights blacklist. Critics say the government is putting profits ahead of human rights.

Mar 09 12:25

OVER 100 US ARMORED VEHICLES ROLL INTO LATVIA, NATO FLEXES MUSCLES IN EUROPE

Latvia has confirmed more than 120 armored units, including tanks, have been delivered by the US. According to the Latvian Ministry of Defense, these include M1A2 Abrams tanks and M2A3 Bradley armored vehicles.

The move to deploy yet more tanks and armored vehicles was welcomed by Latvian Minister of Defense Raymond Vejonis.“The presence of our allies (US and NATO) in Latvia is a confirmation of solidarity and security in the region,” Vejonis said in a statement on Twitter.

Mar 09 12:24

CLINTON FOUNDATION HAS ACCEPTED TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DONATIONS FROM Human Rights Abusers Including SAUDI ARABIA, THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, KUWAIT, OMAN, QATAR, ALGERIA AND BRUNEI

It was supposed to be a carefully planned anniversary to mark one of the most important and widely praised moments in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s political career — and to remind the country, ahead of a likely 2016 presidential campaign, about her long record as a champion for the rights of women and girls.

Instead, as Mrs. Clinton commemorates her 1995 women’s rights speech in Beijing in back-to-back events in New York, she finds herself under attack for her family foundation’s acceptance of millions of dollars in donations from Middle Eastern countries known for violence against women and for denying them many basic freedoms.

Mar 09 12:14

US, allies unleashing death squads in Syria: Analyst

Press TV has conducted an interview with Sukant Chandan, a filmmaker and political commentator from London, to discuss atrocities being committed by the ISIL militant group across the Middle East region.

The political commentator maintains that the US, Britain and France along with their regional allies have been in league with the ISIL in unleashing death squads to topple the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Mar 09 12:12

Proposed European Army: Good Idea or Bad?

For sure what the world needs now is less militarism, not more. World peace depends on demilitarization - especially eliminating all radiological, chemical, biological and other banned weapons.

Mar 09 12:07

If you thought your winter was tough, try living on Plum Island, where record snowfall has left basements flooded with sewage, people forced out of their homes - and wild coyotes roaming the streets

With planes skidding off runways, snowdrifts as tall as houses and subzero temperatures for weeks on end, the US has suffered one of the most brutal winters on record.

Thousands of flights have been cancelled, highways and railways have been paralyzed by the cold and swaths of the northeast resemble a vast frozen tundra.

But if you thought your winter was bad spare a thought for the people of Plum Island, a tiny barrier island off the coast of Massachusetts buried under nearly 10ft of snow.

Its shivering residents have faced a daily battle to dig their homes free from mountains of ice while raw waste has spilled back into their homes because the sewers are frozen.

The only road off the island is so exposed that drivers have had to form long convoys before being escorted across in 'whiteout' conditions by the National Guard.

Mar 09 11:59

BEX Alert!!! - "Hayden On Iran Deal: Listen to Intel Officials, Push Obama's View Aside"

Before signing off on an agreement with Iran, Congress should heed the advice of officials at the Department of Energy and intelligence professionals — not President Barack Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry — about Tehran's "intentions and capabilities," according to Gen. Michael Hayden, the former director of the National Security Agency and Central Intelligence Agency.

"We need to look at the deal in its entirety and frankly push the president's view on the deal aside, push Secretary Kerry's view on the deal aside," Hayden, a retired four-star Air Force general, said Monday on Newsmax TV's "America's Forum."

Mar 09 11:56

Did HSBC Just Close All 7 of Its Gold Vaults?

Zero Hedge reported: “HSBC admitted it has not informed customers of the change in policy, which was implemented in November for their own good: “We ask our customers about the purpose of large cash withdrawals when they are unusual… the reason being we have an obligation to protect our customers, and to minimise the opportunity for financial crime.” As one customer responded: “you shouldn’t have to explain to your bank why you want that money. It’s not theirs, it’s yours.”

Now there’s more trouble. Now we’re told that HSBC is “closing” its gold vaults.

Question: Was there anything in them to begin with?

Mar 09 11:55

Monsanto’s Deep Legacy Of Corruption And Cover-Up

Monsanto is now instantly recognized as the company dominating the global food supply with its more than 7000 current worldwide patents. But today’s Monsanto is not a corporate newcomer. Although its literature heralds the company as having a clear and principled code of conduct and a pledge to demonstrate integrity, respect, ethical behavior, and honesty in everything they do, the truth is that this company has a legacy of contamination and cover-up that dates back more than a century.

Mar 09 11:51

The Unthinkable - Possible Nuclear War With Russia

Lunatics running things in Washington make anything possible. Obama looks like Bush on steroids.

Neocons infest his administration and Congress. Permanent war on humanity more than ever is official US policy.

Ukraine is ground zero. Ongoing conflict risks the unthinkable - direct US confrontation with Russia risking nuclear war.

Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev warned Ukraine's conflict could "unavoidably lead to a nuclear war.."

