Source – blacklistednews.com – While Russia and Iran are busy liberating whole cities from ISIS in Syria, the US is sticking with the “one raid at a time” approach and it apparently paid dividends on Thursday morning when Abu Alaa Afri, also known as Abd al-Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli and Haji Imam was killed in Syria.…
Source – zerohedge.com – Bangladesh has learned a valuable lesson over the past two months: Do. Not. Trust. The. New. York. Fed. On a quiet Friday morning in early February, a series of instructions using authenticated SWIFT codes was sent to 33 Liberty allegedly from the Bangladesh central bank requesting the transfer of nearly $1…
Source – theantimedia.org – A few years ago, the Center for Disease Control launched a zombie preparedness initiative that drew significant attention. The Department of Defense followed suit and developed an entire training course intended for the Joint Operational Planning and Execution System (JOPES). The complete response plan, called CONPLAN888, was recently declassified, and it’s just…
Source – motherboard.vice.com – David Levy and Adrian David Cheok, founders of the annual Congress on Love and Sex with Robots, assert we’re very close now to creating a sex robot, going as far as to say that such robots will be normalized by 2050. If recent press cycles are any indication, most of us…
Source – zerohedge.com – “…In other words, the Fed was funding gamblers, only these were located in Philippine casinos, not in the financial district. Ironically, that’s precisely what the Fed does, only it normally operates with gamblers operating out of Manhattan’s financial district”: The story of the theft of $100 million from the Bangladesh central…
Source – theantimedia.org – Monsanto is suing the State of California for its intent to include glyphosate — the main ingredient in its wildly popular herbicide, Roundup — on its Proposition 65 toxic chemicals list. California’s decision came after the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified glyphosate as a “probable carcinogen”…
Source – cbc.ca – (Editors Note:…Oh Canada,… – Makes one pine for the sweet, gentler, times of the Third Reich) The recent case of a homeless man racking up massive fines has exposed the widespread police practice of fining homeless people for being homeless. Émilie Guimond-Bélanger, a social worker at the Droits Devant legal clinic…
Source – thenation.com – There were two Nancy Davises in Hollywood in the early ’50s. One ended up in the White House—the other one ended up flipping burgers in a snack bar: Nancy Reagan, who died March 6, often explained that she and the future president met cute. She had been threatened with blacklisting in…
Source – zerohedge.com – CIA-backed Islamic rebels are fighting against Pentagon-backed Kurish rebels in Syria. Buzzfeed notes: Officials with Syrian rebel battalions that receive covert backing from one arm of the U.S. government told BuzzFeed News that they recently began fighting rival rebels supported by another arm of the U.S. government. The infighting between…
Source – wakeup-world.com – What once began as a joke could soon become a reality for California politicians. Popular on social media sites, memes calling for politicians to wear badges of their corporate donors have spread like wildfire for years. But no one took the idea seriously — until now. Corruption in politics is a…
Source – themillenniumreport.com – (Editors Note: Some time ago I thought to use the name “The Flat Earth Society” as a tongue & cheek moniker for a local roof-top gardening initiative – looks like someone beat me to it): Eric Dubay and IFERS Banned From the Internet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce1TlbWgKUI The enemies of truth have decided to…
Source – consumerist.com – “Therefore, the purchase or use of that car is a licensing agreement – and since it is subject to a licensing agreement, GM is the owner and can allow/disallow certain uses or access”: Like Deere, GM wants to stop the Copyright Office from granting an exemption to the Digital Millennium Copyright…
Source – techdirt.com – In late spring of last year, more than 100,000 taxpayers had their personally-identifiable information accessed by criminals. It wasn’t a security breach, nor was it accomplished by “hacking.” Instead, it was the result of the IRS using common static identifiers to verify accounts — information that could easily be found elsewhere.…
Source – sputniknews.com – On Wednesday evening, the seventh season of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee premiered online, featuring President Barack Obama. © AP Photo/ Evan Vucci The duo cruised around in a Corvette, touring the grounds of the White House, chatting comfortably. Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of the conversation was when Seinfeld asked the…
Source – foodbeast.com – A religious group in New Jersey is willing to do anything to save the faith, including constructing a fully functional McDonald’s inside a church. Because nothing says Jesus like biting into a saucy Big Mac. They’re calling it the McMass Project. Created by Paul Di Lucca, creative director of the church…
Source – naturalnews.com – Chinese residents buying fresh air from Canada amid suffocating pollution: It’s no secret that China’s smog problem has become a devastating issue. Not only do residents wear face masks and heed warnings to stay indoors, but parts of the country have recently exceeded the World Health Organization’s daily smog particulate maximum…
