MARCH 2017
Friday - March
31, 2017
On This Day In History:
1776 - Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John that women were
"determined to foment a rebellion" if the new Declaration of
Independence failed to guarantee their rights.
1779 - Russia and Turkey signed a treaty concerning military action in
Crimea.
1831 - Quebec and Montreal were incorporated as cities.
1854 - The U.S. government signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with Japan. The
act opened the ports of Shimoda and Hakotade to American trade.
1862 - Skirmishing between Rebels and Union forces took place at Island
10 on the Mississippi River.
1870 - In Perth Amboy, NJ, Thomas Munday Peterson became the first black
to vote in the U.S.
1889 - In Paris, the Eiffel Tower officially opened.
1917 - The U.S. purchased and took possession of the Virgin Islands from
Denmark for $25 million.
1918 - For the first time in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time went into
effect.
1932 - The Ford Motor Co. debuted its V-8 engine.
1940 - La Guardia airport in New York officially opened to the public.
1949 - Winston Churchill declared that the A-bomb was the only thing
that kept the U.S.S.R. from taking over Europe.
1958 - The U.S. Navy formed the atomic submarine division.
1966 - An estimated 200,000 anti-war demonstrators march in New York
City. (New York)
1970 - The U.S. forces in Vietnam down a MIG-21, it was the first since
September 1968.
1976 - New Jersey Supreme Court ruled that Karen Quinlan could be
disconnected from a respirator. Quinlan remained comatose until 1985
when she died.
1980 - U.S. President Carter deregulated the banking industry.
1998 - For the first time in U.S. history the federal government's
detailed financial statement was released. This occurred under the
Clinton administration.
1999 - Three U.S. soldiers were captured by Yugoslav soldiers three
miles from the Yugoslav border in Macedonia.
2004 - Air America Radio launched five stations around the U.S.
2004 - Google Inc. announced that it would be introducing a free e-mail
service called Gmail.
2004 - 4 American contractors were killed in Fallujah, Iraq; frenzied
crowds dragged their burned, mutilated bodies and strung 2 of them from
a bridge.
2005 - Terri Schiavo died at a hospice in Pinellas Park, Fla., 13 days
after her feeding tube was removed in a wrenching right-to-die dispute.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Adam Schiff: Nunes Docs Came from Inside White House, New York
Times Names Sources
The GatewayPundit - Numerous sources confirm intelligence
reports given to Nunes came from two White House officials.
House Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff (D-CA)
held an unscheduled press conference Thursday, March 30, 2017
stating “profound concern” regarding the way intelligence
reports were potentially shared with chairman Rep. Devin Nunes.
The New York Times reportedly released the names of the White
House sources. It has been revealed that two White House
officials, Ezra Cohen-Watnick, the senior director for
intelligence at the National Security Council, and Michael
Ellis, a lawyer working on national security issues, gave the
documents to Nunes. A Reuters report states: “Representative
Adam Schiff noted, “that White House staff has no reason to pass
information to a congressional committee chairman rather than
just delivering it to President Donald Trump directly.” Schiff
went on to say that his investigation will not be distracted due
to this information and will continue on with its investigation
regarding the Russia probe despite clearly being distracted by
this information. He stated numerous times that he does not care
about “incidental information” on the topic of the wiretapping
of President Trump. Democrats, once again, are concerned less
about the material discovered and more about the ways in which
the documents were discovered. Schiff asked, “Why all the cloak
and dagger stuff.” When pressed on whether the report was wrong,
Schiff said that he was, “not going to get into it,” which
raises the question: are Democrats attempting to distract the
public from what is inside the documents?
Senate kills family-planning rule; Pence breaks tie
Reuters - Vice President Mike Pence took the rare step of
breaking a tie in the U.S. Senate on Thursday, casting the
deciding vote to roll back protections for reproductive health
funds. Using the Congressional Review Act, which allows
lawmakers to repeal recently minted regulations, senators killed
a rule intended to keep federal grants flowing to clinics that
provide contraception and other services in states that want to
block the funding. The rule was enacted in the final weeks of
former President Barack Obama's administration, giving lawmakers
the opening to nullify it under the review law. In recent years
states such as Texas have kept some healthcare providers from
receiving the grants as part of the country's longstanding fight
over abortion…. It was the second time on Thursday that Pence
used his role as the chamber's president to end a deadlock. He
was called to the capitol earlier to carry the resolution
through a procedural vote. Saying the rule usurps states'
rights, Republicans argued local lawmakers should decide how
healthcare money is distributed.
Report: Obama Admin Blocked FBI Director’s Offer To Reveal
Russian Meddling
Daily Caller - FBI Director James Comey planned to write an
op-ed early last summer making the case that Russia was meddling
in the U.S. election, but other top Obama administration
officials vetoed the idea. That’s according to a report from
Newsweek magazine. “The White House shut it down,” one source
told the magazine of Comey’s op-ed offer. “They did their usual
— nothing.” The revelation, if accurate, would appear to suggest
that the Obama administration did not take Russia’s meddling in
the presidential campaign as seriously as many Democrats would
have liked…. According to Newsweek’s source, Comey’s op-ed would
have laid out some of the evidence showing that the Kremlin was
attempting to influence the presidential election. The Obama
administration would not make a similar public accusation until
Oct. 7, when the Office of the Director of National Intelligence
and the Department of Homeland Security alleged that Russia was
involved in cyber attacks against Democrats….
Federal judge in Hawaii extends court order blocking Trump
travel ban
Reuters - A federal judge in Hawaii indefinitely extended on
Wednesday an order blocking enforcement of President Donald
Trump’s revised ban on travel to the United States from six
predominantly Muslim countries. U.S. District Judge Derrick
Watson turned an earlier temporary restraining order into a
preliminary injunction in a lawsuit brought by the state of
Hawaii challenging Trump’s travel directive as unconstitutional
religious discrimination…. In its challenge to the travel ban,
Hawaii claims its state universities would be harmed by the
order because they would have trouble recruiting students and
faculty. It also says the island state's economy would be hit by
a decline in tourism. The court papers cite reports that travel
to the United States "took a nosedive" after Trump's actions.
The state was joined by a new plaintiff named Ismail Elshikh, an
American citizen from Egypt who is an imam at the Muslim
Association of Hawaii and whose mother-in-law lives in Syria,
according to the lawsuit.
Seattle Files Lawsuit Over ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Funding Threat
NBC - The city of Seattle on Wednesday announced a federal
lawsuit over the Trump administration’s threat to withhold
federal grants to so-called “sanctuary cities,” citing the 10th
Amendment that deals with states’ rights. “Apparently the Trump
administration, their war on facts, has now become a war on
cities,” Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said. He said the goal of the
suit is to have a judge declare the order unconstitutional. “Let
me be clear about the facts: We are not breaking any laws and we
are prioritizing safety,” Murray said. President Donald Trump on
Jan. 25 signed an executive order directing the federal
government to ensure that jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate
with immigration officials are not eligible to receive some
federal grants.
Hispanic-Owned Companies Bidding for ‘Trump Wall’ Contract
Receive Death Threats
Breitbart - Owners of several construction companies in western
states such as California and Arizona have reported a campaign
of harassment after their names turned up in federal databases.
There have been phone and email complaints, rocks thrown at
buildings, death threats, and one company even said a company
tractor was stolen, The Washington Post reported. According to a
review of federal records, only 32 Hispanic-owned companies have
thus far bid for any of the contracts currently offered by the
federal government for Trump’s border wall.
New Huma Abedin Emails Reveal Additional Instances of Clinton
Sending Classified Information through Unsecured Emails, Special
Favors for Clinton Donors
[Judicial Watch] released 1,184 pages of State Department
records, including previously unreleased Hillary Clinton email
exchanges, revealing additional instances of Abedin and Hillary
Clinton sending classified information through unsecured email
accounts and contributors being given special access to the
former secretary of state. The emails, were obtained in response
to a court order from a May 5, 2015, Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) lawsuit filed against the State Department after it
failed to respond to a March 18 FOIA request… The records
contain 29 previously undisclosed Clinton emails – of a total of
which is now at least 288 emails that were not part of the
55,000 pages of emails that Clinton turned over to the State
Department…. In a February 2010 email exchange Jake Sullivan,
then-Deputy Chief of Staff to Clinton, sent to Clinton’s and
Abedin’s unsecure email accounts information that the State
Department has classified as the material includes information
“to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or
foreign policy; foreign relations or foreign activities of the
US, including confidential sources.” The redacted information
concerns “former GTMO [Guantanamo] detainee Binyam Mohamed” and
Mohamed’s request for “various classified intelligence
documents” that contained U.S. intelligence information related
to his detention before he was taken to Guantanamo. In April
2010, Sid Blumenthal sent two email memos to Clinton containing
information now classified. Clinton forwarded this material to
Abedin’s unsecure email account. The classified information,
which Clinton asks Abedin to print off for her, concerns the
change of government in the Kyrgyz Republic….
Video: CNN ‘Investigated’ Russian Salad Dressing After White
House Press Secretary’s Joke
Steve Watson - CNN bolstered its reputation as the most fake
news network in the world this week when it carried out another
of its hard hitting ‘investigations’ – this time into the truth
behind Russian salad dressing. When White House Press Secretary
Sean Spicer quipped earlier in the week if the President put
Russian salad dressing on his dinner the media would use it as
evidence of collusion, most just acknowledged the joke and moved
on. Not CNN. As Mark Dice explains in the video below, CNN
actually carried out an investigation into Russian salad
dressing. The network actually paid a reporter to research
Russian salad dressing and report back the findings. And weren’t
they devastating insights. Russian salad dressing actually comes
from Nashua, New Hampshire and, according to CNN, it is actually
more of a sandwich spread rather than a salad dressing. Wow.
hard hitting investigative journalism at its best. The network
also brought on the reporter at whom Spicer was directing the
comments, April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks, to
analyse the exchange. And yes, the conclusion this panel of
experts reached was that Spicer is a SEXIST… Over on another
fake news channel, MSNBC, the panel came up with another
conclusion about Spicer stemming from the exchange with Ryan.
The White House Press Secretary is also a RACIST… Yep, Spicer is
racist and sexist. And that’s your evening news.
Never Before Seen Photographs of The 9/11 Attacks Released By
The FBI
REALfarmacy - These photos (Below) seem to corroborate the
theory that there was in fact no plane, but rather a cruise
missile, which begs the question, “why were these released?”
Surely no one at the FBI, or anywhere, thinks that these dispel
any notion of conspiracy. If anything these photos give credence
to the conspiracy, not the official narrative. I won’t be
convinced until we have evidence of the 757 engine present at
the pentagon crash site. hese engines have titanium components
that could not have been destroyed in the heat of the wreckage
so if a plane really did hit the pentagon, we would have
undoubtedly found those components.
Kindergartner suspended over playing with pretend ‘stick gun’
EAG News - North Carolina school officials found 5-year-old
Caitlin Miller guilty of violating school policy 4331, and
sentenced the imaginative youngster to a one day suspension. Her
crime: Playing “King and Queen” with her friends at recess, and
using a stick as a make-believe gun to defend the royal couple
against pretend invaders, WTVD reports. Miller’s mother, Brandy,
told the news site she received a call from the officials at
McLauchlin Elementary School on Friday to inform her about the
punishment, which Miller served on Monday. “The assistant
principal told me Caitlin had a stick and she was using it to
shoot and kill other students,” Brandy Miller told Fox News’
Todd Starnes. “One minute she’s playing with her friends and the
next her teachers are dragging her to the principal’s office,”
Miller told WTVD. “She’s confused, nobody explained anything to
her.” District officials issued a statement defending the
suspension. “Hoke County Schools will not tolerate assaults,
threats or harassment from any student,” district officials
wrote in a prepared statement. “Any student engaging in such
behavior will be removed from the classroom or school
environment for as long as is necessary to provide a safe and
orderly environment for learning.”
Santa Claus to appear as gay black man in new children's book
...
Washington Times - Harper Design said the picture book, “Santa’s
Husband,” will go on sale Oct. 10 just in time for Christmas,
Time reported Tuesday. The book will tell “the true story of a
Black Santa and his White husband (who often fills in for him at
malls),” according to a preview shared on Twitter this week by
its author, Daniel Kibblesmith. Mr. Kibbelsmith, a staff writer
for “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” originally touched on
book’s concept in a Dec. 6 tweet in which he joked his future
children “will only know about Black Santa.” “If they see a
white one we’ll say ‘That’s his husband,’” he tweeted at the
time…. “Santa’s Husband” was initially pitched as a humorous
parody children’s book, but the final product will be meant for
all ages, Time reported.
Trump Administration Signals It Won't Seek Assad’s Ouster
Sputnik News - On Thursday, US Ambassador to the United Nations
Nikki Haley said Washington no longer will pursue an agenda of
removing Syrian President Bashar Assad from power, marking a
tectonic shift in US foreign policy. "Our priority," Haley said,
"is no longer to sit there and focus on getting Assad out,"
Haley said on Thursday. "Our priority is to really look at how
do we get things done, who do we need to work with to really
make a difference for the people in Syria." The question of
whether Assad will retain power has had leaders scratching their
heads all over the globe. Since January, a shaky ceasefire has
been in effect, brokered by Moscow, Tehran and Ankara. Moscow
and Ankara specifically have emerged as guarantors of the
ceasefire, but essentially every other country, including the US
under the Obama administration, wanted to see Assad removed from
power. The question leaders have had to grapple with – whether
Assad could, should or would stay in power – now seems to have
gained some clarity.
Five Million Fled: UN Calls for Action as Syrian Refugee Crisis
Hits Gruesome Milestone
Sputnik News - The UN Refugee Agency has announced that the
number of those fleeing war-torn Syria has reached the 5 million
mark, after six years of fighting. The UN body has called for
the international community to do more to help the displaced.
According to UN data, most of the refugees have fled to Turkey,
which now hosts about 3 million Syrians. Following Turkey is
Jordan, which has given asylum to between 657,000 and 1.3
million Syrians, according to various counts. About 1 million
Syrians are in Lebanon, whose government has refused to create
official refugee camps for them, leaving refugees to seek
shelter in informal camps with poor living conditions. Hundreds
of thousands of Syrians have also fled to Europe, though not all
of them have been granted refugee status, according to the UN
report. Hundreds of thousands of Syrians have also fled to
Europe, though not all of them have been granted refugee status,
according to the UN report.
Video Shows Saudi Man Literally Herding Veiled Muslim Women With
a Stick
Paul Joseph Watson - Is this the brand of Islam feminists want
to import to the west? A disturbing video out of Saudi Arabia
shows a man with a stick literally herding veiled young Muslim
women with a stick as they wait for their male guardians before
being allowed to leave. The clip shows a man allowing some
students to leave before he orders the others to return indoors
by banging a stick against a mental hand rail. At the end of the
clip he appears to strike one of the women on the head with the
stick. According to a Saudi feminist who posted the video on
Twitter, it shows a high school guard fulfilling his duties,
which include making sure the students are always fully covered
and ensuring “women are caged until their guardians or drivers
come”.
Taxing (and Antiquing) Them Off the Road
Eric Peters Autos - For planned obsolescence to work, you’ve got
to keep the conveyor belt rolling. And most of all, prevent
anyone from getting off. It is a problem if people “cling” to
their old cars instead of regularly trading them in – ideally,
to be crushed – for new ones – hopefully, heavily financed. But
how to get rid of the old cars when people decline to get rid of
them voluntarily? Democratic politicians in Oregon have just the
thing. It is House Bill 2877 and – if it becomes law – it will
impose heavy taxes on cars 20 years old or more to the tune of
$1,000 payable every five years, in perpetuity – unless the
owner obtains Antique Vehicle registration and tags for the
vehicle. The Antique tags, of course, cost extra – and once
registered as an Antique, the vehicle may no longer be legally
driven regularly but only occasionally, to “parades” and “shows”
and so on. It’s one step away from drilling holes in the engine
block and turning the car into a static display. The legislation
would make older cars either functionally useless – or
usuriously expensive to drive . . . if you insist on clinging.
Al Gore: Climate Change is “PRINCIPAL” Cause of Syrian WarWar, Brexit
(Video)
Breitbart - Thursday in London at Advertising Week Europe 2017 during an
interview with Empire Editor-in-Chief Terri White, former Vice-President
Al Gore said climate change was a “principal” cause of the Syrian Civil
War and Brexit…. [Gore said, ] “The scientists have published these peer
review studies for several years now showing exactly why it’s related to
the climate crisis. From 2006 to 2010, 60 percent of the farms in Syria
were destroyed and had to be abandoned and 80 per cent of the livestock
were killed. The drought in the eastern Mediterranean is the worst ever
on record – the records only go back 900 years, but it’s historic. And
1.5 million climate refugees were driven into the cities in Syria, where
they collided with refugees from the Iraq War….”
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Method
Facial Recognition Tech Could Ensnare Millions of Innocent Americans for
Crimes They Didn’t Commit
Daniel Lang - During a recent Congressional Oversight Committee hearing,
members of both political parties sounded the alarm on the FBI’s use of
the technology, and read the written testimony of Electronic Frontier
Foundation senior staff attorney Jennifer Lynch: Lynch detailed the
stunning scope of the FBI’s photo collection. In addition to collecting
criminal and civil mug shots, the agency currently has “memorandums of
understanding” with 16 states that mean every driver’s license photo
from those states is accessible to the agency—without the drivers’
consent. The FBI also has access to photos from the U.S. State
Department’s passport and visa records. Lynch argued that “Americans
should not be forced to submit to criminal face recognition searches
merely because they want to drive a car. They shouldn’t have to worry
their data will be misused by unethical government officials with
unchecked access to face recognition databases. And they shouldn’t have
to fear that their every move will be tracked if face recognition is
linked to the networks of surveillance cameras that blanket many
cities.” “But without meaningful legal protections, this is where we may
be headed,” Lynch stated. “Without laws in place, it could be relatively
easy for the government and private companies to amass databases of
images of all Americans and use those databases to identify and track
people in real time as they move from place to place throughout their
daily lives.”
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Monsanto Plans to Expand on Deadly Pesticide Production
REALfarmacy - Locals are unhappy with Monsanto’s new $975 million
expansion in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. The Luling plant in St.
Charles Parish, Louisiana will manufacture dicamba, a controversial
herbicide used in the company’s new XtendiMax weedkiller for GMO
soybeans and cotton. People are unhappy about Monsanto moving in, and
they do not care about the 120 potential jobs that could come with the
expansion. California could become the first state to require Monsanto
to label its glyphosate-based herbicide, Roundup, as a possible
carcinogen following a judge’s tentative ruling on Jan 27. Yet Monsanto
still opposes the ruling, saying its top-selling product is safe. Yet
Monsanto’s $975 million investment on dicamba represents a major shift
from its bread-and-butter glyphosate herbicide business. Gyphosate is
the world’s most widely used herbicide and it has faced backlash since
the World Health Organization linked it to cancer in March 2015. Another
huge issue with glyphosate are the “superweeds” that have become
resistant to the herbicide. Monsanto’s new XtendiMax weedkiller, a
combination of dicamba and glyphosate, is designed to address the
problem…. The new facility in Luling is expected to be completed in
2019.
The 5 Best Medicinal Plants You Can Grow In Your Backyard
Off the Grid News - 1. Feverfew - Once it blooms during spring, it
continues to grow throughout the season. Feverfew has been used for
centuries to — you guessed it — reduce fevers. It also has properties
that help to reduce headaches and stomach illnesses…. 2. Echinacea - One
of the most popular medicinal herbs is Echinacea, which produces a
beautiful purple flower. Echinacea grows up to 36 inches tall and has a
long growing season. You will notice an abundance of bees and
butterflies attracted to your garden, as well, helping to pollinate.
chinacea can be used to boost the immune system if you have the flu or
cold. Historically, people used it to fight infections, relieve pain,
treat snake bites, reduce coughs and heal sore throats…. 3. Lemon balm -
Everyone needs at least one type of mint plant in their garden. Lemon
balm happens to be one of my favorites! You can add it to teas to create
a delicious tea, but it does more than that. Those suffering from
insomnia, anxiety, an upset stomach, or a viral infection can find lemon
balm useful. Our family uses it as a natural mosquito repellant and
treatment for colicky infants…. 4. Yarrow - It can reduce fevers,
shorten flu and colds, help kids to relax and lessen cramps. You also
can use yarrow topically to help with skin itching and rashes. Some
people have success relieving allergy symptoms by drinking yarrow tea!…
5. Calendula - While I grow a variety of herbs and flowers, calendula
is, by far, one of the most useful flowers. The beautiful, orange
flowers pop in the summertime against the green grass. Calendula petals
are edible; try adding them to your salads. For centuries, people found
ways to use calendula to disinfect minor wounds, treat infections, heal
skin irritation and reduce pain. One of my favorite ways to use it is by
creating a homemade diaper cream for rashes. Making a healing salve from
calendula is simple and makes a fantastic addition to your first-aid
kit. All you need to do is spread it over irritations and small cuts.
Potent gut healing probiotic turmeric kefir tea
STEPin2 - Kefir is one of the newest health crazes that is
sweeping the nation. This potent gut healing probiotic turmeric
kefir tea will refresh the all-important intestinal tract. Why
is your gut so important? Besides digesting food and making it
useable for the body, the gut is also key to keeping you
healthy. Science has shown that the majority of the immune
system actually lives in the gut, and that the beneficial
bacteria in the gut are key to fighting many diseases….
Directions: Pour 3 1/2 cups of water kefir into an airtight
BPA-free container • Add 1 tbsp of lemon juice • Add a 1-inch
piece of fresh turmeric root, peeled and chopped • Close the
container and let ferment for 1-3 days • The longer it ferments,
the more carbonation will occur • Refrigerate and serve cold.
Remove Scars Naturally With These 9 Remedies
Natural Blaze - [A] Scar typically is the result of an injury,
such as a burn, cut, laceration, acne, incision due to surgery
or stretch marks from pregnancy and significant weight changes.
Here are some secrets how to remove scars naturally…. 1. Onion
Extract/Gel - Onion extract contains several unique
bioflavonoids, such as cepalin, quercetin, and kaempferol. This
makes it an excellent natural option for scar removal…. 2.
Coconut Oil and Shea Butter - You can use raw coconut oil or
shea butter to keep the wound moist. This also helps prevent a
scar or keeps a scar from getting too deep, large, or itchy. The
antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids in both coconut oil and
shea butter have been shown to repair skin and inhibit keloid
scar tissue…. 3. Aloe Vera - The best option is to use the fresh
gel-like substance directly from the aloe vera leaf. You just
need to peel the outer green cover and then directly apply the
gel onto the affected area. Leave it for about 30 minutes or
longer if possible. Because it dries quickly, you can even sleep
with it. Repeat this procedure two or three times daily. It will
give a nice glow to your skin, reduce wrinkles and what is best
will make your acne scars diminish. Note: Don’t apply aloe vera
gel on open wounds….
Thursday - March
30, 2017
On This Day In History:
1822 - Florida became a U.S. territory.
1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while his
patient was anesthetized by ether.
1867 - The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.
1870 - The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of
race, was passed by the U.S. Congress.
1870 - Texas was readmitted to the Union.
1903 - Revolutionary activity in the Dominican Republic brought U.S.
troops to Santo Domingo to protect American interests.
1905 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was chosen to mediate in the
Russo-Japanese peace talks.
1909 - In Oklahoma, Seminole Indians revolted against meager pay for
government jobs.
1916 - Pancho Villa killed 172 at the Guerrero garrison in Mexico.
1944 - The U.S. fleet attacked Palau, near the Philippines.
1945 - The U.S.S.R. invaded Austria during World War II.
1946 - The Allies seized 1,000 Nazis attempting to revive the Nazi party
in Frankfurt.
1972 - The Eastertide Offensive began when North Vietnamese troops
crossed into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) in the northern portion of
South Vietnam.
1975 - As the North Vietnamese forces moved toward Saigon South
Vietnamese soldiers mob rescue jets in desperation.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington,
DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary
James Brady were also wounded.
1984 - The U.S. ended its participation in the multinational peace force
in Lebanon.
2002 - Suspected Islamic militants set off several grenades at a temple
in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Four civilians, four policemen and two
attackers were killed and 20 people were injured.
2006 - American reporter Jill Carroll, a freelancer for The Christian
Science Monitor, was released after 82 days as a hostage in Iraq.
2009 - The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed that the
new World Trade Center building would be officially known by its legal
name of "One World Trade Center."
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Did Obama’s Defense Deputy Just Admit Spying on Trump? (Video)
Paul Joseph Watson - Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense Evelyn Farkas has caused controversy after she appeared
to admit during an appearance on MSNBC that the Obama
administration spied on Donald Trump’s transition team in order
to gather “intelligence” for political use. Farkas explained to
Mika Brzezinski how in its final days, the Obama administration
scrambled to gather information about the Trump team’s alleged
ties to Russia… . I was urging my former colleagues, and, and
frankly speaking the people on the Hill [Democrat politicians],
it was more actually aimed at telling the Hill people, get as
much information as you can – get as much intelligence as you
can – before President Obama leaves the administration. Because
I had a fear that somehow that information would disappear with
the senior [Obama] people who left; so it would be hidden away
in the bureaucracy, um, that the Trump folks – if they found out
HOW we knew what we knew about their, the Trump staff, dealing
with Russians – that they would try to compromise those sources
and methods; meaning we no longer have access to that
intelligence…. Farkas’ admission suggests she was a source for
the New York Times, which revealed earlier this month that,
“More than a half-dozen current and former officials” had
attempted to “preserve and distribute the intelligence,”
including “classified information” before Trump took office.
Obamacare 'Explosion' Could Come On May 22nd, Here's Why
Zero Hedge - After a stunning healthcare defeat last week,
delivered at the hands of his own party no less, Trump took to
twitter to predict the imminent 'explosion' of Obamacare. As it
turns out, that 'explosion' could come faster than anyone really
expects as legislators and health insurers have to make several
critical decisions about the 2018 plan year over the next 2
months which could seal Obamacare's fate. As the Atlanta Journal
Constitution points out today, the Trump administration has
until May 22nd to decide whether they will continue to pursue
the Obama administration's appeal to provide subsidies to
insurers who participate in the federal exchanges. Of course,
any decision to remove those subsidies would likely result in
yet another massive round of premium hikes and further
withdrawals from the already crippled exchanges where an
astounding number of counties across the country have already
been cut to just 1 health insurance provider. And, as we've
pointed out before, higher rates = lower participation =
deterioration of risk pool = higher rates....and the cycle just
repeats until it eventually collapses…. While all this
uncertainty swirls, health insurers must decide — soon — whether
to make rate filings to sell insurance in 2018. The deadline
varies by state, but for those that have marketplaces run by the
federal government, it is June 21.
Ivanka Trump, Shifting Plans, Will Become a Federal Employee
NY Times - Ms. Trump’s title will be assistant to the president.
Her husband, Jared Kushner, has the title of senior adviser. “We
are pleased that Ivanka Trump has chosen to take this step in
her unprecedented role as first daughter and in support of the
president,” a spokeswoman for the president said in an email.
“Ivanka’s service as an unpaid employee furthers our commitment
to ethics, transparency, and compliance and affords her
increased opportunities to lead initiatives driving real policy
benefits for the American public that would not have been
available to her previously.”
Fox News Brings Back Judge Napolitano, Who Still Stands By Obama
Wiretapping Claim [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller - Judge Andrew Napolitano made his first
appearance on Fox News Wednesday since making the claim that
President Obama surveilled Trump Tower during the 2016 election
nearly two weeks ago. At his beginning of his latest appearance,
host Bill Hemmer brought up the suspension, yet Napolitano said
he still stands by claim.
Vetoed: Virginia Governor Rejects Bill to Prohibit “Sanctuary
City” Policies
Tenth Amendment Center - Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe vetoed a
bill that would have prohibited so-called “sanctuary cities”
that refuse to cooperate with enforcement of some federal
immigration laws. A coalition of 10 Republican delegates
sponsored House Bill 2000 (HB2000). The legislation would have
prohibited any local government from implementing sanctuary city
policies. “No locality shall adopt any ordinance, procedure, or
policy that restricts the enforcement of federal immigration
laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law.”
Disgusting! Leftists Attack V.P. Mike Pence For Being Loyal to
His Wife!
The GatewayPundit - Liberals never cease to amaze me with their
gutter attacks on everything moral and good in society. The
Washington Post and other vile leftists are now attacking Vice
President, Mike Pence for being too loyal to his wife. Vice
President, Pence has a rule that he doesn’t dine with another
woman alone if his wife isn’t present. Instead of praising this
man for honoring God, his marriage, and his children, the left
is attacking him…. Look at this lovely WaPo blogger…
Related:
Washington Post: Karen Pence is the vice president’s ‘prayer
warrior,’ gut check and shield
Video: Center for Medical Progress Video Investigation — Planned
Parenthood Abortionist: ‘Pay Attention to Who’s in the Room’
When Verifying Signs of Life
Breitbart - A new video released by Center for Medical Progress
(CMP) reveals a former Planned Parenthood abortionist allegedly
discussing how she performs elective abortions on healthy unborn
babies up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, and the situation she
encounters if a baby is aborted showing some signs of life…. “In
Arizona, if the fetus comes out with any signs of life, we’re
supposed to transport it. To the hospital.” When asked if there
is “any standard procedure for verifying signs of life?” Taylor
responds by saying, “The key is, you need to pay attention to
who’s in the room, right?”…
15 felony charges for 2 who secretly filmed Planned Parenthood
Washington Examiner - California prosecutors on Tuesday charged
two anti-abortion activists who made undercover videos of
themselves trying to buy fetal tissue from Planned Parenthood
with 15 felonies, saying they invaded the privacy of medical
providers by filming without consent. State Attorney General
Xavier Becerra, a former Democratic member of Congress,
announced the charges against David Daleiden of Davis,
California, and Sandra Merritt of San Jose. The two operate the
Irvine-based Center for Medical Progress. The allegations say
the pair filmed 14 people without permission between October
2013 and July 2015 in Los Angeles, San Francisco and El Dorado
counties. One felony count was filed for each person. The 15th
was for criminal conspiracy to invade privacy…. Daleiden, in an
email to the Associated Press, said the "bogus" charges are
coming from "Planned Parenthood's political cronies."
California Could Force Colleges To Dispense Abortifacient Pills
To Students
The Daily Caller - California could soon pass legislation that
would force all 146 taxpayer-funded colleges and universities in
the state to dispense abortifacient pills — first designated as
RU-486 — to students. A bill is now making it way though the
state legislature is aiming to do just that, reports The College
Fix. Democratic state Sen. Connie Leyva has introduced the
College Student Right to Access Act this month and claims if the
bill is successfully passed it “will help to improve the
academic success of students.” She makes no attempt to correlate
academic success and having an abortion. The program would
require student health insurance plans to provide “medical
abortions” at the state’s 10 University of California schools,
23 Cal State campuses and 113 community colleges…. The
abortifacient pill is actually a combination of drugs that
induces a miscarriage and terminates a pregnancy. Common
complications that women experience from use of the “medicine”
includes heavy bleeding, nausea and strong abdominal pain
associated with forcing the fetus out of the body over several
days. The pill may be administered throughout the first 10 weeks
of pregnancy.
New Zealand’s Whanganui River Granted Legal Personhood in
Landmark Environmental Ruling
Wake Up World - …a unique method to protect the environment is
emerging in several other countries around the world that should
give Americans pause for thought: placing mother earth on equal
legal footing as humans, with the same “rights and interests.”
The third-longest river in New Zealand — known as Te Awa Tupua
to the indigenous Maori people — the Whanganui flows
approximately 321 km from the Hawkes Bay area in the northern
region of the country, down to the Tasman Sea. It’s also the
first river in the world to be granted the legal status of
personhood. Following a dispute dating back to the 1870s
involving the New Zealand government and the iwi — the local
Maori tribe, who rely on the Whanganui river — a settlement has
been reached that will “give the river the power to represent
its own interests and advocate on its own behalf.” The river
will be represented by two spokespersons — one appointed by the
iwi, and another by the government…. As part of the settlement,
$28 million will be allocated for the rejuvenation of the river
and $75 million in financial redress to the iwi involving
historical claims.
Stunning footage shows a giant Russian volcano violently
erupting for the first time in 250 YEARS
Daily Mail - This dramatic footage show a Russian volcano
awakening for the first time in 250 years. The snow-covered
colossus last erupted in the reign of Catherine the Great but in
recent days has spewed out a 60-mile (100km) long ash plume that
was visible from space. Scientists on the Kamchatka peninsula in
the far east of Russia had not predicted 7,103ft Kambalny
volcano suddenly emerging from hibernation.
Budget Woes: US Marines Could Be Forced to Ground Half of Aerial
Fleet
Sputnik News - US military officials say that if Washington does
not pass a clean, full-year budget resolution soon, the Marines
will be compelled to shut down half of their aerial fleet.
Specifically, the US Marine Corps would close down operations
for six F/A-18 squadrons, which feature between 12 and 24 jets
each, along with four Harrier squadrons, according to Lt. Gen.
Jon Davis. "So, half our fleet," Davis said. The US Navy echoed
the readiness concerns expressed by the Marines. While not
specifying how many jets would halt operations, US naval forces
"are going to have to shut down squadrons as well," Rear Adm.
Chip Miller told the House Armed Service Committee on March 28.
The current continuing resolution, or CR, caps military spending
lower than what the military would prefer. US President Donald
Trump has submitted to the House a new budget that would boost
military spending by almost 10 percent, to more than $639
billion. The $54 billion in new spending for the military
comprises 80 percent of Russia’s annual defense expenditures,
The Intercept reported.
St. Louis Just Hiked Minimum Wage By 43%; Guess What Happens
Next
Zero Hedge - "A new analysis by Dr. David Macpherson of Trinity
University and Dr. William Even of Miami University finds that
an $11 minimum wage in St. Louis would cost the city roughly
1,000 jobs, with the job loss mostly occurring among the city’s
most vulnerable populations."
Video: First Trailer for Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to
Power’
Breitbart - Al Gore is back again to warn about the dangers of climate
change in the first trailer for An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.…
The trailer also features several brief excerpts of President Donald
Trump’s comments on global warming, and shows Gore delivering lectures
and traveling around the world to survey climate-related damage up
close…. The trailer’s release came the same day President Donald Trump
signed an executive order that will roll back several key energy
industry regulations signed into law by former President Barack Obama.
J Scott Armstrong: Fewer Than 1 Percent Of Papers in Scientific Journals
Follow Scientific Method
Breitbart - Professor Armstrong, who co-founded the peer-reviewed
Journal of Forecasting in 1982 and the International Journal of
Forecasting in 1985, made the claim in a presentation about what he
considers to be “alarmism” from forecasters over man-made climate
change. “We also go through journals and rate how well they conform to
the scientific method. I used to think that maybe 10 percent of papers
in my field … were maybe useful. Now it looks like maybe, one tenth of
one percent follow the scientific method” said Armstrong in his
presentation, which can be watched in full below. “People just don’t do
it.”… Digging deeper into their motivations, Armstrong pointed to the
wealth of incentives for publishing papers with politically convenient
rather than scientific conclusions…. “They cheat. If you don’t get
statistically significant results, then you throw out variables, add
variables, [and] eventually you get what you want.”
Common drug for bladder problems linked to dementia
What Doctors Don't Tell You - Doctors are routinely prescribing
a drug to treat overactive bladder that can trigger dementia.
The drug, Ditropan (oxybutynin), is given to around a quarter of
elderly patients with the problem in the US, even though safer
options are available. Oxybutynin has been "consistently linked"
with dementia and cognitive impairment, say researchers from the
Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, but doctors rarely monitor
patients and only around 9 per cent of patients have a
neurological examination before they start taking it. Despite
its side effects, oxybutynin is still the drug of choice in the
US, where it's prescribed to 27 per cent of elderly people with
overactive bladder. Its usage around Europe varies, from as
little as 7 per cent of patients in Germany, Austria and
Switzerland, and up to 70 per cent in Italy. Oxybutynin is an
antimuscarinic, a family of drugs derived from mushrooms that
are designed to control overactive bladder, a common problem
that affects around 9 per cent of the over-65s. Oxybutynin is
the cheapest option in the antimuscarinic family, which probably
is the reason it is so frequently prescribed.
85% of Tampons, Pads and Other Feminine Care Products
Contaminated with Monsanto’s Cancer-Causing,
Endocrine-Disrupting Glyphosate
Wake Up World - …researchers from the University of La Plata
found that a vast majority of these products contain glyphosate,
the main ingredient in Monsanto’s wildly popular Roundup
herbicide and the same chemical that’s considered a “probable
carcinogen” by the World Health Organization…. Not only did the
research team find 85 percent of the cotton products tested
positive for glyphosate, but also discovered that 62 percent of
the samples contained AMPA (or aminomethylphosphonic acid) — an
environmental metabolite of glyphosate, which is potentially
1,000 times more toxic once inside the body. However, the
numbers were higher for some of the products. Says lead
researcher Dr. Damian Marino: “Eighty-five percent of all
samples tested positive for glyphosate and 62 percent for AMPA,
which is the environmental metabolite, but in the case of cotton
and sterile cotton gauze the figure was 100 percent.” All the
samples — gauze, swabs, wipes and feminine care products — were
purchased in the La Plata area from local pharmacies and
supermarkets…. Dr. Medardo Avila Vazquez, president of the
congress, draws attention to the fact that most cotton
production is now genetically modified, where Roundup “is
sprayed when the bud is open and the glyphosate is condensed and
goes straight into the product.”
You Have a Morphine-Like Painkiller Growing In Your Backyard
Natural Blaze - Lactuca Virosa – aka “opium lettuce” or bitter
lettuce – must be one of the modern world’s best kept secrets.
And it’s probably getting mowed down in your backyard! Look for
it in North America and England. Hopefully the pictures will
help but apparently it’s tall, leafy and can have small, yellow
buds. It contains a milky, white substance with the opium-like
qualities – however, it’s important to know that the plant
contains no opiates and is perfectly legal. Ask a Prepper says
this milky substance is called lactucarium “acts directly on the
central nervous system (CNS) to lessen the feeling of pain, just
like morphine.” This is extremely good news for those with
Epstein-Barr Virus, Fibromyalgia, nerve injury, surgical pain
and inflammation. They report that wild lettuce wasn’t a secret
in the 1800s, but was also sought as an alternative to opium,
which was basically a scourge on the earth at the time.
Apparently, it made a comeback in the 1970s when natural health
food stores began cropping up more and more. The bitterness of
the herb has made teas, tinctures, resins, or even smoking/vaping
a more popular way to take than historical reduction cooking
methods.
How to Make Your Own Charcoal Face Mask to Deep Clean and
Detoxify the Skin
Living Traditionally - Activated charcoal is beneficial for skin
problems such as acne because it possesses adsorption
properties. When applied onto the skin, activated charcoal
performs an incredible job at reacting with the elements and
absorbing acne-causing bacteria. It deep cleanses and purifies
your skin…. How This Face Mask Works: 1 cup of Organic Coconut
Oil, 1 teaspoon of bentonite clay, 5 drops of tea tree oil… Mix
these ingredients together until you have an even consistency….
Allow the mask to work on your skin for at least 10 – 15
minutes.
Video: Forget Cat Cafés – Now There’s a Cat Massage Parlor!
The Catington Post - Cat cafés started in Japan and are now springing up
all over the world. Here’s another trend that’s started in Japan we’re
really hoping makes it’s way across the pond – cat massage parlors! At a
spa in Japan, cat lovers can opt for a feline add-on to their massages.
Kitties are on staff, and on the table, to take over during massages.
Video: Vet Comforts Puppy After Surgery
The Dodo - This puppy was so scared when she woke up after surgery — but
a really sweet vet was there to make her feel safe…. To help these
rescuers take care of more pets like Maddie, you can support the BARCS
Animal Shelter.
Wednesday - March
29, 2017
On This Day In History:
1847 - U.S. troops under General Winfield Scott took possession
of the Mexican stronghold at Vera Cruz.
1848 - Niagara Falls stopped flowing for one day due to an ice jam.
1867 - The British Parliament passed the North America Act to create the
Dominion of Canada.
1882 - The Knights of Columbus organization was granted a charter by the
State of Connecticut.
1903 - A regular news service began between New York and London on
Marconi's wireless.
1906 - In the U.S., 500,000 coal miners walked off the job seeking
higher wages.
1941 - The British sank five Italian warships off the Peloponnesus coast
in the Mediterranean.
1943 - In the U.S. rationing of meat, butter and cheese began during
World War II.
1951 - The Chinese reject MacArthur's offer for a truce in Korea.
1961 - The 23rd amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. The
amendment allowed residents of Washington, DC, to vote for president.
1962 - Cuba opened the trial of the Bay of Pigs invaders.
1971 - Lt. William Calley Jr., of the U.S. Army, was found guilty of the
premeditated murder of at least 22 Vietnamese civilians. He was
sentenced to life imprisonment. The trial was the result of the My Lai
massacre in Vietnam on March 16, 1968.
1971 - A jury in L.A. recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson
and 3 females for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders. The death sentences
were later commuted to live in prison.
1973 - The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam.
1974 - Eight Ohio National Guardsmen were indicted on charges stemming
from the shooting deaths of four students at Kent State University on
May 4, 1970. All the guardsmen were later acquitted.
1979 - The Committee on Assassinations Report issued by U.S. House of
Representatives stated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy
was the result of a conspiracy.
1992 - Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton said "I didn't
inhale and I didn't try it again" in reference to when he had
experimented with marijuana.
1993 - The South Korean government agreed to pay financial support to
women who had been forced to have sex with Japanese troops during World
War II.
1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a constitutional
amendment that would have limited terms to 12 years in the U.S. House
and Senate.
2004 - Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and
Slovenia became members of NATO.
2010 - In Japan, the Tokyo Skytree tower became the tallest structure in
Japan when it reached 1,109 feet.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Trump Asks Why Intelligence Committee Isn’t Probing The Clintons
Zero Hedge - Following a day of drama involving the Chair of the
House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, who has been under
constant onslaught by Democrats ever since his disclosure last
week that Trump had indeed been the object of surveillance, and
whose Democrat peer at the Intel panel, Adam Schiff, on Monday
night called for Nunes to recuse himself, moments ago Trump
waded into the news cycle when he asked on Twitter why the House
Intelligence Committee is not investigating the Clintons for
various ties of their own to Russia. He then slammed the ongoing
anti-Russian witch hunt, saying “the Russia story is a hoax.”
“Why isn’t the House Intelligence Committee looking into the
Bill & Hillary deal that allowed big Uranium to go to Russia,
Russian speech, money to Bill, the Hillary Russian ‘reset,’
praise of Russia by Hillary, or Podesta Russian Company. Trump
Russia story is a hoax. #MAGA!” Trump wrote in two tweets Monday
night.
Congress races toward April deadline to avert government
shutdown
USA Today - House and Senate negotiators of both parties are
racing to reach agreement on a spending package to prevent a
government shutdown on April 28. Members of the House and Senate
Appropriations committees intend to have a bill ready the week
of April 24, just days before the current stopgap funding for
federal agencies is set to expire, House Appropriations
Committee spokeswoman Jennifer Hing said Monday. The timeline is
especially tight because lawmakers are scheduled to be in
session only about a dozen days between now and the midnight
April 28 deadline.
Trump signs order dismantling Obama-era climate policies
Reuters - President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an order to
undo Obama-era climate change regulations, keeping a campaign
promise to support the coal industry and calling into question
U.S. support for an international deal to fight global warming.
Flanked by coal miners and coal company executives, Trump
proclaimed his "Energy Independence" executive order at the
headquarters of the Environmental Protection Agency. The move
drew swift backlash from a coalition of 23 states and local
governments, as well as environmental groups, which called the
decree a threat to public health and vowed to fight it in court.
The order's main target is former President Barack Obama's Clean
Power Plan, which required states to slash carbon emissions from
power plants - a key factor in the United States' ability to
meet its commitments under a climate change accord reached by
nearly 200 countries in Paris in 2015.
Alabama Republican Rep. Mo Brooks Introduces One Line Bill to
Repeal Obamacare
Breitbart - On the same day that the House of Representatives
canceled its vote on Ryancare, Alabama Rep. Mo Brooks filed a
simple one-line bill to repeal Obama’s signature health care
law. The Huntsville Republican titled the bill ‘Obamacare Repeal
Act.” It is short and to the point, AI.com reported. “Effective
as of Dec. 31, 2017, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act is repealed, and the provisions of law amended or repealed
by such Act are restored or revived as if such Act had not been
enacted,” the bill reads. Brooks, a member of the House Freedom
Caucus, told constituents last week that he was a “no” vote on
the Obamacare repeal/replace bill offered by Republican Speaker
of the House Paul Ryan.
Proposed California Bill Would Ban ‘Fake News’
Breitbart - A proposed Californian bill aims to ban “fake news,”
making it unlawful for a website to post a “deceptive statement
designed to influence the vote” on proposed issues or candidates
for public office. The proposed law states: 18320.5. It is
unlawful for a person to knowingly and willingly make, publish
or circulate on an Internet Web site, or cause to be made,
published, or circulated in any writing posted on an Internet
Web site, a false or deceptive statement designed to influence
the vote on either of the following: (a) Any issue submitted to
voters at an election. (b) Any candidate for election to public
office. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a nonprofit
organisation that defends civil liberties in the digital world,
stated that the bill was “so obviously unconstitutional, we had
to double check that it was real.”
Nebraska Dems include voter registration form in ‘refugee
welcome baskets’
American Mirror - Conservative Review published a selfie video
of Nebraska Democratic Party chairwoman Jane Kleeb giving an
insider’s glimpse into what the party is doing to woo refugees
into supporting them. Kleeb told viewers Nebraska “welcomes” the
most refugees and immigrants per capita of any state in the
country. During a recent party meeting, activists donated items
that would be given to newly placed refugees in the state. Kleeb
said they donated “basic stuff that you need when you are
starting a new home, whether it’s diapers, toilet paper,
towels,” as well as dishes and blankets. After assembling the
baskets, Kleeb said the party is including a note written on
party stationery, a letter signed by Kleeb, a bumper sticker for
their car. “It also includes a voter registration form and just
has our contact information in case they want to reach out and
have any questions,” Kleeb said. According to the Nebraska
Secretary of State’s office, voters are required to be United
States citizens to be eligible to cast ballots in the state.
It’s not clear why the Democratic Party would encourage refugees
to break the law.
Massachusetts Sheriff: Arrest Leaders Of Sanctuary Cities
(CBS) – A Massachusetts law enforcement official testifying
before Congress on Tuesday called for leaders of sanctuary
cities to be arrested. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson
told the House Subcommittee on Illegal Immigration that
sanctuary cities “have become magnets for illegal aliens, some
of which have violent criminal records.” “If these sanctuary
cities are going to harbor and conceal criminal illegal aliens
from ICE, which is in direct violation of Title 8 of the U.S.
Code, federal arrest warrants should be issued for their elected
officials,” Hodgson said. “Our citizens would be safer if we
never stopped enforcing immigration law and if we never formed
or turned a blind eye toward sanctuary cities.”
Florida: Muslim prof teaches Islam as fact, Christian student
disagrees, gets suspended, police report filed
Robert Spencer - Professor Areej Zufari taught “that the
crucifixion of Jesus was a hoax and that his disciples did not
believe he was God.” This is not historical fact. It is pure
Islamic dogma. Unless Marshall Polston had signed up for a class
on Islamic dogma, Zufari had no business teaching these views as
fact rather than faith. But as ever, it is Polston who has to
take the fall, as Zufari deftly stepped into victimhood mode,
with the willing complicity of the easy Leftist marks in the
Rollins College administration. The school’s academic double
standard and complacency with dangerous hate speech is on full
display. Not even a year after Radical Islamic terrorist Omar
Mateen killed 49 people at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, Rollins
College officials are punishing a Christian Conservative student
who challenged a liberal Muslim professor and radicalized Muslim
student during a conversation on the application of Sharia Law.
Marshall Polston confirmed to the Central Florida Post that
Professor Areeje [actually Areej] Zufari, who teaches a “Muslim
Humanities” course at Rollins, has made outlandish claims
against him and even filed a false police report.
US ABM shield in Europe may lead to sudden nuclear attack on
Russia, Moscow says
RT - The US’ ABM sites in Europe and on warships patrolling
Russia’s borders are creating the potential for America to
launch an overwhelming surprise nuclear strike on Russia, the
Russian general staff said. The presence of American ABM sites
in Europe and ABM-capable ships in the seas and oceans close to
Russia’s territory creates a powerful clandestine potential for
delivering a surprise nuclear missile strike against Russia,”
Viktor Poznikhir, deputy head of operations of the Russian
general staff, told a disarmament conference in Geneva. The
Conference on Disarmament being held in Switzerland over five
days this week is an international forum focusing on global
security and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass
destruction with the participation of 65 member states. The US’
global antiballistic missile system is provoking a new arms
race, Russia’s top brass has warned, adding that the US system,
which includes sites in Alaska, Romania, and Poland, compromises
Russia’s nuclear deterrence capabilities. Russia estimates that
by 2020 the US will have as many as 1,000 interceptor missiles
at its disposal, which would be a threat to Russia’s missile
capacity.
Hungary Refuses to Take 5000 Migrants from Sweden
Breitbart - The Hungarian government has long held a position
against the redistribution of migrants from other European
countries going as far as holding a referendum on the subject
last October. But Sweden is insisting that under European Union
(EU) Dublin agreement rules, the migrants should be returned to
the Central European country where they first registered,
Svenska Dagbladet reports. Swedish Immigration and Justice
Minister Morgan Johansson met with EU migration and asylum
Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos in Brussels Monday to discuss
the issue. After the meeting, Mr. Johansson said: “It is the
Commission’s responsibility to ensure that contracts are kept,
and this is our opinion that Hungary did not follow the Dublin
rules.” “We have almost 5,000 cases where people are registered
as asylum seekers in Hungary, but Hungary does not receive them
when we send them back,” he added, claiming the EU Commission
had a “duty” to open a case against Hungary for infringement of
the Dublin agreement.
Internet Security Analysts: North Korea Is Planning a Global
Bank Heist
Breitbart - The New York Times published a report from Internet
security firm Symantec that revealed startling ambitions on the
part of hackers affiliated with North Korea. According to the
report, they have plans to rob over a hundred banks around the
world, including “institutions like the World Bank, the European
Central Bank and big American companies including Bank of
America.” An attack on over 20 Polish banks near the end of 2016
was evidently thwarted without any money being lost. When
security analysts pulled apart the virus software sent to these
banks, they discovered a huge list of Internet addresses for
other financial institutions, making up the target list
described by Symantec…. Thus far, the biggest score for the
North Korean operation appears to be a hack of Bangladesh’s
central bank, revealed by Bangladeshi authorities in May 2016.
The $81 million stolen from the bank ended up in the
Philippines, but investigators were certain from early in the
investigation that the thieves were not from either Bangladesh
or the Philippines.
Japan ponders recycling Fukushima soil for public parks & green
areas
RT - Soil from the Fukushima prefecture may be used as landfill
for the creation of “green areas” in Japan, a government panel
has proposed, facing potential public backlash over fears of
exposure to residual radiation from the decontaminated earth.
The advisory panel of the Environment Ministry on Monday
proposed reusing soil that was contaminated during the Fukushima
nuclear meltdown of 2011 as part of future landfills designated
for public use, Kyodo news reported. In its proposal, the
environmental panel avoided openly using the word “park” and
instead said “green space,” apparently to avoid a premature
public outcry, Mainichi Shimbun reported…. In addition to
decontaminating and recycling the tainted earth for new parks,
the ministry also stressed the need to create a new organization
that will be tasked with gaining public trust about the
prospects of such modes of recycling. To calm immediate public
concerns, the panel said the decontaminated soil will be used
away from residential areas and will be covered with a separate
level of vegetation to meet government guidelines approved last
year.
EU Governments Reject GM Crops in New Critical Vote
Sustainable Pulse - EU national government representatives
failed on Monday to support the approval of three genetically
modified (GM) maize crops for cultivation in Europe : two new
ones and the only GM crop currently grown in the EU. While no
qualified majority was reached, the number of rejections shows
that GMO opposition clearly outweighs support.
Australia Training 4,000 Teachers to Root Out Sexism in
Preschoolers
Heat Street - Four thousand teachers in Australia are to be put
through a training program specially designed to help them root
out sexism in pre-schoolers. The regional government in Victoria
is developing a course to help educators spot children who
“enact sexist values, beliefs and attitudes” from the age of
four. According to The Australian, the new project will cost
taxpayers $3.4million AUS ($2.6million US). A tender document
released by state officials cites research showing that kids are
already operating within “gendered norms” at pre-school and need
“anti-bias” strategies to help educate them out of it.
Ford to invest $1.2 billion in Michigan plants
Detroit Free Press - Ford said Tuesday it will invest $1.2
billion in Michigan at three locations, including $850 million
at its Michigan Assembly plant in Wayne to make the new Ford
Ranger and Ford Bronco, as the U.S. market continues to shift
from a car market to a truck and SUV market. The automaker's
decision prompted President Donald Trump to tweet about the
investment plans, saying "car companies are coming back to the
U.S." — even though Ford executives said the plant investments
were planned long before Trump took office. The Dearborn
automaker's $1.2 billion investment also includes plans to add
130 new jobs at its engine plant in Romeo, where it will spend
$150 million to expand capacity so it can make engine components
for the Ranger and Bronco. In addition, Ford said it will spend
$200 million to build a new advanced data center adjacent to its
assembly plant in Flat Rock.
Global Data Firm: “We Help Utilities Surveil and Profile Their
Customers, and Monetize Home Surveillance Data”
Take Back Your Power - In one fell swoop, every utility’s claim of
“smart meters do not spy on you” is now dissolved. Their myth is now
shattered. In a cutesy marketing video, shown below, global data
analytics company Onzo admits to helping utilities surveil and profile
their customers — and sell direct surveillance access to their
customers’ homes. “We use this characterized profile to give the
utility… the ability to monetize their customer data by providing a
direct link to appropriate third-party organizations based on the
customer’s identified character.” So, what does this mean? Onzo’s
blatant admission comes after years of industry speculation about using
‘smart’ meters for mass surveillance — the main home-access point in a
plan of unprecedented scope and profit potential…. Those perpetrating
(or benefiting from ) mass-surveillance and the colonization of the
individual are facilitating the downfall of all rights and freedoms in
the Western world.
Professor: Google Home Device Could Allow Government to Listen in on
Private Conversations
Paul Joseph Watson - A professor at the University of Texas thinks that
“mission creep” could one day lead to the government listening in on
private conversations in people’s homes via the new Google Home device.
Google Home is a newly launched wi-fi connected “smart speaker” that
responds to voice commands with relevant information via a virtual
speaking assistant. The device is a rival to Amazon Echo, which performs
many of the same functions. According to Dr. Philip Doty, associate dean
of the School of Information at the University of Texas, privacy
advocates are right to be concerned, especially in light of revelations
that the CIA allegedly hacked Samsung Smart TVs to record private
conversations. “We now have a third party presence which not only can
listen to us but can record us and share that information with retail
giants, with third party information brokers and potentially with
government,” Professor Doty told KXAN. Doty added that there was “some
rationale” for describing the devices as “surveillance robots”. Patrick
Moorhead of Austin-based Moor Insights and Strategy said he “believes”
Google when the company says it promises to only listen for key words
and “delete all of the other conversations they happen to overhear.”
Electrifying Images Of Wi-Fi Signals Show Invisible World Of EMF
Bombardment
Natural Blaze - Every day, approximately 3.2 billion people utilize the
internet to connect with others around the globe, gain knowledge about a
particular topic and inject their ideas into the masses. The majority
rely on WiFi, a technology that uses radio waves to provide network
connectivity to people within a certain parameter. The waves are
invisible, so few people think twice about them. However, designer Luis
Hernan was able to document what Wi-Fi can look like using long-exposure
photography and an Android app. Entitled “Digital Ethereal,” the project
offers a fascinating visualization of the movement of Wi-Fi signals.
Laughing Squid relays that Hernan was able to ‘translate’ what the
information pouring out of internet routers might look like by using the
app called Kirlian Device. The strength of the Wi-Fi’s movement is
depicted in a series of colors.
12-year-old paralyzed in just days after being given
controversial HPV vaccine
Daily Mail - From aspiring pop star to paralyzed in just days:
Shocking picture of 12-year-old left bed-ridden in hospital
after being given controversial HPV vaccine – but doctors claim
that her problem is completely psychological. Straight A student
now bedridden. Mia was given the routine jab – which protects
against the human papilloma virus, at her school in September.
The HPV vaccine, Gardasil, is routinely offered to 12-13
year-old girls as part of the NHS’ cervical cancer program. The
next day her legs felt heavy, she had a burning sensation in her
spine and her feet were shaky. Becoming worried, her mother
immediately rushed her to A&E at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
The straight A student went on to lose all sensation in her
legs, core body and arms. Unable to do anything except blink and
talk, she is now being home-schooled and having singing lessons
from her bed. She’s bed-bound apart from when she is carried or
placed in a fully-supported wheelchair and is currently
undergoing physio. In addition to the paralysis she is
incontinent, cannot keep food down and suffers involuntary
spasms. Mia’s mother, Gini, 37, of Reading, said that she is
desperate for someone to tell her daughter that ‘it’s not all in
her head’.
10 Herbs That Lower Blood Sugar Naturally
Natural News Blogs - Regulating blood sugar levels can help curb
cravings and lower risk of diabetes. Plus, it will boost energy
levels and eliminate fatigue. But before I show you the best
herbs for lowering blood sugar, you have to avoid sugary and
junk food to prevent blood sugar spikes. Here are herbs you can
use to lower blood sugar. 1. Cinnamon: Research shows that
cinnamon can regulate blood sugar levels. It has
antihyperglycaemic properties which allow it to reduce blood
sugar levels. It also promotes insulin sensitivity therefore
allowing cells to use glucose properly. 2. Bitter lemon: This
herb is native to southern China. And it can lower glucose
levels because it improves digestion of carbohydrates. If used
regularly bitter lemon can also fix insulin resistance. 3. Chili
powder: One study found that chili can increase insulin
secretion by up to 24 percent. And this will make it easier to
regulate blood sugar. 4. Rosemary: A study found that rosemary
was as effective at artificial drugs that fight diabetes. This
herb is even more effective when it’s fresh. 5. Ginseng: For
one, this herb keeps cells that produce insulin healthy. It also
limits the tri-carboxylic acid cycle, and as a result promoting
insulin release. All these effects help lower blood sugar….
Tuesday - March
28, 2017
On This Day In History:
1774 - Britain passed the Coercive Act against Massachusetts.
1834 - The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for
the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the United
States.
1854 - The Crimean War began with Britain and France declaring
war on Russia.
1885 - The Salvation Army was officially organized in the U.S.
1898 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a child born in the
U.S. to Chinese immigrants was a U.S. citizen. This meant that
they could not be deported under the Chinese Exclusion Act.
1917 - During World War I the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC)
was founded.
1921 - U.S. President Warren Harding named William Howard Taft
as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court.
1933 - In Germany, the Nazis ordered a ban on all Jews in
businesses, professions and schools.
1938 - In Italy, psychiatrists demonstrated the use of
electric-shock therapy for treatment of certain mental
illnesses.
1939 - The Spanish Civil War ended as Madrid fell to Francisco
Franco.
1941 - The Italian fleet was defeated by the British at the
Battle of Matapan.
1962 - The U.S. Air Force announced research into the use of
lasers to intercept missiles and satellites.
1968 - The U.S. lost its 1st F-111 aircraft in Vietnam when it
vanished while on a combat mission. North Vietnam said they had
shot it down.
1979 - A major accident occurred at Pennsylvania's 3 Mile Island
nuclear power plant. A nuclear power reactor overheated and
suffered a partial meltdown.
1986 - More than 6,000 radio stations of all format varieties
played "We are the World" simultaneously at 10:15 a.m. EST.
2010 - China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. signed a deal to
buy Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo car unit.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Trump names son-in-law to head White House ‘SWAT team’
RT - President Donald Trump is appointing his son-in-law Jared Kushner
to head a White House office focused on making government run more
efficiently. The news comes as Kushner agreed to testify before the
Senate on alleged Trump “ties with Russia.” Kushner, who is married to
Trump’s daughter Ivanka, will head the new White House Office of
American Innovation…. Kushner’s new office is viewed internally as “a
SWAT team of strategic consultants,” the Post said. They intend to
modernize the technology and data infrastructure of every federal agency
and department, revamp the struggling Veterans Affairs, and develop
“transformative projects” under Trump’s ambitious infrastructure
program, such as providing broadband internet to every American.