Nuclear arms expert Steven Starr warned about things headed recklessly toward this possibility.

Mar 09 11:51

Military Presence on American Streets: South Carolina National Guard Drills Door-to-Door ”Wellness Checks”

In yet another example of the growing trend of the process of acclimatization of the general public to an open military presence on American streets as well as greater cooperation between the US Military and civilian law enforcement, South Carolina was recently the scene of a statewide “emergency preparedness” drill that incorporated both of these aspects in a visible form.

Mar 09 11:49

Republicans Warn Iran -- and Obama -- That Deal Won't Last

A group of 47 Republican senators has written an open letter to Iran's leaders warning them that any nuclear deal they sign with President Barack Obama's administration won’t last after Obama leaves office.

Organized by freshman Senator Tom Cotton and signed by the chamber's entire party leadership as well as potential 2016 presidential contenders Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Rand Paul, the letter is meant not just to discourage the Iranian regime from signing a deal but also to pressure the White House into giving Congress some authority over the process.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Let's take all those Republicans, hand them rifles and parachutes, and drop them on Tehran, if they want a war that badly!

Mar 09 11:46

Radioactive Iodine from Fukushima Found in California Kelp

Kelp off Southern California was contaminated with short-lived radioisotopes a month after Japan’s Fukushima accident, a sign that the spilled radiation reached the state’s urban coastline, according to a new scientific study.

Scientists from California State University, Long Beach tested giant kelp collected in the ocean off Orange County and other locations after the March, 2011 accident, and detected radioactive iodine, which was released from the damaged nuclear reactor.

The largest concentration was about 250-fold higher than levels found in kelp before the accident.

Mar 09 11:45

Kiev military open fire 25 times in past 24 hours — Donetsk Republic’s defence ministry

Kiev’s military 25 times opened fire at positions of militia of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), the self-proclaimed republic’s defence ministry reported on Sunday.

"Within last 24 hours, we registered about 25 times of opened fire, where nine were made at night," the Donetsk news agency quoted the ministry’s report.

The military say, the Ukrainian forces used tank artillery and 122mm mortars.

Mar 09 11:36

Hillary’s Huge Gap

Republican investigator on Benghazi said there are “huge gaps” between emails received so far from her private server

Mar 09 11:33

‘F—k the EU,’ Revisited

When Victoria Nuland, the neoconservative éminence grise of the Obama administration, uttered her now infamous "F—k the EU!" in a phone call with US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt, it was a supremely embarrassing moment for Washington. Aside from the scandal of a top US official in referring to our European allies in such vulgar terms, not to mention the ease with which Russian intelligence tapped into presumably secure phone lines, the revelation of growing hostility between the US and the EU was akin to having the ugly domestic disputes of a supposedly happily married couple made public.

Uncle Sam – a wife-abuser? Could this formerly private dispute wind up in Divorce Court?

Mar 09 11:30

US Puts Ukraine Training Operation on Hold Because of Ceasefire

Having spent the last several months hyping their intended military training operation in Ukraine, US military officials in Europe are now confirming the plan is indefinitely on hold.

“The US government would like to see the Minsk agreement fulfilled,” a Pentagon statement said by way of an explanation, adding that the military “is prepared to carry out the mission if and when our government decides to move forward.”

Webmaster's Commentary: 

I think the White House finally got the message that Europe does not want a new World War in their front yard, and as usual, is trying to make it look like this is all Obama's idea!

Mar 09 11:26

Inevitable: Al Gore lands on presidential radar following Hillary Clinton’s political woes

Just call it Goretopia: While Hillary Rodham Clinton addresses multiple political challenges, the press continues to spiral off into speculation. Who is the Democratic standard bearer should she decide against running for president?

In the last 24 hours, Al Gore has made the list.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

You probably remember the photo of Hillary Clinton posed with known cocaine smuggler Jorge Cabreras, right?

I'll bet you didn't know there was a photo of Al Gore posed with the same guy, did you?

Mar 09 11:23

Estimated 50,000 Rally Against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv

Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ruling government in the nation's capital of Tel Aviv on Saturday night as they decried the leader's domestic policies and called for a peace agreement with the Palestinians who live in the occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Mar 09 11:19

Important developments in the Nemtsov murder case (UPDATED)

The authorities seem pretty confident that they got the right men. They are:

Zaur Dadaev – the supposed killer who, according to unconfirmed reports, was the deputy commander of the Chechen special operations battalion “Vostok”.
Shagit Gubashev
Anzor Gubashev
Khamzat Bakhaev
Tamerlan Eskerkhanov
Shagid Gubashev
Ramzan Bakhaev

The last two have not, as of this moment, been charged with anything.

This is a big group of people and it appears that the security services have caught if not the full network or gang, then at least most of it.

Mar 09 11:16

BEX ALERT - American ‘Researchers’ Say Climate Change Caused Syria’s Conflict

Researchers have said that an extreme drought in Syria, occurring between 2006-2009, was ‘most likely‘ caused by climate change and contributed to 2011?s violent uprising. A trend of rising temperatures in the region supposedly ‘matched computer simulations of how the region responds to increases in greenhouse-gas emissions’.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

And of course three years of the US attempting a covert overthrow of Assad have nothing whatsoever to do with it!