Source – thefreethoughtproject.com, By William N. Grigg – To which those not protected by Blue Privilege might respond: Welcome to our world: 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…
Source – alternet.org – In the past few years, San Francisco’s massive rents have displaced long-time residents and worsened the city’s already epic homelessness problem, sending more people into encampments or forcing them to live in cars or doubled up. Now, residents have the opportunity to experience that glamorous lifestyle by paying $600 a month…
Source – articles.sun-sentinel.com – ‘…The Reagan people gave Gotti $624,000, the idea was that John Gotti “hit squads“ would infiltrate Nicaragua and level the Sandinista government’. They have a problem, because the first thing John did was to take 10 percent off the top for himself,“ a man said. “He is so used to taking…
Source – gizmodo.com – (Editors Note:…just don’t expect them to lose your tax return), The Zapruder film may be the most famous footage taken of the Kennedy assassination, but it’s not the only one. The “Nix Film” may be lesser known, but it’s no less important. It has been missing for decades, so the granddaughter…
Source – voltairenet.org, By Jean-Claude Paye – This is almost turning into a farce, albeit a tragic one: since 9/11 there has been one single terrorist attack in which the authors, who are supposed to try and remain unidentified, have not somehow left ID documents behind. For sociologist Jean-Claude Paye, what might look like repetitive…
Source – dailymail.co.uk – In his letter Elvis Presley said he wanted to help Richard Nixon save the U.S: The handwriting was barely legible, a spidery scrawl on American Airlines headed notepaper, written 30,000ft up by a man with a prescription drug-addled brain and an extraordinary request. ‘Dear Mr President,’ it began. ‘I would like…
Source – davidstockmanscontracorner.com – Between 1989 and 2010, U.S. attorneys seized an estimated $12.6 billion in asset forfeiture cases. The growth rate during that time averaged +19.4% annually. In 2010 alone, the value of assets seized grew by +52.8% from 2009 and was six times greater than the total for 1989. Then by 2014, that number had…
Source – wired.com – Bizarre US plots included exploding cigars to kill Fidel Castro and fake video of Osama bin Laden’s campfire drinking: Excerpt: “CIA Mulled Saddam Gay Sex Vid, Made Osama Tape Instead” Noah Shachtman snardfarker.ning.com | May 25, 2010 … On the eve of the Iraq war, the CIA kicked around a rather odd…
Source – minds.com, By LJ Vanier – NASA officials admitted the original recordings of the moon landing, 40 years ago, were erased and re-used but say that the newly restored versions look better than ever. It turns the grainy, blurry images of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldren into a digitally made-over, vibrant piece of footage.…
Source – sputniknews.com – A new probe has revealed that drug enforcement agents who were disciplined for attending sex parties with prostitutes on government leased property in Colombia received hefty bonuses ranging from $1,500 to $32,000 during the investigation. On Thursday, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz issued a report finding that the agency violated…
Source – trueactivist.com – After MBA student Sanmay Ved purchased the Google domain for $12, he donated his huge reward to a charity in India. To temporarily own the domain http://www.Google.com might seem like reward enough, but for individuals who find “hiccups” or bugs in the system, there’s a monetary reward to look forward to,…
Source – souloftheeast.org – In what can only be deemed a miracle, the peoples of earth have managed to pass through a fourth blood moon this year without the apocalyptic events predicted by the all-you-can-eat buffet fiend and supposed Christian evangelist John Hagee. The nuclear accord between the United States (and the rest of the world) and…
Source – alternet.org – Three Harvard debate team members faced off against three men incarcerated for violent crimes: Three Harvard debate team members faced off against three men incarcerated for violent crimes. This was two weeks ago. After an hour of fast-moving debate on Friday, the judges rendered their verdict.The inmates won. The audience burst into…
Source – dailymail.co.uk – A data scientist has uncovered what he says is proof that Ashley Madison created tens of thousands of fake accounts to dupe members into paying for its services, in a scheme that would have almost doubled the website’s revenue. According to statistics seen by Daily Mail Online, 40,000 profiles were set…
Source – libertyblitzkrieg.com – It’s a rare and precious moment when a politician does something which perfeclty demonstrates what he or she really thinks about democracy and power. This is one of those times. From the Intercept: The Supreme Court, in its Citizens United decision, ruled that corporations have a First Amendment right to spend unlimited amounts in…
Source – sputniknews.com – “Saudi government is unelected and run by one large family, or clan,” which “executes prisoners with particular relish, turning their executions into a public spectacle”: While many expressed outrage over Saudi Arabia’s appointment as head of a United Nations’ Human Rights Council panel, one nation has given its seal of approval.…
Source – hangthebankers.com – Scotland Yard has been called in to investigate the deputy speaker of the House of Lords after a video emerged of him allegedly snorting cocaine with prostitutes. Lord Sewel resigned from his £84,500 per year post after the video was leaked to the Sun newspaper and published in an expose on…
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