Video: President Trump Signs 4 New Bills Eliminating Obama-era
Regulations
The GatewayPundit - These were not executive orders, they were bills
signed into law. Fox News: “President Trump signed 4 bills into law
today, These are not executive orders, folks. These are bills. In the
Oval Office, the President signed laws, among them eliminating Obama-era
regulations relating to federal contractors, land management, and
teachers.”
Deep State Mulls “Continuity of Government” Plan to Overthrow Trump
Kit Daniels - The shadow government is considering using its “continuity
of government” (COG) mechanism already in place to overthrow the entire
Trump administration. The COG procedures, which were first drafted
during the Cold War to ensure the government’s survival during a nuclear
war, mesh well with the establishment narrative that the 2016
presidential election was “stolen” by “Russian hackers.”…. Ornstein,
whose op/ed appeared in the top elitist publication The Atlantic, wants
Congress to establish procedures for a “special election” for president
and vice president to ensure the “continuity of government” amid “cyberwarfare,”
a threat in this case over-exaggerated by the globalists to program
millions of Americans into accepting the overthrow of a duty-elected,
populist president.
Latest Establishment Talking Point: Trump May Be Guilty of ‘Treason’
Breitbart - Over the past week, numerous Democratic Party operatives and
establishment pundits have used the word “treason” in a seeming attempt
to smear President Donald Trump over unproven claims of collusion with
Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign. On Monday, Hillary
Clinton’s former campaign manager, Robby Mook, demanded Trump’s campaign
aides be “prosecuted for treason” if evidence emerges of coordination
with Moscow during the recent presidential campaign. One day later, on
Tuesday, Michael Winship, senior writer for BillMoyers.com, wrote an
opinion piece titled, “‘There’s a Smell of Treason in the Air’” Winship
is a former senior writing fellow at the progressive advocacy group
Demos, which is financed by billionaire George Soros.
Uh oh! John Podesta May Have Violated Federal Law by Failing to Disclose
75,000 Stock Shares
The GatewayPundit - Hillary Clinton’s former campaign chairman, John
Podesta may have violated federal law when he failed to disclose 75,000
stock shares from a Russian-backed company in 2014. Looks like Hillary
Clinton isn’t the only one who got financially mixed up with the
Russians. The left are using Alinsky-type tactics by projecting the
Russian connections onto the GOP. The Daily Caller reports: “Joule
Unlimited Technologies — financed in part by a Russian firm — originally
awarded Podesta 100,000 shares of stock options when in 2010 he joined
that board along with its Dutch-based entities: Joule Global Holdings,
BV and the Stichting Joule Global Foundation. When Podesta announced his
departure from the Joule board in January 2014 to become President
Obama’s special counsellor, the company officially issued him 75,000
common shares of stock. The Schedule B section of the federal
government’s form 278 which — requires financial disclosures for
government officials — required Podesta to “report any purchase, sale or
exchange by you, your spouse, or dependent children…of any property,
stocks, bonds, commodity futures and other securities when the amount of
the transaction exceeded $1,000.” Podesta’s form 278 Schedule B is blank
regarding his receipt of any stock from any company…. Hillary Clinton
sold 20% of our Uranium to Russia in exchange for $150 million to the
Clinton Foundation and now John Podesta failed to disclose 75,000 stock
shares from a Kremlin-financed company. There needs to be a Russian
investigation into these criminals.
Sessions to Strip Billions from Sanctuary Cities
Breitbart - The Department of Justice will hand out $4 billion in
federal law enforcement grants over the balance of this fiscal year
which ends in September. Sessions told reporters at the White House he
will be working to prevent any of it from going to sanctuary
jurisdictions, The Washington Times reported. “Countless Americans would
be alive today … if these policies of sanctuary cities were ended,”
General Sessions told reporters. The AG stated he is using a tactic that
began under AG Loretta Lynch. Not only can the Attorney General withhold
grants from this year’s funding requests, the DOJ can actually claw back
grants made in prior years to jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate
with immigration officials, U.S. Representative John Culberson (R-TX)
told Breitbart Texas…. The DOJ Office of Inspector General previously
certified 10 jurisdictions as not being in compliance with that law and
eligible for cuts in funding: The State of Connecticut, The State of
California, Orleans Parish, Louisiana, New York City, Philadelphia, Cook
County, Illinois, Miami-Dade County, Florida, Milwaukee, Wisconsin [and]
Clark County, Nevada. These 10 jurisdictions received 65 percent of the
law enforcement grants allocated in FY2015 as of March 2016.
Diary Reveals JFK Thought Hitler Might Have Survived World War II
Sputnik News - As the centennial of President John F. Kennedy’s birth
approaches, his 61-page personal diary from 1945 is about to hit the
auction block. A shocking entry reveals that Kennedy believed that Adolf
Hitler may have still been alive after World War II ended. The diary was
written at a time when Kennedy was working as a war correspondent for
Hearst magazines. He later gifted the book to Deidre Henderson, who was
one of his research assistants. It is believed to be the only diary from
the beloved former president still in existence. On April 26, what would
have been Kennedy’s 100th birthday, the diary will be going to the
highest bidder. Boston’s RR Auction, which is handling the sale, expects
to bring in over $200,000 for the artifact. “[Hitler] had boundless
ambition for his country which rendered him a menace to the peace of the
world, but he had a mystery about him in the way he lived and in the
manner of his death that will live and grow after him,” Kennedy wrote
after visiting Hitler’s bunkers in Berlin, and his “Eagle’s Nest”
mountaintop retreat, in summer 1945, the Independent reported. After
visiting the bunker where Hitler is widely said to have committed
suicide, Kennedy was skeptical. “The room where Hitler is supposed to
have met his death showed scorched walls and traces of fire,” he wrote.
“There is no complete evidence, however, that the body that was found
was Hitler's body."
School Budget Cuts Due To High White Student Percentage Sparks
Outrage...
(KABC) - Outrage has grown at Walter Reed Middle School in North
Hollywood, as the school faces layoffs and increased class sizes due to
a law limiting funds for schools with a higher white student body. The
Los Angeles Unified School District provides more funding for schools
where the white population is below 30 percent. In a letter to parents,
the district noted the highly regarded middle school had been above the
percentage for the past couple years. The racial formula was a condition
imposed by court decisions dealing with desegregation in the 1970s.
Parents, however, remain frustrated with what the cuts might mean for
their children.
World's nuclear powers boycott UN talks on weapons ban
Deutsche Welle - The United States is one of almost 40 nations
skipping UN talks to create a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
Washington and a number of allies say provocations from
countries like North Korea make a treaty unrealistic. More than
100 countries on Monday launched the United Nations' first round
of talks on an outright nuclear weapons ban. It would be
considered a diplomatic milestone and among the greatest strides
towards disarmament, if there weren't some notable absentees -
namely the world's nuclear powers. Last October, Britain,
France, Israel, Russia and the US all voted against the UN's
proposal to create a legally binding treaty banning nuclear
weapons. The remaining nuclear powers - China, India and
Pakistan - all abstained and also intend to boycott the talks.
More than 30 other countries have announced plans to skip the
negotiations, including Japan, the only country to have suffered
a nuclear attack, in 1945. Meanwhile, the countries leading the
call for a prospective ban include Austria, Ireland, Mexico,
Brazil, South Africa and Sweden. Hundreds of NGOs have also
backed efforts towards a ban.
Uncovered iPad bomb plot blamed for electronics ban on some
flights
Ars Technica - The US-UK ban on electronic devices larger than a
mobile phone for some flights from Africa and the Middle East
stems, in part, from the discovery of a terror plot to use an
iPad to blow up an airliner. The Guardian, citing an anonymous
"security source," said Monday that the uncovered plot involved
explosives hidden in a fake iPad "that appeared to be as good as
the real thing." The Guardian's source did not provide other
details, like when and where the threat was discovered and who
was behind it…. Security concerns over weaponized electronics on
airlines have some merit. For starters, electronics are
ubiquitous. And last year, for example, a bomb in a laptop
punctured a hole in the passenger area on a Somalia-bound
flight.
Thousands Flock to Le Pen Campaign Rally One Month Before France
Votes
Front National leader Marine Le Pen blasted globalism and
Islamism in a major campaign rally Sunday, remarking that the
European Union was destined to collapse because ordinary people
were no longer interested in keeping it alive. peaking to a
crowd of thousands in Lille Le Pen said of the European project,
which celebrated its 60th birthday this week and has lurched
from crisis to crisis in recent years: “The European Union will
die because the people do not want it anymore… We will change
for another Europe, the European idea harmed by the federalists
will re-energize itself, re-invigorate itself in the Europe of
the people and of … the nations”. On her nation’s continued
membership of the EU and the Euro currency union, Le Pen
remarked “the French will have the last word”. Calling for
France to “reconnect with the greatness of our country”, Le Pen
said the Republic would “regain her independence, the rule of
law, the sweetness of freedom”…. The thousands in the lively
crowd contrasted sharply with a similar rally held by main rival
for the presidency Emmanuel Macron on La Reunion on Saturday.
Although the polls presently show the left-wing former banker
slightly ahead of Le Pen’s Front National, Macron failed to fill
the stadium for his appearance and the audience was seen to
dwindle over the course of his speech, reported Le Figaro.
He Said, She Said: White House Denies it Handed Merkel a Bill
for NATO Defense
Sputnik News - Various news outlets have cited unnamed sources
to claim that President Donald Trump handed German Chancellor
Angela Merkel a NATO defense invoice for approximately $377
million -- but the White House is calling the claims fake news.
British newspaper The Times, which first reported the incident,
cited an unnamed German minister. The report claimed that Angela
Merkel was handed a bill by the US president during her recent
visit to DC, for failure to meet NATO's defense spending target
of 2 percent of GDP…. The report claimed that Trump had asked
White House aides to calculate the difference between Berlin's
defense spending and the 2014 agreement by member nations to pay
NATO two percent of their GDP — plus interest.
Twitter Goes For The Jugular: “The World Famous Drudge Report Has Been
Marked As Sensitive Material”
Tyler Durden - Drudge Report has been marked as “sensitive material” by
Twitter, with some users now having to OPT IN in order to see tweets.
Hardly any tweets from Drudge were visible today when we first logged
in. … seemingly the only way to be able to view the content is to log in
to the ‘privacy and safety’ section of the Twitter website, where buried
at the bottom is the option to opt in to ‘sensitive content’:
Microsoft sued for millions over Windows 10 upgrades
Ars Technica - Unhappy Windows 10 users in Illinois are taking Microsoft
to court, claiming that problems caused by the Windows 10 upgrade show
that it was negligently designed, that Microsoft fraudulently failed to
disclose its defects, and that the upgrade is unfit for purpose. In a
break from tradition, Microsoft offered Windows 10 as a free upgrade to
Windows 7 and 8.1 for the first year of its release. This unusual offer
was matched with a set of increasingly aggressive promotions within
Windows itself. In the early days of the upgrade offer, there were even
some users reporting that it installed automatically. Three plaintiffs
claim specific harm was caused by the operating system. Stephanie Watson
claims that Windows 10 installed without her choosing to accept it. The
upgrade destroyed some data, caused such harm that Geek Squad was unable
to fully repair the machine, and forced the purchase of a new system. he
suit claims that "many" consumers have had their hard drives fail
because of the Windows 10 installation, and that the operating system
does not check "whether or not the hard drive can withstand the stress
of the Windows 10 installation.”… The lawsuit says that Microsoft owes
more than $5 million in damages, both actual and punitive.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Cargill Strengthens its Non-GMO Supply Chain
Sustainable Pulse - In what Monsanto and its supporters clearly see as
an extremely worrying development, the GMO-supporting agribusiness giant
Cargill has responded to the ever-growing demand for non-GMO products by
announcing a new identity preservation programme for non-GMO crops and
some new Non-GMO Project verified ingredients. And Cargill has done this
very publicly, even tweeting, “We work closely with the #NonGMO Project
& hope to have even more Cargill ingredients verified in the near
future.” Predictably, Monsanto and its supporters have responded by
trying to whip up hostility to the move, expressing particular outrage
at Cargill linking up with the Non-GMO Project. Leading the charge on
social media have been Monsanto’s Director of Millennial Engagement,
Vance Crowe and the agrochemical industry propagandist Julie Kelly,
whose husband is a lobbyist for Cargill’s main competitor, the
agribusiness titan ADM. Monsanto’s Crowe has accused Cargill of seeking
to profit from the “hate & fear” spread by the Non-GMO Project, while
Kelly’s Twitter feed is filled with similarly emotive attacks on the
alignment of Cargill with the Non-GMO Project.
Revolution for Truth, Washington, DC The National Call-in-Day In
Support Of Vaccine Safety And Reform On March 30-31, 2017
Natural Blaze - It is now 2017; what’s the current rate, since
the vaccination schedule has increased to the point of insanity
with total disregard for factual science-based medicine, which
indicates vaccines are not safe. Even the U.S. Supreme Court
stated in 2011 vaccines were unavoidably unsafe! Here’s
everyone’s chance for push-back: On March 30th, please do the
following: 1. Contact President Trump and say “Vaccine injuries
are real and devastating. One in 68 children now has autism.
Autism should be declared a national emergency and a higher
priority. I support an independent vaccine safety commission.”
2. Contact your Senators and member of Congress (see below for
contact information) and say “I want Congress to subpoena CDC
whistleblower Dr. William Thompson and I support a vaccine
safety commission.” 3. Lastly, sign the petition to President
Trump asking him to implement comprehensive reforms of vaccine
safety policies. (Please note that after you sign you will
receive an email asking you to confirm your signature. Please
confirm your signature or your signature will not be added.)
March 31st is the last day to sign this petition and we must
reach 100,000 signatures for the petition to reach President
Trump. [Go to article for instructions on how to contact]
* Related:
Sign this petition...Take Action to End the Autism Epidemic and
Implement Comprehensive Reforms of Vaccine Safety Policies
Eating Junk Food Literally Shrinks Your Brain Says Study
Natural Blaze - Nearly everyone is guilty of indulging in junk
food now and again, but research has found that those who
frequently snack sugary drinks, high-sodium snacks, and
processed meat are likely to shrink a portion of their brains in
the long-term. The study, published in BMC Medicine, compared
MRI scans of approximately 250 people who were in their early
60’s during the year of 2001. Two dietary questionnaires
informed the researchers whether or not participants in the
group ate a “Western” diet (high in processed foods, fats, salt,
and sugar) or a “prudent” diet (largely composed of fruits,
vegetables, and fish), reports Vice. […] those who subscribed to
the healthier “prudent” diet had larger hippocampi – the portion
of the brain responsible for memory, learning and mental health
– than those who indulge in Western diets.
Terminally Ill Father Finds Cure in Cannabis Oil but Now on
Death Bed After Complying with CPS to Get Children Back
Health Impact News - For nearly three years, Michael Brooks of
Northwestern Tennessee has been fighting for his children and
for his life. Faced with terminal Hepatitis C, he finally found
a treatment that saved his life and brought him into remission.
However, Child Protective Services of Tennessee is using the
very thing that brought him from the brink of death - cannabis
oil - as grounds to take his children and place them into foster
care. He has been forced to choose between staying in Tennessee
and accelerate towards his death or leaving to continue
treatment in Colorado and risk being accused of abandoning his
children…. [Read more]
Why losing a dog can be harder than losing a relative or friend
Natural Blaze - Many times, I’ve had friends guiltily confide to me that
they grieved more over the loss of a dog than over the loss of friends
or relatives. Research has confirmed that for most people, the loss of a
dog is, in almost every way, comparable to the loss of a human loved
one. Unfortunately, there’s little in our cultural playbook – no grief
rituals, no obituary in the local newspaper, no religious service – to
help us get through the loss of a pet, which can make us feel more than
a bit embarrassed to show too much public grief over our dead dogs….
Psychologist Julie Axelrod has pointed out that the loss of a dog is so
painful because owners aren’t just losing the pet. It could mean the
loss of a source of unconditional love, a primary companion who provides
security and comfort, and maybe even a protégé that’s been mentored like
a child. The loss of a dog can also seriously disrupt an owner’s daily
routine more profoundly than the loss of most friends and relatives. For
owners, their daily schedules – even their vacation plans – can revolve
around the needs of their pets.
Monday - March
27, 2017
On This Day In History:
1794 - The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of the U.S. Navy.
1802 - The Treaty of Amiens was signed ending the French Revolutionary
War.
1836 - In Goliad, TX, about 350 Texan prisoners, including their
commander James Fannin, were executed under orders from Gen. Antonio
López de Santa Anna. An estimated 30 Texans escaped execution.
1836 - The first Mormon temple was dedicated in Kirtland, OH.
1866 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson vetoed the civil rights bill, which
later became the 14th amendment.
1884 - The first long-distance telephone call was made from Boston to
New York.
1901 - Filipino rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo was captured by the U.S.
1912 - The first cherry blossom trees were planted in Washington, DC.
The trees were a gift from Japan.
1933 - About 55,000 people staged a protest against Hitler in New York
City.
1933 - In the U.S., the Farm Credit Administration was authorized.
1941 - Tokeo Yoshikawa arrived in Oahu, HI, and began spying for Japan
on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
1946 - Four-month long strikes at both General Electric and General
Motors ended with a wage increase.
1952 - The U.S. Eighth Army reached the 38th parallel in Korea, the
original dividing line between the two Koreas.
1976 - Washington, DC, opened its subway system.
1998 - In the U.S., the FDA approved the prescription drug Viagra. It
was the first pill for male impotence.
2009 - President Barack Obama launched a fresh effort to defeat al-Qaida
terrorists in both Pakistan and Afghanistan, ordering in 4,000 more
troops.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Trump: After Obamacare Explodes, We’ll Put Together a ‘Great
Healthcare Plan for the People’
Breitbart - President Trump addressed the failure of the
Obamacare replacement bill for the first time on Twitter after
Congress pulled the bill from the House floor. “ObamaCare will
explode and we will all get together and piece together a great
healthcare plan for THE PEOPLE. Do not worry!” Trump wrote on
Twitter. The House pulled the American Health Care Act from the
House floor Friday after it became clear that the House was not
able to secure enough votes for the bill’s passage. Trump told
the media Friday afternoon that the bill’s failure would help
Congress put together a better healthcare plan, but he also
blamed the Democrats for opposing the bill…. Trump specifically
singled out House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as the reason for the bill’s
failure. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said Friday that the
failure of the Obamacare replacement bill will make tax reform
harder but not “impossible” after the White House sent a message
that President Trump’s tax reform and infrastructure agenda will
not be affected by the failed healthcare bill.
Video: Judge Jeanine: ‘Paul Ryan Needs to Step Down’
Breitbart - During her opening statement on Fox News Channel’s
“Justice,” host Jeanine Pirro ripped House Speaker Paul Ryan,
calling for him to step down after his healthcare bill to
replace Obamacare failed miserably. “Paul Ryan needs to step
down as speaker of the house,” Pirro began. “The reason? He
failed to deliver the votes on his healthcare bill, the one
trumpeted to repeal and replace Obamacare, the one that he had
seven years to work on, the one he had under lock and key in the
basement of Congress, the one that had to be pulled to prevent
the embarrassment of not having enough votes to pass.” Later,
Pirro said, “I want to be clear, this is not on President Trump.
No one expected a business man to completely understand the
nuances, the complicated ins and outs of Washington and its
legislative process. How would he know which individuals upon
which he would be able to rely?” Saturday morning, President
Trump tweeted out a teaser for “Justice,” telling everyone to
watch.
Video: Can Trump prove Obama wiretapped his staff?
Fox News - Freedom Watch founder Larry Klayman on President
Trump’s claims that former President Obama wiretapped his staff.
Did you know that before 1973 it was illegal in the US to profit
off of health care. The Health Maintenance Organization Act of
1973 passed by Nixon changed everything
InvestmentWatch - In 1973, Nixon did a personal favor for his
friend and campaign financier, Edgar Kaiser, then president and
chairman of Kaiser-Permanente. Nixon signed into law, the Health
Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, in which medical insurance
agencies, hospitals, clinics and even doctors, could begin
functioning as for-profit business entities instead of the
service organizations they were intended to be. And which
insurance company got the first taste of federal subsidies to
implement HMOA73 …it was Kaiser-Permanente…. So [now] it’s an
arms race between insurers, who deploy software and manpower
trying to find claims they can reject, and doctors and
hospitals, who deploy their own forces in an effort to outsmart
or challenge the insurers. And the cost of this arms race ends
up being borne by the public, in the form of higher health care
prices and higher insurance premiums. Of course, rejecting
claims is a clumsy way to deny coverage. The best way for an
insurer to avoid paying medical bills is to avoid selling
insurance to people who really need it. An insurance company can
accomplish this in two ways, through marketing that targets the
healthy, and through underwriting: Rejecting the sick or
charging them higher premiums.
Doctor Extracts RFID Chip from Sex Trafficking Victim Everyone
Thought Was Crazy
Natural Blaze - “I have a tracker in me,” read the cryptic note,
found in triage by a greenhorn doctor — scribbled by a woman in
the emergency room. She claimed to have been implanted with a
GPS tracking device of some kind — an assertion not unheard of,
but never the less unusual. Dr. A, anonymous for safety
concerns, rolled his eyes — ordinarily, such a note would be a
sure indicator of mental illness, for which a psychiatrist would
need to be summoned. But this woman appeared lucid. Sane. Not at
all paranoid or delusional. And she had an incision. So an x-ray
was performed, and medical personnel gathered to view the
results. But they stood breathless in disbelief — indeed, while
they didn’t find a GPS tracker. “It was a small glass capsule
with a little almost like a circuit board inside of it,” the
28-year-old doctor. Shock turned fast to concern when the
doctors grasped what the presence of the object signaled about
the 20-something woman’s life — and why she’d handed over the
bizarre note. “It’s an RFID chip. It’s used to tag cats and
dogs, And someone had tagged her like an animal, like she was
somebody’s pet that they owned.” In fact, the unnamed woman had
been treated as a pet — a possession — by her boyfriend, who
sold her for sex and pocketed the money she brought back. She
was one of an innumerable amount of victims of human trafficking
— a colossal problem in every corner of the globe, including the
United States — where Dr. A has residency at a hospital in a
‘major American city,’ Marketplace discreetly noted.
One Dead, 14 Injured After Ohio Nightclub Shooting; Shooter At
Large
Zero Hedge - One person was killed and 14 injured after gunfire
erupted inside a packed nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio, just
after 1 am on Sunday morning, with the shooter said to still be
at large. The motive was unclear, but Cincinnati Assistant
Police Chief Paul Neudigate said on Twitter that "there are no
indications this incident is terrorism related." The shooting
took place around 1 a.m. when hundreds of people were inside the
Cameo Nightlife club, which the Cincinnati Police Department
said has had "multiple problems" in the past. The University of
Cincinnati Medical Center admitted eight people injured in the
shooting, one of them in critical condition, a spokeswoman told
NBC News. A representative of the hospital could not be reached
immediately for comment…. The shooting comes less than a year
after a gunman opened fire at a gay nightclub in Orlando,
Florida, killing 49 people. It was the deadliest mass shooting
in U.S. history. Police initially said they believed at least
two shooters were involved in Cincinnati, but later Neudigate
said in a Twitter message that there was only one reported
gunman, though police were still trying to determine if there
were others. Hours after the shooting, the suspect was still at
large, and police did not have a good description, in part
because witnesses were reluctant to cooperate, Williams told
WCPO.
Powerful Video: Woman Raped by Illegal Testifies Against
‘Sanctuary State’ Bill
Adan Salazar - A woman in California delivered powerful
testimony last week arguing against SB-54, a measure which
restricts local and state law enforcement agencies from
cooperating with federal immigration officers. Lupe Moreno of
Redding, Cali., addressed the bill before the Senate
Appropriations Committee claiming its passage would endanger
children throughout the entire state.
Texas Woman Bound, Kidnapped After Helping Illegal Immigrant
Breitbart - An illegal alien tied up a woman and attempted to
kidnap her and steal her car after she gave him food and water
for three days. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Carrizo
Springs Station in South Texas received a call for assistance
from the Dimmit County Sheriff’s Office about a woman seen
walking along a highway. The woman reportedly had her hands
bound with rope. Agents quickly responded, along with sheriff’s
deputies, to assist the victim. Agents learned the woman helped
an illegal alien she found in her backyard.… She said that after
helping the man survive for three days, he unexpectedly jumped
her, tied up her hands and feet, and forced her to get in her
car. As the illegal alien attempted to start her car, the woman
managed to escape and flee on foot.
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Video: Trump Reads Poem 'The Snake' to Make Point About Refugees
Rockville School Superintendent Says Parents’ Response to
Alleged Rape Is ‘Racist’
Breitbart - The public outrage toward the illegal alien suspects
accused of raping a 14-year-old freshman at Rockville High
School has been “racist” and “xenophobic,” according to
Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Jack Smith….
Reaction to the alleged horror has been fierce. Maryland
Republican Gov. Larry Hogan slammed immigration enforcement and
Montgomery County Public Schools in an interview with WTTG-TV.
“Why is an 18-year-old man in a class with 13- or 14-year-old
girls?” Hogan asked. “Why was his status not known to those
folks? Why was he allowed to enter the country after he was
picked up for illegally crossing the border — both of them?”
Montgomery County residents’ reaction was also harsh–and,
according to Smith, racially motivated.
They Go Low: Anti-Trump Protesters Turn Violent at Rally for
President
Breitbart - A peaceful march to support President Donald Trump,
as well as veterans, law enforcement, and first responders, was
briefly interrupted by a dozen or so anti-Trump protesters
Saturday in Huntington Beach, California. Police arrested four
people after they allegedly used pepper spray on the marchers
during the peaceful procession attended by about 3,000 on the
beach in Orange County.… According to the organizers of the Make
America Great Again march, the event was designed to show “we
love our country and we want to show gratitude to the men and
women who put their own lives on the line every day.” Organizers
were collecting donations during the event to benefit homeless
veterans. Capt. Kevin Pearsall of California State Parks told
the L.A. Times that six people were originally detained but only
four were arrested. He said three men were arrested on suspicion
of illegal use of a Taser, and one woman was arrested on
suspicion of assault and battery. None of their names were
immediately released.
* Related:
Media Refuse to Blame Anti-Trump Protesters for Violence at
Rallies
‘We can’t walk away’: US commander wants more intl troops in
Afghanistan
RT - A US commander in Kabul has called for more troops from the
US and other NATO countries to be sent to Afghanistan, telling
The Sunday Times that the Western military “cannot afford to
walk away” from the war-torn country. General John Nicholson is
set to make the request at a meeting of NATO defense ministers
in May. US Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security
Adviser H.R. McMaster, both war veterans, back the move, the
newspaper reports…. The local government is now in control of
only “about 62 percent of the population and about 57 percent of
the territory,” Nicholson added. It is not the first time this
year that the military top brass have called for sending more
troops. Earlier in March, Army Gen. Joseph Votel, head of US
Central Command, said to a congressional committee that he
believes it is necessary to send “additional forces to make the
advise-and-assist mission more effective.” Nicholson, who is his
subordinate, told Congress in February that the situation on the
ground requires “a few thousand more” troops…. There are now
8,400 US soldiers and 5,000 troops from other NATO countries
deployed in Afghanistan. Recently, top US military officials
also announced plans to stay for a longer period of time in
another war-town state – Iraq. The officials, including Mattis,
said that US troops will remain in the country even after the
fight against Islamic State (IS, formerly, ISIS/ISIL) is over.
‘Against US security interests’: Moscow bewildered over new
sanctions on 8 defense & aviation firms
RT - While the restrictions will cause “no serious problems” for
Russia, they undermine the fight against global terrorism, which
Washington has been claiming is its priority, the Russian
Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said…. The
Russian companies have been sanctioned by Washington over their
alleged engagement in nuclear proliferation activity with Iran,
North Korea and Syria, a source in the State Department told RIA
Novosti on Saturday. The sanctions have been introduced as a
result of regular assessments, as required by US law, the source
said, adding that the measure is not connected to wider economic
restrictions put in force since 2014 over the situation in
Ukraine and Crimea. Companies such as Rosoboronexport and
Aviaexport, as well as several aviation training centers and
academies, have been included on the new US sanctions list, RIA
reported. On Friday, the Trump administration announced
sanctions on 30 foreign companies and people from 10 countries
accused of engaging in nuclear proliferation activity…. Apart
from Russia, entities from China, North Korea and the United
Arab Emirates have been sanctioned, with the restrictions to
stay in effect for two years.
Iran Sanctions 15 U.S. Companies for Supporting Israel
Breitbart - Iran will impose sanctions on 15 US companies for
their support for Israel and its “terrorist actions,” state news
agency IRNA said Sunday. The decision, which is largely symbolic
because the firms do not do business with Iran, comes two days
after the US announced new sanctions on a number of foreign
firms accused of collaborating with Iran’s weapons program.
Iran’s sanctions target US firms that provide arms and equipment
to Israel “for use against the Palestinians,” IRNA said. “All
transactions with these firms are forbidden, their assets will
be seized and their officials will not be able to obtain a
visa,” it added. The firms include United Technologies, ITT
Corporation, Magnum Research INC, Military Armament Corporation
and Bushmaster Firearms International. The list also included
Re/Max Real Estate, which Tehran accuses of “buying and selling
homes in settlements located in the occupied territories.”
N. Korea threatens ‘strike without warning’ against S. Korea &
US troops conducting joint drill
RT - Pyongyang said it may attack US and South Korean troops
participating in an annual joint military exercise, which North
Korea believes could be a cover for military aggression against
it. They should be mindful that the [North Korean Army] will
deal deadly blows without prior warning any time as long as
the... troops of the US and South Korean puppet forces involved
in the ‘special operation’ and ‘preemptive attack’ targeting the
DPRK remain deployed in and around South Korea,” North Korean
news agency KCNA said on Sunday, citing a statement from the
General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA). “The KPA will
not remain a passive onlooker to hordes of robbers trying to
hurt our people with daggers,” it added. The statement claimed
that the presence of American commando troops, which can be used
to target North Korean leadership and key infrastructure, would
justify such an attack.
Police warned of Berlin attacker as ‘terrorist threat’ 9 months
before assault
RT - German criminal police tipped off the interior ministry of
a potential “terrorist threat in form of a suicide-attack” by
Anis Amri nine month before he ploughed a truck into a crowded
Berlin Christmas market, Bild am Sonntag reports. The State
Criminal Police Office (LKA) in the German state of North
Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) apparently shared intelligence
(indicating that Amri was plotting a terrorist attack in
Germany) with the local federal interior ministry office in
Dusseldorf in March 2016 – over half a year before the December
attack.
Your pension could be at the center of America's next financial
crisis
The Hill - The looming pension crisis is not limited by
geography or economic focus. These including former public
employees, such as members of South Carolina’s government
pension plan, which covers roughly 550,000 people — one out of
nine state residents — and is a staggering $24.1 billion in the
red. These include former blue collar workers such as roughly
100,000 coal miners who face serious cuts in pension payments
and health coverage thanks to a nearly $6 billion shortfall in
the plan for the United Mine Workers of America. And when the
bill comes due, we will all be in very big trouble…. According
to a Bureau of Labor Statistics report from 2015, the average
household income of someone older than age 75 is $34,097 and
their average expenses exceed that slightly, at $34,382. It is
not an exaggeration, then, to say that even a modest reduction
in retirement income makes the typical budget of a 75-year-old
unsustainable… So who will step up to support these former
pensioners? Perhaps the government, via Social Security, except
that program itself is in crisis and will see its trust fund go
to zero just 17 years from now, in 2034, based on the current
structure of the program.
235-Foot-High Dam Above Silicon Valley Could Liquefy in Earthquake
Breitbart - About 150 members of the public on March 22 attended the
first after-flood board meeting of the Santa Clara Valley Water
District, according to the San Jose Mercury News. District engineers
told the crowd that due to a well-known 2009 study of the risks of a
large earthquake causing a dam break and flooding the community with two
feet of standing water, the district voluntarily capped water storage at
68 percent of capacity by limiting the maximum lake height to 45 feet
below the top of the dam. But in a surprise to many in the crowd, the
water district stated that a 2011 seismic stability evaluation had found
Anderson Dam and Reservoir’s “downstream and upstream embankments could
become unstable during a very large magnitude earthquake and the rupture
of faults underlying the dam.” Water district managers also stated that
they initiated the “Anderson Dam Seismic Retrofit Project” in 2012 to
create a permanent fix to the risks identified by the seismic study.
Despite serious safety risks, water district managers have said that the
estimated $400 million project is still in “design phase.” They
emphasized that environmental documents would still have to be prepared
to comply with federal and state regulations.
Uber Self-Driving Vehicle Involved in Arizona Crash
Bloomberg - Uber Technologies Inc. is suspending its self-driving car
program after one of its autonomous vehicles was involved in a
high-impact crash in Tempe, Arizona, the latest incident for a company
reeling from multiple crises. In a photo posted on Twitter, one of
Uber’s Volvo self-driving SUVs is pictured on its side next to another
car with dents and smashed windows…. The photo, showing the Uber SUV on
its side, suggests a relatively high-impact crash. That would be a
contrast to the incidents involving self-driving cars tested by Waymo.
In more than 2 million miles of testing on public roads, Waymo’s
vehicles were mostly minor incidents, often when other cars drove into
the back of their vehicles in busy areas.
H.R. 1313 Bill Would Require Medical Procedures Like Vaccines as
Requirement for Employment
Health Impact News - Please immediately contact your
Congressional Representative and 2 U.S. Senators to OPPOSE H.R
1313 Preserving Employee Wellness Programs Act. This bill is
sponsored by Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5]. It is attempting to
coerce employees into employer disease prevention wellness
programs…. The concern is this bill if passed into law would be
applied to penalize employees who do not get regular vaccines
imposed by an employee wellness plan. HR 1313 is indeed a threat
to anyone employed by a company or large organization that
offers a “wellness” program and partners with government and
Pharma to “give carrots and apply sticks” to employees who do or
do not go along with government endorsed “standard of care,”
which includes receipt of federally recommended vaccines,
whether the language in this bill says the word “vaccine” or
not.
7 Best Natural Anti-fungal Remedies – Safe And Effective For Any
Kind Of Fungal Infection
Natural Blaze - According to many studies, natural anti-fungal
remedies can be more effective in the treatment of fungal
infections, than the prescription or over the counter
anti-fungal medications…. 1. Oregano essential oil - Oregano oil
is a super powerful natural antibiotic. It contains whopping 71%
of antiseptic compounds known as phenols, including carvacrol
and thymol. But make sure to use caution and don’t apply it on
sensitive areas because it can cause a burning sensation…. 2.
Garlic - Numerous studies reveal that garlic has anti-fungal
properties. It is very effective against athlete’s foot…. 3.
Probiotics - Antibiotics or hormones usually cause the yeast
grow out of control. Probiotics such as kombucha is already a
common natural remedy for vaginal yeast infections and its goal
is restoring the vagina’s population of friendly bacteria. 4.
Tea tree oil - Numerous studies have shown that tea tree oil is
effective against various Candida. Tea tree oil is highly
successful in accelerating the elimination of Candida…. 5. Dill
oiL - Dill oil has powerful antibacterial properties and it is
an excellent anti-fungal drug. 6. Apple Cider Vinegar - Apple
cider vinegar is commonly used as a treatment for any kind of
fungal infection. It helps kill the fungus that causes infection
because of its antimicrobial properties. Also, it promotes quick
recovery and helps prevent the infection from spreading. 7.
Coconut oil - Coconut oil is highly beneficial in the case of
fungus due to its immune-enhancing and health-supporting
properties…. Coconut oil fungus-killing action is due to its
content of medium-chain fatty acids. They have potent
antibacterial, antiviral and anti-fungal properties. Both
topical application and oral consumption can benefit.
Breakthrough! Read This Before Ever Swallowing Another Ibuprofen
Again
REALfarmacy - Turmeric has proven itself to be more than just
effective in cooking, but as a natural pain reliever as well! In
fact, turmeric has recently been proven in a study to beat
ibuprofen for arthritis of the knee. An exciting new clinical
trial published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary
Medicine has revealed that an effective natural alternative to
the popular painkiller ibuprofen exists for the treatment of
knee Osteoarthritis, and it comes in the form of a kitchen
spice. The spice has proven itself to be far more superior in
safety and the number of side effects. It is a non-steroidal,
anti-inflammatory drug. The polyphenol in turmeric known as
curcumin has been found to have over 600 health benefits. In a
Lancet review last year, typical ibuprofen was found to be as
toxic to the heart as the banned anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx
which has contributed to tens and thousands of deaths from
cardiovascular disease each year. This is an important factor to
why evidence-based natural alternatives are extremely important,
especially when they involve culinary spices that are already
known to be safe, affordable, accessible, and time-tested.
Enjoy your new eBook — Quick Start Guide: Turmeric
Green Med Info - Why add turmeric into your diet? Research has
shown that turmeric and curcumin have a variety of proven
medicinal benefits.
She Was Heartbroken When She Thought Her Dog Died -- Then This Hero
Stepped In
ViralNova - On March 21, 35-year-old Crystal Lamirande came home to see
that her Santa Monica apartment was engulfed in flames. She was
terrified because her 10-year-old dog named Nalu was still trapped
inside but she couldn't get past the smoke to rescue him. That's when
Andrew Klein, a firefighter for the Santa Monica Fire Department, found
the unconscious pup that wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse….
Klein didn't waste any time performing CPR on Nalu, including
mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. fter spending 20 minutes working on him
while Lamirande watched, Klein brought Nalu back to life. What's even
better is that nobody else was hurt and the other firefighters were able
to put out in the flames in 10 minutes…. "Our goal is to save people,
and sometimes we're not able to do that despite our best efforts. But to
have a success story just like this, even with Nalu being a dog, I mean
again he's a life and he's a life that matters. That was just a great
morale booster for all of the guys here in our department," Klein said.
Friday - March
24, 2017
On This Day In History:
1720 - In Paris, banking houses closed due to financial crisis.
1765 - Britain passed the Quartering Act that required the American
colonies to house 10,000 British troops in public and private buildings.
1792 - Benjamin West became the first American artist to be selected
president of the Royal Academy of London.
1868 - Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was formed.
1883 - The first telephone call between New York and Chicago took place.
1900 - Mayor Van Wyck of New York broke the ground for the New York
subway tunnel that would link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
1920 - The first U.S. coast guard air station was established at
Morehead City, NC.
1938 - The U.S. asked that all countries help refugees fleeing from the
Nazis.
1947 - The U.S. Congress proposed the limitation of the presidency to
two terms.
1955 - The first oil drill seagoing rig was put into service.
1988 - Former national security aides Oliver L. North and John M.
Poindexter and businessmen Richard V. Secord and Albert Hakim pled
innocent to Iran-Contra charges.
1989 - The Exxon Valdez spilled 240,000 barrels (11 million gallons) of
oil in Alaska's Prince William Sound after it ran aground.
1989 - The U.S. decided to send humanitarian aid to the Contras.
1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a welfare reform package
that made the most changes in social programs since the New Deal.
1998 - In Jonesboro, AR, two young boys open fire at students from woods
near a school. Four students and a teacher were killed and 10 others
were injured. The two boys were 11 and 13 years old cousins.
1998 - A former FBI agent said papers found in James Earl Ray's car
supports a conspiracy theory in the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther
King Jr.
2014 - It was announced that the U.S. and its allies would exclude
Russia from the G8 meeting and boycott a planned summit in Sochi in
response to Russia's takeover of Crimea.
2005 - The Supreme Court denied an appeal from the parents of Terri
Schiavo to have a feeding tube reinserted into the severely
brain-damaged woman.
2012 - Former Vice President Dick Cheney underwent a heart transplant at
a Virginia hospital.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
FBI have uncovered ‘evidence of treason’ among alt-right
websites, says George W Bush’s ethics lawyer
The Independent - The man who served as former president George
W Bush’s most senior ethics lawyer has suggested that the FBI is
“uncovering evidence of treason” by far right US news websites
over their links with Russia. Richard Painter tweeted a link to
an article suggesting that the Bureau was looking into news
outlets like Breitbart News, InfoWars and the Kremlin-backed RT
News and Sputnik News, to see whether they worked with
Russian-backed operatives to disseminate stories favouring
Donald Trump during the presidential election. at times when his
campaign appeared to be struggling. Sources told US publisher,
McClatchy that online “bots” had created millions of social
media posts linking to articles on the sites, some of which were
completely false, while other contained a mixture of fact and
fiction. Investigators are now trying to establish whether the
websites were complicit with the people managing the “bots” or
the operatives were controlling them without their knowledge –
which is entirely possible.
US probes banking of ex-Trump campaign chief
AP - U.S. Treasury Department agents have recently obtained
information about offshore financial transactions involving
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort,
as part of a federal anti-corruption probe into his work in
Eastern Europe, The Associated Press has learned. Information
about Manafort’s transactions was turned over earlier this year
to U.S. agents working in the Treasury Department’s Financial
Crimes Enforcement Network by investigators in Cyprus at the
U.S. agency’s request, a person familiar with the case said,
speaking on condition of anonymity because the person was not
authorized to publicly discuss a criminal investigation. The
Cyprus attorney general, one of the country’s top law
enforcement officers, was made aware of the American request. A
spokesman for Manafort did not immediately respond to questions
from the AP. Manafort, who was Trump’s unpaid campaign chairman
from March until August last year, has been a leading focus of
the U.S. government’s investigation into whether Trump
associates coordinated with Moscow to meddle in the 2016
campaign. This week, the AP revealed his secret work for a
Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian
President Vladimir Putin a decade ago.
FBI Grilled On Extent Of Its Facial Recognition Program
Vocativ - The FBI took fire from privacy advocates and members
of Congress Wednesday over how it characterizes its face
recognition program, which has allowed agents to access and
algorithmically match the photos of tens of millions of
Americans — including innocent people who have never been
charged with a crime. At a hearing convened by the House of
Representatives’ government oversight committee, experts and
lawmakers pressed an FBI representative on the agency’s
misrepresentation of the program’s scope, as well as its refusal
to audit the accuracy of systems responsible for matching vast
databases of photos with criminal suspects. FBI spokesperson
Kimberly Del Greco responded to several questions with
statements that contradict what is currently known about the
scope and capabilities of the agency’s face recognition
programs…. According to a comprehensive report released last
year by researchers at Georgetown Law, roughly half of all
Americans have their photos accessible by a law enforcement face
recognition system. The report found that 16 states grant the
FBI free access to driver’s license photos for its Next
Generation Identification and Facial Analysis, Comparison, and
Evaluation (FACE) photo-searching systems.
Chaos Inside GOP House Conference Forces Speaker Ryan to Cancel
Thursday’s RyanCare Vote
Breitbart - Progress bringing the bill to the floor was stalled
out when a compromise reached in principle between President
Donald Trump and the chamber’s conservative bloc, the House
Freedom Caucus, late Wednesday was not included in to the bill
as a manager’s amendment. Manager’s amendments are privilege’s
of relevant committee chairmen, who can change the language in a
bill without going back to the full committee. The HFC members
accept that the RyanCare bill is not the repeal-and-replace of
the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that created
Obamacare, but they insist that the speaker’s Obamacare rescue
bill eliminate the Essential Health Benefits provision that
requires a minimum of services in insurance policies, and they
want to eliminate the Individual Mandate that RyanCare preserves
as a program managed by the insurance companies, not the IRS. As
conservatives gain concessions in the RyanCare negotiations,
more liberal Republicans have been dropping out, especially over
cuts to Medicaid and a new promise by the president to keep
illegal aliens from participating in RyanCare health plans.
Schumer: Democrats Will Filibuster Gorsuch
Breitbart - Senate Democrats will attempt to filibuster the
Supreme Court nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch, Minority Leader
Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced on Thursday during a speech on
the Senate floor…. While it only takes a simple majority of 51
votes in the 100-member Senate to confirm a nominee, Schumer
then went on to say that Gorsuch “will have to earn 60 votes for
confirmation.” This means a filibuster. Under Senate Rule 22,
for any question involving debate, if senators wish to continue
speaking, it takes a three-fifths vote of the full Senate (60
out of 100) to invoke a motion for cloture, which limits debate
to no more than 30 additional hours, after which a final vote
must be held. When senators insist on continuing debate until
cloture shuts them down, it’s called a filibuster.,,, The Senate
Judiciary Committee is expected to vote Gorsuch out of committee
on April 3, sending the nomination to the Senate floor for this
filibuster showdown.
NRA to Campaign Against Red State Democrats who Oppose Gorsuch
Breitbart - There are number of Senate Democrats from Red States
who are up for re-election in 2018. Gateway Pundit published a
list of names that included Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI),
Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND),
Joe Manchin (D-WV), Clair McCaskill (D-MO), Bill Nelson (D-FL),
and Jon Tester (D-MT), among others. Democrats in this list who
vote against a Gorsuch confirmation will not only find
themselves campaigning against a Republican challenger but
against the NRA as well. The Washington Examiner quoted a letter
from NRA-ILA executive director Chris Cox, in which he wrote,
“The NRA has every confidence that Judge Gorsuch will protect
the Second Amendment rights of law abiding gun owners and will
faithfully apply the Constitution in the cases that come before
him. He has our strongest support for confirmation.”
NTSB convincing states to lower drunk driving minimum to one or
two drinks
MassPrivate I - Earlier this month, Utah lawmakers passed HB155
which would make it illegal to have a blood alcohol content (BAC)
of 0.05%. A 0.05% BAC translates into only one or two alcoholic
drinks! "The proposal would mean that a 150-pound man could get
a DUI after two beers, while a 120-pound woman could get one
after a single drink..." "For several years, the National
Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has encouraged states to drop
their blood-alcohol content levels to 0.05 or even lower."
Dr. Phil Exposes Elite Government Pedophile Ring On Mainstream
TV(Video)
YourNewsWire - Dr. Phil exposed the crimes of an elite
government pedophile ring to millions of viewers across the
United States on Tuesday, after interviewing a former child sex
slave called ‘Kendall’. Kendall, who was repeatedly sexually
abused as a young child, detailed her life growing up as a sex
slave to an elite pedophile ring to a stunned audience. As more
and more Americans are beginning to wake up to the fact that
high-level government officials routinely sexually abuse
children, Dr. Phil helped bring the issue to the attention of an
even bigger audience. Kendall explains that she was born to be a
sex slave, as her parents intentionally had her for the
trafficker she calls her “owner.” Kendall says that her parents
sold her at birth to an elite pedophile ring that serviced some
of the world’s power elite, describing her first memories as
being passed around groups of rich and prominent men and women
for them to “take turns” with her for sadistic sexual pleasure.
Michigan Committee Passes Ballot Measure to Help Protect
Electronic Data from Warrantless Spying
Tenth Amendment Center - Michigan House committee passed a
resolution that would put before voters a state constitutional
amendment to protect electronic communications and data from the
prying eyes of state and local law enforcement. The amendment
would also effectively block a small but intrusive practical
effect of federal spying within the state. House Joint
Resolution C (HJRC) was introduced by Rep. Jim Runestad (R-White
Lake) along with 11 bipartisan co-sponsors…. If HJRC is
ultimately approved by a majority of two-thirds in the House and
the Senate, the amendment would be considered by the voters in
the Nov. 2018 general election.
France shudders after London attack, Le Pen demands border
controls
Reuters - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Thursday said the
lone-wolf attack outside parliament in London underscored the
need for tighter border controls, as France shuddered at an
incident that reopened wounds inflicted by similar assaults at
home. Security is a major campaign issue ahead of next month's
close-fought presidential election, in which Le Pen is seen
reaching the second round on a nationalist, anti-immigration
platform. Wednesday's attack has dominated French news coverage
and served as a poignant reminder of militant attacks on French
soil that have killed more 230 people since the start of 2015.
"The problem we have nowadays is this form of low-cost
terrorism," the National Front leader told BFM TV and RMC radio,
adding "we must control our borders". Three French
schoolchildren were among those hurt by the London attacker who
ploughed into pedestrians as he sped along Westminster bridge
toward the British parliament…. [Le Pen] advocated closing down
mosques with links to extremism and revoking the French
nationality of those with more than one passport who were guilty
of committing attacks.
Proof: Muslims Celebrated Terror Attack in London
Paul Joseph Watson - A screenshot from France 24 Arabic’s live
video feed shows Muslim viewers reacting to the rampage with
smiley faces and thumbs up. In addition, comments below the live
video feed including individuals remarking, “God curse the
infidels,” and, “That’s how the lone wolves of Allah operate.”
Viewers of Al Jazeera English’s live video feed of the attack
also reacted with mostly smiley faced emoticons and thumbs up.
In the screenshot below, just two out of 26 respondents react
with a sad or angry face. Aldo Sterone, who was watching the
live feed at the same time, commented, “I am watching Al Jazeera
live. You wouldn’t believe the number of likes, “well done” and
“allahu akbar”…. This doesn’t mean that all Muslims celebrated
the terror attack and undoubtedly most of them would condemn it.
However, the idea of ordinary, so-called “moderate Muslims”
celebrating terrorist attacks drives fear into the heart of the
leftist establishment because it demolishes the notion that
Islam is a “religion of peace” and that only a tiny minority of
Muslims support terrorism.
London parliament attacker named as 52-year-old Khalid Masood
RT - The London terrorist attacker has been named by police as
Khalid Masood. Masood, 52, was born in Kent and detectives
believe he was most recently living in the West Midlands. Masood
was also known by a number of aliases, Scotland Yard says.
Masood was not the subject of any current investigations and
there was no prior intelligence about his intent to mount a
terrorist attack. He was known to police, however, and had a
range of previous convictions for assaults, including GBH,
possession of offensive weapons and public order offenses….
According to Sky News, Masood was an English teacher and
religious convert. He was a married father of three, who was
into bodybuilding.
* Related:
ISIS have claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the
killer was a 'soldier of the Islamic State'
Former Russian Parliamentarian and Putin Critic Shot Dead in
Kiev
Blacklisted News - A former Russian parliamentarian who fled to
Ukraine and harshly criticized the Russian authorities has been
shot dead in Kiev. Denis Voronenkov, formerly a Communist Party
lawmaker in the State Duma, was one of two men killed outside
Kiev's Premier Palace hotel March 23, according to the Vesti
Ukraine news website. Kiev Police Chief Andrei Krishchenko said
the murder was likely a contract killing, according to the
Meduza news site.
Trump EPA Grants Michigan $100 Million to Fix Flint Water System
Breitbart - The Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act of
2016 provided the funding for this grant that would help Flint replace
its lead water pipes that have fallen into disrepair, the EPA said in a
statement. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt said this grant is part of the
Trump administration’s goal to improve the country’s water
infrastructure.
Senate votes to let ISPs sell your Web browsing history to advertisers
ISP now stands for "invading subscriber privacy," Democratic senator
says. The US Senate today voted to eliminate broadband privacy rules
that would have required ISPs to get consumers' explicit consent before
selling or sharing Web browsing data and other private information with
advertisers and other companies…. The House, also controlled by
Republicans, would need to vote on the measure before the privacy rules
are officially eliminated. President Trump could also preserve the
privacy rules by issuing a veto. If the House and Trump agree with the
Senate's action, ISPs won't have to seek customer approval before
sharing their browsing histories and other private information with
advertisers. The Senate vote was 50-48, with lawmakers voting entirely
along party lines…. The Senate action "would allow Comcast, Verizon,
Charter, AT&T, and other broadband providers to take control away from
consumers and relentlessly collect and sell their sensitive information
without the consent of that family," Markey said. That sensitive
information includes health and financial information, and information
about children, he said. ISPs want to "draw a map" of where families
shop and go to school, and sell it to data brokers "or anyone else who
wants to make a profit off you," [Sen. Ed Markey] said.
New WikiLeaks dump: The CIA built Thunderbolt exploit, implants to
target Macs
Ars Technica - The latest batch of files, dramatically named "DarkMatter"
(after one of the tools described in the dump), consists of user manuals
and other documentation for exploits targeting Apple MacBooks—including
malware that leveraged a vulnerability in Apple's Thunderbolt interface
uncovered by a researcher two years ago. Named "Sonic Screwdriver" after
the ever-useful tool carried by the fictional Doctor of Dr. Who, the
malware was stored on an ordinary Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter. It
exploited the Thunderbolt interface to allow anyone with physical access
to a MacBook to bypass password protection on firmware and install one
of a series of Apple-specific CIA "implants."
Security Alert: Windows 10 Has Been Quietly Logging EVERY KEYSTROKE You
Type And Sending It To Microsoft (This Is How To Stop It)
Mac Slavo - Yesterday we reported that an international group of hackers
claim they have breached Apple’s iCloud user database and stolen 300
million usernames and passwords. The group has threatened to initiate a
widespread factory reset on April 7th, 2017, potentially wiping out data
on tens of millions of iPhones and iCloud accounts should Apple fail to
pay a ransom. But that breach by nefarious hackers, while serious, is
nothing compared to what your trusted operating system provider may be
doing on your personal computer. According to a recent report, if you
are a Windows 10 user then every single keystroke you have ever typed on
your computer may have been logged and sent to Microsoft. You know those
nagging questions during the installation process that ask you whether
or not you want to “help” improve Windows by sending data to Microsoft?
If you happened to answer “yes” to one of these questions, or if you
went with the Microsoft default installation, there is a real
possibility that everything you have done on your computer from the
get-go, including sending “secure” messages (because the keyboard logger
captures your keystrokes before they appear in your secure messaging
app), is now a part of a massive user database somewhere. […] if you are
concerned about your personal privacy, there are two ways to avoid
having your computer spied on using this keylogger method….
Wells Fargo activates cardless withdrawals for all its ATMs
engadget - Wells Fargo's pilot trial for cardless withdrawals must have
gone well, because the bank is rolling out the feature to all of its
13,000 ATMs across the country. The company debuted the feature in
select ATMs earlier this year. Starting on March 27th, though, you can
withdraw cash from any of the bank's machines using only your smartphone.
You'll have to request an eight-digit code from the Wells Fargo app to
punch into the machine along with your PIN code every time you want to
withdraw money. Take note, however, that the code can only be used once
and won't be enough to open some branches' secure doors during
non-business hours -- you'll still need your card for that…. The company
said it plans to roll out an update later this year that will make the
process even easier. When that feature arrives, you won't even have to
request a code: you'll only have to hold up your phone to a reader on
the machine to get your money.
Fibrocysts And The Iodine Connection
Natural Blaze - Today, thyroid disease is epidemic.
Eighty-percent of thyroid disease is experienced by women with
at least fifty percent of cases going undiagnosed. Eight-four
percent of women with thyroid disease have fibrocystic breasts.
Is there a connection between low thyroid function and
fibrocysts? Thyroid disease is really iodine deficiency disease.
Iodine is a trace mineral from food and is needed by every cell
in the body. The body requires 12.5 g/day of iodine for full
sufficiency. Of that, the thyroid takes 6 mg/day, the breasts
take 5 mg, and the other glands, including the ovaries, grab
about 2 mg. In studies, when thyroid patients are supplemented
with iodine… two things happen: Not only does thyroid function
return – and the need for thyroid hormone is reduced or
eliminated – but patients see their fibrocysts melt away. That’s
because fibrocysts are partially developed follicles that have
not ovulated. Follicles, including hair follicles, are direct
targets of thyroid hormones; T3 and T4. This connection may
explain why people with hypothyroidism often have the symptom of
thinning hair and eyebrows. Bottom line: Iodine deficiency can
lead to cysts in breasts and ovaries. When iodine is
supplemented, fibroids and cysts reverse.
A Nasty Little Secret Hidden in Your Crock Pot
REALfarmacy - A concerned mom from Weber County, who frequently
used her crock pot, took her Rival slow cooker to the county
fair, where she could do a free lead testing on dishes. What she
discovered was her crock pot contained lead. She notified
Gephardt about her findings and he started his own
investigation. He discovered that when ceramic ware was heated
to just 80 degrees, it released nearly 10 times the amount of
lead as a plate at room temperature. The FDA limits the amount
of lead that is allowed to leach from cookware. But there isn’t
a “safe” amount of lead to have in your body…. The U.S. Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has drastically lowered
the official level for what it considers to be “safe” exposure
to lead. However, recently the agency admitted that there is no
safe level of exposure to lead, and that the only way to protect
our health is to avoid it completely…. If you are worried about
lead in crock pots, buy these lead test swabs here, and find out
whether your slow cookers are leaching lead.
Thursday - March
23, 2017
On This Day In History:
1775 - American revolutionary Patrick Henry declared, "give me
liberty, or give me death!"
1806 - Explorers Lewis and Clark, reached the Pacific coast, and
began their return journey to the east.
1840 - The first successful photo of the Moon was taken.
1857 - Elisha Otis installed the first modern passenger elevator
in a public building at the corner of Broome Street and Broadway
in NYC
1889 - U.S. President Harrison opened Oklahoma for white
colonization.
1903 - U.S. troops were sent to Honduras to protect the American
consulate during revolutionary activity.
1920 - Britain denounced the U.S. because of their delay in
joining the League of Nations.
1922 - The first airplane landed at the U.S. Capitol in
Washington, DC.
1934 - The U.S. Congress accepted the independence of the
Philippines in 1945.
1942 - During World War II, the U.S. government began evacuating
Japanese-Americans from West Coast homes to detention centers.
1951 - U.S. paratroopers descended from flying boxcars in a
surprise attack in Korea.
1957 - The U.S. Army sold the last of its homing pigeons.
1967 - Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. called the Vietnam War
the biggest obstacle to the civil rights movement.
1972 - The U.S. called a halt to the peace talks on Vietnam
being held in Paris.
1983 - U.S. President Reagan first proposed development of
technology to intercept enemy missiles. The proposal became
known as the Strategic Defense Initiative and "Star Wars."
1983 - Dr. Barney Clark died after 112 days with a permanent
artificial heart.
1990 - Former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood was ordered
to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in
restitution for the 1989 oil spill.
1998 - The movie "Titanic" won 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards.
2003 - A U.S. Army maintenance convoy was ambushed in Iraq; 11
soldiers were killed and seven were captured, including Pfc.
Jessica Lynch.
2008 - A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad,
pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to
at least 4,000.
2010 - President Barack Obama signed a $938 billion health care
overhaul.
2012 - The U.S. Army formally charged Staff Sgt. Robert Bales
with 17 counts of premeditated murder in the deaths of 17
villagers, more than half of them children, during a shooting
rampage in southern Afghanistan.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Letter to Devin Nunes on CIA Surveillance of Trump
Freedom Watch - This letter was written to Chairman Devin Nunes
Exposing the CIA Surveillance of Trump. Written by former
Federal Prosecutor Larry Klayman who is demanding that Comey be
questioned again by the House Intelligence Committee May 28.
Klayman intends to be present! The Secret Surveillance Program
was known as "The Hammer" and was just discovered in the recent
Wikileak's vault7 CIA release! This letter is the reason
Chairman Nunes admitted that Trump was under CIA Surveillance!!
Globalists Meet to Oppose Trump’s Executive Orders on
Immigration
Clifford Cunningham - The Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights (IACHR), a “human rights watchdog” founded in 1959 under
the charter of the globalist Organization of American States,
conducted two hearings relating to President Trump’s
immigration-related executive orders at the behest of advocacy
groups. Despite finding a sympathetic audience at the IACHR, the
commissioners were unable to determine a proper course of action
to oppose the orders…. The first hearing was held to address the
“impact of executive orders ‘Border Security and Immigration
Enforcements Improvements;’ ‘Protecting the Nation from Foreign
Terrorist entry into the United States;’ and ‘Expediting
Environmental Reviews and Approval for High Priority
Infrastructure Projects on Human Rights in the United States.'”
The second hearing was held to discuss “policies that prevent
access to asylum in the United States.” Advocacy groups
including the American Civil Liberties Union, American-Arab Anti
Discrimination Committee, Jesuit Conference of Canada and the
United States, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service,
Not1more Deportation, and the Immigration Clinic at the
University of Texas Law School requested the two hearings.
Nunes Confirms There Was "Incidental Surveillance" Of Trump
During Obama Administration, "Seems To Be Inappropriate"
Zero Hedge - Two days after FBI director Comey shot down Trump's
allegation that Trump was being wiretapped by president Obama
before the election, it appears that president Trump may have
been on to something because moments ago, the House Intelligence
Chairman, Devin Nunes, told reporters that the U.S. intelligence
community incidentally collected information on members of
President Trump's transition team, possibly including Trump
himself, and the information was "widely disseminated" in
intelligence reports. As AP adds, Nunes said that President
Donald Trump's communications may have been "monitored" during
the transition period as part of an "incidental collection."