Mar 09 11:13

US issues sanctions on Venezuelan officials

The White House on Monday slapped sanctions on seven Venezuelan officials, freezing their U.S. assets and banning them from entering the United States.

The measures were announced as President Barack Obama issued an executive order declaring a national emergency related to threats posed by Venezuela's political turmoil.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

... just one week after Venezuela exposes a US-backed coup plot!

Mar 09 11:05

State Department: Hillary decides what emails we can see

The State Department has faced a lot of questions about former Secretary Hillary Clinton's secret email account, but the most fundamental one is: Do you have them all? Officials at State have said repeatedly that Clinton has turned over 55,000 pages of emails from her time at the department. But each time spokeswoman Marie Harf has been asked whether that material — 55,000 pages, not 55,000 emails — represents all of Clinton's State Department emails, she ends up citing Clinton's staff, who have told department officials that Clinton has turned over everything that is "responsive" to the department's request for documents. Clinton, of course, decided what is "responsive" and what is not.

Mar 09 11:04

The White House Knew About Hillary Clinton's Private Emails In August

The White House was alerted in August 2014 to the potential problem of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email account during her tenure as secretary of state, Politico reported Friday.

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Clinton exclusively used a personal email to conduct State Department business, potentially in violation of federal regulations. A subsequent report by the Associated Press detailed how the email was hosted by a server located at her family's home in Chappaqua, New York. While some have pointed out that rules against using personal email for official business were not relayed to officials until 2014, the potential 2016 presidential candidate has faced criticism over the perceived lack of transparency. Clinton has since asked the State Department to make the private emails publicly available.

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So much for Obama's "I learned about it from the media" excuse!

Mar 09 11:01

U.S. declares Venezuela a threat, sanctions top officials

The United States on Monday declared Venezuela a national security threat and ordered sanctions against seven officials in the worst diplomatic dispute with the oil-rich country since socialist President Nicolas Maduro took office in 2013.

President Barack Obama issued and signed the executive order, which senior administration officials said did not target the energy sector or Venezuela's broader economy. The move raises tensions between Washington and the OPEC member just as U.S. relations with Cuba, another longtime U.S. foe in Latin America, are set to be normalized.

Declaring a country a national security threat is the first step in starting a sanctions regime. The same process has been followed with countries such as Iran and Syria, U.S. officials said.

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Mr. President, you are aware that April Fool's Day is at least three weeks away, are you not?!?

And would you mind, please, explaining, rationally to the American people as to WHY you woke up this morning, and declared "Venezuela a national security threat." ?!?!?

Is it because, sir they happen to be selling their oil for other currencies than the US dollar, is this not the real reason?!?

And as has happened, and is about to happen, to countries dealing with US sanctions; sanctions are most generally a prelude to war.

Mar 09 10:52

‘CELEBRATING’ INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY IN ISRAEL BY ERASING WOMEN

The city of Beit Shemesh is experiencing further religious radicalization: Visitors of the Leumit Health Services’ Woman’s Health Center in the Ramat Beit Shemesh Bet neighborhood were amazed to discover that the word “woman” had been erased from the sign with black paint.

Mar 09 10:52

#JeSuisAnti-Apartheid

Paris university shuts down Israeli apartheid event featuring Max Blumenthal

Mar 09 10:50

Do Corporations Really Need More Rights? Why Fast-Track for the TPP Is a Bad Idea

President Obama is currently pressing members of Congress to pass Fast Track authority for a trade and investment agreement called the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). If Fast Track passes, it means that Congress must approve or deny the TPP with minimal debate and no amendments. Astonishingly, our lawmakers have not seen the agreement they are being asked to expedite.

Mar 09 10:46

AN ISSUE FINALLY COMES TO LIGHT IN ISRAELI ELECTION CAMPAIGN

“We came here to say we’re devoted and committed to continue the battle till the last illegal resident from Africa will (go) back to his home in Africa,” said Marzel.

When asked about allegations of “racism” being leveled by leftist sources against the struggle with illegal immigration, he remarked “if saving the state of Israel from millions of Africans coming in and destroying the state of Israel is racism, that is the problem of (those) saying it. I’m fighting for the existence of my country.”

Webmaster's Commentary: 

Sounds a lot like the problem we have in the US with the illegals!

Mar 09 10:45

Know the Enemy

A terrorist is someone
who opposes the dictates of imperialism;
an extremist is someone who defends
his country against foreign invasion.

A radical is someone
who takes democracy seriously;
an anarchist is someone who gets beaten
and arrested at a street rally.

An Islamofascist is someone
who gets the goat of a Christofascist;
An anti-Semite is someone who condemns
the genocide of the Palestinian people.

A political fanatic is someone
who challenges the mainstream consensus;
a traitor is someone who refuses to fight
in wars of criminal aggression.

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