Month: March 2014

If Decapitating Police Officers Is Not Terrorism, What is?

Arizona Sheriff: ‘If Decapitating Police Officers Is Not Terrorism, What is?’: More Troops At Korean Border Than Deadly U.S. Mexican Border.The federal government should designate Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations under U.S. law, according to an Arizona sheriff, Paul Babeu, near the U.S.-Mexico border. 

Ebola blamed for deadly fever outbreak

Guinea deaths: Ebola blamed for deadly fever outbreakThe Ebola virus has been identified as the cause of an outbreak of haemorrhagic fever now believed to have killed nearly 60 people in southern Guinea, government officials say. Scores of cases have been recorded since the outbreak began early last month. There is no known cure or

A New Financial System Free from Wall Street and the City of London?

The Ukraine Crisis and Vladimir Putin: A New Financial System Free from Wall Street and the City of London?The Ukrainian crisis? It is basically the opposite of what the media and politicians keep repeating both in the US and Europe. They say that the so-called International community have isolated Russia and Vladimir Putin. In fact

Michigan gay-marriage ban quashed

Michigan gay-marriage ban quashedA US federal judge has struck down a ban on gay marriage in the state of Michigan. Two Detroit-area nurses successfully argued that the ban violated their rights under the US constitution. One local official said she would start issuing marriage licences to same-sex couples from Monday, but the state is planning

Issa subpoenas ATF over ‘mismanaged’ gun operation

Issa subpoenas ATF over ‘mismanaged’ gun operationRep. Darrell Issa has subpoenaed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for information about what he calls a “dangerously mismanaged” program, which originally was launched to get crime guns off the street. The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which Issa chairs, has been looking into complaints

8 in 10 Americans fear 2nd Holocaust

8 in 10 Americans fear 2nd Holocaust Do you think a second Holocaust against Jews is coming? If you say that just won’t happen, you’d be in the sparse company of about 16 percent of Americans. That’s because 80.2 percent of the respondents of a new poll said they do fear a time when anti-Semitism

How Democratic donors benefit financially from climate policy

Gas Attack Column: How Democratic donors benefit financially from climate policySome lies just won’t go away. In February the Washington Post published an article with the following headline: “Why There’s No Democratic Version of the Koch Brothers’ Organization.” It was the umpteenth attempt to explain, in a particularly simplistic manner, how the millionaires and billionaires

‘Ring of Death’ Throttles Georgia as Banks Too Small to Save

‘Ring of Death’ Throttles Georgia as Banks Too Small to Save“The economy just shut down,” said owner Johnny Blankenship, 54, a builder for more than 30 years in Douglasville, 20 miles west of Atlanta. “We are just starting back to do a few homes. The economy is still very, very slow.” While the Federal Reserve