Nunes told a news conference Wednesday that the communications
appear to be picked up through "incidental collection" and do
not appear to be related to the ongoing FBI investigation into
Trump associates' contacts with Russia. He says he believes the
intelligence collections were done legally, although in light of
the dramatic change in the plotline it may be prudent to reserve
judgment on how "incidental" it was…. Nunes also said that
"additional names" of Trump transition officials had been
unmasked in the intelligence reports. He indicated that Trump's
communications may have been swept up.
Video: Trump: 'By Putting Our Trust in God, We Will Rise to This
Occasion'
CNS News - With trust in God and faith in their fellow man,
Americans can create a future where they will “love waking up in
the morning,” President Donald Trump said Tuesday at the
National Republican Congressional Committee March Dinner. Trump
envisioned a future where Americans will love their lives,
“millions are lifted from welfare to work,” and children born
into poverty will grow up to fulfill their “big, beautiful
dreams.” All of this is possible, he said, if Americans embrace
faith and trust: “If we stand for these things -- safety,
prosperity and peace -- then there is no limit to what we can
achieve: A future where millions are lifted from welfare to
work.
Judge Orders Mom To Stop Homeschooling After Smart Girl Falsely
Labeled Illiterate
Off the Grid News - A judge ordered a homeschooler placed in
school and even scheduled a trial after an official falsely
reported that the girl was illiterate. To make matters worse,
the judge refused to examine the girl’s test scores, which
indicated she was reading and writing at the level of her grade…
The controversy started when the mom, named Vanessa, moved to a
different county in Kentucky and enrolled her daughter in a
private school. But she soon realized that homeschooling was a
better option, so she pulled the girl, who until that short time
had been homeschooled her entire life. That’s when things went
wrong. “The private school … contacted the local director of
pupil personnel (DPP), who called Vanessa at night and told her
that she needed to file her notice of intent [to homeschool]
immediately,” HSLDA’s Darren Jones wrote. “But the very next
day, the DPP filed charges in court, accusing her of neglecting
her daughter’s education. He claimed that the daughter had only
attended school 20 days in her entire life and that she could
not say or write the alphabet.”… The judge ordered Vanessa to
enroll her daughter in a school, and he scheduled a trial for
six weeks later. HSLDA then hired an independent consultant, who
evaluated the girl and found she was working above her capacity.
The consultant reported he had “no idea why someone at the
school would have said that the girl didn’t know the alphabet.
She’s a good reader (with very good phonetic skills).” The
consultant even added in an email, “The mom does a great job!”
Once that report was made public, the prosecutor dropped the
case and the judge agreed that the mom could go back to
homeschooling.
Idaho Family Outraged After USDA-Planted Cyanide Bomb Injures
Kid, Kills Dog
Natural Blaze - Idaho family is outraged after their 14-year-old
son was injured and his pet Labrador retriever was killed by a
government-planted cyanide bomb placed in the woods behind their
home. Last Thursday, Canyon Mansfield was walking with his
three-year-old Lab, Casey, when he noticed a device that looked
like a sprinkler head sticking six inches out of the ground. Out
of curiosity, he attempted to pick it up. The Idaho State
Journal reported: “[It] erupted with a loud popping noise that
knocked Canyon off his feet. A hissing sound ensued and Canyon
noticed his clothing and face were covered with an orange,
powdery substance.” After using snow on the ground to wash the
substance off his clothing and face, Canyon called for his dog,
who didn’t respond. “He just stayed on the ground mumbling,”
Canyon said…. Casey was dead within minutes. According to the
Idaho State Journal, on Thursday the young dog “joined thousands
of other non-targeted animals — both wild and domestic — that
have been mistakenly killed by one of the most lethal tools at
the disposal of the U.S. Department of Agriculture —
spring-loaded metal cylinders that are baited with scent that
shoot sodium cyanide powder into the mouth or face of whatever
or whoever touches them.”
* Related:
Help Us Ban M-44 "Cyanide Bombs"
These sick Vietnam vets blame exposure to Agent Orange, but VA
won't pay(Video)
McClatchy - Sam Genco, at age 19, narrowly survived one of the
United States’ worst military aircraft carrier fires. Today, 50
years later, it’s that ship’s drinking water he says could be
killing him. Genco was diagnosed last year at a North Carolina
veterans’ clinic with ischemic heart disease – a common
condition the federal government says is linked to Agent Orange
exposure. He suffers from severely blocked arteries, cutting off
the normal flow of oxygen and blood to the heart. “It’s fatigue.
Your muscles just don’t want to work. Like an engine full of
sludge,” Genco said. “The engine keeps working harder but going
slower.” But the 69-year-old can’t get disability benefits tied
to exposure to the herbicide Agent Orange…. Genco, who lives in
Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina, is one of an estimated 90,000
affected “blue water Navy Vietnam veterans,” named for the open
seas and harbors where they served. Federally funded research by
the Institute of Medicine – now the National Academy of Medicine
– concludes the sailors were possibly exposed to Agent Orange
via their ships’ drinking water or from winds blowing the
chemical out to sea…. The Department of Veterans Affairs wants
more evidence before it will award the sailors benefits – even
if their health problems mirror conditions known to have been
caused by Agent Orange…. VA Secretary David Shulkin told
McClatchy in a statement the department will continue its review
of the blue-water sailors topic and “will be guided by the
relevant science in determining any recommendations concerning
this important issue.”
Criminal Misurata Militias -THIEVES In Tripoli
Libyan War The Truth - Today the criminals who call themselves "Misurata
Militias" began to go door to door in Tripoli. They forced their
way into people's homes and took what ever they wanted. The
Misurata Militias are the groups that were supported and armed
by Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Obama and others. They are made
up of some of the 4% of Libyans that are radicals and other
mercenaries. They are now being supported (illegally) by Qatar
and Turkey. This is the only way that they can survive as they
are now the most hated group of criminals in Libya today. They
have become quite desperate because they realize the Libyan
people will never support them, so they have turned to doing as
much damage as they possibly can to the innocent Libyan people….
No NATO to the rescue, no UN, no ICC crimes against humanity
charges - nothing. People in Libya have been imprisoned,
tortured, stolen from, homes and families destroyed, starved,
had schools and hospitals destroyed - the list goes on and on.
At least two dead and several ‘catastrophically injured’ in
attack on UK Parliament
Daily Mail - At least two people are dead after a terror
attacker brought carnage to central London today, mowing down
pedestrians on Westminster Bridge before attacking police with a
knife in the grounds of the Houses of Parliament. At least 10
people were been hit by a vehicle on the bridge after a 4×4
drove into pedestrians and cyclists before crashing into the
gates of Parliament. An intruder, described by a witness as
‘middle-aged and Asian’, then managed to break into the grounds
of the Parliament and stabbed a police officer before he was
shot and injured. The policeman is feared to have since died. An
hour after the attack, paramedics removed a man, thought to be
the attacker, from the scene after extensive CPR. Another body
appeared to have been left on the ground covered by a red
blanket. A doctor at St Thomas’ Hospital has said one woman has
died and a number of others have been hurt – including some with
‘catastrophic’ injuries. Prime Minister Theresa May is said to
have been bundled into a car by a plain-clothes police officer
and driven quickly from the scene. She will chair a meeting of
the Government’s emergency Cobra committee tonight. Scotland
Yard said the attack, which comes a year to the day after the
terrorist atrocities in Brussels, is being treated ‘as a
terrorist incident until we know otherwise’.
* Related:
CNN Downplays ISIS-Style Parliament Attack as “Firearms
Incident”
‘Defeating ISIS No.1 US goal’: Tillerson at coalition summit
RT - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is hosting a meeting of
the 68-member US-led coalition against Islamic State (IS,
formerly ISIS/ISIL). The Washington, DC summit is the first
meeting of the full coalition since December 2014…. The top US
diplomat said the coalition had made significant progress
against the terrorist group, with the flow of foreign fighters
into the region down by 90 percent and IS online content down by
75 percent. Turkey has pushed IS back from the border in
Operation Euphrates Shield, while in Iraq, government forces and
Kurdish Peshmerga are working together to liberate Mosul…. The
US is currently providing 75 percent of coalition military
resources in support of local forces in Iraq and Syria, the
secretary of state said, adding that for humanitarian efforts,
the proportion is reversed. While the US will do its part,
“circumstances on the ground require more from all of you,”
Tillerson said. Coalition forces will remain on territories
claimed by “fraudulent caliphate” to ensure stability, Tillerson
said. While he gave no further details, any coalition military
presence inside Syria is seen as unacceptable by the government
in Damascus, which – unlike Baghdad – did not invite the US-led
forces into the country. Tillerson also touched on the proposal
to create “safe areas” in Syria, describing them as “interim
zones of stability” that would be created through ceasefires to
improve the safety of resident and displaced civilians.
U.S. Prepping Case Linking North Korea To $81MM New York Fed
Bank Heist
Zero Hedge - As tensions between the U.S and North Korea
continue to escalate, with the most recent provacation coming
from Kim Jong Un just last night, the Wall Street Journal has
just reported that Federal prosecutors are building potential
cases that would accuse North Korea of directing the theft of
$81 million from Bangladesh’s account at the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York last year.
Global Stocks Tumble; Gold, Safe Havens Jump On Doubts Trump Tax
Cuts Will Pass
Zero Hedge - Global stocks tumbled amid growing doubts President
Trump will be able to deliver on a promise of tax cuts that has
powered stocks markets to record highs pushed shares lower on
Wednesday and drove investors to seek safety in government debt,
gold and the yen. As DB put it: "Warning! US equities can
occasionally go down as well as up a lot."
Retail Nightmare Just Won't End: Sears Crashes On "Going
Concern" Warning, Payless To File Bankruptcy In Days
Zero Hedge - …in its latest 10-K, warning overnight, warning
“substantial doubt” about its ability to keep operating, raising
fresh concerns about a company that has lost more than $10
billion in recent years…. Sears’s stock fell as low as $7.30 in
premarket trading before rebounding modestly . It had been down
2 percent this year through Tuesday’s close…. As part of its
comeback plan, Sears had closed stores, sold real estate and
offloaded businesses. Earlier this month, the department-store
chain completed the sale of its Craftsman tool brand to Stanley
Black & Decker Inc. for about $900 million…. In a separate
report, Payless Inc., yet another struggling discount shoe
chain, was preparing to file for bankruptcy as soon as next
week… the company is initially planning to close 400 to 500
stores as it reorganizes operations…. As a result of the
hundreds of upcoming storefronts between just these two
companies, mall operators are bracing for another collapse in
rental revenue
17,000 AT&T technicians and call center workers go on strike
Ars Technica - About 17,000 AT&T wireline technicians and call center
employees went on strike in California and Nevada today while filing an
unfair labor charge to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
alleging that AT&T violated federal law…. The [Communications Workers of
America] CWA said that AT&T "is asking its workers to do more for
less—keeping them from their families with unpredictable overtime,
undercutting pay and advancement, offshoring good jobs, and pushing more
health care costs onto employees."
New Clay Testimonials -
Diabetic Infected Heel Ulcer and
Lump on
Back of Head the Size of a Tangerine
10 Amazing Benefits of Sandalwood Essential Oil for Health and
Beauty
Natural News Blogs - Sandalwood essential oil is steam-distilled
from the heartwood and roots of the tree. The older the tree is,
the stronger and purer its oil will be. When it comes to
benefits of sandalwood essential oil, they are mainly due to its
antiseptic, anti-phlogistic, anti-inflammatory, astringent,
carminative, disinfectant, expectorant properties. Sandalwood
essential oil along with the paste of sandalwood is often used
in medicines, skin treatment and a lot of industrial products
such as edibles, mouth fresheners, incense sticks, deodorants,
soaps, perfumes, creams and lotions, and room fresheners. This
article will reveal to you top surprising benefits of sandalwood
essential oil for health and beauty.… 1. Easing Anxiety - It is
said that burning sandalwood can relieve restlessness and
depression, thereby promoting spirituality as well as inner
peace…. 2. Relaxing Muscles And Nerves - Sandalwood can work as
an antispasmodic agent which could help relax muscles, nerves as
well as blood vessels naturally. The oil of this herb can be
used to avoid spasms and contractions. 3. Improving Sleep -
Sandalwood oil has been famous as a potent sleep aid for ages.
Besides, it is also used as a home remedy for insomnia. It is
due to the compounds alpha-santalol and beta-santalol which can
positively impact the nervous system. 4. Boosting Mental Clarity
- According to a study in 2006, inhaling sandalwood oil helped
people feel more mental aware and remain calm during the time
that required mental focus….
Never Eat Ginger If You Have Any Of These 4 Health Conditions
David Wolfe - Ginger adds a spicy and bold flavor to many
dishes. It’s been used for centuries to alleviate symptoms
caused by many medical conditions, including motion sickness,
digestive issues and even arthritis. Ginger’s natural
anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects make it a natural
healer. While ginger does indeed boast many health benefits,
there are some health conditions it can actually have a negative
effect on. You should never eat ginger if you have any of these
four health conditions: 1. You’re Pregnant - Ginger contains
many stimulates that support muscle health and aid in digestion.
If you’re pregnant, these stimulates might end up leading to
premature contractions and preterm labors. Its use is especially
discouraged during the last trimester of pregnancy. A small
amount of ginger can help alleviate morning sickness early on in
your pregnancy, but consult with a health care professional
beforehand. 2. You Have A Blood Disorder - Ginger stimulates
circulation to increase blood flow. For those struggling with
obesity or diabetes, this is a positive benefit. But for people
who suffer from hemophilia, it can be a negative side effect. 3.
You’re Taking Certain Types Of Medications - If you’re taking
medication for high blood pressure or diabetes, ginger can have
a negative effect on your condition. Ginger stimulates blood
thinning and reduces blood pressure, which are great benefits
for the body, unless you’re taking these types of medications.
When ginger combines with anticoagulants, beta-blockers or
insulin drugs, it can cause harm to the body by lowering the
effects of these medications….
RECALL ALERT: Three Brands of Pig Ears Dog Chews Recalled
Dogington Post - According to the U.S. Food & Drug Administration,
EuroCan Manufacturing is voluntarily recalling Lot Number 84 consisting
of it’s individually shrink-wrapped, 6-pack, 12-pack and 25-pack bags of
Barnsdale Farms®, HoundsTooth® and Mac’s Choice® Pig Ears because they
have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Salmonella can
affect animals eating the products and there is a risk to humans from
handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not
thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or
any surfaces exposed to these products.
Wednesday - March
22, 2017
On This Day In History:
1765 - The Stamp Act was passed. It was the first direct British tax on
the American colonists. It was repealed on March 17, 1766.
1775 - Edmund Burke presented his 13 articles to the English parliament.
1790 - Thomas Jefferson became the first U.S. Secretary of State.
1794 - The U.S. Congress banned U.S. vessels from supplying slaves to
other countries.
1871 - William Holden of North Carolina became the first governor to be
removed by impeachment.
1903 - Niagara Falls ran out of water due to a drought.
1907 - Russians troops completed the evacuation of Manchuria in the face
of advancing Japanese forces.
1933 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill legalizing the
sale and possession of beer and wine containing up to 3.2% alcohol.
1935 - In New York, blood tests were authorized as evidence in court
cases.
1935 - Persia was renamed Iran.
1946 - The first U.S. built rocket to leave the earth's atmosphere
reached a height of 50-miles.
1965 - U.S. confirmed that its troops used chemical warfare against the
Vietcong.
1972 - The U.S. Senate passed the Equal Rights Amendment. It was not
ratified by the states.
1974 - The Viet Cong proposed a new truce with the U.S. and South
Vietnam. The truce included general elections.
1980 - People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was founded by
Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco.
1981 - A group of twelve Green Berets arrived in El Salvador. This
brought the total number of advisors to fifty-four.
1987 - A barge loaded with 32,000 tons of refuse left Islip, NY, to find
a place to unload. After being refused by several states and three
countries space was found back in Islip.
1989 - Oliver North began two days of testimony at his Iran-Contra trial
in Washington, DC.
1990 - A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found Captain Hazelwood not guilty
in the Valdez oil spill.
1997 - Tara Lipinski, at 14 years and 10 months, became the youngest
women's world figure skating champion.
2002 - A collection of letters and cards sent by Princess Diana of Wales
sold for $33,000. The letters and cards were written to a former
housekeeper at Diana's teenage home.
2010 - Google announced it would stop censoring search results on its
site in China by shifting it from the mainland to Hong Kong.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Trump to GOP: Pass health care bill or seal your fate
(AP) - Time for talk running out, President Donald Trump on
Tuesday warned wavering House Republicans that their jobs were
on the line in next year's elections if they failed to back a
GOP bill that would overhaul Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.
The countdown quickened toward an expected vote Thursday on
legislation undoing much of the law that provided health
coverage to some 20 million Americans…. "If we fail to get it
done, fail to (meet) the promises made by all of us, including
the president, then it could have a very detrimental effect to
Republicans in '18 who are running for re-election," said Rep.
Mike Conaway, R-Texas. "If it fails, then there will be a lot of
people looking for work in 2018."
* Related:
Rand Paul: ‘Easily 35 No Votes’ Against Paul Ryan’s Obamacare
2.0, ‘I Would Predict They Pull Bill, Start Over’
Immigration provision cut from Obamacare rollback, angering
conservatives
Reuters - Some conservatives in Washington were fuming on
Tuesday after an Obamacare rollback bill was tweaked by
Republican leaders to delete a provision meant to crack down on
illegal immigrants getting federal healthcare insurance
coverage. The development posed another problem for Republican
leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives and President
Donald Trump, who are trying to win congressional approval of
the wider bill… The provision would have allowed the Treasury
Department to access data at the Department of Homeland Security
to verify that healthcare tax credits went only to U.S. citizens
and legal permanent residents, not to illegal immigrants.
Spicer: “It was Hillary Clinton who gave a Russian company
one-fifth the U.S.’ uranium supply” (Video)
Steve Watson - White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer chastised
Trump administration critics Monday who continue to suggest that
there is some form of collusion between the President and the
Russian government, despite no evidence having come to light. In
particular, Spicer noted that there has been no ‘parity’ when it
comes to Democrat involvement in the situation. “From everything
that has been publicly available, on several occasions, the DNC
was asked by the FBI to alleviate all their concerns about
leaking, yet that question still hasn’t come out,” Spicer noted.
“Why would the DNC on multiple occasions rebuff the FBI? … If
they were so concerned with leaks and hacking, why did they not
allow the FBI to come look?” he added. There is a serious
question here,” Spicer said, doubling down. “They’re very clear
about all the concerns they have along with the leadership of
the Democratic party, and yet when it came to hacks and leaks
out of the DNC they’re quick to jump to the conclusion about who
did it, yet they wouldn’t allow the FBI to investigate.” The
press secretary then noted that Hillary Clinton herself has a
history of involvement with the Russian government. “When you
look at the Obama administration and the Clintons’ involvement
with Russia, in terms of donations they received from Russian
entities… yet where was the concern for that?” Spicer stated,
exclaiming “What are we doing to look into that?”
Secret Service removes agent who didn’t want to take ‘a bullet’
for Trump
Washington Examiner - The Secret Service will permanently remove
a top special agent from her position after an investigation
into her Facebook comments that she would rather not defend
President Trump or take “a bullet” for him, but some agents are
concerned she will simply be transferred to another government
job. About two weeks ago, the Secret Service placed the agent’s
prior post — the special agent in charge of the Denver District,
the top job in that office — on a list of agency openings,
according to two Secret Service sources. Kerry O’Grady, the
agent in question, is on administrative leave amid an internal
Secret Service investigation into her Facebook comments about
Trump. Current and former Secret Service agents and officers are
worried that top officials at the agency are working to shield
O’Grady from being fired. They are worried that she will be
transferred to another division of the Homeland Security
Department and allowed to serve out her time until she can
retire with a pension as the agency has done with other
officials in the public crosshairs.
SOROS GROUP Is Paying Far Left Activist Groups Up to $15,000 a
Month to Destroy Trump
The GatewayPundit - The Washington Examiner reported: A group
known for its successes fighting digital wars, notably net
neutrality, is offering $15,000 to activists who quit their jobs
and form “A-Teams” to jump into a war on President Trump’s
agenda. Fight for the Future, started in 2011 as a digital
activist group, on Monday issued the offer with this
eye-catching opening: “Terrified about Trump? Quit your job,
start an A-Team. We’ll fund it.” “We’re currently taking
applications for an initial launch of the project, and will be
providing a few select teams with funding, guidance, and
support,” said Evan Greer, campaign director for Fight for the
Future. “Our goal is to spawn a movement of small, dedicated,
groups of people using the tactics that we’ve used effectively
to defend Internet freedom to win major victories in other issue
areas affecting our basic rights and freedoms, such as
immigration, freedom of press, police brutality, drug reform,
and government corruption,” she added.
Fox News pulls Napolitano after his Trump wiretap claims
The Hill - Fox News has reportedly pulled Andrew Napolitano from
the air indefinitely after he made claims that a British
intelligence agency had wiretapped Trump Tower. Napolitano, a
Fox News analyst, is not scheduled to appear on the network in
the near future, the Los Angeles Times reported, according to
people familiar with the situation. Last week, Napolitano made
the claims about the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
spying on Trump at former President Barack Obama‘s behest. White
House press secretary Sean Spicer then quoted Napolitano’s
remarks while defending the president’s claims earlier this
month that the former president had wiretapped Trump Tower
before the election. “Judge Andrew Napolitano made the following
statement, quote, ‘Three intelligence sources have informed Fox
News that President Obama went outside the chain of command,’”
Spicer said during a daily press briefing last week. “‘He didn’t
use the [National Security Agency], he didn’t use the CIA … he
used GCHQ.’” GCHQ rejected Napolitano's claim that it helped
surveil Trump for Obama in 2016. “Recent allegations made by
media commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano about GCHQ being asked
to conduct ‘wire tapping’ against the then President Elect are
nonsense,” said a spokesman for the agency, which rarely
comments publicly on its operations.
New California, Law Requires Pensions To Sell Companies Building
Trump's "Wall Of Shame"
Zero Hedge - A new piece of legislation recently introduced in
California, Assembly Bill (AB) 946 or the "Resist the Wall Act,"
would require the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS)
and the California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) –
the nation’s first and second largest pension funds - to
liquidate within 12 months any investments in companies involved
in the construction of President Trump's "Wall of Shame". The
bill also requires the two pension funds to report to the
Legislature and the Governor by January 1, 2019 with a list of
companies from which they have liquidated investments or plan to
do so.
Border Patrol agents given police powers to arrest tourists
MassPrivate I - Imagine driving down the road and being stopped
by a Border Patrol agent for speeding. Imagine Border Patrol
agents responding to domestic abuse calls at people's homes.
Imagine the Border Patrol responding to trespassing calls and
detaining motorists with K-9's. You can stop imagining, because
it's happening in New York, Vermont, Maine and now New
Hampshire. House Bill 1298 gives DHS's Border Patrol agents
police powers in NH. Americans can forget about DHS's 100 mile
border zone inside the U.S., because now the Border Police
Patrol has arrest powers throughout entire states! Chief Leonard
Stell of the Swanton Police Department in Vermont, calls DHS's
role 'scene stabilization' which is really just a euphemism for
a national police program! Col. Kevin Jordan, the head of NH's
Fish and Game said, Conservation officers will also have arrest
powers. According to Wikipedia, Border Patrol agents have full
arrest powers even while their off-duty.
Colin Kaepernick Can't Get a Job After NFL Executives Say They
'Genuinely Hate Him'
Tribunist - When Colin Kaepernick became a free agent this NFL
off-season, he probably thought that no one would remember or
care that he sat during the national anthem all last season.
Well, it seems teams do remember. Not one team has called him in
for a workout or an interview. An unnamed general manager says
he thinks that there are three things holding him back. “First,
some teams genuinely believe that he can’t play. They think he’s
shot. I’d put that number at 20 percent.” Secondly, some teams
“fear the backlash from fans after getting him.” After the
disrespect he showed the country and the flag, many teams are
concerned that there will be protests and drama that’ll get in
the way of the season. “I’d say that number is around 10
percent,” the anonymous source admitted. The final reason is
probably the predominant reason no one wants him on their team.
The source said, “Third, the rest genuinely hate him and can’t
stand what he did [kneeling for the national anthem]. They want
nothing to do with him. They won’t move on. They think showing
no interest is a form of punishment. I think some teams also
want to use Kaepernick as a cautionary tale to stop other
players in the future from doing what he did.”
North Korea to ‘Accelerate’ Nuclear Arms Development, Unphased
by US Sanctions
Sputnik News - A North Korean envoy told Reuters on Tuesday that
the country is immune to the US sanctions designed to disconnect
Pyongyang from global financial institutions and that an
“acceleration” of missile programs and nuclear development was
forthcoming. Choe Myong Nam, North Korea’s deputy ambassador to
the United Nations, said this spike in activity will include a
working inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM) and the
development of "pre-emptive first-strike capability." Reuters
reported on Monday that the White House might try to curb DPRK
(Democratic Republic of Korea) weapons development activity by
enacting sweeping sanctions, citing a senior Washington
official.
North Korea Blows Up US Aircraft Carrier, Bomber In New
Propaganda Video
Zero Hedge - North Korea's disgruntled dictator - whose fate is
looking more precarious by the day - Kim Jong-un has released a
propaganda video in which a US aircraft carrier is blown up
while a US strategic bomber shot down in flames. The clip also
includes footage from the communist state’s recent ballistic
missile launches are shown alongside a simple message: “a knife
will be stabbed into the throat of the carrier.” The video
declares: “The bomber will fall from the sky after getting hit
by a hail of fire.” Footage also shows the USS Carl Vinson
nuclear-powered aircraft carrier up in flames. The 2 minute clip
has emerged just days after Kim threatened to reduce the US “to
ashes” as tensions with North Korea continue to increase, which
in turn followed a warning by Tillerson that the US is preparing
for a "first strike" against the irrational dictator, while US
special forces conduct drills in South Korea to "eliminate" the
country's ruler…. Meanwhile, as Reuters reported, fearing a
possible attack, Japan started staging mass evacuation drills.
In the first exercise of its kind saw civilians young and old
scrambling for cover as air-raid sirens wailed.
French Presidential Race: Marine LePen Far Ahead Of Rivals In
Secret Polling
Zero Hedge - An editor at French daily, Le Figaro, has alluded
to secret polling data which show the Front National’s Marine Le
Pen polling close to 34% among those with intentions to vote in
the first round of the French presidential election. Surveys in
the public domain consistently have populist LePen ahead of her
rivals in the first round, at 26-28% of intentions to vote but
losing to whichever rival she faces in the second. A score of
above 30% in the first round, however, would significantly boost
her chances of continuing to victory on May 7th…. The
politically correct ‘Maginot line’ of France’s elites can no
longer hold out against the popular anger of the French public,
Rioufol writes, arguing that the threats by leftist
intellectuals and celebrities to quit the country in the event
of a LePen victory are actually boosting her campaign. Likewise
for scare-mongering media warnings on a ‘return to the 1930s’.
The French media and political establishment are now openly
contemplating a LePen victory, with frequent reference to the
Front National ‘at the gates of power’, an eventuality until
recently considered impossible.
Not Just The US: UK Bans Use Of Laptops On Flights From 6 Mostly
Muslim Countries
Zero Hedge - One day after the Trump administration imposed a
ban for carry-on electronic devices on planes coming to the US
from 10 airports in mostly Muslim countries following
unspecified terrorism threats, moments ago the UK issued a
similar ban, restricting the use of carry on laptops and tablets
for inbound flights for flights originating in the following
nations: Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia, and
surprisingly, Saudi Arabia. According to Downing Street, no
phones, tablets, or laptops bigger than 16cm length, 9.3cm wide
and 1.5cm deep would be allowed in the main cabin of the plane.
The devices will need to be placed into hold luggage and
checked-in instead. “The safety and security of the travelling
public is our highest priority,” said a government spokesperson.
“In the last few weeks we have had a number of meetings on
aviation security. This morning at a meeting we agreed that
these new measures were required.”
Dakota Access pipeline vandalized in two states – officials
RT - Vandals are alleged to have attacked sections of the Dakota Access
pipeline in two separate incidents. A hole was burned in an empty
section of the pipeline in South Dakota, and others took a blowtorch to
a safety valve in Iowa, according to authorities. Calling it “felony
vandalism,” the South Dakota Attorney General’s office spokeswoman Sara
Raber confirmed the incident on the Dakota Access Pipeline on Tuesday,
according to AP. The attack happened at an above-ground site that had no
fencing or other security, southeast of Sioux Falls last Friday. "When
deputies arrived, they observed what appeared to be a hole in the pipe,
and it looked like there was burn around the hole," Lincoln County
Sheriff’s Deputy Chad Brown told AP, adding it was possible the
vandalism was carried out with a blowtorch. Local and state officials
are investigating the incident and have notified the FBI. Pipeline
developer Energy Transfer Partners said in court documents Monday that
there have been “coordinated physical attacks” along the $3.8 billion
pipeline that will carry oil from North Dakota to Illinois, but did not
provide any further details.
Seventeen Ohio Cities File Lawsuit To Stop 5G Cell Towers Everywhere
Natural Blaze - Hats off and plaudits to the mayors and managers of the
following Ohio cities: Bexley, Canal Winchester, Columbus, Dublin,
Delaware, Gahanna, Grandview Heights, Grove City, Hilliard, New Albany,
Pickerington, Powell, Reynoldsburg, Upper Arlington, Westerville,
Whitehall and Worthington for the legal actions they took to stop
“wireless companies to place facilities, including towers up to 50 feet
high and equipment of 28 cubic feet (the size of a small refrigerator),
in the local public right-of-way.” Those towers and equipment would roll
out and implement 5G Wi-Fi, which allegedly was unlawfully signed into
Ohio law December 19, 2016 – as alleged in the lawsuit – to become
effective March 21, 2017!… It should be noted that 5G Wi-Fi has not been
tested for human safety exposures 24/7/365!
Houston Officials In Talks to Release GE Mosquitoes
Natural Blaze - Harris County, Texas, officials are in negotiations with
Oxitec about releasing genetically modified mosquitoes in Houston under
the banner of pre-emptively fighting Zika virus, said to be carried by
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. Oxitec has created a breed of mosquitoes that
will mate with native mosquitoes to produce offspring that die. Similar
to the Key Haven suburb, there have been no cases of Zika transmission
in Houston. There was a reported case of the disease on the U.S./Mexican
border. In Key Haven, there were no cases of the other diseases – like
dengue – that Oxitec used as an urgent example for the need to go ahead
and release the GE insects. The Food and Drug Administration, however,
gave approval to the proposed field trial in Key Haven last August, but
it was shot down by residents’ votes.
A Simple Command Allows the CIA to Commandeer 318 Models of Cisco
Switches
Ars Technica - Cisco Systems said that more than 300 models of switches
it sells contain a critical vulnerability that allows the CIA to use a
simple command to remotely execute malicious code that takes full
control of the devices. There currently is no fix. Cisco researchers
said they discovered the vulnerability as they analyzed a cache of
documents that are believed to have been stolen from the CIA and
published by WikiLeaks two weeks ago. The flaw, found in at least 318
switches, allows remote attackers to execute code that runs with
elevated privileges, Cisco warned in an advisory published Friday. The
bug resides in the Cisco Cluster Management Protocol (CMP), which uses
the telnet protocol to deliver signals and commands on internal
networks. It stems from a failure to restrict telnet options to local
communications and the incorrect processing of malformed CMP-only telnet
options. “An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending
malformed CMP-specific telnet options while establishing a telnet
session with an affected Cisco device configured to accept telnet
connections,” the advisory stated. “An exploit could allow an attacker
to execute arbitrary code and obtain full control of the device or cause
a reload of the affected device.”
How police unmasked suspect accused of sending seizure-inducing tweet
Ars Technica - Defendant's iCloud account contained "the exact" GIF used
in the crime, cops say. The man accused of sending a Newsweek writer a
seizure-inducing tweet left behind a digital trail that the Dallas
Police Department traced—beginning with the @jew_goldstein Twitter
handle, leading to a burner mobile phone SIM card, and ending with an
Apple iCloud account, according to federal court documents unsealed in
the case. John Rayne Rivello was arrested Friday at his Maryland
residence and is believed to be the nation's first defendant accused of
federal cyberstalking charges for allegedly victimizing an epileptic
with a strobing, epileptogenic online image—in this instance a GIF sent
via Twitter.
The Chemical that Causes More Cancer and Death than Any Other
Chemical
Living Traditionally - The California Environmental Protection
Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)
recently released a document called Evidence on the
Carcinogenicity of Fluoride and Its Salts that highlights the
many health hazards caused by the consumption of fluoride. The
OEHHA report already states that “multiple lines of evidence
(show) that fluoride is incorporated into bones where it can
stimulate cell division of osteoblasts [bone-forming cells],” an
admission that already recognizes fluoride as a cause of bone
cancer. The report goes on to state that fluoride induces
“genetic changes other cellular changes leading to malignant
transformation, and cellular immune response thereby increasing
the risk of development of osteosarcomas.” Multiple studies by
Dr. Dean Burk, the former head of the Cytochemistry Section at
the National Cancer Institute, have also drawn connections
between fluoride exposure and cancer. Dr. Burk’s research dating
back to 1977 revealed that fluoride ingestion led to the growth
of thyroid follicular cell tumors in mice.
Simple dietary supplement may help block postpartum blues
Ars Technica - For psychiatrists, postpartum blues are
considered the “prodrome” for postpartum depression. That means
that increased postpartum blues signal the likely onset of
postpartum depression…. For the study in PNAS [Proceedings of
the National Academy of Sciences] , the researchers gave women a
dietary supplement containing L-tryptophan, L-tyrosine,
blueberry juice, and blueberry extract. This supplement was
selected because L-tryptophan and L-tyrosine are thought to help
initiate sleep, help balance post-pregnancy MAO-A activity, and
reduce oxidative stress. The blueberry additions were included
to increase the palatability of the supplement and because
investigations of blueberry extract have shown that it can help
chemicals cross the blood-brain-barrier. A group of 20 women
received this supplement, and their mood was compared to 21
control women who did not receive it. The mood in the control
group was significantly down compared to the group that received
the supplement. This held true for the Visual Analog Scale, a
commonly used measure of pain. Controls’ scores were almost a
thousand times higher than the scores of women who received the
supplements. On the Profile of Mood States, another commonly
used depression assessment, the control group experienced a
significant increase in depressive symptoms, whereas the women
who received the dietary supplement showed a decrease in
depressive symptoms.
Flight attendant adopts stray dog that always waited for her return
Mother Nature Network - German flight attendant Olivia Sievers often
makes trips to Argentina on business. On one layover in Buenos Aires
earlier this year, she made friends with a stray dog. She played with
the sweet pup and gave him some food, so he stuck by her side. While she
was in town, Sievers spent as much time as possible with the dog, which
she named Rubio. She gave him an airplane blanket to keep him warm at
night, and he camped out at the entrance to her hotel and waited for
her, often for hours. But eventually Sievers had to return to Germany.
She sadly bid Rubio goodbye, but the dog was definitely not forgotten.
When she returned two months later, the dog was outside her hotel, as if
he had been waiting for her. She worked hard to make arrangements to get
her new pal adopted, but he had other plans. He escaped from his new
owner and sat patiently waiting at Sievers' hotel instead. Obviously,
she had no choice. Sievers had to bring Rubio home to Germany.
Tuesday - March
21, 2017
On This Day In History:
1788 - Almost the entire city of New Orleans, LA, was destroyed
by fire. 856 buildings were destroyed.
1790 - Thomas Jefferson reported to U.S. President George
Washington as the new secretary of state.
1851 - Yosemite Valley was discovered in California.
1906 - Ohio passed a law that prohibited hazing by fraternities
after two fatalities.
1907 - The U.S. Marines landed in Honduras to protect American
interests in the war with Nicaragua.
1910 - The U.S. Senate granted ex-President Teddy Roosevelt a
yearly pension of $10,000.
1918 - During World War I, the Germans launched the Somme
Offensive.
1928 - U.S. President Calvin Coolidge gave the Congressional
Medal of Honor to Charles Lindbergh for his first trans-Atlantic
flight.
1945 - During World War II, Allied bombers began four days of
raids over Germany.
1946 - The United Nations set up a temporary headquarters at
Hunter College in New York City.
1963 - Alcatraz Island, the federal penitentiary in San
Francisco Bay, CA, closed.
1965 - More than 3,000 civil rights demonstrators led by the
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. began a march from Selma to
Montgomery, AL.
1966 - In New York, demolition work began to clear thirteen
square blocks for the construction of the original World Trade
Center.
1971 - Two U.S. platoons in Vietnam refused their orders to
advance.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter announced to the U.S. Olympic Team
that they would not participate in the 1980 Summer Games in
Moscow as a boycott against Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
1980 - On the TV show "Dallas", J.R. Ewing was shot.
1991 - 27 people were lost at sea when two U.S. Navy
anti-submarine planes collided.
1991 - The U.N. Security Council lifted the food embargo against
Iraq.
1994 - Bill Gates of Microsoft and Craig McCaw of McCaw Cellular
Communications announced a $9 billion plan that would send 840
satellites into orbit to relay information around the globe.
2003 - It was reported that the Dow Jones Industrial Average
closed up 235.27 (2.8%) at 8,521.97. It was the strongest weekly
gain in more than 20 years.
2016 - It was reported that the Kepler space telescope had
captured the visible light of a "shock breakout" when the star
KSN 2011a exploded. It was the first time an exploding star's
brilliant flash shockwave had been captured.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Donald Trump Sends Executive Order Lawsuit to Higher Court
Breitbart - The Department of Justice is formally objecting to
the March 15 claim by a District Court judge in Maryland that
President Donald Trump’s violated the religious freedom clauses
of the constitution with his March 6 Executive Order on
immigration reform. The objection goes to the Fourth Circuit
Court of Appeals, whose 15-judge panel includes ten judges
nominated by Democratic presidents and only five nominated by
GOP presidents. It will likely be sent to the Supreme Court
later this year.
Trump Publishes 1st List of 'Sanctuary Cities' Protecting
Illegal Aliens
Breitbart - In an attempt to increase pressure on sanctuary
cities, the Department of Homeland Security has published its
first weekly list of all 118 localities refusing to cooperate
with the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Each
week, the list will publish every detention request rejected by
local jails — detailing the relevant agency, the status of the
immigrant, and the charges they are facing. The first report was
published this Monday, listing 206 cases in which illegal aliens
were arrested and consequently released from jail without
charge, despite recommendations from the Immigration and Crime
Enforcement agency (ICE) to detain them for at least 48 hours.
The cases listed took place between January 28th to February
3rd, Donald Trump’s second week in office.
Trump campaign is officially under investigation by U.S. counter
intelligence
McClatchy - The United States is actively investigating any
possible links between the Russian government and the election
campaign of President Donald Trump, the director of the FBI said
during a congressional hearing Monday. It was the first official
confirmation that security agencies are probing what is now
called “Russia’s active measures” in the 2016 presidential
campaign, including a look at possible ties to the Trump
campaign. FBI Director James Comey said he was authorized to
make the announcement because “of the exceptional circumstances”
surrounding the campaign. He framed it as an active
counterintelligence investigation “that includes investigating
the nature of any links between any individuals associated with
the Trump campaign and the Russian government, and whether there
was any coordination between the campaign and Russia’s efforts.”
FBI-led investigative team examines role of conservative news
sites in Russia campaign
McClatchy - Federal investigators are examining whether
far-right news sites played any role last year in a Russian
cyber operation that dramatically widened the reach of news
stories - some fictional - that favored Donald Trump’s
presidential bid, two people familiar with the inquiry say.
Operatives for Russia appear to have strategically timed the
computer commands, known as “bots,” to blitz social media with
links to the pro-Trump stories at times when the billionaire
businessman was on the defensive in his race against Democrat
Hillary Clinton, these sources said. The bots’ end products were
largely millions of Twitter and Facebook posts carrying links to
stories on conservative internet sites such as Breitbart News
and InfoWars, as well as on the Kremlin-backed RT News and
Sputnik News, the sources said…. Investigators examining the bot
attacks are exploring whether the far-right news operations took
any actions to assist Russia’s operatives. Their participation,
however, wasn’t necessary for the bots to amplify their news
through Twitter and Facebook.
Comey: No Evidence Obama Wiretapped Trump
The Daily Caller - James Comey said he has no evidence to
support Donald Trump’s claim that Barack Obama ordered a wiretap
against Trump Tower before the presidential election. The FBI
director said he has no information that would back up the
president’s tweets as he testified alongside National Security
Agency head Michael Rogers before the House Intelligence
Committee Monday. “With respect to the president’s tweets, I
have no information that supports those tweets and we have
looked carefully inside the FBI,” Comey said. “The Department
[of Justice] has no information that supports those tweets
either.”
Video: Thousands Line Up to See President Trump at Louisville,
KY Rally
The GatewayPundit - President Donald J. Trump will hold a rally
at the Kentucky Exposition Center in Freedom Hall Monday
starting at 7:30 PM…. Right Side Broadcasting Network will bring
live coverage of the rally…
Video: Judge Gorsuch’s Full Opening Statement
NBC News - I am honored and I am humbled to be here. Since
coming to Washington, I have met with over 70 senators. You have
offered a warm welcome and wise advice. Thank you. I also want
to thank the President and Vice President. They and their teams
have been very gracious to me and I thank them for this honor. I
want to thank Senators Bennet and Gardner and General Katyal for
their introductions. Reminding us that — long before we are
Republicans or Democrats — we are Americans. Sitting here I am
acutely aware of my own imperfections. But I pledge to each of
you and to the American people that, if confirmed, I will do all
my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the Constitution
and laws of our great nation.* I could not even attempt this
without Louise, my wife of more than 20 years. The sacrifices
she has made and her giving heart leave me in awe. I love you so
much….
* Related:
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9/11 Families Sue Saudi Arabia, Accuse U.S. Ally of Complicity
in Terrorist Attacks
PIX11 - In a stunning lawsuit seeking to hold Saudi Arabia
accountable for 9/11, the families of 800 victims have filed a
lawsuit accusing the Saudis of complicity in the worst terror
attacks on American soil. The legal action, filed in federal
court in Manhattan, details a scenario of involvement by Saudi
officials who are said to have aided some of the hijackers
before the attacks. Fifteen of the 19 hijackers were Saudi
nationals and three of them had previously worked for the
kingdom. The document details how officials from Saudi embassies
supported hijackers Salem al-Hazmi and Khalid Al-Mihdhar 18
months before 9/11. The officials allegedly helped them find
apartments, learn English and obtain credit cards and cash. The
documents state that the officials helped them learn how to
blend into the American landscape. The suit also produces
evidence that officials in the Saudi embassy in Germany
supported lead hijacker Mohamed Atta. It claims that a Saudi
official was in the same hotel in Virginia with several
hijackers the night before the attacks. Many of the revelations
in the lawsuit are culled from findings of an FBI investigation
into the terrorist attacks. The suit filed by aviation law firm
Kreindler & Kreindler claims some of the hijackers had special
markers in their passports, identifying them as al-Qaida
sympathizers….
Bombshell: Obama’s NSA Illegally Spied on Sheriff Arpaio’s
Prosecution
Jerome Corsi - Editor’s Note: The below story draws clear,
significant parallels to the electronic surveillance of Donald
Trump during the Obama administration. hile the Department of
Justice was prosecuting Sheriff Arpaio from 2008 to 2010, the
NSA conducted electronic surveillance of the various Arizona
judges on the case, on Sheriff Arpaio, and on the Maricopa
County Sheriff’s Office, while the DOJ attorneys for Eric Holder
maintained an on-going telephone back-channel discussion with
the federal judge assigned to handle the case…. The timeline
released in federal court details NSA electronic surveillance
and DOJ judge-tampering in the civil rights case brought against
Arpaio in 2008, involving the 2007 arrest of Manuel de Jesús
Ortega Melendres, with the DOJ charging Arpaio with
discriminating against Hispanics by implementing car-stop
procedures DOJ considered to involve racial-profiling.
CBO: Partially Defunding Abortion-Providing Planned Parenthood
Will Cause 'Additional Births'
CNS News - The Congressional Budget Office says that language
included in the House Republican bill to replace Obamacare that
would partially withhold federal funding for one year from a
“family planning” organization that “provides abortions” will
cause “additional births.”
Would YOU let a homeless person live in your backyard? Portland
offers residents free tiny homes if they rent it to families who
are on the street
Daily Mail - Faced with an intractable homeless problem,
officials in Portland are thinking inside the box. A handful of
homeless families will soon move into tiny,
government-constructed modular units in the backyards of willing
homeowners. Portland officials are looking for four backyards to
place its Accessory Dwelling Units, what some people may call a
granny flat, or a tiny home minus wheels. Under the pilot
program taking effect this summer, the homeowners will take over
the heated, fully plumbed tiny houses in five years and can use
them for rental income. The project, called A Place for You, is
believed to be the first in the nation to recruit stable
residents to address a homeless crisis that's gotten so bad the
city last year declared a state of emergency and made it legal
to sleep on the street. Portland has an affordable rental
shortage of 24,000 units and nearly 4,000 people sleep on the
street, in a shelter or in transitional housing each night.
Residents just passed a $260 million housing bond, but it will
be two years before those units are ready, said Mary Li,
director of Multnomah County's new Idea Lab, which developed the
concept.
Global War Approaches: North Korea Warns: “If A Single Bullet Is
Fired We WILL Nuke The United States”
Mac Slavo - With tensions heating up on the Korean Peninsula
after North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un fired several test
missiles into Japanese-controlled territory, and following
President Trump’s deployment of Navy Seals whose sole purpose
will be to decapitate the leadership of the communist state, Un
issued a shocking warning on Sunday. If even a single bullet is
fired, says Un, his country will immediately initiate a nuclear
attack on the United States…. In an earlier statement U.S.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson pointedly told North Korea that
the policies of previous U.S. administrations, which allowed the
North Koreans to achieve the nuclear bomb, have ended and that
the United States will be pursuing a new strategy to disarm its
long time adversary.
Theresa May Will Trigger Article 50 On March 29, Starting Brexit
Process
Zero Hedge - Britain’s ambassador to the EU Tim Barrow told the
office of European Council President Donald Tusk that Britain
will trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, Mrs. May’s
spokesman said. He said he expects talks to begin promptly, but
that the U.K. understands the 27 EU countries will want time to
deliver their response. Slack said that “after we trigger, the
27 will agree their guidelines for negotiations and the
Commission’s negotiating mandate” and added that “president Tusk
has said he expects an initial response within 48 hours. We want
negotiations to start promptly”…. As the FT [Financial Times]
adds, the pre-announcement of the timing of the Article 50
letter is partly aimed at preparing financial markets for the
formal start of the Brexit process which will last at least two
years.
U.S. Suddenly Bans Laptops and Tablets on Some Middle Eastern
Flights to America
Yahoo News - The United States is banning many common electronic
devices from the cabin on inbound and outbound flights on more
than a dozen Middle Eastern and African airlines…. On Monday,
Royal Jordanian Airlines abruptly announced on Twitter that it
received “instructions from the concerned U.S. departments” that
passengers can’t carry any electronic devices bigger than a cell
phone onto its flights into or from the United States. The tweet
was deleted several hours later. Devices including laptops,
tablets, cameras, and DVDs can only be put in checked bags.
Medical devices and cellphones were exempted. The ban comes into
effect starting March 21 and airlines are expected to comply
within 96 hours. A public relations executive for Saudia
Airlines, the Saudi Arabian national carrier, tweeted that U.S.
authorities ordered the directive for passengers from 13
countries, but he didn’t specify which ones…. A spokesperson for
the Department of Homeland Security didn’t deny there is a
directive, but declined to comment.
Almost half of Canadians want illegal immigrants deported back
to US
RT - Some 48 percent of Canadians support “increasing the
deportation of people living in Canada illegally,” according to
a new poll released on Monday. The same number of respondents
suggested that the migrants should be sent back to the US, while
36 percent said Canada should “accept these migrants” and allow
them to apply for asylum. Canadians’ view of illegal immigration
mirrors that of their neighbors in the US, where a similar
Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted earlier this week showed 50 percent
support for deportations…. The Canadian population is also
unhappy with the PM, as 46 percent say they are dissatisfied
with how Trudeau has handled the migrant flow. A similar Ipsos
poll from January showed that 59 percent of Canadians supported
the prime minister’s approach to the issue. Trudeau’s office
declined to comment on Monday’s survey when contacted by
Reuters.
Globalist David Rockefeller Dead at 101
Infowars - David Rockefeller, a globalist central banker who
advocated a “New World Order” and mass population control while
wielding vast influence over world leaders, died Monday at the
age of 101. Rockefeller was well-known for openly bragging about
the transnational elite’s plans to centralize control over the
world’s populations, wealth and resources. “Some even believe we
are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of
the United States characterizing my family and me as
‘internationalists’ and conspiring with others around the world
to build a more integrated global political and economic
structure – one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I
stand guilty, and I am proud of it,” he wrote in his book
Memoirs.
Robot Successfully Reports Killer Radiation Levels Inside
Fukushima Reactor
Sputnik News - Finally, on Saturday the PMORPH [no description
for acronym available] robot inserted into unit 1 in the first
of a series of four missions into the PCV basement area managed
to provide the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) with the
radiation and temperature measurements within it. Devices on the
camera-equipped robot measured radiation levels of 7.8 sieverts
per hour on a metal stage for workers and 1.5 sieverts per hour
in water pooled at the bottom. The figures are significantly
lower than the 210 sieverts per hour measured at one spot in the
PVC of the No. 2 reactor last month, but are still extremely
high…. The primary mission of the robot is to investigate the
bottom of the containment vessel to see whether it can capture
images of the melted fuel. Finding the exact location and
condition of the melted fuel is considered critically important
to dismantling the reactors…. The process of decommissioning the
nuclear plant is expected to take at least 40 years, and cannot
begin before a full assessment of the damage is complete.
CEO Pay Soars In 2016 As Employee Wages Continue To Stagnate
Zero Hedge - CEO pay increases took a brief pause in 2015
dropping to a paltry median of just $10.8 million with most
getting a pay cut or a raise of less than 1.5%. But, as the Wall
Street Journal points out this morning, the CEO's of America can
once again rest assured that their families will not starve to
death as 2016 pay soared nearly 7% setting a post-recession
record. “Median pay for the chief executives of 104 of the
biggest American companies rose 6.8% for fiscal 2016 to $11.5
million, on track to set a post-recession record, according to a
Wall Street Journal analysis. Twice as many companies increased
their chiefs’ pay as reduced it, though a few high-profile
bosses took substantial pay cuts, including Apple Inc.’s Tim
Cook and General Electric Co.’s Jeff Immelt.” As usual,
operating results had limited impact on CEO earnings potential
and some of the largest payouts went to CEO's who were fired in
2016…. While cash bonuses have fallen about 1.4% among the
companies that have filed pay disclosures, stock awards have
risen 7.4% and option awards have risen 3%, noted John Roe, head
of analytics at ISS. Of course, that's hardly any consolation
for the average American worker who just saw his real earnings
collapse over the past two years and actually turn negative in
2017.
Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity Study Subjects Needed By University
Research Team
Natural Blaze - Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) or idiopathy
environmental intolerance (IEI) results from exposure to electromagnetic
waves (EMF/RF/ELF) due to the overwhelming explosion of ‘smart’
technology appliances and gadgets which use either microwaves or some
other wave on the electromagnetic spectrum…. James Madison University
Environmental Sensitivities Research Team is conducting research surveys
in chemical and/or electrical sensitivities. Below is the request for
participants to reply and participate, which will be extremely helpful
in establishing data to document what’s called non-thermal radiation
adverse health effects from EMF/RF/ELF. The James Madison University
Environmental Sensitivities Research Team is inviting adults aged 21 and
over who have experienced environmental sensitivities (chemical and/or
electrical) to participate in on online study of how their needs are
being met as they grow older with sensitivities. If you are interested
in participating, please click on the link below to see the consent form
and learn more about the study….
4CHAN Message Board Is Using Border Webcams To Help Report Illegals
The GatewayPundit - The largely pro-Trump 4Chan internet message board
has recently taken it upon themselves to help ICE agents catch and
report illegals entering the United States…. As reported by /pol/’s News
Network Twitter account, they just recently discovered that live streams
of the US-Mexico border are available via
http://blueservo.com
- The website has become so popular that it has currently exceeded its
bandwidth at the time of writing this.
Video: Real-life Robocops will soon replace human police
The Telegraph - The first robot police officer will be on patrol in the
wealthy United Arab Emirates city by May this year, Dubai Police have
confirmed. Members of the public will be able to report crimes to the
multilingual police robot using a touchscreen on its chest. The friendly
robot, which can salute and shake hands, can also be used by members of
the public to pay traffic fines and submit paperwork. Dubai Police, who
unveiled the prototype at the Gulf Information Technology Exhibition
last year, want 25 per cent of its force to be robots by 2030.
With a 10-day supply of opioids, 1 in 5 become long-term users
Ars Technica - When patients get an initial opioid prescription
that’s just a one-day supply, they have about a six-percent
chance of being on opioids for a year or longer. But if that
first prescription is for a three-day supply, the probability of
long-term use starts inching up. With an initial five-day
supply, the chance jumps to about 10 percent. With a six-day
supply, the chance hits 12 percent. With 10-day’s worth, the
odds of still being on opioids a year later hits roughly 20
percent…. That’s according to the new study’s lead author
Bradley Martin, a professor of pharmaceutical evaluation and
policy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science…. For
patients who get a 30-day stash of opioid all at once for their
initial prescription, the chance of being on opioids for a year
rose to 45 percent. But, Martin says, getting that much in one
go is uncommon…. Other factors that kicked up the chances of
long-term use were long-acting opioids, getting a cumulative
dose equivalent to more than 700 milligrams of morphine, and
getting multiple prescriptions. One in seven who got a second
opioid or a refill were on the addictive drugs for at least a
year.
Diabetes reversed in four months by changing the diet
What Doctors Don't Tell You - Type 2 diabetes doesn't have to be
a life sentence—it can be reversed in just four months by
cutting back on the food we eat, researchers have discovered.
Eating less, exercising and keeping glucose under control by
eating 'slow-burn' or low-glycaemic carbs combine to reverse a
disease that has been considered chronic and controlled by
drugs. Around 40 per cent of cases who went on the diet are now
symptom-free, and are no longer taking any drugs to control the
condition. Researchers from McMaster University in Canada tested
the dietary approach on 83 people who had been diagnosed with
type 2 diabetes and had the condition for an average of three
years. Although the study was designed to last a year,
researchers were seeing big changes inside four months—and once
the patients stopped taking their anti-diabetes drugs, which
lower glucose in the body. The major change was seen after their
daily calorie-intake was reduced by between 500 and 750
calories, and by avoiding processed carbs that are high in
sugars. The diet had a bigger effect than the drugs. After eight
weeks, around half of the patients had glucose under control
from taking medication, but this shot up to 70 per cent when
they started the four-month diet.
21 Health Foods You Should Never Eat (No Matter What!)
Dr. Axe - 1. Fruit Juice - … In June 2014, a study published in
the journal Nutrition found that the average fruit juice’s
fructose concentration is 45.5 grams per liter. For soda, it’s
50 grams. Our bodies aren’t designed to deal with that type of
fructose overload. While glucose serves as a fuel for our body,
fructose is processed almost exclusively in the liver, where
it’s converted to fat. 2. Soy Protein - Contrary to popular
belief, soy products are not healthy for you; at least, that is,
unfermented soy…. Most soy grown in the U.S. is genetically
modified to withstand applications of glyphosate, the active
ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup. A recent Norwegian study
found “extreme” levels of glyphosate in U.S. soy, meaning we’re
eating weedkiller when we eat nonorganic soy…. 3. Sugar Alcohols
- Sugar alcohols are commonly found in sugar-free gum and
sugar-free baked goods and sugar replacements. Xylitol is one of
the most popular forms. Others include: erythritol, isomalt,
lactitol, maltitol, mannitol, sorbitol. While often marketed as
natural, these sweeteners undergo intense processing and are
often derived from GMO ingredients like corn. Some of these
products are also linked to allergic reactions, headaches, SIBO
symptoms, rashes, gas and bloated…. 4. ‘Atlantic’ Salmon + Other
Farmed Fish Like Tilapia - Another health food you should never
eat: Farmed fish. I’ve written extensively on farmed fish. And
in fact, eating tilapia is worse than eating bacon in some ways.
Be sure to avoid farmed salmon, too. It’s often called
‘Atlantic’ salmon or just salmon…. 5. Microwave Popcorn - … The
microwavable bags are coated with nonstick perfluorochemicals
like perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid
(PFOA), chemical that is liked to cancer. Another major concern
is diacetyl. This fake butter flavoring compound actually causes
serious lung disease when inhaled in large quantities….
Marijuana poisoning a serious risk for Colorado dogs
The Coloradoan - Veterinarians at Fort Collins Veterinary Emergency and
Rehabilitation Hospital said they see between 5 and 10 cases each week,
and they’ve noticed an uptick since recreational marijuana became legal
in Colorado. Research backs them up: A 2012 study involving Colorado
State University researchers found that marijuana toxicity cases in dogs
increased as the number of medical marijuana licenses increased in
Colorado. Marijuana is toxic for dogs and can be fatal in large doses.
Some pet owners use marijuana to treat their dogs for pain or other
ailments, and researchers continue to study the use of medical marijuana
for pets. But “there’s never really a good dose range to treat a dog
with pot,” said Dr. Robin Van Metre, an emergency veterinarian at the
Fort Collins Veterinary Emergency and Rehabilitation Hospital. Dogs
metabolize marijuana differently from humans, and the impacts of
consumption play out differently on their smaller frames. The lethargy
and fogginess that might make a pot brownie fun for a human can render a
dog incapable of basic functions. In rare cases, which Van Metre has
seen two or three times in about 15 years, a dog can undergo gradual
paralysis and die.
Monday - March
20, 2017
On This Day In History:
1760 - The great fire of Boston destroyed 349 buildings.
1816 - The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed its right to review state court
decisions.
1833 - The U.S. and Siam signed a commercial treaty.
1852 - Harriet Beecher Stowe’s book "Uncle Tom’s Cabin," subtitled "Life
Among the Lowly," was first published.
1854 - The Republican Party was organized in Ripon, WI. About 50 slavery
opponents began the new political group.
1865 - A plan by John Wilkes Booth to abduct U.S. President Abraham
Lincoln was ruined when Lincoln changed his plans and did not appear at
the Soldier’s Home near Washington, DC.
1868 - Jesse James Gang robbed a bank in Russelville, KY, of $14,000.
1896 - U.S. Marines landed in Nicaragua to protect U.S. citizens in the
wake of a revolution.
1922 - U.S. President Warren G. Harding ordered U.S. troops back from
the Rhineland.
1922 - The USS Langley was commissioned. It was the first aircraft
carrier for the U.S. Navy.
1933 - The first German concentration camp was completed at Dachau.
1965 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson ordered 4,000 troops to protect
the Selma-Montgomery civil rights marchers.
1969 - U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy called on the U.S. to close all bases
in Taiwan.
1976 - Patricia Hearst was convicted of armed robbery for her role in
the hold up of a San Francisco Bank.
1980 - The U.S. made an appeal to the International Court concerning the
American Hostages in Iran.
1991 - The U.S. forgave $2 billion in loans to Poland.
1995 - In Tokyo, 12 people were killed and more than 5,500 others were
sickened when packages containing the nerve gas Sarin was released on
five separate subway trains. The terrorists belonged to a doomsday cult
in Japan.
1996 - In Los Angeles, Erik and Lyle Menendez were found guilty of
first-degree murder in the killing of their parents.
1996 - The U.K. announced that humans could catch CJD (Mad Cow Disease).
1998 - India's new Hindu nationalist-led government pledges to "exercise
the option to induct nuclear weapons."
1999 - Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones became the first men to
circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon. The non-stop trip began
on March 3 and covered 26,500 miles.
2002 - Arthur Andersen pled innocent to charges that it had shredded
documents and deleted computer files related to the energy company
Enron.
2003 - U.S. and British forces invaded Iraq from Kuwait.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Germany Slams Trump’s Claim That It Owes “Vast Sums” To NATO And
The U.S.
Zero Hedge - One day after Trump returned to his favorite medium
to slam Germany for abusing NATO’s funding scheme, and US
defense spending generosity, accusing Germany of owing “vast
sums” of money to both NATO and the US, Germany has struck back.
As a reminder, this is what Trump tweeted on Saturday morning:
Despite what you have heard from the FAKE NEWS, I had a GREAT
meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Nevertheless,
Germany owes vast sums of money to NATO & the United States must
be paid more for the powerful, and very expensive, defense it
provides to Germany! That in turn, was followed on Sunday
morning by a statement by German Defense Minister Ursula von der
Leyen in which she responded to Trump, rejecting the US
president’s claim: “There is no debit account at NATO,” von der
Leyen said in a statement, adding that it was wrong to link the
alliance’s target for members to spend 2 percent of their
economic output on defense by 2024 solely to NATO…. Trump wasn’t
the first U.S. leader to complain that most NATO nations,
including Germany, weren’t meeting the alliance’s goal that
members spend 2 percent of their GDP on defense. Germany spends
about 1.2% currently.
Key Democratic Officials Now Warning Base Not to Expect Evidence
of Trump/Russia Collusion
The Incercept - From MSNBC politics shows to town hall meetings
across the country, the overarching issue for the Democratic
Party’s base since Trump’s victory has been Russia, often
suffocating attention for other issues…. The principal problem
for Democrats is that so many media figures and online
charlatans are personally benefiting from feeding the base
increasingly unhinged, fact-free conspiracies — just as
right-wing media polemicists did after both Bill Clinton and
Obama were elected — that there are now millions of partisan
soldiers absolutely convinced of a Trump/Russia conspiracy for
which, at least as of now, there is no evidence…. Key Democratic
officials are clearly worried about the expectations that have
been purposely stoked and are now trying to tamp them down. Many
of them have tried to signal that the beliefs the base has been
led to adopt have no basis in reason or evidence…. The latest
official to throw cold water on the MSNBC-led circus is
President Obama’s former acting CIA chief Michael Morell….
Morell’s comments echo the categorical remarks by Obama’s top
national security official, James Clapper…. What makes all of
this most significant is that officials like Clapper and Morell
are trained disinformation agents; Clapper in particular has
proven he will lie to advance his interests. Yet even with all
the incentive to do so, they are refusing to claim there is
evidence of such collusion; in fact, they are expressly urging
people to stop thinking it exists.
U.S. Homeland Security seeks proposals for wall with Mexico
Reuters - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has issued
requests for proposals for prototypes for a wall along the
Mexican border, saying ideally it should be 30 feet (9 meters)
high and the wall facing the U.S. side should be "aesthetically
pleasing in color."…. According to one document posted online by
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Friday night, the wall should
be 30 feet high, built using concrete, and "physically
imposing." However, it says designs over 18 feet (5.5 meters)
high could be acceptable. "Designs with heights of less than 18
feet are not acceptable," the document said. It said the wall
should have features that do not allow people to climb over it
and should prevent digging below the wall. "The wall shall
prevent/deter for a minimum of 1 hour the creation of a physical
breach of the wall (e.g., punching through the wall) larger than
12 inches (30 cm) in diameter or square using sledgehammer, car
jack, pickaxe, chisel, battery-operated impact tools,
battery-operated cutting tools, oxy/acetylene torch or other
similar hand-held tools," it said. The other document requesting
proposals has many of the same requirements but it does not
specify that it be solid concrete.
Paul Ryan Reveals Latest Changes To Republican Healthcare Bill
Zero Hedge - … in order to overcome vocal objections to
Obamacare repeal by conservative republicans, the White House
won the support of the Republican Study Committee members by
agreeing to give states the option to impose work requirements
on Medicaid recipients and the option to block grant Medicaid
instead of the cap system in the bill. Today, during the Sunday
morning TV circuit, Paul Ryan elaborated further that House
Republicans are working on additional changes to the Obamcare
repeal bill which seek to provide more generous tax credits for
older Americans, while confirming the addition of the work
requirement for the Medicaid program for the poor…. Even as Ryan
said he felt "very good" about the health bill's prospects in
the House, a leading conservative lawmaker told the C-Span
"Newsmakers" program that there were currently 40 Republican
"no" votes in the House…. Representative Mark Meadows, the
chairman of the hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus, said
the bill would "absolutely not" pass the way it is now.
Video: Trump Trashes ‘Fake Media’ For Falsely Reporting On
American Health Care Act
Daily Caller - Donald Trump took a shot at the “fake media”
Friday morning while speaking to reporters after a policy
meeting with Republican congressmen at the White House. “I want
everyone to know I’m 100 percent behind this,” POTUS told the
room. “I want everyone to know that the press has not been
speaking properly about how great this is going to be. They have
not been giving it a fair press…. ” Trump emphatically stated
that “Obamacare is dead. It’s a dead health care plan.”
In First 2 Months in Office: Trump Reduced Debt by $100 Billion
- Obama Increased Debt by $400 Billion
The Gateway Pundit - On January 20th, the day of President
Trump’s Inauguration, the US Debt stood at $19,947 billion. As
of March 16th, the most recent date for US debt reporting, the
US Debt [link to chart at treasurydirect.gov] stands at $19,846
billion. President Trump has cut the US Debt burden by over $100
billion and 0.5% in the first two months since his inauguration!
By comparison, under President Obama, the US Debt burden
increased by more than $400 billion after his inauguration
through March 19th 2009, his first two months in office. Obama
increased the US Debt by 3.9% during this time period and signed
the trillion dollar ‘Stimulus’ bill which is widely considered a
colossal failure and waste of US tax dollars as well. The failed
‘Stimulus’ was the major piece of legislation in Obama’s first
year leading to Obama’s first year deficit of $1.4 trillion.
Overall Obama doubled the US Debt during his Presidency and set
records for highest deficits and the largest debt increase by
any President ever.
This U.S. City May Issue $1,000 Fines For ‘Bad Smells’
Off the Grid News - Property owners in one major American city
soon might face a $1,000 fine for foul odors. The city is even
planning to equip code inspectors with a smell measuring device
called the Nasal Ranger to enforce the measure. Officials in Las
Vegas would use the device to test the air in neighborhoods, The
Las Vegas Review Journal reported. If bad smells were detected,
property owners would have the choice of clearing the air or
paying a fine. No smell ordinance is on the books, but the city
council is scheduled to discuss one. The main targets of the
ordinance will be recreational marijuana growers. “It comes up
with a scientific reading, so if we had to go to court, we’re
not standing there and going, ‘Yeah, it’s stinky,’” code
enforcement supervisor Vicki Ozuna said of the Nasal Ranger. The
$2,000 device looks like a hair dryer. Officers would put the
device up to their noise and take a reading. If the reading was
high, property owners might face a fine. The officers also would
get special training in detecting smells. The city decided to
crack down on odors because of a cat hoarder’s home that was so
smelly the walls had to be ripped out to end the stink. City
officials found they were powerless to do anything about the
cathouse, even though residents could smell it from across the
street.
Trump Wins: G-20 Drops 'Anti-Protectionist, Free-Trade, &
Climate-Change Funding' Pledge
Zero Hedge - After delays and hours of discussions amid tensions
over 'trade' comments between the United States and the rest of
The G-20, it appears President Trump has 'won'. While China was
"adamantly against" protectionism, the finance ministers end
talks without renewing their long-standing commitment to free
trade and rejection of protectionism after US opposition. The
world's financial leaders are unlikely to endorse free trade and
reject protectionism in their communique on Saturday because
they have been unable to find a wording that would suit a more
protectionist United States, G20 officials said. This would
break with a decade-old tradition among the finance ministers
and central bankers of the world's 20 top economies (G20), who
over the years have repeatedly rejected protectionism and
endorsed free trade…. Reuters also points out another potential
win for Trump as the communique will also drop a reference, used
by the G20 last year, on the readiness to finance climate change
as agreed in Paris in 2015 because of opposition from the United
States and Saudi Arabia.
Russian Parliament Launches Investigation Of "CNN And Other
American Media"
Zero Hedge - A few days ago Jeanne Shaheen, a Democratic Senator
from New Hampshire, introduced a piece of legislation that would
give the Department of Justice "new authority" to investigate
potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act by
the 'Russian Times'. Among other things, Shaheen said the
legislation was necessary to determine whether "RT News is
coordinating with the Russian government to spread
misinformation and undermine our democratic process."…. Well, as
it turns out, Russian officials have the power to launch
meaningless witch hunts in their country as well and have
decided to demonstrate that power with the announcement today
that they'll launch a similar investigation into all U.S. media
currently operating in Russia…. Meanwhile, all of this comes
even as top Democrats admitted on Friday that their
investigation into Trump's campaign was unlikely to yield any
evidence of collusion with Russia.
Le Pen Stretches Lead in 1st Round of French Election, Expecting
to Gain 28%
Sputnik - The voting intention figures for far-right National
Front party leader Marine Le Pen in the first round of French
presidential election have increased by 1 percent in a day,
reaching 28 percent, an OpinionWay poll showed Friday. According
to the survey, Le Pen positions have changed for the first time
since Monday. Chances of independent candidate Emmanuel Macron
remain stable, with 25 percent of voters intending to cast their
ballots for him, according to the poll. Statistics of The
Republicans’ candidate Francois Fillon has also improved, with
his chances to win in the first round growing by 1 percent to 20
percent. Meanwhile, the level of support of the Socialist
candidate Benoit Hamon dropped by 1 percent to 12 percent. The
first round of the French presidential election will take place
on April 23, while the run-off is set for May 7.
Sweden to train migrants as PRISON GUARDS despite radicalization
fears
UK Express - The controversial new scheme aims to see some 450
new arrivals placed in various internships within prisons. Jobs
could include prison guards, cooks and other jobs within
correctional facilities across the country. And the scheme is
already partway through a trial run, which has seen Justice
Minister Morgan Johansson visit the Mariefred prison where two
Iraqi asylum seekers are training as guards according to the
Probation service website…. Helena Lönnkvist, project manager
for the program, said: “Trainees become role models, both in our
own operations and for the relatives and friends outside the
Prison and Probation Service…. But the scheme has sparked
concerns over the potential for Islamic radicalisation in
prisons. In France, a report last year claimed that French
prisons, in which 60 percent of inmates are Muslim, had become a
breeding ground for radical Islamic indoctrination. While in
Britain, reports claim entire cell blocks of some prisons are
run under a variation of Islamic sharia law.
Societal Collapse: They’re Now Jailing Bakers In This South
American Country
Off the Grid News - Operating a privately owned bakery at a
profit is now a crime in one South American country. The
nation’s government is seizing bakeries and jailing bakers who
make anything but loaves of bread. ,At least two bakeries in
Venezuela have been seized and four people jailed as part of the
“bread war” declared by President Nicolas Maduro, The Miami
Herald reported. It is part of Maduro’s effort to end bread
lines and shortages of baked goods in the country. ,Maduro sent
soldiers to more than 700 bakeries to enforce a rule that 90
percent of their production must be bread, not pastries or
cakes, Reuters reported. A least one bakery will be run by the
government for three months. Bakeries in Venezuela can only
produce French bread or white bread, with government supplied
flour, under Maduro’s orders. They then must sell the bread at
prices set by the government. It is also illegal to make items
like brownies, sweet rolls and croissants…. The problem is that
the government is not supplying the bakeries with any flour
because it cannot pay for flour or wheat, said Juan Crespo of
the Industrial Flour Union, a group that represents Venezuela’s
bakers…. Many of the bakeries will have to close if they are
unable to sell pastries and other high priced products, Crespo
said.
* Related:
Venezuela has a bread shortage. The government has decided
bakers are the problem
Government and Tepco found liable for Fukushima disaster
The Japan Times - A court in Japan has ruled for the first time
that the government and the operator of the crippled Fukushima
No. 1 nuclear power plant were responsible for failing to take
preventive measures against the March 11, 2011, quake-triggered
tsunami that killed scores and forced tens of thousands from
their homes. Friday’s stunning ruling by the Maebashi District
Court was the first to recognize negligence by the state and
Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings Inc…. The district court
ordered the two to pay damages totaling ¥38.55 million [Yen] to
62 of 137 plaintiffs from 45 households located near the plant,
which suffered a triple meltdown caused by the tsunami, awarding
¥70,000 to ¥3.5 million in compensation to each plaintiff….
Citing a government estimate released in July 2002, the court
said in the ruling that “Tepco was capable of foreseeing several
months after (the estimate) that a large tsunami posed a risk to
the facility and could possibly flood its premises and damage
safety equipment, such as the backup power generators.” It
pointed out that the state should have ordered Tepco to take
bolstered preventive measures, and criticized the utility for
prioritizing costs over safety.
Hundreds of Thousands of Service Workers Planning Anti-Trump
Labor Strike
Breitbart - Nearly 350,000 workers plan to strike President
Trump’s agenda on International Workers’ Day on May 1. More than
300,000 food chain workers and 40,000 unionized service workers
will walk off the job that day, according to a coalition of
groups leading the strike. Multiple thousands of employees from
the Service Employees International Union and United Service
Workers West, led by David Huerta, will strike. “We understand
that there’s risk involved in that,” Huerta told BuzzFeed News,
“but we’re willing to take that risk in order to be able to move
forward in this moment, while the most marginalized are in the
crosshairs of this administration.” A statement announcing the
strike says that participants will be rejecting Trump’s policies
on immigration and what they say is his “agenda of hate and
greed.” “We need to show this Administration, Congress and large
corporate interests that our human and economic worth is more
powerful than their agenda of hate and greed,” the statement
reads. “Opposing Trump is not enough. We must stop him.”
Trump Administration Rolls Back Obama Protections On Student
Loans
Zero Hedge - Just days after reports emerged that student loan
defaults are soaring, which is undoubtedly due to some
combination of, among other things, poor job prospects for the
millions of snowflakes who graduate each year with their
$200,000 educations in anthropology and the moral hazard created
by liberal politicians constantly calling for student debts to
be 'forgiven' (a.k.a. forcefully jammed down the throats of
taxpayers), the Trump administration has revoked rules put in
place by Obama that barred student debt collectors from charging
penalty fees on past-due loans. Originating from the Department
of Justice, the "Dear Colleague" letter… says that Obama's
unilateral rules implemented in 2015 could have "benefited from
public input".... Of course, these new rules came just days
after new data published by the U.S. Department of Education
revealed that $137 billion of federal student loans were in
default as of December 2016, a 14% year-over-year increase. Key
findings from the Consumer Federation of America: Average amount
owed is $30,650 per federal student loan borrower…. $137 billion
in default…. 1 million Direct Loan defaults in 2016.
Second State In Less Than A Month Challenges Fed, Passes Bill To
Treat Gold And Silver As Money
Activist Post - The Idaho House voted by a margin of 56-13 on
March 14 to pass House Bill 206, following the Arizona House’s
approval of a similar bill. According to the Tenth Amendment
Center:… The legislation would amend Idaho revenue statutes,
providing “that capital gains and losses on precious metals
bullion and monetized bullion sales be added to or subtracted
from Idaho taxable income.… Idaho H206 is a revenue neutral
proposal over the long run. That’s because both precious metals
gains (income) and losses are backed out of the calculation of
taxable income for Idahoans. While H206’s passage will have
little fiscal impact on Idaho tax revenues, it will have a
larger impact on Idahoans’ freedoms…. Arizona and Idaho seek to
join two other states, Utah and Oklahoma, in freeing gold and
silver from taxation in the interest of pursuing currency
competition and sound money.
Americans are quitting jobs at the fastest pace in 16 years
Yahoo News - Employed Americans are quitting their jobs like
crazy in another sign that under President Donald Trump,
confidence across the U.S. economy is rising. In January, the
number of Americans quitting their jobs rose to a
seasonally-adjusted total of 3.22 million, the highest number
since February 2001. The quits rate rose in January to 2.2%.
People quitting their jobs in droves is seen as a sign of
confidence among workers, as folks are unlikely to quit a job
unless they are confident they can get another one…. In
February, the employment-to-population ratio rose to 60%, the
highest since February 2009 and an indication that one of the
most discouraging labor market trends of the last decade is
starting to turn…. The quits rate was released in the latest job
openings and labor turnover survey — known as the JOLTS report —
which showed that in January there were 5.63 million jobs
available in the U.S.
WH on Global Climate Change: ‘We’re Not Spending Money on That Anymore
CNS News - In line with campaign pledges that riled environmental
activists and the Obama administration, President Trump is seeking to
eliminate funding for global climate programs including the Green
Climate Fund, which the White House on Thursday described as “a waste of
your money.”… Days before the election, Trump vowed if successful to
“cancel billions in global warming payments to the United Nations,”
saying he would devote funds instead to “environmental infrastructure”
at home. His proposed FY 2018 budget eliminates funding for the Global
Climate Change Initiative (GCCI) and for U.N. climate programs, cutting
all funding for the GCF and two precursor climate investment funds. Last
year the Obama administration requested $1.3 billion for the GCCI for FY
2017. The breakdown was $352.2 million for the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID), $631.7 million for the State
Department and $350.4 million for the Treasury Department.
Trump Thinks Your Car's Gas Mileage is . . .Your Business
EPautos - He appears to be entertaining the horrible idea that the
people who buy cars ought to be free to decide for themselves how much
fuel economy matters to them – since they will be the ones paying for
both the car and the gas. And… that this is really none of the business
of the “concerned” scientists and other professional busybodies who
regard their opinions and preferences as holy writ enforceable at
gunpoint. “We’re going to work on the CAFE standards so you can make
cars in America again,” said Trump. He should have added the qualifier –
affordable cars in America again…. The current CAFE fatwa is 35.5 MPG
and to achieve this without going hybrid across the board has required
some very elaborate – some very expensive - technology…. It doesn’t
matter that there are already cars available that were designed to
deliver much higher than average mileage –- the Prius, for instance -
which people are free to pay for if that is their priority. What the
various “concerned” and the mullahs within the EPA and federal apparat
are really concerned about is that people can choose not to buy such.
That they are free to buy something else.
Google vows to fight warrant over search for Edina resident's name
StarTribune - Internet giant Google is vowing to fight a search warrant
demanding that Edina [Minnesota] police be able to collect information
on any resident who used certain search terms as authorities try to
locate a thief who swindled a resident out of $28,500…. Issued by
Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson in early February, the
warrant pertains to anyone who searched variations of the resident’s
name on Google from Dec. 1 through Jan. 7. In addition to basic contact
information for people targeted by the warrant, Google is being asked to
provide Edina police with their Social Security numbers, account and
payment information, and IP (internet protocol) and MAC (media access
control) addresses…. [Law Professor at the University of Minnesota,
William] McGeveran said it’s unusual for a judge to sign off on a
warrant that bases probable cause on so few facts. “It’s much more usual
for a search warrant to be used to gather evidence for a suspect that’s
already identified, instead of using evidence to find a suspect,” he
said…. Rob Kahn, a privacy law professor at the University of St.
Thomas, was even more critical, saying the warrant could be used to
collect information on people who searched the name for other reasons….
The privacy law experts all questioned whether the evidence obtained by
Edina police would hold up in court.
“National Call-In Day” announced for vaccine safety and reform:
March 30th Sunday, March 19, 2017
(Natural News) A national call-in day for vaccine safety and
reform has been announced by Revolution For Truth, in
partnership with the World Mercury Project and other
organizations seeking to protect the lives of children. Natural
News is encouraging everyone to join the call-in efforts on
March 30th (see call-in numbers below) or join the live march in
Washington D.C. (click here for the rally schedule). Speakers at
the event include Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Del Bigtree, Dr. Bain
Hooker, Minister Tony Muhammad, Barbara Loe Fisher, Dr. Judy
Mikovits, Zen Honeycutt and many more. Natural News will be
covering the event editorially, posting photos and video footage
as the event unfolds. (I will not be present at the event but
will be covering it from my news desk.) March 30th is the day we
all bypass the lying mainstream media and demand action to
reform vaccines! It’s time to outlaw toxic ingredients like
mercury and aluminum while holding vaccine manufacturers
accountable for the damage caused by their defective products.
Here’s the full announcement with call-in instructions, courtesy
of Catherine J. Frompovich via Activist Post.
Scandal: MRI Brain Imaging Completely Unreliable
Natural Blaze - From Science Alert (7/6/16): “There could be a
very serious problem with the past 15 years of research into
human brain activity, with a new study suggesting that a bug in
fMRI software could invalidate the results of some 40,000
papers.” “That’s massive, because functional magnetic resonance
imaging (fMRI) is one of the best tools we have to measure brain
activity, and if it’s flawed, it means all those conclusions
about what our brains look like during things like exercise,
gaming, love, and drug addiction are wrong.”… “To test how good
this software actually is, Eklund and his team gathered
resting-state fMRI data from 499 healthy people sourced from
databases around the world, split them up into groups of 20, and
measured them against each other to get 3 million random
comparisons.” “They tested the three most popular fMRI software
packages for fMRI analysis… and while they shouldn’t have found
much difference across the groups, the software resulted in
false-positive rates of up to 70 percent.” ,“And that’s a
problem, because as Kate Lunau at Motherboard points out, not
only did the team expect to see an average false positive rate
of just 5 percent, it also suggests that some results were so
inaccurate, they could be indicating brain activity where there
was none.”… In case you think invalidating 40,000 research
papers isn’t a gigantic scandal, consider how many times these
worthless papers have been cited as evidence in other studies.
The ripple effect creates a tsunami of lies.
Gluten Free Diet and Dangers of Too Much Arsenic
Natural News Blogs - Many gluten free products contain brown
rice and or white rice. It is not so bad if you consume
brown/white rice from time to time but if you eat gluten free
products daily, chances are, you are consuming a lot rice. Some
of these products contain 90 times more arsenic than what is
allowed in drinking water. Even low levels of arsenic can
contribute to headaches, fatigue, brain fog, digestive issues
respiratory illness and more. Arsenic is found in brown rice at
higher concentrations than what is found in white rice. Organic
rice will contain arsenic too. Rice is grown in flooded fields
and it absorbs more arsenic from the environment than any other
crop. Arsenic is a chemical element found naturally in our
environment. It is present in our soil, water and air. Organic
arsenic is used in pesticides and fertilizers. When used this
way, the arsenic can stay in the soil for years after crops are
harvested…. On average, there is 10-20 milligrams of arsenic in
the average human body. Exceeding these levels can contribute to
health problems.
Video: Hummingbird Refuses to Leave the Dog Who Saved Her Life
White Wolf Pack - Abandoned as a puppy and growing up on the streets,
this mixed German shepherd was vicious —until he was rescued, shown some
love, and then he, himself, rescued a dying baby hummingbird. The
grateful bird refuses to leave the dog’s side, and so apparently Rex has
a gentle friend for life. The birdlet had fallen from a nest and was
covered with ants when Rex found her under a tree. Ed Gernon who rescued
the dog thought it was dead, but Rex — adopted just a month earlier —
refused to leave the bird behind. The Whittier, California man finally
realized the hummingbird was still breathing, took her in, and nursed it
back to health with a sugar syrup mixture — he named it Hummer and even
taught it to fly using a hairdryer. It’s been more than a year but
Hummer refuses to leave, insisting on staying close to the dog who
steadfastly refused to abandon the chick. Birds, even penguins, can
build strong bonds with those who rescue them. The bird lives in the
house and Gernon, who created a YouTube page devoted to the bird’s
exploits with Rex.
Video: Saving Frosty: An Outer Banks Hummingbird Rescue
This is the story of a hummingbird rescue. Frosty was caught out in some
unusually cold weather for the area and turned in to the Kill Devil
Hills Police Animal Control officer. We wound up taking Frosty in and
very quickly learned a lot about hummingbird care!…
Friday - March
17, 2017 -
"Happy
ST. Patrick's Day"
On This Date In History:
1756 - St. Patrick's Day
was celebrated in New York City for the first time. The event took place
at the Crown and Thistle Tavern.
1766 - Britain repealed the Stamp Act that had caused resentment in the
North American colonies.
1776 - British forces evacuated Boston to Nova Scotia during the
Revolutionary War.
1909 - In France, the communications industry was paralyzed by strikes.
1910 - The Camp Fire Girls organization was founded by Luther and
Charlotte Gulick. It was formally presented to the public exactly 2
years later.
1930 - Al Capone was released from jail.
1930 - In New York, construction began on the Empire State Building.
Excavation at the site began on January 22.
1942 - Douglas MacArthur became the Supreme Commander of the Allied
forces in the Southwestern Pacific.
1944 - During World War II, the U.S. bombed Vienna.
1958 - The Vanguard 1 satellite was launched by the U.S.
1961 - The U.S. increased military aid and technicians to Laos.
1962 - Moscow asked the U.S. to pull out of South Vietnam.
1970 - The U.S. Army charged 14 officers with suppression of facts in
the My Lai massacre case.
1972 - U.S. President Nixon asked Congress to halt busing in order to
achieve desegregation.
1973 - The first American prisoners of war (POWs) were released from the
"Hanoi Hilton" in Hanoi, North Vietnam.
1999 - A panel of medical experts concluded that marijuana had medical
benefits for people suffering from cancer and AIDS.
2003 - Edging to the brink of war, President George W. Bush gave Saddam
Hussein 48 hours to leave his country. Iraq rejected the ultimatum.
2009 - The Seattle Post-Intelligencer published its final print edition.
2011 - The U.N. Security Council voted to authorize military action to
protect civilians and impose a no-fly zone over Libya.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
OMB Director: Trump Budget Will Increase Spending on Defense,
Reduce Spending on Wasteful Programs
Free Beacon - Office of Management and Budget Director Mick
Mulvaney said that President Trump’s budget will increase
spending on defense while reducing the size of government by
cutting wasteful spending. “This is the ‘America First’ budget,”
Mulvaney said. “In fact, we wrote it using the president’s own
words—we went through his speeches, articles that have been
written about his policies, we talked to him, and we wanted to
know what his policies were, and we turned those policies into
numbers.” The budget will increase defense spending by $54
billion dollars. Spending on border security and enforcement
also will be increased. The Department of Defense is estimated
to receive a 10 percent budget increase, while the Department of
Homeland Security is expected to receive a 6 percent budget
increase…. Mulvaney said the budget would allocate $1.5 billion
this year and $2.6 billion in 2018 to build a southern border
wall, and would fund tests to determine the cost efficiency,
safety, and effectiveness of different types of barriers.
Mulvaney noted that the full budget released in May would
include cost projections over a 10-year window…. The budget will
reduce spending on the Environmental Protection Agency and State
Department…. Mulvaney estimated that the State Department would
see a 28 percent reduction in funding, stressing that the money
would come from the agency's foreign aid programs.
* Related:
WH Document: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again
Coincidence? Obama Makes Surprise Visit to Hawaii 48 Hours
Before Judge Blocks Trump Travel Ban (Video)
Paul Joseph Watson - A ruling by a federal judge in Hawaii that
blocked President Donald Trump’s travel ban was announced less
than 48 hours after Barack Obama made a surprise visit to
Honolulu, leading some to speculate that the former president
may have schemed with the judge he originally appointed. Hours
before Trump’s travel ban on individuals from six Muslim
countries was set to go into effect yesterday, US District Court
Judge Derrick Watson, who presides in Honolulu, slapped down the
policy, citing Trump’s comments on Muslims during the
presidential campaign as part of his reason for blocking the
ban. Watson was nominated by Obama to the position in November
2012, having graduated from Harvard law school in the same year
as Obama. As the Honolulu Star reported, Obama “made an
unannounced return to Hawaii Monday,” just three months after
his last official holiday visit as president, arriving with a
small entourage that included a Secret Service detail.
Eagle-eyed Reddit users noted that Obama had dinner at the Noi
Thai restaurant, which is just minutes away from the courthouse
and that Obama was, “likely within 5 minutes of the judge’s
house at one point on the drive over.” PopSugar reports that
Obama played golf but was “still making time to take care of
business” as he met with tech leaders and that “his return to
politics might be sooner than we think.”
* Related:
Hawaii Obama Judge Rules Muslim Imam Has Special Constitutional
Rights…
Senators Demand State Department Probe Into Soros Organizations
Zero Hedge - "Over the past few years, the U.S. Mission there
has actively intervened in the party politics of Macedonia, as
well as in the shaping of its media environment and civil
society, often favoring left-leaning political group over
others. We find these reports discouraging and, if true, highly
problematic. Much of the concerning activity in Macedonia has
been perpetuated through USAID funds awarded to implementing
entities such as George Soros' Open Society Foundations."
Michael Savage Following Alleged Assault: ‘It Is Clearly Open
Season on Prominent Trump Supporters’
Breitbart - Michael Savage, the 74-year-old host of the
nationally syndicated talk radio show Savage Nation, was dining
solo at Servino Ristorante in Tiburon, with his toy poodle,
Teddy, keeping him company, when another patron allegedly began
taunting him by saying, ‘weener, weener.’ The heckler was
apparently referring to Savage’s legal name, Michael Alan
Weiner. As Savage was heading out the door, the verbal abuse
allegedly turned physical when the jeerer knocked the
septuagenarian to the ground, according to the talk show host’s
attorney, Daniel Horowitz…. According to Horowitz, the incident
started after Savage had finished dinner and was leaving the
restaurant. The lawyer said the alleged assailant, who stood at
about six feet five inches, approached the talk radio host
“yelling insults.” After Savage told the man to “go away,” he
started to turn. Horowitz said it appears that the man knocked
Savage to the ground while also pushing his dog out of the way.
At that point, another customer from the restaurant intervened,
and Savage’s alleged assailant punched him in the face, Horowitz
said.
Reporter Who Gave Rachel Maddow Trump’s Taxes Is Now Accusing
Melania Trump Of Doing “Sleazy Porn”
The GatewayPundit - The American Mirror reported: As the trio
looked over and analysed the pair of pages, O’Donnell said, the
president had “wages and salary income, which is unusual for
someone in his case.” “It could be hers,” Johnston speculated.
“His wife was a model.” “Right,” O’Donnell said. “She’s on here,
but she was never in that league of that business. “She did do
very sleazy porn pictures,” Johnston responded, which prompted
Maddow to say, “hey, hey, hey, hey,”. At least Maddow understood
how completely inappropriate and out of order it is to effective
call the first lady and Pornstar…. Sounds like this guy just
opened himself up to a lawsuit. Not to mention the legal
ramifications of published income tax return information.
ICE Arrests 61 Criminal Aliens in Nevada Roundup
Breitbart - Immigration officials arrested 61 criminal aliens
during a targeted operation in Nevada last week… Ninety percent
of the arrested aliens had records of criminal convictions,
officials stated. These records include convictions for various
sex crimes, drug offenses, domestic violence, armed robbery,
drunk driving, and identity theft. One of those arrested, an
Iranian national living in Carson City, Nevada, has a record for
illegal drug trafficking. A Salvadoran man living in Reno’s
record includes assault, battery, drug possession, and spousal
battery, officials stated…. The arrestees from last week’s
operation include aliens from six different countries. Those
include: Mexico (45); Guatemala (6); El Salvador (3); Samoa (2);
Armenia (1); Cuba (1); Honduras (1); Iran (1); and Italy (1).
New York Assemblyman Unveils Bill To Suppress
Non-Government-Approved Free Speech
Zero Hedge - In a bill aimed at securing a "right to be
forgotten," introduced by Assemblyman David I. Weprin and (as
Senate Bill 4561 by state Sen. Tony Avella), liberal New York
politicians would require people to remove ‘inaccurate,’
‘irrelevant,’ ‘inadequate’ or ‘excessive’ statements about
others... Failure to comply would make the search engines or
speakers liable for, at least, statutory damages of $250/day
plus attorney fees. As The Washington Post's Eugene Volokh
rages, under this bill, newspapers, scholarly works, copies of
books on Google Books and Amazon, online encyclopedias
(Wikipedia and others) — all would have to be censored whenever
a judge and jury found (or the author expected them to find)
that the speech was “no longer material to current public debate
or discourse” (except when it was “related to convicted
felonies” or “legal matters relating to violence” in which the
subject played a “central and substantial” role). And of course
the bill contains no exception even for material of genuine
historical interest; after all, such speech would have to be
removed if it was “no longer material to current public debate.”
Nor is there an exception for autobiographic material, whether
in a book, on a blog or anywhere else. Nor is there an exception
for political figures, prominent businesspeople and others. But
the deeper problem with the bill is simply that it aims to
censor what people say, under a broad, vague test based on what
the government thinks the public should or shouldn’t be
discussing.
California Republican Wants Warning Labels on Guns
Breitbart - California State Assemblywoman Catherine Baker
(R-Dublin) is pushing legislation to require that warning labels
accompany all firearms sold in the state. Baker’s bill, AB 1525,
would also raise the passing grade “for the issuance of a
firearm safety certificate” from 75% to 85%.
Too Poor to Pay Fines: Town Forced to “Pay $680K For Running
Debtor’s Prison”
The Free Thought Project - The Southern Poverty Law Center has
reached a $680,000 settlement in its lawsuit against the Alabama
city of Alexander and its police chief Willie Robinson. The
settlement was for depriving 190 of its residents their rights
to due process (6th Amendment) and the unlawful seizure of their
property (4th Amendment). Sheriff Robinson has even been asked
to resign by lawyers representing their client. Each one of the
190 individuals will receive $500 cash from the city for jailing
them for being too poor to pay the fines imposed on them by the
town. As reported by AL.com, “Hundreds of impoverished residents
have faced unconstitutional and unjust treatment in Alexander
City simply because they were too poor to pay fines and fees,”
said Sam Brooke, in a press release. Brooke is the SPLC’s deputy
legal director. He added, “The shuttering of this modern-day
debtors’ prison, along with the monetary award, brings justice
to many of the people who were unfairly targeted for being
poor.”
California Bill SB18 Wants Authority to Enter Homes to Ensure
Parents Comply with State Mandates for Child Care
Health Impact News - As we have continued to see increased cases
of medical kidnapping and aggressive overreach of the medical
system and the marriage of scientific opinion to laws in the
United States, parents in California may be seeing a trend first
hand that is going to be played out in the rest of the nation.
Especially since 134 vaccine mandates have been introduced in
this legislative session, indicating the trend for political
mandates of your child’s standard of care is nowhere near
slowing down. Many have speculated that SB18 is a part of Agenda
21 and Healthy People 2020 -- U.N. and U.S.-based initiatives,
respectively, that are designed to corral populations into the
inner cities and enforce a standard of care across the board
that will implement controls that enable governments to manage
portions of the population based on their standards and not the
choices of the individual.
Mutiny? VA Hospital in Florida Takes Down Portrait of President
Trump (Video)
Paul Joseph Watson - A Veterans Affairs hospital in Florida
sensationally removed portrait photos of President Trump and
Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin after Republican
congressman and Army veteran Brian Mast demanded they be
installed. Accompanied by a group of local veterans, Mast
brought portraits of Trump and Shulkin to the West Palm Beach VA
Medical Center only for them to be removed hours later by
management staff at the hospital. The photos were removed
because management, “could not authenticate the photos and they
have to follow protocol,” according to Fox News. A VA
spokeswoman later said that the Congressman’s actions were
“inappropriate” and that the portraits needed to come from the
VA’s central office. No explanation was given for why the
portraits hadn’t been installed anyway almost two months after
President Trump’s inauguration. Mast, who lost his legs in an
IED blast while serving in Afghanistan, appeared on Fox and
Friends this morning to denounce the move….
‘Keep going!’: Trump Honors Oldest Living Pearl Harbor Vet on
105th Birthday
Infowars - President Donald Trump honored Thursday the oldest
living Pearl Harbor veteran, 105-year-old Ray Chavez, in a happy
birthday letter that has since gone viral. “It is an honor to
join your friends and family in wishing you a happy 105th
birthday,” Trump wrote in an official White House letter. “I
also join your many admirers in thanking you for your service to
the United States of America.” “As the oldest living survivor of
Pearl Harbor, your remarkable story is treasured by our Nation,
and the sacrifices you have made in service to our country
should fill you with tremendous pride,” it continued. Trump
heralded the veteran’s “unwavering commitment to freedom” and
expressed gratitude on behalf of himself and the American
public. “From your humble beginning in San Bernardino,
California to the front lines at Pearl Harbor, your undaunted
courage, love of country and unwavering commitment to freedom
earned you the eternal respect and gratitude of the American
people.” Praising both Chavez and “the Greatest Generation,”
Trump also thanked the veteran for helping to preserve the
values that America holds dear.
US, intl military in Iraq will need ‘to reduce numbers’ after
ISIS is crushed – PM
RT - The international military presence in Iraq should be
reduced once Islamic State terrorists are defeated, the
country’s Prime Minister has said. The comment comes as the
Pentagon top brass considers a longer stay in the war-torn
nation. In an interview with the Middle East Eye, Iraqi Prime
Minister Haider al-Abadi said he wanted fewer US troops and
other international forces in his country, as the Islamic State
(IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is being pushed further and further
from its strongholds. “As we are crushing Daesh [Arabic
pejorative term for IS], it is clear that there is a need to
reduce the number of our allies who are helping us,” he told the
media outlet. The official said that Baghdad has been keen “to
internationalize” the fight against terrorism, referring to the
US-led international alliance. While stating that the number of
forces had “reached a peak” in the battle for Mosul and the
Nineveh province, Abadi pointed out that "after this operation,
the number is going to be reduced."
Soros Fueling Unrest in Macedonia
Clifford Cunningham - In response to growing ethnic tensions in
Macedonia, globalist billionaire George Soros has spent millions
creating agitator organizations to further his agenda, risking a
slide towards civil war and conflict with Russia. Macedonian
President Gjorge Ivanov, a member of the nationalist VMRO-DPMNE
party, suffered a stinging electoral defeat last year; in the
aftermath of the election, a coalition of opposition parties
representing Macedonia’s predominately Muslim Albanian minority
formed a coalition and petitioned to be allowed to govern.
Ivanov refused to accept the proposed coalition government,
claiming they would serve as puppets for the government in
neighboring Albania…. “The current government in Macedonia,
elected freely just a year ago, has been under pressure by NGOs
financed by the US and European governments as well as George
Soros. The problem? Lack of enthusiasm about western sanctions
on Russia and an initial agreement to participate in the Turkish
Stream gas pipeline project with Russia,” wrote staff from The
Ron Paul Institute at the time…. Soros has spent millions of
dollars in an effort to organize left-leaning agitator
organizations, including the Platform for Citizens Oriented
Politics, Journalists for Human Rights, and an LGBT Support
Center, to promote his agenda by stoking civil unrest…. While
Soros’ involvement risks plunging Macedonia into civil war, it
also risks creating a proxy war between Russia and the United
States.
Philadelphia Soda Tax Forces Local University To Hike Student
Costs By $400,000
Zero Hedge - Students at Temple University in Philadelphia, or
perhaps their parents, are getting a great lesson today on the
real life economic consequences of liberal political policies
run amok. Courtesy of Philly's new 1.5 cent per ounce 'soda
tax', Temple has been forced to hike it's 2017-2018 boarding
costs by $400,000, or roughly 4.8%. Per Philly.com, Temple's CFO
said they will roll back the planned $400,000 meal plan hike if
the soda tax is repealed…. Of course, Philadelphia's Mayor, who
has come under fairly constant attack for the controversial tax,
said that Temple is simply using his legislation as a scapegoat
to "pay for their ever-growing administrative salaries and new,
expensive buildings and amenities."
Here Are The 365 Stores RadioShack Wants To Close Next
The Consumerist - RadioShack recently filed for Chapter 11
bankruptcy protection for the second time in just over two
years, and the electronics chain has announced plans to close
somewhere between 530 and all of its stores, making final
decisions in the coming weeks. What we do know is that the
company has begun another round of store closings, and a likely
list of stores slated to close was filed in the Shack’s
bankruptcy case.
Google: Technological singularity will turn us into super humans in the
next 12 years
Daily Mail - This might sound like science fiction, but Google's
Director of Engineering, Ray Kurzweil, has made 147 predictions since
the 1990s and has a success rate of 86 per cent. Kurzweil says when we
live in a cybernetic society we will have computers in our brains and
machines will be smarter than human beings. He claims this is already
happening with technology - especially with our addiction to our phones
- and says the next step is to wire this technology into our brains.
Kurzweil, an author who describes himself as a futurist and works on
Google's machine learning project, predicted that technological
singularity would happen by 2029 at the South by Southwest (SXSW)
conference in Austin, Texas.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Pharma Cos. Try to Block Maryland Bill to Stem Unnecessary
Antibiotics on Farms
Natural Blaze - Good news: The Senate Education, Health and
Environmental Affairs Committee has passed the Keep Antibiotics
Effective Act on a vote of 7-4…. Later today [on Thursday], the
full Senate is expected to begin debate on the legislation.
Unfortunately, pharmaceutical companies with a global reach are
in Annapolis trying to stop this bill dead in its tracks. The
bill: • Bans the routine use of medically important antibiotics
in food-producing animals that are not sick • Allows the use of
antibiotics to treat sick animals, for medical procedures, and
to control disease outbreaks • Requires the collection of data
to track the administration of antibiotics in farm animals.
Maryland would become the second state in the nation to prohibit
routine antibiotic use in livestock. California passed similar
legislation restricting use on farm animals in 2015.
Glyphosate was patented as an antibiotic … is this contributing
to antibiotic resistance?
(NaturalHealth365) The very concept of resistant bacteria – in
which mutating microorganisms become immune to the effects of
antibiotics – is the stuff of nightmares, with resistant
bacterial infections exacting a very real toll. According to the
CDC, MRSA – or methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus –
claims over 11,000 lives a year. Now, add glyphosate to the list
of substances that can fuel antibiotic resistance in bacteria.
In a study conducted at the University of Canterbury, New
Zealand, researchers found that exposure to common herbicides –
such as glyphosate and dicamba – caused bacteria to change their
response to antibiotics, allowing them to display increased
resistance. The results were so surprising that the researchers
feared some sort of error or contamination had affected their
results. They enlisted a colleague at a different university to
conduct the same experiments – and the findings were reproduced.
Ibuprofen Can Stop Your Heart (31% Increase In Cardiac Arrest
Risk)
Green Med Info - According to the Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Foundation, sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a leading cause of
death among adults over 40 in the United States and other
countries, with about 326,200 people experiencing an
out-of-hospital SCA each year in the US alone; nine of 10
victims of SCA will die. Surprisingly, however, the causes of
SCA are still widely considered unknown. Instead, the medical
profession opts for pointing the finger at vague risk factors,
such as family history, previous heart problems, or elevated LDL
cholesterol (a long debunked surrogate marker for heart
disease]…. In a concerning press release issued by the European
Society of Cardiology entitled, “‘HARMLESS’ PAINKILLERS
ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK OF CARDIAC ARREST,” researchers
warn that painkillers considered harmless by the general public
are associated with a significantly increased risk of cardiac
arrest…. The study results revealed that NSAID use was
associated with a 31% increased risk of cardiac arrest.
Ibuprofen and diclofenac increased the risk by 31% and 50%,
respectively.
Kidney Beans Nutrition Helps Fight Diabetes, Heart Disease &
Even Some Cancers
Dr. Axe - Low in fat and rich in complex carbohydrates,
minerals, proteins and vitamins, kidney beans nutrition has been
linked to reduced risk of various of cancers, heart disease and
diabetes…. 1. Lowers Cholesterol and Reduces Heart Disease Risk…
2. Controls Blood Sugar… 3. Combats Diabetes… 4. Helps Treat and
Prevent Certain Cancers… 5. Aids in Weight loss…. Kidney beans
are considered to be a “whole food” due to their high content of
starch, dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins, antioxidants and
phenolic acids, such as anthocyanins, flavonoids, flavonol
glycosides, tannins and phenolic acids. These components have
been correlated with the prevention and/or diminish of several
types of diseases… The integrity of the gut barrier and the
beneficial gut microbiota profile and activity improve greatly
when non-resistant fiber from kidney beans are consumed. These
bioactive compounds in kidney beans nutrition maybe beneficial
in various of chronic inflammatory mucosal pathologies by
exerting anti-inflammatory effects and support commensal
bacterial growth in the gastrointestinal tract.
10 Years Later, Remember Them
Truth about Pet Food - On March 16, 2007 the most deadly food recall in
history began. 10 years later, the FDA and Washington DC has forgotten
about the pets that died and suffered in 2007…. On March 15, 2007 Menu
Foods notified FDA that pets were dying. One day later, March 16, 2007,
the first recall was announced. Less than 3 weeks later – April 5, 2007
– the FDA had “12,000 consumer complaints” – pets were dying and
suffering permanent kidney damage in shocking numbers (in the first 3
weeks of the 2007 pet food recall the FDA received double the number of
consumer complaints than was typical of an entire year). Over the next
several weeks recall after recall after recall was announced until more
than 150 different pet foods – 5,500 specific products (considering
product sizes and manufacturing dates) were recalled…. Just after the
recall, the 2007 Congress […] wrote the Food and Drug Administration
Amendments Act (FDAAA) which was signed into law… [requiring the] FDA
to… 1. Establish an early warning surveillance system. 2. Regulation for
(1) Ingredient Standards and Definitions; (2) Processing Standards; and
(3) Labeling Standards Including nutritional and ingredient information.
3. Ensuring efficient and effective communication during a recall.
Create searchable public database for recalled human and pet foods. All
three of these FDAAA requirements were to be completed within 2 years
[…] by September 2009. But only 1 has been completed. FDA has
established an early warning surveillance system for pet food… The FDA
has NOT completed regulations for ingredient standards and definitions,
has NOT completed pet food processing standards, has NOT completed pet
food labeling standards, and has NOT completed a searchable public
database for recalled pet foods.
Thursday - March
16, 2017
On This Date In History:
1802 - The U.S. Congress established the West Point Military Academy in
New York.
1836 - The Republic of Texas approved a constitution.
1882 - The U.S. Senate approved a treaty allowing the United States to
join the Red Cross.
1915 - The Federal Trade Commission began operation.
1928 - The U.S. planned to send 1,000 more Marines to Nicaragua.
1935 - Adolf Hitler ordered a German rearmament and violated the
Versailles Treaty.
1939 - Germany occupied the rest of Czechoslovakia.
1945 - Iwo Jima was declared secure by the Allies. However, small
pockets of Japanese resistance still existed.
1964 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson submitted a $1 billion war on
poverty program to Congress.
1968 - U.S. troops in Vietnam destroyed a village consisting mostly of
women and children. The event is known as the My-Lai massacre.
1984 - William Buckley, the CIA station chief in Beirut, was kidnapped
by gunmen. He died while in captivity.
1985 - Terry Anderson, an Associated Press newsman, was taken hostage in
Beirut. He was released in December 4, 1991.
1988 - Indictments were issued for Lt. Colonel Oliver North, Vice
Admiral John Poindexter of the National Security Council, and two others
for their involvement in the Iran-Contra affair.
1994 - Tonya Harding pled guilty in Portland, OR, to conspiracy to
hinder prosecution for covering up the attack on her skating rival Nancy
Kerrigan. She was fined $100,000. She was also banned from amateur
figure skating.
2003 - Vice President Dick Cheney predicted on NBC's "Meet the Press"
that American troops would be "greeted as liberators" by the Iraqi
people.
2003 - Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American, was killed when she was
run over by a bulldozer while trying to block Israeli troops from
demolishing a Palestinian home in Gaza.
2005 - A judge in Redwood City, Calif., sent Scott Peterson to death row
for the slaying of his pregnant wife, Laci.
2008 - Protests spread from Tibet into three neighboring provinces; the
Dalai Lama decried what he called the "cultural genocide" taking place
in his homeland.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Video: President Donald Trump Holds Rally In Nashville, TN
3/9/17
Right Side Broadcasting - Wednesday, March 15, 2017: President
Donald J. Trump will hold a rally at the Nashville Municipal
Auditorium. RSBN will be there with a full crew and offer pre
and post rally coverage.
Trump Nominates Another Goldman Banker For Key Treasury Position
Zero Hedge - In the latest creeping takeover by Goldman Sachs of
the White House, overnight the White House announced that Donald
Trump will nominate another Goldman Sachs banker, James Donovan,
for a key financial post as deputy Treasury secretary, the White
House said on Tuesday, adding another alumnus of the Wall Street
investment bank to his administration. Donovan joins his former
peers, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and chief Economic
advisor, Gary Cohn, who are also former Goldman executives who
occupy senior economic posts within the administration.
Donovan's work at the bank as a managing director has included
work on corporate strategy, investment banking and investment
management, the White House said in a statement. He is expected
to work on the Trump administration's domestic policy agenda at
Treasury…. Additionally, Trump also nominated David Malpass -
who served as a former economist at Bear Stearns prior to its
2008 collapse and most recently served as an economic adviser to
Trump's campaign - as its nominee for Treasury undersecretary
for international affairs, a key economic diplomacy post.
Malpass is also a former official in the Ronald Reagan and
George H.W. Bush administrations.
Trump Advisor Claims Hit & Run “Could Be” Russian Hacking
Scandal Retaliation
CBS News - Roger Stone, the longtime advisor to President Donald
Trump, said he was the victim of a hit-and-run driver Wednesday
morning in Pompano Beach. “They just came at us full force,”
Stone told CBS4 News. “The driver then threw it in reverse and
took off.” Stone, who has previously admitted to having
“back-channel” communications with WikiLeaks founder Julian
Assange and who more recently acknowledged trading messages with
the famed Russian hacker Guccifer 2.0, remains a central figure
in the Congressional investigation into Russia’s attempts to
influence the presidential election. Stone was on his way to
Orlando to promote his latest book on Trump when the accident
occurred. Stone said he was a passenger in the car when a grey,
four-door sedan with tinted windows T-boned his vehicle. He said
the airbags deployed on his side and prevented him from being
more seriously injured…. Stone claimed it was the second attempt
on his life in the past six months. Stone previously claimed he
was poisoned with polonium and became ill but recovered.
Epic Fail: Rachel Maddow Mocked After Dragging Out Trump Tax
‘Scoop’
Breitbart - MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was widely mocked on social
media Tuesday night after drawing out the revelations in what
she announced was an “exclusive story” regarding Donald Trump’s
tax returns. Instead of getting right to her big scoop about a
2005 Trump tax return she obtained, Maddow opened her show with
a rambling 20-minute rant outlining her often tangential
theories regarding Trump’s connections to Russia. Maddow did not
unveil the relevant tax documents until 23 minutes into the
show, revealing that Donald Trump had made more than $150
million in income in 2005 and paid $38 million in income taxes
that year.
* Related:
The Internet TOTALLY DESTROYS RACHEL MADDOW After Trump Tax
Fail: “I’ve Seen Bigger Scoops At Baskin Robbins”
Trump’s 2005 Tax Rate Much Higher Than Normal…Even for the Very,
Very Wealthy
Breitbart - The tax forms made public Tuesday night showed that
Donald Trump paid $38 million in federal income taxes on
reported income of $150 million in 2005. That would give him an
effective tax rate of around 25 percent–far above the rates most
very wealthy people paid in the same year.
Hillary Ally Offers $5 Million Reward For Trump’s “Complete,
Legally Obtained Tax Returns”
Zero Hedge - Following last night’s embarrassing and widely
mocked ‘leak’ of Trump’s 2005 tax return by “Fake News” MSNBC,
which seemingly only served to prove that Trump made a lot of
money and paid a lot of taxes, long-time Hillary ally David
Brock has offered a $5 million reward for anyone who can deliver
his “complete, legally obtained tax returns.”… Which, among
other things, begs the obvious question of exactly how someone
goes about “legally obtaining” stolen, private documents. For
those you not familiar with Brock, he’s a long-time Clinton
operative and founder of the liberal media “watchdog” group
Media Matters for America.
Utah House Rejects Fully Informed Jury Bill
Tenth Amendment Center - A Utah bill that would have required
state courts to fully inform jurors of their right to use
discretion in rendering verdicts died in the state House earlier
this month. Rep. Mark Roberts (R-67) introduced House Bill 332
(HB332) on Feb. 9. The legislation would have required that a
jury be fully informed of the potential sentence for a guilty
verdict and its power to find a defendant not guilty when a
guilty verdict would be manifestly unjust. The legislation was
supported by the Libertas Institute, a Utah think-tank advancing
the cause of liberty. Founder and director Connor Boyack said
the bill would have ensured jurors understand that they have
discretion in their decision making. “Discretion is available
for police and prosecutors, we argue it should be for juries as
well.” Boyack said. “Jurors have rights of which they are not
made aware—and this is detrimental to the cause of justice.
Specifically, jurors can determine a person not guilty of a
crime they may have actually committed, if the particular
circumstances of the case create a manifest injustice.” Passage
of HB332 would have enabled attorneys or judges to ensure that
jurors understand their importance and power, all in an effort
to ensure justice is served.
New York State to End Literacy Test for Aspiring Educators,
Claiming it Hurts Diversity
The New American - Associated Press reports that the [New York
State] Board of Regents plans to scrap a literacy test for
potential teachers today because too many non-whites are failing
the test. Critics claim the test is making it difficult to
achieve diversity within the teaching profession. The test in
question is the Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST), which
“measures whether a prospective teacher can understand and
analyze reading material and also write competently,” according
to the New York Post…. In 2015, individuals who had failed the
ALST challenged the test in court with claims that it is
discriminatory, but a federal judge determined that the test was
not racially discriminatory. Judge Kimba M. Wood, a failed Bill
Clinton nominee for U.S. attorney general, ruled that just
because racial minorities scored lower on the test did not mean
it was discriminatory…. Despite this ruling, however, members on
the Board of Regents assert that the test is hurting its agenda
of achieving a diverse workforce of school teachers.[ Professor
of Education at Pace University, Leslie] Soodak and other
critics claim that basic literacy tests only measure a person’s
ability to write and speak, which may not be as important as
other aspects.
EMS teams compete against each other in national shooting
contests
MassPrivate I - A recent article in the Greeley Tribune reveals,
how the mass media wants the public to believe that paramedics
training with SWAT teams is about public safety. In Colorado, a
tactical emergency medical team clad in Kevlar vests closely
followed a police SWAT team during training exercises in an
urban setting…. Riggs Ambulance Company a family owned business
of 60+ years has begun training tactical medics to work with
SWAT teams, police departments and Sheriff departments.
According to Riggs, their Medics meet all marksmanship
requirements. What's wrong with this picture? America is not in
a civil war, the public isn't the enemy and it's not about
public safety. So why are we turning paramedics into cops?
California School Bans Tag, Says Game ‘Too Rough’
Breitbart - Gold Ridge Elementary School in Folsom, California
has banned the game of tag. Principle David Frankel sent a note
home to parents saying, “Students were instructed that physical
contact including tag games, touch football, etc. were not
allowed on the yard.” Why would this time-honored tradition of
playground fun get the axe? According to school district
spokesman Daniel Thigpen, things had gotten just a bit too
physical…. Students will face disciplinary action should they
not comply. The punishments will begin with a referral, and then
a parent-teacher conference, according to school officials.
Expert: Many Christians, Kurds in Iraq ‘Openly pro-Trump’ as
Protest Against Radical Islam
Breitbart - A national security expert and professor at Liberty
University tells Breitbart News that, during his recent visit to
war-ravaged Iraq, he found many Christians and Muslim Kurds who
“openly” expressed their support for U.S. President Donald Trump
as a form of protest against radical Islam and the Islamic State
(ISIS/ISIL). “They see Trump as someone who is unconventional
and therefore, won’t be bound by conventional limitations in
fighting ISIS and the Iranian regime,” Ryan Mauro, a national
security analyst at the Clarion Project and professor of
counterterrorism at Liberty University, told Breitbart News.
“The Kurds, the Kakai Kurdish minority, and the Christians
directly and passionately asked me to relay a request to
President Trump: for him to personally come visit with them and
for the U.S. to provide political and military support. A safe
zone for the persecuted minorities should immediately become an
official objective of U.S. policy.” “I was surprised by how
openly pro-Trump many Christians and Muslim Kurds I met with
were, and they expressed their support without me even asking
the question. For them, the issue is standing up against radical
Islam, of which ISIS is the deadliest manifestation right now,”
he added.
New Chinese Military Base in Africa Presents Security Concerns
for US
Sputnik News - The 90-acre naval base is located a mere four
miles from the headquarters of US African Command, Camp
Lemonnier, in Djibouti, where some 3,000 to 4,000 US personnel
are stationed at any given time. Under Waldhauser’s watch, the
US hopes to keep tabs on what China does and does not do at the
new base. Waldhauser recently requested an audience with
Djibouti President Ismail Omar, to whom he "expressed [US]
concerns about some of the things that are important to us about
what the Chinese should not do at that location." The US uses
Camp Lemonnier base as a hub for highly secretive operations,
Defense Tech reported. For instance, the camp was involved in
the January 29 raid in Yemen that killed Navy Seal Team 6 member
William “Ryan” Owens, as well as 14 Al Qaeda in the Arabian
Peninsula militants and at least 25 civilians.
China Is Again Selling US Treasuries As Foreign Central Banks
Liquidate $45BN
After December's brief dead cat bounce, in which foreign central
banks bought $18.6 billion in US Treasuries, breaking a streak
of 12 consecutive months of selling, in January they resumed
their liquidation. According to the just released TIC data,
foreign official institutions, which includes mostly central
banks, but also sovereign wealth funds and various other
official entities, sold another $44.9 billion in Treasuries, in
line with the aggressive selling seen for most of 2016.
Curiously, the sales by foreign central banks were largely
offset by purchases by private holders, mostly corporate
institutions and foreign retail investors, who bought $37.9
billion in the month, the most since last March when they
acquired $41 billion. Combining the two, foreigners sold a total
of $7 billion in TSYs in January. …in a surprising twist, while
Saudi Arabia one year ago threatened to liquidate its US
Treasury holdings, it has been doing just the opposite, and as
shown in the chart below, in January it bought another $10
billion, taking its total to $112.3 billion, the highest total
since April 2016. It appears that, if only for the time being,
Petrodollar recycling is back on line.
European Chemicals Agency Protects Monsanto with Outrageous
Glyphosate Report
Sustainable Pulse - ECHA [European Chemicals Agency] rejected
glaring scientific evidence of cancers in laboratory animals,
ignored warnings by more than 90 independent scientists, and
relied on unpublished studies commissioned by glyphosate
producers, warned Greenpeace…. The data vastly exceeds what’s
legally necessary for the EU to ban glyphosate… Health and
environmental organizations have also raised concerns about
conflicts of interest in the ECHA committee responsible for
assessing glyphosate, and criticized ECHA’s reliance on
unpublished industry studies.
The US Is About To Hit $20 Trillion In Debt: Here's How It
Affects You
Zero Hedge - Just before the government was slated to shut down
in 2015 (as it did in 2013), Congress was able to pass a delay
on the debt ceiling decision until March 15th of this year —
Wednesday of this week…. If the government does shut down again,
the Treasury Department reportedly has as little as $66 billion
in reserves and just enough income from taxes to meet its
essential obligations. Entitlements like social security and
Medicare will likely be unaffected, but if lawmakers can’t
collaborate to pass some kind of resolution, the power to
allocate additional federal spending will largely be turned over
to President Trump. The initial hiring freeze on federal
employees that was implemented shortly after his inauguration
could be just a taste of what’s to come. The president’s
promised tax cuts, Obamacare “reform,” and increased military
spending will only intensify the political rift in this country.
Democratic leaders have already accused the Trump administration
of colluding with Russia, so it’s likely they’ll refuse to
compromise on the budget in an effort to further undermine the
Republican agenda.
How the Fed rate hike will impact millions of Americans
MarketWatch - Bad news for those with credit card debt: The
Federal Reserve hiked its key rate on Wednesday by a quarter
percentage point and, as a result, your own interest rates could
rise almost immediately. The Fed raised the rate for federal
funds by a quarter percentage point, to 0.75% to 1% at the end
of its two-day meeting on Wednesday, and signaled two further
rates rises in 2017. In other words, the Fed announced an
increase in how much banks will be charged to borrow money from
Federal Reserve banks. (The Fed raises and lowers interest rates
in an attempt to control inflation.) That increase will most
likely eventually be passed on to consumers, said Sean McQuay, a
credit card expert at the personal finance website NerdWallet.
Many households with credit card debt — the average household
carrying credit card debt has more than $16,000 — will likely
take a hit.
Bloomberg: EPA Official Accused of Helping Monsanto `Kill’ Cancer Study
Sustainable Pulse - The Environmental Protection Agency official who was
in charge of evaluating the cancer risk of Monsanto Co.’s Roundup
allegedly bragged to a company executive that he deserved a medal if he
could kill another agency’s investigation into the herbicide’s key
chemical. The boast was made during an April 2015 phone conversation,
according to farmers and others who say they’ve been sickened by the
weed killer. After leaving his job as a manager in the EPA’s pesticide
division last year, Jess Rowland has become a central figure in more
than 20 lawsuits in the U.S. accusing the company of failing to warn
consumers and regulators of the risk that its glyphosate-based herbicide
can cause non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma…. A federal judge overseeing the
glyphosate litigation in San Francisco said last month he’s inclined to
order Rowland to submit to questioning by lawyers for the plaintiffs,
who contend he had a “highly suspicious” relationship with Monsanto.
Rowland oversaw a committee that found insufficient evidence to conclude
glyphosate causes cancer and quit last year shortly after his report was
leaked to the press.
Maryland Beekeepers Ended 2016 with Another Year of Heavy Losses
Natural Blaze - The year 2016 will be known to Maryland beekeepers as
another year of extremely heavy losses. According to Bee Informed
Partnership (BIP), losses exceeded 56 percent in 2016. Over a three-year
average, Maryland beekeepers have lost 54 percent of their total
colonies. Maryland has approximately 14,000 (plus) registered honeybee
colonies, according to Maryland State Agriculture statistics. The
average replacement cost per colony is $150 with colonies ranging from a
$100 package to $200 per nucleus colony. This means that beekeepers in
Maryland spend over $1.13 million each year to replace the approximately
7,600 lost registered honeybee colonies. These figures do not include
lost revenue, lost labor, or losses in potential business growth that
would otherwise be possible by splitting healthy colonies. […] many
beekeepers have seen an increase in pesticide use in the form of lawn
and yard spraying, compounded by municipal and private broad spectrum
pesticide spraying in response to threats like Zika virus.
‘Clean Meat’ from Self-Reproducing Cells Used to Make Lab-Grown Chicken
Strips
Breitbart - Bay Area food tech startup Memphis Meats offered samples of
their “clean meat” to adventurous taste-testers in San Francisco this
Tuesday. The chicken strips are grown directly from self-reproducing
chicken cells in a laboratory vat, but those who tried it said that it
was nearly indistinguishable from the real thing. That’s good news for
the meat industry, as the cost of meeting our country’s ever-increasing
demand continues to rise. Companies like Tyson and Hormel have taken
note, with the former having formed a venture capital fund in December
for investment into this new frontier of meat mass production.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
40 Edible Plants That Will Grow in Partial Shade
REALfarmacy - We all know that most garden crops want as much sun as
possible. Tomatoes, melons and peppers will positively pout if they
don’t get oodles of light. What you may not realize is that many other
garden crops will do quite well with limited sunlight…. A general rule
is that plants grown for their stems, leaves or buds generally tolerate
light shade fairly well. Those grown for roots or fruits tend to need
more sun. That said, even many of these crops will also tolerate light
shade, simply providing smaller yields. These are noted on the list with
an asterisk (*). The following crops will grow with as little as three
to six hours of sun per day, or constant dappled shade…. Lettuce,
Arugula, Spinach, Broccoli *, Green onions, Cabbage *, Parsley, Sorrel,
Garlic, Mint, Collards, Endive, Cress, Cauliflower *…
This Simple Ingredient Increases Vision By Up To 97%
Flex Mag - In the beginning stages of macular degeneration, the
field of vision isn’t affected. Instead, it slowly alters to a
blurry/wavy vision to a hole in the whole center of your field
of vision. This ocular disease affects many people than both
glaucoma and cataracts…. Saffron is commonly used in Indian food
and helps avoid vision issues and at the same time, curing
existing vision issues. Researchers have tested people that were
given 20mg of saffron a day for 3 months. They were evaluated in
the exact same way. People with macular degeneration had signs
of healing with their retina, after 3 months of consuming 20mg
of saffron a day. Saffron is beneficial in curing and preventing
ocular impairment, and some disorders in the nervous system. It
is an anti-oxidant, and well responsible in increasing our
levels of oxygen through our body in the same way as it prevents
cell deaths. Containing safranal, it is vital in the reduction
of the process in degeneration of cells that take in light, and
aids in the optimal function of our blood vessels to the eyes
and retina…. It is suggested that you take 1 cup of saffron tea
per day in order to delay blindness as it contains essential
fatty acids that protect you from vision impairment. If taken
daily, it will ensure you more tolerance to bright light….
Saffron is frequently adulterated with marigold, safflower or
turmeric, so buy the whole stigmas, rather than the powder, so
as to be sure of paying for the real thing. Avoid large doses
during pregnancy.
Honey and Black Seed Combo Cures 57% of H. Pylori Patients
Natural Blaze - The study entitled, “Combination of Nigella
sativa and Honey in Eradication of Gastric Helicobacter pylori
Infection,” provided background on the increasing problem of
antibiotic-resistant cases of H. pylori in the studied Iranian
population: “Owing to the alarming rate of anti-H. pylori drug
resistance (14% – 45% for clarithromycin, 40% – 65% for
metronidazole, and 2-37% for amoxicillin in Iran), eradication
of H. pylori remains a global challenge. Due to the state of
conventional treatment, the authors sought to test “new safe,
feasible and affordable alternatives.”… The researchers also
pointed out that even though their combination of honey and
black seed may not eradicate H. pylori in all cases, it has a
palliative effect in gastrointestinal symptoms in non-ulcer
dyspepsia. This is likely not true for conventional antibiotics
which may have a wide range of adverse effects related to the
depopulation of beneficial gut bacteria. In fact, we recently
reported on the use of a special form of honey to treat one of
the most common and deadly forms of antibiotic-related
infections, namely , C. difficile.
* Related:
Study: Manuka honey kills more bacteria than all available
antibiotics
Potent depression fighting turmeric honey elixir
STEPin2 - According to the Depression and Bipolar Support
Alliance, major depressive disorder affects about 14.7 million
American adults, which is about 6.7 percent of the population.
That number is steadily increasing as well. It is well known
that diet can affect our physical health, but recent research is
starting to show associations between healthy foods and mental
health too. Let’s take a closer look at the ingredients in this
potent depression fighting turmeric honey elixir. CINNAMON: It
can help treat anxiety and depression because of it’s blood
sugar regulating benefits. HONEY: Honey is a great natural mood
lifter and a potent super food. Plus, it’s hard to be sad when
you’re eating honey! TURMERIC: A new review of studies showed
that turmeric is a powerful medication against depression, and
may rival drugs like Prozac. DIRECTIONS: . Bring 1 cup of
filtered water to a boil . Take water off of the heat and let it
cool for 30 seconds to a minute . Add 1 tsp of turmeric powder,
1/4 tsp of cinnamon, 1 tbsp of honey, and 1 tbsp of lemon juice
. Stir to combine ingredients. Make sure ingredients are
organic.
Experts Warn! Check For THESE Tiny Eggs Before You Prune This Spring
(Photos)
David Wolfe - …the USFWA shared some springtime tips on their Facebook
page, to warn everyone about what to do and what not to do, should they
stumble upon a hummingbird nest…. Hummingbirds can be found all over the
country… They love making their homes in gardens because they make for
comfortable habitats. If you happen to have bright flowers rich in
nectar or hummingbird feeders near your home, these tiny birds might
find their way to your yard. Female hummingbirds build small, delicate
nests using spider webs, moss and leaves. Their nests and eggs are so
tiny, they can easily be missed. A hummingbird nest may be about the
size of a quarter! So when you go to trim your greenery this spring,
make sure you take a close look at your garden, shrubs and trees before
you begin pruning or weed-whacking the area. You might have to let a
branch or two slide, but you could be saving dozens of little lives if
you just take a moment to look a little closer.
Wednesday - March
15, 2017
On This Date In History:
1781 - During the American Revolution, the Battle of Guilford
Courthouse took place in North Carolina. British General
Cornwallis' 1,900 soldiers defeated an American force of 4,400.
1820 - Maine was admitted as the 23rd state of the Union.
1864 - Red River Campaign began as the Union forces reach
Alexandria, LA.
1892 - New York State unveiled the new automatic ballot voting
machine.
1901 - German Chancellor von Bulow declared that an agreement
between Russia and China over Manchuria would violate the
Anglo-German accord of October 1900.
1904 - Three hundred Russians were killed as the Japanese
shelled Port Arthur in Korea.
1913 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson held the first open
presidential news conference.
1916 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sent 12,000 troops, under
General Pershing, over the border of Mexico to pursue bandit
Pancho Villa. The mission failed.
1937 - In Chicago, IL, the first blood bank to preserve blood
for transfusion by refrigeration was established at the Cook
County Hospital.
1951 - General de Lattre demanded that Paris send him more
troops for the fight in Vietnam.
1955 - The U.S. Air Force unveiled a self-guided missile.
1968 - The U.S. mint halted the practice of buying and selling
gold.
1985 - In Brazil, two decades of military rule came to an end
with the installation of a civilian government.
1989 - The U.S. FDA decided to impound all fruit imported from
Chili after two cyanide-tainted grapes were found in
Philadelphia, PA.
1989 - The U.S. Department of Veteran's Affairs became the 14th
Department in the President's Cabinet.
1991 - Four Los Angeles police officers were indicted in the
beating of Rodney King on March 3, 1991. (California)
2002 - In the U.S., Burger King began selling a veggie burger.
It was billed as the 1st veggie burger to be sold nationally by
a fast food chain.
2002 - In Texas, Andrea Yates received a life sentence for
drowning her five children on June 20, 2001.
2002 - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told the Associated
Press that the U.S. would stand by a 24-year pledge not to use
nuclear arms against states that don't have them.
2003 - The World Health Organization issued a worldwide health
alert for the respiratory illness SARS (severe acute respiratory
syndrome)
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Trump signs order 'reorganizing' executive branch of federal
government
WREG - President Donald Trump signed an executive order on
Monday that would mandate an evaluation of every executive
department and agency to determine where money could be saved.
Flanked by the confirmed members of his cabinet, Trump signed
the “Comprehensive Plan for Reorganizing the Executive Branch,”
the stated aims of which are to make the federal government more
efficient, and improve agency and department services. “Today
we’re beginning the process of a long-overdue reorganizing of
our federal departments and agencies,” Trump said. “We’ve
assembled one of the greatest cabinets in history and — I
believe that so strongly — and we want to empower them to make
their agencies as lean and effective as possible, and they know
how to do it.”…. Monday’s executive order sets the stage for a
historic downsizing of federal agencies and the federal
workforce in Thursday’s budget proposal. The Washington Post,
which obtained leaked preliminary budget documents, reports that
the proposal could “shake the federal government to its core if
enacted.” This, The Post reports, would be the first time since
World War II that the federal government has administered cuts
this drastic.
Tillerson Threatens U.S. Exit Of UN Human Rights Council Unless
Changes Made
Western Journalism - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has told
the United Nations’ Human Rights Council that it needs to make
changes if it wants continued American support. His demand comes
after a high-ranking Israeli official urged the U.S. to withdraw
from the organization…. In a letter to several groups that have
been urging the United States to remain active in the council,
Tillerson told the U.N. advocates and human rights groups that
the U.S. “continues to evaluate the effectiveness” of the
council. Foreign Policy reported that the U.S. expressed
skepticism about a group with nation members such as China,
Egypt and Saudi Arabia, all with poor human rights records. “We
may not share a common view on this, given the makeup of the
membership,” Tillerson wrote…. The administration of former
President George W. Bush cited the council’s anti-Israel bias as
its reason for not joining in 2006 when the council was formed.
The Obama administration changed course in 2009 and joined the
council.
CBO: Full Repeal of Obamacare Insures More Americans than
Ryancare
Breitbart - The CBO’s analysis on the Republican leadership’s
plan to repeal Obamacare predicts it would drop insurance for 14
million people in 2018, while 24 million would lose insurance by
2026. Compared to these figures, the CBO’s research on the 2015
full repeal bill indicated it would insure more Americans than
the Ryan plan. Phillip Klein, managing editor of the Washington
Examiner, stated that despite the Ryan plan doling out billions
of dollars in tax credits, the plan also retains the Obamacare
regulations, which might stall any more progress. Klein said:
The reason is that the Republican replacement preserves many of
Obamacare’s regulations that drive up the cost of insurance. So,
in essence, the GOP alternative would be asking people to
purchase expensive Obamacare plans, with less financial
assistance. In contrast, while full repeal would offer no
assistance, because it would get rid of Obamacare’s regulations,
it would make insurance cheaper.
Exclusive — Audio Emerges of When Paul Ryan Abandoned Donald
Trump: ‘I Am Not Going to Defend Donald Trump—Not Now, Not in
the Future’
Breitbart - On a never-before-released private October
conference call with House Republican members, House Speaker
Paul Ryan told his members in the U.S. House of Representatives
he was abandoning then-GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump
forever and would never defend him ever again. In the Oct. 10,
2016 call, from right after the Access Hollywood tape of Trump
was leaked in the weeks leading up to the election, Ryan does
not specify that he will never defend Trump on just the Access
Hollywood tape—he says clearly he is done with Trump altogether.
“I am not going to defend Donald Trump—not now, not in the
future,” Ryan says in the audio, obtained by Breitbart News and
published here for the first time ever. Now, Ryan—still the
Speaker—has pushed now President Donald Trump to believe his
healthcare legislation the American Health Care Act would repeal
and replace Obamacare when it does not repeal Obamacare. Ryan
has also, according to Trump ally Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), misled
President Trump into believing that Ryan’s bill can pass
Congress….
ASSANGE: Hillary, Intel Officials Plotting Pence Takeover
The Daily Caller - WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange tweeted
Tuesday morning that both Hillary Clinton and intelligence
community officials are secretly plotting a Mike “Pence
takeover” in the Oval Office. “Clinton stated privately this
month that she is quietly pushing for a Pence takeover,” Assange
wrote. “She stated that Pence is predictable hence defeatable.”
Assange added that “two IC [Intelligence Community] officials
close to Pence stated privately this month that they are
planning on a Pence takeover.” He explained that the officials
“did not state if Pence agrees” to the alleged plan. Assange’s
claims appear to come in response to reports that President
Trump authorized the CIA to perform drone strikes on terrorists
Monday evening.
Judge Napolitano Says British Intelligence Provided Obama Admin
With Surveillance Data on Trump Tower Phone Conversations
American Thinker - The reason is that British intelligence had
access to NSA surveillance data – which captures every phone
call in the United States – and were able to provide such
intelligence to President Obama without a FISA court warrant or
any other paper trail that would expose an American intelligence
agency that used the same NSA data…. Note that just as the New
York Times does when offering leaks from intelligence sources,
no names are attached to the leaks…. Nevertheless, such a scheme
makes great sense. It is widely rumored that such arrangements
are common among intelligence services to work around
limitations their own governments impose on them…. If the judge
is correct, there will no paper trail at all, so Trump's charges
will be dismissed as a fantasy. It is a nice con game for deep
staters. It is still not provable, and absent a defector from
the British or American intelligence services, the public will
never know.
In Obama's last year US spent $36m in records lawsuits
Daily Mail - The Obama administration spent a record $36.2
million on legal costs in its last year in office in an attempt
to keep government records secret. For a second consecutive
year, the administration set a record for the number of times
federal employees said they couldn't find a single page of files
that were requested under the Freedom of Information Act. And it
set records for the outright denial of access to files, refusing
to quickly consider requests described as especially newsworthy,
and forcing people to pay for records…. In courtrooms, the
number of lawsuits filed by news organizations under the Freedom
of Information Act also surged during the past four years under
Obama…. The White House under Obama routinely defended its
efforts under the information law in recent years and said
federal employees worked diligently on such requests for
records. Overall, in the final year of Obama's administration,
people who asked for records last year under the law received
censored files or nothing in 77 per cent of requests, about the
same as the previous year. In the first full year after Obama's
election, that figure was only 65 per cent of cases.
Number of sanctuary cities nears 500: Report
Washington Times - The Ohio Jobs & Justice Political Action
Committee has added more than three dozen new cities and
counties to its list in 2017 alone, as jurisdictions rush to try
to shield illegal immigrants from what they expect to be a new
push for deportations under Mr. Trump…. Asked about the growing
list of sanctuaries, White House press secretary Sean Spicer
said Tuesday that Mr. Trump stands by his promise to deny
taxpayer money to those cities and counties. But he said it’s
probably going to be up to local voters to force changes on
their city and county politicians. “At the end of the day, this
is a question for mayors and council members at the local level
who have to answer to the people that elected them with clearly
a position that is not in keeping with what most Americans
believe,” Mr. Spicer said. The OJJ list is longer than several
others than also track sanctuaries, and a number of counties and
cities on the list dispute being included. U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, the agency that handled deportations, says
279 municipalities refused to cooperate on at least one case in
fiscal 2016. All told, those sanctuaries released more than
2,000 illegal immigrants back onto the streets that ICE agents
had been trying to deport.
DOJ announces $8.5 million grant for Pulse nightclub victims
Washington Times - The Justice Department is providing nearly
$8.5 million to aid victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting
and to reimburse costs associated with the operation of a center
that provided assistance to families in the immediate aftermath
of the attack…. Acting Office for Victims of Crime Director
Marilyn McCoy Roberts said the money would reimburse victim
services costs for the operation of the Family Assistance Center
as well as continue to provide funding for counseling services
and financial help for victims, first responders and witnesses
of the attack. Orlando’s Family Assistance Center, set up in the
immediate aftermath of the June 12 attack, served as a central
location where victims and families of victims could seek
assistance from a variety of agencies after the mass shooting —
ranging from help arranging overseas funerals for some of the
victims to help filing compensation claims. Similar grants have
been issued in the wake of the terror attack in San Bernardino,
California, the Boston Marathon bombing, and after a white
gunman killed nine black parishioners inside a Charleston, South
Carolina church.
Advocates call for paper ballots in Georgia amid FBI review
Washington Times - A group of technology experts wants Georgia’s
elections officials to stop using electronic voting machines as
the FBI reviews a suspected data breach. Secretary of State
Brian Kemp and Kennesaw State University this month confirmed
that a federal investigation is focused on the school’s Center
for Election Systems. The center has certified Georgia’s voting
machines and other elections equipment since 2002. The center is
not part of Kemp’s office or connected to its networks. In a
letter to Kemp on Tuesday, 20 professors affiliated with the
national Verified Voting organization said paper ballots will
preserve voters’ confidence in an upcoming special election to
fill Georgia’s 6th District congressional seat. Kemp’s
spokeswoman declined comment. A spokesman for the U.S.
attorney’s office in Atlanta said he had no new information.
North Korea Puts Army Into "Combat Mode"
Zero Hedge - It's been at least 24 hours since any further
sabers were rattled between China, US, South Korea, and North
Korea (oh and Japan), but it according to [South Korean website]
DailyNK.com, Kim Jong Un has ordered the entire North Korean
army into "combat mode" to tighten security and consolidate
sentiment in response to military drills conducted by South
Korea and the US, which began in early March. A source in South
Pyongan Province told Daily NK that following the order from Kim
Jong Un, every last soldier-- even if away on business, on
leave, off-base for training, or even those with a recent death
in the family--were ordered back to their units. The authorities
have ordered the military police in each region to summon all
soldiers back to their bases…. For now, it seems North Korea,
the chaotic South Korea, and Washington are unwilling to follow
China's advice to ratchet down the rhetoric.
US deploying attack drones to South Korea
TheHill - The United States has begun deploying attack drones to
South Korea as tensions with North Korea remain high over
Pyongyang’s persistence in its missile and nuclear program. U.S.
Forces Korea said Monday that the company of Gray Eagle Unmanned
Aerial Systems (UAS) will be permanently stationed at Kunsan Air
Base, about 150 miles south of Seoul…. An unnamed South Korea
military official told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency the
drones will enhance the alliance’s ability to strike targets on
the ground should war break out. “In case of a war on the Korean
Peninsula, the unmanned aircraft could infiltrate into the skies
of North Korea and make a precision strike on the war command
and other major military facilities," the official said.
Turkish Rally in Antwerp Suburb Banned Over Security Concerns
Sputnik News - The mayor [of] Belgium's Antwerp banned on
Tuesday a Turkish rally in one of the city's suburbs due to its
threat to public security, making Belgium the next European
country to prohibit the Turkish community demonstrations. The
rally was scheduled to take place on Friday, March 17 in the
suburban town of Berchem in the anticipation of the Turkey's
April referendum. Antwerp’s authorities reportedly fear clashes
between rally participants and members of the Flemish
nationalist Vlaams Belang Party. The party members had planned
to carry out a demonstration against the meeting of the Turkish
community representatives on the same date, but the rally was
shut down by the authorities…. The rallies and speeches were
aimed at gaining support among Turks eligible to vote in the
April 16 referendum on constitutional amendments which would
enhance the judiciary and legislative powers of Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
* Related:
German state bans political rallies for foreign officials amid
escalating spat with Turkey
Somali pirates hijack oil tanker for first time since 2012
Daily Mail - Pirates have hijacked an oil tanker off the coast
of Somalia, Somali officials and piracy experts said Tuesday, in
the first hijacking of a large commercial vessel on the crucial
global trade route since 2012…. The ship had been carrying fuel
from Djibouti to Somalia's capital, Mogadishu, he said. Eight
Sri Lankan crew members were reported aboard. An official in the
semi-autonomous state of Puntland said more than two dozen men
boarded the ship off Somalia's northern coast, an area known to
be used by weapons smugglers and members of the al-Qaida-linked
extremist group al-Shabab.
German Official Wants $50 Million Fines For ‘Fake News’ Social
Media Posts
AP - Germany’s justice minister is proposing fines of up to 50
million euros ($53 million) for social networking sites that
fail to swiftly remove illegal content, such as hate speech or
defamatory “fake news.”… The proposal would require companies to
provide a round-the-clock service for users to flag illegal
content, which would have to be removed by the site within seven
days. All copies of the content would also have to be deleted
and social media companies would need to publish a quarterly
report detailing how they have dealt with such material.
2 Million Americans Are About To Get An Artificial Boost To
Their FICO Scores
Zero Hedge - … in the latest push to artificially boost FICO
scores, the WSJ reports that "many tax liens and civil judgments
soon will be removed from people’s credit reports, the latest in
a series of moves to omit negative information from these
financial scorecards. The development could help boost credit
scores for millions of consumers, but could pose risks for
lenders" as FICO scores remain the only widely accepted method
of quantifying any individual American's credit risk, and
determine how much consumers can borrow for a new house or car
as well as determine their credit-card spending limit. The
transformation is already in process as the three major
credit-reporting firms, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion,
recently decided to remove tax-lien and civil-judgment data
starting around July 1, according to the Consumer Data Industry
Association, a trade group that represents them. The firms will
remove the adverse data if they don’t include a complete list of
a person’s name, address, as well as a social security number or
date of birth, and since most liens and judgments don’t include
all three or four, the effect will be like wiping the slate
clean for millions of Americans…. For lenders and credit card
companies it means one thing: chaos, and the potential of
substantial future charge offs: “It’s going to make someone who
has poor credit look better than they should,” said John
Ulzheimer, a credit specialist and former manager at Experian
and credit-score creator FICO.
Crashing "Post-Obama Era" Gun Sales Lead To Remington Mass
Layoffs
Patriot Rising - …while the constant threat of new regulations
under Obama resulted in a massive full forward of gun demand and
pushed gun stocks to all-time highs, the election of Trump, and
thus the removal of those threats for at least the next 4-8
years, is having exactly the opposite effect. If fact, Remington
Outdoor just announced layoffs of 120 people at their upstate
New York manufacturing facility due to sinking gun demand in the
Trump era…. Meanwhile, other firearms makers, including American
Outdoor Brands, formerly known as Smith & Wesson, say demand for
weapons, particularly handguns, has been ebbing since Trump’s
election. Earlier this month the company posted disappointing
sales and higher inventories and admitted to investors on their
quarterly earnings call that business had slowed…all of which
sent the stock into a downward spiral.
Revolution for Truth Rally in Washington D.C. March 31
Health Impact News - On Friday, March 31, 2017, concerned
individuals from across America will join with health care
professionals in Washington D.C. to defend parental rights and
civil liberties, including freedom of thought, speech and
conscience. We are uniting to call out the corporatized
mainstream media for manufacturing “fake news” that distorts the
truth about environmental toxins, unsafe food and vaccine risks,
which endangers our right to know and freedom to choose how we
protect our health.
Up to 90% of urinary tract infections caused by E.coli strains
that might be coming from chicken meat
(Natural News) Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are caused by an
array of factors such as sexual activity and age. However, food
choice also appears to be a key culprit in the onset of UTIs. A
study, published by the CDC in the journal Emerging Infectious
Diseases, found that the source of the bacteria Escherichia coli
(E.coli) found in female UTI sufferers was both fresh and
processed meat and poultry products. Researchers also found that
chicken meat accounted for 61% of E.coli occurrences in said
group. Another, more recent study, published in the journal
Applied and Environmental Microbiology showed that more than
half of examined chicken products were culture positive for
E.coli, while a third were resistant to multiple antibiotics.
Research data also showed that 70% to 90% of UTIs are caused by
E.coli. The results suggest a strong correlation between meat
products and clinically relevant strains of the infection,
researchers said. The source where live chickens were purchased
is considered the key factor…. Experts recommend opting for
free-range poultry to help prevent potential bacterial
infection.
If You’re Taking an Oral Vitamin D Supplement Without this
Essential Nutrient You’re Seriously Jeopardizing Your Health
REALfarmacy - Shockingly 80% of Americans are Vitamin K2
Deficient! Anyone with a vitamin K2 deficiency is extremely
vulnerable to serious and even life threatening health problems…
If you take an oral vitamin D supplement, it’s essential that
you also consume foods that contain sufficient amounts of
vitamin K2. Or less preferably, you can take a vitamin K2
supplement…. The reason you need vitamin K2 is because when you
take a vitamin D supplement, your body automatically creates
more vitamin K2-dependent proteins—the proteins that help move
the calcium around in your body. You need vitamin K2 to activate
those proteins. If they’re not activated, the calcium in your
body will not be properly distributed to where it’s needed and
wind up where it will do harm, leading to weaker bones and
hardened arteries. Also, vitamin D and K2 work together as
partners to strengthen your bones and improve your heart health.
EMTs Suspended After Providing Medical Care to Dog Injured in Auto
Accident
Dogington Post - EMTs Nick Farmer and Tyler Wessel were first on the
scene of a crash in which a pickup truck driver made a left turn into
the path of a semi-truck traveling east on Ohio 32 near Beaver, Ohio,
about 100 miles east of Cincinnati, according to the Ohio Highway
Patrol. Pickup driver James Smith, 68, of Beaver was killed on impact.
After treating the semi-truck driver and seeing him into a medical
helicopter, Farmer and Wessel discovered a small dog trapped beneath the
pedals in the pickup truck. Farmer, a dog owner himself, said the dog
was seriously injured and struggling to breathe. He was able to free her
from the vehicle and moved her into the ambulance where the pair
fashioned a makeshift oxygen mask for her and put homemade splints on
her broken legs… Although they got permission from the Pike County
Emergency Medical Service chief to take the dog to Portsmouth, they
received a call several minutes later from a secretary saying there was
no protocol in place. But, they were not given instructions to stop the
transport. When Farmer and Wessel returned to the station, they were
suspended by EMS Director, Kevin Jenkins…. Although Farmer and Wessel
feared they might lose their jobs, both say they would do it again.
Tuesday - March
14, 2017
On This Date In History:
1743 - First American town meeting was held at Boston's Faneuil Hall.
1757 - British Admiral John Byng was executed by a firing squad on board
HMS Monarch for neglect of duty.
1864 - Samuel Baker discovered another source of the Nile in East
Africa. He named it Lake Albert Nyanza.
1891 - The submarine Monarch laid telephone cable along the bottom of
the English Channel to prepare for the first telephone links across the
Channel.
1900 - U.S. currency went on the gold standard with the ratification of
the Gold Standard Act.
1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Hay-Herran Treaty that guaranteed
the U.S. the right to build a canal at Panama. The Columbian Senate
rejected the treaty. A deal was signed on November 6, 1903 with the
newly independent Panama.
1915 - The British Navy sank the German battleship Dresden off the
Chilean coast.
1918 - An all-Russian Congress of Soviets ratified a peace treaty with
the Central Powers.
1923 - President Harding became the first U.S. President to file an
income tax report.
1943 - U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S.
President to fly in an airplane while in office.
1945 - In Germany, a 22,000 pound "Grand Slam" bomb was dropped by the
Royal Air Force Dumbuster Squad on the Beilefeld railway viaduct. It was
the heaviest bomb used during World War II.
1947 - The U.S. signed a 99-year lease on naval bases in the
Philippines.
1947 - Moscow announced that 890,532 German POWs were held in the
U.S.S.R.
1951 - U.N. forces recaptured Seoul for the second time during the
Korean War.
1958 - The U.S. government suspended arms shipments to the Batista
government of Cuba.
1964 - A Dallas jury found Jack Ruby guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey
Oswald.
1967 - John F. Kennedy's body was moved from a temporary grave to a
permanent one.
1983 - OPEC agreed to cut its oil prices by 15% for the first time in
its 23-year history.
1989 - Imported assault guns were banned in the U.S. under President
George H.W. Bush.
1991 - The "Birmingham Six," imprisoned for 16 years for their alleged
part in an IRA pub bombing, were set free after a court agreed that the
police fabricated evidence.
1995 - American astronaut Norman Thagard became the first American to
enter space aboard a Russian rocket.
1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton committed $100 million for an
anti-terrorism pact with Israel to track down and root out Islamic
militants.
2005 - A judge in San Francisco ruled that California's ban on gay
marriage was unconstitutional.
2005 - About 1 million people rallied in Beirut, Lebanon, demanding
Syrian withdrawal and the arrest of ex-Prime Minister Rafik Hariri's
killers.
2008 - Protests led by Buddhist monks in Tibet turned violent, leading
to an extensive crackdown by China's military.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
US military leak exposes 'holy grail' of security clearance
files
ZDNet - A unsecured backup drive has exposed thousands of US Air
Force documents, including highly sensitive personnel files on
senior and high-ranking officers. Security researchers found
that the gigabytes of files were accessible to anyone because
the internet-connected backup drive was not password protected.
The files, reviewed by ZDNet, contained a range of personal
information, such as names and addresses, ranks, and Social
Security numbers of more than 4,000 officers. Another file lists
the security clearance levels of hundreds of other officers,
some of whom possess "top secret" clearance, and access to
sensitive compartmented information and codeword-level
clearance. Phone numbers and contact information of staff and
their spouses, as well as other sensitive and private personal
information, were found in several other spreadsheets. The drive
is understood to belong to a lieutenant colonel, whose name we
are not publishing. ZDNet reached out to the officer by email
but did not hear back. The data was secured last week after a
notification by MacKeeper security researcher Bob Diachenko.
Rand Paul Is Right: NSA Routinely Monitors Americans'
Communications Without Warrants
The Intercept - The Kentucky senator expressed skepticism about
the mechanics of Trump’s specific charge, saying: “I doubt that
Trump was a target directly of any kind of eavesdropping.” But
he then made a broader and more crucial point about how the U.S.
government spies on Americans’ communications.… Paul explained
how the NSA routinely and deliberately spies on Americans’
communications - listens to their calls and reads their emails -
without a judicial warrant of any kind: “The way it works is,
the FISA court, through Section 702, wiretaps foreigners and
then [NSA] listens to Americans. It is a backdoor search of
Americans. And because they have so much data, they can tap -
type Donald Trump into their vast resources of people they are
tapping overseas, and they get all of his phone calls. And so
they did this to President Obama. They 1,227 times eavesdrops on
President Obama’s phone calls. Then they mask him. But here is
the problem. And General Hayden said this the other day. He said
even low-level employees can unmask the caller. That is probably
what happened to Flynn. They are not targeting Americans. They
are targeting foreigners. But they are doing it purposefully to
get to Americans.” Paul’s explanation is absolutely correct.
That the NSA is empowered to spy on Americans’ communications
without a warrant…is the dirty little secret of the U.S.
Surveillance State.
California joins lawsuit against Trump's travel ban
RT - California’s attorney general has announced he will join
the lawsuit, calling the measure unconstitutional. California
will be joining Washington, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, New
York, and Massachusetts in challenging the travel ban before a
federal judge, Attorney General Xavier Becerra said Monday….
Though the new ban includes numerous exemptions, including for
lawful permanent residents and visa holders, Becerra said this
was not good enough…. The Justice Department has argued that the
new order “falls outside the scope” of the original injunction.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions called the travel ban a lawful
and proper exercise of presidential authority and vowed to
enforce and defend it, adding that US attorneys who disagreed
were welcome to leave. On Friday, Sessions asked for the
resignations of 46 Obama administration holdovers. In addition
to the pending challenge from seven states, Hawaii filed a
separate lawsuit last week. That case is due for a hearing on
Wednesday.
Tennessee sues federal government over refugees
The Tennessean - The lawsuit, filed on behalf of several state
lawmakers Monday morning in the western district of Tennessee,
contends that the federal government has violated the Tenth
Amendment, which says the federal government possesses only the
powers delegated to it by the U.S. Constitution and that all
other powers are reserved for the states. The charge that the
federal government is not complying with the Refugee Act of
1980, based on the Tenth Amendment, makes Tennessee's lawsuit
the first of its kind. Other states have sued the federal
government over refugee resettlement but on different legal
grounds…. The lawsuit argues that the federal government has
unduly forced states to pay for the refugee resettlement
program…. The lawsuit asks the court to force the federal
government to stop resettling refugees in Tennessee until all
costs associated with the settlement are incurred by the federal
government…. The defendants named in the lawsuit include the
U.S. Department of State, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the
Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of
Refugee Resettlement.
President Trump is doing what Obama didn't do, reach out and
listen
McClatchy DC - Elements of Donald Trump’s presidential style are
already emerging and they must be discouraging to his critics.
It’s easy to miss things that do not happen. But perhaps you too
have noticed a decline of trivial Trump tweets, starting spats
and news cycles many mornings…. It… allows, or perhaps forces,
media to focus on the crucial launch of the House of
Representatives’ Obamacare replacement policies, which Trump has
endorsed. And on the president’s ongoing stream of executive
orders starting the fulfillment of numerous campaign promises.
And on his impressive debut address to Congress. How did the
boastful Trump respond to all that overnight praise? He simply
tweeted, “THANK YOU.”…. Trump has been meeting all along with
congressional leaders. Now he’s had, of all people, Sen. Lindsey
Graham of South Carolina over for lunch. Then Mr. and Mrs. Marco
Rubio and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cruz came for separate social
dinners…. The other evening the Trump White House had key
committee members in for drinks and social bowling…. Trump
prefers that personal touch, as he did in his real estate
dealing days, the opposite of aloof. He and Vice President Mike
Pence are holding a series of “listening sessions” with leaders
from education, small business, big business, community banks
and so forth…. Obama wasn’t big on listening sessions; he
preferred talking ones. He didn’t meet with the GOP’s Senate
leadership, for instance, until his 542nd day in office…. In
reaction, the ensuing 2010 midterm elections marked the start of
Democrats’ dramatic decline under Obama, costing them both
houses of Congress and devastating damage at state levels…. Even
as a political rookie, Trump is aiming to avoid such carnage
over the volatile health care issue.
Students Denounced As Racist For Wearing US Flag Colors
Daily Caller - Students from one Iowan high school recently
apologized to the principal of another Iowan high school when
people found their choice of red, white and blue attire
offensive. Supporters of the Des Moines North High School
basketball team, many of whose players are from refugee
families, were offended when fans of Valley High School’s
basketball team wore red, white and blue last week, The College
Fix reports. “This is an example of BLATANT racism,” said Ty
Leggett, a Valley High School alum, on the Valley High School –
WDMCS Facebook page. “ALL participating should have been pulled
and banned from ALL VHS extracurricular events for the remainder
of the year! As a parent, I’d be mortified that my son or
daughter thought this way, acted in this fashion and refrained
from taking a stand against this 21st century inexcusable
behavior!” Erin Ness Carter, a mother living in the Iowan
district, remarked that “for the supporters of one team from a
primarily white part of town to paint themselves as the ‘team of
the USA’ it strongly implies that the other team, the less white
team, is less American.” Some individuals defended the Valley
High students. “Now we can’t wear USA stuff without making
someone upset?” asked Melissa Fraas-Bader, another Valley High
alum. “Oh please….”
Jury convicts 2 of conspiracy in Oregon ranching standoff
KUTV - A jury on Friday convicted two men of conspiracy to
impede federal officers during last year's high-profile armed
occupation of a wildlife refuge in Oregon in a protest over
control of Western lands. They face possible sentences of years
in federal prison. The verdict handed prosecutors some measure
of redemption after they failed to convict occupation leaders
Ammon and Ryan Bundy and five other occupiers in a trial last
fall involving the takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge,
a federally owned remote bird sanctuary about 290 miles
southeast of Portland.
US Delta Force, SEAL Team 6 Prepare To Take Out Kim Jong-Un,
Practice Tactical North Korea "Infiltration"
Zero Hedge - On March 1, the WSJ [Wall Street Journal] reported
that the options contemplated by the White House in response to
recent North Korean acts, include "the possibility of both
military force and regime change to counter the country’s
nuclear-weapons threat."…. And, according to a report in [South
Korean news agency] Yonhap, said "regime change" may come far
sooner than expected: the South Korean website writes that U.S.
special operations forces, including the unit that killed Osama
Bin Laden, will take part in joint military drills in South
Korea "to practice incapacitating North Korean leadership in the
case of conflict", a military official said Monday…. The U.S.
Navy’s Special Warfare Development Group, better known as the
SEAL Team 6, will arrive in South Korea for joint military
drills and take part in an exercise simulating a precision North
Korean incurion and "the removal of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un",
according to the Ministry of National Defense Monday…. As Korea
JoongAng Daily adds, also set to touch down in South Korea is
Delta Force, a special mission unit of the U.S. Army whose main
tasks include hostage rescue and counterterrorism, said the
Defense Ministry. Together with SEAL Team 6, they will practice
removing Kim Jong-un and destruction of North Korea’s weapons of
mass destruction…. F-35 stealth fighters will also fly from U.S.
Navy bases in Japan this month and carry out strike simulations
on key North Korean facilities…. Washington and Seoul stress
that the annual military drills are purely defensive, although
Pyongyang sees them as a rehearsal for an invasion.
Japan plans to send largest warship to South China Sea, sources
say
Reuters - Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a
three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May,
three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the
region since World War Two. China claims almost all the disputed
waters and its growing military presence has fueled concern in
Japan and the West, with the United States holding regular air
and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation…. Taiwan,
Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Brunei also claim parts
of the sea which has rich fishing grounds, oil and gas deposits
and through which around $5 trillion of global sea-borne trade
passes each year. Japan does not have any claim to the waters,
but has a separate maritime dispute with China in the East China
Sea…. Japan's flag-flying operation comes as the United States
under President Donald Trump appears to be taking a tougher line
with China. Washington has criticized China's construction of
man-made islands and a build-up of military facilities that it
worries could be used to restrict free movement. Beijing in
January said it had "irrefutable" sovereignty over the disputed
islands after the White House vowed to defend "international
territories".
Dutch-Turkish Tensions Mount as Erdogan Brands Netherlands
'Banana Republic'
Sputnik News - The bitter war of words between the Netherlands
and Turkey has escalated after Turkish ministers were banned
from addressing rallies of Turkish citizens in Holland ahead of
a controversial referendum in Turkey, which will give Turkish
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan massive new powers…. The
amendments to the constitution include the introduction of an
executive presidency that would replace the existing
parliamentary system of government and the abolition of the
office of the Prime Minister…. There are significant Turkish
populations in both Germany and the Netherlands which are
eligible to vote in the referendum leading to diplomatic
tensions between all three countries, as Erdogan's minister
attempt to address rallies in the Netherlands and Germany….
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, March 10, banned the Turkish
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu from entering his country,
sparking a diplomatic row…. The row has also affected relations
between Turkey and Germany, where there is a significant Turkish
population. A string of rallies over the referendum in Germany
have been canceled — ostensibly for security reasons — bringing
accusations from Turkey that Germany is attempting to interfere
with Turkish democracy.
Turkey Says "Migrant Deal Has Ended", May Unleash Millions Of
Refugees
Zero Hedge - …the tit-for-tat aggression resumed its escalation
between Turkey and the Netherlands…. Turkey said it would impose
various travel sanctions on Dutch diplomats such as halting all
high-level political discussions with the Netherlands in the
wake of the Dutch government's decision to bar two cabinet
ministers from campaigning in the country. Kurtulmus said during
a news conference following a weekly cabinet meeting that Ankara
also is closing its air space to Dutch diplomats until the
Netherlands meets Turkish requests, according to the AP.…
However the most troubling development, and one which has the
potential to sway the outcome of the Dutch election which will
be held in less than two days, is that in the final power play
aimed towards Merkel, Kurtulmus exclaimed that since "Europe has
not kept its promises on the migrant deal, for us that agreement
has ended." Which means that one year after it collected $3
billion for the migrant deal, Turkey has just voided the
agreement, and the next step would be that Turkey is about to
flood Europe with refugees currently held inside Turkish
borders. And since by some estimates Turkey currently harbors
over 2 million potential migrants, Europe's refugee situation is
about to get far worse, and as a corollary, support for
anti-immigrant political organizations across the continent is
about to take another step function higher.
Islamic State frees Mosul prisoners as grip on last major city
slips
Reuters - Islamic State has released dozens of prisoners held in
jails in the districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul that
remain under its control, residents said on Saturday. The
release of the prisoners on Friday is another sign that the
militants are being overwhelmed by the U.S.-backed Iraqi
offensive that started on Oct. 17 to dislodge them from Mosul,
their last major city stronghold in Iraq… Among those released
were people who had been caught selling cigarettes, violating a
smoking ban, or in possession of a mobile phone and therefore
suspected of communicating with the outside world, the residents
said.
Iceland to end capital controls more than 8 years after banking
crash
RT - The Finance Ministry of Iceland said it would lift the
remaining capital controls that have been in place since the
financial crisis in 2008…. Iceland was the country worst
affected by the financial crash, forcing the government to take
drastic measures. Reykjavik broke off negotiations on EU
membership, nationalized three major banks and defaulted on $85
billion in loans. The government banned the movement of capital
abroad and devalued the national currency. As a result, the
stock market plummeted 90 percent, unemployment jumped to 10
percent, and inflation ballooned to 18 percent…. Since then the
economy has seen a robust recovery, helped by a tourism boom.
Almost two million people visited Iceland last year, up 40
percent from 2015. Most of them came from the US, followed by
the UK. The tourism boom, strong investment by business and in
the housing market, helped Iceland’s economy grow 7.2 percent in
2016…. The finance ministry said it had adjusted regulations and
introduced special reserve requirements for new foreign currency
inflow to prevent a repeat of 'hot money' destabilizing the
financial system.
'First in Canada' supermarket donation plan aids food banks and
tackles waste
The Guardian - Supermarkets in Quebec will now be able to donate
their unsold produce, meat and baked goods to local food banks
in a program – described as the first of its kind in Canada –
that also aims to keep millions of kilograms of fresh food out
of landfills. The Supermarket Recovery Program launched in 2013
as a two-year pilot project. Developed by the Montreal-based
food bank Moisson Montréal, the goal was to tackle the twin
issues of rising food bank usage in the province and the
staggering amount of edible food being regularly sent to
landfills. Provincial officials said the pilot – which last year
saw 177 supermarkets donate more than 2.5m kg of food that would
have otherwise been discarded – would now begin expanding across
the province…. Recent years have seen food bank usage surge
across Canada, with children making up just over a third of the
900,000 people who rely on the country’s food banks each month.
In Quebec, the number of users has soared by nearly 35% since
2008, to about 172,000 people per month…. The program’s main
challenge was in developing a system that would allow products
such as meat and frozen foods to be easily collected from
grocers and quickly redistributed, said [Sam] Watts [of
Montreal’s Welcome Hall Mission].
Kremlin Spokesman: Russian Ambassador Also Met with Clinton
Campaign
Breitbart - Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said in
an interview that Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak, who met
with Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, also met with
advisers to the Hillary Clinton campaign. “Well, if you look at
some people connected with Hillary Clinton during her campaign,
you would probably see that he had lots of meetings of that
kind,” Dmitry Peskov told CNN’s GPS host Fareed Zakaria on
Sunday. “There are lots of specialists in politology, people
working in think tanks advising Hillary or advising people
working for Hillary.” Peskov said it is the Russian ambassador’s
job to talk “bilateral relations” with officials on both sides.
He added that the meetings were in no way an attempt to
interfere in the 2016 election.
These Tiny Houses Weren't Built To Be Trendy -- Their Real
Purpose Is So Important
ViralNova - Though a lot of progress has been made over the
years to end veteran homelessness, many still don't have a place
to call home. One group, however, is making a big and quite
admirable impact to help homeless veterans. The Veterans
Community Project, made up of “veterans helping veterans," is on
a mission to provide transitional housing to help our war heroes
readjust to everyday life. With the help of donations from
community members, they've built 50 tiny homes in what they call
the Veterans Village in Kansas City, Missouri. The best part?
Veterans can live there for free! In addition to being provided
with food and necessities, occupants will also have a sense of
community. A nearby community center is even under construction
right now, where they can take classes and receive counseling to
cope with trauma. Each house is about the size of a studio
apartment and costs around $10,000 to build. They also have full
kitchens and bathrooms.
Water Wars Coming To California? Is The Drought Really Over?
Zero Hedge - The primary cause of the so-called drought, as defined by a
shortfall in total water resources, is that the demands for water use by
people, agriculture, industry and the environment, exceed the total
combined water resources on average. As it stands today, allowing this
primary culprit for the ‘drought’ to continue in full force and effect
will accelerate the rate of ground water depletion with a continuing net
loss of stored water in California’s major aquifers… According to
another policy paper authored by some folks at Stanford University
titled, 'Water in the West', the drought is not over due to demands
exceeding rate of recharge…. One interpretation of the foregoing summary
of the report is that, the State failed to monitor and manage the
central and southern California water use and the rates of aquifer
decline until 2014, and have now labeled usage as ‘unconstrained’. And
now we may have some of the same people looking to the northern reach of
the State and the water resources there as a bandage for their
self-inflicted injury…. So now that the south and central parts of
California have gotten themselves into a real pickle, their solution
seems to be ginning-up some policies and regulations designed to
confiscate water from the counties up in the farthest northern reaches
of California.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
GM Golden Rice Flops in New Trial, Mutant Plants Reduces Crop Yield
Natural Blaze - As evidenced by a new study, Golden Rice, which was
engineered to produce the precursor of vitamin A (carotenoids) has shown
extensive abnormalities in growth as well as reduced grain yield…. For
years, Golden Rice has been hyped by the GMO lobby, Big Ag corporations
and the “charitable” NGO community as the miracle that would save the
third world from vitamin A deficiency, blindness and starvation. But so
far, as is the case with most GMO crops, golden rice has produced
nothing. Instead, it seems that years of repeating the term Golden Rice
in relation to saving the world and painting anti-GMO activists as
stubbornly forcing the third world to starve is mainly more effective as
a PR campaign than anything else.
Chicken pox vaccine is made with "human embryonic lung cell
cultures" and human diploid cell cultures from aborted fetal
tissue
(Natural News) - It is an irrefutable science fact that
varicella (chicken pox) vaccines are made with not just aborted
human fetal tissue cell lines, but also cells take from guinea
pigs and cows. In effect, a chicken pox vaccine is a
multi-species blood and tissue cocktail of DNA and chemicals
being mainlined into your tissue and blood. This is all openly
admitted by the CDC itself which lists the excipient ingredients
used in common vaccines such as chicken pox, MMR and TDaP.
Here’s what the CDC says is used in Varicella (chicken pox)
vaccine, current as of January 6, 2017. You can see this list
for yourself at this CDC.gov link. If the CDC removes their
document, we’ve saved a copy at this Natural News link: human
embryonic lung cell cultures, guinea pig cell cultures, human
diploid cell cultures (WI-38), human diploid cell cultures
(MRC-5), sucrose, hydrolyzed gelatin, sodium chloride,
monosodium L-glutamate, sodium phosphate dibasic, potassium
phosphate monobasic, potassium chloride, EDTA (Ethylenediaminetetraacetic
acid), neomycin, fetal bovine serum.
IUD contraceptives and hair dyes raise breast cancer risk
What Doctors Don't Tell You - IUD (intrauterine device) hormonal
contraceptives increase the risk of breast cancer by 52 per cent
in post-menopausal women—and hair dye raises the risk 23 per
cent, a new research study has discovered. The risk seems to be
almost exclusively associated with the hormonal IUDs—copper ones
are far safer, says researcher Sanna Heikkinen from the
University of Helsinki. Although age and lifestyle are still the
biggest risk factors, Heikkinen has discovered that IUDs, the
contraceptive pill, hair dyes and unnecessary mammograms are
responsible for many cases as well. The biggest risk seems to be
with hormonal IUDs, especially among post-menopausal women, but
younger women who use other hormonal contraceptives, such as the
pill, run a 32 per cent higher risk as well. Women who dye their
hair are also 23 per cent more likely to develop the cancer, she
discovered. There also seems to be some link to mammograms,
routinely given to women to check for signs of breast cancer.
She analysed data from 8,000 women with breast cancer—and
compared the results with 20,000 other women who were
healthy—and discovered that 60 per cent of the breast cancer
group had had at least one mammogram before they were 50, which
is the recommended age when routine screening should begin.
Swapping Lettuce for Sprouts and Microgreens Can Help You Meet
Several Daily Vitamin Requirements
Dr. Mercola - When you grow your own vegetables and notice the
tender, young plants emerging from the earth, you may be
surprised to learn that not only is it OK to harvest them while
they're still only a week or two old, but these sprouts and
microgreens actually offer superior nutrition. Many of the
benefits of sprouts and microgreens relate to the fact that, in
their initial and early phase of growth, the plants contain more
concentrated amounts of nutrients. As a result, you need to eat
far less, in terms of amount, compared to a mature plant. Once
the sprout starts to grow — but well before it reaches maturity
— it's considered a microgreen. Sprouts may be harvested within
just a few days or a week of growth, while microgreens are
typically harvested after two to three weeks, when they've
reached a height of about 2 inches. "Baby greens" are
microgreens allowed to grow to a height of about 4 inches before
harvesting. All of these — sprouts, microgreens and baby greens
— are packed with higher densities of nutrients than full-grown
vegetables…. Sprouts can also contain up to 100 times more
enzymes than their full-grown counterparts, which allow your
body to extract higher levels of vitamins, minerals and other
nutrients from other foods, and help protect against chemical
carcinogens to boot. …even a few grams of microgreens per day
can "entirely satisfy" the recommended daily intake of vitamins
C, E and K, based on recommendations by the European Food Safety
Authority (EFSA).
Study Shows Roundup Weedkiller Causes Liver Disease at Extremely
Low Concentrations
Natural Blaze - The study involved a test on rats that showed
that even at extremely low levels of exposure, non-alcoholic
fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was produced. This peer-reviewed
study showed that Roundup caused NAFLD at a concentration far
below that which is found in the bodies of most Americans.
Indeed, the research showed that exposing the rats to Roundup in
concentrations a thousand times lower than allowable limits in
food and drinking water or even lower than concentrations found
in the urine of most Americans caused changes in the liver which
contained the molecular signature of NAFLD.
* Related:
Monsanto attempt to block glyphosate from California cancer list
tossed by judge
Monday - March
13, 2017
On This Date In History:
1777 - The U.S. Congress ordered its European envoys to appeal to
high-ranking foreign officers to send troops to reinforce the American
army.
1781 - Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
1852 - The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam
cartoon". It was drawn by Frank Henry Bellew.
1865 - Jefferson Davis signed a bill authorizing slaves to be used as
soldiers for the Confederacy.
1868 - The U.S. Senate began the impeachment trial of President Andrew
Johnson.
1884 - Standard time was adopted throughout the U.S.
1911 - The U.S. Supreme Court approved corporate tax law.
1930 - It was announced that the planet Pluto had been discovered by
scientist Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory.
1933 - U.S. banks began to re-open after a "holiday" that had been
declared by President Roosevelt.
1942 - U.S. Army launches K-9 Corps
1943 - Japanese forces ended their attack on the American troops on Hill
700 in Bougainville.
1946 - Reports from Iran indicated that Soviet tanks units were
stationed 20 miles from Tehran.
1951 - The comic strip "Dennis the Menace" appeared for the first time
in newspapers across the country.
1957 - Jimmy Hoffa was arrested by the FBI on bribery charges.
1970 - Cambodia ordered Hanoi and Viet Cong troops to leave.
1974 - The U.S. Senate voted 54-33 to restore the death penalty.
1990 - The U.S. lifted economic sanctions against Nicaragua.
1991 - Exxon paid $1 billion in fines and for the clean-up of the
Alaskan oil spill.
2006 - In New York, the official start of construction of the National
September 11 Memorial & Museum began.
2012 - After 244 years of publication, Encyclopedia Britannica announced
it would discontinue its print edition.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
House intelligence committee demands Donald Trump hand over
proof that Barack Obama ordered his wiretapping by MONDAY
Daily Mail - Donald Trump must provide proof that Barack Obama
ordered a wiretap on him during his presidential campaign by
Monday, a bipartisan group from the House intelligence
committee, has said. Last week Trump tweeted: ‘Terrible! Just
found out that Obama had my “wires tapped” in Trump Tower just
before the victory. Nothing found. This is McCarthyism!’ He
continued the allegation against former President Barack Obama
in other tweets but offered no evidence. Now he is being taken
to task in a letter sent by the committee chairman Rep Devin
Nunes (R-Calif) and the panel’s ranking Democrat, Rep Adam
Schiff (D-Calif), a source said. The claim comes from a senior
congressional aide who wasn’t authorized to discuss the request
by name and has requested anonymity. Obama’s director of
national intelligence, James Clapper, has said that nothing
matching Trump’s claims had taken place. But that has’t quelled
speculation that Trump’s communications were monitored by the
Obama administration. Trump has asked Congress to investigate,
and early this week Schiff said the committee would answer the
president’s call to investigate the claim. He also said that he
would ask FBI Director James Comey directly when he appears
later this month before the full committee, which is
investigating Russian activities during the election.
Jeff Sessions Asks All Remaining Obama-Appointed U.S. Attorneys
To Resign
Zero Hedge - In a move that will likely provoke further media,
and pundit, fury despite it being a routine act that is
concurrent with every change in administration, Attorney General
Jeff Sessions has asked all remaining Obama-appointed U.S.
Attorneys for their resignation. Sarah Isgur Flores, Director of
Public Affairs at the Department of Justice, released the
following statement: "As was the case in prior transitions, many
of the United States Attorneys nominated by the previous
administration already have left the Department of Justice. The
Attorney General has now asked the remaining 46 presidentially
appointed U.S. Attorneys to tender their resignations in order
to ensure a uniform transition. Until the new U.S. Attorneys are
confirmed, the dedicated career prosecutors in our U.S.
Attorney's Offices will continue the great work of the
Department in investigating, prosecuting, and deterring the most
violent offenders."…. As a reminder, it is standard practice for
a new president to appoint his own U.S. attorneys, who are
political appointees.
Former Secret Service Agent Warns Trump ‘Not Secure’ in the
White House
Breitbart - A former Secret Service agent who served in the
security details of both Presidents Bush and Obama warned on
Saturday that President Donald Trump “is not secure in the White
House right now as it stands.” Dan Bongino, who was also an
instructor at the training academy of the Secret Service, was
commenting on Friday night’s reported breach of the White House
complex, at least the seventh such incident in recent years.
Bongino stated: “If one guy with a backpack and Omar Gonzales
with a bad knee could get near the residence of the White House,
can you tell me with a straight face that a forty-man tactical
assault team with heavy weapons wouldn’t take that place down?”
Bongino was referring to a 2014 incident in which Gonzales
penetrated the north portico doors of the White House,
reportedly brandishing a three-and-a-half-inch folding knife in
a back pocket. “This is inexcusable,” Bongino said of the latest
incident. “How many of these are we, as the citizenry, going to
tolerate, whether under Barack Obama or now President Trump,
before there is enough citizen outrage that the Secret Service
actually does something?”
Dennis Kucinich: I'm no fan of Trump's but he's got a point
about wiretapping
Fox News - President Trump’s assertion that his phones at Trump
Tower were tapped last year has been treated as hilarious—and in
some circles as beyond contempt. But I can vouch for the fact
that extracurricular surveillance does occur, regardless of
whether it is officially approved. I was wiretapped in 2011
after taking a phone call in my congressional office from a
foreign leader…. That a secret recording had been made of this
call was revealed to me by the Washington Times in 2015, a full
two years after I left office…. The call had been from Saif
el-Islam Qaddafi, a high-ranking official in Libya’s government
and a son of the country’s ruler, Moammar Qaddafi…. The
reporters did not say, nor did I ask, who had made the tape. But
the paper’s stories referenced “secret audio recordings
recovered from Tripoli.” I have only my suspicions about their
true provenance. The quality of the recordings was excellent on
both ends of the call. If sources had indeed discovered the
tapes in Tripoli, there is no plausible explanation for how they
would have chosen the Washington Times to carry the story. And
which foreign intelligence service conceivably could have been
interested in my phone call, had the technology to intercept it,
and then wanted to leak it to the newspaper? There’s a simpler
explanation: I believe the tape was made by an American
intelligence agency and then leaked to the Times for political
reasons. If so, this episode represented a gross violation of
the separation of powers.
Federal Court Blocks Trump Admin's Immigration Executive Order
Breitbart - A second federal judge—this one in Wisconsin—on
Friday blocked President Donald Trump’s new executive order (EO)
on immigration travel, while the federal judge who blocked the
first EO is reserving judgment on the revised EO…. Robart
released an order Friday stating that none of the parties have
properly filed new motions in that litigation — and that he will
reserve judgment until there is a relevant motion and the legal
issues have been fully briefed before his court. However, on
that same day, Judge William Connelly of the U.S. District Court
for the Western District of Wisconsin did issue a new TRO
[Temporary Restraining Order] against the new EO, holding that
the plaintiff in that new lawsuit had a substantial likelihood
of success on the merits, and would suffer irreparable harm
unless the court provided immediate relief.
Trump Deploys Dozens Of Judges To Battle Massive Backlog Of
Deportation Cases
Zero Hedge - In response to the 'paralysis' facing immigration
courts, dealing with over 500,000 pending cases, President Trump
is deploying 50 judges to immigration detention facilities
across the United States, according to two sources and a letter
seen by Reuters. …as Reuters reports the Department of Justice
is also considering asking judges to sit from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.,
split between two rotating shifts, to adjudicate more cases, the
sources said. A notice about shift times was not included in the
letter. Two sources familiar with the Justice Department's plan
said the department would ask more judges to volunteer for one
or two month deployments at detention centers. If the department
cannot find enough volunteers, the department would assign
judges to detention centers, the sources said…. Judges are
employed by the Justice Department to oversee cases that
determine if immigrants are given protections, such as asylum,
or ordered deported. A handful of judges work from detention
centers but most work from courts around the country.
Chaffetz subpoenas ATF agents who skipped hearing on death of
ICE officer
Fox News - “I'm tired of hearing from just [Justice Department]
management, I want to hear from the people that actually are on
the front lines doing this,” Chaffetz, R-Utah, said. The
committee will now seek to compel testimony from William Temple,
special agent in charge of the Dallas Field Division, and Ronald
Turk, associate deputy director of the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, later this month. The hearing
Thursday was meant to examine alleged lapses in the ATF's
investigation into the trafficking of guns later used in the
February attack that killed Zapata and wounded his ICE
colleague, Special Agent Victor Avila…. Questions about the
firearms used to kill Zapata surfaced during the separate
congressional probe of Operation Fast and Furious and the death
of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry. The IG issued its Operation
Fast and Furious report in 2012, but did not issue its report on
the Zapata case until March 1 [2017]…. Last week, Chaffetz and
[Sen. Charles] Grassley sent a letter demanding Justice explain
the reason the investigation has dragged on.
House Committee Passes Bill Eliminating Adult Websites From
Federal Employees Desktops!
Wayne Dupree - A House committee chose to pass a bill that would
clean up government computers and stop federal employees from
accessing porn on their computers. You would think this was
already in place…. [via] GovExec.com - Also in the markup, the
committee approved the Eliminating Pornography From Agencies
Act. The panel also signed off on the bill from Rep. Mark
Meadows, R-N.C., in the last Congress, though it never received
a vote on the House floor. The bill would require the Office of
Management and Budget to issue governmentwide guidance
prohibiting access to pornographic websites on federal
computers. Currently, Meadows said, agencies maintain a
patchwork of disparate rules on the subject.
New bill would let companies force workers to get genetic tests,
share results
Ars Technica - Most people would likely want to keep the results
of genetic tests highly guarded—if they want their genetic code
deciphered at all. But, as STAT reports, a new bill that is
quietly moving through the House would allow companies to
strong-arm their employees into taking genetic tests and then
sharing that data with unregulated third parties as well as the
employer. Employees that resist could face penalties of
thousands of dollars. In the past, such personal information has
been protected by a law called GINA, the Genetic Information
Nondiscrimination Act, which shields people from DNA-based
discrimination. But the new bill, HR 1313, gets around this by
allowing genetic testing to be part of company wellness
programs…. companies use financial incentives to get employees
to participate in these wellness programs. Under the ACA, these
incentives can include all sorts of rewards and compensations.
For instance, people who don’t want to participate can pay up to
60 percent more on employer-sponsored insurance premiums. That
can easily amount to thousands of dollars each year. Despite the
heavy financial pressure, employee participation is still
considered voluntary. Under HR 1313, GINA wouldn’t apply to
anything voluntarily collected through wellness programs, and
companies would have access to genetic data. That information
would be stripped of identifiers, but in small companies, it
could be fairly easy to match certain genetic profiles to
specific employees. Moreover, employers tend to hire third
parties to collect and manage health data. These companies are
not heavily regulated and can review genetic and other health
data with identifiers. Some of the companies even sell health
information to advertisers, STAT notes.
This Elementary School Abolished Homework, and the Results Were
Astonishing
Natural Blaze - Late last summer, Texas teacher Brandy Young
made internet waves when she sent a note about homework to the
parents of her students. Instead of the normal
spend-30-minutes-a-day-on-homework command that parents normally
hear, Mrs. Young’s note informed them that she would not be
giving homework at all. Instead, she asked families to spend
more time reading, eating dinner, and playing outside, all
factors which research has found to contribute to greater
student success. But Mrs. Young was not the only educator to get
on the no homework bandwagon. An entire elementary school in
Vermont did the same…. One has to wonder: if these no-homework
policies are having such positive effects on the mental and
emotional well-being of children, then why haven’t we tried them
before? The answer, according to one former teacher, may have to
do with the goal of the education system. According to John
Taylor Gatto, the current, one-size-fits-all school system has
long been trying to turn creative, inventive, and bright
students into obedient, subdued, and dependent individuals. This
is done largely through orchestrating every minute of their time
at school, and then extending that orchestration into children’s
free time at home.
Assad: No one invited US to Manbij, all foreign troops in Syria
without permission are 'invaders'
RT - Any foreign forces, including those from the US, that enter
Syria without invitation are invaders, Syrian President Bashar
Assad told Chinese media in an interview, noting that no one had
given the US troops currently in Manbij permission to be there….
When a journalist asked the Syrian president if Damascus had
“opened doors” for American troops in Aleppo province’s city of
Manbij, Assad said “No, we didn’t.”…. The Pentagon confirmed
earlier in March that US troops had been sent to Manbij to
prevent conflict between US-backed Kurdish forces and rebels
backed by Turkey…. On Thursday, the US-led coalition confirmed
that around 400 American marines and army rangers had arrived in
Syria to establish an outpost to support an operation to take
the city of Raqqa. The new contingent adds to the 500 US troops
already in Syria. US Air Force Colonel John Dorrian, the
coalition’s spokesman, says the new soldiers have been deployed
to expedite the defeat of the terrorists in Raqqa.
North Korea May Be Close to Targeting US With Nuclear Missile
Sputnik News - North Korea’s advancing nuclear and missile
programs have some analysts worried that the reclusive state may
pose a real threat to the rest of the world very soon…. Based on
recently released satellite images of substantial tunnel
excavation at the North's nuclear test site in North Hamgyong
Province, analyst Frank Pabian of Los Alamos National Laboratory
(LANL) and David Coblentz, an environmental science expert at
LANL, have concluded that the regime may be preparing an
explosion 14 times more powerful than the one it conducted in
September. The September 9 detonation by North Korea is
estimated to have been a 15,000-20,000 ton yield. The news comes
just a day after Bruce Klingner, a former CIA deputy division
chief for Korea, made an alarming statement about Pyongyang
being close to developing a ballistic missile that could strike
the US…. During his annual address earlier this year, North
Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country was in the final
stages of test-launching an intercontinental ballistic rocket,
but most experts believe the announcement was meant to
intimidate, and that Pyongyang doesn't actually have that
ability. But the North has been making statements like these for
years, and for years they seem to have been incrementally
improving their capabilities.
US Almost Out of Special Visas for Afghans Who Assisted in War
Effort
Sputnik News - The State Department issued a statement on
Thursday claiming that it would run out of visas by June 1, and
"No further interviews for Afghan principal applicants… will be
scheduled after March 1, 2017." The visas are part of the
Special Immigrant Visa program, meant to reward Iraqis and
Afghans who assisted the US during military action, as well as
spouses and children of these individuals. Last year, [Democrat
Senator Jeanne] Shaheen and Republican Senator John McCain
unsuccessfully tried to pass legislation that would extend a
special immigrant visa program for Afghans who assisted US
forces…. The legislation was sponsored by the Obama White House,
but was defeated in the Senate when it was revealed that the
program's price tag was $446 million. Chief among its opponents
were Republicans Jeff Sessions (now the Attorney General) and
Charles Grassley.… The National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2017, signed into law in late December 2016, added
1,500 visas to the program but also narrowed eligibility in the
program to those whose jobs took them off the confines of
coalition military bases or embassies.
Venezuelans passports in short supply as millions try to flee
troubled nation
Fox News - While estimates of how many passport requests the
socialist government received last year vary from between 1.8
million to 3 million, only 300,000 of the elusive documents were
doled out…. Saime [the Venezuelan passport agency] has stated
that the backup in processing passport applications is because
the agency lacks enough “materials,” but did not specify what
that means. Observers say… the government may not be able to
afford the paper to make the passport…. But skeptics think the
Maduro government may also be trying to keep people from leaving
the beleaguered nation. “People with the means to get out want
to, but the problem is you need a passport and you can’t get
it,” Cynthia Arnson, the director of the Latin American Program
at the Woodrow Wilson Center told Fox News. “It’s kind of an
excuse by the Venezuelan government that they don’t have
materials, because they know the real reason people want a
passport is to leave the country.”
Tony Blair sparks furious backlash by attending Iraq and
Afghanistan memorial service
Mirror Online - Furious loved ones of troops killed in Iraq and
Afghanistan hit out at ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair’s presence a
memorial for fallen servicemen and women today…. Many felt Blair
- who sent British troops into Iraq and Afghanistan - should not
have been at the event and blame him for the death of 179 troops
in Iraq and 456 in Afghanistan…. Louis Michael, who commentates
on TV programmes on the Channel 4 TV show Gogglebox, took to
Twitter, to say Blair’s attendance was “like Hitler turning up
at a Holocaust memorial. Tony Blair should be hiding his head in
shame, instead he adds insult to injury.”…. Sarah Adams, whose
son Private James Prosser, 21, was killed in Afghanistan in 2009
in a Taliban bombing said angrily: “It seems Tony Blair has
moved on from the war and the decisions he made but for us who
have lost loved ones that is not possible.”
Nonprofits Helping Illegal Immigrants Took $291 Million From
Taxpayers
Daily Caller - Taxpayers funded eight nonprofits that serve,
protect or advocate for illegal immigrants with more than $291
million between 2012 to 2016, according to an analysis of
federal spending data and tax documents by the Daily Caller News
Foundation Investigative Group. The eight groups — including at
least one that endorsed Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton in 2016 — provide a variety of support to
illegal aliens, ranging from legal and social services to
political advocacy. Ninety-four percent of the public funds —
or, nearly $274 million — came from the federal government,
according to data obtained from USAspending.gov and 990 tax
forms. The $291 million total in public funding, however, is
almost certainly an underestimate, since the respective 990s of
each implicated nonprofit for all five years were not always
available. Additionally, those groups only represent a small
sample of publicly-funded pro-illegal immigrant nonprofits.
26 retailers that still sell Ivanka Trump's fashion brand
Business Insider - [This was published Feb. 9, 2017. Information
may have changed since then. Please check with the store.] Here
are the retailers that continue to sell Ivanka Trump's brand….
6pm, Amazon, Belk - The Southeastern department store chain
sells Ivanka Trump's lines of shoes and handbags, but announced
on Wednesday it would no longer sell the brand online. “We
continually review our assortment and the performance of the
brands we carry," the company posted on Facebook. "We make
adjustments as part of our normal course of business operations.
In this regard, we are no longer carrying Ivanka Trump branded
merchandise on our website, but are continuing to offer the
brand at our flagship stores." Bon-Ton, Carson's, and
Elder-Beerman, Bed Bath and Beyond, Burlington Coat Factory,
BuyBuy Baby, Century 21, Dillard’s, DSW, Filene's Basement,
Heels.com, Lord & Taylor, Macy’s, Marshalls, Winners, and TJ
Maxx… Last week, the company sent a memo to stores instructing
customers to throw away signs advertising the brand. Workers
were also asked to mix Ivanka Trump items in with other apparel
in stores, as opposed displaying the brand separately.
Overstock.com, Perfumania - While Perfumania cut ties with the
Trump in July 2015, the company recently restocked its Donald
Trump fragrances, like Empire by Trump and Success by Trump. It
also carries Ivanka Trump's perfume line. Saks Off Fifth, Sears,
Stein Mart, Walmart, Zappos.
* Related:
Neiman Marcus Reverses Position: Selling Ivanka Trump's Brand
Again
Small Town In Alberta, Canada Wakes Up To Florescent Pink Tap Water
David Wolfe - A water treatment plant in Onoway, Alberta accidentally
turned the water supply pink on Monday, March 6th. The culprit?
Potassium permanganate, a chemical commonly used in water treatment
plants to remove iron and hydrogen sulphide from water. Residents were
shocked the the color and complained to the town office about why they
were not warned about the strange color and what caused it. However, the
water treatment plant found the cause of the problem and fixed it as
fast as possible. However, what most people do not know is that
potassium permanganate can cause mild to severe skin irritation on
contact. It can also cause severe gastrointestinal distress, burning,
and throat swelling if swallowed. The town believes the potassium
permanganate was diluted enough to not cause any harm, but residents
stayed away from it anyway.
World Wide Web inventor issues warning on anniversary
Daily Mail - Tim Berners-Lee wrote the blueprint for what would become
the World Wide Web, and said he is alarmed at what has happened to it in
the last year.… First, he is concerned with the amount of personal
information being distributed on the web. Many sites allow for free
content in exchange for personal information on site users, which we
usually allow in the fine print of the terms & conditions pages we
blindly agree to. Another concern is the rampant distribution of false
information, or 'fake news'. Given the fact that most people obtain
their news from a small number of sites and often fall victim to 'clickbait,'
it's incredibly easy for misinformation to become widespread. His third
area of warning lies in the political advertisement on the internet,
which is often veiled and littered with inaccuracies. He also expressed
his concern about governments monitoring citizens internet usage, and
alluded to WikiLeaks' disclosure of CIA surveillance documents, saying
that he thinks 'watching everyone, all the time is simply going too
far'.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
California Judge Enables Cancer Warning on Monsanto’s Roundup
Sustainable Pulse - California has been enabled to become the first U.S.
state to require Monsanto to label its blockbuster weed killer, Roundup,
as a possible carcinogen, after a ruling issued Friday by a California
judge…. Judge Kapetan formalized her ruling against Monsanto on Friday,
which will allow California to proceed with the process of listing
glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, as a chemical “known to
the state to cause cancer” in accordance with the Safe Drinking Water
and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known as Proposition 65…. This
decision gives Californians the right to protect themselves and their
families from chemical trespass.”
5 Questions You Better Ask Before Buying Garden Seeds
Off the Grid News - Those of us who raise our own vegetables know it
involves more than simply sowing spring seeds and reaping the delicious
rewards at harvesttime. One of the many gardening tasks which requires
thoughtful research and attention is purchasing seeds. If you are
contemplating your garden for this season, following are six questions
worth consideration. 1. How long do seeds last? The reason this question
should be asked first is because you need to know if last year’s
leftover seeds will suffice. The answer varies greatly, depending upon
the particular vegetable. Overall, seed longevity is improved by storage
in a cool dry place, out of direct light…. 2. How early should they be
started indoors? The type of seeds, your climate, and your growing
conditions all play huge roles in figuring out how early to start them.
The absolute best advice here is to follow the directions on the seed
packet, in the seed catalog from which you purchased the seeds, or from
the greenhouse or retailer who marketed them…. 3. Start them at home or
buy seedlings? the cost of buying flats of seedlings adds up quickly,
and paying someone else to start an entire garden full of vegetables can
be an expensive proposition. Another thing to consider is whether you
will be able to find the cultivar you want already started. You may not
be able to find specialty items at a commercial greenhouse. It makes
sense to start some of the seeds you’ll use the most of and the
specialty varieties you want, and plan to purchase a few flats of
additional seedlings when planting time comes….
Three
Genetically Modified Potatoes Approved By U.S.
REALfarmacy - According to federal officials, these three types of
genetically engineered potatoes are able to resist the pathogen that
caused the Irish potato famine. Officials say that they are safe for the
environment and safe to eat, yet there has not been enough testing for
this claim to be proven. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and
Food and Drug Administration gave Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co.
permission to plant the potatoes this spring and sell them in the fall.
The company claims that the potatoes contain only potato genes and that
the resistance to late blight, the disease that caused the Irish potato
famine, comes from an Argentine variety of potato that naturally
produced a defense. Changing the genetic code of foods presents ethical
and health issues for many people, farmers, and companies alike.
13 Healthy Reasons to Eat More Walnuts
Green Med Info - 1. Nuts Reduce Risk of Death - The PREDIMED
human study, which assessed the Mediterranean diet, found that
eating walnuts reduced cancer mortality. And a study of 118,000
people by the Harvard School of Public Health found people who
ate a handful of nuts every day were 20% less likely to die from
any cause over a 30-year period. 2. One Ounce of Walnuts
Decreases Cardiovascular Risk - In a University of Wisconsin
study 36 people ate 30 grams of English walnuts per day for 30
days. Their blood lipid profiles and endothelial function
improved and they didn't gain weight.[ii] Black walnuts didn't
have the same effect…. Other studies show that adding walnuts
can significantly decrease total and LDL cholesterol…. 3.
Walnuts Help Control Weight… 4. Walnuts Improve Endocrine
Parameters in PCOS… 5. Walnuts Help Control Insulin in Diabetics
- Australian researchers studied 50 overweight adult diabetics
in a one year program where participants received low-fat
dietary advice. But half the subjects also ate 30 grams of
walnuts per day. In the first three months the walnut group
significantly lowered their fasting insulin levels….
‘Dirty
Dozen’ List Released
Dr. Axe - Environmental Working Group released it’s 2017 Dirty
Dozen list… This year, the annual report found that almost 70
percent of 48 non-organic samples tested positive for at least
one pesticide. (In many cases, the numbers were much higher.)
And get this: A single strawberry sample harbored 20 different
pesticide residues. And while spinach nutrition is loaded with
calcium and vitamins, there’s one reason to always try to choose
organic. Researchers found DDT, a neurotoxic insecticide banned
in the U.S., in an alarming number of samples. A “Clean 15” list
is also included in the report, identifying the non-organic
produce least likely to be contaminated with pesticide levels. I
advise choosing and growing organic as often as possible, but if
you’re on a budget or your selection is limited, these lists
help you focus your attention on avoiding the most contaminated
fruits and veggies.
Video: Lilica: the junkyard mutt
A beautiful story of a poor and brave junkyard mutt.
Friday - March
10, 2017
On This Date In History:
1656 - In the American colony of Virginia, suffrage was extended
to all free men regardless of their religion.
1785 - Thomas Jefferson was appointed minister to France. He
succeeded Benjamin Franklin.
1804 - The formal ceremonies transferring the Louisiana Purchase
from France to the U.S. took place in St. Louis.
1848 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
which ended the war with Mexico.
1864 - Ulysses S. Grant became commander of the Union armies in
the U.S. Civil War.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful call with
the telephone. He spoke the words "Mr. Watson, come here, I want
to see you."
1880 - The Salvation Army arrived in the U.S. from England.
1945 - American B-29 bombers attacked Tokyo, Japan, 100,000 were
killed.
1953 - North Korean gunners at Wonsan fired upon the USS
Missouri. The ship responded by firing 998 rounds at the enemy
position.
1966 - The North Vietnamese captured a Green Beret camp at Ashau
Valley.
1969 - James Earl Ray pled guilty in Memphis, TN, to the
assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Ray later repudiated the
guilty plea and maintained his innocence until his death in
April of 1998.
1971 - The U.S. Senate approved an amendment to lower the voting
age to 18.
1991 - "Phase Echo" began. It was the operation to withdraw
540,000 U.S. troops from the Persian Gulf region.
1994 - White House officials began testifying before a federal
grand jury about the Whitewater controversy.
1995 - U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher told Yasser
Arafat that he must do more to curb Palestinian terrorists.
1998 - U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf began receiving the first
vaccinations against anthrax.
2002 - The Associated Press reported that the Pentagon informed
the U.S. Congress in January that it was making contingency
plans for the possible use of nuclear weapons against countries
that threaten the U.S. with weapons of mass destruction,
including Iraq and North Korea.
2003 - North Korea test-fired a short-range missile. The event
was one of several in a patter of unusual military maneuvers.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Drones threatened nuclear facilities
Washington Times - Drone aircraft recently carried out
unauthorized intrusions over Air Force and Navy nuclear
facilities, and the incidents pose a growing threat, the
commander of the U.S. Strategic Command disclosed to Congress
Wednesday. Gen. John E. Hyten revealed the drone threats in
written testimony before the House Armed Services Committee for
a hearing on nuclear deterrence. Currently, the Navy and Air
Force are planning to deploy counter-unmanned aerial system
defenses that Gen. Hyten said will “effectively detect, track
and, if necessary, engage small UAS vehicles.” The commander
said protecting U.S. nuclear forces and facilities is a top
priority…. The Air Force Global Strike Command, which handles
security at nuclear sites, is purchasing electronic equipment
capable of disrupting the signals that control drones.
U.S. Military Prepping For Migrant Crisis In Month-Long Drill
Off the Grid News - The U.S. military is preparing for a massive
wave of migrants from the Caribbean as part of a multi-million
dollar training drill at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The exercise this
month, called Operation Integrated Advance, is scheduled to last
all of March, cost around $2.5 million and involve 400 troops as
well as personnel from the State Department and Department of
Homeland Security, The Miami Herald reported. The military is
keeping the operation secret and denying the media access to it.
The idea is to prep for a migrant crisis in which hundreds or
thousands of Cubans or people from other nations cross the ocean
to the United States. “This year’s exercise scenario focuses on
a potential mass migration in the Caribbean,” a statement from
the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reads. “The primary
objective is to protect the safety of life at sea and to deter
mass migration using organic DHS forces reinforced by other
federal, state, and local assets and capabilities.” During the
operation, troops will practice rescuing, capturing, processing,
housing and taking care of migrants.
TRUMP White House Pushes Back Against Mitch McConnell on Tax
Cuts
The GatewayPundit - Just as many Trump supporters feared, it
looks like the Ryan-McConnell Republican Congress will not be
able to push the Trump agenda through the House and Senate. They
are just unwilling to do the will of the people…. Townhall
reported: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday
morning tax reform isn’t going to be done by the August recess
as President Trump and Treasury Secretary Munchin have
suggested. “I think finishing on tax reform will take longer,”
McConnell said during a POLITICO Playbook breakfast. “We do have
to finish the healthcare debate, up or down, win or lose, before
we go to taxes.” But the White House is strongly pushing back on
McConnell’s increased timeline, with Press Secretary Sean Spicer
saying the August deadline for a comprehensive tax overhaul
still stands. “I think we feel confident that we’re going to get
a lot done,” Spicer said.
President Trump Makes Congress Look Bad – 34 Executive Actions
to 4 Signed Pieces of Legislation from Congress to Date
The GatewayPundit - When the President released his plan for the
first 100 days, he wasn’t kidding and Congress is nowhere near
able to keep pace with the President. President Trump has signed
34 executive actions that include banning immigration to the US
from certain terrorist nations; protecting law enforcement;
enforcing regulatory reform; helping the coal industry; beating
ISIS; nominating a new US Supreme Court Justice; building a
border wall; completing the Keystone pipeline from Canada; and,
killing the Trans-Pacific Partnership…. As Americans struggle
with financial challenges due to Obamacare and a burdensome
Federal tax regime, Congress continues to work with no sense of
urgency.
* Related:
Video: Tucker Asked Paul Ryan Why Congress Is Only Working 8
Days Next Month. His Response Is Worth Watching
Washington, New York And Oregon Sue To Block Trump's New Travel
Plan
Zero Hedge - Just a three days after Trump signed a new and
revised travel ban executive order on Monday, his old nemesis,
Washington state announced it will file a restraining order
against the revamped travel ban, a move which, in a replica of
the first immigration order fiasco, foreshadows a new legal
showdown between the administration and a wave of challenges to
the controversial executive order. Washington is not alone:
Oregon and New York will join with other states are expected
join the lawsuit in the upcoming days, Washington state Attorney
General Bob Ferguson said Thursday during a press conference.
Washington state's announcement comes just one day after Hawaii
became the first state to sue Trump over the revised travel ban.
A hearing on the suit is set for March 15, the day before
Trump's revised travel ban is scheduled to go into effect.
According to NBC, Washington state will ask that a temporary
injunction issued last month by a federal judge on Trump's
initial executive order apply to the newly revised travel ban.
If again upheld, this would block federal employees nationwide
from enforcing the travel ban.
Assaults on Border Patrol Agents Up 103 Percent
Breitbart - Illegal aliens assaulted nearly 250 agents since the
fiscal year began on October 1, a report from U.S. Customs and
Border Protection revealed. The report details assaults of 242
agents through the end of January – up from 119 assaults during
the same period in FY 2016. The report indicates an increase of
103 percent, officials stated…. Punishment of criminal aliens
assaulting Border Patrol agents is rare, according to National
Border Patrol Council officials. When prosecutions happen, the
penalties handed down are often low compared to the punishment
for assaults on other law enforcement officers. An exception to
this occurred last week, when a U.S. citizen in Laredo, Texas,
received a sentence of 235 months (19 years and seven months)
for assaulting an agent while smuggling drugs, Breitbart Texas
reported.
Five-Time Deportee Faces Fatal Crash Charges in ‘Sanctuary’
California
Breitbart - Estuardo Alvarado, 45-years-old of Mexico, was
allegedly drunk when he slammed into the back of Sandra Duran’s
car in southern California, leaving Duran dead at the scene of
accident from blunt force trauma, according to the LA Daily
News. Federal authorities said Alvarado was speeding away from
another car crash when he hit Duran’s vehicle and is now being
charged with five felony counts, which include murder and gross
vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated. The illegal immigrant
pleaded not guilty to all of the charges. Authorities also
revealed Alvarado’s history of criminal activity and re-entering
the U.S. despite being deported multiple times. Alvarado was
first deported in 1998. Prior to his first removal, Alvarado was
charged with more than 20 felonies and misdemeanors, including
possession of a weapon, drug dealing, and trafficking. U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement told the LA Daily News that
Alvarado will deported when he is let go from prison. For the
Duran family, cracking down on illegal immigration is already
too late.
Illinois Bill Would Authorize Gun Confiscation Without Owner’s
Input
Breitbart - Illinois Senator Julie A. Morrison (D-29) is pushing
a bill that allows judges to confiscate guns without input from
the firearm owner. This is part of the continuing effort to
fight gun crime that gun control has failed to stop in Chicago
and the rest of the state. SB 1291 would create a “Lethal Order
of Protection” whereby the firearms of Illinois residents could
be confiscated if a family member or “law officer” files a
petition stating the gun owner “poses an immediate and present
danger of causing personal injury to himself, herself, or
another by having … [a firearm] in his or her custody or
control.”… Once an order is issued, the firearm owner must “(1)
refrain from having in his or her custody or control, owning,
purchasing, possessing, or receiving additional firearms for the
duration of the order; and (2) turn over to the local law
enforcement agency any firearm, Firearm Owner’s Identification
Card, or concealed carry license in his or her possession.”
Defiant Iran Conducts More Ballistic Missile Tests; This Time
From Naval Vessel
Zero Hedge - As tensions between the U.S. and Iran continue to
mount, the semi-official news agency Tasnim is reporting that
Iran's Revolutionary Guard has successfully conducted yet
another ballistic missile test, this time from a navy vessel.
Called the Hormuz 2, these latest missiles are designed to
destroy moving targets at sea at ranges up to 300 km (180
miles). Reports on the latest test quotes Amir Ali Hajizadeh,
commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Force, who confirmed that "the
naval ballistic missile called Hormuz 2 successfully destroyed a
target which was 250 km away." The missile test is the latest
event in a long-running rivalry between Iran and the United
States in and around the Strait of Hormuz, which guards the
entrance to the Gulf. About 20% of the world's oil passes
through the waterway, which is less than 40 km wide at its
narrowest point.
China urges US to stop hacking other countries following #Vault7
release
RT - Beijing has called on the US to stop its hacking practices
against China and other countries, following a WikiLeaks release
which reportedly exposes the CIA’s extensive hacking
capabilities and lists Chinese routers as targets. ‘We urge the
US side to stop listening in, monitoring, stealing secrets and
internet hacking against China and other countries,” Chinese
Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said during a Thursday
news conference, as cited by Reuters…. Beijing has long been on
the receiving end of hacking allegations from the US and other
countries.
Malware expert says ‘fingerprint’ switch shows past attacks
blamed on Russia, China are work of CIA
RT - Following revelations that the CIA can reportedly attribute
its hacking activity to others, an anti-virus expert has said
that attacks previously blamed on others are now attributable to
the CIA, according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. News
that the CIA could make its malware look as if it derived from
Russia, China or other actors emerged as part of WikiLeaks’
‘Year Zero’ data release on Tuesday. According to the leaked
information, the CIA’s malware allows the intelligence agency to
not only steal hacking techniques, but also to leave false
“fingerprints” to make it appear as if others were responsible
for the attack…. The WikiLeaks founder also warned that because
the technology hides its origin its completely open to being
abused without consequences. “There’s absolutely nothing to stop
a random CIA officer, or contractor, or liaison agent working
for the British, using that technology against whoever they like
for whatever reasons they like,” he warned.
Billionaire George Soros fuels Democrats’ push to lower voting
age to 17
Washington Times - Stung by recent election defeats, Democrats
are leading the charge to lower the voting age to 17, with a
little help from liberal billionaire George Soros. In
California, Democratic legislators introduced this week a
landmark bill, ACA 10, that would give the Golden State the
nation’s youngest statewide voting age by lowering the threshold
from 18 to 17 in the name of reversing the slide in voter
turnout…. “The political motivation for the ‘Vote 16’ movement
appears to arise from the belief that 16 and 17 years old voters
might be more willing to support free-spending candidates and
issues than older and more business-oriented citizens,” said the
ballot pamphlet argument against Proposition F.
It Took $4 In New Debt To Create $1 In GDP
Zero Hedge - The US closed 2016 with 18.86 trillion in GDP, an
increase of $632 billion from 2015; the question is how much
credit had to be created to generate this growth. The answer:
$2.511 trillion. This means that in 2016, it "cost" $4 in new
debt to generate just $1 in new economic growth.
31% Of College Students Spend Their Loans On Spring Break
Zero Hedge - As Washington D.C. liberals continue their fight
for 'free' college education for all (which, of course, is just
a nicer way of saying largely useless community college
education crammed down the throats of taxpayers) and student
loan forgiveness programs, a new study from LendEDU reveals some
of the shocking realities behind where college students are
really spending their $1.3 trillion worth of student debt. Per a
survey of 500 college co-eds, LendEDU found that 31% of
students, or roughly 2.4 million kids, admitted to using student
loan money to fund their binge drinking trips to Cancun and
Daytona Beach for spring break…. Adding insult to injury, 24% of
students admitted to using their student loan money for alcohol
and 7% use those federally-subsidized checks for drugs….
Meanwhile, as we pointed out before (see "Obama Student Loan
Forgiveness Plan To Cost Taxpayers $137 Billion, GAO Finds"),
the GAO currently estimates that taxpayers will ultimately have
to cover $137 billion of student loan debt outstanding...an
obligation we're certain will only grow over time.
Burger-flipping robot replaces humans on first day at work
The Telegraph - A burger-flipping robot has just completed its
first day on the job at a restaurant in California, replacing
humans at the grill. Flippy has mastered the art of cooking the
perfect burger and has just started work at CaliBurger, a
fast-food chain. The robotic kitchen assistant, which its makers
say can be installed in just five minutes, is the brainchild of
Miso Robotics…. Cameras and sensors help Flippy to determine
when the burger is fully cooked, before the robot places them on
a bun. A human worker then takes over and adds condiments. More
Flippy robots will be introduced at CaliBurgers next year, with
the aim of installing them in 50 of their restaurants worldwide
by the end of 2019.
WikiLeaks Holds Press Conference On CIA Hacking, Will Share Hacking
Tools With Tech Firms (Video)
Zero Hedge - On Tuesday morning, at the same time that Wikileaks was
releasing the contents of "Vault 7" CIA-document dump, it was supposed
to hold a press conference, which however was said to have suffered
terminal technical difficulties. As a result, Wikileaks delayed it until
now, at 9:45am Eastern on Thursday. One of the notable disclosures is
that Assange will share details on the CIA's hacking tools with the tech
industry before releasing them to the general public. The WikiLeaks
founder said he has much more detailed information about CIA hacking
techniques and will allow tech companies access so they can "develop
fixes" before the information is more widely published. Wikileaks has
claimed claims the CIA Center for Cyber Intelligence "lost control of
the majority of its hacking arsenal," more than several hundred million
lines of code that provide "the entire hacking capacity of the CIA." It
has alleged that the archive appears to have been circulated among
former government hackers and contractors, one of whom provided
WikiLeaks with portions of it. The website says the CIA hacking division
involved "more than 5,000 registered users and had produced more than a
thousand hacking systems, trojans, viruses, and other 'weaponized'
malware."
CDC confirms Natural News 100% CORRECT on report of African
Green Monkey kidney cells used in vaccines
(Natural News) After Natural News revealed the complete list of
vaccine excipient ingredients published by the CDC earlier this
week, the vaccine-pushing mainstream media exploded with
accusations that falsely claimed Natural News was writing "fake
news." Some of the arguments backing this assertion included
wildly uninformed opinions such as, “there’s no way the CDC
would approve monkey kidney cells being injected into humans.”….
As Natural News correctly reported, one of the many
animal-derived ingredients used in vaccines and openly admitted
by the CDC is African Green Monkey kidney cells. Apparently,
this realization was just too much for the scientifically
illiterate media (and wholly dishonest vaccine pushers) who
insisted it couldn’t possibly be true. Now, CDC has confirmed
the Natural News story to be 100% accurate and true through
several documents posted on the CDC website which openly admit
that African Green Monkey kidney cells are used in vaccines
approved by the CDC for immunizations across America.
Reversing cancer – An overlooked solution
(NaturalHealth365) By eliminating oral infections and toxic
materials in his mouth, Dr. Kleinwaks cured his cancer without
chemotherapy, a ‘special’ diet or supplement routine. A pivotal
step in this process was the safe removal of his mercury-based,
‘silver’ fillings. Mercury is a neurotoxin that releases harmful
vapors whenever we eat or drink. This mercury vapor can destroy
the protective myelin sheath that covers the nerves, damage our
neurological system, immune function, the reproductive system
and cardiovascular pathways of the body. In addition, mercury
binds to the minerals like, selenium and sulfur – two of the
body’s premier natural cancer-fighters – as well as binding to
proteins. This affects the immune system’s ability to identify
cancerous cells, and causes it to attack normal, healthy cells –
setting the stage for autoimmune disorders and, yes, the rapid
growth of cancer cells…. “Dead” teeth – resulting from root
canals – can also cause serious health problems, including
raising the risk of cancer. When the pulp is removed from the
tooth, there is no longer a blood or oxygen supply – and the
tooth becomes a perfect medium for infection. Bacteria can then
mutate to an anaerobic form – meaning they can thrive in the
absence of oxygen.
This Popular Snack Is Sending Kids To The Hospital
David Wolfe - Parents, you have a new food to be concerned about
when it comes to the health of your children. While some
children shy away from spicy foods, others can’t get enough of
them. But it turns out the spicy foods in your pantry could be
dangerous to your child. Emergency room doctors have been
treating children who have developed gastritis – a painful
inflammation or erosion of the stomach lining. The root cause?
Flamin’ Hot Crunchy Cheetos. Dr. Martha Rivera from White
Memorial Medical Center said on any given day, she sees five or
more cases of kids with gastritis, due to eating spicy chips and
candies. “… Gastritis is described as an inflammation, erosion
or irritation of the lining of the stomach. It can come on
suddenly or very gradually. In some cases, gastritis can lead to
ulcers and an increased risk of stomach cancer…. Doctors and
pediatricians worldwide are claiming that hot Cheetos and other
spicy snacks are causing preventable emergency room visits. Dr.
Rivera explained that the artificially flavored spicy chips can
increase acidity in the delicate lining of the stomach. “It
burns when it goes down, it burns when it comes out,” she said.
Flamin’ Hot Crunchy Cheetos are spicy enough to change the pH
balance of a child’s stomach, which leads to developing
gastritis.
PETA Accused of Turning Shelter into Slaughterhouse
Sputnik News - Animal shelter reform advocate Nathan Winograd accused
PETA of profiteering from euthanasia, writing in a January 2015 Facebook
post, "How much money did PETA take in last year from unsuspecting
donors who helped pay for this mass carnage? $51,933,001: $50,449,023 in
contributions, $627,336 in merchandise sales, and $856,642 in interest
and dividends. They finished the year with $4,551,786 more in the bank
than they started, after expenses. They did not see fit to use some of
that to comprehensively promote animals for adoption or to provide
veterinary care for the animals who needed it.”… CCF’s research director
Will Coggin told Fox News that he wants to expose what he claims is
PETA’s duplicitous and fraudulent public image as animal rights
activists. Coggin said, "PETA’s disregard for the lives of animals is
disgraceful," and that, "It would be better if PETA never even touched
the animals, that way [the animals] might actually have a chance at
life," he said. "PETA holds itself out as a savior, but it is really
just a Grim Reaper." CCF claims that PETA killed 1,411 cats and dogs
last year, and that overall the organization kills nearly 72 percent of
the animals in their care. In 2015 Virginia State Sen. William M.
Stanley Jr., called PETA "a way station of death, and it’s a shame."
Thursday - March
9, 2017
On This Date In History:
1745 - The first carillon was shipped from England to Boston,
MA.
1820 - The U.S. Congress passed the Land Act that paved the way
for westward expansion of North America.
1832 - Abraham Lincoln announced that he would run for a
political office for the first time. He was unsuccessful in his
run for a seat in the Illinois state legislature.
1862 - During the U.S. Civil War, the ironclads Monitor and
Virginia fought to a draw in a five-hour battle at Hampton
Roads, Virginia.
1863 - General Ulysses Grant was appointed commander-in-chief of
the Union forces.
1905 - In Manchuria, Japanese troops surrounded 200,000 Russian
troops that were retreating from Mudken.
1916 - Mexican raiders led by Pancho Villa attacked Columbus,
New Mexico. 17 people were killed by the 1,500 horsemen.
1936 - The German press warned that all Jews who vote in the
upcoming elections would be arrested.
1959 - Mattel introduced Barbie at the annual Toy Fair in New
York.
1964 - Production began on the first Ford Mustang.
1965 - The first U.S. combat troops arrived in South Vietnam.
1967 - Svetlana Alliluyeva, Josef Stalin's daughter defected to
the United States.
1975 - Work began on the Alaskan oil pipeline.
1977 - About a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims invaded three
buildings in Washington, DC. They killed one person and took
more than 130 hostages. The siege ended two days later.
1986 - U.S. Navy divers found the crew compartment of the space
shuttle Challenger along with the remains of the astronauts.
1989 - The U.S. Senate rejected John Tower as a choice for a
cabinet member. It was the first rejection in 30 years.
1989 - In the U.S., a strike forced Eastern Airlines into
bankruptcy.
1989 - In the U.S., President George H.W. Bush urged for a
mandatory death penalty in drug-related killings.
1993 - Rodney King testified at the federal trial of four Los
Angeles police officers accused of violating his civil rights.
(California)
2000 - In Norway, the coalition government of Kjell Magne
Bondevik resigned as a result of an environmental dispute.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Hunt For Snowden 2 Begins: Feds Launch Criminal Probe Into
Wikileaks’ CIA Source
Zero Hedge - A federal criminal investigation is being opened
into WikiLeaks' publication of documents detailing alleged CIA
hacking operations: both the FBI and CIA are coordinating their
hunt for the mysterious whistleblower inside the CIA, who has
already been dubbed Snowden 2.0. The criminal probe will look
into how the documents came into WikiLeaks' possession and
whether they might have been leaked by an employee or
contractor. The CIA is also trying to determine if there are
other unpublished documents WikiLeaks may have. Incidentally,
the answer to that is yes as the whistleblowing organization
revealed earlier in the day on its twitter feed. The documents
published so far are genuine, officials confirmed to CNN, which
adds that one of the biggest concerns for the federal government
is if WikiLeaks publishes critical computer code on how
operations are conducted, as other hackers could take that code
and cause havoc overseas. Of course, if the CIA had not left its
code open and accessibly by outside interlopers, making hacking
simple - as Edward Snowden explained - that would not be a
concern.
Woman Saves Policeman From Attacker on the Side of the Road
GoodNewsNetwork - Vickie Williams-Tillman is being hailed as a
hero after she saved a police officer from being attacked by a
man on the side of the road. Read More...
Senators Ask DOJ, FBI For Information On Trump Wiretapping
Zero Hedge - From the news release: U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham
(R-South Carolina) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), the
chair and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee's
Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, today sent a letter to the
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Acting
Deputy Attorney General requesting information on possible
wiretapping of President Trump, the Trump campaign, or Trump
Tower.
Next WikiLeaks worry: the release of the code (Video)
USA Today - On Tuesday, the website WikiLeaks published more
than 8,000 of what it said were official documents detailing CIA
tools for hacking… But the crusading site didn't release the
code, saying it was postponing release “until a consensus
emerges on the technical and political nature of the C.I.A.’s
program" and how the cyberweapons could be disarmed. Simply the
existence of such tools, while not surprising to many in the
security field, was enough to raise privacy hackles…. The
release of the codes, warn some security experts, would be the
cyber equivalent of releasing a neutron bomb in the middle of
Times Square. Suddenly, sophisticated cyber weapons created by
one of the world's most powerful intelligence agencies would be
available to anyone, from small countries without their own
state computer security apparatus to teen hackers in their
bedrooms.
* Related:
WikiLeaks says just 1% of #Vault7 covert documents released so
far
Kim Dotcom: “Trump is in Danger”
Paul Joseph Watson - The man who predicted that Wikileaks
release of John Podesta’s emails would bring down Hillary
Clinton’s presidential campaign is now warning that President
Donald Trump is in danger. Kim Dotcom (born Kim Schmitz), was
the founder of the infamous and now-defunct file hosting service
Megaupload and is known to have close connections to Wikileaks
and Julian Assange. During a September 2016 interview with
Bloomberg, Kim said, “Julian Assange is going to be Hillary
Clinton’s worst nightmare.” Just a month later, he was proven
correct when Wikileaks began publishing thousands of emails from
John Podesta’s email account, revelations which continued right
up until the election and played a huge part in Hillary’s
defeat. Following Wikileaks ‘Vault 7’ release of CIA files and
the intensification of Donald Trump’s battle with the deep
state, Kim warned in a tweet today that “Trump is in danger”.
“The White House leaks are coming from a rogue group within the
CIA. They want to stop the Trump presidency. This is NOT
speculation,” he also tweeted, adding, “Rogue group of Obama
loyalists at CIA used powerful cyber warfare tools illegally to
spy on Trump & fabricated Russia narrative. BIG DANGER!” Kim
later responded to a question about what Donald Trump should do
to protect himself by answering, “Appoint new FBI leadership –
Get FBI agents from outside DC to investigate CIA & NSA for all
unlawful activities. One domino falls, game over.”
Washington Post's Response to Vault 7 Leak? The Russians Are
Behind It!
Sputnik News - After WikiLeaks shocked the world with their
“Vault 7” disclosures about CIA tactics and methods, the
Washington Post’s only response was to blame Russia and attempt
to smear and discredit the country. Despite the Washington Post
happily, and arguably favorably, covering WikiLeaks during the
Chelsea Manning State Department disclosures, the paper has now
become the go-to source of conspiracy theories for all things
Russia.
U.S. judge allows Hawaii to challenge Trump's new travel ban
Reuters - The state of Hawaii can sue over President Donald
Trump's new executive order temporarily banning the entry of
refugees and travelers from six Muslim-majority countries, a
federal judge ruled on Wednesday. U.S. District Court Judge
Derrick Watson in Hawaii said the state could revise its initial
lawsuit, which had challenged Trump's original ban signed in
January. The state is claiming the revised ban signed by the
president on Monday violates the U.S. Constitution. It is the
first legal challenge to the revised order. The state of Hawaii
[asked] the court on Wednesday to put an emergency halt to
Trump's new order, according to a court schedule signed by the
judge. A hearing is set for March 15, a day before the new ban
is to go into effect.
'Day Without a Woman' strike puts some parents in a bind amid
school closures
(CNN) - Organizers say it was intended in the same spirit of
"love and liberation" that inspired women's marches worldwide.
But many are complaining that "A Day Without a Woman" will leave
many women in a bind. The national strike movement on Wednesday
coincides with International Women's Day. It aims to draw
attention to inequities working women face compared to men, from
wage disparity to harassment to job insecurity. Several school
districts across the country are closing to allow staff and
teachers the chance to participate. While some people in those
communities applauded district leadership for the show of
solidarity, others criticized them for leaving working families
scrambling to find childcare. Parents in Prince George's County
Public Schools in Maryland were especially irate after the
district announced school closures at the last minute on Tuesday
night…. “This is absolutely infuriating and uncalled for. Who
gets punished here? The students. Especially those students who
rely on the schools for food during the day. And never mind the
fact that you've inconvenienced parents who now have to scramble
for daycare at the last possible minute," one person said on the
district's Facebook's page.
First lady Melania Trump touts equality at International Women's
Day luncheon
(CNN) - First lady Melania Trump spoke about equality, freedom
and the responsibility women have to help each other achieve
success at an invitation-only luncheon honoring International
Women's Day Wednesday at the White House. "As an immigrant
myself, having grown up in a communist society, I know all too
well the value and importance of freedom and equal opportunity
-- ideals which this great nation was founded and has continued
to strive towards throughout its history," Trump said according
to her prepared remarks obtained by CNN from Stephanie Winston
Wolkoff, senior adviser and chief strategist to the first lady….
"There remains far more brutal and terrifying incarnations of
actual gender persecution which we must face together, such as
forced enslavement, sexual abuse and absolute repression of far
too many women and girls around the globe. We must remember
these women in our daily prayers and use our combined resources
to help free them from such unthinkable and inhumane
circumstances," she said.
Marines have arrived in Syria to fire artillery in the fight for
Raqqa
Washington Post - The deployment marks a new escalation in the
U.S. war in Syria, and puts more conventional U.S. troops in the
battle. Several hundred Special Operations troops have advised
local forces there for months, but the Pentagon has mostly shied
away from using conventional forces in Syria. The new mission
comes as the Trump administration weighs a plan to take back
Raqqa, the so-called capital of the Islamic State, that also
includes more Special Operations troops and attack helicopters….
The official defense official said] that the Marines movement
into Syria was not the byproduct of President Donald Trump’s
request of a new plan to take on the Islamic State and that it
had “been in the works for sometime.”
Marine Le Pen: "I Will Introduce The New Franc At A Rate Of
One-To-One To The Euro"
Reuters - Providing some much needed details on her plans to
redenominate the French currency, should she win the French
presidential election in under two months, on Wednesday Marine
le Pen told RTL radio should would introduce a new franc at a
rate of one-to-one to the euro and then allow it to fluctuate,
despite previously saying that any new national currency would
continue to be pegged to a basket of currencies. She said the
new French franc would likely fall "against whatever currency
Germany uses", making French car exports more competitive, but
said it might rise against the currency in Italy, a country she
said would also be better off without the euro. Incidentally,
many agree with Le Pen, and according to Paddy Power, Italy now
has even odds of leaving the EU before 2025, far higher than
even perpetually depressed Greece.
Mexico cancels sugar export permits to U.S. in trade dispute
Reuters - Mexico has canceled existing sugar export permits to
the United States in a dispute over the pace of shipments,
according to a letter seen by Reuters, in a flare-up industry
sources said could temporarily disrupt supplies. The letter sent
by Mexico's sugar chamber to mills on Monday partly blamed the
situation on unfilled positions at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, which it said has led to a "legalistic" interpretation
of rules with no U.S. counterparts in place in Washington for
Mexican officials to negotiate with. The cancellations are the
latest dispute of a years-long trade row between Mexico - the
United States' top foreign supplier of sugar - and its neighbor
at a time when cane refiners are struggling with prices and
tight supplies, U.S. industry sources said.
290,000 Jobs Created in Trump’s First Month, Shattering
Expectations
Paul Joseph Watson - President Donald Trump has received a huge
boost for his economic agenda with the news that the U.S.
created 298,000 new jobs after his first full month in office,
shattering expectations by a margin of over 100,000. The total
blasted through market expectations that around 190,000 new jobs
would be created. “The report encompassed the first full month
under President Donald Trump, who has pledged to rebuild the
nation’s aging infrastructure system,” reports CNBC. The numbers
bode well for President Trump’s agenda of economic nationalism
and his vow to reverse the ravages of globalism by bringing jobs
back home.
America Now Ranks Behind These 16 Countries In Economic Freedom,
New Study Says
Off the Grid News - The United States has less economic freedom
than New Zealand, Australia, Estonia, Ireland, Chile, the United
Kingdom and Lithuania. That’s the conclusion of the Heritage
Foundation’s Index of Economic Freedom for 2017, which saw the
United States rank 17th. The total score of 75.1 for the U.S.
was its lowest total ever. The index ranks countries using a
scoring system of one to 100. The freest place on the planet was
Hong Kong, which had a score of 89.8. The least free was the
Communist country of North Korea with a score of 4.9, which put
it last at 180. “The substantial expansion in the size and scope
of the U.S. government, increased regulatory and tax burdens in
many sectors, and the loss of trust and confidence that has
accompanied a growing perception of cronyism have severely
undermined America’s global competitiveness,” the report said.
Ivanka Trump's Fashion Line Reports Record Sales After Retailer
Boycotts
Zero Hedge - The Ivanka Trump boycott appears to have
backfired…. The news of a sales surge comes after the Grab Your
Wallet campaign, highly critical of the Trump administration,
asked shoppers to boycott retailers with any Ivanka or Donald
Trump-branded products. As a result, Nordstrom announced in
early February that it would no longer carry Ivanka Trump's
clothing line citing poor product sales. Neiman Marcus also
joined, and stopped carrying the first daughter's jewelry line
on its website, while employees of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls
stores were instructed to throw away any signage advertising her
wares. According to the Independent, the reason for the increase
could be linked to Trump supporters explicitly deciding to
purchase the products to counter the boycott.
47 Bee Species Dangerously Close to Extinction
BlackListed News - Of 4,337 native bee species in North American and
Hawaii just researched, 347 are precariously close to full-stop
extinction. No bees, no food, people. No morning coffee. No roses. No
arugula for your salad. Bees pollinate 30 to 80 percent of our food
crops, and 90 percent of wild plants and flowers. If you haven’t been
concerned about the bees’ fight against herbicides, pesticides, and
other toxic chemicals used in the industrial agricultural model it’s
definitely time to take notice. n a report just released by the Center
for Biological Diversity, scientists found that nearly one in four bee
species is imperiled and at increasing risk of extinction. 347 bees
species are close to extinction, but 700 species are in trouble.
Manual: How to Tell if The CIA Spies On Your Smart-TV
Sputnik News - Within WikiLeaks’ explosive new revelations about CIA
spying, there are documents discussing how the agency is using smart
televisions to spy on users, even when it appears that the TVs are off,
through a program called “Weeping Angel.” Fortunately, there is a way
you can tell if your television set is actually off, or just in the
“Fake Off Mode,” which is a feature in models by Samsung from 2012
through 2013. When the “Fake Off” mode is activated, part of the
television will appear to be off, but power continues to run so that the
bad actors within the agency can capture audio, and potentially video,
from the device. “Fake Off” mode, according to disclosures, leaves a
blue LED on the back of the set illuminated, even if the pixels on the
screen have been darkened to appear that the set is not on. “In Fake Off
mode, the screen appears off and the LEDs on the front of the set change
color and dim, as you’d expect if you’d turned off your TV. Yet the TV
remains powered and capable of recording conversations. Want to know if
Big Brother is listening in? Look at the back of your set,” Wired
explains. “The blue LED back there should be off. It remains illuminated
in Fake Off mode, according to the documents WikiLeaks released.”
GOP senators’ new bill would let ISPs sell your Web browsing data
Ars Technica - Republican senators yesterday introduced legislation that
would overturn new privacy rules for Internet service providers. If the
Federal Communications Commission rules are eliminated, ISPs would not
have to get consumers' explicit consent before selling or sharing Web
browsing data and other private information with advertisers and other
third parties. Flake's announcement said he's trying to "protect
consumers from overreaching Internet regulation." Flake also said that
the resolution "empowers consumers to make informed choices on if and
how their data can be shared," but he did not explain how it will
achieve that.
Federal Quarantine Powers Quietly Expanded without Congressional
Approval
Alliance for Natural Health - Your right to be left unthreatened
in your own home could be at risk. Here’s what you need to know.
Action Alert! In January of this year, on the last day President
Obama was in office, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) published a final rule that expands its
authority to apprehend, isolate, and quarantine individuals
suspected of having any of nine diseases on the US quarantine
list: cholera, plague, diphtheria, smallpox, yellow fever,
infectious tuberculosis, viral hemorrhagic fevers (like Ebola),
severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), and varieties of
influenza that may cause pandemic. This is the first time the
quarantine rules have been updated since the 1940s. Under the
old system, the CDC’s authority to quarantine was limited
primarily to those entering the country or crossing state lines.
And even then, in practice, the feds typically deferred to state
and local health officials to contain the spread of infectious
diseases. Under the new rules, the CDC can detain people
anywhere in the country without getting approval from local
health officials. The definition of “ill persons” has also been
broadened, which means that the agency can detain a broader
group of people it thinks are exhibiting the symptoms of
infectious disease—symptoms as common and as wide-ranging as
headaches, cramps, and fevers. Airline and ship crews are
required under the new rules to report overt signs and symptoms
of sick travelers to the CDC.
Study: Reducing Herbicide Glyphosate in Diet Reduces Autism
Symptoms
Health Impact News - A few years ago, Dr. Stephanie Senneff of
MIT made a prediction that by 2025, half of American children
will be born with autism, or at least different individual
aspects of the autism disorder spectrum. Yes, she mentioned the
toxins in vaccines that are forced into infants, but also
included another toxin, glyphosate. Dr. Seneff and her partner
Dr. Anthony Samsel claim there is a harmful synergism of
glyphosate from foods with the toxic ingredients of vaccines
that are accelerating the rise of autism spectrum disorders,
whether diagnosed as learning or language deficits,
hyperactivity, seizures, or the classic complete withdrawal from
all social stimulus. In a recently published study, three
triplets, two boys considered autistic and a third female with
seizure issues and learning disorders, were tested for
glyphosate initially and again after a period of organic food
only as their diets. The results were interestingly expected. As
their glyphosate levels dropped their autistic conditions
diminished accordingly.
Gaslighting: Know It and Identify It to Protect Yourself
Psychology Today - Gaslighting is a tactic in which a person or
entity, in order to gain more power, makes a victim question
their reality. It works much better than you may think. Anyone
is susceptible to gaslighting, and it is a common technique of
abusers, dictators, narcissists, and cult leaders. It is done
slowly, so the victim doesn't realize how much they've been
brainwashed. For example, in the movie Gaslight (1944), a man
manipulates his wife to the point where she thinks she is losing
her mind. People who gaslight typically use the following
techniques… 1. They tell blatant lies. You know it's an outright
lie. Yet they are telling you this lie with a straight face…. 2.
They deny they ever said something, even though you have proof.
You know they said they would do something; you know you heard
it. But they out and out deny it. … 3. They use what is near and
dear to you as ammunition. They know how important your kids are
to you, and they know how important your identity is to you. So
those may be one of the first things they attack…. 4. They wear
you down over time. This is one of the insidious things about
gaslighting—it is done gradually, over time. A lie here, a lie
there, a snide comment every so often...and then it starts
ramping up…. 5. Their actions do not match their words. When
dealing with a person or entity that gaslights, look at what
they are doing rather than what they are saying…. 6. They throw
in positive reinforcement to confuse you…. This person or entity
that is cutting you down, telling you that you don't have value,
is now praising you for something you did. This adds an
additional sense of uneasiness. You think, "Well maybe they
aren't so bad." Yes, they are. This is a calculated attempt to
keep you off-kilter—and again, to question your reality….
4157 Dogs Reported Dead From Rimadyl
Dr. Andrew Jones, DVM - Modern medicine and modern medication
can do some pretty amazing things – it can instantly deal with
parasites, or give immediate comfort to a dog or cat in pain.
There is a but here…These conventional medications can have a
host of side effects that can seriously harm your dog or cat.
There are also the unquantifiable effects of chronic medication
use on your pet’s immune system or organ function, and how that
may make them more likely to develop serious disease such as
cancer. Consider the FDA reports on this common
anti-inflammatory drug, Rimadyl…. This NSAID ( non steroidal
anti-inflammatory), has numerous reported and under-reported
side effects, from permanent organ damage, to even death. It is
in your pet’s best interest to avoid this medication, and
similar medications if possible.
Pet Food Ingredient Giant Wilbur-Ellis facing Criminal Charges
Truth about Pet Food - Rare in pet food, one ingredient supplier
is facing criminal charges for selling misbranded and
adulterated ingredients to pet food manufacturers. We can thank
Purina Pet Food for opening this can of worms and the Missouri
legal system for holding one supplier accountable. Back in 2014,
Purina Pet Food filed a lawsuit against competitor Blue Buffalo
claiming Blue’s ‘no by-product’ advertising was false – that
Blue Buffalo pet foods actually contained “substantial amounts
of poultry by-product meal“. One of the things discovered
through this lawsuit was that pet food ingredient giant
Wilbur-Ellis had sold Blue Buffalo a lesser quality by-product
meal that was labeled as a higher quality chicken or turkey
meal…. Wilbur-Ellis is now facing four counts of criminal
charges for their sale of mislabeled/misbranded pet food
ingredients, an employee of Wilbur-Ellis is facing an additional
four counts of criminal charges.
Wednesday - March
8, 2017
On This Date
In History:
1782 - The Gnadenhutten massacre took place. About 90
Indians were killed by militiamen in Ohio in retaliation for
raids carried out by other Indians.
1853 - The first bronze statue of Andrew Jackson is unveiled in
Washington, DC.
1862 - The Confederate ironclad "Merrimack" was launched.
1880 - U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes declared that the U.S.
would have jurisdiction over any canal built across the isthmus
of Panama.
1933 - Self-liquidating scrip money was issued for the first
time at Franklin, IN.
1942 - During World War II, Japanese forces captured Rangoon,
Burma.
1943 - Japanese forces attacked American troops on Hill 700 in
Bougainville. The battle lasted five days.
1945 - Phyllis Daley received a commission in the U.S. Navy
Nurse Corps. She later became the first African-American nurse
to serve duty in World War II.
1946 - The French naval fleet arrived at Haiphong, Vietnam.
1948 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction
in public schools was unconstitutional.
1954 - France and Vietnam opened talks in Paris on a treaty to
form the state of Indochina.
1965 - The U.S. landed about 3,500 Marines in South Vietnam.
They were the first U.S. combat troops to land in Vietnam.
1966 - Australia announced that it would triple the number of
troops in Vietnam.
1973 - Two bombs exploded near Trafalgar Square in Great
Britain. 234 people were injured.
1982 - The U.S. accused the Soviets of killing 3,000 Afghans
with poison gas.
1985 - The IRS reported that 407,700 Americans were
millionaires. That was more than double the total from just five
years before.
1999 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the conviction of Timothy
McVeigh for the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City
in 1995.
1999 - The White House, under President Bill Clinton, directed
the firing of nuclear scientist Wen Ho Lee from his job at the
Los Alamos National Laboratory. The firing was a result of
alleged security violations.
2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted for an
across-the-board tax cut of nearly $1 trillion over the next
decade.
2008 - President George W. Bush vetoed a bill that would have
banned the CIA from using simulated drowning and other coercive
interrogation methods on suspected terrorists.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
NSA Whistleblower Backs Trump Up on Wiretap Claims
US News - President Donald Trump is "absolutely right" to claim
he was wiretapped and monitored, a former NSA official claimed
Monday, adding that the administration risks falling victim to
further leaks if it continues to run afoul of the intelligence
community. "I think the president is absolutely right. His phone
calls, everything he did electronically, was being monitored,"
Bill Binney, a 36-year veteran of the National Security Agency
who resigned in protest from the organization in 2001, told Fox
Business on Monday. Everyone's conversations are being monitored
and stored, Binney said. Binney resigned from NSA shortly after
the U.S. approach to intelligence changed following the attacks
of Sept. 11, 2001. He "became a whistleblower after discovering
that elements of a data-monitoring program he had helped develop
-- nicknamed ThinThread -- were being used to spy on Americans,"
PBS reported.
Wiki
Downloads On Cia 'More Significant' Than Snowden Docs’
WikiLeaks - Tuesday 7 March 2017, WikiLeaks begins its new
series of leaks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
Code-named "Vault 7" by WikiLeaks, it is the largest ever
publication of confidential documents on the agency. The first
full part of the series, "Year Zero", comprises 8,761 documents
and files from an isolated, high-security network situated
inside the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence in Langley,
Virgina. It follows an introductory disclosure last month of CIA
targeting French political parties and candidates in the lead up
to the 2012 presidential election…. "Year Zero" introduces the
scope and direction of the CIA's global covert hacking program,
its malware arsenal and dozens of "zero day" weaponized exploits
against a wide range of U.S. and European company products,
include Apple's iPhone, Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows
and even Samsung TVs, which are turned into covert microphones….
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Hacker Kim Dotcom on Wikileaks CIA Documents: Donald Trump Was
Spied on 24-7 with His Phone
Attorney General Lynch Signed Off on ALL FISA Applications to
WireTap Trump
The GatewayPundit - According to ABC, all applications to the
FISA Court were signed off on by the Attorney General and
therefore if any applications were processed in the past year,
they were signed off on by Loretta Lynch. This means that Lynch
signed off on any requests for wire tapping President Donald
Trump during the Presidential race…. This also means that she
chose not to investigate the Clinton Foundation for illegal
activities but rather signed an application to wire tap
President Trump. Finally, another very disturbing fact about the
wire tapping request of President Trump is that the FISA Court
turned down President Obama’s Administration’s first request to
wire tap President Trump that was evidently signed off on by
Attorney General Lynch. With only two applications denied out of
10,700 from 2009 through 2015, the fact that the Obama
Administration’s application was denied by the FISA Court is
very disturbing. The odds of this happening were 0.02%. The
Obama Presidency is now arguably the most corrupt in US history.
CIA Turned Samsung Smart TVs into Listening Devices, WikiLeaks
Dump Reveals
Mikael Thalen - Hackers within the Central Intelligence Agency
have developed malware which can turn Samsung Smart TVs into
listening devices, leaked documents published by WikiLeaks
Tuesday reveal. The malware, coined “Weeping Angel” – released
as part of WikiLeaks’ “Vault 7” data dump – appears to have been
created during a 2014 joint workshop with Britain’s equivalent
spy agency MI5. The attack, which seems to require physical
access to the TV and an infected USB drive, enables a “Fake-Off
mode” that allows the microphone to be accessed remotely even
after the TV has been seemingly turned off. The malware also
suppresses the TV’s LED lights, removing any suspicion that the
device is still active. Weeping Angel can also reportedly
extract usernames, passwords and Wi-Fi keys – allowing the
target’s network and other connected devices to be compromised.
Comey To Testify In Russia "Election Hacking" Hearing On March
20
Zero Hedge - The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence
Committee said he planned to hold a series of public hearings as
part of its probe on Russian interference in the US election,
beginning with a session on March 20.
Obamacare 2.0 Guts Enforcement, Gives Illegal Aliens Health Care
Through Identity Fraud
Breitbart - A draft of the bill, released by the House Committee
on Ways and Means, cannot even include bare-bones provisions
requiring officials to check an enrollee’s immigration status,
the Conservative Review’s Daniel Horowitz warns, calling it a
“gift to illegal aliens.” Obamacare included provisions from an
earlier bill allowing illegal aliens with fraudulent documents
to apply while the government and Obamacare managers looked the
other way. Eager for welfare state clients and looking to grease
the skids for a massive amnesty down the road, Obamacare
navigators signed up thousands of illegal aliens for benefits….
It’s an insult to injury for Americans victimized by mass
immigration policies and punishing healthcare regulations. Yet
some Republicans seem eager to inflict more pain on the very
voters who put them in power.
NYT Columnist Solicits IRS Employees to Commit Felony, Leak
Trump’s Taxes
Breitbart - “If you’re in IRS and have a certain president’s tax
return that you’d like to leak, my address is: NYT, 620 Eighth
Ave, NY NY 10018,” Nicholas Kristof wrote on Twitter on Sunday…
Kristof, who writes about global affairs for the Times,
responded to a Twitter post from Vox.com executive editor
Matthew Yglesias, who said that “it’s impressive that the IRS
never leaks”… According to the IRS Internal Revenue Manual, the
“unauthorized release” of a tax return is a felony punishable by
a $5,000 fine and up to five years in prison. Leakers would also
face professional sanctions, including termination of
employment. Trump has not released his tax returns, claiming
they are under audit.
Oklahoma bill would allow property owners to destroy drones
RT - A bill introduced in Oklahoma would let property owners
destroy drones by removing a civil liability. Property owners
are increasingly taking matters into their own hands when drones
get too close and personal. Oklahoma lawmaker Ralph Shortey’s
bill would exempt property owners from civil action if they
destroy drones not regulated by the Federal Aviation Authority.
The measure falls short of describing how a property owner could
take down a drone but recent events show they are usually shot
at. Oklahoma has a law against discharging a weapon within a
residential area except when it’s in self-defense. “It doesn’t
matter how you damage the thing,” Shortey, a Republican, told
The Tulsa World. “As a private citizen, you have reasonable
expectation of privacy above your property where the public does
not have access and that is under 400 feet.” The bill passed the
Senate Judiciary Committee with a unanimous vote on February 21.
Shortey introduced the bill after a drone was shot down during a
pigeon shoot fundraiser in 2015. The drone was operated by the
animal rights group, Showing Animals Respect and Kindness. There
is opposition to the bill as drones are classified as aircraft
and it is against federal law to shoot down an aircraft.
West Virginia Bills Would Legalize Medical Marijuana; Foundation
to Nullify Federal Prohibition
Tenth Amendment Center – Two bills introduced in the West
Virginia legislature would legalize medical marijuana in the
state. If signed into law, the legislation would take another
step toward nullifying the unconstitutional federal prohibition
on cannabis in practice and effect…. HB2677 would give access to
medical marijuana for patients suffering from the following
qualifying conditions: (A) Cancer, glaucoma, positive status for
human immunodeficiency virus, acquired immune deficiency
syndrome, hepatitis C, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Crohn’s
disease, agitation of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease,
post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, addiction
to opiates or amphetamines or the treatment of these conditions;
(B) A chronic or debilitating disease or medical condition or
its treatment that produces one or more of the following:
Cachexia or wasting syndrome; severe or chronic pain; severe
nausea; seizures; or severe and persistent muscle spasms,
including, but not limited to, those characteristic of multiple
sclerosis; or (C) Any other medical condition or its treatment
added by the department, as provided in section six of this
article. Medical marijuana patients would be allowed to
designate a caregiver under HB2677, which would permit another
individual the legal authority to grow the plant on behalf of
the qualifying patient, provided they were aged 21-or-older.
Dispensaries, called “registered cannabis distribution center”
in HB2677, would be permitted to operate as well provided that
they comply with the tax and regulatory structure established
under the legislation.
Russian and US military chiefs meet in Turkey to discuss the
fight against ISIS
The Duran - Just three weeks after the top soldiers of the US
and Russian militaries – General Joseph Dunford, Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of
the General Staff – met in Azerbaijan, they have followed up
with a second meeting in Antalya Turkey, for a summit hosted by
Turkey’s top soldier, General Hulusi Akar, who is the Chief of
the Turkish General Staff. Unlike the summit meeting in
Azerbaijan, which discussed the full range of US-Russian
military relations, the meeting in Turkey is specifically
focused on this situations in Iraq and Syria. The background to
this meeting is that President Trump has directed the US
military to provide him with plans to intensify the fight in
Iraq and Syria against ISIS and the other Jihadi terrorist
groups, which President Trump has pledged “to wipe from the
surface of the earth”. Apparently a draft plan has already been
prepared by the Pentagon, though it has not yet been presented
to the President. At the meeting in Azerbaijan Dunford is
reported to have reassured Gerasimov that talk of large scale US
army deployments to Syria was untrue. However a sharp increase
in the number of US military personnel deployed to Syria is
definitely on the cards. With the Russians in a dominant
military position in Syria, Dunford clearly wants to brief
Gerasimov personally about the plan, so as to ensure at least a
measure of Russian (and Syrian) cooperation.
Frankfurt, Germany used as remote hacking base for the CIA:
WikiLeaks
Deutsche Welle - The leaks purportedly revealed that a top
secret CIA unit used the German city of Frankfurt am Main as the
starting point for numerous hacking attacks on Europe, China and
the Middle East. WikiLeaks reported that the group developed
trojans and other malicious software in the American Consulate
General Office, the largest US consulate in the world. The
programs focused on targets in Europe, the Middle East and
Africa…. The Frankfurt hackers, part of the Center for Cyber
Intelligence Europe, were said to be given diplomatic passports
and a State Department identity. It instructed employees how to
safely enter Germany. A WikiLeaks tweet published an section of
the Frankfurt information…. The consulate was the focus of a
German investigation into US intelligence capabilities following
the 2013 revelation that NSA agents had tapped Chancellor Angela
Merkel's phone. German daily "Süddeutsche Zeitung" reported the
building was known to be home to a vast network of intelligence
personnel including CIA agents, NSA spies, military secret
service personnel, Department of Homeland Security employees and
Secret Service employees. It reported the Americans had also
established a dense network of outposts and shell companies in
Frankfurt.
Vacant Homes Are A Global Epidemic (And Paris Is Fighting It
With A 60% Tax)
Zero Hedge - Runaway real estate speculation has been filling
global capitals with vacant homes, creating artificial shortages
in the world’s most sought after cities. The city of Paris has
decided it’s had enough, and implemented a tax in 2015. They
didn’t quite get the results they wanted, so they’re now
tripling the tax to 60%.
"Unequivocally Good?" - California Gas Prices Top $3, Highest In
2 Years
Zero Hedge - If the plunge in gas prices was "unequivocally
good" for Americans' pocketbooks, then we wonder what the PhDs
will make of the fact that California gas prices just broke
above $3 for the first time since 2015 - soaring at 28% YoY (the
fastest since Q1 2011, which sparked a plunge in economic
growth).
America's Desperate Mall Owners Turn To Grocers, Doctors & High
Schools To Fill Empty Space
Zero Hedge - In a desperate bid to fill empty space, mall owners
are being increasingly forced to turn to non-conventional
tenants to fill empy space. Which is great news for the American
consumer who can now purchase cold cuts, have that mole removed
and pick up a Louis Vuitton bag all in one convenient location.
Tornadoes hit Kansas City, hundreds of homes damaged (Photos)
RT - At least two tornadoes touched down in Missouri, accompanied by
severe storms and areas of large hail that moved east from the Kansas
City metro region. No fatalities were reported, and thousands were left
without power. Hundreds of homes and commercial buildings were damaged
by tornadoes that pushed through the Kansas City area Monday night,
leaving extensive damage and dozens of injuries in eastern Kansas and
western Missouri, but no fatalities, according to reports. Unconfirmed
tornado reports were also made to the National Weather Service in Iowa
and Illinois. Missouri towns hit the hardest by severe weather were Oak
Grove and Smithville, east and north of Kansas City, respectively. The
Kansas suburbs of Leawood and Olathe also received significant damage,
AP reported, including at the Johnson County Executive Airport.
‘No getting out of this’: Major earthquake ‘certain’ to hit Southern
California, study says
RT - The study – the most extensive of its kind – examined a section of
the San Andreas fault that runs along Interstate 5, near Frazier
Mountain in northeast Kern County. One of the reasons why this location
is of importance is because in Southern California, the Big Bend,
Carrizo, and Mojave sections of the San Andreas Fault accommodate 50-70%
of plate motion. This means that the seismic hazard is high,” according
to Temblor. To understand the size and likelihood of future earthquakes
striking the area, the researchers looked into the past, by digging more
than 30 trenches to trace ancient temblors… Scharer and her team found
10 major earthquakes over a 1,000-year period. They were able to date
the temblors by examining charcoal and plant remains found at each
horizon.... The average interval between quakes was found to be
approximately 100 years, meaning the gap separating today from the 1857
earthquake is already 60 years more than the average.
Mysterious Fungal Disease Strikes US Snakes
Dr. Becker - Fungal diseases seem to be an emerging threat to animals
worldwide, as we’ve seen with the millions of bats killed due to
white-nose syndrome (WNS). A similar fungal disease is now striking wild
snakes, and researchers are scrambling to figure out why so many animals
are becoming infected — and stop it before it’s too late. In 2015,
scientists identified a soil fungus called Ophidiomyces ophiodiicola (O.
ophiodiicola) as the culprit behind snake fungal disease. Why the
fungus, which is widespread in the U.S., is suddenly killing snakes,
remains a mystery…. While bleach and other common disinfectants are
effective at killing O. ophiodiicola, at least one agricultural
fungicide is not, leading researchers to questioned whether widespread
fungicide use in the environment could be triggering snake fungal
disease…. [Snakes] represent an important part of the ecosystem, feeding
on rodents, insects and other potentially disease-carrying “pests.”
Snakes are also an important food source for many mammals, birds, fish
and other reptiles, while their venom is being used for its medicinal
properties.
Facebook Begins Flagging ‘Fake News’ as ‘Disputed’
Breitbart - In December of last year, Facebook promised to take a
hardline stance against “fake news,” partnering with partisan
fact-checkers such as Politifact, Snopes and ABC News to police content
on the platform. Recode reports that Facebook recently began
implementing their new “fake news” measures by marking stories that may
be false as “disputed” while linking to articles by Politifact and
Snopes. Currently, in order to flag a story as fake, a user must report
it or Facebook’s algorithm must detect it. The story will then be sent
on to Politifact and Snopes who will investigate and determine whether
the story is incorrect. Only when the two fact-checkers agree will the
story be marked as disputed.
Vizio Fails To Dodge Class Action Over Its Spying 'Smart' Televisions
Techdirt - Last month Vizio joined this not-so-distinguished club when
it was discovered that the company's TVs had been spying on users for
the last several years. Vizio's $2.2 million settlement with the FTC
indicates that the company at no time thought it might be a good idea to
inform customers this was happening…. And while Vizio may have settled
the FTC investigation into its snooping televisions, the company now
faces an additional class action after a California federal judge late
last week denied the company's motion to dismiss. The court ruled that
Vizio customers' claimed injuries were "sufficiently concrete" to bring
suit under the Video Privacy Protection and Wiretap Acts…. U.S. District
Court judge Josephine Staton also supported the lawsuit's claim of
"highly offensive" conduct by Vizio by reiterating that the "Smart
Interactivity" feature that did the spying was difficult to disable
(impossible, initially), and was often reset after every Vizio firmware
update…. So many of these companies wouldn't be facing settlements and
lawsuits if they'd simply been transparent about what they were
collecting in the first place.
Study: Flu vaccine linked to increased risk of respiratory
infections
(NaturalHealth365) Makers of the flu vaccine claim receiving it
decreases the risk of getting sick due to the triggering of
antibody development in the body. However, a Chinese study
reveals quite the opposite. Researchers in Hong Kong have found
that in addition to actually increasing the risk of flu,
receiving the flu vaccine also raises the risk of getting a
respiratory infection by 5.5 times. The study was published in
the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Yoga and breathing better than drugs for lifting depression
What Doctors Don't Tell You - Yoga and deep breathing exercises
twice a week can lift major depression. With antidepressant
drugs failing in half of all cases, it's an effective
alternative that really does work, say researchers. The
exercises "significantly" reduce symptoms of chronic depression,
researchers from Boston University Medical Centre discovered
when they tested the approach on a group of people diagnosed
with major depressive disorder. Some had never taken
antidepressants, but others were still taking the drugs, even
though they weren't helping. The patients were taught Iyengar
yoga, which requires precise movements and breath control. Some
had two sessions a week, and others had three, but both were
also asked to continue doing yoga and breath control at home on
the other days. Both groups reported a major lifting of their
symptoms, although those who attended three lessons fared
slightly better. Even so, two sessions had a big effect, and may
be more realistic for people with busy lives, say the
researchers. Yoga is a new way to treat depression, the
researchers say, as it focuses on different neural pathways.
Study That Found Endocrine Disruptors In Cats Raises Questions About
Humans
Natural Blaze - A study from Stockholm University has now established
what was previously suspected – that the high levels of brominated flame
retardants measured in cats are from the dust in our homes. The study –
published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology – shows that
cats are exposed to chemicals found in electronics and furniture,
chemicals that become dust and can adversely affect health. It is the
first time that this connection has been verified. In a previous study,
the researchers demonstrated that brominated flame retardants were found
in higher concentrations in the blood of cats that had developed Feline
hyperthyroidism (hyperthyroidism in cats) compared to healthy cats. Now,
new measurements of healthy cats establish their dust exposure. Paired
samples were taken from the same household, i.e. they took both dust
samples and blood samples at the same time…. The researchers found not
only those that are currently in use, but also chemicals that have been
banned for decades.
Tuesday - March
7, 2017
On This Date In History:
1774 - The British closed the port of Boston to all commerce.
1850 - U.S. Senator Daniel Webster endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a
method of preserving the Union.
1854 - Charles Miller received a patent for the sewing machine.
1876 - Alexander Graham Bell received a patent (U.S. Patent No. 174,465)
for his telephone.
1901 - It was announced that blacks had been found enslaved in parts of
South Carolina.
1911 - In the wake of the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. sent 20,000
troops to the border of Mexico.
1927 - A Texas law that banned Negroes from voting was ruled
unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1933 - The board game Monopoly was invented.
1936 - Hitler sent German troops into the Rhineland in violation of the
Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles.
1945 - During World War II, U.S. forces crossed the Rhine River at
Remagen, Germany.
1965 - State troopers and a sheriff's posse broke up a march by civil
rights demonstrators in Selma, AL.
1968 - The Battle of Saigon came to an end.
1971 - A thousand U.S. planes bombed Cambodia and Laos.
1975 - The U.S. Senate revised the filibuster rule. The new rule allowed
60 senators to limit debate instead of the previous two-thirds.
1985 - The first AIDS antibody test, an ELISA-type test, was released.
2002 - A federal judge awarded Anna Nicole Smith more than $88 million
in damages. The ruling was the latest in a legal battle over the estate
of Smith's late husband, J. Howard Marshall II.
2011 - Reversing course, President Barack Obama approved the resumption
of military trials at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ending a
two-year ban.
North Korea fires 4 'ballistic missiles' amid Seoul's joint
drills with US
RT - Earlier, the Yonhap news agency reported that North Korea
had fired a single “unidentified projectile” off the country’s
east coast. After reviewing data, the South Korean military
revised the count to four projectiles, Reuters reported. The
military is trying to determine the type of rocket that was
tested, but the South Korean agency has already cited an unnamed
military official as saying it “could” have been an
intercontinental ballistic missile “capable of reaching the US
mainland.”…. Meanwhile, an anonymous US military official who
spoke to Reuters, emphasized that there are no indications so
far that North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic
missile…. North Korea repeatedly has claimed its close to
developing an intercontinental ballistic missile able to carry a
nuclear warhead as far as the West Coast of the US. Despite
frequent launch failures and absence of evidence, Pyongyang’s
missiles were getting close to such a capability, with
Washington following developments with concern.
US military bases in Japan ‘targeted in missile launch drill’ –
N Korean state media
RT - yongyang says the missiles it fired toward Japan were part
of an exercise targeting US military bases there. It comes as
the White House said the deployment of the advanced THAAD
anti-missile defense system to South Korea will guard it against
the North. The test launches of four missiles, fired by North
Korea into the Sea of Japan on Monday morning, were a drill
carried out by an army unit commissioned with attacking US
military bases in Japan, the country’s official news agency KCNA
said Tuesday…. The launch was preceded by threats of retaliation
to the US-South Korea military drills. Pyongyang views the
exercises as a preparation of an attack on North Korea.
US armored personnel carriers deployed to Syria
Daily Mail - The United States has deployed a column of armored
personnel carriers to the northern Syrian city of Manbij to
support Kurdish troops in the area. The vehicles form part of a
deployment of 500 US troops in Syria - many of whom are special
forces - aimed at defeating ISIS. The US troops are supporting
Kurdish PKK rebels who are heavily involve in the struggle to
retake Raqqa, the ISIS capital…. However, the PKK are deemed a
terrorist organisation by Turkey, who have also got troops
deployed in the region. Besides the autonomous Kurdish-led
forces, Turkish, Syrian government and Syrian opposition
fighters have all been jostling for territory formerly held by
ISIS group near the Turkish-Syrian frontier. The US-backed
Syrian Democratic Forces, led by the Syrian Kurdish PKK party,
are the current front runners in the race to Raqqa, the ISIS
capital. They are now stationed five miles north of the
Euphrates River city and supported by coalition airstrikes and a
deployment of some 500 US special forces operators. The Pentagon
has said they are working in an advisory capacity.
U.S. Navy ship changes course after Iran vessels come close:
U.S. official
Reuters - Multiple fast-attack vessels from Iran's Islamic
Revolutionary Guard Corps came close to a U.S. Navy ship in the
Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, forcing it to change direction, a
U.S. official told Reuters on Monday. The official, speaking on
condition of anonymity, said the boats came within 600 yards
(meters) of the USNS Invincible, a tracking ship, and stopped.
The Invincible and three ships from the British Royal Navy
accompanying it had to change course. The official said attempts
were made to communicate over radio, but there was no response
and the interaction was "unsafe and unprofessional."
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
President Trump Signs Revised Executive Order On Immigration
Western Journalism - The revised travel ban, which takes effect
March 16, comes with a few notable changes designed to withstand
potential legal challenges. Most notably, travelers from Iraq
have been exempted from the 90-day ban. Only travelers from
Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Yemen will be affected by
the new order. Iraq was taken off the list “because we have
received firm commitments from the government of Iraq about
increased cooperation in terms of info sharing and other related
activities,” a senior U.S. official told reporters before the
executive order was signed…. Like the first order, Trump’s
action temporarily suspends the U.S. refugee program for 120
days to give the government adequate time to put in place
“extreme vetting” measures to prevent terrorists from entering
the country. However, unlike the first order, Syrians refugees
will no longer be indefinitely banned from entering the country.
The new order also makes clear that green card holders and those
with previously issued travel visas not be subject to the travel
restrictions…. Another notable change in the revised order is
the removal of immigration preferences to “religious
minorities,” such as Christians who claim to be the target of
persecution in Muslim-majority countries. The Trump
administration has spent weeks coordinating with the State,
Justice and Homeland Security departments in the aftermath of
the original travel ban…. The revised order will take effect in
10 days, in an effort to give the federal government adequate
time to prepare for the changes.
* Related:
WATCH: President Trump Signs New Travel Ban Executive Order -
Press Conference (Begins at the 6:00 minute mark)
* Related:
Full text: Trump's revised ban on travel from Muslim-majority
countries
Judge Rules Another Trump Immigration Order Unconstitutional
Breitbart - On Jan. 25, Trump issued EO 13768, concerning
several other immigration issues, such as prioritizing the
removal of criminal aliens. Regarding “sanctuary cities”—cities
and counties that refuse to cooperate with federal authorities
on deportations—Section 2(c) of the earlier EO requires federal
agencies that such cities “that fail to comply with applicable
Federal law do not receive Federal funds, except as mandated by
law.”…. James Lacroix is an immigrant from Haiti who is in the
United States under a special relief program after his country’s
devastating 2010 earthquake. Since arriving, he has repeatedly
driven without a license, which became a felony once he was
labeled a habitual offender. So now he has been ordered deported
after finishing his county jail time…. Judge Milton Hirsch
ordered Lacroix granted the writ of habeas corpus and ordered
Lacroix released, holding that EO 13768 unconstitutionally
coerces Miami-Dade County in violation of the Tenth Amendment.
Hirsch construed the Supreme Court’s 2011 case Bond v. United
States as empowering Lacroix to raise the claim that EO 13768
exceeds congressional authority under the Constitution’s
Spending Clause, and therefore violates the Tenth Amendment. The
Supreme Court has previously only allowed states to make a
coercion challenge against Congress…. While this claim could
possibly be raised by a county or city as part of the state,
nothing in Supreme Court precedent suggests that individual
persons can raise the claim.
Judicial Watch Sues CIA, DOJ For Intel Leak Records: "President
Trump Is On To Something"
Zero Hedge - Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA), the United States Department of
Justice and the Department of the Treasury regarding records
related to the investigation of retired United States Army
Lieutenant General Michel Flynn’s communications with Russian
Ambassador Sergey Kislyak…. Judicial Watch filed the lawsuit
after the agencies failed to respond to a January 25, 2017, FOIA
request…. In its complaint Judicial Watch asks the court to
order the agencies to search for all records responsive to its
FOIA requests and demonstrate that they employed reasonable
search methods; order the agencies to produce by a specific date
all non-exempt records and a Vaughn index of all withheld
records; and instruct the agencies to cease withholding all
non-exempt records…. “President Trump is on to something. The
Obama-connected wiretapping and illegal leaks of classified
material concerning President Trump and General Flynn are a
scandal,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Judicial
Watch aims to get to the truth about these crimes and we hope
the Trump administration stands with us in the fight for
transparency.”
Establishment Media Were Silent When Obama Adopted Defense
Proposals From Pro-Soviet Think Tank
Breitbart - Amid the flurry of reports about the Trump
administration and Russia – largely innuendo that has yielded no
documented connections between the two sides – it may be
instrumental to review the largely unknown history of how
President Obama’s administration adopted defense budget
recommendations co-authored by the Institute for Policy Studies,
a radical organization known for its close associations with the
Soviets during the Cold War. In fact, throughout the Cold War,
the Institute for Policy Studies, or IPS, was repeatedly accused
of holding pro-Soviet positions that undermined U.S. national
security and serving as a de facto Soviet propaganda
institution. Yet that same group co-authored and contributed to
an annual report titled “Unified Security Budget for the United
States,” an extensive yearly list of U.S. military defense
spending recommendations compiled by progressive think tanks.
The report seeks to re-balance the Defense Department to
“strengthen our capacity to prevent and resolve conflict by
non-military means,” according to one IPS description of the
report.
Russian Hackers Are Blackmailing Liberal Groups
InvestmentWatch - The FBI and private security firms are in the
process of investigating the hacking of Progressive Liberal
Groups. At least a dozen groups have faced extortion attempts
since the U.S. presidential election, said the people, who
provided broad outlines of the campaign. The ransom demands are
accompanied by samples of sensitive data in the hackers’
possession…. In one case, a non-profit group and a prominent
liberal donor discussed how to use grant money to cover some
costs for anti-Trump protesters…. It appears those who are being
hacked are paying the ransom demands. In several different
cases, the demands have ranged from about $30,000 to $150,000,
payable in untraceable bitcoins…. Russian hacking group COZY
BEAR, who was believed to have hacked the DNC is now under
investigation, but the investigators say it is hard to pin down
hacking groups. This group is still under investigation from the
DNC hack, but it appears they have not been pinned down yet. The
hackers are targeting liberals groups connected to the Clintons
and Obamas.
Interior Secretary Repeals Another Obama-era Second Amendment
Infringement
The New American - On his first day in office as secretary of
the interior, newly minted Secretary Ryan Zinke issued
Secretarial Order 3345 which “revokes Director’s Order 219,”
effective immediately…. Director’s Order 219 was a parting shot
issued by then-President Obama at the very end of his presidency
that required the phasing out of the use of lead ammunition for
hunting on Federal land…. This would ultimately have led to the
banning altogether of traditional lead ammunition for dove and
upland bird hunting. In the grand scheme of things this ban, and
its repeal, scarcely rates a footnote. But its political
importance is great, especially since it is the second such
repeal the Trump administration has accomplished in just the
last week. On February 28, the president repealed the so-called
Social Security “gun ban” whereby certain beneficiaries would
have had their Second Amendment rights arbitrarily revoked
without the operation of due process. This move by Zinke
confirms Trump’s determination to support the Second Amendment
and nominate people who agree with him.
Video: Judge Napolitano: For First Time in Modern Era We Have
President Who Is Adversary of Deep State
The GatewayPundit - Judge Napolitano explained that the last
thing the Deep State wants is for a Congressional investigation
of their powers. Judge Napolitano then added this: “The Deep
State has a very wise and shrewd adversary, the man in the Oval
Office. For the first time in the modern era the man in the Oval
Office is an adversary of the Deep State and not a tool of it.
President Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize; US Media
Ignores
The GatewayPundit - President Donald Trump has been nominated
for the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for his ‘peace through strength
ideology’, according to a report by AFP. Trump’s nomination,
which was reported last Thursday by foreign media, has been
ignored by the American media. Excerpt from the Agence France-Presse
article published last week. OSLO. – A near record 318 people
and organisations are in the running for this year’s Nobel Peace
Prize, the Nobel Institute said on Thursday, the motley crew
believed to include Syria’s White Helmets, Donald Trump and Pope
Francis. The names of the nominees are kept secret for 50 years,
but those entitled to nominate candidates – including lawmakers
and government ministers, former laureates and some university
professors – are free to reveal the name of the person or group
they have nominated… The same goes for US President Donald
Trump, nominated by an unidentified American who wants the US
leader recognised for “his peace through strength ideology”…
Nobel secretary regrets Obama peace prize… Awarding the Nobel
Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama in 2009 failed to
achieve what the committee hoped it would, its ex-secretary has
said. Geir Lundestad told the AP news agency that the committee
hoped the award would strengthen Mr Obama. Instead, the decision
was met with criticism in the US. Many argued he had not had any
impact worthy of the award.
Democrat on FISA Last Week: 'More and More Americans Are Getting
Swept Up in the Searches'
CNS News - “More and more Americans are getting swept up in
these (FISA) searches,” Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) told Congress
last week. “We are trying to legitimately go after foreign
targets that are a threat to us. But as telecommunications
systems become globally integrated, we’re getting more and more
law-abiding citizens swept up.” Wyden was speaking at the
confirmation hearing for former Sen. Dan Coates, nominated to
serve as President Trump’s director of national security. At the
same hearing, both Coates and Republican Sen. John Cornyn gave a
spirited defense of the law that President Donald Trump now
claims was used against him…. Cornyn said he doesn't want the
debate over reauthorization of Section 702 [of the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act] to get “caught up in that same
sort of hysteria where some people were worried that their own
government was spying on them when that decidedly was untrue.
But that’s history,” he added. (A week later, it is no longer
history.)
CNN Airs 'Spy Cam' Footage Of Trump Oval Office Meeting As If
It's Perfectly Acceptable
Zero Hedge - Over the weekend, CNN released 'spy cam' footage of
a "fiery" meeting in the oval office and used it to report that
an angry President Trump lashed out at his senior staff in an
"expletive-laced" tirade over their "fumbling" of the Sessions
recusal which he thought was premature and overshadowed his
speech to Congress. Of course, while the mainstream media was
all too eager to spread the word of more dysfunction in the
Trump White House, no one seemed to care to ask the obvious
question of why it is suddenly ok for CNN to be filming private,
and potentially classified, meetings in the Oval Office.
Moreover, if it is somehow permissible to film potentially
classified meetings, which we can't imagine it is, we do wonder
where all of CNN's footage is of Obama's oval office meetings?
We're sure they "do not recall." Meanwhile, it's painfully
obvious that CNN completely fabricated the narrative around the
meeting as their own 'news' anchor even admits that their
"anonymous" sources were not aware of what the meeting was even
about. Moreover, since the meeting was 'closed door', it's
difficult to understand how CNN's source could have possibly
known Trump's demeanor and/or whether he used "a lot of
expletives", as the story states, unless that source was
actually in the meeting.
"The Reality Is, Half Of Americans Can't Afford To Write A $500
Check"
Zero Hedge - The CEO of Assurant appeared on Bloomberg TV to
explain why demand for his services is likely to increase: the
chief executive of the mobile phone insurer said he expects a
surge in demand as carriers charge customers more to replace
their devices. He then proceeded to give Bloomberg his
traditional sales pitch…. It is what he said next that caught
our attention: “The reality is, half of Americans can’t afford
to write a $500 check,” [Assurant CEO Alan] Colberg said. He
spun that stunning statistic by saying that when US customers
sign up for a cellular plan, they’re willing to buy protection
in case “they lose that phone or something happens to it.”…. we
decided to look into the CEO's claim about the woeful state of
US finances. What we found is that according to a recent
Bankrate survey of 1,000 adults, 57% of Americans don’t have
enough cash to cover a mere $500 unexpected expense. Turns out
the CEO was right…. The bottom line: About four out of 10
Americans said they had enough in savings to cover a surprise
$500 expense. Another 21% said they would rely on a credit card,
while 20% said they’d cut back on other expenses. Another 11%
said they’d turn to family or friends for the money.
Arizona Challenges the Fed's Money Monopoly
The Ron Paul Institute - … this Wednesday the Arizona Senate
Finance and Rules Committees will consider legislation (HB 2014)
officially defining gold, silver, and other precious metals as
legal tender. The bill also exempts transactions in precious
metals from state capital gains taxes, thus ensuring that people
are not punished by the taxman for rejecting Federal Reserve
notes in favor of gold or silver. Since inflation increases the
value of precious metals, these taxes give the government one
more way to profit from the Federal Reserve’s currency
debasement. HB 2014 is a very important and timely piece of
legislation. The Federal Reserve’s failure to reignite the
economy with record-low interest rates since the last crash is a
sign that we may soon see the dollar’s collapse. It is therefore
imperative that the law protect people’s right to use
alternatives to what may soon be virtually worthless Federal
Reserve notes. Passage of HB 2014 would also send a message to
Congress and the Trump administration that the anti-Fed movement
is growing in influence.
Pepsi Lays Off 20% Of Its Philadelphia Workers, Blames Soda Tax
Zero Hedge - …when Philadelphia became the first US city to pass
a soda tax last summer, city officials were eagerly looking
forward to the surplus-tax funded windfall to plug gaping budget
deficits…. after the tax went into effect on January 1st we
showed the tax applied in practice: a receipt for a 10 pack of
flavored water carried a 51% beverage tax. And since PA has a
sales tax of 6% and Philly already charges another 2%, the total
sales tax was 8%. In other words, a purchase which until last
year came to $6.47 had overnight become $9.75…. According to the
Philadelphia Inquirer, with sales slumping as much as 40%
because of the new Philadelphia sweetened beverage tax, Pepsi
said last week that it will lay off 80 to 100 workers at three
distribution plants that serve the city. And since Pepsi employs
423 people in the city, it means that as much as 20% of its
employees will be out of job due to a disastrous ordnance that
was meant to provide additional municipal funding and instead
will now lead to an increase in unemployment, coupled with a
general decline in consumption, not to mention tax revenues for
the city of Philadelphia.
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (DOT) will begin
using drones to allegedly respond to emergencies (Video)
MassPrivate I - According to an article in High Point
Enterprise, DOT officials claim drones will be used to provide
information during emergencies and could be used to reach
dangerous locations. Does anyone really believe drones will only
be used to keep DOT officials safe? Once one state DOT uses
drones all the others will follow…. Approximately 30 seconds
into the above video, the DOT admits drones will be used
routinely. This is what's known as government doublespeak….
Electronic energy ‘Smart’ meters’ false readings almost six times higher
than actual energy consumption
Science Bulletin - Some electronic energy meters can give false readings
that are up to 582% higher than actual energy consumption. This emerged
from a study carried out by the University of Twente (UT), in
collaboration with the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS).
Professor Frank Leferink of the UT estimates that potentially inaccurate
meters have been installed in the meter cabinets of at least 750,000
Dutch households…. The greatest inaccuracies were seen when dimmers
combined with energy saving light bulbs and LED bulbs were connected to
the system. According to Mr Keyer (lecturer Electrical Engineering at
the AUAS and PhD student at the UT) “OK, these were laboratory tests,
but we deliberately avoided using exceptional conditions. For example, a
dimmer and 50 bulbs, while an average household has 47 bulbs.”
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Amish Farmer Found Guilty of Mislabeling Products Not Approved by FDA –
Faces Up to 48 Years in Prison
Health Impact News - A jury found Kentucky Amish farmer Sam Girod guilty
last week of breaking FDA laws in mislabeling his home-made herbal salve
product. His sentencing hearing will be on June 16 at 10am, and he
reportedly faces up to 48 years in prison…. The officers of the court
appeared nervous when the 32 court watchers filed into the court to hear
the verdict, with a small overflow crowd in the hallway outside the
small courtroom. We were repeatedly warned to maintain order, no matter
what they verdict may be. They are apparently not too accustomed to
having the public take any interest in these federal court cases, and
they seemed to be anticipating a guilty verdict and an angry mob, even
though most of the court watchers were Amish and none of the court
watchers had demonstrated the slightest evidence of prior misconduct.
The jury returned guilty verdicts on all 13 charges. Not only that, but
they found Sam guilty of each separate part of each count, even when
only one part would be needed to make Sam guilty of that count against
him. The jury was polled and asked if the verdict as read represents
their verdict in this case, and each answered, “Yes.”
Bird flu detected in chicken breeding facility in Tennessee
(AP) - A commercial chicken breeding facility in south-central Tennessee
has been hit by a strain of bird flu, agriculture officials said Sunday.
The state Agriculture Department said in a news release that tests
confirmed the presence of the H7 strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian
Influenza, or HPAI, at a facility in Lincoln County. The facility
alerted the state veterinarian's office on Friday about an increase in
chicken deaths. The statement did not name the facility. The facility
and about 30 other poultry farms within about a six-mile radius of the
site are under quarantine…. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said
73,500 chickens are in the facility's flock.
* Related:
Britain detects bird flu on premises in eastern England
97% of Terminal Cancer Patients Previously Had This Dental
Procedure
REALfarmacy - There is a common dental procedure that nearly
every dentist will tell you is completely safe, despite the fact
that scientists have been warning of its dangers for more than
100 years. Every day in the United States alone, 41,000 of these
dental procedures are performed on patients who believe they are
safely and permanently fixing their problem. What is this dental
procedure? The root canal. More than 25 million root canals are
performed every year in this country. Root-canaled teeth are
essentially “dead” teeth that can become silent incubators for
highly toxic anaerobic bacteria that can, under certain
conditions, make their way into your bloodstream to cause a
number of serious medical conditions—many not appearing until
decades later. Most of these toxic teeth feel and look fine for
many years, which make their role in systemic disease even
harder to trace back. Sadly, the vast majority of dentists are
oblivious to the serious potential health risks they are
exposing their patients to, risks that persist for the rest of
their patients’ lives. The American Dental Association claims
root canals have been proven safe, but they have NO published
data or actual research to substantiate this claim.
Warning: Magnesium deficiency promotes age-related diseases
(NaturalHealth365) The majority of Americans have magnesium
levels far below optimal – to the point that many natural health
experts are classifying magnesium deficiency in the United
States as an “epidemic.” And, while shortages of this essential
mineral can damage health, the reverse – having ample levels of
magnesium – pays major life-extending dividends. For example,
higher levels of magnesium intake are associated with
dramatically reduced rates of high blood pressure and heart
disease – as well as fewer strokes, lower rates of kidney
disease, better blood sugar control, healthier bones and teeth,
and less risk of cognitive decline – all factors that can
prevent degenerative diseases and prolong the quality of your
life.
Monday - March
6, 2017
On This Date In History:
1820 - The Missouri Compromise was enacted by the U.S. Congress and
signed by U.S. President James Monroe. The act admitted Missouri into
the Union as a slave state, but prohibited slavery in the rest of the
northern Louisiana Purchase territory.
1836 - The 13-day siege of the Alamo by Santa Anna and his army
ended. The Mexican army of three thousand men defeated the 189 Texas
volunteers.
1854 - At the Washington Monument, several men stole the Pope's Stone
from the lapidarium.
1857 - The U.S. Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision ruled that blacks
could not sue in federal court to be citizens.
1886 - "The Nightingale" was first published. It was the first magazine
for nurses.
1899 - Bayer Aspirin was patented by German researchers Felix Hoffman and
Hermann Dreser.
1907 - British creditors of the Dominican Republic claimed that the U.S.
had failed to collect debts.
1944 - During World War II, U.S. heavy bombers began the first American
raid on Berlin. Allied planes dropped 2000 tons of bombs.
1946 - Ho Chi Minh, the President of Vietnam, struck an agreement with
France that recognized his country as an autonomous state within the
Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
1960 - The United States announced that it would send 3,500 troops to
Vietnam.
1967 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson announced his plan to establish
a draft lottery.
1980 - Islamic militants in Tehran said that they would turn over
American hostages to the Revolutionary Council.
1991 - In Paris, five men were jailed for plotting to smuggle Libyan
arms to the Irish Republican Army.
1997 - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II launched the first official royal
Web site.
1998 - A Connecticut state lottery accountant gunned down three
supervisors and the lottery chief before killing himself.
2007 - Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff, I. Lewis
"Scooter" Libby, was convicted of lying and obstructing an investigation
into the 2003 leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame's identity.
Pentagon plan to seize Raqqa calls for significant increase in
U.S. participation
Washington Post - A Pentagon plan for the coming assault on
Raqqa, the Islamic State capital in Syria, calls for significant
U.S. military participation, including increased Special
Operations forces, attack helicopters and artillery, and arms
supplies to the main Syrian Kurdish and Arab fighting force on
the ground, according to U.S. officials. The military’s favored
option among several variations currently under White House
review, the proposal would ease a number of restrictions on U.S.
activities imposed during the Obama administration. Officials
involved in the planning have proposed lifting a cap on the size
of the U.S. military contingent in Syria, currently numbering
about 500 Special Operations trainers and advisers to the
combined Syrian Democratic Forces, or SDF. While the Americans
would not be directly involved in ground combat, the proposal
would allow them to work closer to the front line and would
delegate more decision-making authority down the military line
from Washington…. Approval of the Raqqa plan would effectively
shut the door on Turkey’s demands that Syrian Kurds, considered
terrorists by Ankara, be denied U.S. equipment and kept out of
the upcoming offensive.
An Unprecedented Number of U.S. Drone and Air Strikes Are
Hitting Yemen
The AntiMedia - In an unprecedented intensification of America’s
counter-terrorism operations in Yemen, the US has confirmed it
carried out 20 strikes across three central provinces. The
strikes, which were carried out in the early morning, targeted
fighters from the regional arm of al Qaeda, known as AQAP…
according to a press release from the US Department of Defense….
The latest strikes are a considerable increase in military
activity in Yemen. The bombardment is a break from the steady
pace of strikes in recent years, with the US carrying out an
average of three strikes per month last year and never going
above two strikes in a single day. The US was routinely
conducting multiple strikes a day in 2012 during its efforts to
expel AQAP from its stronghold in Abyan province…. But even
then, the highest number of confirmed strikes on a single day at
any point of the Abyan offensive was four.
EU lawmakers vote to scrap visa-free travel for Americans to
Europe
RT - The resolution, passed by a show of hands, demands equal
treatment and reciprocity for all EU citizens from Washington as
the US continues to refuse visa-free access to people from
Poland, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Romania, along with Cyprus. Other
23 EU member states can enter the US using the Visa Waiver
Programme (VWP)…. The violation of VWP was first reported in
April 2014, when the European Commission was notified that five
countries, including the US, were not meeting their obligations
to allow all EU nationals visa-free entry. American nationals,
however, are still allowed to enter the EU without obtaining a
visa. Brussels notified Washington of the violation on April 12,
2014, and gave the US a choice to amend the practice within 24
months. As of now, the restrictions by the Americans are still
in place…. Prior to Thursday’s vote, the European Travel
Commission (ETC) warned that placing visa restrictions on
America will have a negative impact on the EU’s economy.
Canadian Border Patrol Union Says Border Like 'Swiss Cheese'
The Daily Caller - Just a day after Canadian Public Safety
Minister Ralph Goodale gave a thumbs-up to border security
“enforcing the law,” the president of the union representing
border officers said the border is like “Swiss cheese” and that
the federal government is misrepresenting the numbers of
illegals getting through. Jean-Pierre Fortin, president of the
Canadian Customs and Immigration Union, said his members are
passing on figures that are inconsistent with the ones the
immigration officials are releasing — “they’re higher.”…. He is
advocating the creation of a 300-person team that would be
designated to patrol the areas between official border crossings
— where most of the illegals are getting in. Fortin also wants
the federal government to bring back 1,053 jobs that have been
phased out over the last five years because he says the border
guards are understaffed. Fortune said that border security
officers are prohibited from stopping anyone who crosses the
border illegally. They have to first call in the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police (RCMP) who may decide to arrest the fugitives.
“We’re not even allowed to chase them,” Fortin said.”
We can't see inside Fukushima Daiichi because all our robots
keep dying
ExtremeTech - … Tepco has admitted that repeated robot failure
is hampering its plan to search the bottom of the reactor, and
find the estimated 600 tons of fuel and debris that may have
poured out of the reactor and into the concrete lining below it.
Initial attempts to see into Reactor #2 via robotic probe have
all failed. We’ve only been able to estimate contamination
levels by checking the amount of interference in the video feed
the robot relays. The new hardened robot built by Toshiba and
meant to give Tepco a much-improved ability to survey the damage
reactor died 5x faster than expected and stalled 10 feet from
the grate it needed to inspect…. Tepco continues to insist it
can meet a 2021 goal of beginning actual site clean-up. This
will require enormous investments in the field of robotics and
may require the company to create entirely new designs to ensure
their hardware doesn’t die in a matter of minutes. If the
company’s survey robots keep dying, how are they going to field
robots that can cut and gather the nuclear fuel that melted into
concrete?
Slow-Motion Disaster Movie Unfolding Before Our Eyes
All News Pipeline - According to Professor Emeritus Charles
Perrow (from Yale University of all places) and a Stanford U
visiting professor, there is no way that what we're now
witnessing in the Pacific Ocean is going to be stopped - in
fact, the invisible, tasteless, poison that has been gushing
into the Pacific Ocean for nearly 6 years now is only getting
worse we've learned in recent weeks. From Professor Perrow:
Could I just make an observation that’s been missing from this
interesting discussion? Fukushima accident is not over – not by
any means… The cancer rate in Japan is going to rise steadily.
It’s going to be denied by the government because there’s no
transparency on this issue in Japan. There’s a particular
example of the problem that intrigues me is when they put the
plant in, they not only dug it out so it’d be closer to the
water source – the sea – but they put it where there was a river
flowing underneath that area. They went up the hill and they
diverted the river so that it flowed down on the sides of the
large area there and that was no problem. They never anticipated
an earthquake could wreck their diversion. So now we have a
strong underground river flowing directly under the plant where
three huge globs of molten fuel are sitting on the bottom,
giving off radiation, and sending that radiation into the water
through the river that’s underneath the plant. And it’s going
out into the ocean and we’re seeing damage in the marine life in
the West Coast of the U.S. and British Columbia. There’s no way
that’s going to be stopped, until they get the molten cores out
of there, and they have no way — that they know of — of doing
that. Nobody has any idea what to do about the continuing
Fukushima contamination.
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Senators warn: FBI, other agencies work in buildings owned by
China
Washington Examiner - Federal officials are putting sensitive
materials in foreign-owned buildings, making them vulnerable to
cyberattack and espionage, senators warned Friday. Their alarm
bells were set off by a report that said the General Services
Administration has been placing FBI agents and other
"high-security" government officials in buildings owned by
foreign entities in China and other countries. The GSA didn't
tell the tenants, according to the government report, so the
officials aren't taking addition security precautions…. The
foreign-owned buildings have national security and privacy
implications, as they house agencies ranging from FBI and Drug
Enforcement Agency field offices to a Social Security
Administration office in Seattle, Wash. Even the U.S. Secret
Service rents space from companies based in Germany and China,
according to the Government Accountability Office, which is the
research arm of Congress.
Congress to probe Donald Trump's explosive claims Barack Obama
wiretapped him
The Telegraph - The call for a congressional investigation was
the latest high stakes salvo from Mr. Trump, who has alleged
that he was the victim of a dirty tricks campaign akin to
Watergate. His move came a day after the president claimed his
predecessor ordered a wiretap of the phones at Trump Tower in
New York, Mr. Trump’s campaign headquarters. Mr. Obama has said
the allegations were "simply false". His former intelligence
chief also "absolutely denied" the claims. But Mr. Trump told a
friend: "This will be investigated, it will all come out. I will
be proven right."…. Mr Trump offered no evidence and is believed
to have based the claims, made in a series of tweets on Sunday,
on press reports. Those reports suggested the FBI had a warrant
from a secret court to carry out electronic surveillance at
Trump Tower. Press reports stretching back to November suggested
the FBI obtained a warrant under the Foreign Surveillance Act (FISA)
to conduct electronic surveillance at Trump Tower towards the
end of the election. The agency was looking into possible
communications between a Trump Organization computer server and
Alfa Bank, a Russian bank. The FBI did investigate but concluded
the communications were innocuous.
* Related:
Watch: Mark Levin Breaks Down Obama’s Wiretapping of President
Trump
NYTimes Flashback: Obama May Have Spied on Trump; Reports Sent
to White House of Wiretaps on Trump Associates
The GatewayPundit - Less than two months ago, the day before the
inauguration of Donald Trump as president, the New York Times
reported the possibility that the Obama administration was
spying on Trump. The Times report also said that three Trump
associates were being spied on by the Obama administration and
that reports on the wiretaps were delivered to the Obama White
House.
* Related: Hillary Was Tipped Off On Trump Wiretap – Tweeted
About it One Week Prior to Election
* Related:
Lewandowski: Obama Bugged Senator Sessions While He Was STILL
SENATOR Last Year (Video)
Wikileaks Destroys Obama – Reveals His History Of Wiretapping
Friends and Rivals
The GatewayPundit - Obamagate is gaining traction. Wikileaks
revealed documents proving that Obama has a history of
wiretapping and hacking friends and foes. In one particular
Wikileaks document, Obama bugged a meeting between UN Secretary
General Ban Ki-Moon and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel. Obama
also intercepted a call between then French president, Sarkozy
and Merkel…. This is why Obama wanted Hillary to win the
election. It’s not because he likes Hillary. He knew all of his
crimes would come to light. Read the Wikileaks report in full
here.
10 Arrested in Berkeley, Elderly Man Assaulted Following Violent
Anti-Trump Protest
Breitbart - “A total of 10 people were arrested, including five
for battery, four for assault with a deadly weapon and one for
resisting arrest,” reported The Marin Independent Journal on
Saturday. “Police reported items confiscated among the
combatants were: ‘metal pipes, bats, 2x4s and pieces of wood. A
group with bricks was detained, and their bricks confiscated.'”
“Some anti-Trump protesters threw things at Trump supporters.
Berkeley police made occasional forays into the crowd, but
mostly held back,” they continued. “Protesters spilled out into
Martin Luther King Junior Way and were fighting in the middle of
the street, and there were people punching each other on the
sidewalks. Some people had bloody faces. One pro-Trump supporter
was apparently sprayed in the face with Mace.” Several attendees
complained about the lack of intervention by police officers, a
complaint that was also common during the anti-Milo Berkeley
riot last month.
Trump demands an ‘investigation’ of Pelosi for ‘lying’ after
photo reveals she met the Russian ambassador too – after saying
she hadn’t hours before
Daily Mail - It wasn’t immediately clear if the president was
serious in his call for an investigation of his rivals. At the
moment, it is his administration’s own contacts with Russia, and
Russia’s alleged election hacking, that is the subject of
investigations by the FBI and the House and Senate intelligence
committees. ‘I hereby demand a second investigation, after
Schumer, of Pelosi for her close ties to Russia, and lying about
it,’ Trump tweeted Friday afternoon. Earlier, Trump went after
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer after a photo surfaced of
Schumer and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2003. The two
pols were enjoying donuts during an event for the opening of a
Russian-owned gas station in Manhattan.
Illegals Cut 9,287 Holes in Obama-Era Border Fence
CNS News - Only 654 miles of the 1,954-mile-long U.S.-Mexico
border currently have any type of fencing, according to GAO. The
other 1,300 miles of border have no fencing. Of the 654 miles of
fencing, 354 miles consists of what the Department of Homeland
Security calls “pedestrian” fencing. The other 300 miles is
“vehicle” fencing…. “Between fiscal years 2010 and 2015, CBP
recorded a total of 9,287 breaches in pedestrian fencing,” says
the report. “According to our analysis of these data, illegal
entrants breached legacy pedestrian fencing at an average rate
of 82 breaches per fence mile, compared to an average of 14
breaches per fence mile of modern pedestrian fencing.” The
report refers to any fencing constructed from surplus Vietnam
War-era landing mats or fencing designs used before Congress
enacted the Secure Fence Act in 2006 as “legacy” fencing. It
refers to fencing designs developed after the Secure Fence Act
as “modern” fencing…. The 9,287 holes that were cut in the
border fencing from fiscal 2010 to fiscal 2015 equals an average
of about 4.2 holes per day.
Schumer's plan to stop the wall
AXIOS - Chuck Schumer has concluded that denying President Trump
his wall is perhaps the surest major defeat Democrats can hand
the President in his first year. Trump needs 60 Senate votes to
fund construction of his "great wall" along the Southern border.
Unlike healthcare or tax reform, Republicans can't use the
budget process to ram the wall funding through Congress using
only Republican votes. Schumer's thinking: There's nothing the
Republicans would be willing to offer that could get Trump the
eight Democratic Senators he needs to fund the wall. Mitch
McConnell's only other option would be to invoke the nuclear
option and bypass the filibuster. But Democratic appropriators
are betting the Republican leader won't be willing to undermine
such a fundamental Senate tradition just to pay for Trump's
wall. The evolving plan, being discussed by Schumer's office and
Senate appropriators: If Republicans put money for the wall into
a bill, Democrats block it. It doesn't matter what else is in
the bill — Schumer will make it about the wall.
TSA Launches "Invasive" Pat-Downs With "More Intimate Contact
Than Before"
Zero Hedge - As a result of a study, which found that weapons
routinely make it past airport security, the TSA is introducing
“more rigorous” and “comprehensive” physical inspections at
airports around the country, according to Bloomberg. The
security agency, which until now had the option of using five
different types of physical pat-downs in the screening line, is
eliminating the "options" and replacing them with a single,
universal method which would involve heavier groping…. The shift
from the previous, risk-based assessment on which pat-down
procedure an officer should apply was phased in over the past
two weeks after tests at smaller airports…. The new policy will
also apply to pilots and flight attendants, classified as “known
crewmembers” who generally receive less scrutiny at
checkpoints…. Anyone who declines use of the TSA's existing
conventional scanner screen will be subject to the new
pat-down…. The agency doesn’t track how many passengers are
subject to pat-down searches after they pass through an imaging
scanner…. The TSA has been criticized in recent years for its
overall screening techniques after an internal investigation by
Homeland Security in 2015 found that the TSA failed an
unbelievable 95 percent of airport security tests, allowing
undercover agents to successfully and repeatedly smuggle mock
explosives and banned weapons through checkpoints in the
country’s busiest airports.
Rancher Ordered To Pay $500,000 For Grazing On Federal Land
The Daily Caller - A U.S. federal court ordered a rancher to pay
$587,000 in grazing fees accrued more than ten years ago, and
has banned the rancher from using the federal land. Wayne Hage,
who inherited the fight with the federal government from his
father who died in 2006, said he will appeal the fine and the
order that prevents him from grazing livestock on U.S. Forest
Service or Bureau of Land Management property, the Associated
Press reported Thursday. The government contends that Hage’s
grazing activities amounted to trespassing on federal land and
grazing without a permit, but Hage says his family has priority
stock watering rights on the land that should be honored….
Hage’s father was entangled with the government when federal
authorities impounded his cattle after he allegedly violated
grazing agreements in 1991, a decade after the infamous
Sagebrush Rebellion movement that advocated restoring federal
property to private owners. During the past quarter-century, the
Hage family has taken the BLM and the U.S. Forest Service to
court many times over federal agencies taking his property and
his water rights. His father even had a criminal charge
overturned by a court levied against him by the Forest Service
for “cleaning out brush from a ditch with hand tools.”
Federal Insurance Agency Backing Union Pensions Facing Crisis
Itself
The New American - In 2015, the agency [Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation / PBGC] paid out $5.6 billion in benefits to
participants of failed single-employer pension plans and another
$103 million to failed multi-employer pension plans. But that
latter number is likely going to be much larger very soon. At
the moment the PBGC has $88 billion in assets to cover $164
billion in obligations, and that was calculated before Teamsters
707 went bust. As the New York Daily News put it: “The clock is
ticking for [another] 71 penniless union pension plans.” If the
PBGC goes broke, then its backup promises would be, for all
practical purposes, worthless: The average check it is sending
out to retirees of failed pension plans is currently $570 a
month. If the PBGC runs out of money, it will be forced to rely
solely on the fees it charges to those pension plans it insures,
forcing them to reduce those monthly checks further to an
estimated $114 a month. PBGC is looking to Congress for
assistance. It cannot raise its fees without permission. But the
shortfall is so vast that it’s very likely that raising the fees
from a steadily dwindling number of pension plans that are still
viable will not even come close to covering its obligations.
San Francisco and Oklahoma top the Earthquake risk map
Daily Mail Online - In its annual national earthquake outlook , the U.S.
Geological Survey reported Wednesday that a large portion of Oklahoma
and parts of central California have the highest risk for a damaging
quakes this year: between 5 and 12 percent…. Seismologists say
Oklahoma's problem is triggered by underground injections of huge
volumes of wastewater from oil and gas drilling…. USGS seismic hazard
chief Mark Petersen says Oklahoma's recent regulation wastewater
injection is starting to work, so scientists slightly reduced Oklahoma's
risk this year…. From 1980 to 2000, Oklahoma averaged only two
earthquakes a year of magnitude 2.7 or higher. That number jumped to
about 2,500 in 2014 then to 4,000 in 2015 as the use of an oil and gas
production technique that uses millions of gallons of water boomed. It
dropped to 2,500 last year, after Oklahoma restricted volume of
wastewater injections, according to the study. Petersen said he expects
shaking to be perhaps slightly less than last year's 2,500, with the
highest risk area shifting a bit north and east in the state.
Data Collected From Utility Smart Meters Should Be Protected By The
Fourth Amendment
Techdirt - … last fall, a federal district court in Illinois declared
that Americans can't reasonably expect any privacy in the data collected
by these devices, and utility collection of it is completely beyond the
protection of the Fourth Amendment. That case is currently on appeal to
the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. And the EFF
{Electronic Frontier Foundation] and Privacy International have asked
the Seventh Circuit if they can weigh in on the case. In a blog post,
the EFF points out that the court's decision was based on a
misunderstanding of how the technology actually works. Basically, the
court assumed that these new meters work in exactly the same way as
their older counterparts, ignoring the significantly-expanded data
collected: "The court was convinced that data collected from smart
meters is no different from data collected from analog meters, in terms
of what it reveals about what’s going on inside the home…. Smart meters
not only produce far more data than analog meters - those set at
collecting data in 15-minute intervals produce 2,880 meter readings per
month compared to just one monthly reading for analog meters - but the
data is also far more intimate….”…. As we've seen with cellular location
data, once companies collect this information, it's often sold to any
number of third parties who may be using this data in ways that aren't
always in your best interests.
Cellphone Radiation Exposure Fact Sheet Draft Released By California
Health Officials
(CBS SF) - The previously unpublished document was released this week
after a judge indicated she would order the documents be disclosed in
the case Moskowitz v. CDPH…. Among the information in the document,
which is titled simply, Cell Phones and Health, are summaries of
scientific studies that suggest long-term cellphone use may increase the
risk of brain cancer, among other health problems…. In the draft fact
sheet, state health officials list their recommendations for members of
the public who wish to reduce their exposure to the radiation emitted
from cellphones, but state that as more studies are done the
recommendations on the fact sheet may change. Health officials’ overall
recommendation is to “increase the distance between you and your phone”
by using a headset, the speaker phone function and text messaging.
Health officials recommend not sleeping near your phone and not carry it
in your pocket or directly on your body, unless it is off. The fact
sheet also states that “EMFs can pass deeper into a child’s brain than
and adult’s” so suggests parents limit their child’s cellphone use to
texting, important call and emergencies.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Indian state will pay farmers to go 100% organic and GMO-free
(Natural News) Just over two years ago, in September 2014, the Indian
Government launched their revolutionary Rastriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
(National Agriculture Development Program) as a way to encourage organic
farming, and decrease dependence on chemical agents. In January 2015,
the state of Sikkim was declared as the country’s first 100 percent
organic state. Sikkim produces 800,000 tons of organic produce that’s
free of harmful pesticides, chemical fertilizers and toxic GMOs —
accounting for roughly 65 percent of India’s total organic produce
yields…. Under this new plan, farmers can receive significant assistance
from the government when it comes to obtaining organic agricultural
inputs, such as organic fertilizers and bio-pesticides. Up to 50 percent
of the tab will picked up by the state government, but there will be
some limitations. AnonHQ explains that these benefits will be limited to
10,000 Indian Rupees (INR) per hectare with a maximum of up to two
hectares , or INR 20,000 per beneficiary for all categories of farmers
on the use of organic inputs. Farmers with plots as small as 0.1 hectare
will be considered eligible for the program — which will also help to
keep the tradition of small-scale indigenous farming alive and well.
The 7 most dangerous vaccines injected into humans and exactly
why they cause more harm than good
(Natural News) #1. Gardasil HPV – First we have sodium borate at
35mcg. Also known as “borax,” this is the main poisonous
ingredient in boric acid that’s used to kill cockroaches…. Did
you know that anything imported into the European Union that
contains borax must carry a warning label stating, “May damage
fertility” and “May damage the unborn child.” This is what
America “recommends” for preteen and teenage girls who are just
reaching the age of fertility. Unbelievable! Then, Gardasil HPV
contains aluminum at 225mcg, which causes nerve cell death and
helps the vaccine chemicals enter the brain. Let’s not forget
that Gardasil HPV contains polysorbate 80 at 50mcg. Polysorbate
80 is used as an emulsifier in foods, but when injected into
animals (such as humans), causes rapid, unnatural growth of
reproductive organs, causing sterility…. #2. Anthrax vaccine (biothrax)
– The dreaded anthrax jab contains aluminum hydroxide,
formaldehyde (yes, embalming fluid for the dead), and
benzethonium chloride. In 2009, a study published in the Journal
of Inorganic Biochemistry stated that aluminum hydroxide could
be the primary cause of Gulf War Syndrome….
PA Senate Bill SB 217 Takes Away Parents’ Right To Object To
Child Vaccinations
Natural Blaze - Pennsylvanians are facing a horrendous loss of
freedom of healthcare choices together with interference in
their constitutional rights relative to valid informed consent
and the right to self-determination regarding
vaccines/vaccinations, plus the deliberate and mandatory
imposition of fraudulent vaccine information regarding
pseudoscience in vaccinology from the unfortunate introduction
of SB 217 in the current legislative session [2017-18] by four
Pennsylvania Senators. Pennsylvania State Senators Daylin Leach
(D-17), Lawrence D Farnese (D-1), Sharif Street (D-3) and Bob
Mensch (R-24) introduced into the Harrisburg bill hopper, a
draconian bill similar to California’s SB 277, which would deny
an individual child and parents their rights to refuse
neurotoxic vaccines/vaccinations. SB 217 amends P.L.30, No.14
known as the Public School Code of 1949 as follows: Section
1303. Immunization Required; Penalty. (e) Notwithstanding any
rule or regulation to the contrary, a strong moral or ethical
conviction similar to a religious belief may not qualify as an
exemption from the immunization requirements of this section. [CJF
emphasis added] Once passed, the law would go into effect in 60
days!
Video: Why Are These Turkeys Doing This?
Gizmodo - If you’re interested in attending a Thanksgiving
seance, one Twitter user has filmed the creepiest bird video
you’ll see today: a gang of turkeys circling clockwise around a
seemingly dead cat. It’s definitely not the first time someone’s
filmed a turkey circling something: Someone caught this turkey
circling a headstone in Cape Cod, Massachusetts back in 2013.
But this situation certainly looks sinister…. “I can’t say I’ve
heard of something like this before,” Debra Kriensky, a
conservation biologist at NYC Audubon, told Gizmodo. “They’re
omnivores but pretty much eat nuts and seeds and fruits, so
certainly they wouldn’t be interested in eating [the cat].” She
thought they were just checking out the weird new thing. Another
biologist agreed. “They’re just making sure that it’s no longer
a threat,” Mark Hatfield, wildlife biologist at the National
Wild Turkey Federation told Gizmodo. “It’s more of a curiosity
type of thing. Turkeys are very basic.”
Friday - March
3, 2017
On This Date In History:
1791 - The U.S. Congress passed a resolution that created the U.S. Mint.
1803 - The first impeachment trial of a U.S. Judge, John Pickering,
began.
1812 - The U.S. Congress passed the first foreign aid bill.
1845 - Florida became the 27th U.S. state.
1845 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation overriding a U.S.
President’s veto. It was the first time the Congress had achieved this.
1845 - An Act of Congress established uniform postal rates throughout
the nation. The act went into effect on July 1, 1845.
1849 - The Gold Coinage Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. It allowed
the minting of gold coins.
1849 - The U.S. Congress created the territory of Minnesota.
1851 - The U.S. Congress authorized the 3-cent piece. It was the
smallest U.S. silver coin.
1885 - The American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) was incorporated in
New York as a subsidiary of the American Bell Telephone Company.
1885 - The U.S. Post Office began offering special delivery for
first-class mail..
1910 - In New York, Robert Forest founded the National Housing
Association to fight deteriorating urban living conditions.
1923 - The first issue of Time magazine was published.
1931 - The "Star Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key, was
adopted as the American national anthem. The song was originally a poem
known as "Defense of Fort McHenry."
1969 - Sirhan Sirhan testified in a Los Angeles court that he killed
Robert Kennedy.
1973 - Japan disclosed its first defense plan since World War II.
1991 - Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers.
The scene was captured on amateur video. (California)
1995 - A U.N. peacekeeping mission in Somalia ended. Several gunmen were
killed by U.S. Marines in Mogadishu while overseeing the pull out of
peacekeepers.
2002 - Voters in Switzerland approved joining the United Nations,
abandoning almost 200 years of formal neutrality.
Syrian Army recaptures Palmyra, aided by Russian Air Force –
Kremlin
RT - The Syrian military, backed by the Russian Air Force, has
completed its operation to liberate the key city of Palmyra from
militants, Kremlin has announced. Russian Defense Minister
Sergey Shoigu has reported to the commander-in-chief, President
Vladimir Putin, that the historic city in Syria’s Homs province
has been liberated, Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov
said.,,, The head of Russia’s upper house Committee for
International Relations, Konstantin Kosachev, has called Palmyra
the symbol of the Syrian people’s tragedy and their liberation
from the terrorists. “The retaking of Palmyra is a powerful
symbol of liberation of Syria from the terrorist disease, the
return of the country to normal life,” Kosachev is cited as
saying by TASS.
‘Fake News’: BBC, AFP, Google, Facebook Collude to Tell Voters
‘Who to Trust’ in French Election
Breitbart - Google and Facebook will be working with the
mainstream media to tell voters “what and who to trust”,
including “memes, comment threads and news sites”, in the lead
up to the French elections. The two Tech giants, who have been
accused of a “liberal bias”, will set up the “coalition news
verification project” with 37 French and international media
outlets including the BBC, AFP (Agence France-Presse), and
BuzzFeed News. On an official blog post, Google claimed
“CrowdTangle” had been set up “with a goal of helping the French
electorate make sense of what and who to trust in their social
media feeds, web searches and general online news consumption in
the coming months…” The first round of the French presidential
election is due to be held in April, and polls suggest right
wing populist Marine Le Pen could come out on top.
Ambassador: Mexico Will Take Mexican Deportees, But Not Others
PJ Media - In an exclusive interview, Mexican Ambassador to the
U.S. Carlos M. Sada said the Mexican government would take back
Mexicans who are deported from the United States but emphasized
that the Mexican government would refuse to reimburse the U.S.
for the construction of a border wall.
Video: Blowout (British Airways Flight 5390)
British Airways Flight 5390 was a scheduled passenger flight
operated by British Airways between Birmingham Airport in
England and Málaga Airport in Spain. On 10 June 1990 an
improperly installed panel of the windscreen failed, blowing the
plane's captain, Tim Lancaster, halfway out of the aircraft.
With Lancaster's
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Donald Trump Vows Renewed Expansion of Navy, Calls for Twelve
Carrier Fleet
Breitbart - President Donald Trump visited the soon-to-be
commissioned U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier in Newport
News, Virginia, promising to restore the greatness of the
American Navy. “I just spoke with Navy and industry leaders and
discussed my plans to undertake a major expansion of our entire
Navy fleet, including having the 12-carrier Navy we need,” he
said during remarks on the ship.
Sessions Removes Himself From Russia Probes Over Envoy
Bloomberg - Attorney General Jeff Sessions removed himself from
investigations into Russian interference in American politics
and contacts with associates of President Donald Trump, after
the Justice Department acknowledged he had contacts with the
Russian ambassador during the 2016 campaign. “I have decided to
recuse myself from any existing or future investigations of any
matters related in any way to the campaigns for president of the
United States,” Sessions said Thursday in a written statement as
he opened a press conference in Washington. The move comes after
the Justice Department confirmed Wednesday that Sessions spoke
twice last year with Ambassador Sergey Kislyak while serving as
a prominent supporter and adviser to Trump’s presidential
campaign. Sessions testified during his Senate confirmation
hearing Jan. 10 that “I did not have communications with the
Russians.” In removing himself, Sessions put acting Deputy
Attorney General Dana Boente in charge of leading any
election-related investigation.
7 Reasons the Jeff Sessions Witch Hunt Is Ridiculous
Breitbart - The Democrats and their media are making a big push
to portray Attorney General Jeff Sessions as a Russian agent, or
at least catch him in a perjury trap, because they had to talk
about something other than President Trump’s address to Congress
until the weekend news cycle kicks in. Here are some reasons the
Sessions witch hunt is ridiculous…
Exclusive–Manchin: Calls for AG Jeff Sessions to Resign
‘Premature’
Breitbart - The only Democrat to vote to confirm Attorney
General Jeff Sessions told Breitbart News Thursday calls by
Senate Minority Leaders Sen. Charles Schumer (D.-N.Y.) and House
Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi D.-Calif.) for Sessions to
resign are premature. “From my end, until I see the facts,
anything and everything is premature until you see the facts–and
that is what I am looking for,” said Sen.Joe Manchin (D.-W.V.),
who said he had not spoken to Schumer about this issue…. Manchin
said as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, like
Sessions at the time of his meetings, he met with Kislyak, but
never by himself. “I met with the Russian ambassador with other
senators with the Armed Services Committee,” he said. “As I
recall, a lot of that was about NSAS and space and improving the
working environment, because we are using Russian rock bets, so
there are a lot of conversations with a lot of ambassadors–we
all do.”
* Related:
Russian Embassy in DC Says It Has ‘Daily’ Contacts with Local
Politicians
Right On Cue, Soros-Financed MoveOn.Org Holds DC Protest
Demanding Sessions’ Resignation
Breitbart - Right on cue, the George Soros-financed MoveOn.org
progressive activist group on Thursday organized a protest
outside the U.S. Department of Justice building calling for the
resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The protest was
organized fairly quickly. It was held mere hours after reports
surfaced that Sessions held two conversations with the Russian
ambassador to the U.S. while he was Alabama’s senator and served
on the Armed Services Committee. Sessions maintains that the
conversations did not concern the 2016 presidential campaign.
Valerie Jarrett Moves In With Obamas In DC "To Lead The Fight &
Strategy To Topple Trump"
Zero Hedge - It appears Barack Obama is building his team, as
The Daily Mail reports, he is turning his new home in the posh
Kalorama section of the nation's capital - just two miles away
from the White House - into the nerve center of the mounting
insurgency against his successor, President Donald J. Trump.
Obama's goal, according to a close family friend, is to oust
Trump from the presidency either by forcing his resignation or
through his impeachment. And Obama is being aided in his
political crusade by his longtime consigliere, Valerie Jarrett,
who has moved into the 8,200-square-foot, $5.3-million Kaloroma
mansion with the former president and Michelle Obama, long time
best friends. Jarrett played a vital - if at times low-key -
role in the Obama presidency. She lived in the White House,
dined with the Obamas, and help shape his domestic and foreign
policies.
GOP wants to eliminate shadowy DOJ slush fund bankrolling
leftist groups
Fox News - The Obama administration funneled billions of dollars
to activist organizations through a Department of Justice slush
fund scheme, according to congressional investigators. “It’s
clear partisan politics played a role in the illicit actions
that were made,” Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, told Fox News.
“The DOJ is the last place this should have occurred.” Findings
spearheaded by the House Judiciary Committee point to a process
shrouded in secrecy whereby monies were distributed to a
labyrinth of nonprofit organizations involved with grass-roots
activism. “Advocates for big government and progressive power
are using the Justice Department to extort money from
corporations,” Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton told Fox News. “It’s
a shakedown. It’s corrupt, pure and simple.” There is a recent
effort by Republicans to eliminate the practice, which many
believe was widely abused during the Obama administration.
CBS Poll: Trump Speech Scores 76% Approval Rating
The GatewayPundit - President Trump did not just deliver a good
speech on Tuesday night. Americans thought it was outstanding!
76% of viewers liked President Trump’s speech. 48 million
Americans watched President Trump’s speech.
Bill O’Reilly: I’ve Never Seen an Ideology Collapse Like
Democrat Party Today (Video)
The GatewayPundit - Bill O’Reilly: My theory is that critical
mass has been reached by the far left in this country. And that
they are doing damage to their own legacy and to the Democrat
Party at a rate I’ve never seen in my lifetime. I’ve never seen
an ideology collapse the way it’s collapsed.
Some Texas Schools Ban ‘Suspension’ for Youngest Students
Breitbart - Monday night, the board of trustees for the Austin
Independent School District voted unanimously to revise their
disciplinary practices so that “no elementary student prior to
third grade shall be home suspended, placed into a disciplinary
alternative education program (DAEP), or expelled.”… This new
policy goes into effect next year and applies to all pre-K
through second grade students, except when otherwise required by
law.
IT BEGINS: ‘Hillary for Mayor’ signs appearing around NYC
American Mirror - No, Hillary Clinton is not going away. Someone
is making “Hillary for Mayor” signs and plastering them around
New York City, several photos posted on Twitter show…. It’s not
clear who’s posting the signs to create a pro-Hillary buzz. But
a January poll found Clinton would trounce Mayor Bill de Blasio
in a hypothetical match up.
Oldest-ever fossils show life existed on Earth at its infancy -
study
RT - Ancient fossils discovered in Canada are “direct evidence”
that life existed on Earth 4 billion years ago, scientists wrote
in a newly-released study, believing the emergence of life could
be simple enough to begin on other planets. Researchers believe
the microfossils – discovered in Canada's Nuvvuagittuq
Supracrustal Belt, which hosts some of the oldest sedimentary
rocks known on Earth – are between 3.77 billion and 4.29 billion
years old. The discovery has led scientists to believe that life
was present during the infancy of the planet, which is thought
to be around 4.57 billion years old. If the dating is accurate,
it would represent an “almost instantaneous emergence of life”
after ocean formation, lead author Matthew Dodd said, as quoted
by Reuters.
DELINGPOLE: Bread Causes Global Warming Shock!
Breitbart - Bread is killing the planet, a shock study from an
environmental research group at a leading university has found….
What does a staple food such as bread have to do with global
warming? For a start, to make loaves on an industrial scale,
you’ll need powerful milling and kneading machines and a huge
oven, heated to 230? or more. This uses a lot of energy. The
flour, yeast and salt must also be shipped in and, finally, the
finished loaves are delivered to stores – all in trucks powered
by petrol. But it isn’t milling or baking or transport that
accounts for most of the environmental impact of bread. In a new
a study published in the journal Nature Plants, colleagues and I
looked at the entire supply chain of a regular loaf – from seed
to sandwich, via mill and bakery. We found that more than half
its environmental impact arises not from food processing but
from the production of the raw material, the wheat grain. Food
causes about a third of total greenhouse gas emissions. Yet the
supply chains can be so complex that it is difficult to
determine what part of the process is responsible – and without
this information neither the industry nor consumers will know
what to do about it…. The horror!
Flint Residents Now Have to Pay for Water They Still Can’t Drink
Natural Blaze - The state of Michigan has declared that Flint’s
drinking water “meets all federal water quality standards,”
ending a program Wednesday that reimbursed residents for most of
their water costs in the wake of the lead crisis. Yet Flint
residents still can’t drink the water, and the announcement was
met with outrage. “They want to make it look like they’ve
resolved this thing, that it’s fixed,” Tim Monahan, a carpenter
who survived Legionnaires’ disease caused by the poisoned water
supply, told the Washington Post. “It’s been three years, and we
still can’t drink the water.” Republican Gov. Rick Snyder has
appeared eager to declare the water safe. Yet the New York Times
reported weeks ago that while the water supply now meets federal
standards, because the aged lead-tainted pipes have yet to be
replaced it is still not safe to drink.
Gardening, Farming & Homesteading |
Farmers Applaud Trump for Repealing EPA’s WOTUS Rule
Breitbart - Introduced under President Barack Obama, the WOTUS expanded
the EPA’s interpretation of the Clean Water Act to include, as Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton said, “almost any piece of land that gets
wet and puddles.” The Clean Water Act was intended to apply to
“navigable” waters, but WOTUS interpreted that extremely broadly, so
that it included waters with a “significant nexus” with navigable waters
— in other words, taking in water that might eventually flow into
navigable waterways. The result was that the EPA could theoretically
regulate everyday farming operations…. Newly-confirmed EPA director
Scott Pruitt said in a statement: “The President’s action preserves a
federal role in protecting water, but it also restores the states’
important role in the regulation of water.” The State of California has
been increasing its role in regulating water on private land, expanding
its authority to include groundwater — a response prompted by fears of
overuse during the recent extreme drought and the ongoing restriction of
federal water allocations due to efforts to preserve the endangered
Delta smelt.
Washington House Votes 98-0 to Decriminalize Industrial Hemp
Tenth Amendment Center - Yesterday, the Washington state House
unanimously passed bill that would remove industrial hemp from the
state’s “controlled substances” list. Passage into law would set the
stage for people there to nullify federal prohibition on the plant in
practice…. Passage of HB2064 would ensure hemp is not regulated as a
controlled substance. This would open the door for a full-scale
commercial hemp market in the state by treating it as any other crop for
farming. HB2064 would not require any license to grow hemp, and it would
create no state regulatory structure. In short, the state would treat
industrial hemp like other plants, such as tomatoes. By ending state
prohibition, residents in Washington would have an open door to start
industrial hemp farming, should they be willing to risk violating
ongoing federal prohibition.
CDC’s new vaccine schedule adds toxic, ovary destroying HPV
vaccines to recommendations
(Natural News) The Human Papillomavirus, or HPV, is a sexually
transmitted infection, so pervasive that the CDC’s website
refers to it as the most common STD in the U.S. Interestingly
the website goes on to say, “HPV is so common that nearly all
sexually active men and women get it at some point in their
lives.” [Emphasis added] So, really not such a big deal then.
The CDC goes on to explain that in most cases, the virus
disappears on its own without causing any health issues. The
problem, from the medical community’s point of view, is that HPV
can on rare occasions cause cervical and other cancers. Their
solution to the problem? A vaccine of course! Enter the HPV
vaccine, or vaccines, since there are two: Gardasil and Cervarix.
The CDC and its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
have just released the latest amended immunization schedules for
both children and adults.
The Fight for Kombucha Continues
Alliance for Natural Health - Three bipartisan lawmakers from
Colorado recently introduced a bill in both chambers of Congress
that would eliminate federal alcohol taxes on kombucha and
update the regulations that govern the drink. In 2015, the
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) sent letters to
several kombucha producers, warning them that since their
beverages supposedly exceeded the allowable alcohol limit, they
must be labeled as alcoholic beverages and be subject to alcohol
regulation—or face hefty fines and legal action. Because the
federal government treats kombucha as an alcoholic beverage,
producers are hit with higher taxes than other soft drinks. This
means higher prices for consumers. The bill, called the Keeping
Our Manufacturers from Being Unfairly Taxed While Championing
Health Act (KOMBUCHA), would raise the ABV limit (the allowable
alcohol by volume) in kombucha from 0.5% to 1.25% and thus
shield kombucha from being treated as an alcoholic beverage.
Kombucha is a tea drink fermented with yeast and bacteria. The
drink contains trace amounts of alcohol, but it typically falls
below the federal limit of 0.5% ABV.
The fat-burning sweet potato muffins you can eat for breakfast
(100% gluten-free!)
Healthy-Holistic-Living - You can never have enough healthy, not
to mention delicious, muffin recipes under your belt (pun not
intended). This recipe is one of our favorites, and for good
reason. Not only is it tasty, it’s packed full of health
benefits from the different ingredients in it – none more than
sweet potato.
Video: The Raw Feeding Easy Button: Make Your Dog’s Meals Less
Complicated
Dogs Naturally - Maybe you want to start raw feeding but you're worried
you won't be giving your dog complete nutrition. Or you've been feeding
raw for awhile but you've read books or web posts telling you you're
doing it all wrong. If so, then this video is for you! In this video
from Raw Roundup 2016, Julie Anne Lee shows you how to take the
complicated out of the raw diet. She'll show you how to feed on a
budget, feed when time is short, and she'll share the most important
foods and supplements to round out the diet without breaking the bank.
Thursday - March
2, 2017
On This Date In History:
1807 - The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of
slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United
States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico and an ad interim
government was formed.
1861 - The U.S. Congress created the Territory of Nevada.
1877 - In the U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the
1876 presidential election by the U.S. Congress. Samuel J. Tilden,
however, had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
1897 - U.S. President Cleveland vetoed legislation that would have
required a literacy test for immigrants entering the country.
1899 - U.S. President McKinley signed a measure that created the rank of
Admiral for the U.S. Navy. The first admiral was George Dewey.
1900 - The U.S. Congress voted to give $2 million in aid to Puerto Rico.
1901 - The U.S. Congress passed the Platt amendment, which limited Cuban
autonomy as a condition for withdrawal of U.S. troops.
1903 - The Martha Washington Hotel opened for business in New York City.
The hotel had 416 rooms and was the first hotel exclusively for women.
1925 - State and federal highway officials developed a nationwide
route-numbering system and adopted the familiar U.S. shield-shaped,
numbered marker.
1929 - The U.S. Court of Customs & Patent Appeals was created by the
U.S. Congress.
1939 - Massachusetts legislature voted to ratify the Bill of Rights to
the U.S. Constitution. These first 10 amendments had gone into effect
147 years before.
1949 - The B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II landed in Fort Worth, TX.
The American plane had completed the first non-stop around-the-world
flight.
1983 - The U.S.S.R. performed an underground nuclear test.
1984 - The first McDonald's franchise was closed. A new location was
opened across the street from the old location in Des Plaines, IL.
1985 - The U.S. government approved a screening test for AIDS that
detected antibodies to the virus that allowed possibly contaminated
blood to be kept out of the blood supply.
1987 - The U.S. government reported that the median price for a new home
had gone over $100,000 for the first time.
2003 - Over the Sea of Japan, there was a confrontation between four
armed North Korean fighter jets and a U.S. RC-135S Cobra Ball. No shots
were fired in the encounter in international airspace about 150 miles
off North Korea's coast. The U.S. Air Force announced that it would
resume reconnaissance flights on March 12.
2004 - NASA announced that the Mars rover Opportunity had discovered
evidence that water had existed on Mars in the past.
Beijing Outmaneuvering US Navy in South China Sea
Sputnik News - The US Navy’s ability to address the concerns of
allies and to keep at bay potential enemies in the South China
Sea is an “open question,” military analysts suggest, pointing
to a large-scale build up of missiles and warships by the
Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), that could tip the
scales of naval dominance in the region. China has thousands of
ballistic missiles aimed squarely at neighboring Taiwan. US
President Donald Trump has proposed a $54-billion military
spending increase, while China has increased defense
expenditures with double-digit percent rises “almost every year
for the last two decades,” according to Pete Apps in a Wednesday
column for Reuters. The South China Sea has been hot with
development by Chinese organizations in recent months. Satellite
imagery taken of the Spratly islands revealed significant
construction of military outposts, structures which American
intelligence officials later said could be used to house
surface-to-air missiles. On Tuesday, Sputnik reported that
Chinese researchers have conducted deep-sea drilling missions as
part of an initiative to develop the world’s first underwater
observatory platform.
Socialist Venezuela Is Down to Its Last $10 Billion in Cash
The GatewayPundit - CNN Money reported: “Venezuela only has
$10.5 billion in foreign reserves left, according to its most
recent central bank data. For rest of the year, Venezuela owes
roughly $7.2 billion in outstanding debt payments. In 2011,
Venezuela had roughly $30 billion in reserves. In 2015, it had
$20 billion. The trend can’t persist much longer, but it’s hard
to know exactly when Venezuela will run completely out of cash.
“The question is: Where is the floor?” says Siobhan Morden, head
of Latin America fixed income strategy at Nomura Holdings. “If
oil prices stagnate and foreign reserves reach zero, then the
clock is going to start on a default.” According to the
country’s recently released 2016 financial report, about $7.7
billion of its remaining $10.5 billion of reserves is in gold.
To make debt payments in the past year, Venezuela shipped gold
to Switzerland.
China to Flood US With Illegals Amid Trump Trade Deals?
Kit Daniels - China is currently struggling to keep workers
employed in legacy industries such as steel and coal which have
grown overbloated as the country artificially “boosted” its GDP
over the past several years, leaving analysts to believe China
faces a severe economic bubble. For now, the Chinese government
is shifting workers to “new jobs in new sectors,” according to
Zero Hedge, but given that a large percentage of unemployed
illegals entering the US are already from China, it’s plausible
that more are coming – and China may even let it happen to
undermine Trump. “This year we will continue to cut capacity in
coal and steel,” said the head of China’s Ministry of Human
Resources and Social Security, Yin Weimin. “We will need to
reallocate jobs to 500,000 workers.” Otherwise mass unemployment
will exacerbate China’s downfall, but how can China sustain
these mass shifts in labor given its untenable economy,
especially with skilled jobs that won’t simply transfer over to
another industry?
South India boycotts Pepsi & Coca-Cola to help local farmers
RT - Sales of Coca-Cola and Pepsi have been banned in the
southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Two of the biggest trade
associations in the region called for the boycott in favor of
Indian products starting March 1. The American soft drinks
giants have been accused of taking too much water from rivers
with local farmers left battling for proper irrigation of the
land at the time of a severe drought. The associations also
called on supermarkets, restaurants, and hotels, urging them to
join the boycott and help local businesses and farmers prosper.
White House Prepares For Trade War, Warns US "Will Not Be Bound
By WTO Decisions"
Zero Hedge - According to a document obtained by Bloomberg News
and titled “2017 Trade Policy Agenda”, the US plans to defend
its “national sovereignty over trade policy,” the Office of the
U.S. Trade Representative said in an annual document laying out
the president’s trade agenda. The reason for the loophole: under
the terms of its entry into the WTO, the U.S. didn’t abandon its
trade rights. “Given this history, it is important to recall
also that Congress had made clear that Americans are not
directly subject to WTO decisions,” according to the trade
office, which takes the lead in negotiating trade deals. As
Bloomberg adds the Trump administration’s skepticism toward the
WTO, the Geneva-based body that referees trade disputes, signals
a new willingness by the world’s biggest economy to pursue its
interests - even if it means undermining the global order the
U.S. has led since World War II. The Bloomberg report confirms
what we reported several weeks ago when according to the FT, the
EU and other US trading partners have begun preparing for a
legal challenge to a US border tax proposal in a move that
"could trigger the biggest case in World Trade Organization
history." The reason is that "the EU and other US trading
partners are worried about the impact on their exports and have
been deploying lawyers with a view to eventually challenging it
before the global trade watchdog."
U.S. News, Politics & Government |
Holder Foretells The Return Of Obama: "He's Coming, And He's
Ready To Roll"
Zero Hedge - Barack Obama, after making the very difficult
decision to proceed with Penguin Random House to publish his and
Michelle's White House memoirs in a deal rumored to net him
about $60 million, is, at least according to old pal Eric
Holder, ready to take his place at the helm of the democrats'
Trump opposition efforts. Of course, this breaks with the
tradition upheld by most former Presidents who have chosen to
not publicly criticize their successors...but the rules don't
really apply to Obama now do they? According to Holder, Obama's
triumphant return to politics will be focused on, among other
things, fundraising (his specialty) and assisting the National
Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) in its efforts to
redraw congressional districts to give Democrats a leg up in the
House of Representatives.
The Intelligence Project identified 623 extreme antigovernment
groups that were active in 2016
SPLC - Of these groups, 165 were militias, marked with an
asterisk, and the remainder included “common-law” courts,
publishers, ministries, and citizens’ groups. Generally, such
groups define themselves as opposed to the “New World Order,”
engage in groundless conspiracy theorizing, or advocate or
adhere to extreme antigovernment doctrines. Listing here does
not imply that the groups themselves advocate or engage in
violence or other criminal activities, or are racist. The list
was compiled from field reports, group publications, the
Internet, law enforcement sources and news reports. This list
does not document activism that takes place only online by
individuals or groups, whether on Facebook, VK, or similar
online forums, which is a growing activity by all extremists.
Groups are identified by the city, county or region where they
are located….
New Trump travel order expected in coming days, Pence says
Reuters - President Donald Trump plans to finalize a new order
limiting travel to the United States in the coming days, his
vice president said on Wednesday, after federal courts blocked
the administration's earlier travel ban…. The administration has
said it is likely the new directive will exclude legal permanent
residents, making it harder for opponents to challenge the ban.
Pence did not elaborate on the revised directive. The Associated
Press, citing unidentified U.S. officials, reported late on
Tuesday that the new order will remove Iraq from the list of
countries whose citizens face a temporary travel ban.
Trump administration has found only $20 million in existing
funds for wall - document
Reuters - The rapid start of construction, promised throughout
Trump's campaign and in an executive order issued in January on
border security, was to be financed, according to the White
House, with "existing funds and resources" of the Department of
Homeland Security. But so far, the DHS has identified only $20
million that can be re-directed to the multi-billion-dollar
project, according to a document prepared by the agency and
distributed to congressional budget staff last week. The
document said the funds would be enough to cover a handful of
contracts for wall prototypes, but not enough to begin
construction of an actual barrier. This means that for the wall
to move forward, the White House will need to convince Congress
to appropriate funds.
Ex-Hillary Volunteer Calls Military Widow Honored During Trump
Speech An “Idiot”
Paul Joseph Watson - Former Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
campaign volunteer Dan Grilo would have done well to remember
that maxim before he insulted the weeping widow who was honored
during President Trump’s speech… Former Hillary Clinton and
Barack Obama campaign volunteer Dan Grilo would have done well
to remember that maxim before he insulted the weeping widow who
was honored during President Trump’s speech… “Sorry, Owens’
wife, you’re not helping yourself or your husband’s memory by
standing there and clapping like an idiot. Trump just used you,”
he tweeted. After receiving a deluge of heat for the vulgar
remark, Grilo not only deleted the tweet, he deleted his entire
Twitter account. Grilo’s crass comment is not in isolation. As
the Daily Caller documents, innumerable other leftists couldn’t
help but exploit Owens’ grief as yet another excuse to bash
Trump.
* Related:
Update: Grilo worked as a principal for Chicago-based Liberty
Advisor Group was fired Wednesday
Democrats Boo Trump Proposal to Give a Voice to Victims of
Immigrant Crime
Information Liberation - During President Trump’s address to
congress on Tuesday, the Democrats booed his proposal to give a
voice to victims of immigrant crime. “We must support the
victims of crime,” Trump said. “I have ordered the Department of
Homeland Security to create an office to serve American
Victims.” “The office is called VOICE,” he said. “Victims Of
Immigration Crime Engagement. We are providing a voice to those
who have been ignored by our media, and silenced by special
interests.” The Democrats were heard booing loudly in response.
Just one Senate Democrat applauded Trump’s call to “make America
great”
Vox - Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (WV), Joe Donnelly (IN), and
Heidi Heitkamp (ND) stood and applauded multiple times during
President Trump’s speech to Congress Tuesday night, breaking
with the bulk of the Democratic Party. The majority of
congressional Democrats were visibly critical of Trump’s
address. Two House Democrats even sat during a two-minute
standing ovation for the widow of a slain soldier. Others
laughed, groaned, or even skipped the speech altogether. But
Manchin, Donnelly, and Heitkamp are all moderate swing-state
Democrats facing reelection campaigns in 2018…. The mostly
unified response was planned in advance. A House Democratic aide
noted in an interview with Vox that the majority of the caucus
was taking cues from the party’s leadership — particularly
Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer — on how they should react throughout
the night. Of course, that didn’t mean every Democrat would
follow along.
Investors Love Trump, Pushing Dow Over 21,000 Points for First
Time
Breitbart - Investors reacted positively from President Donald
Trump’s Tuesday night address to Congress, pushing the Dow Jones
industrial average above 21,000 points Wednesday for the first
time in its history. Banks, financial institutions, companies in
the energy and materials sector saw huge gains as Trump
reaffirmed during his speech his plans to cut taxes and push for
other business-friendly policies. The Dow jumped 242 points, or
1.2 percent, to 21,055 as of 10:07 a.m. Eastern Time. The
Standard & Poor’s 500 index gained 24 points, or 1 percent, to
2,387. The Nasdaq composite index added 59 points, or 1 percent,
to 5,885. Small-company stocks continued to outpace the rest of
the market, a bullish signal on the economy. The Russell 2000
index rose 24 points, or 1.7 percent, to 1,410.
Target Stocks Down $15 Billion Since Promoting Transgender
Agenda
Breitbart - Target’s stock value is now down by 30 percent since
it sparked a consumer boycott by embracing the transgender
political agenda. That 30 percent drop has slashed investors’
wealth by roughly $15 billion. On Tuesday, the stock fell to
$58.78, down from its April 19 high of $83.98. In contrast,
WalMart is up 3 percent since April, and Kohl’s is down less
than one percent.
Dramatic Aerial Footage Shows What The Oroville Dam Looks Like Now
Zero Hedge - When the crisis was at its peak, you may have heard about
what specifically went wrong with the dam. The main spillway was damaged
when the dam operators attempted to release some water to control the
depth of Lake Oroville. Essentially, a crater unexpectedly emerged in
the middle of the spillway, and when the water flowed through that hole,
it eroded the soil beneath. So the dam operators decided to let the
water flow over an emergency spillway instead. But as the emergency
spillway began to erode as well, an evacuation order was issued. But
hearing that doesn’t really do it any justice. To really appreciate the
magnitude of what occurred that day, you have to see it with your own
eyes. And now you can. On Monday the California Department of Water
Resources stopped the flow of water down the spillway so that they could
assess the damage. Here’s what they found:… I have a feeling that this
isn’t going to be fixed for a long time.
Facebook testing AI to spot potentially suicidal members
RT - Facebook has started using artificial intelligence to
identify and help users that display suicidal thoughts. The
social network has developed an algorithm to spot warning signs
in posts, comments, and live videos following three separate
suicides broadcast on Facebook Live in as many months. On
Wednesday, the company’s Global Security team said they are
adding prevention tools to their Live feature that will give
concerned viewers the option to reach out to the person
directly, and report the video to Facebook staff. The person
filming the video will then see a list of resources and tips on
screen that encourages them to reach out to a friend or contact
a helpline. The tool is only available to US users at the
moment…. Meanwhile, Twitter announced on Wednesday it would work
to identify accounts “engaging in abusive behavior” without
having to rely on users to report it. The company says it will
take action against abusive users by hiding their posts from
non-followers for a set amount of time and will now allow users
to block certain keywords or phrases from their timeline. “We
aim to only act on accounts when we're confident, based on our
algorithms, that their behavior is abusive,” wrote Twitter’s
engineering chief Ed Ho.
Google reinstates Natural News... read statement from Health
Ranger
(Natural News) All of us at Natural News — as well as our many
millions of fans — are grateful for Google’s decision to restore
the NaturalNews.com website, but we are also deeply troubled by
the unjustified blacklisting of Natural News and what it means
for free speech across the ‘net. For the record, there was never
any allegation or evidence that Natural News had intentionally
violated Google’s webmaster guidelines. While Google said we
were being flagged for a so-called “sneaky mobile redirect” on a
very small number of pages in a subdomain (blogs.naturalnews.com)
which were created by outside bloggers, Google went to the
extraordinary step of banning the entire NaturalNews.com root
domain and all its subdomains — a step that would never have
been applied to CNN, Huffington Post or other popular news
websites. Furthermore, while Google did make an effort to
provide us with one URL that they said flagged this mobile
redirect, to date there hasn’t been a single SEO expert or
engineer who could reproduce the supposed redirect issue. Even
more disturbingly, when we went to the Google product webmaster
forum to ask for help identifying this issue, we were insulted,
mocked and accused of lying by Google’s supporters who behaved
like a pack of jackals rather than search engine professionals.
Yahoo says about 32 million accounts accessed using 'forged
cookies'
Reuters - Yahoo Inc , which disclosed two massive data breaches
last year, said on Wednesday that about 32 million user accounts
were accessed by intruders in the last two years using forged
cookies. The company said some of the latest intrusions can be
connected to the "same state-sponsored actor believed to be
responsible for the 2014 breach", in which at least 500 million
accounts were affected. These cookies have been invalidated so
they cannot be used to access user accounts, the company said.
Forged cookies allow an intruder to access a user's account
without a password.
Standard osteoporosis drug is making bones weaker
What Doctors Don't Tell You - Bisphosphonates are routinely
given to the elderly and to cancer patients to help protect
bones—but new research has discovered they are increasing the
risks of a fracture. The bones in people taking the drugs were
showing microscopic cracks, researchers at Imperial College
London discovered when they examined patients who had suffered a
hip fracture. Bisphosphonates are designed to slow the body's
processes of removing ageing or damaged bone—but doctors have
been concerned that patients were still suffering fractures even
after taking the drugs a long time. The researchers took samples
from 16 hip-fracture patients who had been taking the drugs and
compared them to samples from people of a similar age but who
weren't prescribed bisphosphonates. The bone samples from those
taking the drugs were showing cracks that made the bones more
fragile and liable to fracture. The drugs are routinely given to
treat osteoporosis and bone loss from chemotherapy in cancer
patients.
Vaccine Damage Awareness “Empty Stroller Walk” March 5, 2017
Natural Blaze - The most horrible experience any parent, and
even a grandparent, can experience is the death of a beloved
child, especially an infant and toddler. The death is even more
overwhelming when one realizes the child had succumbed following
a vaccine or series of vaccinations given at ‘well baby’ visits,
a time when pediatricians push vaccines. Too many infants,
toddlers and children of all ages experience extremely serious
adverse reactions to vaccines, which the medical profession says
are “coincidental” and “hushed up.”… Sunday, March 5, 2017, will
be observed as a Day of Remembrance to remember those children
lost to vaccines by parents and grandparents participating in
the “Empty Stroller Walk” down Main Street USA, wherever you
live. This Walk is the idea of grieving Grandmother Sherry Frady,
who lost her granddaughter Bella to vaccination…. More
information about the “Empty Stroller Walk” can be found
HERE
Texas School Triples Recess Time, Solving Attention Deficit
Disorder
Natural Blaze - Public education is more stressful than ever for
our children, as standardized testing requirements increase and
programs like art, music and physical education are being phased
out. The result of this type of environment is predictable, and
the medical establishment and big pharma are making a killing by
drugging active children with ADHD medications and other
psychotropic drugs in order to ensure conformity…. The most
common sense, natural solution to inattentive behavior in school
children, however, may be the basic idea of giving children more
time to free play and to engage their bodies in physical
activity. It’s such a simple notion in such unusual times that
it actually sounds revolutionary, and several schools in Texas
are being hailed for trying a new program which solves
behavioral problems by doing nothing more than allowing children
to play outside more often during the school day.
DNA tests say Subway’s Oven-Roasted Chicken is actually 50% soy
product
(Natural News) A food science story is rapidly going viral,
claiming that Subway’s Oven-Roasted Chicken is only 50% chicken,
with the rest being soy (that’s almost certainly GMO soy).
Covered in CBC News out of Canada, the story cites researcher
Matt Harnden at Trent University’s Wildlife Forensic DNA
Laboratory…. Subway vehemently disagrees with the test results
and says its supplier is using only 100% real chicken. But to my
knowledge, Subway hasn’t produced any in-house DNA test logs on
their own chicken meat to contradict the news. Clearly, somebody
is lying. But who?
Washington Lawmakers Hope to Enact New Dog Tethering Laws
Dogington Post - Dog owners could soon face new charges and penalties
for tethering their dogs in a way that lawmakers deem inhumane if
Washington’s Senate Bill 5356 (SB5356), which just passed the Senate, is
also approved by State Representatives. The bill would, among other
mandates, require any restrained dog to have adequate access to food,
water, shelter and freedom of movement. And, certain types of collars,
including choke chains and prong collars, would be forbidden while a dog
is tethered. “There’s a major difference between keeping a dog
restrained outside for their own safety for a reasonable amount of time
and reckless abandonment and neglect,” said Senator Joe Fain (R-47th),
who sponsored the bill…. If passed, Washington would become the 21st
state to enact animal tethering laws.
Wednesday - March
1, 2017
On This Date In History:
1692 - In Salem
Village, in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the Salem witch trials began.
Four women were the first to be charged.
1781 - In America, the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of
Confederation.
1790 - The U.S. Congress authorized the first U.S. census.
1803 - Ohio became the 17th U.S. state.
1845 - U.S. President Tyler signed the congressional resolution to annex
the Republic of Texas.
1867 - Nebraska became the 37th U.S. state.
1869 - Postage stamps with scenes were issued for the first time.
1872 - The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of Yellowstone National
Park. It was the world's first national park.
1932 - The 22-month-old son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped.
The child was found dead in May.
1937 - U.S. Steel raised workers’ wages to $5 a day.
1937 - In Connecticut, the first permanent automobile license plates
were issued.
1941 - FM Radio began in Nashville, TN, when station W47NV began
operations.
1947 - The International Monetary Fund began operations.
1954 - The United States announced that it had conducted a hydrogen bomb
test on the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.
1961 - The Peace Corps was established by U.S. President Kennedy.
1987 - S&H Green Stamps became S&H Green Seals. The stamps were
introduced 90 years earlier.
1992 - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia announced major political reforms that
ceded some powers after 10 years of disciplined rule.
2003 - In the U.S., approximately 180,000 personnel from 22 different
organizations around the government became part of the Department of
Homeland Security. This completed the largest government reorganization
since the beginning of the Cold War.
Russia vetoes UN sanctions on Syria over chemical weapons
Deutsche Welle - Russia says there is not enough proof Syrian
government forces dropped banned chlorine gas on its enemies. It
is the seventh vote on Syrian sanctions that Russia has vetoed.
Russia and China vetoed on Tuesday a United Nations resolution
that sought to impose sanctions on Syria over chemical weapons
use. The draft resolution would have banned the sale or supply
of helicopters to the Syrian government, and would have placed
targeted travel bans and asset freezes on Syrian military and
government officers. It came after an investigation by the
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. The UN
found Syrian government forces had used helicopters to drop
barrel bombs containing chlorine gas. Nine countries voted in
favor of the Security Council resolution drafted by Britain,
France and the United States, while three countries opposed it -
China, Russia and Bolivia. Kazakhstan, Ethiopia and Egypt
abstained. A UN resolution requires nine positive votes and no
vetoes by the United States, France, Russia, Britain or China in
order for it to be adopted.
Russia-US relations are at their worst since Cold War – Moscow
RT - Relations between Russia and the United States are at their
worst since the Cold War, a Russian Foreign Ministry official
has said, placing the blame on the Obama administration. “The
current state of relations between Russia and the United States,
as we all know, to put it mildly, leaves much to be desired. It
is no exaggeration to say that our relations today are, in fact,
at their worst for the whole period after the Cold War,” Russian
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday in the
State Duma… He added that opponents of US President Donald Trump
continue to fuel Russophobia in an attempt to discredit the new
head of state, who has on a number of occasions expressed a
friendlier attitude towards Russia…. This strategy, he said, may
lead to a further worsening of relations, but Moscow will wait
for Trump to settle in before making any definitive conclusions.
Marine Le Pen risks loss of immunity over tweets
Deutsche Welle - The far-right member of the European Parliament
is facing charges in France for posting graphic images on
Twitter. Losing parliamentary immunity means she faces potential
fines of 75,000 euros. The European Union Parliament voted on
Tuesday to lift the EU parliamentary immunity of its member and
French Presidential candidate Marine Le Pen for posting photos
from the so-called "Islamic State" (IS) on Twitter. MEPs in the
legal affairs committee of the European legislature
"overwhelmingly voted to lift Le Pen's immunity," Laura Ferrara,
who is in charge of the dossier, told news agency Reuters. The
committee's vote still needs to be confirmed by the whole
legislature. Ferrara said no date had been decided yet for the
vote in the plenary. Le Pen is under investigation in France for
posting three graphic images of IS executions in 2015, including
one of the beheading of the United States journalist James
Foley.
Islam Set To Overtake Christianity As Most Popular Religion
IBTimes - With 1.6 billion, Muslims made up 23 percent of the
world’s population, according to a 2010 Pew estimate. That
figure was still some way short of the 2.2 billion Christians
which comprised 31 percent of the population. However, by 2050
there could be near parity between the numbers of adherents of
the two religions for the first time in history. The reasons for
this rapid growth are thought to be the greater number of
children Muslims have compared to other religious groups and the
comparatively young age of Muslims. However, by 2050 there could
be near parity between the numbers of adherents of the two
religions for the first time in history. The reasons for this
rapid growth are thought to be the greater number of children
Muslims have compared to other religious groups and the
comparatively young age of Muslims. The largest percentage of
Muslims are currently in the Asia-Pacific region, rather than
the Middle East and North Africa. Indonesia currently has the
largest number of Muslims of any country, but that title could
be taken by India by 2050. By that point, it is also projected
that Muslims will also make up 10 percent of Europe’s
population.
TransCanada suspends $15b NAFTA lawsuit over Keystone XL
pipeline
RT - With a friendlier president in office, TransCanada has
temporarily suspended its lawsuit that challenged the Obama
administration's rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline under the
provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. On
Monday, the company formally suspended its legal challenge that
sought $15 billion in damages and costs it incurred from the
Obama administration's November 2015 decision to block a section
of the Keystone XL pipeline. The suspension is in effect until
at least March 27.
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Full Transcript, Video: President Trump Addresses Joint Session
of Congress
Infowars - Check out the full transcript of President Donald
Trump’s February 28 address to a joint session of Congress, as
curated via The Hill. (Speech starts around 30:40 in above
video.)
Wife of Navy SEAL Ryan Owens applauded for more than 2 minutes
during Trump speech (Video)
Washington Examiner - In the most emotional moment during his
speech to Congress on Tuesday, President Trump recognized the
widow of Navy SEAL William "Ryan" Owens, provoking a standing
ovation that lasted longer than two minutes. "Ryan's legacy is
etched into eternity," Trump said as the chamber stood up and
applauded Carryn Owens, whose husband was the first American
combat death during the Trump administration. Carryn Owens, who
was sitting next to Ivanka Trump and other guests on the balcony
of the House chamber, fought back back tears, exhaled, looked
above and mouthed "I love you, baby." Tears streaming down her
face as the applause continued, Carryn Owens eventually stood
up, clasped her hands in apparent prayer, raised her head again
and mouthed "I love you." Owens was killed in Yemen on Jan. 29
in a raid Trump has said was "highly successful.”…
Trump Acknowledges American Veterans, Says Its Time To Deliver
For Them (Video)
The GatewayPundit - I am sending the Congress a budget that
rebuilds the military, eliminates the Defense sequester, and
calls for one of the largest increases in national defense
spending in American history. My budget will also increase
funding for our veterans. Our veterans have delivered for this
Nation — and now we must deliver for them. The challenges we
face as a Nation are great. But our people are even greater. And
none are greater or braver than those who fight for America in
uniform.
Nancy Pelosi Shows True Colors At Speech (Video)
The GatewayPundit -During President Trump’s speech on Tuesday
night he touted the positive economic growth that has taken
place since coming into office which received standing ovation
from everyone in attendance. Everyone except bitter
congresswoman Nancy Pelsoi. Transcript: “Since my election,
Ford, Fiat Chrysler, General Motors, Spring, Sofbank, Lockheed,
Intel, Walmart and many others have announced that they will
invest billions and billions of dollars in the United States and
create tens of thousands of new American jobs,”
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Awful. Pouty Democrats Sit When President Trump Enters Chamber
to Address Congress (Video)
Why Democratic Women Are Wearing White to Donald Trump’s
Congressional Speech
Fortune - The heads of the Democratic Women’s Working Group,
including Chair Lois Frankel, (D-Fla.), penned a letter to
members Monday—asking them to wear white in honor of the
suffragette movement. However, their motive goes beyond this:
Those participating will also "stand in solidarity with the
women of our nation," according to the letter.… This "white
out," so to speak, comes after some critics say Trump's
presidency has unleashed a war on women's rights. Shortly after
his inauguration, Trump signed an anti-abortion executive order
that reinstated the Global Gag Rule. This policy, which
President Ronald Reagan first instated in 1984, bans federal
funding for international non-government organizations that
offer abortions, including the International Planned Parenthood
Federation. Just the next day, the House passed the Hyde
Amendment—legislation that bans the use of federal funds to pay
for abortions. It also restricts abortion coverage via private
insurance. However, the Senate has yet to approve the bill.
Trump signals willingness to let some undocumented immigrants
stay in US
The Guardian - Donald Trump signaled Tuesday he is open to
legislation that would allow some undocumented immigrants to
stay in the US without fear of deportation. If adopted, such a
proposal would be a major shift in position from Trump’s pledges
of mass deportation. Details emerged late Tuesday before Trump’s
first presidential address to Congress, at a meeting with
television news anchors. The proposal would allow people who
have not been convicted of a serious or violent crime to stay in
the US legally, gain employment and pay taxes. Sarah Huckabee
Sanders, deputy press secretary, did not deny the reports. She
told reporters she could not comment specifically “but I do know
the president’s been very clear in his process that the
immigration system is broken, it needs massive reform and he’s
made clear he’s open to having conversations about that in
moving forward”.
California May Break with Trump, Create State-Level Single-Payer
Health Care
Breitbart - As President Trump talks of revealing a replacement
for Obamacare in March, the state of California is talking about
going its on way and instituting a single-payer health care
system for state residents. Such a system would allow the state
to designate an agency to serve as an insurer; all residents
would pay into that agency which would, in turn, pay doctors and
hospitals when residents needed medical care. According to the
Los Angeles Times, single-payer health care has long been a goal
of progressives in California. Bills to establish it were passed
in 2006 and 2008 but were vetoed by Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger. Now, however, advocates say the combination of a
pending Obamacare repeal and the Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) push for
such a single-payer system during the presidential election may
have set the stage for securing the one-size-fits-all system.
REPORT: Digital Expert Claims Obamacare’s Online Defenders ‘Paid
to Post’
Breitbart - Matthew Brown’s report sampled over 200,000 Facebook
posts defending Obamacare and found that 60 percent came from as
few as 100 profiles. “Sixty percent of all the posts were made
from 100 profiles, posting between the hours of 9 and 5 Pacific
Time,” said Brown. “They were paid to post.” Brown discussed the
existence of botted or “zombie” Facebook accounts, used to
generate artificial support for an idea or opinion. “A zombie
post is a fake, purchased, or rented Facebook profile that’s
expressing the views of an organization as if it was his or her
own,” said Brown. “But, when in reality, the comment being
expressed is done on software and written by generally one or
two people. So, the zombie posts will go out on a schedule and
then they are supported by zombie likes.”
High School Punishes Student For Supporting Donald Trump
Paul Joseph Watson - An 11th grade student at a high school in
Georgia says he was punished for expressing support for Donald
Trump. Patrick Ragozzine received an administrative warning
after he defended Trump over claims made by other students that
the president was racist…. “I overheard some students bashing
Donald Trump, making false claims that he’s a racist, sexist,
xenophobic person,” writes Ragozzine, adding that his teacher
did not intervene until Ragozzine began defending the president.
“The teacher defended the other students and began lecturing me
on Trump’s “hateful” rhetoric and how the other students have
the right to hold those feelings,” he added. School officials
later summoned Ragozzine to a meeting and told him that he
couldn’t discuss politics in the classroom. Ragozzine says he
was told that the area has a large Latino population and that
“it’s wrong to be discussing a wall”…. Ragozzine was originally
told he would receive an ISS (in school suspension), but this
was changed to an “administrative warning” after he posted about
it on Snapchat and friends and parents complained to the school.
Leftists Triggered Over Kellyanne Conway Putting Her Feet on a
Couch
Paul Joseph Watson - Fresh off their collective hissy fit over
Donald Trump putting ketchup on his steak, anti-Trump leftists
have now been triggered by pictures that show Kellyanne Conway
putting her feet on a couch in the Oval Office…. Journalists
chose to make the entire story about where Conway put her feet
rather than talk about Trump’s meeting with leaders of black
universities and colleges. This is yet another example of Trump
derangement syndrome, where every single tiny behavior or action
by Trump or any of his administration gets inflated into a giant
talking point. The outrage over Conway’s couch faux pas follows
a collective leftist hissy fit over Donald Trump’s hate crime of
ordering his steak well done and putting ketchup on it.
Elderly Veteran Lays on Floor in Pain While Waiting at VA
Hospital
Free Beacon - An elderly veteran lay on the floor in pain and
resorted to using his bag of medication as a pillow while
waiting at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Durham, North
Carolina on Friday. Stephen McMenamin, a former U.S. Marine who
was seeking care, and his wife posted photos of the scene on
Facebook and said a nurse at the VA center yelled at the veteran
for laying on the floor, Atlanta's WSB-TV reported Monday night.
"My wife found it upsetting, so she took a couple pictures,"
McMenamin told the news station, describing how he witnessed
another veteran on the ground using his bag of medication for a
pillow after being denied a reclining chair. The elderly patient
told the nurse that he could not get off the floor, according to
McMenamin. "The nurse started yelling at him, telling him he
can't do that. He's like, ‘I can't get up and I won't get up. I
will be here until you can see me. Can I please have a
blanket?'" he said. McMenamin's wife Hannah described in her
Facebook post that multiple other veterans in wheelchairs had to
wait hours to get care. The VA hospital's chief executive nurse
said the incident is being investigated, WSB reported. Rep.
Robert Pittenger (R., N.C.) suggested this type of activity from
the VA was not surprising.
It Begins: Wendy’s Installs Robots In 1,000 Stores To Counter
Minimum Wage
Activist Post - To offset the costs of being forced to pay
employees $15 an hour, Bob Wright, Wendy’s chief operating
officer told investors last week Wendy’s has found a solution.
In the past two years, Wright noted, Wendy’s has figured out how
to eliminate 31 hours of labor per week from its restaurants and
is now working to use technology, such as kiosks, to increase
efficiency. The automated kiosks serve two purposes: they give
younger customers an ordering experience that they prefer, and
they reduce labor costs…. A typical store would get three kiosks
for about $15,000. Trimm estimated the payback on those machines
would be less than two years, thanks to labor savings and
increased sales. Customers still could order at the counter.
Michigan Bill Would Allow People to Opt Out of Smart Meters, Undermine
Federal Program
Tenth Amendment Center - A bill introduced in the Michigan House would
allow customers to opt out of installing “smart meter” technology on
their homes and businesses. Passage of this bill would allow Michigan
residents to protect their own privacy, and it would take a step toward
blocking a federal program in effect. Rep. Gary Glenn (R-Midland)
introduced House Bill 4220 (HB4220) along with 17 bipartisan co-sponsors
on Feb. 15. The legislation would allow Michigan residents to opt out of
any utility company smart meter program with no penalty. Smart meters
monitor home energy usage in minute detail in real time. The devices
transmit data to the utility company were it gets stored in databases.
Anybody with access to the data can download it for analysts. Without
specific criteria limiting access to the data, these devices create
significant privacy issues. Smart meters can also be used to remotely
limit power usage during peak hours…. The legislation would also require
utility companies to give customers 45 days notice before installing
smart meter technology with a right to decline installation. If a smart
meter were installed before the legislation was enacted, the utility
company would have to remove it free of charge.
Taxpayers Foot $1M Bill to Clean Up Dakota Pipeline Protest Area
Breitbart - The U.S. Army Corps will spend more than $1 million to clean
up the mess left behind by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and others
opposed to the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. The protesters —
who succeeded in temporarily shutting down pipeline construction under
orders from President Barack Obama — were evicted after President Donald
Trump put the pipeline project back online. “The corps’ contract with a
Florida-based company to provide trash removal and environmental cleanup
includes the main Oceti Sakowin camp on the north side of the Cannonball
River and the smaller Rosebud camp on the south side,” the Bismarck
Tribune reported on Friday. “Both are on corps’-owned property.”
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VIDEO: FLASHPOINT: North Dakota Pipeline vs ‘Climate Justice Warriors’
Washington State Committee Passes Bill to Restrict ALPR Use;
Help Block National License Plate Tracking Program
Tenth Amendment Center - A Washington state bill that would
limit the use of automatic license plate readers (ALPRs), and
restrict the retention and sharing of collected data, passed an
important House committee last week. If given final approval,
the bill would not only protect privacy in Washington state, but
would also hinder some aspects of the federal surveillance
state. A bipartisan coalition of nine representatives sponsor
House Bill 1909 (HB1909). The legislation limits law enforcement
use of ALPRs to locating vehicles on a watch list. It
specifically limits the use and retention of data collected by
the systems…. HB1909 allows for other uses of ALPRs, including
toll collection, parking enforcement, providing real-time
traffic information or in traffic studies, and controlling
access into secure areas. In all of these situation, the law
would bar the retention of data and using it to identify
specific individuals.
Internet of Things teddy bear leaks more than 2 million voice
recordings, 800,000 emails and passwords
Motherboard - A company that sells internet-connected teddy
bears that allow kids and their far-away parents to exchange
heartfelt messages left more than 800,000 customer credentials,
as well as two million message recordings, totally exposed
online for anyone to see and listen. Since Christmas day of last
year and at least until the first week of January, Spiral Toys
left customer data of its CloudPets brand on a database that
wasn't behind a firewall or password-protected…. The exposed
data included more than 800,000 emails and passwords, which are
secured with the strong, and thus supposedly harder to crack,
hashing function bcrypt. Unfortunately, however, a large number
of these passwords were so weak that it's possible to crack
them, according to Troy Hunt, a security researcher who
maintains Have I Been Pwned and has analyzed the CloudPets
data…. UPDATE, Feb. 28, 12:25 p.m. ET: After this story was
published, a security researcher revealed that the stuffed
animals themselves could easily be hacked and turned into spy
devices.
5 new brain disorders that were born out of the digital age
The Week - 1. Nomophobia -In 2012, the world learned of
"No-Mobile Phobia" or "nomophobia" — the feeling of panic one
has upon being separated from one's phone or tablet. In one U.K.
survey, 73 percent of respondents felt panic when they misplaced
their phone. And for another 14 percent, that panic spiraled
into pure desperation…. 2. Technoference - Our digital obsession
might be doing more than just making us feel a bit panicky. It
could also be dragging down our relationships. In one 2014
study, more than half of the 143 participants said that tech
devices interrupt their leisure time, conversations, and meals
with their significant other. The researchers gave these
interruptions a name: "technoference.”… 3. The phantom ring -
Fauxcellarm, phantom ringing, and ringxiety are new to our
lexicon, thanks to the universal presence of our buzzing,
pinging smartphones. These terms refer to the perception that
one's mobile device is ringing (or, more precisely, vibrating)
when, in fact, it is not. David Laramie, a clinical psychologist
in Los Angeles, studied this phenomenon for his dissertation.
Among the 320 adult mobile phone users he polled, two-thirds of
them reported experiencing phantom ringing…. 4. Cyberchondria -
Hypochondria is not a new disorder, but the internet has taken
it to the next level. In the broadest definition, cyberchondria
refers to people who research and diagnose their own illnesses
online. Sure, we've probably all done that — in fact, one in
three American adults say they have used the internet to
self-diagnose. But for some people who might already be prone to
hypochondria, this can be detrimental….
This Portable Shelter Can Be Set Up In Hours, “Withstand
Hurricane Winds, Stronger Than City Hall” (Video)
Mac Slavo - How quickly could you set up shelter if you were
forced out of your home, and had to find a new place to stay
right away? If normal alternatives don’t fit the situation, you
could construct a quick-assembly dome shelter that is designed
be as rigid as any conventional building up to code. “What we
have is a building that goes up as fast as a tent, and once it’s
up, it’s stronger than city hall.” The man pitching this
interesting shelter design foresees its use for emergency
medical sites, Red Cross relief, military housing, homeless
shelters and refugee camps during a crisis… ironically, it is
from a quite dated commercial. In principle, it includes
pre-fabricated leaves of the dome than can be rapidly pieced
together, giving anyone in a SHTF situation, or a rural retreat
the ability to create a cabin on demand – with prefab options
for doors, windows, solar panels and flooring. If you want them
for a longer term, they can stand permanently, and be finished
out inside to increase comfort. They are even strong enough to
bury and blend in with earthen structure to camouflage, conceal
or simply keep your dome hut cool with earth contact…. Consider
it another tool in your preps, when survival matters above all
else, and every resource must maximize the balance between cost
and utility. Where simplicity and elegance of design count, it
may be a good option.
Top 5 superfoods that can heal your entire body
STEPin2 - … Chlorella: What makes chlorella so spectacular is
that it is such a simple life form, but packs so much nutrition.
It is full of vitamins including vitamin A, B6, B12, C, and E.
Organic chlorella is also rich in minerals and amino acids. A
study published in a journal called Cancer Immunology,
Immunotherapy showed that chlorella extract had the ability to
inhibit the growth of tumors. Kale: One cup of kale contains 33
calories and 9% of the daily value of calcium, 206% of vitamin
A, 134% of vitamin C, and a staggering 684% of vitamin K. It is
also a great source of minerals copper, potassium, iron,
manganese, and phosphorus. Organic kale is a true super food and
a nutritional powerhouse. Spirulina: Organic spirulina is an
excellent source of Gamma-linolenic acid, which according to a
study published in The Journal of Rheumatology is a powerful
anti-inflammatory agent. It also promotes eye health, liver
health, brain health, digestive health, and more. Wheatgrass:
30mls of freshly squeezed wheatgrass juice is equivalent in
nutritional value of almost 2lbs of leafy green vegetables. One
teaspoon of wheatgrass powder, (about 3.5 grams) is equal to an
entire spinach salad (50 grams). Wheatgrass contains over 90
minerals, including high concentrations of minerals: potassium,
calcium, magnesium and sodium….
Video: She is in Her 70s but Looks and Feels Half Her Age. This
is Her Secret…
REALfarmacy - Her mother and grandmother both died of breast
cancer at 47, and 36 years old, respectively. Her grandmother’s
sisters died of cancer at early ages. Diabetes runs in her
family. Annette Larkins is in perfect health and doesn’t take
aspirin. In fact, she doesn’t take any medication at all, at
least by the conventional modern definition. She is a fanatic of
REAL medicine and lives by the quote, “Let food be thy medicine
and medicine be thy food.” ― Hippocrates. Mrs. Larkins grows a
plethora of fruit, vegetables, and herbs around and inside of
her house. She collects rainwater and makes gallons of juice
from what she grows. Wheatgrass is one of her specialties. She
grows her own and drinks the juice regularly. Yet another
anecdotal case of raw food and juicing providing overall health
and endless youth.
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